Elisha Alexander Sr (1770 - 1832)

Born 1770 in Virginia

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Died 10 Sep 1832 at about age 62 in Crow Creek, Pickens, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Elisha was born in 1770.

Residence

• 1810 Census Pendleton, South Carolina, United States. ^[1]
• 1820 Census Pendleton Pendleton, South Carolina, United States. ^[2]
• 1830 Census Pickens, South Carolina, USA. ^[3]

It is well documented that brothers Elijah and Elisha followed their brother Daniel into SC around 1800, buying land along the Keowee and Crow Creek. Elijah and Elisha also married Grogan sisters: Elijah m. Sarah and Elisha m. Nancy. Elijah and Sarah are buried here.

The location of the graves for Elisha and Nancy have not been identified. The numerous unmarked graves and Elisha's Last Will and Testament suggest that Keowee Baptist is the most likely location for both Elisha and Nancy.

NOTE: Elisha's will has been edited by me to reflect only significant points. Probate Place: Pickens, South Carolina^[4]

Last Will and Testament of ELISHA ALEXANDER August 8th, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two — Know all men by these presents that I, ELISHA ALEXANDER being of sound mind do now bequeath:

As follows to my sons ELIJAH, THOMAS and DANIEL that part of my track of land situated on Crow Creek which lies above the still house branch and joins the land of DANIEL ALEXANDER, SR.

I bequeath to my beloved sons GEORGE WASHINGTON and ELISHA the balance of said track lying below said branch on Crow Creek and joining to PRIOR ALEXANDER's land on which my dwelling house now stands.

I do also bequeath to my beloved wife NANCY … my dwelling house and a maintenance out of that part of said plantation willed to my two sons GEORGE WASHINGTON & ELISHA … that she have out of the present crop what will be sufficient for her support and after taking out the fifth of the whole crop which is the share of my son-in-law HENRY GROGAN. I desire the balance to be sold and applied to the payment of my just and lawful debts.

Signed ELISHA ALEXANDER and in Testimony of which we affix our seals: CHARLES M. REESE (seal), ELIJAH ALEXANDER (seal), and JOHN F. HERD (seal) [recorded in Book 1 on page 17, on September 10, 1832]

Burial: Keowee Baptist Church Cemetery Six Mile Pickens County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

Find A Grave: Memorial #146890162

1. ↑ 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
2. ↑ 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
4. ↑ South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980  [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:South Carolina County, District and Probate Courts.; Estate Papers, File No· 1-50, 1829-1834.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tom Bagwell for starting this profile on February 5, 2013.