Robert Elrod Sr. (1759 - 1828)

Born 7 Dec 1759 in Rowan, North Carolina

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Died 20 Jul 1828 at age 68 in Orleans, Orange County, Indiana, USA

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ROBERT ELROD Sr.

ROBERT ELROD Sr. was born on December 23, 1759, in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was the son of CHRISTOPHER ELROD Sr. and AALTJE SOELLE.

On November 20, 1782, in Rowan County, North Carolina, he married ELIZABETH DOUTHIT RIDDLE, the daughter of STEPHEN RIDDLE Sr. and ELIZABETH 'Nancy' DOUTHIT

ROBERT ELROD died on July 20, 1828, at Orleans, Orange County, Indiana. He was buried in the Elrod Family Cemetery (Defunct) South West of Orleans, Orange County, Indiana.^[1]

The following is from: Walters, Pauline. The Elrod Family and Allied Lines of Douthit, Riddle, Douglas, and Redenbaugh Families. 1971

THE CHRISTOPHER ELROD FAMILY

Data on this family is taken from original records of the Moravian Archives at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, from the Hope Congregation Book, Friedburg Congregation Book, Wachovia Records, Bethabara Congregation Book, and from Moravians in North Carolina by Rev. Levin T. Raichel; published 1857 and reprinted 1968 by Genealogical Book Company; and from the Memoirs of and AALTJE ELROD, and some of their children...in the Moravian Archives

CHRISTOPHER ELROD, was born on 1-29-1726, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was brought up as a Lutheran; we think his father was TETER (DIETER) ELROD. On May 2 1743, He married AALTJE SOELLE or SELL and they had 12 children.

CHRISTOPHER ELROD (Sr.) died 1-29-1785 at Hope, North Carolina. He had 13 grandchildren at the time of his death. He and AALTJE were married in Monocacy, Maryland. AALTJE SOELLE was born 11-20-1724 at Germantown, Pennsylvania to Mennonite parents. (We think her Father may be ADAM SOELLE or SELL who died 1767)

AALTJE SOELLE ELROD died in Hope, North Carolina, 9-17-1804. She and her parents moved from Germantown, Pennsylvania to Monocacy, Maryland where she married CHRISTOPHER ELROD. She was baptized by the Lutherans; then she joined the Moravian Church. They left Monocacy, Maryland in 1751 and relocated to Rowan County, North Carolina; settling along the Yadkin River.

CHRISTOPHER ELROD Sr. died on his birthday at 7:00 am. He had called his children together on January 21st and gave them his farewell message. They had joined the Friedburg Moravian Church 4-4-1773.

CHRISTOPHER ELROD and JOHN DOUTHIT Families had enjoyed the hospitality and protection of the Brethren while fugitives at the Dutch Fort during the Indian War. These two men helped establish the Hope Moravian Church in 1780. It was solemnly dedicated to God, on March 28, 1780.

(NOTE A baby: ELISABETH ELROD was baptised here at Hope 9-24-1780).

The DOUTHIT’s and ELROD’s lived on the southwest border of the 98.985 acre Wachovia tract. They established The Hope Cemetery the same year [1780]. They wanted an English Church – but others spoke only German. They started the Hope church in 1775 – finishing it in 1780.

(Also) The RIDDLE, ELLIS, McKNIGHT, JOHNSON and other Families were all neighbors. (Page 181 and 182) of Reverend Reicherts book gives birth and death dates for CHRISTOPHER ELROD, JOHN DOUTHIT, and THOMAS BUTNER.

