James Ellis (1758 - aft. 1817)

Born 8 May 1758 in Albany, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Riggs) Ellis — married about 1780 in Surry Co, North Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 17 Sep 1817 after age 59 in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

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James Ellis

Also known as:

James Ellis.^[1]

Residence

• 1806, Jefferson County.^[2]

• 1810, Purchased Land in Lincoln Co. Tennessee.^[3]

• 1817, Lincoln County, Kentucky.^[4]

Events

• October 1806, Order Book of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Jefferson County.^[5]

"The following grand inquest appeared in Court were qualified and received their charge vis: Jeremiah Mathes foreman, James Scott, Richard McGee, James Hoskins, James Shadden, Nicholas Davis, James Turner, James Simpson, John Pate, Henry Ailey, William Bradshaw, James Ellis, Robert Miller, Thos. Hankins, & Benjamin Longacre."

• 1810 Indenture, Land in Lincoln Co. Tennessee.^[6]

"THIS INDENTURE made 14 Feb. 1810 between JOHN ENOCKS of LCT AND JAMES ELLIS of LCT... for sum of $60 pd by said JAMES ELLIS... 30 A being part of a 50 A tract granted by TN to the said JOH ENOCKS by Grant No 729 in the 2d Dis. on the head waters of Mulberry creek a branch of Elk R...on eastern boundary line of a survey in the name of AARON CUNNING of 640 A... Marked S.H. STEPHEN HOLBERTS S.W. corner.... Wit: ENOCK ENOCKS, JOSHUA W. MASSEY (Signed) JOHN ENOCKS Registered 7 May 1811."

• 1811, Land Deeds of Jefferson Co., TN.^[7]

William Cox Deed to Abram Willson

28 Jul 1812 26 Oct 1811 126 Acres $270.00

"On the south side of Holston River, also on the south side of the Main Road leading to Knoxville adj. James Ellis, John Neil; by Grant No. "__" granted to Edward Riggs by the State of North Carolina and conveyed from Riggs to David Sunderland and from him to John Neil and from him to William Cox. Wit: Jacob Willson; Jeremiah Abel Willson; Jacob Willson. /s/ William Cox July Term 1812. The within deed was acknowledged in open court and admitted to record. Let it be registered. Attest /s/ Alexr S. Ouylaw, Clk., by his Deputy, Wyly Martin."

• 1813, Land Deeds of Jefferson Co., TN 1792-1814

"On June 15, 1813 James & Alexander Stevenson deed 150 acres to Freeman Vandyke for $300.00 On the north side of the French Broad River on the head of Leeth's Branch running down said branch for complement. Witness: James Ellis, Jno Roper."

• September 17, 1817, Will signed in Lincoln County, Kentucky.^[8]

Will

Will of James Ellis

Lincoln Co TN Nov 1817

September 17, 1817

In the name of God amen. I James Ellis of the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee being of sound and [p... proper? peaceful?] mind and memory blessed be God for the same do this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say first of all I give and bequeath unto James Ellis my son all the lands and farming tools which I may be in possession of at my death. 2ndly Sarah Ellis my wife is to keep possession of the dwelling house and as much of the farm as she sees proper during her widowhood, then to give the same to James Ellis my son and James Ellis my son is to have one feather bed and furniture and bay filly two years old, one cow and calf and one sow & pigs and Sarah Ellis my wife is to have the bay mare that we got of John Ness, one cow and calf & one sow and pigs that I got from [John/Joshua?] Massey and she is to have as many of the other hogs as she and the Executors think proper for her own use, and she is to have all the house hold furniture which property is to be given up to the Executors at her decease which is to be equally divided among my children and all the rest of my property that I may possess at my decease is to be given up to the Executors to be equally divided among all my children, to wit William Ellis, Jesse Ellis, Huldah Ness, Elizabeth Massey, Polly Curry, James Ellis, and I do hereby make and ordain my two sons William Ellis and Jesse Ellis Executors to this my last will and testament, in witness whereof I the said James Ellis to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal the day and year above written; signed, sealed and declared by the said James Ellis testator to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who was present at the time of signing of the same -- James Ellis

