Elisha Lester

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Find-A-Grave:r Cremation Place: Buchanan County, Virginia, USA n of Edmund and Sarah Sallie Stiltner lester,husband of Melvinia McClanahan,married September 9, 1852.t.ion of the place name Leicester. p Blessing that arrived in Virginia in July 1635.uring the French and Indian War of the 1760’s. He married Sarah Winbush about 1749 and they ran a mill near Juniper Creek near Lunenburg Courthouse in Virginia. nder Lester, great-grandfather of Elisha Lester. Abner was born on August 8, 1750 and married Martha “Patsy” Arthur about 1770 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Martha’s mother was reported to be a Cherokee Indian. During the American Revolution, Abner served in Captain Daniel Trigg’s Company of Montgomery Militia. This unit served in several engagements with the British including the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. About 1801, Abner and Martha moved to Russell County, Virginia. After moving to Floyd County, Kentucky, Abner settled in the area that is now Wyoming County, West Virginia.ck.st pioneers of what is now Buchanan County.urley and we hope to order a stone for him soon. Jacob is probably buried near Weller Yard and we hope to find his gravesite soon. During the war, Elisha served in both the 21st Virginia Battalion and the 10th Kentucky Cavalry. ed a grant of 39 acres here on Grassy Spring Fork of Rock Lick Creek and it was here that he is buried.d C.M. Hurleynlisha died of heart failure on November 7, 1901. Viney lived until 1912 and is buried here beside her husband. Today we dedicate this new stone and honor the memory of Elisha Lester, a pioneer of Buchanan County, a veteran of the Civil War, and a true American. Thank You.ery, Grassy Spring Branch, Rock Lick, Buchanan County, VA

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MH:S149 1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1860; Census Place: Buchanan, Virginia; Roll: M653_1337; Page: 764; Family History Library Film: 805337; Year: 1860; Census Place: Buchanan, Virginia; Roll: M653_1337; Page: 764; Family History Library Film: 805337 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=342333... Record for Elisha Luster

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MH:S148 1870 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. <ul><li>1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.</li><li>Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.</li></ul> Year: 1870; Census Place: Grundy, Buchanan, Virginia; Roll: M593_1637; Page: 195A; Image: 413971; Family History Library Film: 553136; Year: 1870; Census Place: Grundy, Buchanan, Virginia; Roll: M593_1637; Page: 195A; Image: 413971; Family History Library http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1870usfedcen&h=37632681&indiv... Record for Elisha Lester