The Ellis Family on The Dixons - A Colonial Quaker Family

Benjamin James Ellis

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Benjamin James Ellis

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James R. Ellis

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James R. Ellis

James R. Ellis was born in Kent County, Maryland in 1735. He later moved to what was Rutherford County (now Cleveland County) in North Carolina and had eleven children there. He owned as much as 400 acres between Shelby and Buffalo Creek, down to nearly the border of South Carolina. He died on 06/23/1828 and was buried in the family cemetery near the Ellis Ferry House, south of the Broad River.

Noble Sarrat

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Noble Sarrat

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James Ellis’ daughter, Letitia Ellis, married Anthony Sarrat. They held 100 slaves in the area between Grassy Pond settlement and what is now Gaffney, South Carolina. Their son was Noble Sarrat.

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William E. Ellis

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William E. Ellis

William E. Ellis was born on 08/12/1704 at Sewalls Branch, Kent County, Maryland. He died on 12/28/1761 at Guilford County, North Carolina at the age of 57.

He married Mary Clarke

Zenas Alonzo Ellis

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Zenas Alonzo Ellis

Zenas donated land to have the first local school built for his descendants so they could go to school. It was a one room schoolhouse just south of Patterson Springs where his land was. Zenas also donated the land for the cemetery - he helped build Patterson Springs Baptist Church.

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