William Ellis

Jesse Ellis

James Ellis

State of Tennessee, Lincoln County} November Term 1817

This is the Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS was this day exhibited in open Court whereupon came Jesse ELLIS and James ELLIS two of the subscribing witnesses thereto & made oath that they heard the said James ELLIS acknowledge the same to be his Last Will and Testament & that he was at the time of sealing, Signing publishing and declaring the same of sound mind and memory (sic).

In testimony whereof I, Brice N. GARNER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Fayetteville the 8th day of November in 1817 and of American Independence the 42nd.

Brice N. GARNER, Clerk

NOTE: The microfilm of this Last Will and Testament shows a "typed copy", rather than the original one. It is difficult for the researcher to know what errors are typing errors and which are in the original document. As Brice N. and Brice M. as well as others.^[9]

Death

James Ellis died ...

September 17, 1817, Will signed in Lincoln County, Tennessee.^[10]

Family

James Ellis married Sarah Riggs.

They had the following children:

1. James Ellis.^[11]
2. William Ellis.^[12]
3. Jesse Ellis.^[13]
4. Huldah Ellis, married Ness.^[14]
5. Elizabeth Ellis, married Massey.^[15]
6. Polly Ellis, married Curry.^[16]

Note: James Ellis wife Sarah.^[17]

Note: Sarah Riggs, James Ellis' eventual wife, was the dau. of Capt. Edward Riggs and Jane Buckley of "old" Surrey County, TN.^[18]

Ancestral Note

JAMES ELLIS & SARAH RIGGS NY,TN

Samuel Jesse Ellis' 1943 claim that James Ellis was one and the same person as James Ellice of Albany, NY is not true. After tracing the life of James Ellice of Albany, NY to confirm that Samuel Ellis knew what he was talking about, one finally finds the same James Ellice living at Schenectady, NY in 1781 at the residence of a former friend, acting on behalf of the widow as administrator of deceased friend's estate. Ellice, not Ellis, was that man's correct family surname. And, obviously, if the partriarch James Ellis of the Ellis family in question was residing in northeast Tennessee in 1780 he could not have also been residing at Schenectady, NY in 1781.

Further, if James Ellice was born May 8, 1758 at Albany, NY, that cannot also be the date of birth of James Ellis of eastern Tennessee, husband of Sarah Riggs.

That Samuel Ellis' claim that James Ellis "moved to New Jersey, date unknown, then to Jefferson Co., Conn., then to Lincoln Co., Tenn.," and "married Sarah Riggs, of Shelby Co., Tenn., in 1780," is totally without merit.

First, there is no proof that the patriarch James Ellis ever resided in New Jersey. Neither the place of his origin, date of birth and parentage are known, and there is no record that places James Ellis other than at eastern Tennessee during his lifetime. There also is no Jefferson County, Connecticut.

Sarah Riggs, James Ellis' eventual wife, was the dau. of Capt. Edward Riggs and Jane Buckley of "old" Surrey County, TN, not of Timothy Riggs of Rutherford County, TN. Sarah was likely born circa 1762 at Morris County, NJ prior to her parent's moving from there to North Carolina. This is verified by a deed of Sept. 9, 1790 when Capt. Edward Riggs sold to James Ellis 80 acres on "the waters of the Holston and French Broad River...including the plantation where said Ellis now resides" (Hawkins Co, TN DB 1, Pg. 59.) The adjacent landowners were Sarah (Riggs) Ellis' father and brothers, Samuel and Jesse Riggs.

