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Elizabeth Johnson or Johnston

Female Abt 1791 - Aft 1870  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Johnson or Johnston 
    Born Abt 1791  , Iredell, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1870  Piney Creek Township, Ashe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2417  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Henry Eller,   b. 1788, of, Rowan, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1876, Piney Creek Township, Ashe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married Bef 1814  of, Ashe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1820 US: Ashe County, North Carolina, 19 pages as the follow related families:
      Henry Eller, 1,0,0,1,0,0//2,0,0,1,0,0,1.
      Jacob Eller, 2,1,0,0,1,0//4,1,0,1,0,0,1.
      David Graybeal, 3,0,0,1,0,0//0,0,1,0,0,0,1.
      Henry Graybeal, 3[or 5],1,0,0,1,0//2,2,0,1,0,0,1.
      Peter Graybeal, 3,1,0,0,1,0//2,0,1,0,0,0,0,
      George Koons, 1,1,0,0,1,0//2,2,1,0,1,0,1.
      No Hensons.
      No William Penningtons.
      No Stokers.
      No apparent Shaws - an area with possible Shaws is very light copy and hard to read; the two that could be Shaws [or something else] look like first names Nathan and Gabriel as heads of households.

      1830 US: Ashe County, North Carolina, entire county search for related families found the following:
      Henry Eller, p. 26a, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 15-20:1; 40-50:1//females 10-15:2; 30-40:1.
      David Graybeal, p. 26a, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 30-40:1.

      Henry Graybeal, p. 34a, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 20-30:1; 50-60:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; 40-50:1.
      Peter Graybeal, p. 39a, males 10-15:2; 20-30:1; 40-50:1//0-5:1; 20-30:1; 40-50:1.
      No William Hensons, Penningtons, Stokers, nor Shaws.

      1850 US: Ashe County, North Carolina, p. 303B, 26 Oct 1850, dwelling 963:
      Henry Eller, 62, farmer, $500, NC.
      Elizabeth, 58, NC.
      Jacob, 18, NC.
      Rebecca, 16, NC.
      Andrew, 10, NC.

      1860 US: South Eastern District, Ashe, North Caroline, p. 48 of 78, 24 Aug 1870, house and family 1097:
      Henry Eller, 72, farmer, $500, $200, NC.
      Betsy, 68, NC.
      Lidia, 38, NC.

      1870 US: Helton P.O., Piney Creek, Ashe, North Carolina, p. 13 of 21, 1 Aug 1870, house and family 88:
      Henry Eller, 80, works on farm, $125, NC.
      Elizabeth, 80, keeping house, NC.
      Elizabeth Bower, 40, keeping house, NC.

      2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31, clarifies early North Carolina counties and land grant practices:
      "Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh...
      Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families."

      3. FHL book 929.273 D55h "History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family; Frederick Co. Maryland; Wilkes Co. North Carolina; Muhlenberg Co. Kentucky; Sangamon Co. Illinois; Cass Co. Illinois," compiled by Muriel M. Hoffman; Anchor, Illinois; 1970; Chapter II "Ancestry of Peter Dick":
      "Elizabeth Dick, daughter of Conrad and Catherine Dick married Peter Eller, son of George Michael Eller, who moved to what is now Ashe County, N. Car. from Frederick County, Md. Their land adjoined that of her father and presumed brother, John. They had at least 8 children:
      1. John Eller, b. abt 1767 d. 1823, m. 5 Nov. 1792 Susannah Kerns, who died 10 April 1853 age 87 years.
      2. Catherine Eller b. Rowan Co. 6 Mar. 1773 d. aft 1850 m. 1791/2 to Michael Stoker b. Frederick Co. Md. 24 Mar. 1762, d. aft. 1836.
      3. Peter Eller b. 1777/8 d. Wilkes Co. 1851; m. Mary Pennington, prob. dau of William whose estate he helped to administer on 2 July, 1812 with a William Jr.
      4. Elizabeth Eller probably m. William Pennington
      5. Jacob Eller b.1784/88 d. 3 Nov. 1855 (census b.1784) m. abt. 1805 to Katherine White b.1789 d. Jan. 3, 1854
      6. Mary Eller b. 1784/88 d. 1872 age 84; m. George Koons (Koontz) b. 1785/6 d. 26 Mar. 1848 age 63 years.
      7. Henry Eller b.1786/88 d. Ashe Co. abt 1876 m. 1814 Elizabeth Johnson.
      8. George Eller b. aft 1790 d. before 1841."

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 119-123: "Henry Eller, b. abt 1786/88; d. abt 1876, Ashe Co., NC; md. abt 1812/14 to Elizabeth Johnson. She was b. abt 1791/2, Iridell Co (or Ashe Co.?), NC. Their children were John, George, Hannah, Mary, Peter, Calvin, Jacob, Rebecca and Ammon."

