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William (Ellit) Elliott Sr.

  First Generation

1. William (Ellit) Elliott Sr. was born roughly 1760 in either Virginia or Pennsylvania.   He died before 1850 in LaRue County, Kentucky.  William was not literate and spelled his name "Ellit."  His children did the same.  It was not until the third generation the spelling became Elliott.  As early as 1787, he came to the area that is now roughly Hodgenville/Elizabethtown, LaRue County, Kentucky, where he joined other early pioneers.  He can be found in early Nelson County tax lists, in the household of Benham Shaw.  He helped settle the area and lived there the rest of his life, farming.  In 1791, he probably fought in the battle between Gen. Arthur  St.  Clair and Little Turtle.  William was one of the founding members of the South Fork Baptist Church, select minutes of which are transcribed on the South Fork page.  For some early church and settlement  history of the area, click here.  The area is famous as the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.  The name of William's parents remains a mystery.  It is possible he had a female relative named Mary or Molly who was the wife of Benham Shaw.  There is no evidence he was related to the family of Capt. George Elliott of the Virginia Navy.  Members of that family, (William Elliott then his father John Elliott), did move to the same area many years after William settled there so it is possible.

William married Susan or Susannah Brunk, daughter of John Brunk, on 26 Feb 1798 in Hardin County, Kentucky.  Susan was born roughly 1780 in Virginia or Kentucky.  She died in 1872 in Platte County, Missouri.  She was an independent woman and once left the Baptist Church over the issue of slavery.  (Select minutes from the church can be found on the South Fork page).  It is said that she was a midwife.  She had ten sons.  After her husband died, she lived with her son George and his family in LaRue County, Kentucky; she can be found there in the 1850 census.  George died shortly after that and she moved to Platte County, Missouri.  She is listed there in her son John's household in the 1860 census.  Although she is not listed in the 1870 census, her grave is in the Todd Cemetery in Platte County and is marked 1872.  A photo can be found here.  Susannah's father, John Brunk, was a friend of Dennis Hanks.

William and Susannah had the following children:

+ 2 M i. John (Ellit) Elliott was born on 22 Nov 1799. He died in Mar 1888.  A photo of his tombstone may be found here.

+ 3 M ii. William (Ellit) Elliott Jr. was born about 1801. He died about 1855.

+ 4 M iii. Jacob (Ellit) Elliott was born about 1804.  He died before 1880.

5 M iv.  Unknown Son Elliott  was born (estimated) 1805 to 1810. He died before 1850.

+ 6 M v. Thomas Whitman (Ellit) Elliott was born on 15 Apr 1808.  He died about 1859.

+ 7 M vi. Squire (Ellit) Elliott was born on 30 Oct 1812. He died before 1860.  A descendent has a family history at this site.  It includes many pictures.

+ 8 M vii. Fielding (Ellit) Elliott was born about 1814. He died before 2000.

+ 9 M viii. Charles (Ellit) Elliott was born about 1815.  He died after 1870.

+ 10 M ix. George (Ellit) Elliott was born about 1816.  He died before 1855.

+ 11 M x. Corporal Whitfield (Ellit) Elliott was born in 1820.  He died on 26 Jul 1896.

 

Second Generation

2. John (Ellit) Elliott (William (Ellit)) was born on 22 Nov 1799 in Hardin County, Kentucky. He died in March 1888 in Platte County, Missouri.  He was buried in Todd Cemetery, Platte County, Missouri.  John served for a time as the clerk for the South Fork Baptist Church of Hardin (laterLaRue) County.   In about 1836, he was the first of the family to move from Kentucky.   He settled in Platte County, Missouri.  Later his brothers William, Charles and Whitfield moved to the same area (before 1850).  His mother Susannah Brunk also left Kentucky and moved to her son's household before 1860.  John was a prosperous farmer and before the Civil War owned slaves, the only member of his family who did.

John married (1) Margaret Owens on 11 Oct 1820 in Hardin County, Kentucky.  Margaret was born about 1805. She died before 1857 in Platte County, Missouri.

John and Margaret had the following children:

+ 12 F i. Matilda Elliott was born about 1821.  She died about 1855.

+ 13 M ii. Whitman Elliott was born about 1825.  He died about 1851.

14 F iii. Mary Elliott was born in 1829 in Kentucky.  She died in 1865 in Platte County, Missouri.

+ 15 F iv. Martha Elliott was born about 1831.  She died before 2000.

+ 16 F v. Susan Elliott was born before 1840.  She died before 1850.

John married (2) Elinore Crosset on 22 Mar 1857 in Platte County, Missouri.  Elinore was born about 1805.  She died in 1881 in Platte County, Missouri.  She was buried in Todd Cemetery, Platte County, Missouri.

John married (3) Susan Tribble daughter of John or Thomas Tribble and Jane Phelps on 29 Apr 1884 in Platte County, Missouri.  Susan was born about 1808 in Kentucky.  She died on 22 Sep 1886 in Platte County, Missouri.  She was the widow of Joseph Todd, an early pioneer of Platte County.