The most absurb claim by Samuel Ellis is that James Ellis and Sarah Riggs married in 1780 at Shelby County, TN, 400 miles west of where James and Sarah's first child, son William, was born. This being fact is highly implausible since:

a) the United States did not gain control of present western TN from Spain until 1797, b) the Chickasaw Indian Nation didn't cede western TN to the U.S. until 1818, and c) Fort Memphis (now Memphis, Shelby County, TN) wasn't founded until May 22, 1819 concurrent with the formation of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Unless Samuel Riggs was aware of a marriage license written in Spanish in c1780, this can not be. Something like that would have been too important to simply gloss over and accept as oral history. Further, there is no evidence that prior to 1800 the immediate family of Capt. Edward Riggs, Sarah's father, was ever farther west than a line extending due north from present Knoxville, TN in eastern Tennessee.

Considerable more could be written on these subjects, but surfice it to say, from where James Ellis came from, when he was born and who were his parents remain unknown.

Posted by: Don Blauvelt genforum

James Ellis

The last court record found for James in Jefferson Co is Oct. 1806 and the first record for him in Lincoln Co. TN is Mar 1811. So we know that the family moved further west sometime between 1806 and 1811.James died of cancer on his face. His will mentions: wife, Sarah; sons, James, William and Jesse; daus. Hulda Ness (Neece), Elizabeth Massey and Polly Curry. The seven known children of James and Sarah were all probably born before the family left Jefferson Co. TN for Lincoln Co.^[19]

The Neece Family of Tennessee

The Neece Family of Tennessee

John N. Neece, was born around 1783, possibly in Pennsylvania, North Carolina or Virginia. He lived all of his adult life in Tennessee, and died around 1836 near Fayetteville, Tennessee. Like just about everyone of that period, John was a farmer. He always owned land, even from the first years of his marriage. Although never wealthy, he was never really poor, either. At the time of his death, he owned more than 500 acres of farm land in the rolling hills of Lincoln County, Tennessee.^[20]

Also like most people of that period he couldn't read or write, but he was a true American pioneer. John was among the first white settlers to arrive in the southern part Middle Tennessee when he gathered his family and joined a group of settlers that moved there in 1811.^[21]

John's wife, Mahulda Ellis, came from a pioneering family. The Ellis' had been in America since at least the early 1700's. Mahulda's mother's family, the Riggs, had arrived in Boston in 1630 with the first 1000 settlers of John Winthrop's Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her father, James Ellis, was well-educated and a respected southern planter, and was probably the one who led the settlers to middle Tennessee. Mahulda was of typically strong pioneer stock: married very young, bore and cared for a large number of children, managed a large farm household, and lived long.^[22]

John Neece and Hulda Ellis were the all-American roots that grew an all-American family.^[23]

John and Hulda in Jefferson County, Tennessee

The first record we find of our John Neece is from the book of Jefferson County, Tennessee Marriage Bonds which show the "John Ness" and "Huldy Ellis" marriage on May 31, 1800. We know from later census records that John was about 17 years old and Hulda was about 14 years old at the time of their marriage.^[24]

As a point of historical reference it might be interesting to note some of the events that were contemporary to this time. Tennessee had become the 15th state in 1796. George Washington died on December 14, 1799, about 6 months before the marriage of John Neece and Hulda Ellis. In the fall of 1800 Thomas Jefferson, ran against Aaron Burr for the Presidency.^[25]

It was in these times that the story of John and Hulda began. On March 25, 1801 Robert N. Neece was the first child born to the young couple. Robert would be the first of 14 children. Remarkably, all 14 children survived to adulthood, and 12 of the 14 produced offspring, a great rarity in those days.^[26]

John and Hulda gave themselves a Christmas present on December 20, 1802 as John bought his first land. He paid David Sunderland $250.00 to purchase 120 acres described in the deed as being "on the south side of the road to Knoxville" and "on the south side of the Holston River." The land was part of that orginally given as a North Carolina land grant to Hulda's grandfather, Edward Riggs, and was adjacient to Hulda's father's land. Most probably John and Hulda had been living with Hulda's parents, James and Sarah Ellis, until they purchased this land adjacient to her father with his assistance. Eight months later John bought another 6 1/2 acres from his father-in-law, James Ellis, for $12. The land has the same description as above, with the very tantalizing addition that the land is "adjacient to land owned by S. Niece." This mysterious reference to S. Niece is the only reference to a possible family member of John's that has been found.^[27]

