Emanuel Family - Person Sheet
Emanuel Family - Person Sheet
NameElisha Battle 
Birth9 Jan 1723, Nansemond, Virginia [373]
Death6 Mar 1799, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA [373]
FatherWilliam Battle (1682-1749)
MotherSarah Hunter (1684-1769)
Spouses
Birth1722
Death19 Jan 1794, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Burialaft 19 Jan 1794, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
FatherJohn Sumner
MotherElizabeth Blanchard
Marriage1742, Edgecombe, North Carolina
Biography notes for Elisha Battle
Elisha Battle (9 Jan 1723 - 6 Mar 1799)
Elisha Battle was born in Nansemond County of the Virginia Colony on 9 Jan 1723, a son of William Battle and Sarah Battle (Hunter). His grandfather, John Battle, immigrated to Virginia from England in 1754 and settled on the Pasquotank River in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Although born in North Carolina, William Battle was orphaned in Pasquotank County at eight years of age. He was reared by guardians and lived in Nansemond County, Virginia where he married Sarah Hunter and raised a family.
On 17 Aug 1747, Elisha Battle purchased from Samuel Holliman 400 acres on the north side of the Tar River in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. On this land, Elisha Battle established Cool Spring Plantation. (Source: Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 3, Page 139) In 1748, at 24 years of age, Elisha Battle migrated from Nansemond County, virginia to Edgecombe County, North Carolina to settle on this land.
On 26 Apr 1754, Elisha Battle purchased an additional 130.2 acres of land, adjoining his 1747 property, from John Earl Granville. (Source: Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 6, Page 53)
In Oct 1763, the Pleas and Quarter Sessions Court of Edgecombe County, North Carolina bound Robert and Jeremiah Allen, orphans of John Allen, to Elisha Battle, Esq. to learn the art of shoemaking and currier. Their sister, Aidwith Allen, was also bound to Elisha Battle to learn carding and spinning.
In Jan 1764, the Pleas and Quarter Sessions Court of Edgecombe County appointed Ellisah Battle as gardian of the orphans of Jacob Hilliard, Jeremiah Hilliard and Elizabeth Hilliard, with 1,000 pounds by Joseph Sumner and William Horn, securities.
Elisha Battle served as pastor of the Grassy Creek Church of the Baptist denomination. Grassy Creek Church, formed in 1765, was among the oldest Baptist congregations in North Carolina. (Source: Benedict, David. History of the Baptists in North Carolina. 1813. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2004, http://docsouth.unc.edu/. Volume 5, Page 1183.)
On 4 Apr 1776, Elisha Battle represented Edgecombe County as a delegate to the North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax in Halifax County that framed the state constitution.
On 10 Dec 1783, Elisah Battle witnessed the Will of William Taylor in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Also serving as witnesses were Jethro Battle and Demsey Battle. The Will appointed Jacob Battle as en executor along with Reuben Taylor.
Elisha Battle represented Edgecombe County as a Senator in the North Carolina General Assembly 1777-1781, 1783, 1785-1787.
The first census of the U.S. in 1790 enumerates the household of Elisha Battle Senior, age 16 or older, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Another male 16 or older resided in the household as well as two males younger than 16 years. Three females were members of the Elisha Battle Senior household. The 1790 census enumerates on the same page, the households of Jethro Battle, John Battle, Jacob Battle; all three likely were sons of Elisha Battle.
Sources
The Journal of the Proceedings of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, Held at Halifax, on the Fourth Day of April, 1776. Lawrence and Lemay, Printers to the State, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1831.
Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Edgecombe County, North Carolina Court, 1757-1784. Selected extracts of the minutes transcribed by Francie Lane, USGenWeb Archives. (http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/court/1757par.txt)
Wheeler, John H. Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584 to 1851. Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1993.
Find-A-Grave Memorial #18136873, 3 Mar 2007. Tombstone image with inscription.
Elisha Battle was born in Nansemond County of the Virginia Colony on 9 Jan 1723, a son of William Battle and Sarah Battle (Hunter). His grandfather, John Battle, immigrated to Virginia from England in 1754 and settled on the Pasquotank River in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Although born in North Carolina, William Battle was orphaned in Pasquotank County at eight years of age. He was reared by guardians and lived in Nansemond County, Virginia where he married Sarah Hunter and raised a family.