Here are the 12 children of CHRISTOPHER and AALTJE ELROD as taken from the Hope Congregational Book – Archives of the Moravians, Winston-Salem, North Carolina:

1. ADAM ELROD, born 3-11-1744 at Conewago Creek, Pennsylvania. He died 11-20-1812 at Hope, North Carolina. He married RACHEL WAINSCOTT 2-19-1765
2. STILLBORN ELROD infant
3. SARAH ELROD, born 9-26-1746 at Conewago Creek, Pennsylvania, and died 11-5-1832 at Bethabara, North Carolina. She married. THOMAS BUTNER (born 1741, Monocacy, Md, and died 1780 Hope, N.C.) They married either 7-11-1761 or 1764
4. MARGARETH ELROD, born 11-24-1752 and died 2-2-1821 at Hope, North Carolina. She married JOSEPH WILLIAM BONER (born 1747 Pennsylvania – and relocated to North Carolina 1769. He died at Hope 1785)
5. CATHERINE ELROD, born 2-12-1750, Pennsylvania. She married JOHN WAINSCOTT, 12-14-1769
6. MARY ELROD, born 3-12-1755 and died 10-14-1819 (NOTE) She never married. Lived in sister’s household
7. CHRISTOPHER ELROD Jr., born 8-15-1757 and died at Hope on 12-4-1827 He married SARAH DOUTHIT (Daughter of JOHN and MARY SCOTT DOUTHIT). Their descendants removed to Indiana
8. ROBERT ELROD Sr., born 12-7-1759 (Hope record gives this date, but Tombstone says 12-25-1760); relocated to Orange County, Indiana. He married ELIZABETH RIDDLE (born 1763) married 1782 in North Carolina – (she was a daughter of STEPHEN and ELIZABETH DOUTHIT RIDDLE, and granddaughter of JOHN and MARY SCOTT DOUTHIT) ROBERT and ELIZABETH relocated to Orange County, Indiana 1816
9. JOHN ELROD, born 05-29-1762. He married SARAH ANN RIDDLE, (Sister of ELIZABETH RIDDLE ELROD, also daughter of STEPHEN RIDDLE and ELIZABETH DOUTHIT) They relocated to Indiana.
10. AALTJE ELROD, born 9-15-1764 she married (1st) FREDERICK DOLL, and (2nd) GEORGE McKNIGHT (?)
11. LYDIA ELROD, born 11-08-1767 and died 8-27-1844 at Orange County, Indiana. She married ROGER McKNIGHT. (NOTE) They were first buried in the McKNIGHT Cemetery – but were later reinterred at Green Hill Cemetery; Orleans Township, Orange County, Indiana
12. STILLBORN ELROD

NOTES: I found this information on freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com and it was compiled by Charlotte Curlee Ramsey.

1...The 1st Aaltje Elrod was b. 15 Sep 1764. Her parents were Christopher and Aaltje Elrod and her brother was Adam Elrod married to Rachel Wainscott. Aaltje married Johann Frederick Dull or Doll on 3 Feb 1789 in Rowan Co., North Carolina. She had a child born on 17 Jan 1790. The records show that Aaltje and the child died on 17 Jan 1790. She was 25.

2...The 2nd Aaltje was the daughter of Adam (sister to the first Aaltje married to Johann) and Rachel. She was born 11 Dec 1765 - one year after her father's sister. She married George McKnight on 22 Mar 1787. The discrepancy of the marriage dates shows up in 3 different Elrod books. Aaltje and George were mentioned in Adam's will.

It is easy to see why the two were mixed. I feel pretty confident that the new research is correct

The following material is from History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties of Indiana from the Earliest Times to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminisces, and Notes, etc. Goodspeed Brothers, 1884.

SETTLEMENT OF ORLEANS TOWNSHIP (p. 383)

The present township of Orleans was organized with the county, and a large part of it was formerly embraced in what was then known as Lost River Township. It is situated in the best part of Orange County for agricultural pursuits, and the land was early and eagerly taken up by the first settlers. Lost River sinks in the southeastern part, and the dry bed or channel extends on across a considerable of the southern part of the township. Up to and including the year 1812, there were nearly 1,300 acres of land entered in this township, and all of it within six sections immediately along the Lost River channel.

The following is a list of the entries that comprise that amount of land, and they are the only ones made in this township up to that time.