From census records and other sources we know that between 1801, when Robert was born, and 1811 there were five more children born: Ellis, Sarah, William, Mary Ann, and John Jr.^[28]

The Migration to Lincoln County

By 1810 the possibility of moving west was a major source of conversation around Jefferson County. The Holsten River on which they lived was a major traffic artery for westward expansion. Overland routes to the west were few, with the most notable being the Cumberland Road in southern Virginia leading into Kentucky. The river was the easiest way to move a large amount of personal belongings. The Holsten River was the primary route from Virginia, North Carolina and East Tennessee to Nashville, although it was a very circuitous one. The river flowed into the Tennessee River, then south into Alabama before curving northward, cutting across West Tennessee before eventually meeting up with the Mississippi River in the southeast corner of Kentucky. Just before flowing into the Mississippi, it merges with the Cumberland River that flows across northern Tennessee through Nashville.^[29]

Westward migration was a basic part of life in those days as every man sought his own perfect paradise. There were still only 17 states, but the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the addition of the Illinois Territory in 1809 encouraged continued westward expansion. Stories of more and better land, better hunting, and uncrowded western country enticed many to pack their belongings and join the movement to the west. We don't know how they came to settle on Lincoln County, Tennessee, ninty miles south of Nashville, but in 1811 the family of James and Sarah Ellis along with several of their children and their children's families, packed up their belongings and moved west! We know that John Neece and his Ellis in-laws all received land grants, as the United States government had recently admitted Tennessee as a state was eager to settle the western lands to keep them out of the hands of the French and the Spanish, who also had designs on the western regions of North America. Also, such moves were often coordinated and led by land speculators who had received or otherwise claimed thousands of acres of land in return for service to the government of some sort, and were either selling the land, or were bringing in settlers for a finders fee.^[30]

James Ellis, John Neece and others received their Tennessee Land Grants in Lincoln County in 1811. They probably moved in the late spring of 1811, to give time to complete the move, construct redimentary cabins, and plant and harvest some crops before the onset of winter. I don't know exactly how many families went, but typically such a migration of settlers would include from 10 to 30 families, or 50 to 150 people. In addition to John and Hulda Neece and their six children (ages 1 to 10), others included Hulda's parents, James and Sarah (Riggs) Ellis, who, as the senior members of the group of settlers, were probably the leaders. Also in the traveling party were several of Hulda's brothers and sisters and their families.^[31]

John and Hulda and the family settled on the "west waters of the east fork of the Mulberry River" as the land is thus described in the land records. It is also described as being "adjacient to land owned by Hardy Holeman." After seventh child Naomi was born on May 22, 1812 (their first in Lincoln County) , John Neeceand Hardy Holman enter into several land deals, buying and selling from one another. The two families obviously developed a very close friendship as John and Hulda named their eighth child, born December 18, 1815, Hardy Holman Neece. Ninth child Permelia was born in 1817.^[32]

In the fall of 1817, James Ellis, Hulda's father died. His will left everything to his wife, including a horse he mentioned as "the mare given to me by John Ness."^[33]

In the twelve year period from 1818 to 1830 the family continued to grow as they became settled into their lives as Middle Tennessee farmers. Lincoln County became less of a frontier as the expansion pushed further west and the population of the county continued to grow. Historians call this period the "Era of Good Feelings" as America was at peace following the end of the War of 1812 with England in 1814, and the defeat of the French at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, and with Spain ceding Florida to the U. S. in 1821. The first public high schools had begun in the Northeast, the Erie Canal was opened, the first savings banks were established. Daniel Webster published his first Dictionary of the American Language. In Lincoln County, John and Hulda Neece completed their family with the birth of Harrison H. in 1820, Henry W. in 1821, James K. in 1825, and Barksdale in 1828. By the time Barksdale was born as the 14th and last of John and Hulda's children, John was 44 years old and Hulda was 41.^[34]