On 17 Aug 1747, Elisha Battle purchased from Samuel Holliman 400 acres on the north side of the Tar River in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. On this land, Elisha Battle established Cool Spring Plantation. (Source: Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 3, Page 139) In 1748, at 24 years of age, Elisha Battle migrated from Nansemond County, virginia to Edgecombe County, North Carolina to settle on this land.
On 26 Apr 1754, Elisha Battle purchased an additional 130.2 acres of land, adjoining his 1747 property, from John Earl Granville. (Source: Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 6, Page 53)
In Oct 1763, the Pleas and Quarter Sessions Court of Edgecombe County, North Carolina bound Robert and Jeremiah Allen, orphans of John Allen, to Elisha Battle, Esq. to learn the art of shoemaking and currier. Their sister, Aidwith Allen, was also bound to Elisha Battle to learn carding and spinning.
In Jan 1764, the Pleas and Quarter Sessions Court of Edgecombe County appointed Ellisah Battle as gardian of the orphans of Jacob Hilliard, Jeremiah Hilliard and Elizabeth Hilliard, with 1,000 pounds by Joseph Sumner and William Horn, securities.
Elisha Battle served as pastor of the Grassy Creek Church of the Baptist denomination. Grassy Creek Church, formed in 1765, was among the oldest Baptist congregations in North Carolina. (Source: Benedict, David. History of the Baptists in North Carolina. 1813. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2004, http://docsouth.unc.edu/. Volume 5, Page 1183.)
On 4 Apr 1776, Elisha Battle represented Edgecombe County as a delegate to the North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax in Halifax County that framed the state constitution.
On 10 Dec 1783, Elisah Battle witnessed the Will of William Taylor in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Also serving as witnesses were Jethro Battle and Demsey Battle. The Will appointed Jacob Battle as en executor along with Reuben Taylor.
Elisha Battle represented Edgecombe County as a Senator in the North Carolina General Assembly 1777-1781, 1783, 1785-1787.
The first census of the U.S. in 1790 enumerates the household of Elisha Battle Senior, age 16 or older, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Another male 16 or older resided in the household as well as two males younger than 16 years. Three females were members of the Elisha Battle Senior household. The 1790 census enumerates on the same page, the households of Jethro Battle, John Battle, Jacob Battle; all three likely were sons of Elisha Battle.
Sources
The Journal of the Proceedings of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, Held at Halifax, on the Fourth Day of April, 1776. Lawrence and Lemay, Printers to the State, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1831.
Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Edgecombe County, North Carolina Court, 1757-1784. Selected extracts of the minutes transcribed by Francie Lane, USGenWeb Archives. (http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/court/1757par.txt)
Wheeler, John H. Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584 to 1851. Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1993.
Find-A-Grave Memorial #18136873, 3 Mar 2007. Tombstone image with inscription.
Note notes for Elisha Battle
Battle, Elisha (9 Jan 1723 – 6 Mar 1799)
R. Hargus Taylor, NCpedia, 1979
(http://ncpedia.org/biography/battle-elisha)
Elisha Battle, planter, revolutionary patriot, and state legislator, was born in Nansemond County, Virginia. He was the fifth child and third son of William and Sarah Hunter Battle. Earlier paternal and maternal ancestors had emigrated from Yorkshire, England, in the mid-seventeenth century, his grandfather, John Battle, settling on a two-hundred-acre estate on the west bank of Nansemond River in Nansemond County, Virginia. In 1663 this same John Battle obtained a royal patent for 640 acres of land on Pasquotank River in North Carolina. Here Elisha Battle's father, William, was born in 1682. In 1690, upon the death of his father, William returned to Nansemond County, where he continued to reside until his death in 1749.
By deed of record dated 17 Aug. 1747, Elisha Battle purchased four hundred acres on the north side of Tar River, in Edgecombe County, from Samuel Holliman. This purchase formed the nucleus of Cool Spring Plantation, near the present town limits of Rocky Mount, to which Battle moved with his family in late 1747 or early 1748. Subsequent purchases made Battle a large and prosperous landholder. He soon gained a reputation as a man of honest conviction, sound judgment, and considerable native ability.
According to an early biographer, Battle was appointed justice of the peace in about 1756, retaining this position until the infirmities of old age forced him to relinquish it in 1795. By 1759 he was serving as a justice for Edgecombe county court (later the inferior court of pleas and quarter sessions). He was one of five commissioners appointed in 1760 to "found and lay out" the town of Tarboro.
