JAMES W. ELLISON FAMILY CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC A.K.A. Easley, SC Version 2.3, 15-Dec-2003, A064.TXT, A064 **************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization, or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula Seneca, SC, USA Anderson County SC GenWeb Coordinator Anderson County SC GenWeb Homestead http://www.rootsweb.com/~scanderson2/ **************************************************************** DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 G.P.S. MAPPING . : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 HISTORY WRITE-UP : Gretchen Ellison at ke4hex@charter.net in Dec-2003 IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 LOCATION 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: ------------------ 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: ------------------------ 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: ------------------------------ 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: ----- 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 o----------o 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