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1718   Ireland Birth of Robert Ellis (father to Joseph, possibly Robert Sr)
1756   Ireland Birth of Joseph Ellis (possible brother/cousin)
1857-02-01 Buckingham VA Birth of Robert Ellis Sr (per Court Declaration 1833-05-06)
1860-02-01 Buckingham VA Birth of Robert Ellis Sr (per Pension Request 1838-11-10)
1865abt Abbeville SC Moved with father from VA (per Court Declaration 1833-05-06)
1781 Abbeville SC Entered Army in the Revolutionary War (per Court Declaration 1833-05-06)
1781-09 Orangeburg SC Fought in Battle of Eutaw Springs (per Court Declaration 1833-05-06)

1783-02-17

 

GA

White's Historical Collections of Georgia, pp. 111-113
Names of Officers and Soldiers who made Application for Land.
ELLIS, ROBERT

1783-09     Discharged from U.S. Army (per Court Declaration 1833-05-06)

1784-04-13

 

GA

Office of Secretary of State - GA
Certificates of Service in the American Revolution
ELLIS, ROBERT
Certificate of 3 years' service in 4th GA. Battalion; Jos. Pannill, Lt. Col., April 13, 1784.
Petititioner prays bounty in Washington Co. warrant 141.

1784-07-07

 

GA

Elbert County Georgia - Land Grant - Surveyor General's Book "B"
ELLIS, ROBERT
230 acres (on Reserve), Washington Co, Bounded W. South ford of Aconee river, other side vacant.  survey 212 July 7, 1784, p. 109

1786 Wilkes GA Birth of Nancy Ellis (dghtr of Robert Ellis Sr)

1788-02-23

 

GA

Franklin County Georgia - Land Grants given as Revolutionary War Bounty to Veterans County created 23 Feb 1788
Grantee: ROBT. ELLIS

1789 Wilkes GA Birth of John Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)

1790

Elbert

GA

Elbert (Wilkes) County Georgia - Old Deed Books
Grantee: ROBT. ELLIS  Book: B 1789-1792  Date: 1790

1791

Elbert

GA

Elbert County Georgia - Old Deed Books
Grantor: Mathew Frigham (Exer)
Grantee: ROBERT ELLIS
Book: B  Page: 158  Date: 1791  Acres: 200  Desc: Deep Creek

1792 Wilkes GA Birth of Robert Ellis Jr (son of Robert Ellis Sr)

1793-12-30

Elbert

GA

Wilkes County GA - Deed Book B - Folio 111
To John McConnell of Elbert Co. 200 acres on Broad River, Elbert Co.,  Dec 30, 1793
ROBERT ELLIS, Fielding Rucker, Test.

1794-10-08

Elbert

GA

Elbert County GA - Deed Book B - Folio 170
ELLIS, ROBERT
To Charles Isom, 200 acres on Deep Creek adj. Peter Brown and Wm. Richardson. Oct 8, 1794
Stephen Handlin, Abadiah Finney, Test.

1796   GA Birth of James Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)

1797

Elbert

GA

Grainger County, Tennessee Minute Book ** 1796-1802 Page 19
A Bill of Sale from Robert Ellis, proven in open court by the oath of Thomas James, let it be recorded.  1797

1798 Granger TN Birth of Mary Ellis (dghtr of Robert Ellis Sr)
1800   TN Birth of Lucy Ellis (dghtr of Robert Ellis Sr)
1803-09-14   TN Birth of William Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)

1803

Grainger

TN

Grainger County, Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions

Vol. 2-1802-1812 Page 13
Case of Thomas Colbert Vs Francis Crabb - 1803
ROBERT ELLIS - Juror

1804

Grainger

TN

Grainger County TN, Tax List - 1804
List of Capt. Dennis Condre:
ROBERT ELLIS 50 Acres on Clinch River Free Polls: 1

1806

Grainger

TN

Grainger County TN, Tax List - 1806 - Capt Cox's Company:
ROBERT ELLIS 100 Acres Free Polls: 1

1807-10

Knox

TN

Knox County TN Court Records
Robert Ellis appears in Knox TN Court Minutes, Bk 6 1806-1808, as security in a bastardy case in Oct 1807

