Elliott Family Bio, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by: Bobby Duplissey 
Date: June 19, 2006

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The Elliott Family  
Author: Elliott Children & Grand Children 

THE ELLIOTT FAMILY The Elliott family migrated to the States (original colonies)
from England. Thomas Elliott was born in Virginia in about 1761. He left Virginia 
after his father, George Elliott and an older brother were killed in the "Battle 
of Brandywine". This was on September 11, 1777. They fought under the command of 
General George Washington. This battle of the American Revolution was fought along 
Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, 25 miles southwest of Philadelphia. The armies 
converged at Chad's (Chadd's) Ford , Pennsylvania on Brandywine Creek. The British 
were victorous. Thomas Elliott then became respnosible for the care of his widowed 
mother and younger brothers and sisters. After leaving Virginia, they lived in the 
Carolinas where Thomas later joined the forces of Francis Marion. He continued in 
the service until Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, an event in which Thomas 
Elliott participated. 

According to family information, the Elliott, Phillips, and Erwin families left 
Virginia about the same time and remained close together or at least in touch as 
they traveled south, southwest through the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, 
and into southeast Louisiana. 

Thomas Elliott probably did not marry at a very young age. However, it is known 
that he married between 1790 and 1792, and that he lived in Georgia before moving 
to the East Feliciana Parish area of Louisiana where he died at a date prior to 
1809. He left a will, which was signed in 1805. He left three young sons who were 
Willis Elliott born 1793 in Jefferson County, Georgia; Edward Elliott born 1794 in 
Jefferson County, Georgia; and William David Elliott born 1795 in Jefferson County, 
Georgia. We lost track of Edward Elliott. Do not know what happened to him. He might 
have died very young. Willis and William David Elliott grew into manhood in the East 
Feliciana Parish area. In 1809 this area was known as West Florida and was owned by 
Spain. It was not part of the Louisiana Purchase. Later on it was taken over by 
Louisiana and became East and West Feliciana Parishes. Willis and William Elliott 
stayed here a number of years. They fought with Andrew Jackson during "The Battle 
of New Orleans" in 1815. They were both on the 1820 Census of West Feliciana Parish, 
Louisiana. On the 1830 Census , William David Elliott was in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
Willis Elliott was on the 1830 Census of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. 

Willis Elliott 
lived in Pine Prairie, Louisiana in St. Landry Parish. An area that later became 
Evangeline Parish. He was married twice. First to Delia Bushnell on September 19, 
1820. Second to Abigail Leberge on November 18, 1824. Willis Elliott is the head 
of the Elliott family line in Evangeline parish, Louisiana. Some still live there 
today. Willis died in Pine Prairie, Louisiana in 1860. 

William David Elliott settled into a place near Glenmora, Louisiana in Rapides Parish. 
He was married to Elizabeth Andrews, who was born August 17, 1800 in Mississippi 
(she stated on the 1830 census that she was born in Miss.)( Her daughter said that her 
mother was born in Connecticut) and died August 17, 1866 near Glenmora, Louisiana. She 
is buried in the Butter Cemetery near Forest Hill, Louisiana. William David Elliott is 
the head of the Elliott family line in and around Glenmora, Louisiana. Some of his family 
still live in this area. William David Elliott died on January 30, 1865 near Glenmora. 
He is buried in the Butter Cemetery near Forest Hill, Louisiana. Many of his family are 
buried in this same cemetery.