Elijah Boring

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Elijah Boring (1774) On November 1, 1794 he married Sarah Reno/Reneau. Sarah was born on March 24, 1774. She was the daughter of Charles Reno/Reneau and Elizabeth Tipton.

Ruth Boring Smith (1796; married John Smith), Orrie Boring Hart (1797, married William Hart), Isaac Boring (1799, married Catherine Cobb Conner), John Tipton Boring (1800, married Margaret Howard, Ruth Howard, and Elizabeth Threewet), William Boring (1802, married Phoebe Proffitt), Charles Bartley Boring (1805, married Rhoda H. Williams), Rebecca Boring, (1808 , married John Keys), Abraham Heiter Boring (1810, married Bertha Martin and Sarah Robinson), Albert Marshall Boring (1812), and Betsa Louisa Boring (1813).

In the 1798 tax list, he was in Captain Morrison’s Company.

In 1806 he bought 100 acres from William Boring for $333. Witness, Chaney Boring and Kinsey Rose.

The same year he bought 50 acres on Brush Creek from John Sherfey for $166.67. Witness Ephraim Anderson, William Nelson, and John Crouch.

In 1814, Elijah had 190 acres and was in Captain Heartsell’s Company.