1807-11-04 Knox TN Marriage of Nancy Ellis/Timothy Sexton Jr (dghtr of Robert Ellis Sr)
1808-02-29 Knox TN Birth of George Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)

1808

Knox

TN

Knox County TN Court Records
Robert Ellis appears in Knox TN Court Minutes, Bk 6 1806-1808, as a juror in 1808

1808-10-05

Knox

TN

Knox County TN - January Sessions 1808
ROBERT ELLIS by Attorney Complains of Charles Skegs, senior, in custody of a plea of Trespass ... envolving 100 acres; being part of a tract of land conveyed to Joseph Beard dataed 29 January 1793.
Charles Skegs, senior signed a deed illegally selling the land ... ROBERT ELLIS had bought the land from Allen Brock in 1805.
Witnesses called in the Case:  John Laughry & Timothy Sexton - 2nd Monday of July 1807 Esther Sexton & John Rutherford - 2nd Monday of Oct 1807
 

(Enclosed in the Case Papers, A Receipt:)
September 2, 1805  "Received of ROBERT ELLIS, 350 dollars in full payment of 100 acres of land whereupon ROBERT ELLIS now lives .." - Allen Brock  Test: Presley Buckner
 

(Also enclosed:)

Receipt of 4 dollars of ROBERT ELLIS for the attendance of John Isom in the Suit. 5 oct 1808 - David Love (Deputy)

1810abt Campbell TN Moved from Wilks GA (per Court Declaration 1833-05-06)

1812-11-14

Campbell

TN

Campbell TN Court Records
Land Grant to Fielding O’Donald (S#677, 14 Nov 1812 – Entry #1290, 3 Sept 1812), for tract on s. side of New River near where Robert Ellis now lives, beginning at James Dearmond’s Entry of #1289, SCC Wm. O’Donnald, Jno. Richardson.

1813-09-13

Campbell

TN

Campbell County TN Court Records
Land grant to James DeArmond (S#826, 13 Sept 1813) for land on New river beginning near Robert Ellis’ improvement.

1813-12-13 Campbell TN Marriage of James Ellis/Sarah Isom (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1814   TN Birth of Joseph Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1818abt     Marriage of Robert Ellis Jr/Mary (son of Robert Ellis Sr)

1818-11-04

Morgan

TN

MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEED BOOK A PAGES 54
Deed of Conveyance to John Ellis - 4 Nov 1818
ROBERT ELLIS Senior sold to John Ellis for 600 dollars, 200 acres of land situated on the Big South Fork of Cumberland River being part of a Six-hundred & forty acre tract #861 dated the twenty-fourth of Dec. in the year 1798 Conveyed to said ROBERT ELLIS, Senior by Henry Rowen .....
Signed: Robert Ellis
Test: Moses -X- Sexton (-X- signed with his mark)
Test: Robert -X- Ellis (-X- signed with his mark)

1818-11-07

Morgan

TN

MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEED BOOK A PAGES 47-48
Deed of Conveyance to James Ellis - 7 Nov. 1818.
ROBERT ELLIS Senior sold to James Ellis for 400 dollars, 200 acres situated on the big South Fork of Cumberland River, being part of a Six-hundred & forty acre tract #681 dated the 24th of December 1798 Conveyed to said ROBERT ELLIS, Senior by Henry Rowen .....
Signed: Robert Ellis
Test: Robert -X- Ellis son (-X- signed with his mark)
Test: Mary Ellis

1818-09

1818-10-20

1819-03

1819-06-08

Morgan

TN

MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEED BOOK A PAGES 58
Deed from Garret Hall, sheriff of Morgan County to James Ellis for 640 acres of land in New River. 1st Monday of Sept. 1818
In a Court Session held for Campbell County, James P. Taylor recovered against ROBERT ELLIS $172.82 debt, ... and in another suit recovered against the said ROBERT ELLIS another sum of $177.22 for debt and costs ... made returnable to the said Court of Campbell County on the 1st Monday of March 1819 ... did take into Execution a certain part of land as the property of said ROBERT ELLIS, containing 640 acres lying on New River in the said county of Morgan about a mile below the mouth of Brimston Creek. Therefore Garret Hall by notice, sold the land to the highest bidder on the 8th June 1819 in Morgan County ..

