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Elisha Battle

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Elisha Battle

Birth
Nansemond, Suffolk City, Virginia, USA
Death
6 Mar 1799 (aged 76)
Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.9790001, Longitude: -77.7097015
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Member, Clerk, moderator of Kehukee Primitive Baptist Assn. Member for 20 years of Provincial General Assembly, member of State Senate and Constitutional Convention. Edgecombe County representative Commission of Safety during the Revolution. Assumed to be the son of William (1682-1749) and Sara Hunter(1684-1769) Battle.

Married Elizabeth Sumner 1742. Father of eight children: Sarah, John, Elizabeth, Elisha II, William, Jacob, Jethro, and Dempsey(1758) Battle.

*Stone erected 1935 by George Gordon Battle, New York, the only stone found in this old graveyard.

Member, Clerk, moderator of Kehukee Primitive Baptist Assn. Member for 20 years of Provincial General Assembly, member of State Senate and Constitutional Convention. Edgecombe County representative Commission of Safety during the Revolution. Assumed to be the son of William (1682-1749) and Sara Hunter(1684-1769) Battle.

Married Elizabeth Sumner 1742. Father of eight children: Sarah, John, Elizabeth, Elisha II, William, Jacob, Jethro, and Dempsey(1758) Battle.

*Stone erected 1935 by George Gordon Battle, New York, the only stone found in this old graveyard.

Gravesite Details

http://ncpedia.org/biography/battle-elisha



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