J I J MARGARET ELLIS 1996 JOHN ELLIS AND JANE MURRAY Cresent & Stars James Murray family MARGARET ELLIS 1996 Ancestral home of the MURRAY CLAN i n Scotland, new called Blair Castle - photo by Murray descendant : Judy Shell Cele daughter cf Carl & Carrie (Ellis) Shell ,-. .LA.D.L.1..C. V.L' \.,Vl't.1.LJ.lJ."-' Line of Descent of Ellises •••••••••••••• 1 John Ellis, the Indian Trader of VA and NC •••••• 2 Joseph Ellis. Revolutionary War vet • • • • • • • • • 5 John Ellis and wife Jane Murray ••• • • • • • • • • 6 William A Ellis & Dicie Buchanan ••• • • • • • • • 12 Robert Ellis & Catherine Lane •••• • • • • • • • • 21 Buchanan Ancestors cf Dicie •••• • • • • • • • • • 27 David W Ellis Family •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 36 James Monroe Ellis • ••••••• • • • • • • • • • 54 Mary Jane Ellis Holden ••••••• • • • • • • • • 58 Martha Ann Ellis Emmert •••••••• • • • • • • • 66 Joseph Ellis & Caroline Perry ••••• • • • • • • • 76 Joannah Ellis Holden ••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 80 John Ellis & Myra Miller Descendants • • • • • • • •• 82 George Ellis & wife Louise Oaks. • • • • • • • • • 89 Descent of Adeline Burleson (wife of David W). • • • 95 James Riley Ellis of Fulton County IL • • • • • • • • 107 Ancestors of Jane (Murray) Ellis •••• • • • • • • • 120 Thomas Murray of Maryland & Tennessee• • • • • • • • 129 Jabez Murray Family • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 138 Murrays in Census • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , 146-151 Carter County TN Murray Marriages • • • • • • • • • • 147 Murray Graves in Carter County TN • • • • • • • • • • 152 Murray Wills in Tennessee• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 153 Grandfather Mountain NC Activities. • • • • • • • • • 154 Ephriam Murray Family of Wash' carter, Unicoi co . .,. 158 Washington County TN Census • • . .• . • • • 159 -J,J~...,............ -- --- ---- .l. JOHN ELLIS ml in Dorchester, Mass Joanna Willis in .16??._ Researchers speculate that he is the same John Ellis who sailed to Virginia and received a grant of 464 ac at juncture o~ the Appomattox and James rivers--80 miles inland, later hem Elizabeth?. He left a son also named JOHN ELLIS 2. JOHN ELLIS, JR is found on the .1704 Quit rent roll of prince - Georges Co VA. He was exempted frnm taxes 1726 due to bis elderly age and died 1738, .leaving a son John Ellis who became ~amous as nindian trader" 3. JOHN ELLIS the Indian trader appears to have been educated. Many of his letters survive. He lived in Bristol Parish on Flat Creek, A church record there states 0 Ten year old Johnny Ellis. son of John the Indian Trader, fell and broke bis leg while bis father was away trading with Indians. The physician failed to set the leg properly and the boy's father refused to pay him" John took bis son to another-doctor who re-set the leg. Deeds show 'rrader John owned .1266 acres, -.selling 200 ac 1746 and l.066 in 1750, just before the family moved to North CaroJ.ina. John's wife was Lucy Mayes, daughter of William &Mary. John bought property on the Yadkin River in Rowan County. 4. Known children of JOHN & LUCY (MAYES) ELLIS: John b 1720--broke leg; Francis, William, Mary (Giles), Matthew, Willis, Lucy (Foster), probably others who died before Mary Giles made her will, her brother John was executor 1805. She was childless. Joseph Ellis' father was likely a son of the Indian Trader, bis name unlmown at present. 5. In bis pension claim Joseph states that he was b 1762 Randolph Co, which was earlier Rowan County and that in 1781 be visited his mother in Spartanburg SC. His father was deceased or they bad separated by 1781. The 1790 census shows RUTH ELLIS with 5 males living near Greeneville SC. Nearby is a SOlOMON LITTLETON-­ could these be Joseph's mother and grandfather? He named a son Solomon. JOSEPH ELLIS (1762-1848) married cl786 in Montgomery County NC Charlotte Redwine. They lived in Burke Co NC, later Carter Co TN known children: William remained in NC; Solomon, \1/yley, Rad­ ford, Rachel, Nancy--some say Sarah whom Amos Gibson. 6. JOHN ELLIS b 1800 died ca 1885 ml Tester had Mansfield l825, Elizabeth (Adams) 1827. Mansfield was a minister died in Cocke Co TN; John Ellis m2 in carter Co TN 1828 Jane Murray; had only 3 sons: 1) WILLIAM ALEX.ANilER ELLIS (1832-1913) m 1859 Mitchell Co NC Dicie Buchanan bad Jane (Greer-Evans), John w., James A,, Robert, Levi D, Millie (m Wyley Ellis or·valley Forge-then G W Emmert) Daniel, Rhoda {Manning) & Henry Ellis. 2) JAMES RILEY ELLIS 1835-1964 m 1868 Fulton County IL, lived in Banner township married Louisa Smith bad four children: John, Frank, James and Elizabeth (Beebe). 3) DAVID W ELLIS 1840-1907 m 1861 Mitchell Co NC Adeline Burleson moved to Carter Co TN bad James M, Mary J, J~hn w, Martha Ann, Thomas S, George E, Sarah E. Jpseph & Joanna. David Ellis was a minister--circuit rider on horseback. "':'-'--;H t;::J; -~,--, -~ __ ,...:-;ff - ',[]:)' .. - '. -- . :,,._ < ..