Robert Elliott (abt. 1738 - 1838)

Born about 1738 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Childress) Elliott — married 20 Jun 1793 in Botetourt, Montgomery, Virginia

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1838 at about age 100 in Elliotts Creek, Montgomery, Virginia

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Biography

Robert Elliott served with 12th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Robert was born in 1738. Robert Elliott ... He passed away in 1838.

Revolutionary War

2nd Lt. Robert Elliot(t) 12th Virginia, 20th March, 1777: retired September 14, 1778: served subsequently as Captain Virginia Militia. (Died January 4th, 1838.)Link

Pension application attached.

Descendant's Note

On Feb 16, 2018 descendant Virginia Miller provided the following comment about this WikiTree profile: Capt. Elliott was born in 1734. His rifle has been passed down through his daughter's family but has now passed to other descendants. I have a notebook that was compiled by another distant cousin. His daughter Amanda married William Wade Willis. I am descended from them.

Research Note

Is Curtis Elliott a nephew of Robert Elliott? They live in the same counties in the 1810, 1820 and 1830 US Censuses.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #83487564

• 1785 Tax List in Barnetts District, Botetourt County, Virginia. Data frp, Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Virginia Census, 1607-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

• Revolutionary War Service page 214 "Historical reg. of officers of the Continental Army" by Francis Bernard Heirman, Washignton D.C. 1914 Link

• Time of death of following conflicts with Find A Grave and the Revolutionary War Pension files which say death in 1838: http://vagenweb.org/gloucester/rostere-h.html Revolutionary War Roster, E-H [1]

• Marriage: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8J-PJN : 5 December 2014), Robert Elliott and Elizabeth Childres, 17 Jun 1793; citing Montgomery County, Virginia, reference P 47; FHL microfilm 32,633. Elizabeth's father's name: Stephen Childres The marriage bond says June 17, 1793 while Revolutionary War Pension files say the marriage was June 20, 1793.

• DAR Ancestor # A037577 supports the marriage to Elizabeth Childress and death in 1838.

• 1810 US Census Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia (2 pages attached)
• 1820 US Census Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia (2 pages attached)
• 1830 US Census Montgomery, Montgomery County, Virginia (2 pages attached)

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Marie Mills for starting this profile.