Ailsey 'Alice' DAVIS, 1726-1791, married 1743, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780;

Elijah TEAGUE was born May 1, 1726, in Spesutie Hundred, Baltimore County, Maryland. The St. Mary Ann's Parish Register, in North Elk, of Cecil County, Maryland has his birthdate recorded on May 1, 1726. He died near Black Jack, Ninety-Six District [today Newberry County], South Carolina. He was buried on his land.

Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780 was son of William [Abel] TEAGUE, 1695-1762, and of his wife, Isabella Elizabeth ----- [PENNINGTON], 1693-1738, late of Abbots Creek, Rowan County, North Carolina;

On January 19, 1756, Elijah TEAGUE, son of William TEAGUE, sold his property in Virginia and bought 444 acres on Abbots Creek, in Rowan County, North Carolina;

On October 19, 1758, Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780, was made a Captain in Col. OSBORN's Company in the war against the Indians.

In June 1759, and again in March 1760, Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780, registered claims of expense in the war against the Cherokee Indians.

On July 17, 1765, Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780, registered his mark for branding cattle.

In 1766 and 1767, Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780, sold his land in Rowan County, North Carolina and moved into South Carolina where he obtained a grant of 200 acres in the forks of the Broad and Saluda Rivers and situated on Bush Creek, see SCDAH Series: S213184; Volume: 0020; Page: 00285; Item: 01; Date: 7/1767.

Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780, obtained another 250 acres on Beaver Dam, a tributary of Bush River on April 22, 1771. See SCDAH Series: S213184
Volume: 0020; Page: 00286; Item: 01; Date: 4/22/1771;

Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780, is listed in the Grand Jury List 1776-1778 in the 96th District, South Carolina on the Little River between the Broad and Saluda Rivers.

He removed with his father from Frederick County, Virginia to Rowan County, North Carolina in 1756; removed with his brother, Joshua TEAGUE (c 1732-1804) to South Carolina in 1767; Elijah settling in Newberry County.

Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780, was a Captain in the Continental Army and was killed by Torries near Black Jack, Newberry County, South Carolina.

In George Pemberton's (1819-1878) Summary: "My grandmother on my mother's side was named Susan TEAGUE. Her father was Elijah TEAGUE, a Captain in the old Revolutionary War; was captured by a squad of 8 Tories, and hung. He had 3 sons who followed the 8 Tories, and killed all of these except (1) Ned MITCHUSESON."

"According to family lore, he [Elijah TEAGUE, 1726-1780] was killed by Tories near Black Jack, South Carolina, while serving in the Continental Army. An account of his murder is found in Quakers in the South Carolina Backcountry, Part 2: Bush River (Willard C. Heiss, Indianapolis: Indiana Quaker Records, 1969)...'Elijah was sick and in bed when English soldiers were seen approaching the house. Samuel, his son, still a boy, was at home with his father. A puncheon was lifted and the boy was hidden underneath the floor. The Tories entered the house and began tearing it up and taking anything they wanted. The destruction of the house so frightened Elijah that he rose from his bed and ran across the adjoining lot. The soldiers shot him down and hacked his body with their swords. They stripped the house bare of clothing. Samuel had to take the shirt from his back to bury his father in.
He died in the Ninety Six District (now located in Newberry County, South Carolina) near Black Jack."

Alice [Ailsey DAVIS TEAGUE] resided during the American Revolution at Black Jack, 96th District, South Carolina, now Newberry, and acted in the capacity of patriot by rendering material aid to the Army. She furnished provisions and forage for militia use.

Also listed in "Stub Entries to Indents issued in payment of Claims against South Carolina growing out of the Revolution, Books 157 #318 Book s is Mrs Alee TEAGUE. After the murder of her husband, she continued to supply the militia from her farm. (In this record the C was miscopied as an E.) The next entry in the book is to her son Samuel TEAGUE.

Alice is listed in the DAR Patriot Index, P:2896, PS SC.

Children of this marriage include:

son, Elijah TEAGUE, b. 1744 - ;

son, Joshua TEAGUE, b. 1746, in Frederick County, Virginia, died 1816, Laurens County, South Carolina; md. 1775 Newberry County, South Carolina, Hannah ----; will of Joshua TEAGUE, 1746-1816, was made March 12, 1816, Newberry County, South Carolina;

son, John TEAGUE, b 1750, Maryland; died 1805; md. Sarah / Sharah -----, b. 1753;

son, Samuel TEAGUE, b. 1759, Abbeville District, South Carolina; d. 1841, Miami County, Ohio; md. Rebecca FURNAS, - ;

daughter, Lurannah [also confused as Susannah] TEAGUE, b. 1761, Rowan County, North Carolina, d. 07 Oct 1829 in Newberry County, South Carolina, buried in Chapman-Summers Family Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina; md. William SUMMERS, 1756-1823;...'The wife of William Summers (1756-1823) is confirmed as Luranah vs. Susannah. A primary cause of this confusion is likely the transcribed will of William [available online] at the South Carolina Dept of Archives & History...'

daughter, Charity TEAGUE, b. 1763; died 1853; md. John BENTON;

son, Elijah Arnold TEAGUE, b. 02 Sept 1767, d. 11 Feb 1843, Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama, buried Old Davistown Cemetery, Calhoun County, Alabama; md. Sarah 'Sally' MORGAN, 1768-1850;