By 1830 changes began to take place in the lives of the Neece family of Lincoln County, Tennessee. As the children married and began to build their own families, they had decisions to make about their own future. Expansion and movement was still a very major topic when family and friends got together. Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri were experiencing tremendous growth, and there was much written and discussed about the opportunities for young families to go there to settle the new territory. Rich land was said to be plentiful and cheap, and there were ready markets in Chicago and the East to buy whatever was produced.^[35]

Beginning in 1832 the family would gradually split into three groups, with the first and largest group moving to Illinois in 1830. In 1837 another group left for Missouri. Of those stayed in Lincoln County, several, including the matriarch Hulda, would later join the others in Illinois or Missouri. The Neeces who remained in Lincoln County, not joining either the Illinois or Missouri settlers, included John Jr., Naomi, Jesse, Henry, and James. Henry and James both died in early manhood and produced no offspring. Jesse, from whom I am descended, remained in Lincoln County until his death, but all three of his surviving children eventually moved to Texas. Only John Neece Jr and his sister Naomi Sullivan continued to raise families in Lincoln County, and still have descendents there today.^[36]

All of the Neece families currently living in Lincoln County are descended from John Neece Jr, and most, if not all of the Sullivans still in Lincoln County are related to Dempsey and Naomi Sullivan. That gives these Lincoln County families roots to the county 186 years deep, and to Tennessee, over 200 years! ^[37]

Research

Unknown Evan Ellis

Will of EVAN ELLIS

Rowan Co NC December 1796, Book 6

In the name of God amen. I Evan Ellis of Rowan County in the state of North Carolina being weak in body, but in perfect mind and memory thanks be given to Almighty God for his mercies and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, Do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it to me and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my friends and Exectutors nothing doubting but that at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the might power of God and as touching such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give demise and dispose of in manner and form as followeth - Item, I will that all my just debts be paid by my Executors. Item, I will and bequeath unto my son James Ellis the tract of land whereon I now live containing four hundred and eleven acres to him and his heirs forever, and also my black horse, and one waggon and four P.. of gears belonging thereunto, one cow and calf his choice, and one three year old heifer, two feather beds, bed steads and furniture his choice, and the remaining part of my stock of hogs, one plow and plow tackling, one set of mail rings, one iron wedge, one mattock, and a peice of full cloth. Item: I will unto my cousin William Ellis my great coat. Item: I will that what remains of my stock and all other my estate, except what is before mentioned, and my wearing apparel be valued by three men chosen by my children and all debts due to me be equally divided among my children, John, Evan, William, Isaac, and James Ellis, and I do hereby constitute make and ordain my trusty sons John Ellis & Evan Ellis Executors of this my last will and testament and I do hereby disallow and disanul all other wills and bequests by me made or done heretofore, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of December In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six - Signed sealed published and pronounced in the presence of Thomas [his mark] Brewer, Matthew Johnston, Joshua Jones (by)Evan Ellis [seal]

(Notation added:) Evan Ellis will Registered Book 6 A.L.O.

I do not know if this is the father of my James Ellis (will follows), whose son William settled in SE MO.^[38]

Unknown James Ellis

Muster Roll of the Field Staff officers of a Briga~ of East~ Tennessee Militia under the Command of Brigadier General Geor£ Doherty in the Service of the United States from the 12th day of January 1814 to the 15th day of August 1814.

... James ELLIS - discharged at Knoxville ...

