Many descendants call him John Elijah but Jack Burttram, noted Buttram genealogist in Topeka, Kansas threw out a challenge to everyone several years ago at the Buttram Family Reunion in Haleyville, Winston, Alabama, Jack asked for proof that Elijah was John Elijah, not just plain Elijah. Apparently no one has found that proof. On all the old records he signed as Elijah or just plain E before his surname. None of his siblings had two given names either with the possible exception of Emsley A. Butram.
Elijah was a soldier in the War of 1812. After that he married Nancy Ann Harmon about 1817, probably in Virginia or Kentucky. Their marriage record has never been found. We know Elijah was in Wayne Co., Kentucky on March 21, 1815 because he served as witness to the marriage of Milly Buttram to William Keeton. He apparently did not stay there long before he migrated to Rhea Co., Tennessee. There he and Nancy lived many years and raised a large family. After Nancy died in 1868 he relocated to St. Clair Co., Alabama with his son, Harmon, and died there about 1873.
[Harmon Burttram and wife are buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetry, St. Clair Co., Alabama, FAG #24307029.]
Nancy (Harmon) Buttram, wife of Elijah, is named on his tombstone in Alabama but she was buried in Rhea Co., Tennessee. Today the exact location of her grave is unknown except to God.
Elijah was a soldier in the War of 1812. After that he married Nancy Ann Harmon about 1817, probably in Virginia or Kentucky. Their marriage record has never been found. We know Elijah was in Wayne Co., Kentucky on March 21, 1815 because he served as witness to the marriage of Milly Buttram to William Keeton. He apparently did not stay there long before he migrated to Rhea Co., Tennessee. There he and Nancy lived many years and raised a large family. After Nancy died in 1868 he relocated to St. Clair Co., Alabama with his son, Harmon, and died there about 1873.
[Harmon Burttram and wife are buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetry, St. Clair Co., Alabama, FAG #24307029.]
Nancy (Harmon) Buttram, wife of Elijah, is named on his tombstone in Alabama but she was buried in Rhea Co., Tennessee. Today the exact location of her grave is unknown except to God.
Many descendants call him John Elijah but Jack Burttram, noted Buttram genealogist in Topeka, Kansas threw out a challenge to everyone several years ago at the Buttram Family Reunion in Haleyville, Winston, Alabama, Jack asked for proof that Elijah was John Elijah, not just plain Elijah. Apparently no one has found that proof. On all the old records he signed as Elijah or just plain E before his surname. None of his siblings had two given names either with the possible exception of Emsley A. Butram.
Elijah was a soldier in the War of 1812. After that he married Nancy Ann Harmon about 1817, probably in Virginia or Kentucky. Their marriage record has never been found. We know Elijah was in Wayne Co., Kentucky on March 21, 1815 because he served as witness to the marriage of Milly Buttram to William Keeton. He apparently did not stay there long before he migrated to Rhea Co., Tennessee. There he and Nancy lived many years and raised a large family. After Nancy died in 1868 he relocated to St. Clair Co., Alabama with his son, Harmon, and died there about 1873.
[Harmon Burttram and wife are buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetry, St. Clair Co., Alabama, FAG #24307029.]
Nancy (Harmon) Buttram, wife of Elijah, is named on his tombstone in Alabama but she was buried in Rhea Co., Tennessee. Today the exact location of her grave is unknown except to God.
Elijah was a soldier in the War of 1812. After that he married Nancy Ann Harmon about 1817, probably in Virginia or Kentucky. Their marriage record has never been found. We know Elijah was in Wayne Co., Kentucky on March 21, 1815 because he served as witness to the marriage of Milly Buttram to William Keeton. He apparently did not stay there long before he migrated to Rhea Co., Tennessee. There he and Nancy lived many years and raised a large family. After Nancy died in 1868 he relocated to St. Clair Co., Alabama with his son, Harmon, and died there about 1873.
[Harmon Burttram and wife are buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetry, St. Clair Co., Alabama, FAG #24307029.]
Nancy (Harmon) Buttram, wife of Elijah, is named on his tombstone in Alabama but she was buried in Rhea Co., Tennessee. Today the exact location of her grave is unknown except to God.
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