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Note: This is believed to be a photo of James Monroe Elliott taken between 1861 and 1866. http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3259/jamesmonroeelliottca186118666x.jpg According to a divorce petition secured by Pauline Mitchell Pierce, Elizabeth Ellet stated she married James Monroe Ellet in Jackson Co., AL in March 1837, that he left her in April 1837, and that she was delivered of a male child in December 1837. Chancery Court Record, Madison Co., AL, Book M, pages 304 - 306. Excerpts from Notes by Maxine Elliott Gilliam: Monroe Elliott was 45 years old and had a wife and eleven or twelve children when he was more or less forced to volunteer in the Civil War. His family's livelihood depended on what they could raise on their farm. There were many responsible family men around his age in the northern and northwestern counties of Arkansas who simply did not want a war. They just wanted to be left alone to raise their families and survive the best they could. They formed the Arkansas Peace Society of 1861. This was a secret organization or supposedly so. They organized as sort of a home guard to defend their families and their property in case they were attacked. The state of Arkansas was being run by a Confederate government and they accused its estimated 1700 members of treason. Some were arrested and some were tried and acquitted. Others volunteered to serve the Confederacy and some the north. Monroe volunteered to serve the Confederacy as most of the men did. ELLIOTT, JAMES M.: Co. D, Enl. on 8/26/63 in Granville Co., NC. Born in Granville Co., NC., tobacconist, age 44. Assigned to Co. B, 9th NC Cav. when this battn. was disbanded in 6/64. Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents in Arkansas: Last name First name County Location Acres Date ELLIOTT JAMES Stone 22 14N 10W 160 1882/08/30 ELLIOTT MONROE Stone 22 14N 10W 40 1855/03/01 ELLIOTT MONROE Stone 35 14N 10W 120 1860/05/01 ELLIOTT MONROE Stone 35 14N 10W 40 1860/09/01 ELLIOTT STEPHEN Stone 15 14N 10W 160 1901/08/12 ELLIOTT WILLIAM Stone 15 13N 11W 120 1889/07/06 ELLIOTT JOHN M Stone 21 14N 10W 40 1906/02/28 1850 Izard Co, Ark census, Syllamore twp, page 14, dwelling # 100 image 6 Elliott Monroe 34 - m - farmer Tenn Margaret 26 - f Tenn Lucy 6 - f Tenn Elizabeth 4 - f Ark Malinda 3 - f Ark William 3/12 - m Ark James 3/12 - m Ark 1860 Izard Co, Ark census, Blue Mountain twp, page 166, dwelling # 1072: image 166 Monroe Elliott 44 - m - farmer - 600 - 700 - Tenn Margaret 36 - f - domestic Tenn Elizabeth 15 - f - serving Ark Malinda 14 - f Ark James 10 - m Ark William 10 - m Ark Mary J. 8 - f Ark John H. 8 - m Ark Isabella 5 - f Ark Stephen 3 - m Ark Eliza A. 3 - f Ark Margaret 3/12 - f Ark John Dale 27 - m - farmer - 300 Tenn 1870 Izard Co, Ark census, Blue Mtn. twp, page 6, dwelling # 33: image 6 Monroe Elliott 54 - m - w - farmer - 800 - 1500 Tenn Margaret 45 - f - w - housekeeping Tenn Elizabeth 24 - f - w - housekeeping Ark Malinda 22 - f - w - housekeeping Ark William 20 - m - w at home Ark John H. 17 - m - w Ark Mary J. 17 - f - w Ark Eliza A. 12 - f - w Ark Stephen 12 - m - w Ark Margaret 10 - f - w Ark Samuel 8 - m - w Ark Martha 5 - f - w Ark Amanda 2 - f - w Ark 1880 Stone Co, Ark census, Blue Mtn. twp, page 4, dwelling # 141: enum dist 195 image 3 pg 186 C Elliott 63 - m - w - head - farmer Tenn - NC - Va Margaret 52 - f - w - wife Tenn - Tenn - Tenn Elizabeth 35 - f - w - dau Ark - Tenn - Tenn Malinda 33 - f - w - dau Ark - Tenn - Tenn Margaret 20 - f - w - dau Ark - Tenn - Tenn Samuel 17 - m - w - son Ark - Tenn - Tenn Martha 14 - f - w - dau Ark - Tenn - Tenn Almeda 12 - f - w - dau Ark - Tenn - Tenn
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