John Elledge

Abt 1755 -

• Name	John Elledge
  Birth	Abt 1755
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6E79DAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4E61D3
  Person ID	I184	sorrells
  Last Modified	16 Jun 1998

  
  

  Father	Thomas Elledge, Sr.,   b. Abt 1718, Baltimore Co., MD d. 1788, Wilkes Co., NC (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Thornburgh,   b. 1 Jul 1728, Baltimore Co., MD d. Aft 1788, Wilkes Co., MD (Age > 61 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1746	Baltimore Co., MD
  Family ID	F156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Female Elledge,   b. Abt 1780   2. William Elledge,   b. 1785   3. Male Elledge,   b. Abt 1790   4. Male Elledge,   b. Abt 1792   5. Male Elledge,   b. Abt 1794   6. Male Elledge,   b. Abt 1796
  Family ID	F155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  John's arrival in Surry Co., NC is 1774 then onto Wilkes Co. where he signed up for land, but never bought any, but lived supposedly on his father's 2000 plus acres. (Thomas Sr., Esquire). He married in Wilkes Co., and was one of the administrators of his father's estate in 1788 in Wilkes Co., NC. He was a Tory and went to GA during the Revolution then bought the Rutherford/Buncumbe land and sold it before 1790 when he bought several tracts of land in northern Greenville Co., SC. By 1810 he owned land in Knox Co., TN John and Susanna had 2 daughters in the 1780's and 4 sons all born in the 1780-1800 decades. John and brother Isaac both sold land in Burke Co. He was in the 1800 Census of Rutherford Co., NC which is south of Burke County, NC. He is listed as having 4 sons and 2 daughters. He is listed in Wilkes Co. to administer his father's will in 1788. He was in all 3 counties: Burke, Rutherford, and Buncumbe He is listed as a Tory on the 1783 Burke Co., NC list of Tories including John Deal, John Bradshaw, William, Joshua, etc. Some descendants believe that he is the John listed in the War of 1812, even though he was age 55, listed in Jefferson Co., TN with Morgan. All this information is from Cynthia SNIDER (csnider@tomco.net) (1998)