Captain Elija James Chisum, Sr.

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Elijah Chisum Sr.
BIRTH
1744
Amelia County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
1818 (aged 73–74)
Sparta, White County, Tennessee, USA
BURIAL
Walker Cemetery
Sparta, White County, Tennessee, USA
MEMORIAL ID
14103387 · View Source

This Elijah Chisum was the son of John Chisum and Elender Gullotine/Eleanor Gillington. He was descended from the Richard Chisholm who was born in 1613 in London, England, and was the first Chisholm to arrive in the colonies.

Elijah married Lucy Claiborne in about 1772. They had at least five children: James, John, William, Elizabeth, and Malinda Chisum. According to the Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. 1, 1796-1861, by Robert McBride and Dan Robison (Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1975), Elijah was a pioneer farmer who owned much land and many slaves. He was a captain in the Revolutionary War and received a North Carolina Certificate which he exchanged for land. He appears to have come first to Tennessee to Hawkins County, where he was commissioned a Justice of the Peace on 03 Nov 1790 by territorial Governor William Blount. On 10 Jun 1791, he was commissioned by Governor Blount as Captain in the Hawkins County Militia Regiment. He was a delegate from Hawkins County to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1789 called to ratify the United States Constitution. Chisholm's Ford in Hawkins County was named for him. He was active in the establishment of Grainger County in 1796, and he represented that county in the Tennessee House 3rd General Assembly from 1799 to 1801. From 1805 to 1807 he represented Sumner County in the Tennessee House 6th General Assembly but also represented Jackson, Smith, and Wilson Counties which did not have direct representation at that time. At the time of his death he lived near Sparta, White County, Tennessee.

Inscription
ELIJAH CHISUM
VIRGINIA
CAPT VA MIL
REV WAR
1818
Family Members
Parents
John Chisum
1704–1792

Eleanor Gillington Chisum
1715–1804

Spouse

Mary Lucinda Herbert Claiborne Chisum
1760–1818 (m. 1773)

Siblings
Elizabeth Chisum Estes
1736–1795

Children

James Stewart Chisum
1774–1834

John Chisum
1776–1839

Elijah Chisum
1784–1811

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA.     DAR Ancestor # A021648

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 18 2018, 2:57:27 UTC