Capt. Robert Ellison, II

Lt served under Francis Marion, "Marion's Foxes" during the Revolutionary war.

Origins

Robert Ellison’s 1772 will names his children: Mary Ellison, wife of Hugh Erwin; Robert, who had two children; Matthew and his son, Robert. He also named Elizabeth Erwin as his granddaughter. She was the daughter of John Erwin and an unnamed daughter of Robert.
Robert Ellison (or Allison) was born in 1720, probably in Virginia. He was the son of Robert Ellison and Mary Lloyd (or Lide).
At some point, he settled in Laurens County, 96 District. It is unclear when this occurred, but the 96 District was formed in 1769 and Laurens County was not created until 1785.
He married first Elizabeth Scott in 1740.
He married second Frances Avant, in 1766.
He reportedly served as a lieutenant in Francis Marion's Brigade between 1780-81.
He died in 1790 in Cheraw, Laurens County, South Carolina.

Will
Robert Allison made his will in Laurens County, South Carolina, on 5 January 1790. [2]

In it, he makes the following bequests:

to wife, Frances Allison, horses, cattle, sheep, household furniture
to beloved son James Allison or heirs one shilling stelg.
to unnamed daughter one shilling do.
to daughter Margret One Schilling do.
to daughter Mary one shilling do.
to son Robert Allison one Shilling Stelg
to daughter Janie one Shilling Do.
to son W..m Allison One Shilling Do.
to my son Joseph Allison, 150 acres of land where he now lives
to son Sam Allison One Shilling
to son Frances Allison, 150 acres of land where he now lives
to daughter Ann, one Black Walnut Chest for life, reverting to her son Wm. Hellams
to son Watson Allison one shilling Stelg.
to son Moses Allison One Shilling Stelg
to daughter Bettey one black Walnut Chest after her mother decease
to son Lewis Allison that tract of land whereon I now live, also one mare & saddle, provided if he neglect to maintain his mother, land to be sold to maintain his mother
Wife Frances Allison and son Joseph Allison named Executors.

Research Notes
Death Date
Some give an exact death date of 5 January 1790, but this is the date he made his will. The will record does not indicate the date it was probated. The Elizabeth (Allison) Ervin bible record gives only the year of 1790 for his death.

Children
The Elizabeth (Allison) Ervin bible record lists a number of children of Robert with both of his wives, but the transcription is difficult to interpret.[1]

Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Laurens Tenney Mills et al, A South Carolina Family: Mills-Smith and Related Lines, (s.p., 1960), 64; digital images, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/southcarolinafam00mill : accessed 29 Dec 2021) (Transcription of Elizabeth Allison Ervin Bible Record, obtained from Julia Ervin, Darlington S.C., 1958).
↑ Judith M. Brimelow, et al., "Index and will of Laurens County, v. 1, Books A, C1, D1 1766-1825," South Carolina will transcripts, 1782-1868, (Colombia, S.C.: South Carolina Dept. of Archives & History, 1978-79), 55-56 (Will of Robert Allison); digital images, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C959-H9K7-J : accessed 3 Jan 2022); FHL microfilm 1,433,937, DGS 7,649,567.
See also:

Ancestry.com U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA.

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