Josiah Ellington, Sr

1741 - 1819  (77 years)

• Name	Josiah Ellington  [1]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	7 Sep 1741	, Amelia, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Feb 1819	, Wilkes, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1388	Master
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	David Ellington,   b. 1713, , Prince George, Virginia, USA d. 11 May 1774, Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Martha Ann Tucker,   b. 29 Aug 1719, Bristol Parish, Prince William, Virginia, USA d. 9 May 1782, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1736	, Amelia, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Sep 1741 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA Death - 1 Feb 1819 - , Wilkes, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  "Early Records of Georgia" "Advanced in life" To wife Elizabeth home place on the Augusta Road, all personal estate for life or widowhood final division to daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Wilson, and all my children except the heirs of David Ellington, dec'd. Confirms gifts and adds $2.00 each to the heirs of David Ellington, dec'd. Confirms gifts and adds @2.00 each to the heirs of Elizabeth Wilson, son Simeon Ellington, grandcildren the heirs of Josiah Ellington, dec'd, son Hezekiah Ellington, dau. Sarah, wife of James Chivers, dau, Polly, Wife of James D. Gresham, dau. Nancy, wife of Richard Daniel, dau Dolletha, wife of Springer Gibson. To niece Frances Gibson, a slave. James D. Gresham and William Jones, Excrs. Signed Dec.11, 1818. Probated Feb 1, 1819. Buford Bird, Thos. G. Jones, William Ogletree, Test. Inferior Court Records of Taliaferro County, Georgia 1826-1857 from LDS Film 220557 Page 33, Robert Chivers and James D. Gresham qualified as the only executors to the last will and testament of James Chivers. (No date on this page but must be Sept 1827) Page 34, Hermon Mercer, Henry Perkins, William Little, James D. Gresham, Chivers a Nelonz ?, Solomon Harper and Wilie Womack appointed commissioners to divide and distribute the estate of William Janes, deceased, 3 Sept 1827. Page 71, Jas. D. Gresham, Thomas Truitt, William S. Anderson, Henry B. Lee appointed commissioners for the purposes of letting out the building of a bridge across the south fork of Little River commonly called Ellington's Bridge for the term of five years 6 Oct 1829. Josiah Ellington moved to Wilkes County, GA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1162] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).