The same early biographer indicates that Battle was elected to represent Edgecombe in the colonial House of Commons as early as 1771, though his first recorded appearance there is during the assembly that convened in New Bern, 4–21 Dec. 1773. With the threat of impending warfare, Battle was named chairman of Edgecombe's committee of safety (1774–75). He also represented his county in the provincial congresses that met in Halifax in April 1776 and in November 1776.
With the establishment of an independent state government, Elisha Battle was elected to represent Edgecombe County in the state senate, 1777–81, 1783, and 1785–87. He served as chairman of the committee of the whole during much of the session of the constitutional convention, convened in Hillsborough in July 1788. With the majority of the delegates, Battle held that it would be too dangerous to adopt the proposed federal constitution without amendments to reserve and secure certain rights to the individual states. Accordingly, he voted to postpone adoption until such amendments were effected.
In 1742, Battle married Elizabeth Sumner, a first cousin to Brigadier General Jethro Sumner, who served in the Continental Army under Washington. To their union were born eight children: Sarah, who married Jacob Hilliard and, afterward, Henry Horn; John, who married Frances Davis; Elizabeth, who married Josiah Crudup, Jr.; Elisha, who married Sarah Bunn; William, who married Charity Horn; Dempsey, who married Jane Andrews; Jacob, who married Penelope Edwards; and Jethro, who married Martha Lane.
Battle united with the Falls of Tar River Baptist Church in 1764, attaining prominence in the affairs of his local congregation and the larger denomination. He served as a deacon and as a clerk at Falls of Tar River. He was also instrumental in the organization of the Kehukee Baptist Association in 1769, serving that body occasionally as moderator and as clerk. He was buried on the family plantation.
References
Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 6 (1907).
H. B. Battle et al., The Battle Book (1930).
Lemuel Burkitt and Jesse Read, A Concise History of the Kehukee Baptist Association (1803).
William L. Saunders and Walter Clark, eds., Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, 30 vols. (1886–1914).
J. Kelly Turner and J. L. Bridgers, Jr., History of Edgecombe County (1920).
Additional Resources:
Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 6 (1907): Google E-book.
Battle Family Papers, 1765-1955 (collection no. 03223). The Southern Historical Collection. Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/b/Battle_Family.html (accessed March 7, 2013).
Colonial and State Records Search, Documenting the American South, UNC Libraries: http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/search
Turner, Joseph Kelly; Bridgers, John Luther. History of Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton Printing Co. 1920. http://archive.org/details/historyofedgecom00turn (accessed March 7, 2013).
Rocky Mount Record. Rocky Mount: The Gateway of Eastern North Carolina. Rocky Mount Record. 1911. http://archive.org/details/rockymountgatewa00rock (accessed March 7, 2013).
North Carolina; Clark, Walter. The State records of North Carolina. Raleigh, P.M. Hale. 1886. http://archive.org/details/staterecordsnor00librgoog (accessed March 7, 2013).
The Battle book; a genealogy of the Battle family in America, with chapters illustrating certain phases of its history. By: H B Battle; Lois Yelverton; William James Battle, Montgomery, Ala., The Paragon Press, 1930: http://www.worldcat.org/title/battle-book-a-genealogy-of-the-battle-family-in-america-with-chapters-illustrating-certain-phases-of-its-history/oclc/2579075
Source
NCpedia
http://ncpedia.org/biography/battle-elisha
R. Hargus Taylor, NCpedia, 1979
(http://ncpedia.org/biography/battle-elisha)
Elisha Battle, planter, revolutionary patriot, and state legislator, was born in Nansemond County, Virginia. He was the fifth child and third son of William and Sarah Hunter Battle. Earlier paternal and maternal ancestors had emigrated from Yorkshire, England, in the mid-seventeenth century, his grandfather, John Battle, settling on a two-hundred-acre estate on the west bank of Nansemond River in Nansemond County, Virginia. In 1663 this same John Battle obtained a royal patent for 640 acres of land on Pasquotank River in North Carolina. Here Elisha Battle's father, William, was born in 1682. In 1690, upon the death of his father, William returned to Nansemond County, where he continued to reside until his death in 1749.
