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elisha hightower bio
1820 Census Putnam County Georgia; Page 170 100100 001
1830 Census Harris County Georgia Page 183 201001 12001
1840 Census Harris County Georgia Page 279 1230001 0001001
1850 Census Macon County Alabama Page 224 Family 428
1855 Alabama State Census Macon County Alabama
1860 Census Macon County Alabama Page 903 Family 686
1880 Census Rusk County Texas; E D 72, Page 7
Information From Sonia Hetherinton Correspondence
Information From Hazel Hightower Smith Correspondence
HIGHTOWER, ELISHA BORN: Age 56 on 4 January 1851 DIED: ca 1882 in Johnson County, Texas SPOUSE: Mary Oslin, m. 31 December 1816, Greene County Georgia CHILDREN: Daughter M G Slaughter RESIDENCES: Macon County, Alabama; Johnson County, Texas (PO Grandview) SERVICE: Private in Captain Thomas Dawson's Company of Georgia Militia. Drafted Greene County, Georgia, discharged at Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia. PENSION: SC 20, 703; SO 28, 594 BOUNTY LAND: 21, 175-80-50; 30, 835-80-55 COMMENTS: National Archives service redords: 1851, Macon County Alabama, veteran appeared before W B OUssley, JP, certified by Lewis Alexander, Judge of Probate Court. 1852, Hightower located his bounty land in Macon County, Alabama, where Robert L Mays was JP. 1855, Macon County, Alabama, Hightower before S M Grayson, JP, attested by W Moore and Benjamin F Moore. 1856, Veteran's second 80 acres was assigned to Thomas Fielding of Keokuk County (State not given), attested by D P Hightower and John J Jones before Birds Fitz Patrick, Judge of Probate, Pike County, Alabama. 1873, Johnson County Texas, Hightower before C Y Young Clerk of District Court, loyalty attested by H H Freeman and J C G R Patton whose credibility was sworn to by B F Harris, postmaster at Cleburne, Texas. Samuel V Niles of Washington City was his attorney. John B Hudson and L P Cabaniss witnessed his oath to support the Constitution. "War of 1812 Veterans in Texas"; Mary Smith Fay; pp 156-157 |
