Elisha Estes III (1754 - 1839)

Born 1 Jan 1754 in Lunenburg, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 3 Apr 1839 at age 85 in Owsley, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Elisha Estes III was born on 1 Jan 1754 in Lunenburg, Virginia. His parents were Elisha Estes II (1729 - 1791) and Frances (Bottom) Estes (~1734 - ~1808).

His siblings were...

1. Dicey (Estes) Kirby (~1748 - ~1859)
2. Elisha Estes III (~1750 - 1817)
3. Elizabeth (Unknown) Anglin (~1750 - ~1844)
4. Asa Estes (1770 - 1840)

Facts

Private Elisha Estes III served with 1st Virginia Regiment (1779), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Elisha Estes III is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A212434.

Elisha was born about 1750.

Elisha enlisted for one year at Halifax County, Virginia in Company E of Captain Charles Pelham's Company of the 1st Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Richard Parker. He served from April 1778 . He was inoculated, probably for smallpox. He was paid 6 2/3 dollar per month. He was discharged at West Point.

Monthly muster rolls chronicle his time in the military:^[1]

April 1778- under inoculation

May 1778- Valley Forge

June 1778- Brunswick

July 1778- White Plains, sick on the road, sick absent

August 1778- White Plains, Flying Hospital, sick in camp

September 1778- Camp Robinson, sick in Flying Hospital, sick in camp

October and November 1778- Camp Middle Brook, on furlough

December 1778-February 1779- Camp Middlebrook, on furlough to March 1

March 1779- Middle Brook, Deserted 1st

July 1779- Camp Rammspough, with Gen. Scott southwd

August 1779- Camp Smith Grove, with Gl. Scott

September 1779- Camp Rammspough, Suppod to be Gl. Scott

November 1779- Camp, Supposed to be with Genl. Scott

He was reportedly married on 25 December 1781 (or 1782 or 1783) to Molly Collins at Bear Grass Creek, Kentucky.^[2]

In 1810, Elisha's household in Madison County, Kentucky contained 12 free white individuals:^[3]

4 males under 10

1 male aged 10 to 15

1 male aged 26 to 44 (Elisha)

2 females under age 10

2 females aged 10 to 15

1 female aged 16 to 25

1 female aged 26 to 44 (Molly)

Elisha began to receive a Revolutionary War pension on 26 June 1818. He was to receive $8 per month.^[4]

In 1820, the household of Elisha Ester in Madison County, Kentucky contained 14 free white persons and five enslaved persons. Seven persons were engaged in agriculture and two persons were engaged in manufacturing:^[5]

Free white individuals

1 male under 10

3 males aged 10 to 15

1male aged 16 to 25

1 male aged 45 and over (Elisha)

2 females under age 10

3 females aged 16 to 25

1 female aged 45 and over (Molly)

Enslaved individuals

2 males under age 14

2 males aged 45 and over

1 female aged 26 to 44

On 20 June 1820 in Fayette, Elisha stated "that he is a farmer by occupation, and that by old age and bodily infirmities, he labours with much difficulty, that he has four children living with him, to wit Nancy 21 years old, Jane 18 years old, Elisha 15 years old and Agatha 15 years old and that his children are chiefly females and consequently not much benefit to him, and his son is yet young.^[6]

In 1830, Elisha Estes's household in the Eastern Division of Madison County contained 19 individuals, nine free white persons and 10 enslaved persons:^[7]

1 male aged 15 to 19

2 males aged 20 to 29

1 male aged 50 to 59

1 male aged 80 to 89 (Elisha)

1 female aged 10 to 14

1 female aged 15 to 19

1 female aged 20 to 29

1 female aged 50 to 59

Enslaved individuals

3 males aged 10 to 23

1 male aged 36 to 54

2 females under age 10

3 females aged 10 to 23

1 female aged 55 to 99

Elisha died on 3 Apr 1839 in Owsley County, Kentucky.^[8]

Notes

Acknowledgements

• Created by Richard Litton, Monday, February 10, 2014.

Sources

1. ↑ Elisha Estes Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; https://www.fold3.com/image/22429607?terms=war,estes,revolutionary,us,elisha
2. ↑ Estes Genealogies, 1097-1893, compiled by Charles Estes (1894) Eben Putnam, Publisher, Salem, Massachusetts, pages 320-321; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/13655/images/dvm_GenMono002382-00001-1?pId=336
3. ↑ Elisha Estes household, 1810 US census, Madison County, Kentucky, population schedule, page 203, line 38; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/689287:7613?ssrc=pt&tid=13693691&pid=20401122944
4. ↑ Elisha Eastis entry, The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 11872>01:Revolutionary; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1116/images/T718_1-0419?pId=58540
5. ↑ Elisha Ester household, 1820 US census, Madison County, Kentucky, population schedule, page 12-, line 46; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1396205:7734?ssrc=pt&tid=13693691&pid=20401122944
6. ↑ Elisha Eastes Revolutionary War pension file, https://www.fold3.com/image/17225991
7. ↑ Elisha Estes household, 1830 US census, Madison County, Kentucky, population schedule, Eastern Division, page 89, line 20; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1396205:7734?ssrc=pt&tid=13693691&pid=20401122944
8. ↑ Elisha Eastis final payment voucher card; https://www.fold3.com/image/253395176?terms=eastis,elisha

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• Find A Grave: Memorial #133966338
• Unclassified: "American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)"
  Ancestry Record 3599 #2693847 (accessed 26 December 2021)
  Name: Elisha Estis; Birth Date: 1750; Birthplace: Virginia; Volume: 51; Page number: 209; Reference: Heads of Fams. at the first U.S. census. Va. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (189p.):80.
• Child Record: "Franklin County, Virginia, Marriage Bond Index, 1786-1858"
  Ancestry Record 4004 #1050000689 (accessed 26 December 2021)
  Name: Elisha Estes; Gender: Male; Spouse: Margaret; Child: Joshua Brock.
• 1890 Census: "Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890"
  Ancestry Record 3556 #15870882 (accessed 26 December 2021)
  Elisha Estes in Mississippi Territory, MS.
• 1810 Census: "1810 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1810; Census Place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia; Roll: 69; Page: 339; Image: 00642; Family History Library Film: 0181429
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7613 #678105 (accessed 26 December 2021)
  Elisha Estes.