The following information was provided by P. Cleveland Gardner, Cleveland County Historian. Quoting from the 1939 WPA Cemetery Census Records:
"Martin Elliott was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; moved from Mecklenburg County, Virginia to Rutherford County, NC. In 1802, settled between First Broad River and Brushy Creek, south of Dover Mill, and now known as Cleveland County. He was buried there, and a Government Marker is erected at his grave in a few yards of his old home site. Martin Elliott was the progenitor of the Elliott family in Cleveland County, N.C."
Martin Elliott married Sarah Anne Finch. They had the following four children, possibly others:
Nancy Elliott
Adam Elliott
James Finch Elliott
John Crenshaw Elliott (Elliott Cemetery west of Polkville, NC is named for him.)
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DAR designated Martin Elliott DAR Ancestor #:A037536.
Sarah Elliott married Thomas Goode
Robert Elliott married Lucinda Maness
Jenny Elliot married George Cabiness
Martin Elliott married Elizabeth (Betsey) McCombs (1806 - 1860) on September 15, 1826 in Rutherford County. The marriage was performed by John Harrill.
The following information was provided by P. Cleveland Gardner, Cleveland County Historian. Quoting from the 1939 WPA Cemetery Census Records:
"Martin Elliott was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; moved from Mecklenburg County, Virginia to Rutherford County, NC. In 1802, settled between First Broad River and Brushy Creek, south of Dover Mill, and now known as Cleveland County. He was buried there, and a Government Marker is erected at his grave in a few yards of his old home site. Martin Elliott was the progenitor of the Elliott family in Cleveland County, N.C."
Martin Elliott married Sarah Anne Finch. They had the following four children, possibly others:
Nancy Elliott
Adam Elliott
James Finch Elliott
John Crenshaw Elliott (Elliott Cemetery west of Polkville, NC is named for him.)
Below sent by: Vonnie Cantrell
DAR designated Martin Elliott DAR Ancestor #:A037536.
Sarah Elliott married Thomas Goode
Robert Elliott married Lucinda Maness
Jenny Elliot married George Cabiness
Martin Elliott married Elizabeth (Betsey) McCombs (1806 - 1860) on September 15, 1826 in Rutherford County. The marriage was performed by John Harrill.
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