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Elijah Jeffries

Male 1799 - 1869  (70 years)


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  • Name Elijah Jeffries 
    Born 1799  ? VA or KY, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1869  Carroll county, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Elijah was ordained as a Baptist minister on April 11th 1829.
    Person ID I5444  mykindred
    Last Modified Feb 6, 2003 

    Father Anderson Jeffries,   b. Jan 21, 1763, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 08, 1833, Hardin county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mary Gorden,   b. Jan 11, 1768, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1844, Hardin county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married Aug 25, 1788  Fauquier county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Biography of Anderson Jeffries gives their marriage date as September 11th 1788.
    Notes 
    • They lived in Virginia until the late 1790's.  In 1799, he was on the Washington County Kentucky Tax List living on Cartwright's Creek.
      Anderson and Mary were on the original membership roll (1805) of the Bethlehem Baptist church near Texas, Kentucky where he was elected deacon in January 1806.  In October 1825 he was licensed to preach. They subsequently moved to Hardin County, Kentucky in 1832.
      Anderson farmed and worked as a blacksmith.  His sons Isham, Hugh and William also worked as "smiths".  He was elected justice of the peace April 2nd 1821.
    Family ID F1950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucy Petit,   d.
    Married Aug 10, 1818  Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1988  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Marshall,   d.
    Married Mar 27, 1832  Mercer county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • They lived in Carroll county Missouri.
    Family ID F1989  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S85] Washington County, Kentucky Bicentennial History, p. 376.