In Township 2 north, and Range 1 east—William Brooks, April 13, 1812, 158.40 acres in Section 3; Daniel Findley, May 16, 1812, 153.20 acres in Section 3; Benjamin Freeman, April 11, 1812, 160 acres in Section 4; James Maxwell, October 19, 1809, 160 acres in Section 5; Benjamin Freeman, April 19, 1812, 160 acres in Section 7; Robert Field, April 21, 1812, 176 acres in Section 7; Benjamin Freeman, April 18, 1812, 160 acres in Section 8.

In Township 3 north, and Range 1 east—David Findley, November 14, 1811, 160 acres in Section 34. Other entries of land in this township before the year 1820 were as follows: In 1813, Simon Denny, Joseph Maxwell Jr., Roger McKnight, John Boggs and Samuel Gunthoy.

In 1814, Peter Mahan, David Findley, Elizabeth Lee and Samuel Lewis.

In 1815, Isaac Kimbly, Lindsley Ware, James Lewis, John and Jacob Elrod, Roger McKnight, Joseph Maxwell, Jr., William Lindley, Sr., James Sprow, John Besey and George Blair.

In 1816, John Crow, Benjamin Freeman, Christian Hostetler, William Kerr, John Sears, William Holman, Henry Sanders, John McVey, William Kirtman, Thomas Tate, Samuel Wood, Henry Speed and John Maxwell.

In 1817, Henry McGee, John Mayall, Elisha Walling, Joseph Sullivan, Thomas Edwards, Garret Voris and Samuel Lewis.

In 1818, William Salee, Fendes Sutherland, Thaddeus Fisher, Abraham Hentman, Hiram and Absalom Gross, James Roberts and Francis Bland.

In 1819, R. McLean, Jonathan Wright, J. G. Carr, William G. Berry and Phillip Sutherland.

From a list of the votes in August, 1819, the following names in addition to those just given, will be found:

Joseph Wilson, Samuel Scarlett, Jonathan Osborn, Benjamin Blackwell, James Shields, Joseph Hall, Stephen Glover, Richard Blackwell, Robert McLail, James Clayton, Burton Sutherland, Harvey Finley, John McKinney, John Lewis, Sr., Joseph Pound, Ezekiel S. Riley, Joseph Gulper, John Gray, Christopher McKnight, Stephen Elrod, Jabez Evans, William Reed, Jesse Finley, Jacob Coquenard, Robert McKinney, William Dalton, Jacob Conder, John Mayer, Sr., James Pacer, John Mullens, Willoughby Blake, Tyndall Sutherland, John B. Mayer, Jeremiah Wilson, John and Frederick Baker, Thomas G. Carr, Wesley Skoggs, Moses Mayer, Thomas Tate, Thomas Alexander, William Sutherland, Gabriel Busick, Joshua Carter, James Horsey, Thomas Wood, William Irwin, Uriah Glover, Basil Tegarden, Clement Horsey, Benjamin Field, Moses Riggs, Spencer Lee, Jacob Voris, Benjamin Pinkley, George Schoolcraft, William Lee Daniel Hardman, John Gross, Isaac Voris, Samuel Lock, Meredith Edwards, James Monroe, Robert Skoggs, Isaac Sexton, John Bryant, John Chatton, Israel Frost, Shadrack Roberts, Alexander McKinney, Levi Johnson, John Gray, Robert Lewis, Robert L. Black, Zachariah Sparlin, Arthur Noal, Daniel Oaks, Isaac Martin, Jacob Kreutsinger, Clement Lee, Moses Fell, Asbury Vandeveer, Joseph Hostetler, Thomas Wadsworth, Samuel Finley, Bradley Dalton, Cornelius Roberts, Benjamin Elrod, William Case, Moses Mathers, Jacob Shields, John Neal, Jacob Pifer, Edward Nugent, Edward Millis, John Smith, Nathan Bond, Jacob Osborn, Joseph Crawford, Cornelius Rayburn, "William Freeman, Arthur Neal, Jr., Joseph Albin, Peter Piles, John Lewis, Anthony Miller, Christian and Jacob Leatherman, John Bond and Frederick Mayer.

