Elijah Isaacks

1775 - 1859  (84 years)

• Name	Elijah Isaacks  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 Feb 1775	South Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Nov 1859	Jasper County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	#"The New Handbook of Texas" in 6 Volumes, Austin, The Texas State Historical Association, 1996, Vol. III, page 876 ISAACKS, ELIJAH (1775-1859). Elijah Issacks, early East Texas settler and delegate to the Convention of 1832, the son of Samuel and Mary (Wallace) Isaacks, was born in South Carolina on February 22, 1775. He married Esther (or Hester) Donaho in 1797. By 1809 he was living in Pike County, Mississippi. After serving in the Mississippi Territorial Militia during the War of 1812 he moved to Texas. Family tradition holds that Isaacks arrived in Texas on January 10, 1822, although the illegal nature of such an early migration led him to subsequently to declare the date as 1830 before Mexican authorities. In any event he was one of the earliest white settlers in Bevil's Settlement and later secured a tract along Walnut Run. Isaacks served as a delegate from the Snow River district in Tyler County to the Convention of 1832. At this convention, in San Felipe de Austin, he served on two committees, one to study the future of settlement east of the San Jancinto, and one to consider a petition for establishing a state government separate from Coahuila (see COAHUILA AND TEXAS). He was the father of ten children, a farmer, and a blacksmith; he owned two slaves by 1850. His son Samuel Isaacks probably arrived in Texas before him. He lived on land that is now part of Tyler and Jasper counties before moving to Jasper, where he owned four town lots. He died there after a fall on November 1, 1859. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Madeline Martin, More Early southeast Texas Families (Quanah, Texas; Nortex, 1978) Texas House of Representatives, Biographical Directory of the Texas Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 (Austin: Book Exchange, 1941.) Robert Wooster http://www.ancestralvoyages.com/pafn33.htm James Morgan, the son of Daniel and Mary Morgan (Sampson County, NC>Decatur County, GA>Jasper County, TX), was listed in his household in Jasper, Texas at the time of the 1850 census. Elijah is said by John W. Clark to be a son of Samuel ISAACS and Mary WALLACE. However, Steve Moody, a descendant of Elijah ISAACS, wrote me that "Elijah Isaacks' mother was Mary Morgan, daughter of Joseph Morgan Jr. I've never been able to figure out how James was related, I thought maybe he was a cousin." The following information, about Elijah's parents, was copied from a website titled "The Bush Family - My Ancestors" Clinton W. Bush, "Descendants of Isaacs" This has not been verfied against original records and should be used as a starting point for further research. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cwbush/isaacs.htm SAMUEL ISAACS was born bet. 1754-1759 in Fredrick County Virginia., and died 1844 in Lincoln County Tenn. He married MARY WALLACE 1774 in South Carolina. She was born 1754 in Fredrick County Virginia., and died 1838 in Lincoln County Tenn. (Source: (1) DAR Membership # 278 734 Maud Isaac., (2) South Carolina Archives order # 3374, AA 3957 1/2 pp li B # 19 Contingent Account. Papers by Legislature Nov. 23, 1795.) John W. Clark states that his Revolutionary Pension File Number is S5600. The correct birth year is in question war records showing 1759, family records are said to show 1754. Served in South Carolina Line under "MARION AT BATTLE OF COWPENS" during the American Revolution as Spy for North and South Carolina. Also served under his father Col. Elijah Isaacs in North Carolina. Order # 3374 AA 3957 1/2 pp Li #19 Contingent Account. papers by legislature Nov 23, 1795. He first joined the American Army as a private in District 96 in S. C. in Sept. 1776. The year before he married and had twin sons born Feb. 11, 1775. He named the twins Elijah and Elisha. He stated that he served for two years as a spy for the American Army against the Indians. He served several three-month terms in both the N.C. and S.C. militia. He served under his father [Elijah Isaacks, also a revolutionary war soldier] at least one term. He was discharged by General McDowell at Quaker Meadows in Burke Co., N.C. In 1788 he lived in Franklin CO. Ga. It was here the Indians attacked his home and destroyed everything. His wife and children escaped without harm. Samuel and Mary were also said to be the parents of Elisha Isaacs (twin to Elijah born 1775), Mary Isaacs (who married Jacob VAN ZANDT), Elizabeth Isaacs [Steve Moody shows she married a BROWN], Rebecca Isaacs [Steve Moody shows she married a WALTON], Jane Isaacs and Abigail Isaacs (who married a YOUNG). (Research): Census Listings: Census of Jasper, Municipality of Bevil Nacogdoches Archives, Vol. 85, pp. 247-300 Enumerated May 1, 1835. Elijah ISAACS Married Farmer age 62 Hester DONOHO, " age 59 Andrew ISAACS, age 18 Alfred ISAACS, age 15 1850 Census Texas, Jasper County, No. 44 Enumerated 17 Sep 1850 Stamped 220 4-4 Elijah Isaacks 75 M Farmer 3000 SC James Morgan 22 M Laborer NC
  Person ID	I22052	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2022

  
  

  Family	Esther Donaho,   b. Abt 1780, South Carolina d. 14 Sep 1849, Jasper County, Texas (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1797  [1]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Isaacs,   b. 9 Aug 1798, South Carolina d. Abt 1836, Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico (Age 37 years)   2. William Isaacs,   b. 6 Nov 1800, South Carolina d. Jun 1874, Liberty County, Texas (Age 73 years)   3. Samuel Isaacs,   b. 25 Apr 1804, Lincoln County, Tennessee d. Abt 1878 (Age 73 years)   4. Mary Isaacs,   b. 18 Jul 1806, Amite County, Mississippi d. Abt 1845 (Age 38 years)   5. Matilda Isaacs,   b. 11 Jul 1808, Amite County, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mahulda Isaacs,   b. 23 Jun 1809, Pike County, Mississippi d. 19 Oct 1894, Jasper County, Texas (Age 85 years)   7. Mahala Isaacs,   b. 24 Feb 1812, Amite County, Mississippi d. 28 Jul 1869 (Age 57 years)   8. Lucinda Isaacs,   b. 3 Jul 1814, Amite County, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   9. Andrew Jackson Isaacs,   b. 3 Dec 1817, Pike County, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   10. Alfred Isaacs,   b. 31 Oct 1820, Pike County, Mississippi d. 23 Aug 1906 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2012

  
  

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  Birth - 22 Feb 1775 - South Carolina Death - 1 Nov 1859 - Jasper County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 38 (Reliability: 3). [S1328] 1835 Census of Texas, Census of Jasper, Municipality of Bevil Nacogdoches Archives, Vol. 85, pp. 247-300 Enumerated May 1, 1835. (Reliability: 3).