DAR MILITARY SERVICE
ELLINGTON, DAVID Ancestor #: A134013 Service: VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA
Rank(s): SERGEANT, SPY
Birth: 29 Oct 1763 MARYLAND
Death: 22 Apr 1855 MORGAN CO KENTUCKY
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT,CAPTS HORNBACK,VINCENT,COLS
2) WILLIS,WILSON,KING,CHRISTIAN
1) SS: PENSION *S37908
Residence:
1) HAMPSHIRE CO - VIRGINIA
1) MONTGOMERY CO - VIRGINIA
1) SULLIVAN CO - NORTH CAROLINA
Spouse: Dorothy //
DAR # 772989 under son: JOHN / [1] MARY POLLY DEWITT
DAVID ELLINGTON - A Morgan Co., (KY) pioneer who held several county offices, David Ellington, had been a Revolutionary War soldier, who also had later been at Morgan's Station in Montgomery County during the Indian raid of 1793.
His family name was apparently Ellington, but due to the lack of literacy on the frontier and the resulting tendency toward phonetic spelling, the name is often written "Allington" or even "Allenton," or other variants.
David's father's name is unknown and his mother is known to researcher's simply as "Old Mrs. Allington." She was reportedly born about 1722. In addition to David, her children were Jacob, Clarinda, Jonathan, John, Sarah, Rebecca and Nancy.
David Ellington was born in Maryland on October 29, about 1760. In his early years the family moved to Virginia, and he entered service in the Revolutionary War in 1781.
He stated he "marched to Cherokee Towns on Tennessee River, engaged Indians at Lookout Mountain and marched back to Holston River where I lived" (according to his pension application of 1834.) He also served as a ranger or spy at two different forts, being released from service in 1783. Afterwards he lived North Carolina, then moved to Kentucky Co., VA.
In 1793, the year after Kentucky became a state, the Ellington's were involved in what has become known as "the last Indian raid in Kentucky," the raid on Morgan's Station. The station was established in 1789 by a wealthy Virginian named Ralph Morgan on a ridge overlooking Slate Creek in what is today Montgomery County. It consisted of three log cabins but was soon expanded into a fort with a stockade wall and blockhouses.
On April 1, 1793, a raiding party of some thirty-five Cherokee and Shawnee launched a surprise attack on the small fort. While most of the men, including David Ellington, were working in the fields, the Indians approached the station by a ravine. They killed two inhabitants and set fire to the fort. After butchering the cattle they made off with the horses and nineteen captive women and children.
During the attack, one woman reportedly hid in the spring house and subsequently gave the alarm.
The men who pursued the band the following day encountered a grisly sight on the trail. Twelve of the captives had been killed or left for dead. Two women were found alive although they had been tomahawked and scalped, but one later died.
The captors split into two parties and eventually made their way into Indian Territory. One captive was an 11-year-old Ellington girl, David's sister, Clarinda.
In 1795, three of the captives were released with the signing of the Treaty of Greenville. Clarinda was not released until 1803, by which time she had borne three children to a Cherokee chief. (She later had two more marriages - both termed "unfortunate.")
In the meantime, David Ellington continued to live in Montgomery county where he was recorded, for example, on the tax assessment rolls in 1797. He subsequently moved to the area that became (in 1800) part of Floyd Co. and (in 1823) Morgan County.
In 1809 he was appointed by the Floyd court to help mark a route for a road from the mouth of Elk Fork to his home. After Morgan County was formed, he occasionally served in a similar function. In addition, he was briefly named coroner, then resigned and became deputy sheriff in Jan 1826. He was again "qualified Deputy Sheriff and Collector" under Sheriff Edmund Wells, serving from 1827-1828, then becoming tax commissioner on the south side of the Licking River. In 1830 he was appointed jailer.
David and his wife are recorded on the 1840 federal census for Morgan County, both listed in the age 70-80 column. (censuses before 1850 did not record wives' names.) She seems to have died before 1850 since he is listed alone, at age 86. He died April 12, 1855 (according to Georgia Taylor - see acknowledgements).