-.~·-'" ... ·. I' b d was conveved in baskets made -A ofloaded woven pac~-mule. w1Ilow or Tbar hek . anB1mb':a ies s werur e- •~!so carried in such receptacles during journeys. The Indian village of Seco- "-? tan, North Carolina, as it looked in the 1500's . lc'!!s~e,7c· 'Ct";~ . I ,....... ' ',_ .... ...- . ~~; ► y. ,.,,.,.,. ?'"_..,..,. - v·i· :·Y,~ J Illa..,,~".-\ • :\.,£ I•~, ,1 ~- .-~ - ,-----~ ! ; j ;i' /?·-------/' \ D: 1 ~ \ 7---: E------ - l. Catskill Road and west­ ward e:xknsiun to Dda­ ware and Susqueh:inna Rivers. 2. Road across New Jerse:r. 3. Road from Philatlelphia to Fort Pitt. 4. Road from .Baltimore to Redstone. 5. The Great Road from Yad­ kin Rh·er to Philadelphia (-13:i mi!es). 6. Boone's \Vildemess Road. 7. The \Yarriors· Path. ; -- 8. The Bison Street. \ 9. The Tennessee Path. ''• 1u:.w JO. Cumberland Rh--er Trail. \t:ctto:rA 11. Road from Kentucky to St. Louis. ''• 12. Berry Trace. '• JJ. Whetzel Trace. '• 14. XortJ1ward extension of \ Warriors' Path. ( 15. I Kellogg's Trail l 1G. Boone's Lick Road. •I 17. Government Road, by con­ ·-\ s en t of Choctaws and '---------- Chickasaws. ----·;_{,. .. 18. Gene.al Jackson's Road. 19. The Unicoy Road. :!O. Traders' Path to Chero­ *** kees. N. T. Indicates Native Trail. Pioneers through the Wilderness between the Atlantic Coast and Missouri SOURCES OF·: THE FOREGOING MAP Cyms Harris? ""Map. ~r-· the St~te ~f Ken-.. Thomas Jeffery's ".Map ..of ·th~· ·Most In­ _tucky and the Tennessee Government: habited Pa. rt of Vfrginia •• ; -With part 1796:' (Engrav.d by Doolittle.} of Pennsylvania, N eW Jersey~ and Gen'l D. Smith's 4 'Map of the Tennessee · North Carolina: .175t'' · •. · Government formerly Part of North .Thomas Hutchins' "'Ne·w 1'.hl) · of the Carolina: 1796." · Western . Parts pf _ Virginia,· Pensil­ Arrowsmith's .,Map of· the United States vania, Maryland~-and North .:Carolina; of North America: 1796."" ·1751." . · ·Tardieu's "Carte des Etats-Unis de 9 Thomas Hutcbins • "Ne~ M"a.P of:the West­ L'Amerique Septentrionale: 1808." ern Parts of .Virginia, Pennsylvania, H. S. Tanner's "Ohio and Indiana: 1819." Maryland and North .Carolina~ etc.: John Melish's '"Map of the United States: 1778." 1820." 1, R~ssell's "'Map of the State of Ken­ tucky; with the adjoining Territo­ ries: 1794." ANlJ MUVED TU NURTH CAROLINA AJ30UT 1750. IL .. '~/1_ ~·"E?:t·-..,. -: pausing at the top of a hill during their march through the wilderness. The home and clearing was a gash cut in the universal forest, with a cabin and farm buildings made of logs. IIVlll UIC 1-'IV1-'IIC'L 1:.IIJGLII, n1m,10 ,,,._,,_.,,. •••-•• -• God." The name Ellis was created from the Inda-European word for Creator "El," which meant "Spirit." In the British Isles, the name is common. Joseph Ellis served in the Revolutionary War. In his pension application, Joseph stated that he was born in 1762 in Randolph County, NC. He volunteered for service twice and was drafted once. His unit was attacked several times by Indians. He fought in the Battle of Cowpens, SC where the Patriots gave the British the most devastating defeat in the Southern campaign. Joseph was a sharp­ shooter and was only nineteen years of age at that time. He drew a pension of twenty dollars per year for his service until he died in Grainger County, TN in 1848. Joseph married c.1786 Charlotte Redwine (1761-c.1848), probably in Montgomery County, NC, a courthouse that burned. Char­ lotte was the daughter of John and Sarah Shriver Redwine. Her father owned 500 acres and had slaves. He gave Charlotte a slave as a wedding gift. John Redwine was born 1739 in Pittsburg, PA; died in Rowan County, NC in 1800. He and his brothers, Lewis, Jacob and Michael, moved to NC c.1760 after their parents died. Michael Redwine (1737-1802) married Christina Rick­ ets. Lewis Redwine {1747-1809) married Miss Kingsley. Jacob Redwine (1751-1840) married Rowena Rhinehart; they had eleven children. They moved to Cowetta County, GA. A descen­ dant of Jacob became governor of Georgia. Charlotte Redwine's grandparents were Frederic and Barbara Stoner Rhotwein (became Redwine). Frederic was born in Prus­ sia 1699; died c.1760 in Pittsburg, PA. He mar­ ried in Prussia 1731 and had a son Michael before they came to Pittsburg in 1737. Freder­ ic's brothers, John and William sailed with him. Charlotte's great-grandfather Russ Rhotwein owned a large estate and castle on the Rhine River. Russ was knighted for his military service by the Prussian ruler Frederic William. Joseph and Charlotte Ellis moved to east Tennessee c.1815 and resided near the Dug­ ger family at Butler. Later they lived at Indian Creek near the Turkeytown settlement. They separated c.1825. Some researchers say a son William remained in North Carolina and a daughter Sarah moved to Alabama. Children of Joseph and Charlotte who remained in east Tennessee were 1. Solomon Ellis (c.1795) married Lavina Nave; her parents were John and Elizabeth Carriger Nave.