ELLIS
page 3 In the name of God Amen I William Elis of Washington County State of Tennessee, Do make & part in writing this peace of paper to be my last will & testament in manner and form following (viz)
First my will & desire is that my body be buried in a Christian like manner
Second that all my just debts be fuly satisfied & paid out of my personal Estat if it can be done with out parting with so much as to leave suffitioncy to carry on the business of the plantation not to disposing of the negros, and if they cannot make payment with out selling the negrow or parting with two much of the other personal property to be convenient to cary on the business, of then and in that case to sell the plantation that I purchased Joseph Denton and the money arising to finish the payment of my debt and what money if any shall remaine for the sale of that place (if sold) over paying the debts to be disposed of in the manner herein after directed
Third I give and bequeath to my well be loved wife Martha the use of my present dwelling house & out houses with the use of the plantation there to during her natural life or while she remains my wido, with all my houshold furniture & stock & farming utensils there unto belonging with the use of all the negrows escept such as is herein after mentioned
Forth I give to my daughter Margaret Bean the use of the plantation she now live on with a certain nagro girl caled Seanah with hir increy that is now or here after may be during hir natural life. [........?]
page 4 Executors hereafter named for the ballance that I have not paid as well as what I have paid towards the use of Emon[d] Bean her late husband, so as to make a fair settlement and at hir death the whole to be divided equaly between hir children; Also after the death or Intermarage (if this should take place) of my said wife to have an equal share of with the rest of my daughters out of what may remain at that time. But should my wife out live my said daughter then the children that may then be living to have the part that would have fell to my daughter after the death of my wife
Fifth I give to my son Jacob a hundred & fifteen acres of land being a hundred acres in a tract lying on the west of my other land & the fifteen acres that I bought Nicholas Isenberges that joined the hundred acre tract also my nagro girl caled Grace & negro boy caled Sollomon to be his forever
Sixth I give to my daughter Martha one nagro girl caled Dorcas to be hirs forever
Seventh I give to my son Clark that part of my plantation that lyeth on the east side of Boone creek the creek be on the line after the death or intermarage of my said wife also one nagro girle called Nell to be his forever Seventh I give to my son Elijah my other land laying on the west side of Boones creek & between land bequeathed to my son Jacob and the Creek after death of my said wife or hir intermarage also one nagro boy called ned also one mare filley & three [bo..?] one a larg bible & the other two Volume of the univerce Geograpy to be his forever
Eight having heretofore given to my three sons James, William & John what I intended therefore say no more about them now Ninth my will and desier is that if the land I bought Joseph [Britten--[bottom of page not printed very well]
page 5 if not sold the whole to be divided between the whole of my children and if sold the overflush after paying debts to be also equilly devided between al my children. Also my will & wish is that my son Jacob live with his mother and family & take care as usial and also that my sons James & Jacob with Daniel Bowman be Executor of this my last will and testament and see to the settlement of my estate. [I turn] my will & desier is that my grandson Ellis Grisham & my granddaughters Elizabeth & Margaret Grisham have altogether one equal part with one of my Daughters after the death of my said wife and at that time anything of my Estate that may to be quily devided between each of my Daughters taken my above three grand Children as one. Thereby revoke in disannuling & makeing void all other wills or wills heretofore by me made, hereby Ratifying & makeing good this to be my last will & testament
page 6 In witness where of the said William Ellis has hereunto set his hand & seal this Eleventh day of September 1809 The words of my said wife over the thirty seventh line was interlined before signing also word daughters over the Eightieth line also over seventy eight Signed sealed and acknoledged in the presents of Joseph Britten x James Crabtree [Michael ?....ys]x Joseph Crouch his William X Ellis mark
Washington County Jonesborough, TN "B" Ledger Wills William Ellis pages 3-6 Wm Ellis Will Recorded
Margaret Bean is daughter Margaret Ellis married to Edmond Bean son of William and Lydia Russell Bean. Edmond died 3 December 1807, two years before William Ellis. Edmond and Margaret had four daughters; Lydia married to Joseph Chinouth, M.D, Elizabeth married to Sanford Crouch, Martha Patsey married to Charles W. Bacon, Sr.(his 2nd wife), and Margaret married to Elijah Shipley (1st) and (2nd) to Jacob Hoss but were only married about two years 1815-1817 when Jacob died. She then moved to Washington Co., Arkansas to be near her daughters and other family members
Since Martha never married, it seems bros. & sisters named children after her and their mother Martha
Did Elijah Ellis move to Blount Co., Tennessee too? Elijah married Jane McAdams. The Washington Co. TN Deed Book 19-499: 10 July 1833, Joseph Hail and Isabella Hail, formerly widow of Hugh McAdams, decd, Thomas McAdams, Elijah Ellis and wife Jane, formerly McAdams, all heirs of Hugh McAdams, decd, to Samuel B. McAdams, all of Washington Co., $150, 100 acres including dower rights, on branch of Big Limestone, dividing line Hugh and Robert McAdams. "N.B. Thomas McAdams conveys two fifths parts one of which was bequeathed to him by the last will of his deceased sister Margaret McAdams." Wit. Joseph B. Anderson. Interesting that James and Elizabeth Gresham Ellis named their son Elijah most likely after James younger brother Elijah
Son Clark Ellis born about 1793 in Washington Co., TN and married Nancy Deakins moved after 1850 to Marion Co., Tennessee Nancy Deakins Ellis is most likely a descendant of James & Agasah Deakins. Which brings me to the Deakins name; James may have married a second time to Chloe Boswell Martin 31 February 1831
Son Jacob M. Ellis born about 1782 (North Carolina?) and married Letitia Cowan ; listed their children:
Martha Patsy Ellis married Richard Chinouth and remained in Wash. Co., TN...still not certain my grandmother thought Martha Patsey was a sister to her grandmother Elizabeth Ellis Hunt
William W. Ellis married twice Lucinda Hunt and Jane R. and moved to Missouri and Illinois. My grandmother Mary A. Hunt Walker always thought Bill Ellis was a doctor; Jacob and Elizabeth Beals Ellis son William was a doctor in Greene Co, TN...There was a Dr William Ellis in Missouri born Tennessee (not sure who he belonged to) maybe they got the two Bills mixed up? Later I found out that Wm W. or Bill Ellis was a judge in Illinois
Elizabeth Ellis married Samuel M. Hunt -- My gg grandparents
John G. Ellis married twice? Catharine Unknown and Anna Jane [Bean?] Or did he marry a Rebecca and live in Missouri and have sons Robert and John?
