Elrod DNA

Here is my Haplogroup which should be the same for all Elrod males's in America if they originated from the first Elrod, Johan Ellrod. This shows the migration map from Africa to other parts of the world. All of the different Haplogroups begin in one region in Africa.

Eva Ellrodt

Eva Ellrodt

This was translated using Google translation.  If you can correct please do.

The marble grave stone shows a reliefiertes Hüftbild Eva Ellrodts. In her right hand she holds a book in her left hand, it relies on a standing before her scrollwork cartouche with inscription saying. Sides of the head to the arms of the families Elrod (over a three-mountain of a heart pierced by an arrow from the three roses grow) and Pertsch (two crossed fish).

Inscription: Anno 1639 29 July 3 evening mod is slack in your Redeemer Blessed Erbar much honor and virtuous wife, Eva, born Pertsch, HM Jacob Ellrodt Diaconi allhie hertz their favorite Haußfraw age 28 years 37 weeks. The will it again awakening to eternal joy. Amen.

The inscription Cartridge: The Blessed deceased finite and best Diges Glaubensbekendniß and Leichhardt text of Job 19, verse 25: I know that my Erlößer lives and He will stand at the latter aufferwecken Auss the earth, and will be hereafter umbgeben my skin has and will in my flesh God . seen I see the same we me and my Augenw ground him and schawen No stranger. For Christ is my life, to die is gain. [Phil 1, v. 21].

The deceased was born on 11.11.1619, the daughter of John M. Pertsch Wunsiedler superintendent and his wife Catherine, born Kellermann. With her husband, Deacon Jacob M. Ellrodt she was married on 11.22.1631 in Wunsiedel. (Hunter I, 3; Röttgermann 482, 3)

Hofmann & Ellrodt

Hofmann & Ellrodt (click for detail) were Florenz F. Hofmann (1838-191?) and Christian Ellrodt (1829-?) whose "trimmings" business at 91 Mercer St. in 1890 moved to 109 Spring St. around 1900. Both men were immigrants from Germany and both appear in the US Census of 1900, Ellrodt living in Brooklyn and Hofmann on E. 65th St. Christian Ellrodt immigrated to the US in 1852 and served 2 enlistments in the Union army in the Civil War (July 1861 to Sept. 1862, and again from Aug. 1864 to July 1865). The business arrived at 16 W. 22nd St. in 1916. By this time the original partners had disappeared. The last listing connecting Ellrodt with the business is in 1909. He appears in the US Census of 1910, a widower, age 82, still living in Brooklyn, but giving occupation as "none." Hofmann died before 1920: his widow Emma appears in the US Census of 1920, still living with son, Emil, at the family homestead on E. 65th St. The next generation of Hofmanns now assumed control of the business, in the persons of Bernard H. Hofmann (ca.1861-?), Florenz L. B. Hofmann (1869-?), and Emil H. Hofmann (1872-?). Florenz and Emil were the sons of the original Florenz F. Hofmann. Bernard was possibly a nephew.

Emil H. Hofmann was also president of Hofmann Mfg. Co., 9-11 Maiden Lane (approx. 1910-1920), which dealt in novelties and surgical instruments.

The company's entry in New York's Great Industries, 1884, begins: "Hofmann & Ellrodt, Manufacturers of Cloak and Millinery Trimmings, No. 91 Mercer Street. - Messrs. Hofmann and Ellrodt succeeded the old firm of F. Hofmann, which became established in New York as far back as twenty years ago. This eminent house are manufacturers of cloak and millinery trimmings, braids, cords and tassels of every description."

The ad above for Hofmann & Ellrodt appeared in the American Wool and Cotton Reporter, March 1919.

Hofmann & Ellrodt left 16 W. 22nd St. in 1919, moving downtown to 39 E. 12th St. In the late 1920s the company name changed to Hofmann & Leavy. Leavy was Edward Theodore Leavy (1894-1979), born Manchester, England, immigrated 1895, naturalized 1918. Leavy was a salesman for Hofmann & Ellrodt when he registered for the World War I draft in 1917. He appears in the 1920 US Census, living in Brooklyn with his wife Esther and daughter Doris, and giving his occupation as Traveling Salesman. In 1930 occupation is given as "Manufacturer Trimmings." As Hofmann & Leavy the business continued at 39 E. 12th St. and then 826 Broadway (at the corner of 12th St.) until 1988. An ad from 1971 at this address boasts that the company was in its 102nd year!

