Individual Details
Elijah Middleton
(25 Nov 1779 - 29 Apr 1860)
Events
Families
Spouse | Mary Ann Thralls (1791 - 1872) |
Spouse | Eunice Pierson (1780 - 1834) |
Child | Samuel V Middleton (1824 - 1863) |
Child | Kitty Ann Middleton (1827 - ) |
Child | Mary Elizabeth Middleton (1830 - 1905) |
Notes
Marriage
Know all men by these presents that we Elijah Middleton & Charles Middleton are held and firmly unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to be paid to the said Commonwealth to which payment well and truly to be made, we bond ourselves our heirs exers & admors jointly & severally by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 7th day of Sept 1819 The condition of the above obligation is such, that if there is no lawful cause to obstruct a marriage, intended to be solemnized shortly, between the above bound Elijah Middleton and Mrs. Eunice Vittltow widow of James Vittllow dec ?then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force
witnesss Elijah Middleton
Ben Grayson Chs Middleton
Census (family)
36 28 Middleton Charles pgs-08-to-38.txt1 male 45+
1 female 10-16
1 female 26-45
6 in Agr.
3 male slaves 14-26
1 male slave 26-45
2 male slaves 45+
1 female slave to 14
3 female slaves14-26
50 17 Middleton Elijah pgs-40-to-66.txt
1 boy under 10
1 male 10-16
1 male 26-45 (Elijah 41)
1 female 26-45 (Eunice)
4 in Agr
1 male slave under 14
2 male slaves 14-26
1 female slave 26-45
64 27 Middleton Henley pgs-40-to-66.txt
2 boys under 10
1 male 10-16
1 male 45+
2 girls under 10
1 female 10-16
86 27 Middleton Micajah pgs-68-to-96.txt
Census (family)
Elijah Middleton 2 males < 5, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-49, 1 female < 5, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-39Marriage
Elijah Middleton and Ann DewittCensus (family)
Elijah Middleton 2 males 15-19, 1 male 60-69, 2 females 10-14, 1 female 40-49Census (family)
803, 803, Eliza Middleton, 69 M, Farmer, 0, 2000, VaM A Middleton, 59 F,
Stephen Mudd, 27 M, Waggon Maker, KY
M E Mudd, 20 F, KY
A T Mudd, 1 M, KY
Will
It is my wish & desire that my wife Mary Ann should she survive me have the following property towit all of my house hold & kitchen furniture two horses & two cows, ten head of hogs six head of sheep my wagon two plows & gearing & fifty dollars in money and my Negro Boy Lewis along as she may live and at her death the house hold & kitchen furniture to be equally divided between Elizabeth Mudd & Kitty Ann Froman the balance of the personal property hereby given to my said wife at her death is to belong to Wesley Froman, also all the personal property which I have on hand & not other wise disposed at my death is to belong to said Froman. but he is out of said personal estate to pay to my grand son John W Middleton a horse saddle & bridle to be worth one hundred dollars and if the horse saddle & bridle is not worth one hundred dollars then said Froman is to make it up out of my estate thus given what ever it may lack of the said $100 - Said Froman is also to give to my grand son Elijah Froman a horse saddle & bridle to be worth one hundred Dollars, Said Froman is also to have my Negro Boy Lewis at the death of My said wife & is to pay over the horse saddle & bridle to said grand son John W Middleton and also the horse saddle & bridle to my said grandson Eilijah Froman as they respectively arrive at the age of 21 years, the balance of my property I have heretofore disposed of by Bonds Bill of Sale Deeds of trust of which will pay as therein directed - If the Boy Lewis should die before my said Wife, then in that event she is to retain until her death the Negro Boy Alfred who at her death is to go to said Froman And the Bill of Sale heretofore signed by me dated the 8th of May 1854 which give to said Froman Said Boy Lewis & Alfred is so far changed that said Froman is not to receive said Boy Alfred until the death of my said wife If the Boy Lewis should die prior to my wife This 24th of Nov 1854Attest
Wm Howell Elijah Middleton
E.R. Burba
At a County Court began & held for the County of Same at the Court House in Hodgenville at the 2nd of July 1860 An instrument of writing purporting to be the last will & testament of Elijah Middleton decd was produced in court & offered for probate, the same was duly proven as the law requires by the oath of William Howell & E. R. Burba the two subscribing witnesses thereto It was ordered that said instrument be Established & Recorded as the true last will & testament of Elijah Middleton Decd all of which I have this day truly recorded July 4 1860
Burial
Cemetery Larue County: Nolin Baptist; located about 3 1/2 miles west ofHodgenville on Hwy 222 Church dates back to early 1780's; Tombstone Engraved;
Elijah Middleton 25 Nov 1779 - 29 Apr 1860; Mary A Middleton 25 Sep 1791 - 2
Sep 1872.
Endnotes
1. Gazaway, Kathryn DeWitt, DeWitt family research. (Utopia, Texas: compiled by Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway, grannykk@peppersnet.com).
2. Middleton, Elijah and Mary A. tombstone, Nolin Baptist Cemetery , Larue Co., Kentucky (located about 3 1/2 miles west of Hodgenville on Hwy 222); Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway.
3. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed 23 May 2020), Elijah Middleton and Eunice Vittitow, 7 Sep 1819; citing Marriage, Nelson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 9,666..
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 > KENTUCKY > LARUE > HAMILTON DIST Series: M432 Roll: 209 Page: 456.
5. Gazaway, Kathryn DeWitt, DeWitt family research. (Utopia, Texas: compiled by Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway, grannykk@peppersnet.com).
6. Gazaway, Kathryn DeWitt, DeWitt family research. (Utopia, Texas: compiled by Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway, grannykk@peppersnet.com).