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Subject: Re: [ELLER] Finding my Eller roots
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 07:17:17 EDT
Micah:
I don't know from your request how much if any information you might already
have regarding your great-great-great grandfather, Samuel Eller. I have done
a quick search on Ancestry.com for Samuel Eller and found 59 World Tree
Entries for that name...more than I am able to go through right now.
A quick search of Census files on Ancestry.com finds a Samuel Eller living in
Iredell County, NC (township unknown) during the 1840 Census from page 222,
Roll M704_363, Image 128:
Sam'l Eller, 1 white male, 30-40, 1 white female, 10-15, and 1 white
female, 30-40.
The following Ellers were also listed on the same page: Jeremiah Eller,
Christian Eller, Zachariah Eller.
Ancestry.com lists three Samuel Ellers as participants in the Civil War from
North Carolina:
Samuel Eller, Company H, 23rd N. Carolina Infantry (formerly the 13th NC
Infantry Vol.), enlisted as Private, discharged as a Private.
Samuel T. (or F.) Eller, Company B, 49th N. Carolina Infantry, enlisted
as Private, discharged as a Private.
Samuel W. Eller, Company E, 11th (Behtel Regiment) N. Carolina Infantry,
enlisted as a Private, discharged as a Private.
Further investigation reveals that the Samuel Eller who enlisted in Company H
of the 23 NC Infantry was from Rowan County, NC. No county is listed for
the Samuel T. (or F.) Eller who served in the 49th NC Infantry.
A Samuel W. Eller of Iredell County, NC, enlisted as a Private on April 23,
1862 at the age of 20 in Company E of the 11th Infantry Regiment. This would
suggest that Samuel W. Eller was born in about 1841-1842 and may have been a
son of Samuel, Jeremiah, Christian or Zachariah. The record states that on
September 14, 1863, Samuel W. Eller deserted (to the enemy) at Rapidan,
Virginia. He was confined at the Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC on
about Sept. 15, 1863 and took the Oath of Allegiance on March 14, 1864.
A number of records (by other individuals) in Ancestry.com's World Tree Files
suggest that this Samuel W. Eller was perhaps the son of Christian Eller of
Iredell County, NC.
The following marriage bonds for a Samuel Eller in Rowan County were also
listed...
Samuel Eller and Nancy Peirce, marriage bond dated March 21 1825
Samuel Eller and Polly Earnheart, marriage bond dated Nov 25 1861 marriage
dated Nov 28 1861
Micah, I hope this gives you some information that you didn't have before and
opens up some possibilities for you to search.
Rod Green
(5th great-grandson of Henry Eller, Sr)
Austin, TX
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