In August 2007 Hofmann & Leavy were located in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Visit their website at tasseldepot.com. The company is now 134 years old!

Johan Dider Ellroot: First Elrod to America

Johan Dider Elroot: First Elrod to America

BIOGRAPHY: First known record in USA is 1714, christening of son and daughter at Old Swede (Holy Trinity) Church, Wilmington, Delaware. (Which was the area of Lancaster Co Penn. in early days.)

EMIGRATION: Johan Dider Elroot sailed from Rotterdam, 15 Jul 1709, on the 5th sailing, bound for the New World, with wife and 1 child. “Early Eighteenth Century Immigrants”, Knittle LAND: 18 Nov 1719 John Dieter Elroade sold land to John William Lerchenzeiler. New Castle Co. Deeds Book Y-1, page 521. “John Dietter Elroade of New Castle Co., Yeoman, conveyed to John William Lerken Siler of the same Co., Yeoman, some Marsh at the mouth of Drawyer’s Creek and a parcel of land on the most northerly branch of Second Drawyer’s Creek on which the above said John William Lerken Seiler hath built a house and made some improvements” A note says that this transaction suggests that Elrod’s Wife, Maria Magdalene, was John William Lerchenzeiler’s daughter. “Teter Elrod” received a warrant to survey 300 acres, Lancaster Co. PS on 19 Jan, 1733 (Penn. Archives, Series ??, Volume 24, page 398.)

RELIGION: Holy Trinity (Old Swede’s) Church, Wilmington DE shows him and wife Maria Magdalena Lerchenzeiler seated with her parents from 1714-1721. 29 Mar 1719 Lerchenzeiler & Wife & daughter Maria Magdalena took Communion. 19 Sep 1719 Lerchenzeiler, from third Hook (Brandywine Hundred) Johan Dedrich Elrod and wife Maria Magdalene took Communion.

Note: Records show that John Dider Elrod sailed from Holland to London, England on July 15, 1709. He was accompanied by his wife, Maria Magdalena [Lerchenzeiler], and one child. Maria was the daughter of Johan Wilhelm Lerchenzeiler who appears on the same embarkation list. Both these families are included in the so-called “fifth party” of Palatine emigrants which embarked from Holland July 3 to July 10 and sailed to London on July 15, 1709. The Palatine emigrants came to England at the encouragement of the British Government whose intent it was to resettle them in the colony of New York for the purpose of producing naval stores.
The first ship to arrive in New York was the Lyon, which landed June 13, 1710. The last ship arrived August 2, 1710. Although no evidence firmly establishes it, it is assumed that the Elrod and Lerchenzeiler families were among the Palatines who came over in 1710. Some of the emigrants were resettled on a tract of land known as Livingston Manor about 90 miles north of New York City. A large number, some 350, remained in NYC. The available evidence is that the Elrod and Lerchenzeiler families probably remained in New York City, later migrating to the area of New Castle County, Pennsylvania (later Delaware).

The first record of the Elrod’s in America appears in the communion records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Lutheran Church in New Castle County on May 16, 1714, where they are recorded as having communion with the Lerchenzeiler’s. The Old Swede church records show the presence of the Elrod’s in New Castle up through early 1721. Sometime in late 1720 or early 1721, Johan and his family moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as his son, Christopher Elrod, is recorded in the church books there as having been born on January 29, 1721

