Elisha Green GILREATH

Male 1820 - 1875  (54 years)


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  • Name Elisha Green GILREATH 
    Born 27 Jul 1820  Greenville County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 2624 
    Died 02 Mar 1875  Greenville County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Jackson Grove Methodist Church, Greenville Co., South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2624  Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2011 

    Father Hardy Jones GILREATH,   b. 15 Sep 1788, Wilkes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Sep 1868  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Nancy Harriet GREEN,   b. 25 Jun 1795,   d. 29 Jan 1867  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1817 
    Census 1860  Greenville County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 10 children 
    Family ID F816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Leander HAWKINS,   b. 09 Aug 1817, Greenville County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1902, Greenville County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 28 Feb 1836  [3
    Children 
     1. Nancy Caroline GILREATH,   b. Abt 1838
     2. Dorcas Elizabeth GILREATH,   b. 22 Nov 1846,   d. 07 Mar 1932, Anderson, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. James Hilliard GILREATH,   b. 04 Jul 1850,   d. 25 Sep 1887  (Age 37 years)
     4. John Thomas GILREATH,   b. Abt 1854
     5. Harriett A. GILREATH,   b. Abt 1859
    Family ID F815  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Greenville Co., SC
      Enumerated 29 Nov 1850, pg. 447

      Elisha Gilreath, 30, M, Farmer, $2000, SC
      Martha, 30, F, SC
      Caroline, 12, F, SC
      Darcus, 4, F, SC
      M. B. Hawkins, 30, M, Laborer, SC

      1860 Census, Greenville Co., SC
      Milford Division, Enumerated 4 Aug 1860, Pg. 452

      Elisha Gilreath, 40 Farmer, $2000, $950, SC
      Martha, 43, F, Housekeeper, SC, Cannot R/W
      Darius E., 13, M, SC, Attended school in last year
      Hilliard J., 9, M, SC, Attended school in last year
      John T., 6, M, SC, Attended school in last year
      Hattie, 1, F, SC
      Reuben Baylis, 70, M, Black, Virginia, Cannot R/W

      Greenville Co., SC Estate Records
      Apartment 37, File 48

      Estate records list heirs at law of Elisha G. Gilreath as:
      Martha L. Gilreath, widow
      Children:
      Nancy C. Pool
      Dorcas E. Roberts
      James H. Gilreath
      John T. Gilreath
      Hattie A. Gilreath (minor)

  • Sources 
    1. [S102] Greenville County Cemetery Survey, Vol. 3, Greenville Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society, p. 301.

    2. [S264] 1860 Census Greenville Co., SC, (NARA), Hardy J. Gilreath household.

    3. [S117] Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country of, Holcomb, Brent H., (Name: Columbia, S.C.: SCMAR, 1983.;).