When Elizabeth Van Meter was born on 15 August 1792, in Virginia, United States, her father, Isaac Van Meter, was 27 and her mother, Rachel Morgan, was 18. She married Ebenezer Barcus on 14 May 1808, in Brooke, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Monroe Township, Licking, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 6 July 1856, in Johnstown, Licking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Johnstown, Licking, Ohio, United States.