Elijah Mastin

ID: I93354

Name: Elijah MASTIN

Given Name: Elijah

Surname: Mastin

NSFX: Sr

Sex: M

Title: Sr

_UID: E95E286A352BD611921A444553540001FD6E

Note:

He came from Spotsylvania County, VA, and arrived in Mason County, KY about the same time the famous Reverend. Lewis Craig arrived with his traveling Baptist Church from Spotsylvania County, VA. Also, he settled on land described as being in Clark's Run and bounded by Pummel Creek. This is very close to where Reverend Lewis Craig settled and built his historic church. At death, he left one hundred and fifty (150) acres to his wife, Barbara, for her lifetime. His other assets were sold and the cash divided between his children. His son Samuel stayed on the farm with his mother and managed it until her death, at which time he inherited the farm. The farm on the other side of Pummel Creek was that of Robert Hill, the father-in-law of his daughter, Mary.

Birth: ABT 1775 in Spotsylvania County, VA

Death: ABT 1848 in Mason County, KY

Note: His will was proved during Nov 1847 Court.

Burial: ABT 1848 Mason County, KY

Reference Number: 003-78470N

Event: Grave Salem Ridge Cemetery

Marriage 1 Mary TAYLOR b: ABT 1776 in Pennsylvania

Married: 27 MAR 1800 in Maysville, Mason, KY 1 2

Children

Sally MASTIN

Judith MASTIN

Thomas MASTIN

William MASTIN

Marriage 2 Barbara LANCY b: ABT 1787 in Pennsylvania

Married: ABT MAR 1807 in Mason County, KY

Note: They were married by Reverend Caleb J Taylor. 2 1

Children

Mary A MASTIN b: 7 SEP 1808 in Mason County, KY

Benjamin Franklin MASTIN b: 10 MAR 1813 in Mason County, KY

Wilford MASTIN b: 1 OCT 1814 in Mason County, KY

Matilda MASTIN b: 6 FEB 1818 in Mason County, KY

Nancy MASTIN b: 22 DEC 1822 in Mason County, KY

Samuel Emberry MASTIN b: 12 MAY 1828 in Mason County, KY

Elijah MASTIN b: ABT 1834 in Mason County, KY

James MASTIN b: in Mason County, KY

Elizabeth MASTIN b: in Mason County, KY

John MASTIN

Caroline MASTIN b: in Mason County, KY

Sources:

Abbrev: Researcher - Courtney, Anita (Hill)

Title: Data provided by fellow researcher and STAFA family member, Anita (Hill) Courtney. Her email address is blessing@kih.net and her URL is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hillsof salem/

Abbrev: Researcher - Insko, Regina Ann "Ginia"

Title: Data provided by fellow researcher and STAFA family member, Regina Ann "Ginia" Insko. Her email address is pcfrogs@hotmail.com

The same year he married Mary Taylor (1800), the roster of the 28th regiment of Mason and Bracken Counties Militia showed him as an Ensign. He was later promoted to Lieutenant and then to Captain. This early militia, established when Kentucky became a state in 1792, was active, intermittently, until after the war of 1812. In its early days, it was often referred to as the "cornstalk" militia, because of the shortage of guns for drill, so cornstalks were carried by some of the men. (Ray Mastin)

He came from Spotsylvania County, VA, and arrived in Mason County, KY, about the same time the famous Rev. Lewis Craig arrived with his traveling Baptist Church from Spotsylvania County, VA. Also, he settled on land described as being in Clark's Run and bounded by Pummel Creek. This is very close to where Rev. Lewis Craig settled and built his historic church. At death, he left one hundred and fifty (150) acres to his wife, Barbara, for her lifetime. His other assets were sold and the cash divided between his children. His son Samuel stayed on the farm with his mother and managed it until her death, at which time he inherited the farm.

The farm on the other side of Pummel Creek was that of the Rev. Robert Hill, the father-in-law of his daughter Mary.

His will was proved during the November 1847 Court.