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- Elijah Teague was born 01 May 1726 in North Sassafras Parish, Cecil County, MD, the son of William Teague & Isabella E. (Pennington) and died 1780 in Black Jack, Newberry County, SC.
Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Capt Elijah Teague
Spouse: Alice
Parents: William Teague, Isobel
Birth Place: Orange County, of, NC
Birth Date: 1 May 1726
Death Place: Shot, By, British
Death Date: 1772
The Ancestral File Records say he was born at St. Mary Anne's Cecil, MD
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Alcey Morgan
Gender: Female
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1727
Spouse Name: Elijah Teague
Spouse
Birth Place: MD
Spouse Birth Year: 1726
Marriage
Year: 1745
Marriage State: MD
Number Pages: 1
Married: He married Ailsey Davis. She was born 1726. She died 1791.
Elijah Teague is listed in the Grand Jury List 1776-1778 in the 96th District, S. Carolina on the Little River between the Broad and Saluda Rivers.
He removed with his father from Frederick County, Virginia to Rowan County, North Carolina in 1756; removed with his brother, Joshua Teague (c 1732-1804) to South Carolina in 1767; Elijah settling in Newberry County.
Elijah was a Captain in the Continental Army and was killed by Torries near Black Jack, Newberry County, South Carolina.
In George Pemberton's (1819-1878) Summary: "My grandmother on my mother's side was named Susan Teague. Her father was Elijah Teague, a Captain in the old Revolutionary War; was captured by a squad of 8 Tories, and hung. He had 3 sons who followed the 8 Tories, and killed all of these except (1) Ned Mitchuseson."
The account of his murder by Tories is found in "Quakers in S. Carolina Backcountry, Part II-Bush River" by Williard C Heiss, 1969.
Alice resided during the American Rev. at Black Jack, 96th District, South Carolina, now Newberry, and acted in the capacity of patriot by rendering material aid to the Army. She furnished provisions and forage for militia use.
Also listed in "Stub Entries to Indents issued in payment of Claims against South Carolina growing out of the Revolution, Books 157 #318 Book s is Mrs Alee Teague. After the murder of her husband, she continued to supply the militia from her farm. ( In this record the C was miscopied as an E.) The next entry in the book is to her son Samuel Teague.
Alice is listed in the DAR Patriot Index p 2896 PS SC
Children:
Elijah Teague, born Abt 1744.
Joshua Teague, born Abt 1746 in Frederick County, VA;
John TEAGUE was born 1750 in MD. He died 1805. John married Sharah. Sharah was born 1753.
Samuel Teague, born 1759 in South Carolina; died 1841.
Susannah Teague, born 1761 in Rowan, NC. She died 7 Oct 1829 in Newberry, SC and was buried in Chapman-Summers, Grave Yard, Newberry, SC. Susannah married William SUMMERS. William was born 1756. He died 1823.
Charity TEAGUE was born 1763 and died 1853. Charity married John BENTON.
Elijah TEAGUE was born 2 Sep 1767 and died 11 Feb 1843.
ELIJAH TEAGUE, SON OF WILLIAM
Proof of this baby’s existence is found in Early Anglican Church Records of Cecil County, Maryland St. Mary Anne’s Parish 1709-1799, North Elk. Records show that Elijah Teague was buried on 9-1-1720.
ELIJAH TEAGUE, SON OF WILLIAM
Elijah sold his property in Virginia and bought 444 acres on Abbots Creek on 1-19-1756.
On 10-19-1758, he was made a Captain in Col. Osborn’s Company in the war against the Indians. In 6-1759 and 3-1760, he registered claims of expense in the war against the Cherokee Indians. On 7-17-1765, he registered his mark for branding cattle.
In 1766 and 1767, Elijah sold his land in Rowan County and moved into South Carolina where he obtained a grant of 200 acres in the forks of the Broad and Saluda Rivers and situated on Bush Creek. He obtained another 250 acres on Beaver Dam, a tributary of Bush River.
Elijah Teague, b. 5-1-1726, d. 1780, was a Captain in the Continental Army. Elijah was sick and in bed when English soldiers were seen approaching the house. Samuel, his son, still a boy, was at home with his father. A puncheon was lifted and the boy was hidden underneath the floor. The Tories entered the house and began tearing it up and taking anything they wanted. The destruction of the house so frightened Elijah that he rose from his bed and ran across the adjoining lot. The soldiers shot him down and hacked his body with their swords. They stripped the house bare of clothing. Samuel had to take the shirt from his back to bury his father in.
He died in the Ninety Six District (now located in Newberry County, South Carolina) near Black Jack..
Afterwards, Elijah’s Wife, Alice, and their two sons, Joshua and Samuel, furnished provisions and forage to the Continental Army and Malitia.
Samuel wanted to avenge his father’s death, so he enlisted to fight on the side of the Patriots. He was so sickened by the things he saw in war, that he declined to bear arms any longer. He was court marshaled and tried as a deserter. He would have been given the sentence of death by firing squad. As luck would have it, he had once saved the life of the principal judge of the military court. This judge knew he had refused to fight due to deep personal conviction, not cowardice. Due to this judge’s influence, he received a discharge rather than being shot. He became a devout Quaker. He later moved to Union County, Ohio. His name and the name of his wife, Rebecca, are recorded in The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.
William Teague, son of Joshua and grandson of Elijah, entered the services of the Patriots in the Militia of South Carolina.
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1726 - 1780 (53 years)
