James Erza Ellis

James E. Ellis was born in Green County, 1791, the son of Walter and Mary Ellis. James Ellis married Nancy McClure,she was born in North Carolina, where they probably married, since their first three children Silas, Walter and Thomas were born there. They came back to Jackson County, Georgia, where his father Walter was living and there James Madison Ellis was born October 28, 1816. By 1822 they moved back to North Carolina, where James and Nancy are listed on 1830 Census of Macon County, North Carolina with 7 boys and 4 girls and Walter, Jr. and Sarah, his wife are next door.

From the book "Whites Among the Indians" James Ellis is listed in Murray County Georgia in 1832 in the area of the Vann House. Two of his sons married there; James Madison Ellis married Rachel B. Harrison in 1838 and John W. Ellis married Margaret Black on January 23, 1840. On the 1840 Census of Murray County, the three families are living next door to each other.

James Madison Ellis came to Gilmer County in 1841 and his parents came around 1845. James Ellis died unexpectedly in July 1850, at the age of 59, born in Georgia, leaving no will or estate papers. His son, Walter Washington Ellis, also died in Gilmer County September 1850, at age of 38, born in North Carolina. Nancy Ellis is listed on the Gilmer County 1850 Census, a widow with two children in the household, Mary and Joseph, next door is her daughter-in-law, Sarah, widow of Walter Washington Ellis.

In the 1860 Census of Fannin County, Nancy Ellis is listed as a widow living in the household with her son, Joseph and his wife Mary and their two children. Nancy died March 11, 1871 in Fannin County and she is buried at Harmony Cemetery in Blue Ridge, Georgia.

("Whites Among the Cherokees; 1830 Census Records of Macon County, North Carolina, pg.

21; 1840 Census Records of Murray County, Georgia and 1850 Georgia Mortality Schedules and Census.

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1830 Macon CO, NC Census

Birth: 1791 Greene County Georgia, USA Death: Jul., 1850 Gilmer County Georgia, USA

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Parents:

 Walter Ellis (1750 - 1821)

 Mary Parker Ellis (1756 - 1845)

Spouse:

 Nancy McClure Ellis (1790 - 1871)*

Children:

 Walter Washington Ellis (1812 - 1850)*

 Thomas Jefferson Ellis (1815 - 1891)*

 James Madison Ellis (1816 - 1909)*

 Elijah Marion Ellis (1823 - 1865)*

*Calculated relationship

Note: Residence in the Ellijay, Georgia area.

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Troutman Record added: Jun 30, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 38912355 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38912355

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