The total number of votes cast at this election was 134; Jonathan Jennings receiving 31 for Governor and Christopher Harrison, 101. John B. Mayer was Inspector; Uriah Glover and William Irwin were Judges. This would show a total of about 170 votes, which, on the usual basis of calculation would represent nearly 900 inhabitants at that time. But it must be remembered, that at the date of this election Lost River Township did not exactly coincide with the present bounds of Orleans Township, although perhaps near enough not to destroy the value of these calculations.

Here follows the return of an election in this township, held August 5, 1816.

We, the Judges of the election, do hereby make a true statement of the votes that each candidate got in their respective offices that they offered for, as witness our hands and seals: Thomas Posey, Governor, 91 votes; Jonathan Jennings, Governor, 41 votes; Christopher Harrison, Lieutenant-Governor, 60 :votes; Davis Floyd, Lieutenant-Governor, 13 votes; John Vawter, Lieutenant-Governor, 46 votes; William Hendricks, Congress, 110 votes; Allen D. Thom, Congress, 19 votes; George R.C. Sullivan, Congress, 1 vote; Roderick Rawlins, Senate, 86 votes; Marston G. Clark, Senate, 17 votes; John Depauw, Senate, 27 votes; Jonathan Lindley, Representative, 38 votes; Samuel Lewis, :Representative, 60 votes; John Pinnick, Representative, 44 votes; Zachariah Lindley, Sheriff, 34 votes; Jesse Roberts, Sheriff, 94 votes; John G. Clendennin, Coroner, 11 votes; Joseph Crawford, Coroner, 102 votes.

Robert Field.

Edward Millis.

Roger McKnight.

Robert Elrod

John Elrod

W.G. Berry,

SETTLEMENT OF NORTHWEST TOWNSHIP

At the reorganization of Orange County in the year 1817 Northwest Township was made to include all of the present township of Orangeville and that part of Orleans lying west of the meridian line, while its northern boundary was the East Fork of White River. After several reductions in size it was fixed as it yet remains. Its area is thirty square miles, and, as its name implies, is situated in the northwest corner of the county.

The five sections on the south boundary were originally reserved as saline land, excepting Section 16, which was reserved for school purposes.

In the other ten sections of Township 2 north and Range 2 west that are situated in Northwest Township, there were but three entries of land prior to 1820. These were Adam Shirley in 1813, James Wilson, 1818, and William Batman, 1819. The other entries in this township prior to that year were Samuel Blair, 1816; William M. Blair, 1816; George H. French, 1817; George Held, 1817; Burton Southern, 1818; Thomas Brackenridge, 1819, and Thomas Reynolds, 1820.

At an election held in Northwest Township, February 20, 1819, at the house of Samuel Glenn, the following persons voted:

Robert Elrod, John Maxwell, Thomas Inman, John Jarvis, John Sanders, Benjamin Pinkley, George Head, George Pinkley, Zelek Fisher, Wright Sanders, Charles Shirley, James Donnell, Thomas Jervis, Joseph Pearson, Henry Shirley, Stephen Elrod, William Hoard, James Blair, William Kirkman, William Blair, John Cook, Samuel French, Burton Southern, David Hudson, :Joseph Sanders, John Been, Adam Shirley, Simon Snyder, Charles Downs, Jacob A. Shotts, Lewis Byram, Henry McGee, Abel Robbins, William Bland, John Byram, James Wilson, William Batman and Joseph Wilson. Total number voting thirty-eight. Burton Southern receiving twenty votes for Justice of the Peace and John Cook eighteen. John Blair was Inspector, Henry McGee and Lewis Byram were Judges, and Charles Downs and Jacob A. Shotts were Clerks. At this date, however, Northwest included Orangeville Township, where a large number of these voters then resided.

In March of the following year there was another election, and the list of voters shows the following names in addition to those just given:

John Bryant, John Hinson, Jonathan Lindley, David Hudland, George Hinson, Levi S. Stewart, Jacob Shields, Thomas Wadsworth, Richard James, Michael Pipher, John Stewart, Samuel Scarlett, James Shields, Jr., Nathan Bond, Thomas Lindley, Pedigo Watson, Thompson Freeman and George Hoggs.