William Wall as Agent for James Ellis bid the sum of 11 dollars and 50 cents being the highest Bid for the same ... Sheriff Hall sold to James Ellis the tract of land, (conveyed to the said ROBERT ELLIS by Charles T. Oliver, Sheriff of Anderson County by Deed dated the 20th of Oct. 1818.)

19 July 1819 Garret Hall (Sheriff)

Test: Levi Threwhitt
Test: David -X- Thomas (-X- signed with his mark)

1819   TN Marriage of Mary Ellis/Hanson Humphreys (dghtr of Robert Ellis Sr)

1820-12-02

1821-10-15

Morgan

TN

MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEED BOOK A PAGES 94
Deed of Conveyance from James Ellis to John Ellis for 640 acres of land on New river.
Indenture made 2nd of December 1820 between James Ellis and John Ellis ... for 500 dollars James sold to John a tract of land containing 640 acres of land situated on the Big Sourth Fork, it being same land conveyed to ROBERT ELLIS by Henry Rowen in the year 1814 ...
James -X- Ellis (-X- signed with his mark)
Test: Jacob Anderson
Test: James -X- Isoms (-X- signed with his mark)
(January Term - Execution of written Deed by oath of Jacob Anderson.)
W. Walls (clk.) by B.C. White (D.C.)
(James Isoms was not a citizen of State at term of Sessions.)
15 Oct. 1821 the state tax on written Deed.
Benj. C. White (D.C.)

1821-01-13

1822-01-07

Morgan

TN

MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEED BOOK A PAGES 96
Deed of Conveyance from John and James Ellis to John Butram for 640 acres of land on New river.
Indenture made 13th of Jan 1821 between John Ellis and James Ellis of Morgan County, and John Butram of same county ... John and James for 800 dollars sold to John Butram 640 acres lying in Morgan County on New River ...
John Ellis
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of Test.
Allen Reed
Benjamin S. Cecill
(October Term 1821 - Execution of written Deed by oath of Allen Reed and Benjamin S. Cecill.)
W. Wall (Clk.)
B.C. White (D.C.)
Registered - 7 January 1822
Benj. C. White
(Register of Morgan Co.)

1823-01-10 Campbell TN

KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE COURT MINUTES

BK 12 1822-1824 PG 234

Case of James Ellis vs James Isom 10 Jan 1823

Plaintiff award commissions to take depositions of Robert Ellis Sr and Lucy Ellis before any J.P. of Campbell County TN

 

 

1824abt   TN Marriage of William Ellis/Martha Robertson (dghtr of Robert Ellis Sr)
1825     Marriage of Lucy Ellis/Jesse Brashears (dghtr of Robert Ellis Sr)
1828abt Monroe TN Robert Ellis Sr moved from Campbell TN (per Court Declaration 1833-05-06)
1831abt Greene IN Robert Ellis Sr moved from Monroe TN (per Court Declaration 1833-05-06)
1833-05-06 Greene IN Robert Ellis Sr Court Declaration for Pension Request
1835-12-24 Greene IN Marriage of Joseph Ellis/Elynda Bennet (son of Robert Ellis Sr)

1838-11-10

Morgan

TN

Robert Ellis Sr Applied for Revolutionary War Pension

1840 Pulaski MO Census - Robert Ellis Jr

1849-12-25

Greene

IN

Death of Robert Ellis Sr
1850-08-19 Greene IN Census - George Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1850-08-19 Greene IN Census - William Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1850-09-10 Ozark MO Census - Robert Ellis Jr (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1854-09 Scott TN Death of James Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1860   TN Death of Nancy Ellis (dghtr of Robert Ellis Sr)
1860-06-27 Howell MO Census - Robert Ellis Jr (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1860-08-02 Wabash IL Census - Joseph Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1860aft   MO Death of Robert Ellis Jr (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1861 Greene IN Death of Mary Ellis (dghtr of Robert Ellis Sr)
1873-06-16 Greene IN Death of George Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1878-09-20 Greene IN Death of William Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)
1905 Davies IN Death of Joseph Ellis (son of Robert Ellis Sr)

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