By deed of record dated 17 Aug. 1747, Elisha Battle purchased four hundred acres on the north side of Tar River, in Edgecombe County, from Samuel Holliman. This purchase formed the nucleus of Cool Spring Plantation, near the present town limits of Rocky Mount, to which Battle moved with his family in late 1747 or early 1748. Subsequent purchases made Battle a large and prosperous landholder. He soon gained a reputation as a man of honest conviction, sound judgment, and considerable native ability.
According to an early biographer, Battle was appointed justice of the peace in about 1756, retaining this position until the infirmities of old age forced him to relinquish it in 1795. By 1759 he was serving as a justice for Edgecombe county court (later the inferior court of pleas and quarter sessions). He was one of five commissioners appointed in 1760 to "found and lay out" the town of Tarboro.
The same early biographer indicates that Battle was elected to represent Edgecombe in the colonial House of Commons as early as 1771, though his first recorded appearance there is during the assembly that convened in New Bern, 4–21 Dec. 1773. With the threat of impending warfare, Battle was named chairman of Edgecombe's committee of safety (1774–75). He also represented his county in the provincial congresses that met in Halifax in April 1776 and in November 1776.
With the establishment of an independent state government, Elisha Battle was elected to represent Edgecombe County in the state senate, 1777–81, 1783, and 1785–87. He served as chairman of the committee of the whole during much of the session of the constitutional convention, convened in Hillsborough in July 1788. With the majority of the delegates, Battle held that it would be too dangerous to adopt the proposed federal constitution without amendments to reserve and secure certain rights to the individual states. Accordingly, he voted to postpone adoption until such amendments were effected.
In 1742, Battle married Elizabeth Sumner, a first cousin to Brigadier General Jethro Sumner, who served in the Continental Army under Washington. To their union were born eight children: Sarah, who married Jacob Hilliard and, afterward, Henry Horn; John, who married Frances Davis; Elizabeth, who married Josiah Crudup, Jr.; Elisha, who married Sarah Bunn; William, who married Charity Horn; Dempsey, who married Jane Andrews; Jacob, who married Penelope Edwards; and Jethro, who married Martha Lane.
Battle united with the Falls of Tar River Baptist Church in 1764, attaining prominence in the affairs of his local congregation and the larger denomination. He served as a deacon and as a clerk at Falls of Tar River. He was also instrumental in the organization of the Kehukee Baptist Association in 1769, serving that body occasionally as moderator and as clerk. He was buried on the family plantation.
References
Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 6 (1907).
H. B. Battle et al., The Battle Book (1930).
Lemuel Burkitt and Jesse Read, A Concise History of the Kehukee Baptist Association (1803).
William L. Saunders and Walter Clark, eds., Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, 30 vols. (1886–1914).
J. Kelly Turner and J. L. Bridgers, Jr., History of Edgecombe County (1920).
Additional Resources:
Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 6 (1907): Google E-book.
Battle Family Papers, 1765-1955 (collection no. 03223). The Southern Historical Collection. Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/b/Battle_Family.html (accessed March 7, 2013).
Colonial and State Records Search, Documenting the American South, UNC Libraries: http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/search
Turner, Joseph Kelly; Bridgers, John Luther. History of Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton Printing Co. 1920. http://archive.org/details/historyofedgecom00turn (accessed March 7, 2013).
Rocky Mount Record. Rocky Mount: The Gateway of Eastern North Carolina. Rocky Mount Record. 1911. http://archive.org/details/rockymountgatewa00rock (accessed March 7, 2013).
North Carolina; Clark, Walter. The State records of North Carolina. Raleigh, P.M. Hale. 1886. http://archive.org/details/staterecordsnor00librgoog (accessed March 7, 2013).
The Battle book; a genealogy of the Battle family in America, with chapters illustrating certain phases of its history. By: H B Battle; Lois Yelverton; William James Battle, Montgomery, Ala., The Paragon Press, 1930: http://www.worldcat.org/title/battle-book-a-genealogy-of-the-battle-family-in-america-with-chapters-illustrating-certain-phases-of-its-history/oclc/2579075
Source
NCpedia
http://ncpedia.org/biography/battle-elisha
Census notes for Elisha Battle
1790 U.S. Federal Census
Elisha Battle Senior Household
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Elisha Battle, a: >= 16
Male, a: >= 16
Male, a: < 16
Male, a: < 16
Female
Female
Female
Elisha Battle Senior Household
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Elisha Battle, a: >= 16
Male, a: >= 16
Male, a: < 16
Male, a: < 16
Female
Female
Female
Land notes for Elisha Battle
Deed by Samuel Holliman to Elisha Battle
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
1 Aug 1747
Samuel Holliman, Edgecomb County to Elisha Battle, Upper Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia, planter for 50 pounds Virginia, 400 acres which was taken up and patented by said Samuel Holliman 6 May 1742, on the north side of George Pollock's purchase patent according to the bounds thereof, beginning at a marked red oak in the said Pollock's line then north 7 west 162 poles to a gum then south 83 west 395 poles to a pine then south 7 east 132 poles to a elm in the said Pollock's line then along the said line north 83 east 395 poles to the first station.