A tradition related by Helen Price Stacy says David Ellington might have been buried in the courthouse square in West Liberty. Although that is unverified, it would certainly have been appropriate for an old soldier and pioneer who served his country and his chosen state and county so well. [1]
ELLINGTON, DAVID Ancestor #: A134013 Service: VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA
Rank(s): SERGEANT, SPY
Birth: 29 Oct 1763 MARYLAND
Death: 22 Apr 1855 MORGAN CO KENTUCKY
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT,CAPTS HORNBACK,VINCENT,COLS
2) WILLIS,WILSON,KING,CHRISTIAN
1) SS: PENSION *S37908
Residence:
1) HAMPSHIRE CO - VIRGINIA
1) MONTGOMERY CO - VIRGINIA
1) SULLIVAN CO - NORTH CAROLINA
Spouse: Dorothy //
DAR # 772989 under son: JOHN / [1] MARY POLLY DEWITT
DAVID ELLINGTON - A Morgan Co., (KY) pioneer who held several county offices, David Ellington, had been a Revolutionary War soldier, who also had later been at Morgan's Station in Montgomery County during the Indian raid of 1793.
His family name was apparently Ellington, but due to the lack of literacy on the frontier and the resulting tendency toward phonetic spelling, the name is often written "Allington" or even "Allenton," or other variants.
David's father's name is unknown and his mother is known to researcher's simply as "Old Mrs. Allington." She was reportedly born about 1722. In addition to David, her children were Jacob, Clarinda, Jonathan, John, Sarah, Rebecca and Nancy.
David Ellington was born in Maryland on October 29, about 1760. In his early years the family moved to Virginia, and he entered service in the Revolutionary War in 1781.
He stated he "marched to Cherokee Towns on Tennessee River, engaged Indians at Lookout Mountain and marched back to Holston River where I lived" (according to his pension application of 1834.) He also served as a ranger or spy at two different forts, being released from service in 1783. Afterwards he lived North Carolina, then moved to Kentucky Co., VA.
In 1793, the year after Kentucky became a state, the Ellington's were involved in what has become known as "the last Indian raid in Kentucky," the raid on Morgan's Station. The station was established in 1789 by a wealthy Virginian named Ralph Morgan on a ridge overlooking Slate Creek in what is today Montgomery County. It consisted of three log cabins but was soon expanded into a fort with a stockade wall and blockhouses.
On April 1, 1793, a raiding party of some thirty-five Cherokee and Shawnee launched a surprise attack on the small fort. While most of the men, including David Ellington, were working in the fields, the Indians approached the station by a ravine. They killed two inhabitants and set fire to the fort. After butchering the cattle they made off with the horses and nineteen captive women and children.
During the attack, one woman reportedly hid in the spring house and subsequently gave the alarm.
The men who pursued the band the following day encountered a grisly sight on the trail. Twelve of the captives had been killed or left for dead. Two women were found alive although they had been tomahawked and scalped, but one later died.
The captors split into two parties and eventually made their way into Indian Territory. One captive was an 11-year-old Ellington girl, David's sister, Clarinda.
In 1795, three of the captives were released with the signing of the Treaty of Greenville. Clarinda was not released until 1803, by which time she had borne three children to a Cherokee chief. (She later had two more marriages - both termed "unfortunate.")
In the meantime, David Ellington continued to live in Montgomery county where he was recorded, for example, on the tax assessment rolls in 1797. He subsequently moved to the area that became (in 1800) part of Floyd Co. and (in 1823) Morgan County.
In 1809 he was appointed by the Floyd court to help mark a route for a road from the mouth of Elk Fork to his home. After Morgan County was formed, he occasionally served in a similar function. In addition, he was briefly named coroner, then resigned and became deputy sheriff in Jan 1826. He was again "qualified Deputy Sheriff and Collector" under Sheriff Edmund Wells, serving from 1827-1828, then becoming tax commissioner on the south side of the Licking River. In 1830 he was appointed jailer.
David and his wife are recorded on the 1840 federal census for Morgan County, both listed in the age 70-80 column. (censuses before 1850 did not record wives' names.) She seems to have died before 1850 since he is listed alone, at age 86. He died April 12, 1855 (according to Georgia Taylor - see acknowledgements).
