Fought in the Cherokee War in 1836 in Miller's Company 3, North Carolina Militia. While participating in the "Trail of Tears" escorted the Indians to Oklahoma. Received pension WA-3201 for this service. (McNeely)
1847 He and brother Adam Barnes Oxford Sr. moved from Caldwell to Alexander County. (McNeely)
1850, 1860 Alexander County, NC Census. (McNeely
1864 - Enlisted in the North Carolina, Fifth Senior Reserves of the Confederate Army and served as a Captain. (McNeely)
1870, 1880 Alexander County, NC Census. (McNeely)
1887 Wrote his Will which I recorded in the Alexander County Clerk of Courts Office.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha 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.
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