Person:Elijah Driskill (1)

Elijah Driskill
m. Bef 1760
  1. Jonathon DriskillBet 1755 & 1765 - Bef 1837
  2. George Driskill, Sr.Abt 1760 - Abt 1810 to 1820
  3. Elgate Driskell, JrEst 1767 -
  4. Charlotte Driskill
  5. Ruth Driskell
  6. John Driskill1769 - 1857
  7. Elisha DriskillAbt 1770 to 1775 -
  8. Elijah Driskill1772 -
  • HElijah Driskill1772 -
  • W.  Mary Scott (add)
m. 10 Oct 1828
Facts and Events
Name Elijah Driskill
Gender Male
Birth? 1772 Worcester Co., MD
Marriage 10 Oct 1828 Washington, Indiana, United Statesto Mary Scott (add)
Death? Washington Co., IN

--GaleB 04:51, 20 January 2008 (EST) Elijah sold his inheritance soon after his father's death.

Liber P, Sept 12, 1794, pg 497 Elijah Driskell to Benjamin Johnson part of a parcel of land called “Kingsale” in Worcester Co., MD originally granted to Dennis Driskill in 1695, then to Moses Driskill in 1732, then willed to Elgate Driskel in 1755. Then willed by said Elgate Driskill to his son Elijah Driskell. There being 225 acres laid off for Moses Driskell on the westernmost side of the tract the remainder being the property of Elget more or less and also of the said Elijah by vertue of the said Elgets will.

Signed: Elijah Driskell (his seal)

My Note: Elijah's share was about 125 acres but the deed does not actually say that.

Elijah left Maryland and moved first to Kentucky. According to tax records at the State Library in Frankfort he was in Mason County, Kentucky in 1796. He is then on the tax records of Harrison County, Kentucky from 1802 to 1809. By abt 1810,he moved to Washington Co., IN. He appears there on the 1820 census, living near his brother Elisha. The 1850 census of Brown Twnship, Washington Co.,IN pg. 527, HH#845 lists him as: Eliga Driskill, farmer, age 78, b. MD. Also in his house are Deliverence(Fem)age 58, b. KY. Children are: Lydia age 17, Nancy age 15, Richard age 12, all born IN. And, John B. Stuart age 42 b. NC.

In the History of Washington Co., Indiana (pub. 1884) references to the Driskell's are as follows:

Settlement of Brown Township

"It is quite certainly established that the Driskell family were the first permanent settlers of Brown Township. They came from Kentucky and settled on the Horner farm in the spring of 1810. William Robertson, John Grahm, John Hammersly, Elijah and Elisha Driskell were early settlers."

"Mount Carmel, comprising twenty-six lots, located in Section 12, Town 3, Range 2 east, was laid off by John and William Brown, December 20, 1837, but instead of fulfilling the wishes of the proprietors by becoming a city, is not much, if any larger than when it was begun. The first merchants were: Matthew Driskell, Isaac Brewer, Prow & Robinson, William Holland & Co., Elijah Driskell, et al. Each of the above firms carried a general stock of goods."