Unknown James Ellis

pg 746

Muster roll of a company of militia infantry under the command of Captain Henry M Newlin in the first regiment of Tennessee militia infantry in the service of the United Stales commanded by Colonel Philip Pipkin f rom June 20 1814 when mustered into service to January 27 1815

Names: James Ellis

Rank: Private

Date of appointment or enlistment: June 20, 1814

To what lime engaged or enlisted: Jan. 27, 1815

Names present: James Ellis

Remarks and alterations since last muster: A substitute for William Pitman.

I certify upon honor that this muster roll and annexed recapitulation exhibit a true statement of the companv under my command and that arks set opposite the names of tile men are accurate and just HENRY M NEWLIN Captain Infantry Tenneuee MUUta

I certify on honor that this muster roll exhibits a true statement of Captain HcnrvM Newlin's company of Tennessee militia infantry in the regiment of Tennessee militia as mustered and inspected on the 27th day of January 1815 at Fayetteville ROBERT HAYS Jniitant Inspector General Tenneuee Militia remarks

pg 740

Pay roll of a company of infantry commanded by Captain Henry M Nexdin of the regiment of Tennessee militia commanded by Colonel Philip Pipkin in the service of tine United States from June 20 1814 to January 27 1815

m. d. $/m. Amount of Pay.

7 8 8 $57 80

American state papers: Documents, legislative and ..., Part 5, Volume 3 By United States. Congress

http://books.google.com/books?id=PJcbAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA746&lpg=PA746&dq=%22James+Ellis%22+%22+tennessee+militia%22&source=bl&ots=j9RoYuzbmY&sig=wX2inWNYe86oq9JbJSfohtfJJaw&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22James%20Ellis%22%20%22%20tennessee%20militia%22&f=false

Unknown James Ellis

Butler Family Papers, MSS 102, Williams Research Center, The Historic New Orleans Collection.

Butler Family Papers

1778-1975; predominant 1830-1900

2034 Items

Folders 988-1032 Papers of Andrew Hynes, Adjutant General of Tennessee, and the Tenn. Militia. (1812-1815).

Folder 1017

1815 July 18 Return of the Second Brigade of Militia of the State of Tennessee commanded by Col. Henry Bradford. Signed by James Ellis, Brigade Major; Geo[rge] Doherty, Brigadier General. ADS. 1 item.

Folder 1018

1815 July 19 Return of the Second Brigade of Militia of the State of Tennessee, commanded by Brigadier General George Doherty. Signed by James Ellis, Brigade Majr. and by Geo[rge] Doherty. ADS, 1 p. 1 item

Unknown James Ellis

Muster-roll of a company of militia infantry under the command of Captain Henry M. Newlin, in the first regiment of Tennessee militia command by Colonel Philip Pipkin in the service of the United States from 10 June 1814 when mustered into service to January 27, 1815.

Capt................Henry M. Newlin

1st Lt..............Thomas S. Johnston (Johnson)

2nd Lt..............William Wisdom

3rd Lt..............William Morris

Ensign..............James H. Williams

1st Sgt.............Robert Williams

2nd Sgt.............Watson Stephenson

3rd Sgt.............Jas. W. Stephenson

4th Sgt.............Alfred Sims

5th Sgt.............John Brooks

1st Sgt.............Nathaniel Caldwell

4th Sgt.............Martin Tongate

1st Corpl...........Henry Hastings

2nd Corpl...........Josiah Alexander

2nd Corpl...........John S. Gee

3rd Corpl...........David Green

4th Corpl...........Jeremiah Prince

6th Corpl...........Pleasant Ward

Drummer.............Nathaniel Johnson

Fifer...............Abel Rice

Privates:

...

James Ellis

...

SOURCE: Pages 739 - 746, "American State Papers, Vol. III, Military Affairs," Washington DC 1860

NOTE: More than one roster was consulted for above. Where the spelling of names differs within the rosters, the additional spelling has been placed in parenthesis.