Up to this-date there had been land entered by only about forty-four persons, and these two returns show a vote of fifty-six, and many more than twelve of these were then strangers to the land entry record. This would pretty clearly indicate the presence of a considerable number of squatters at that date.

An Act for the Formation of a New County Out of the Counties of Washington, Gibson and Knox.

HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY (p. 412)

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said Orange County is hereby declared to be and remain a part of the district for the election of Counsellors composed of the counties of Washington and Knox, and in case of a vacancy for Counsellor, the Associate Judges of said county of Orange shall have power to carry into effect the law regulating elections.

Approved December 26, 1815.

ACTS OF THE COUNTY BOARD

Under the supervision of Zachariah Lindley, the Sheriff appointed by the Governor to organize the new county, an election of two Associate Judges, one Clerk, one Coroner and possibly other officers was held early in 1816, and immediately thereafter the Associate Judges.

Thomas Fulton and Samuel Chambers, met at the house of "William Lindley, Jr., to transact County business now done by the County Commissioners. :This meeting was held in February, 1816.

About the first act was to divide the county into townships—Orange Township about Paoli, Lost River Township about Orleans, Greenfield, Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast.

W. G. Berry and John Elrod were appointed Clerks in Lost River Township; Roger McKnight, Inspector; Robert Elrod and Robert Field - Judges.

Samuel Cobb and Thomas Lynch were appointed Clerks in Orange Township; Ebenezer Doan, Inspector; John Lynch and Abraham Elliott, Judges.

The report of the Commissioners appointed by the Legislature to fix the county seat was received and county orders were ordered issued to them for an aggregate amount of $114.

The seat of justice was named Paoli, after a town in North Carolina, whence the Lindleys, the owners of most of the land donated to the county, had come. If others than Thomas Lindley and Thomas Hopper donated land to the county in consideration of having the seat of justice located at Paoli, such fact could not be learned. Jonathan Lindley was appointed County Agent and directed to lay out the county seat into lots, which was done in April, 1816, and immediately thereafter a public sale of lots was held. Another sale occurred in the fall, the two sales aggregating cash and book proceeds of $8,294.40. This large amount placed the county on a firm financial footing. William Lindley, Jr., furnished the house where the County Board and other courts sat, but later they met at James Sutton's, and elsewhere.

HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY (p. 414)

TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

Simon Rubottom, James Wilson and Roger McKnight were appointed Viewers of a road from Paoli to Section 12, Township 4 north Range 2 west, on White River.

The following township officers were appointed for 1817 - Paoli Township:

William Lindley and Thomas Atkisson, Overseers of the Poor; Adam Miller and Joshua Nichols, same for Southwest Township; John Rooth and Joseph Kinkaid, same for Greenfield; George Henton and Thomas Copeland, same for Southeast; Robert Elrod and Thomas Evans, same for Northwest; James Maxwell and Daniel McKinney, same for Northeast; James Gregory and Jeremiah Rankin, same for Leatherwood; Roderick Rawlins and Lewis Jackson, same for Clear Creek.

HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY (p. 436)

