Person Sheet


Name Elisha WITT
Birth 18 Sep 1759, Albemarle, VA
Death 16 Dec 1835, Estill, KY
Father John WITT (1710-1782)
Mother Lucy LITTLEBURY (1713->1782)
Spouses:
1 Phoebe DODD
Birth 1758, Albemarle, VA
Death 25 Apr 1855, Estill, KY
Marriage 17 Jul 1781, Albermarle, VA
Children: William (1783-1844)
Anna (1784-)
Charles (1786-1871)
Abner (1789-)
Elisha (1792-1858)
Nathan (1794-1843)
Samuel (1797-)
Rachel (1797-)
David (1799-1893)
John (1801-1826)
Silas (1803-1898)
Notes for Elisha WITT
Began service in the Revolutionary War at the age of seventeen. He served intermittently all through the war. Part of the time he was stationed in Albemarle County, VA, guarding British prisoners. He was "at surrender of Cornwallis and Siege of Yorktown."
Having received bounty land for assisting in the establishment of American Independence, he settled in Estill County, KY
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