James R. Ellis Sr (1735 - 1828)

Born 1735 in Kent Island Parish, Queen Anne's, Maryland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1828 at about age 93 in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ellis Name Study.

Descendants of the family of James Ellis and Margaret Peggy Hopper operated a ferry across the Broad River between Shelby and Gaffney, South Carolina.

A large two-story white frame house, known as the "Ellis House", and later as the "Gramling House" was built just across the river, and was used as a stop-over for river and stage coach travelers.

The house is still standing and is on the historical register.

Sources

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #49286517 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 January 2021), memorial page for James R. Ellis (1735–23 Jun 1828), Find a Grave Memorial no. 49286517, citing Ellis Family Cemetery -Ferry, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by MJ (contributor 47044880) .
• Mona Wammick
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2V-MZG : accessed 25 June 2022), James Ellis, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 286, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 337,916.