Elias Veatch Sr (1759 - 1839)

Born 25 May 1759 in Frederick, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Brown) Veatch — married 2 Feb 1790 in Greene, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1839 at age 80 in Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Elias Veatch Sr was a Maryland colonist.

Jane Brown married Elias Veatch on 4 Feb 1790 in Greene County, Tennessee.^[1]

The family remained in Greene TN until 1795, according to the Tax Lists of 1783-1799.^[2]

He died at age 80 and is buried at Enfield, White County, Illinois.^[3]

Known Children^[4]

Isaac Veatch (1791 - 1880)

James Veatch (1792 - 1821)

William Veatch (1812 - 1886)

Known Siblings^[5]

Nathan I. Veatch (1752 - 1829)

Isaac Veatch (1756 - 1780)

Amos Veatch (1768 - 1840)

He is buried at Enfield Cemetery, Enfield, White County, Illinois.

Inscription

Rev. War^[6][7]

Pension Application

On 4 Sep 1832 Elias Veatch, a resident of White Co. IL aged 73 years, declared: That he entered the service of the United States in the militia under the following named officers and served as herein stated. Goodwin Colonel, Lt Colonel name not recollected, Goodwin Major, Lang Captain, the lieutenants not recollected nor the Christian names of any of the above officers. That he was drafted and entered the service about the middle of April as he believes 1777. That he resided in the Camden District about ten miles from the town of Camden in the State of South Carolina. That he marched from Camden to Charleston & remained there three months, there discharged & returned home. Colonel Mason in command of a regiment of regulars was at Charleston during this time. That he had a brother in the regiment under command of Mason name of brother Isaac Veatch, company not recollected.

That under the same officers and Lieutenant Whittaker he was drafted and entered the service about the middle of April as he believed 1778. That he resided as above stated and marches from Camden to the Savannah River a little below Augusta, Georgia and then to Charleston where he remained until the expiration of his three months. Then discharged and returned home. Colonel Mason regiment there during this period.

That under General Simmons and the same officers except Lieutenant Whittaker whose place was supplied by Daniel Muse, he was drafted and entered the service about the middle of April as he believes 1779. That he resided as above and marched from Camden to the Black Swamp below Augusta, Georgia. That General Moultrie was commander at that place. That the enemy pursued us from the Black Swamp to Charleston. That general Moultrie with the troops under his command entered the town before the arrival of the enemy. That General Lincoln who had the winter previous taken command of the Southern army was then at or near Augusta came on soon after with the main army. That he belonged to the division which was to take possession of the Islands previous to the battle of Stono. That the division did not arrive until after the battle was over. That he remained in Charleston some time after the battle of Stono and that he serve this time about four months, was then discharged and returned home.Colonel Mason regiment was at Charleston during this period.

That under the same officers except Captain Lang, the company in command of Lieutenant Elkins. That he was drafted & entered the service about the first of May 1780. That he resided as above, and marched from Camden towards Charleston. That when he arrived at the Congaree River he learnt of the surrender of Charleston. That he was sent by Col. Goodwin to carry an express to Col. Sumpter who was below between them & Charleston. That on the next morning after he had left his regiment he learnt of the advance of the enemy. That he returned to his regiment. That he was soon after discharged & returned home. Out as he now thinks about one month.

That under the same Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major and Captain Richard Tucker he entered the service as a volunteer on the 15th of August 1780 and marched to meet General gates who had command of the Southern army. That on the 16th he was at the battle near Camden & in the early part of the engagement wounded and taken prisoner. That he was unable to walk for three months in consequence of the wound [in his thigh according to wife Jane’s affadavit]. That he remained in their hands as a prisoner of war until the retreat of Lord Rawdon from Wilmington NC to Charleston in April or May 1781 when he found means to escape and found the main army under General Greene then at Dorchester. That he was discharged by General Greene and returned home.

That under Captain Whittaker he entered the service as a volunteer sometime in the summer of 1782 and after the surrender of Orangeburgh that he assisted in guarding Tories at Orangeburgh about one month. That he was then discharged & returned home.

That he was born in Frederick County Maryland May 5th 1759. … That he resided [at home] about 18 months or about that time after peace was declared. That he removed to Nolichucky River in what is now Green County, Ten. but then was a part of North Carolina. He resided there eleven years. He then removed to Jefferson County in same state, resided there one year, then removed to Sevier County, TN for one year, then removed to Powell’s valley, McLane County he believes, same state, remained there about two years. He then removed to Knox County, Kentucky, resided there two years. He then removed to Henderson County same state, resided there two years and then removed to this County where he has since resided. … That Peter Miller and Samuel Abbott are persons who live in my neighborhood and will testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution. … ^[8]

Research Notes

• Montgomery County, Maryland was not founded until 1776. Therefore Elias' 1759 birth occurred in Frederick County.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002"
   Greene > 1780 May-1855 Dec: Marriages > image 55 of 657
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 3 May 2022)
   Jane Brown
2. ↑ www.genealogyforyou.com/usa/tennessee/greene
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67550380/elias-veatch Pike-2301 00:16, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
4. ↑ https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67550380
5. ↑ https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67550380
6. ↑ https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67550380
7. ↑ Vaught, Et Al, Cemeteries of White County Illinois, Volume No. 13
8. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension Application; Elias Veatch, S.C., pension claim R.10926; www.footnote.com.

See also:

• 1810 United States Federal Census

• Alvin Elias VEATCH, The Veatch Family in America: Being a History of the Descendants of James Veatch who came to America from Scotland A.D. 1750, (By author : Havelock, Nebraska, 1904) p. 2 has list of children of James VEATCH and Eleanor RAYMER [more may be in book about this family]; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/veatchfamilyinam00veat/page/2?q=Veach+genealogy : accessed 19 January 2020).

• We Veitches, Veatches,Veaches, Veeches: An Historical Treasury of the Descendants of James Veitch, the Sheriffe, compiled by Laurence R. Guthrie, editing, additions and index by Wanda Veatch Clark, 1974, p. 423-429. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/386018-we-veitches-veatches-veaches-veeches-an-historical-treasury-of-the-descendants-of-james-veitch-the-sheriffe?offset=2

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Aaron Tassin for creating WikiTree profile Veatch-116 through the import of John Nicholson (1821 - 1863).ged on Jun 22, 2013.