      2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 172-176: "Henry Eller, b. 1786/1788; family records said he died about 1876 at the age of more than 90 years. The 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses of Ashe Co. give his age as 62, 72 and 80 respectively. These records indicate a birth year of 1786/88 and a death year of 1876. He married, about 1812/1813, Elizabeth Johnson, b. according to the 1850 census of Ashe Co., NC, in 1791/92, her age being given as 58 years. The 1860 and 1870 censuses give her age as 68 and 80 respectively. She was born in Iridel Co., NC. Henry Eller entered 250 acres of land on the North Fork of New River, 16 July 1812. This land was surveyed 8 Sep 1813 and granted to him 23 Dec 1813. (Grant 840, Secy. of State's Office, Raleigh, NC.) The land was on the north side of 'feneck' (Phoenix) Mountain and bordered the 150 acre farm surveyed to Michael Stucker (Stokard, Stoker). The survey, dated 8 Sep 1813, was attested by Peter and Jacob Eller. Henry Eller figured in several land transactions in Ashe County after 1812. In one, dated 9 Dec 1819, he purchased 90 acres of land from George Koons for $150.00. This land was in Ashe county on the south side of the North Fork of New River 'to my south line and down to the conditional line made between Abraham May and John Dick Jr. against the mouth of Piney Creek being part of the 150 acre tract where Thomas Brooks Mill formerly stood.' George Koons, doubtless, was Henry's brother-in-law, the husband of Mary Eller, shown in... herein [see notes in this database for George Koons and Mary Eller]. The sale was made about the time that George and Mary Koons left North Carloina for their new home in Henry County, Ind. Mary Koons' name does not appear in the deed but this is not strange becasue the dower rights of wives were often not mentioned in early deeds of Ashe and Wilkes Counties. Later deeds indicate that Henry Eller's farm in 1845 consisted of 240 acres.
      The records show that Henry Eller's brother-in-law, Michael Stoker (Stokard, Stucker) as well as his brother-in-law, George Koons, lived on farms adjoining his on the North Fork of New River. His brothers, Peter and Jacob, lived near by while his brother John lived on the south fork of New River near where Peter Eller Sr., their father, late deceased, lived. About 1816 John and Peter moved to lower altitudes in Wilkes County, John to Lewis Fork Creek west of Wilkesboro on a farm of 451 acres and Peter to a farm on Ceroles Creek.
      Henry Eller is shown in the 1810 Federal Census of Ashe County at the age of between 16 and 26 with wife of same age but no children. He is also shown in the Ashe Co. censuses of 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870.
      The children of Henry Eller and Elizabeth Johnson were:
      John Eller, aged 36 in the 1850 and 58 in the 1870 census; m. Susan Hawkins, b. in Virginia, aged 31 in the 1850 and 55 in the 1870 census. Their children according to the Federal Census of Ashe Co., Piney Creek Twsp., were... [Biographies of their children and grandchildren follow in the book.]
      George Eller, b. 1820 (family record); m. Miss Howell. He probably was the George Eller, farmer, listed in the 1850 census of Ashe County, aged 30, with wife Malinda, aged 29 and with a son John Eller, aged 2. In the 1860 census of Ashe Co. he is listed as aged 39 with wife Malinda of same age and with a dau. Mary, aged 4. In the 1870 census Malinda Eller, aged 48, is shown living alone with Children... [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
      Hannah Eller, b. 1822 (family record), not shown in 1850 census.
      Mary Eller, b. 1826 (family record).
      Peter Eller, b. 1828 (family record); m. Elizabeth Brooks who may have been his first wife. A Peter Eller, aged 27, 37 and 47 respectively in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses of Ashe County, NC, is shown with a wife Nancy aged 24, 34 and 43 respectively in the same census lists with children as shown below. He died intestate 3 Apr 1898 at his farm in Walnut Hill Township of Ashe County known as the 'old Peter Eller Farm of 107 acres,' with settlement papers mentioning a wife Nancy and Children... [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
      Calvin Eller, b. 1830 (family record); m. Caroline Turner. He was a captain in the Army of the Confederate States of America in the War between the States. He removed to Independence, VA. The 1860 census of Ashe Co., NC lists him as a farmer, aged 30 with wife Caroline, aged 30, both born in NC with Children... [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
      Jacob Eller, b. 1832, d. 1899 (family record). He was given the age of 28 in the 1860 census of Ashe Co., NC. He m. 24 Nov 1853, ellen Jones, aged 27 in the 1860 census. He was a Baptist Minister. The 1860 and 1870 censuses of Ashe Co., NC and his will, dated 1 Sep 1898, (Wilkes Co., NC Will Book E, p. 103), show their children... [Biographies of their children follow in the book.]
      Rebecca Eller, b. 1834, aged 16 in the 1850 census of Ashe Co., NC.
      Ammon (Hannah) Eller, aged 10 in the 1850 census of Ashe Co., NC."