Person:James Ellis (69)

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James Ellis
b.1746 Virginia
d.1847
m. 17 Sep 1722
  1. Sarah EllisAbt 1723 - Abt 1725
  2. William EllisAbt 1730 -
  3. John Ellis1733 - 1834
  4. Thomas Ellis1735 -
  5. James Ellis1746 - 1847
  • HJames Ellis1746 - 1847
  • WRuth NevittAbt 1751 - Aft 1790
m. 11 Dec 1769
  1. James Ellis1774 - 1845
  2. Elizabeth Ellis1777 - 1861
  3. Enos EllisAbt 1779 - Abt 1852
m. 15 Jul 1801
  1. Elihu Ellis1801 -
  2. Alfred Ellis1809 - 1872
  3. Ahaz Ellis1827 - 1863
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Name James Ellis
Gender Male
Birth? 1746 Virginia
Marriage 11 Dec 1769 Virginiato Ruth Nevitt
Divorce 27 Sep 1788 prob. Greenbrier County, Virginiafrom Ruth Nevitt
Marriage 15 Jul 1801 Monroe County, Virginiato Celia Woodsider
Death? 1847

James Ellis was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Information on James Ellis

James Ellis came to the Augusta/Greenbrier County, Virginia area as a young man. He served in the Revolutionary War as a scout and spy in Greenbrier County, in the area around Cook's Fort. James Ellis Sr. had moved to Kanawha County, and built a cabin prior to 1799. He also had a piece of property on New River in 1790 just below Bluestone. He divorced Ruth Nevitt 1788, she became an indentured servant to Lanty Graham. She married Nicholas Null in 1790,and they left Greenbrier Co., in 1792. Mary, Elizabeth, Enos, and James Jr., were left in Monroe Co., in the care of Owen Ellis.

Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=garygellis&id=I9835