A tradition related by Helen Price Stacy says David Ellington might have been buried in the courthouse square in West Liberty. Although that is unverified, it would certainly have been appropriate for an old soldier and pioneer who served his country and his chosen state and county so well. [1]
DAR MILITARY SERVICE
ELLINGTON, DAVID Ancestor #: A134013 Service: VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA
Rank(s): SERGEANT, SPY
Birth: 29 Oct 1763 MARYLAND
Death: 22 Apr 1855 MORGAN CO KENTUCKY
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT,CAPTS HORNBACK,VINCENT,COLS
2) WILLIS,WILSON,KING,CHRISTIAN
1) SS: PENSION *S37908
Residence:
1) HAMPSHIRE CO - VIRGINIA
1) MONTGOMERY CO - VIRGINIA
1) SULLIVAN CO - NORTH CAROLINA
Spouse: Dorothy //
DAR # 772989 under son: JOHN / [1] MARY POLLY DEWITT
DAVID ELLINGTON - A Morgan Co., (KY) pioneer who held several county offices, David Ellington, had been a Revolutionary War soldier, who also had later been at Morgan's Station in Montgomery County during the Indian raid of 1793.
His family name was apparently Ellington, but due to the lack of literacy on the frontier and the resulting tendency toward phonetic spelling, the name is often written "Allington" or even "Allenton," or other variants.
David's father's name is unknown and his mother is known to researcher's simply as "Old Mrs. Allington." She was reportedly born about 1722. In addition to David, her children were Jacob, Clarinda, Jonathan, John, Sarah, Rebecca and Nancy.
David Ellington was born in Maryland on October 29, about 1760. In his early years the family moved to Virginia, and he entered service in the Revolutionary War in 1781.
He stated he "marched to Cherokee Towns on Tennessee River, engaged Indians at Lookout Mountain and marched back to Holston River where I lived" (according to his pension application of 1834.) He also served as a ranger or spy at two different forts, being released from service in 1783. Afterwards he lived North Carolina, then moved to Kentucky Co., VA.
In 1793, the year after Kentucky became a state, the Ellington's were involved in what has become known as "the last Indian raid in Kentucky," the raid on Morgan's Station. The station was established in 1789 by a wealthy Virginian named Ralph Morgan on a ridge overlooking Slate Creek in what is today Montgomery County. It consisted of three log cabins but was soon expanded into a fort with a stockade wall and blockhouses.
On April 1, 1793, a raiding party of some thirty-five Cherokee and Shawnee launched a surprise attack on the small fort. While most of the men, including David Ellington, were working in the fields, the Indians approached the station by a ravine. They killed two inhabitants and set fire to the fort. After butchering the cattle they made off with the horses and nineteen captive women and children.
During the attack, one woman reportedly hid in the spring house and subsequently gave the alarm.
The men who pursued the band the following day encountered a grisly sight on the trail. Twelve of the captives had been killed or left for dead. Two women were found alive although they had been tomahawked and scalped, but one later died.
The captors split into two parties and eventually made their way into Indian Territory. One captive was an 11-year-old Ellington girl, David's sister, Clarinda.
In 1795, three of the captives were released with the signing of the Treaty of Greenville. Clarinda was not released until 1803, by which time she had borne three children to a Cherokee chief. (She later had two more marriages - both termed "unfortunate.")
In the meantime, David Ellington continued to live in Montgomery county where he was recorded, for example, on the tax assessment rolls in 1797. He subsequently moved to the area that became (in 1800) part of Floyd Co. and (in 1823) Morgan County.
In 1809 he was appointed by the Floyd court to help mark a route for a road from the mouth of Elk Fork to his home. After Morgan County was formed, he occasionally served in a similar function. In addition, he was briefly named coroner, then resigned and became deputy sheriff in Jan 1826. He was again "qualified Deputy Sheriff and Collector" under Sheriff Edmund Wells, serving from 1827-1828, then becoming tax commissioner on the south side of the Licking River. In 1830 he was appointed jailer.
David and his wife are recorded on the 1840 federal census for Morgan County, both listed in the age 70-80 column. (censuses before 1850 did not record wives' names.) She seems to have died before 1850 since he is listed alone, at age 86. He died April 12, 1855 (according to Georgia Taylor - see acknowledgements).