Eliza Ellis married John S. Brown... John S. Brown a Redheaded John Brown descendant
Amanda Ellis married Charles Bacon son of Thomas and Sarah Barron Bacon and brother to my Amanda Jane Bacon Walker
Jacob M. Ellis, Jr. became a doctor Jacob married to Sarah Margaret "Maggie" McPeak whose family were neighbors to Joseph Clark & Letitia Ellis Clark ; Jacob and Maggie are both buried at Boones Creek Christian Church Cemetery. After Jacob died Maggie married again, don't know if Jacob & Maggie had a child? My grandmother never knew about Jacob's marriage
Letitia Tabitha Ellis married Robert H. Gray, his second wife and lived near Cedar Creek, Gray
Mary Ellis married John Maden and live on Buffalo Ridge
Rebecca Ellis married Roland Hodges and lived in Boones Creek
The last three daughters have lots of descendants and are found in census records throughout Washington County
James Ellis married Elizabeth Gresham and lived on Buffalo Ridge until Elizabeth's death and then did he remove to Alabama?
Grandchildren: Ellis Grisham, Elizabeth and Margaret Grisham are the children of Alsey Ellis and Fuller Gresham. Did Fuller die before William Ellis and William made provision for Alsey's children just like he did for daughter Margaret Ellis Bean? Did Alsey marry a second time to a Daniel Bowman? Daniel Bowman executor of will. Marriage record shows "Bowman, Daniel - Ellis, Alsey M. 19 Oct 1830" or is this William Ellis, Jr's daughter Alcey Ellis born 1810 married to Daniel Bowman?
=======================================================================================Thrilling Adventures of Daniel Ellis ; the great union guide of East Tennessee for a period of nearly four years during the great southern rebellion. Written by Himself. Harper, c1867. A must read book! It is a very good history lesson of the area. I think I solved my question about the two Daniels. Daniel born 20 December 1827 married Martha May living in Carter Co., TN and Daniel born 15 Feb 1817 married to Hannah Bales/Beals living in Greene Co., Bigsinking Creek, TN is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Beals. Daniel born 1827 in Carter Co. and married to Martha May was the great scout. Why else would Daniel and Martha name two sons; Joseph Hooker Ellis and Ulysses S. Grant Ellis? If only for respect to Generals Hooker and Grant
March 22, 1863 Daniel started to Kentucky with a large company. White Oak Flats, Holston River, Kind Union people brought us plenty of provisions to eat. Approach Clinch River. It was too full to wade. I remembered an old man who kept a canoe. I called and the man came to the door. I asked him to set us over the river. He replied that he could not, we must wait until morning. I said we couldn't wait. He asked why we were in a hurry. I told him we were going through the lines. I asked him if there were any soldiers near? He said, “there is a company about a mile up the river, who are stationed there to intercept and capture a man by the name of Dan Ellis, who is engaged in piloting men through to Kentucky. I have never seen this man Ellis, but I have seen the trail that he and his men have made in passing through the mountains. Ellis is very hard to catch, as he travels altogether after night; the soldiers were down here this evening and said that they were diligently watching for him and his stampeders.” The night of the 27th we started on our journey. Toward Powell's Valley. Powell's River, Cumberland Mountain and near the Kentucky line
The following portraits were published in the "History of the 13th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry" written by Samuel W. Scott and Samuel P. Angel, Knoxville, TN, Ziegler,PA 1908 ; reprint 1973 by Tony Marion, Blountville, TN
Located between HWY 36, Boones Creek RD, Gray Station RD the north end of Buffalo Ridge is the Ellis and Martin property. James Franklin Martin married Laura Adelaide Ellis and it is here that family members are buried. Laura Adelaide Ellis was a sister to Mary Louise Ellis, both daughters of Samuel B. Ellis. Henry A. Martin who lived on Buffalo Ridge and a short distance from the Ellis family, was the father of James Franklin Martin
James Franklin and Laura Adelaide Ellis Martin home down the hill from the EllisMartin Cemetery
Did you notice the spelling of the name "ELLICE"? James C. was the son of Elijah and Jane McAdams Ellis
William and Mary "Polly" Ellis were grandparents of Mary Louise Ellis wife of Courtney Cyrus Cox; the daughter of Samuel B. and Elizabeth Jane Ghormley Ellis; granddaughter of William and Mary A. McAdams Ellis [the above tombstone picture]; the great granddaughter of James G. and Elizabeth Gresham Ellis and the great great granddaughter of William and Martha Shipley Ellis
Hannah Ellis my brickwall as to her parents; I have thought she was the daughter of James G. and Elizabeth Gresham Ellis. Or does she belong to Jacob and Elizabeth Beals Ellis?
Check out the following for ELLIS tombstones located in the Boones Creek Church of Christ Cemetery
