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Facts and Events
Elisha Pepper was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Estate Records
- On Motion of John Campbell, Administration is Granted him on the Estate of Elisha Pepper Deceased who made Oath thereto and entered into and acknowledged their Bond in the Sum of 200 pounds with Samuel Newell and William Cowan his Securitys. Ordered that Charles Cox, William Blackemore, Josiah Payne and Thomas Campbell or any three of them being first sworn apraise the Estate of Elisha Pepper Deceased and make return to next court.
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Vol. 2 - 1766--Col. Smith's List: James Anderson, overcharged 1 tithable; Joseph Butcher, one; Wm. Christal, runaway, one; Igramenus Howard, not found, one; John McVay, poor, one; John Pharis, poor, one; James Blair, taylor, one; Wm. Kraun, twice charged, one; David Means, not found, one; Elisha Pepper, poor, one; James Duer, Constable, one.
Notes
- In Greenbrier County, formed on March 1, 1778, Robert Carber received 400 acres by settlement before the first day of January 1778 as assignee of Joshua Boucher, who was assignee of William Griffin, on January 19, 1780. William Shanks was entitled to 400 acres as assignee of Elisha Pepper, including a “survey made for said Pepper in the year 1774” in Greenbrier County. It was dated January 15, 1780. While the Bouchers and related families had already moved south into Washington County, Virginia, these two entries show their presence in the Greenbrier area as they registered and disposed of their Greenbrier lands. Source: Familysearch.org
- When Joshua Boucher, Sr., Joshua Boucher, Jr., and Elisha Pepper were killed in 1781, their widows were appointed to administer their estates at the Washington County Court session for August 21, 1782. Source: Familysearch.org
- Elisha Pepper, deceased, had an entry for 100 acres “on Powell’s Valley beginning on the south side of Powell’s River.” The date was June 13, 1793. Another entry for the same date was for “306 acres on both sides of the Roaring Branch the waters of Powell’s River.” On January 28, 1803, Elisha Pepper, the son, who was living in Smith County, Tennessee, sold his one hundred acres to John Hoover for $162. The deed referred back to the land grant on June 13, 1793. Tradition holds that Elisha’s mother was a Boucher who was killed by Indians prior to the death of his father in 1781. A history of McMinnville, Tennessee states, “It is a matter of record that he (Elisha Pepper) was born in Washington County, VA in 1777; that his father died when he was a small child, and that he was raised by his uncle, Joseph Butcher.” (Womack, Walter, McMinnville at a Milestone. McMinnville, Tennessee: Standard Publishing Co., 1960, 121.) Since his mother and his father were deceased, he was fortunate to have a strong family unit to provide a home for him. He would have been about four years old when Indians killed his father, Elisha Pepper. His circumstances indicate the family connection between the Bouchers and the Peppers. His land records show the tendency of the Bouchers to hold their land until after they had established themselves in a new area. Source: Familysearch.org
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave.
Elisha Pepper
Birth: 1750
Death: Oct. 7, 1780
Kings Mountain
York County
South Carolina, USA
On October 7, 1780, brother met brother, neighbor met neighbor, Patriot met Loyalist on a battlefield in rural South Carolina. The battle lasted an hour: the brevity belied the import. Thomas Jefferson proclaimed the Battle of King's Mountain turned "the tide of success which terminated the Revolutionary War, with the seal of our independence."
Fewer than one thousand American Heroes, through skill, luck, and the leadership of cunning strategists, defeated Patrick Ferguson, a brilliant star of the British military might. Elisha Pepper was one of those Heroes: he fought and died in that battle.
His death in the Battle of Kings Mountain was documented by the DAR Genealogical Files. That organization designated him "DAR Ancestor Number A088943".
Elisha Pepper was a descendant of Colonel Alexander Pearis for whom Parris Island, SC was named. He married Mary Butcher who died with her father and brother in an Indian attack not long after the death of Elisha, leaving their four year old son, Elisha Pepper (1777 – 1869), to be raised by his maternal uncle, Joseph Butcher. Years later, the younger Elisha Pepper was named as the first white settler in Warren County, TN. As a Bicentennial Event in 1976, his descendants dedicated a memorial stone to him. It is located next to the flagpole to the right of the entrance of the Warren County Court House.
May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe Elisha Pepper for making the ultimate sacrifice to help build a new country: our America.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125888827&ref=acom
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