ELIAS RAMBO was born in Feb 1782 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, and was married to ELIZABETH KINCANNON on 10 Nov 1803 in Washington Co., Virginia by Charles Hardy, a Methodist minister.[ Details: Charles Hardy was a resident on the Middle Fork of the Holston River. In 1808 he moved to Montgomery Co., Ohio.] She was born about 1784 in Virginia, the daughter of Francis Jr. and Martha (Snodgrass) Kincannon, and died by 1838. Elias saw service in the War of 1812 as a private in Capt. James Carother's Co., Tennessee Militia. He settled in Bedford Co., Tennessee where his name appeared on a tax list of 1812. By 1820 he had purchased land south of Lewisburg in Marshall Co. on the Elk Ridge between the Yell Road and the Spring Palace Road. He was issued Tennessee military grant #20962 of six acres adjoining his other property on 13 Nov 1849. Elias remarried MARY (?) by 1850. In the 1860 census, her age was 68, and she died in 1862. In the census of 1870 Elias was listed as 91 years old. At that time Elizabeth Welch (His Daughter), age 60, was keeping house for him, and her 15-year-old son G. W. Welch also lived in the household. Elias died at the residence of Murdock M. Malone in Pulaski, Giles Co., Tennessee on 9 Jan 1872 (Malone was his daughter Martha's husband before she died in 1860). The depositions taken pursuant to settling his estate established that he had converted most of his assets to notes and monies although he still owned about 220 acres of "broken" land, badly worn, none of it level, but with good water. Elias had these children, the first six being heirs of his estate:
FRANCIS KINCANNON RAMBO, b. 26 Nov 1805, m. Mary B. Harden
MARTHA RAMBO, b. 1808, m. Murdock McKenzie Malone
ELIZABETH H. RAMBO, b. 17 Sep 1811, m. Harvey Birch Welch
MARGARET E. RAMBO, b. ca 1815, d. after 1869, m. James E. Sansom
MARY ANN RAMBO, b. 22 Dec 1818, d. 1844, m. Richard Daugherty
ELIAS RAMBO Jr., b. ca 1820, d. 1865, m. Mary T. Harden
THOMAS RAMBO, b. between 1810-1820, d. before 1872
From the Tennessee State Library and Archives. 20th Civil District, File Box VII, Filed October 17, 1871
F. K. Rambo & Others vs. Elias Rambo Petition
F. K. Rambo, Mary E. wife of Monroe Cook, Davy Rambo, Martin Rambo, William Rambo and Martha Rambo. George, Lucy and Mary Ann Rambo who were minors sued by their brother David Rambo all of Marshall County, Tennessee. Turner Sanders ??? and wife Peggy of Dyer County, Tennessee and Murdock M. Malone and wife Martha of Giles County, Tennessee. Complainants would represent to the Court that they are the children and grandchildren of Elias Rambo who was a resident of Giles County and had been for about twelve months. Complainants stated that Mr. Rambo was about one hundred years of age. They represented that Elias Rambo was feeble and helpless, incapable of caring for himself or his property. Mr. Rambo was the owner of about two hundred acres of land situated in Marshall County, Tennessee, about four miles from the town of Lewisburg. He also owned a small tract in Giles County on the waters of Lynn Creek. The Complainants in this Cause was asking the Court that a Writ of Lunacy be issued to find the facts in the Case. They wanted a Guardian appointed to take charge of the person and the property. The Court appointed Murdock M. Malone, Guardian of Elias Rambo. [F.K., Malone & Sanders all ch., others g-ch?]
Elias Sr. did marry again. He married a woman named Mary in his later years they had a son also - but not sure of the name. Elias Sr was in the war of 1812.
Name: Elias McCafferty Rambo. Given Name: Elias McCafferty. Surname: Rambo. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/marshall/census/1850/1850slav.txt
https://www.geni.com/people/Elias-Rambo/6000000041136816727
http://www.humber.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rambo/200/
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