Elias Hughes (abt. 1747 - 1844)

Born about 1747 in Hardy, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Sleeth) Hughes — married 1780 (to about 1827) in Harrison, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1844 at about age 97 in Licking County, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Was a private in the Revolutionary War and served with the Virginia Militia from 1774 - 1783

Research Notes

Conflicting birth information in a merge:

• Born 1750 in Hardy, Virginia, United States
• Born 1747 in Colony of Virginia

Sources

• Ancestry Profile

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32866660/elias-hughes: accessed 02 January 2023), memorial page for Elias “Ellis” Hughes (1747–22 Dec 1844), Find A Grave: Memorial #32866660, citing North Lawn Cemetery, Utica, Licking County, Ohio, USA.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100526153/jane-hughes: accessed 02 January 2023), memorial page for Jane Sleeth Hughes (1760–1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #100526153, citing Bigelow Cemetery, Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, USA. No images, no sources.

• Revolutionary war pension payment ledger 1818-1872: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WB-3TVV?mode=g&i=304&cc=2069831

• 1840 Census Image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBW-2DT?mode=g&i=57&cc=1786457

• McWhorter, Lucullus Virgil, William Elsey Connelley, and J. P. MacLean. The border settlers of northwestern Virginia, from 1768 to 1795: embracing the life of Jesse Hughes and other noted scouts of the great woods of the trans-Allegheny: with notes and illustrative anecdotes. Baltimore, MD: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co., 2004. Pages 221-244

Acknowledgements

• Hughes-7578 was created by Bradley Hudson through the import of Samuel Washington Ratcliff Fam.ged on Jun 27, 2015.