Unknown James Ellis

FORT WILLIAM CEMETERY, TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA

(Contributed by Mrs. Ruth W. Burks, Talladega Springs, Sylacauga, Alabama 35150)

This cemetery is located at the mouth of Cedar Creek on the Coosa River about five miles west of Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama. The Sylacauga Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution had a monument of rough Alabama marble erected and grave markers put on the eighty graves. All the soldiers were from Tennessee. It is said there was a measles epidemic at the Fort, women came from the surrounding area to help the sick, but many soldiers died and were buried here. The monument's inscription is:

"To The Memory of General Jackson And His Tennessee Volunteers While Camped Here, 1814. He Fought The Battle Of Horseshoe Bend And Discharged His Volunteers."

There are individual War of 1812 marker inscriptions for:

-1 W-e-st Tennessee Militia

Newlin's Company

Elijah Bright Pvt.

George Brooks Pvt.

Andrew Cahoon Pvt.

Able Dockrey Pvt.

Thomas Dawson Pvt.

James Ellis Pvt.

John French Pvt.

Sources

Source

Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. VI, No. 2 [130], page 45.

Revised: December 08, 2009

http://www.azcaseys.com/lookups/lct1850/grpf6501.html#1

Copyright © 2009 Diane Casey. All rights reserved.

James Ellis

Born: in NJ

Died: in Moore Co., TN

Wife: Sarah Riggs

Died: in TN

Children:

01 (M): Jesse Ellis

Born: 1784 in Jefferson Co., TN

Died: FALL 1853 in Shelby (Now Moultrie Co., IL)

Spouses: Jennie Elliott; Isabel Elliott; Maria Curry

02(M): William Ellis

Died: in Shelby Co., TN 10

03(F): Hulda N. Ellis

04(F): Elizabeth Ellis

05(F): Mary Ellis

Spouses: James Curry

06(F): Delilah Ellis

07(M): James Ellis

Sources

• Attached Documents.

• Lincoln Co. Tennessee pioneers: Volumes 17-21, books.google.comJane Warren Waller - 1988 - Snippet view

• Tennessee Records of Lincoln Co, TN Wills and Inventories, 1810-1824 W. P. A. Historical Records Project, Item 3, Film 024,743 at Genealogical Society Library, LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Copied by Lynn C. McMILLION, CGRS, at Salt Lake City, January 1978. Transcribed September 1, 1976, by Barbara J. BROWN. This Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS was sent to me by Joyce P. RIGGS.

• Cowen Family History, compiled by Sarah Gaunt Thompson.

• Cowen Family History, compiled by Judy Cowen-Hodges.

• Cowen Family History, compiled by Sharon Moffitt Cowen.

• Lechner Family History, compiled by Michael Lechner, with my father Ted Harrold Lechner. Lechner Family History.

1. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS (Sr.).
2. ↑ P. 248 October Sessions 1806, Order Book of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Jefferson County, 1801-1807.
3. ↑ Lincoln Co. Tennessee pioneers: Volumes 17-21.
4. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS.
5. ↑ P. 248 October Sessions 1806, Order Book of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Jefferson County, 1801-1807.
6. ↑ Lincoln Co. Tennessee pioneers: Volumes 17-21.
7. ↑ Land Deeds of Jefferson Co., TN 1792-1814, 144
8. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS.
9. ↑ Tennessee Records of Lincoln Co, TN Wills and Inventories, 1810-1824.
10. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS.
11. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS.
12. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS.
13. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS.
14. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS.
15. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James :# ELLIS.
16. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS.
17. ↑ Last Will and Testament of James ELLIS.
18. ↑ JAMES ELLIS & SARAH RIGGS NY,TN. Posted by: Don Blauvelt genforum
19. ↑ James MIlton Rush, 3610 Townsend Drive, Dallas, Texas 75229
20. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
21. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
22. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
23. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
24. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
25. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
26. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
27. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
28. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
29. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
30. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
31. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
32. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
33. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
34. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
35. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
36. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
37. ↑ The Neece Family of Tennessee, Monte Neece, Sep 1997. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/pioneers/pio2701.htm
38. ↑ Pat Patterson's Pages.