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

Edward Millis, Samuel Chambers, Jesse Hollowell, Moses Lee, John Piunick, James Rawlins, James Cobb, Thomas Lynch, Joseph Glover, Hugh Holmes, Henry Hollowell, Jacob Moulder, William Carr, James Maxwell, Jesse Roberts, Thomas Evans, James Gregory, John Glenn, John G. Clendenin, Abraham Bosley, 1816 (a dedimus was issued to Zachariah Lindley, and, later in the year, to William Hoggatt, to swear into office all civil and military officers); Moses Smith, Michael Beal, David Brown, P. R. Allen, John Scott, Joel Charles, Adam Shirley, John Maxwell, W. M. Reynolds, William Jackson, E. P. Riley, Joseph Berry, Michael Buskirk, 1817; John Smith, Ephraim Doan, John B. Mover, Reuben Rainey, 1818; John Underwood, Alexander Morris, Cloud Bethel, J. R. Manley, John H. Bray, John Scandlar, 1819; Henry Hollowell, Jacob Mason, William Copeland, 1820; Josiah Hazlewood, John Breeze, Spencer Lee, Alexander McDonald, 1821; John Cook, Joel Charles, John Moore, Joseph Potts, John Elrod, Jonathan Lomax, William Case, Joseph Maxwell, 1822; John B. Moyer, 1823; Joel Vandeveer, Adlai Campbell, Lewis Pittman, Burton Southern, Henry Hollowell, 1824; Henry M. Canada, 1825; Charles Sage, Terry Critchfield, 1826; Samuel Cobb, Joseph Potts, James Wilson, William Case, John Elrod, S. B. A. Carter, 1827; Benjamin Cravens, Michael Mavity, Samuel Wible, 1828; John Field, Reuben Whitten, Burton Southern, Thomas Maxedon, John Moore, Henry Lingle, 1829; Eli McDonald, E.S. Riley,1830; William Trueblood, Benjamin Johnson, Enoch Edmundson, 1831; Anderson Meacham, William Harris, William Case, 1832; Jacob Cook, Chris. Flick, W.C. Walls, Richard Reason, 1833; Reuben Whitten, William Cathcart, David Riley, Samuel Dolton, Lorenzo Chapine, M. Sullivan,1834; Henry Lingle, Leonard Green, John Parks, Thomas Harrod, Ephraim Doan, E. S. Riley, 1835; John Fields, William Trueblood, Jarvis Smith, 1836; John Baker, John Moore, James McDonald, 1837; Isaac H.Webb, Essex Lomax, D. M. Smith, Jonathan Palmer, Thomas Edwards, James Southern, 1838 ; Henry Holmes, Joseph Seybold, John H. Shores, F. H, Duncan, W. C. Wall, Samuel Dolton, 1839; Leonard Green, Henry Lingle, J. W. Webb, William Holaday, David Hudelson, 1840; Benjamin Johnson, Barzilla Payne, Daniel Dwyer, James Farrell, Jonathan Prosser, 1841; W. G. Taylor, David Riley, Bailey Leonard, J, F. Kimbley, 1842; Han-ison Pittman, Aaron Andrew, S. R. Snyder

POLITICS OF ORANGE COUNTY Page 440

In August, 1836, the county gave Thomas Posey, Governor, 419 votes, and Jonathan Jennings, his opponent, 64. Many of the subsequent results at Gubernatorial elections cannot be given, but below will be found the result at Presidential elections:

The campaign of 1840 was the first of note in the county. In May of that year, at the Democratic County Convention, Joel Vandeveer presided, and the following representative Democrats were present: Henry Hollowell, Michael Mavity, Andrew Pruett, Samuel Wible, Eli McDonald, Henry Comingore, John Frazer, J. Hollowell, A. Maris, S. Cox, A. Wilson, W. Craig, T. Copeland, James Danner, W. Guthrie, S. Cornwell, J. H. Shore, Henry Crittenden, I. M. Ellis, P. Cartright, C. McDonald, J. McDonald, J. Lomox, J. H. Lomox, Q. Lomox, Edward Moore, William Wollington, John Moore, Thomas Nichols, A. Charles, John Brown, John McCally, Isaac Bridgewater, James McCally, William Smith, Jeremiah Jenkins, J. C. Busick, William Busick, Perry Elrod, William Walls, Dr. J. Dillard and T. Bledsoe. Dr. W. A. Bowles, then the leading Democrat of the county, and a man of unusual talent, magnetism and personality, and the Representative of the county, delivered a long address to the convention on the issues of the day, which was published in full in the True American. In August Mr. Bowles was re-elected Representative.

The county cast 947 votes for T. A. Howard, for Governor, and 678 for Samuel Bigger. Among the leading Whigs at this time, were: Col. Z. Lindley, Dr. C. White, Giles C. Smith, Thomas V. Thornton, Thomas J. Throop, Thomas CoflSn, Samuel Chambers, Ezekiel S. Riley, Ezekiel Blackwell, John T. Throop, John G. Clendenin, John H. Campbell.

