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Elijah Isaacks

Male 1775 - 1859  (84 years)


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  • Name Elijah Isaacks  [1, 2
    Birth 22 Feb 1775  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Nov 1859  Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1849, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1797  [1
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Isaacs,   b. 9 Aug 1798, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1836, Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
     2. William Isaacs,   b. 6 Nov 1800, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1874, Liberty County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Samuel Isaacs,   b. 25 Apr 1804, Lincoln County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1878 (Age 73 years)
     4. Mary Isaacs,   b. 18 Jul 1806, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1845 (Age 38 years)
     5. Matilda Isaacs,   b. 11 Jul 1808, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Mahulda Isaacs,   b. 23 Jun 1809, Pike County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1894, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Mahala Isaacs,   b. 24 Feb 1812, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1869 (Age 57 years)
     8. Lucinda Isaacs,   b. 3 Jul 1814, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Andrew Jackson Isaacs,   b. 3 Dec 1817, Pike County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. Alfred Isaacs,   b. 31 Oct 1820, Pike County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1906 (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2012 

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  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [S1328] 1835 Census of Texas, Census of Jasper, Municipality of Bevil Nacogdoches Archives, Vol. 85, pp. 247-300 Enumerated May 1, 1835. (Reliability: 3).