Elias Ephraim Osborne

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SARAH (SALLY)6 SIZEMORE (GEORGE EDWARD5, EDWARD4, HENRY3, WILLIAM2, MICHAEL1) was born Abt. 1775, and died Abt. 1839 in Ashe Co., N.C.. She married ELIAS OSBORNE. He died Abt. 1849 in Ashe Co., N.C..

Children of SARAH SIZEMORE and ELIAS OSBORNE are:

• i. GEORGE7 OSBORNE.
• ii. EZEKIEL OSBORNE.
• iii. JESSE OSBORNE.
• iv. DAVID OSBORNE.
• v. EPHRAIM OSBORNE.
• vi. NANCY OSBORNE.
• vii. ELIZABETH OSBORNE.
• viii. SOLOMON OSBORNE.
• ix. JAMES OSBORNE, m. (1) ELIZABETH WINGLER; m. (2) RACHEL BLEVINS; m. (3) MARY BLEVINS.

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Birth: 1775, USA Death: 1860 North Carolina, USA

• Son of Jonathan Osborne and Mary Howell? Elias OSBORNE was born about 1774. He died after 1860 in Smyth Co. VA?

Married Sarah aka Sally Sizemore

Died ca 1860 Buried on farm? It is possible that Ned is buried at Cranberry Church cemetery. He did live at Prathers Creek before Whitetop. Their clean up crew said there once was a stone that said Indian Chief. DNA does not show Native Amer Ca 1907 the Sizemore family applied for Cherokee pensions but were denied.

NOTES from researchers We know that Isom B. Osborne's father Ezekial was born about 1896, that Ezekial's father was named Elias Osborne, and that Elias was married to Sally Sizemore (of Indian descent) as handed down through the Osborne generation per Helen P. Woodie's research, and Claude Osborne's History of the Osborne Family.

It is also known that they came from Ashe County, North Carolina. The 1800 Ashe County census shows an Elias Osborne, age 26, as head of a household with one male child between the age of 1-6 years. This no doubt would have been Ezekial, the oldest son, born about 1796. Elias bought land in the early 1800's in Ashe Co.-in the part that is now Alleghany Co. The 1810, 1820, and 1830 census also show Elias living in Ashe County with wife and children.

One of the reasons we believe Elias is descended from Ephraim Osborne, Sr of Grayson Co. is that Elias gave his sons the same names as several of Ephraim's sons. At least Elias attended the sale of Captain Enoch Osborne's estate. Elias bought a cow at that sale. According to Helen P. Woodie's records, Elias died in the household of his son George in Smyth Co., Va. The 1860 Smyth County census lists Elias in the household of George Osborne.

To date, as far as is known, no one has been able to verify who the parents of Elias were. There are many theories, and he has been credited with at least four different fathers by various Osborne genealogists. A major problem is that many of the early Ashe County court house files were either destroyed or lost. Dr. Charles Osborne of Belleville NJ, a descendent of George Osborne, and who has done extensive research on the Osbornes, believes Jonathan (son of Ephraim, Sr) is the father. Charles states "I see nothing that would suggest that Elias was not Jonathan's son. From the tax lists Jonathan had a son born before 1777. He disappears from Grayson Co. VA records for a year or so about the time Elias gets his land grant in NC."

In the meantime we will keep searching for the missing link.

Source: Pruit, A.B. Abstracts of Land Entries: Ashe Co. NC Feb. 1800-Sept. 1823

N.p.:Privately Printed, 1994

3118. Dec.16, 1817 Thomas Callaway enters 100 ac in Ashe Co. on Cramberry Cr.,[being] the land of George Sizemore "let Elias Osborn have" and the land where said Osborne lives and runs "various courses', includes the vacant land.

1033. Nov. 28, 1803 Elias Osbourn enters 200 ac in Ashe Co. on Piney br of Crambery cr; border, begins at a white oak, runs up said branch, & "various courses"; includes the vacant land "their abouts said land" that Owen Sismore entered in Wilkes[Co.]

Marie PS typed as written

Family links:

Parents:

 Jonathan Osborne (1753 - 1834)

 Nancy Howell Osborne (1753 - 1796)

Spouse:

 Sarah Sizemore Osborne (1770 - 1820)*

Children:

 Ezekiel Osborne (1796 - 1861)*

 Jesse Osborne (1802 - 1863)*

 David Osborne (1806 - 1902)*

 Elizabeth Osborne Evans (1810 - ____)*

 Solomon Osborne (1813 - 1880)*

Siblings:

 Rachel Osborne Blevins (1770 - ____)*

 Elias Osborne (1775 - 1860)

 Patience Osborne Langley (1792 - 1850)**

 Stephen Osborne (1801 - 1892)**

 Stephen Osborn (1801 - 1892)**

 George Washington Osborne (1803 - 1882)**

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Burial: David Osborne Cemetery Alleghany County North Carolina, USA

Created by: Carole Conrad Record added: Jan 10, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 123073366

Elias Osborne
BIRTH 1775
USA
DEATH 1860 (aged 84–85)
North Carolina, USA
BURIAL
David Osborne Cemetery
Alleghany County, North Carolina,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123073366/elias-osborne

Children
Ezekiel Osborne
1796–1861

Jesse Osborne
1802–1863

David Osborne
1806–1902

Elizabeth Osborne Evans
1810 – unknown

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Solomon Osborne
1813–1880

James Osborne
1822 – unknown