Person:John Ellis (157)

Records of John Ellis

From "Abstracts of The Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan county, North Carolina 1753-1762 by Jo White Linnpage:

• Page 12 - Third Tuesday in September, 1753. Hannah Ellis Pettioned This Court for Letter of Admn. Upon the Estate of John Ellis Deceased She being the Wife and Relict of the sd John Ellis the Consideration of this Court was granted Security Proposed Edward Hughs, Esqr and William Bryant Ordred that the Secretary of the Province have Notice Thereof. The Sd Admrx Came into Open Court and Took the Oath of An Adms: in due form of Law. Ordered that Squire Boon, Nicholas Hartford, Morgan Bryant, Saml Bryanor any Three of them Appraise the Estate of the above John Ellis Deceased and that they Return an Inventory thereof Upon Oath to our next Court.

Information on John Ellis

From "Ellis Cousins Newsletters" Spring 1988:

"Family Cemeteries in Davie Co., North Carolina" found in the Davie Co., Library in Mocksville, North Carolina, "We were shown by Dr. J. P. Clingman a few days hence, two very old graves near his residence. It is a notable fact that no one can tell (so far s we know) anything about them yet they are two of the oldest county names. The inscription upon the first is "Elvira Johnson, died Dec. 28 1754 in her 18th year."On the other, "John Ellis born April (hole in paper) 1723 and died Jan 26, 1753 (hole) Growing directly on the grave of Ellis is a (hole) poplar tree, extending from the (hole) of the grave to the foot. Two (hole) have grown almost entirely (hole) the foot stone. We measured (hole) tree 30 inches from the ground and found it to be 11 feet in circumference

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