ATTORNEYS ADMITTED TO THE ORANGE BAR

The order books of the Orange Circuit Court having been misplaced or stolen from the office, matters contained therein cannot be set forth in these pages, save what can be learned from the recollection of attorneys and others. The years missing are from 1861 to 1869. During that period William Farrell, J. W. Tucker, D. A. Kochenour, David Alspaugh, John W. Payne, Thomas B. Buskirk and others were admitted to practice, Farrell and Buskirk in 1868. In 1870 W. K. Harris, W. J.Stone, W. H. Martin, M.W. Elrod, William Throop and Thomas Hunt were admitted to practice. In 1871 R. J. Shaw, Joseph P. Throop and S. R. Tegarden were admitted. J.R. McMahan and W. T. Spicely were admitted in 1873; D. J. Overmyer and Nathaniel Hitch in 1874 W. A. Bell, S. J. Whitten, J. W. Sulenger, J. H. McMickle and W. H. Talbot in 1875; W. J. Frazer, W. E. Hendricks, Abraham Noblitt and E. J. Wilson in 1876; John Alexander, J. F. Dillon, E. W. Black, C. H. Burton, J. D. Carter, C. H. Dillon, John J. Lingle in 1877; George A. Buskirk, Alvin Campbell, Cornelius Curry and John R. East in 1878; S. O. Foster in 1879; J. E. Baker, John Dougherty and John A. Zaring in 1880; Moses F. Dunn, W. R. Gardner, J. H. Willard, Robert Palmer.

Among the later Prosecuting Attorneys have been Carlton, Weir, Brown, Shaw, Pittman, Tucker, East, Myers, Mavity, Duncan and the present incumbent of that office, Mr. Henley. Judge E. D. Pearson, who served from 1873 to 1879, is yet living at Bedford. His ability as a jurist and his eminence as an attorney are recognized throughout the district. His successor. Judge Francis Wilson, is singularly gifted in his profession and has risen by remarkable strides past old practitioners to his present eminence and popularity. His qualifications for the judgeship meet with the warmest recognition from the attorneys who practice before him, and from the Supreme Court, which rejudges his judgments upon appeal. As a pleader and a counselor he outstripped many of his competitors. It is said that the speech which particularly made him famous was the one delivered in prosecuting William Sanders for the murder of the Woodwards. Judge Wilson resides at Bedford.

A Paoli Indiana, weekly newsprint article concerning payment for JOHN, ROBERT, and STEPHEN ELROD for their services, respectively, to the Court (also primary and background 'images').

See last column under "Court Matters" or State of Indiana:

https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=PKPWN18790326.1.3

Page 27: The ELROD FAMILY and allied lines of DOUTHIT, RIDDLE, DOUGLAS and REDENBAUGH FAMILIES:

https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE933869

From that page: ROBERT ELROD Sr.

………"They came to Orange Co. Indiana 1816 or before, for at a meeting 2-1816 Lost River Tnsp. Or. Co. In., (ROBERT) he was appointed as one of the judges and his brother JOHN was one of two clerks appointed.

'1817' ROBERT ELROD and Thomas Evans were appointed overseers o' the poor….

'Judges' in '1819' election were Roger McKnight, JOHN and ROBERT ELROD, and others.

... At a meeting '2-20-1819' at Samuel Glens place, ROBERT and STEPHAN ELROD were listed as voters.

Parent Directory: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/orange/...

Concerning burial site of ROBERT ELROD,Sr.: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/orange/cemetery/miscem.txt

ELROD FAMILY CEMETERY: Orleans Township Section 12, T2N R1E. Obliterated

Located 3 miles southwest of Orleans Township; in the north section of the old James Lindley farm. The land was entered by Roger McKnight on Jan. 17, 1815, and was later acquired by ROBERT ELROD.