Samul Holliman
Witnesses: Jacob Sumner and Joseph Sumner
Recorded Aug 1747
Edgecomb County, North Carolina Deed Book 3, Page 139
Deed by John Earl Granville to Elisha Battle
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
26 Apr 1754
John Earl Granville to Elisha Battle, Gentleman for 3 shillings proc money, a tract beginning on the south side of (Browns Pocoson) at a pine then south 112 poles to a pine on Elisha Battle's line then along Battle's line south 83 west 176 poles to an oak then north 130 poles to a black oak then east 166 poles to the first station, containing (120) acres.
Granville by Fras Corbin
Witnesses: John Haywood and Sher Haywood
Proved by John Haywood, Esq.
Plats to 130.2 acres.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 6, Page 53.
Recorded Aug 1756
Deed by William Gay to Elisha Battle
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
William Gay, Edgecombe County to Elisha Battle, county aforesaid, planter, for 62 pounds Virginia, a tract containing 225 acres being part of two surveys at "four shillings (per) hundred Quit rents" 150 acres of said land was taken up and a patent granted to John Gay bearing date 20 Apr 1745 and the other 75 acres granted to the said William Gay 15 Oct 1761, on the south side of Tar River beginning at a Spanish Oak in the purchase patent line the said Battle's corner then north 83 east along the said line to the river then down the various courses of the river to the mouth of a large branch Joseph Pitman's line then up the various courses of said branch to the said Gay's line of his new survey then along the said line south 10 east to the said Gay's back line then along the said line (W) to two black jacks the said Battle's corner then north 203 poles to the first station.
William Gay and Ann Gay (X) (called his wife)
Witnesses: Jesse Gilbert, Arthur Gay (A), John Battle
Ann was examined for her free consent.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book C, Page 301
Recorded Apr 1765
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
1 Aug 1747
Samuel Holliman, Edgecomb County to Elisha Battle, Upper Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia, planter for 50 pounds Virginia, 400 acres which was taken up and patented by said Samuel Holliman 6 May 1742, on the north side of George Pollock's purchase patent according to the bounds thereof, beginning at a marked red oak in the said Pollock's line then north 7 west 162 poles to a gum then south 83 west 395 poles to a pine then south 7 east 132 poles to a elm in the said Pollock's line then along the said line north 83 east 395 poles to the first station.
Samul Holliman
Witnesses: Jacob Sumner and Joseph Sumner
Recorded Aug 1747
Edgecomb County, North Carolina Deed Book 3, Page 139
Deed by John Earl Granville to Elisha Battle
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
26 Apr 1754
John Earl Granville to Elisha Battle, Gentleman for 3 shillings proc money, a tract beginning on the south side of (Browns Pocoson) at a pine then south 112 poles to a pine on Elisha Battle's line then along Battle's line south 83 west 176 poles to an oak then north 130 poles to a black oak then east 166 poles to the first station, containing (120) acres.
Granville by Fras Corbin
Witnesses: John Haywood and Sher Haywood
Proved by John Haywood, Esq.
Plats to 130.2 acres.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 6, Page 53.
Recorded Aug 1756
Deed by William Gay to Elisha Battle
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
William Gay, Edgecombe County to Elisha Battle, county aforesaid, planter, for 62 pounds Virginia, a tract containing 225 acres being part of two surveys at "four shillings (per) hundred Quit rents" 150 acres of said land was taken up and a patent granted to John Gay bearing date 20 Apr 1745 and the other 75 acres granted to the said William Gay 15 Oct 1761, on the south side of Tar River beginning at a Spanish Oak in the purchase patent line the said Battle's corner then north 83 east along the said line to the river then down the various courses of the river to the mouth of a large branch Joseph Pitman's line then up the various courses of said branch to the said Gay's line of his new survey then along the said line south 10 east to the said Gay's back line then along the said line (W) to two black jacks the said Battle's corner then north 203 poles to the first station.
