JAMES W. ELLISON FAMILY CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC
A.K.A. Easley, SC
Version 2.3, 27-Sep-2010, A064.TXT, A064
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HISTORY WRITE-UP : Gretchen Ellison at ke4hex@charter.net in Dec-2003
TRANSCRIPTION .. : Gretchen Ellison at ke4hex@charter.net in Dec-2003
Lowry Wilson at sclowry@hotmail.com in Dec-1999
CEMETERY LOCATION:
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From Easley, go south on Highway 8 to St. Paul Road, approx. 5 miles.
Turn left and go approx. 1 1/2 miles.
Turn right on Colonial Drive.
Cemetery is at end of driveway at 224 Colonial Drive.
Latitude N34 46.614 x Longitude W82 33.175
CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY:
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James Wilson Ellison, Sr.( s/o James Hugh and Sarah Wilson Ellison) and his
wife, Mary Polly Cox (d/o William, Sr. & Elizabeth Gambrell Cox) settled in the
Brushy Creek area of Anderson County in the mid 1800's. They had the following
children:
William M. Ellison (1815-1862)
Nancy Ellison (1814-1895)
Barbara Ellison (1818 -?)
F. Matthew Ellison (1820-1865)
Joel Wilson Ellison (1813-1882)
James Wilson Ellison, Jr. (1827-1865)
Hugh Amazire Ellison (1829-1905)
Mary Ann Ellison (1825-?)
John W. Ellison (1831-1858)
Columbus Ellison
Monroe Ellison
Thomas D. Ellison
TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES:
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a. = age at death
b. = date-of-birth
d. = date-of-death
h. = husband
m. = married
p. = parents
w. = wife
(FRONT SIDE)
FAMILY CEMETERY:
JAMES WILSON ELLISON
1792 - 1862-(*)
HIS WIFE:
MARY POLLY COX
ERECTED 1979 BY THEIR DECENDANTS
(BACK SIDE)
THEIR CHILDREN:
WILLIAM THOMAS D.
JOEL LOUIS
MATTHEW DAVID
JAMES W. NANCY BALLENTINE
JOHN W. MARY PRATHER
HUGH A. BARBARA JOHNSON
ELLISON, Mary E., b. 8-jul-187?, d. 20-dec-?
P., J., footstone for jane prater?
PRATER, Jane, b. 6-nov-1856, d. 24(?)-jul-1857
There are several unmarked field stones.
NOTE:
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(*) From my research, I have found these names & dates: James Wilson Ellison,
Sr. was born April 1792 and died June 1873. His son, James Wilson Ellison, Jr.
was born 26 Jun 1827 and died 2 May 1862(*). Death date on the stone appears to
be the son's. Also, Jane Prater may be James Prather b. 6 Nov 1856, d. 2 Jul
1857. Louis ("Pat") Ellison was a Great, Great Grandson of James Wilson Ellison,
Sr.
By: Gretchen Ellison
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A three foot high by three foot wide tombstone monument marks the grave site of
a couple of readable markers and about a dozen field rocks in the side yard of a
trailer home as of Friday, 31 DEC 1999:
ELLISON, James Wilson, b. 1792, d. 1862-(*) (APRIL 1792 - JUNE 1873)
ELLISON, Mary "Polly" Cox (1796 - about 1872)
(A list of their children is on the reverse side of the marker.)
ELLISON, Mary E., b. 8 July 1878, d. 28 Dec 1879
PRATER, Jane, b. 6 Nov 1856, d. 24 July 1857(?)
By: Lowry Wilson
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From: cgellison@juno.com
27-Sep-2010
(*) The date for the death of James Wilson Ellison, Sr. is in not correct. The
death date on the tombstone is actually that of James Wilson Ellison, Jr. who
died in VA in 1862. James Sr. died in 1873. His Will is dated 1873 and he has
several court records in Anderson after 1862. The lady who had the tombstone
erected had incorrect information.