The ELROD FAMILIES came from North Carolina. There were 20 graves, only 3 or 4 of which had markers with inscriptions. Two of the graves were covered with bricks, built up in box-fashion. On another part of this farm were 3 ancient graves, identity unknown, marked by field stones. They are also now obliterated. Two stones from the ELROD burying ground were found.

ELROD, Robert; 25 Dec 1760 - 20 Jul 1828

KELSHAW, Sarah, In Memory of, who died 3 Mar 1824, age 55 years

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Selected Records from PROBATE ORDER BOOK A 1816–1829 : Submitted by Linda Lockhart:

http://www.ingenweb.org/inorange/probate/probate_b.htm

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(327) 8th December 1828...ROBERT & NOAH ELROD Executors of ROBERT ELROD Estate file inventory including that kept by the widow and appraised by Samuel Harned, William Lee and Henry H. Canoday on 25 September 1828. Sale Bill Buyers: BENJAMIN, JACOB, JOHN, NOAH, ROBERT and STEPHEN ELROD; Jonathan Braxton, Henry H. Canaday, Joshua Evans, Alexander Fulton, James Henderson, William Lee, Owen Lindly and Anthony Way.

8th December 1828 Estate to have a credit for money which he paid out as guardian for the heirs of Job Evans.

8th December 1828 ROBERT ELROD Will:

http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/county/orange/will_book_1816_1852/elrod_robert_sr_1828.pdf

Tuesday, August 12th 1817…It is ordered…concerning ROBERT, STEPHEN, and JOHN ELROD:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.geni.com/p13/aa/26/dc/0f/5344483f3f5a9354/0540_original.pdf

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave memorial for Robert Elrod

• ROBERT ELROD Sr., "Find A Grave Index"Name: Robert Elrod; Event: Burial; Event Date: 1828; Place: Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States of America; Birth-Date: 25 Dec 1760; Death-Date: 20 Jul 1828; Affiliate Record Identifier: 50490097; Cemetery: Elrod Family Cemetery; Citation: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK2-QCWM: 13 December 2015), Robert Elrod, 1828; Burial, Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States of America, Elrod Family Cemetery; citing record ID 50490097, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Attached 29 May 2017 by Joachim Hawn;Find A Grave: ROBERT ELROD Sr. 1759/60-1828
• ROBERT ELROD Sr.; Ancestry Family Trees; Citation: Ancestry Family Trees-Attached 26 January 2016 by Gladu, Janet Lynn
• ROBERT ELROD Sr. Family Data Collection-Individual Records: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/4725/records/4046063 Citation: Birth year: 1759; Birth state: North Carolina; Attached 26 January 2016 by Gladu, Janet Lynn
• ROBERT ELROD & ELIZABETH RIDDLE cited in; U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/383610 Citation Source Number: 450.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: NJH; Attached 26 January 2016 by Gladu, Janet Lynn
• ROBERT ELROD - Family Data Collection-Births: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/5769/records/1437134 Attached 26 January 2016 by Gladu, Janet Lynn
• ROBERT ELROD - Web: Indiana, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/70510/records/422724 Attached 26 January 2016 by Gladu, Janet Lynn
• ROBERT ELROD-U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/60525/records/11965820 Attached 26 January 2016 by Gladu, Janet Lynn
• ROBERT ELROD, U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 http://search.ancestry.com/collections/2234/records/140982 Citation Document: Tax Records, 1758/1759 [NC State Archives]; Call Number: C.R. 085.701.5; Page Number: 10; Family Number: 34 Attached 26 January 2016 by Gladu, Janet Lynn
• ROBERT ELROD, American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI): http://search.ancestry.com/collections/3599/records/2672679 Attached 26 January 2016 by Gladu, Janet Lynn
• ROBERT ELROD household in 1830 United States Federal Census Collection; http://search.ancestry.com/collections/8058/records/1775300 Citation Source Record: 1830 Federal Census for: Orange, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 31; Page: 19; Family History Library Film: 0007720 Attached 26 January 2016 by Gladu, Janet Lynn