Pvt.
William
Micajah
(Micajah)
McElroy
Sr.
Born in Wake, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Archibald Mackelroy Jr.
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William McElroy
Died
at age 72
in Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jan 2017
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Biography
Micajah McElroy, Sr. was the only child of Archibald McElroy, Jr. and Sarah Lynn. He was born September 20, 1760, in Wake County, North Carolina. He married Sarah (last name unknown, possibly Cooley) about 1780 in North Carolina.
Private Micajah McElroy Sr. served with Wake County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Micajah McElroy Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A076638.
Micajah served in the Revolutionary War 1780-1781, amounting to seven months in all. He served under various Captains and was in some skirmishes with the Tories (British). He lived in Wake County, North Carolina during the time he served in the Revolutionary War. He applied for a Revolutionary War pension on October 19, 1832. A summary of service on which the pension was allowed is as follows:
Rank: Private—West Tenn. Agency N.C., Service, Micajah McElroy, being duly sworn deposed: That he entered service in the fall of the year in North Carolina under Captain Bryant, Major Sharpe, Colonel Cafur, Lt. Joseph Peoples, and Ensign Henry Pope; That he lived in Wake County, North Carolina and was drafted there; went to Hillsborough, to Salesbury, at which place he remained three months—time for which drafted; that he was born the year 1760 on the 20th of September in Wake County, North Carolina. That he removed to Lincoln County, Tennessee, where he has resided for about 23 or 24 years.
Micajah had moved to Lincoln County, Tennessee by 1810. According to court records, he and his son William were awarded a contract to build the first Courthouse in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee on February 7, 1814. Micajah lived in Lincoln County until his death in 1832.
- Spouse
- Sarah Lynn b. abt. 1760
- Children listed in DAR record
- JACKSON C. m. CYNTHIA ANN SMITH
- WILLIAM m. MARY HUNTER
- ABAGAIL m. SAMUEL DAVID BUCHANON
Sources
- DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A076638
- https://www.geni.com/people/William-McElroy-I/6000000003187099594
- Copied from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Micajah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Micajah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Micajah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Micajah:
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~0.78%
Sarah (Nabors) Flanagan
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T374081 [compare], FTDNA kit #207559
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~0.78%
Lucile Bryan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch RC6715648 [compare], FTDNA kit #257319
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Pamela (Henderson) LeCroy
McElroy-2292 and McElroy-1061 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth and death information.
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