John Butler Stanton Elrod

Brief Life History of John Butler Stanton

When John Butler Stanton Elrod was born on 7 March 1794, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Isaac Elrod, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Stanton, was 21. He married Anna Elizabeth Swords on 19 May 1824, in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Murray, Georgia, United States in 1850. He died in 1840, in South Carolina, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Anderson, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Butler Stanton Elrod
1794–1840
Anna Elizabeth Swords
1789–1881
Marriage: 19 May 1824
Jeremiah Elrod
1805–1869
Elander Swancy Elrod
1838–
Jane Swords Elrod
1811–1898
William C Elrod
1815–
Cornelius Vinyard Elrod
1818–1903
Jonathan Gullet Elrod
1820–1870
Anderson Wallace Elrod
1820–1864
John Quincy Davis Elrod
1825–1860
Martha Matilda Elrod
1825–1895
Zadock Andrew Elrod
1826–1898
John Archibald Elrod
1828–1906
Elizabeth Elrod
1831–1847
Zachariah Elrod
1834–

Sources (2)

  • John Elbrach in household of Jeremiah Elbrach, "United States Census, 1850"
  • John Elrod, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1795 · Yazoo Land Fraud

As Georgia had been weakened during the Revolutionary War, it was unable to defend its Yazoo lands, or land west of the Yazoo River. Thirty-five million acres were sold to four companies for $500,000 as Governor George Mathews signed the Yazoo Act on January 7, 1795. Angry Georgians protested in the streets as they felt bribery and corruption were involved and the sale was far below market value. The legislation tried to rescind the Yazoo Act, but much of the land had been sold to third parties. The issue made its way to the United States Supreme Court and it was determined that rescinding the law was an unconstitutional infringement on a legal contract. The government took full possession of the territory by 1814 and awarded its claimants over $4,000,000.

1799 · Gold Nuggets Found

In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow ""rock"" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the ""rock"" was a gold nugget.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

Altered form of North German Ellrott, Ellrodt, perhaps a habitational name from Ellierode near Northeim, Lower Saxony, either of two places in Hesse named Ellingerode, or two lost places so named. In the US, this surname is very frequent in GA, TN, and TX.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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