William Gay and Ann Gay (X) (called his wife)
Witnesses: Jesse Gilbert, Arthur Gay (A), John Battle
Ann was examined for her free consent.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book C, Page 301
Recorded Apr 1765
Research notes for Elisha Battle
Internet Sources
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Archives, USGenWeb
http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe.htm
Abstracts of Deed Books
Edgecombe Co., North Carolina Wills (FHL film #018851) 6 Feb 1799 Will of Elisha Battle of Edgecombe:
Dau: Elizabeth Crudup
Gddau - Chloe Lee
Son - Elisha
Son - Jacob
Son - Jethro
Son - Dempsey (My part of Plantation and land which I and my two sons Jacob & Jethro leased of Elias Fort
Gdson - Isaac
Gdson - Joel
Gddau - Ann Ross
Gddau - Mary Andrew's children: Jeremiah Hilliard, Elizabeth Fort, Piety Fort, Charity Fort, Sealy Sugg & Henry Horn
Son - John's children: Josiah Battle, Davis Battle, & Elisha Battle
Exrs: Four sons: Elisha, Jacob, Jethro & Dempsey
Wit: Nathan Gilbert, Joseph Sumner and Duke Wm Sumner
Proved: May 1799
Book, Kinfolks of Edgecombe Co., North Carolina by Joseph W Watson, p 28 (DB 8, p 707) 20 Apr 1796. Demsey Battle was son of Elisha Battle
Book, Tombstone and Bible Records of Early Edgecombe Co., North Carolina - More Bible Records by Williams and Griffin, p 11. Elisah Battle, b Nansemond Co., Virginia. Settled on Cool Spring Plantation in 1747 (Edgecombe Co., North Carolina - Highway 95) He was a member, and clerk and for many years moderator of Kehukee Primitive Baptist Ass'n . Was a member for 20 years of Provincial General Assembly, member of State Senate, and Constitution Convention, Edgecombe's member of Commission of Safety during the Revolution. Died on this plantation 6 Mar 1799. (Patriarch of the Battle Clan) This Stone was erected in 1935 by George Gordon Battle of New Yor. (Note: There may be other graves in this old graveyard, byt the stones were not accessible) Elisha Battle Graveyard
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Archives, USGenWeb
http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe.htm
Abstracts of Deed Books
Edgecombe Co., North Carolina Wills (FHL film #018851) 6 Feb 1799 Will of Elisha Battle of Edgecombe:
Dau: Elizabeth Crudup
Gddau - Chloe Lee
Son - Elisha
Son - Jacob
Son - Jethro
Son - Dempsey (My part of Plantation and land which I and my two sons Jacob & Jethro leased of Elias Fort
Gdson - Isaac
Gdson - Joel
Gddau - Ann Ross
Gddau - Mary Andrew's children: Jeremiah Hilliard, Elizabeth Fort, Piety Fort, Charity Fort, Sealy Sugg & Henry Horn
Son - John's children: Josiah Battle, Davis Battle, & Elisha Battle
Exrs: Four sons: Elisha, Jacob, Jethro & Dempsey
Wit: Nathan Gilbert, Joseph Sumner and Duke Wm Sumner
Proved: May 1799
Book, Kinfolks of Edgecombe Co., North Carolina by Joseph W Watson, p 28 (DB 8, p 707) 20 Apr 1796. Demsey Battle was son of Elisha Battle
Book, Tombstone and Bible Records of Early Edgecombe Co., North Carolina - More Bible Records by Williams and Griffin, p 11. Elisah Battle, b Nansemond Co., Virginia. Settled on Cool Spring Plantation in 1747 (Edgecombe Co., North Carolina - Highway 95) He was a member, and clerk and for many years moderator of Kehukee Primitive Baptist Ass'n . Was a member for 20 years of Provincial General Assembly, member of State Senate, and Constitution Convention, Edgecombe's member of Commission of Safety during the Revolution. Died on this plantation 6 Mar 1799. (Patriarch of the Battle Clan) This Stone was erected in 1935 by George Gordon Battle of New Yor. (Note: There may be other graves in this old graveyard, byt the stones were not accessible) Elisha Battle Graveyard