Elijah settled on a grant of land in what is now Newberry, South Carolina, namely 250 acres on February 22, 1771, "under the hand of the Honorable William Bull, Esq., Lieutenant Governor & Commander in Chief, in and over the State of South Carolina. research notes and other noted sources: Elijah and his brother, Joshua became involved in the uprising against the British authorities of North Carolina prior to the Revolutionary War and found it expedient to move farther south.
The murder of Elijah Teague is believed to have occurred in 1780 but a primary source record of his death has not been found to date.įrom misc. There were only six districts created and Ninety Six (no hyphen) referred to a geographic location and not a numbered entity. It is common to see this called the Ninety-Sixth District but that is an error. In the biography written by his granddaughter, Susannah Brooks Johnson, Elijah's murder is given a slightly different description, "One day when none of his family were at home but his wife, eight villainous-looking fellows came upon him as he sat at his fireside, and without stopping to ask or to answer questions, seized him and conveyed him by force to the front lawn of the house.they fastened a rope about his neck, swung him to a tree, and completed their bloody and dastardly work by sending half a dozen balls through is body before life was extinct." Johnson continues by stating that all but one of the men responsible for this was hunted down and shot.Ĭensus records and civil service records show Elijah living in the Ninety Six District, South Carolina in 1778, 17. The Tories shot him down, hacked him over with their swords and so stripped the house of everything in the clothing line that Samuel had to take the shirt from his back to bury his father in." The Tories came in and by their terrible demonstrations so frightened his sick father that he rose from his bed and ran across the adjoining lot. Īccording to the Annals of Newberry, Elijah Teague was murdered by Tories, "One day they were seen approaching the house, when a puncheon was lifted and was hidden under the floor. (Elijah was a Baptist, and apparently it was not at all uncommon for Baptists in NC to be involved with the Regulators.) It is likely that he and his family moved to South Carolina when the Regulators were being hunted down and executed in NC. įollowing the French & Indian War, Elijah and his brothers became involved with the Regulator movement in North Carolina. He was commissioned in Rowan County, NC (commission issued Apr 17, ?) for 1760-1764. Their marriage produced the following children:Įlijah Teague served as a captain in the French & Indian (Seven Year) War. He married Ailsey Davis in 1745, Maryland or Fredericks, Virginia. Captain Elijah Teague served South Carolina during the American Revolution Service started: Unit(s): Service ended: BiographyĮlijah Teague was born in Saint Mary Anne's Parish, Cecil, Maryland.
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