A tradition related by Helen Price Stacy says David Ellington might have been buried in the courthouse square in West Liberty. Although that is unverified, it would certainly have been appropriate for an old soldier and pioneer who served his country and his chosen state and county so well. [1]
ELLINGTON, DAVID Ancestor #: A134013 Service: VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA
Rank(s): SERGEANT, SPY
Birth: 29 Oct 1763 MARYLAND
Death: 22 Apr 1855 MORGAN CO KENTUCKY
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT,CAPTS HORNBACK,VINCENT,COLS
2) WILLIS,WILSON,KING,CHRISTIAN
1) SS: PENSION *S37908
Residence:
1) HAMPSHIRE CO - VIRGINIA
1) MONTGOMERY CO - VIRGINIA
1) SULLIVAN CO - NORTH CAROLINA
Spouse: Dorothy //
DAR # 772989 under son: JOHN / [1] MARY POLLY DEWITT
DAVID ELLINGTON - A Morgan Co., (KY) pioneer who held several county offices, David Ellington, had been a Revolutionary War soldier, who also had later been at Morgan's Station in Montgomery County during the Indian raid of 1793.
His family name was apparently Ellington, but due to the lack of literacy on the frontier and the resulting tendency toward phonetic spelling, the name is often written "Allington" or even "Allenton," or other variants.
David's father's name is unknown and his mother is known to researcher's simply as "Old Mrs. Allington." She was reportedly born about 1722. In addition to David, her children were Jacob, Clarinda, Jonathan, John, Sarah, Rebecca and Nancy.
David Ellington was born in Maryland on October 29, about 1760. In his early years the family moved to Virginia, and he entered service in the Revolutionary War in 1781.
He stated he "marched to Cherokee Towns on Tennessee River, engaged Indians at Lookout Mountain and marched back to Holston River where I lived" (according to his pension application of 1834.) He also served as a ranger or spy at two different forts, being released from service in 1783. Afterwards he lived North Carolina, then moved to Kentucky Co., VA.
In 1793, the year after Kentucky became a state, the Ellington's were involved in what has become known as "the last Indian raid in Kentucky," the raid on Morgan's Station. The station was established in 1789 by a wealthy Virginian named Ralph Morgan on a ridge overlooking Slate Creek in what is today Montgomery County. It consisted of three log cabins but was soon expanded into a fort with a stockade wall and blockhouses.
On April 1, 1793, a raiding party of some thirty-five Cherokee and Shawnee launched a surprise attack on the small fort. While most of the men, including David Ellington, were working in the fields, the Indians approached the station by a ravine. They killed two inhabitants and set fire to the fort. After butchering the cattle they made off with the horses and nineteen captive women and children.
During the attack, one woman reportedly hid in the spring house and subsequently gave the alarm.
The men who pursued the band the following day encountered a grisly sight on the trail. Twelve of the captives had been killed or left for dead. Two women were found alive although they had been tomahawked and scalped, but one later died.
The captors split into two parties and eventually made their way into Indian Territory. One captive was an 11-year-old Ellington girl, David's sister, Clarinda.
In 1795, three of the captives were released with the signing of the Treaty of Greenville. Clarinda was not released until 1803, by which time she had borne three children to a Cherokee chief. (She later had two more marriages - both termed "unfortunate.")
In the meantime, David Ellington continued to live in Montgomery county where he was recorded, for example, on the tax assessment rolls in 1797. He subsequently moved to the area that became (in 1800) part of Floyd Co. and (in 1823) Morgan County.
In 1809 he was appointed by the Floyd court to help mark a route for a road from the mouth of Elk Fork to his home. After Morgan County was formed, he occasionally served in a similar function. In addition, he was briefly named coroner, then resigned and became deputy sheriff in Jan 1826. He was again "qualified Deputy Sheriff and Collector" under Sheriff Edmund Wells, serving from 1827-1828, then becoming tax commissioner on the south side of the Licking River. In 1830 he was appointed jailer.
David and his wife are recorded on the 1840 federal census for Morgan County, both listed in the age 70-80 column. (censuses before 1850 did not record wives' names.) She seems to have died before 1850 since he is listed alone, at age 86. He died April 12, 1855 (according to Georgia Taylor - see acknowledgements).
A tradition related by Helen Price Stacy says David Ellington might have been buried in the courthouse square in West Liberty. Although that is unverified, it would certainly have been appropriate for an old soldier and pioneer who served his country and his chosen state and county so well. [1]
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