Note: Dietrich’s name is variously referenced as John Teter Elrod, Dietrich Elrod, Johan Dider Elroot, John Dietrick Ellradt, Johan Deter, Johan Teter, Johan Detrich, or John Dietter Elroade. It is believed that Dietrich and Maria had at least thirteen children.
On 18 Nov 1719 John Dieter Elroade sold land to John William Lerchenzeiler. (Ref: New Castle Co. Deeds Book Y-1, p. 521) – “John Dietter Elroade of New Castle Co., Yeoman, conveyed to John William Lerken Siler of the same Co., Yeoman, some Marsh at the mouth of Drawyer’s Creek and a parcel of land on the most northerly branch of Second Drawyer’s Creek on which the above said John William Lerchenzeiler hath built a house and made some improvements” A note says that this transaction suggests that Elrod’s Wife, Maria Magdalene, was John William Lerchenzeiler’s daughter. “Teter Elrod” received a warrant to survey 300 acres, Lancaster Co. PS on 19 Jan, 1733 (Penn. Archives, Series?, Vol. 24, p. 398.) – Ref: Compiled by Charlotte Curlee Ramsey from data submitted by: Jack and Doris Brown Rose, Parker D. Elrod, Lowell Elrod, Pauline Walters.

The Order of the Red Eagle and Count Philipp Andreas Graf von Ellrodt

The Order of the Red Eagle (German: Roter Adlerorden) was an order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was awarded to both military personnel and civilians, to recognize valor in combat, excellence in military leadership, long and faithful service to the kingdom, or other achievements. As with most German (and most other European) orders, the Order of the Red Eagle could only be awarded to commissioned officers or civilians of approximately equivalent status. However, there was a medal of the order, which could be awarded to non-commissioned officers and enlisted men, lower ranking civil servants and other civilians.

The predecessor to Order of the Red Eagle was founded on November 17, 1705, by the Margrave Georg Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Bayreuth as the Ordre de la Sincerité. This soon fell into disuse but was revived in 1712 in Brandenburg-Bayreuth and again in 1734 in Brandenburg-Ansbach, where it first received the name "Order of the Brandenburg Red Eagle". The statutes were changed in 1777 and the Order named therein as the "Order of the Red Eagle". The Order was conferred in one class, limited to fifty knights.

The Kingdom of Prussia absorbed both Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Brandenburg-Ansbach in January, 1792, and on June 12, 1792, King Frederick William II again revived the order as a Prussian royal order. After the Order of the Black Eagle, the Red Eagle was the second highest order of the kingdom in order of precedence.
In 1810, King Frederick William III revised the statutes of the Order, expanding it into three classes. In 1830, a breast star was authorized for the Second Class and a Fourth Class was added to the Order. The statutes were further revised in 1861, and a Grand Cross was established as the highest class of the Order. By change to the statutes of the Order of the Black Eagle, every member of that order was automatically invested with the new Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle, as well as with the Order of the Prussian Crown. By 1918, an affiliated soldier's medal had been made available to commoners and enlisted men.

The monarchy collapsed on November 9, 1918. Though Wilhelm II formally abdicated his personal claims to the throne on November 28, 1918, he admonished his former subjects to "render assistance to those in actual power" until the "re-establishment of order in the German Empire" (1923 Source Records of the Great War, Vol. VI, edited by Charles F. Horne). A new German constitution was signed into law, August 11, 1919, effectually putting a legal end to the monarchy. All orders and decorations formally conferred by the monarchy ceased to exist, but recipients of the Order of the Red Eagle continued to wear it with their other decorations during the eras of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the restored republic.

Count Philipp Andreas Graf von Ellrodt (1707-1767) was one of the closest collaborators with Margrave Friedrich III and a member of the Order of the Red Eagle.  The Order of the Red Eagle breast plate can be seen in the painting above.

Count Philipp Andreas Graf von Ellrodt

The article talks about the once thought to be lost life sized painting of Count Philipp Andreas Graf von Ellrodt being found and bought for a local art collection in Bayreuth, Germany. The painting is by the Swedish portrait painter Per Krafft Elder (1724 - 1793). The article gives a brief history of Count Ellrod and the painter Elder.

William Daniel Christian Ferdinand von Ellrodt

William Daniel Christian Ferdinand von Ellrodt (known as Ferdinand) was born in Frankfurt am Main on 17 February 1797.

He became a merchant and settled in Liverpool, but he and his business partner John Emilius Dumont went bankrupt in November 1837.

In the 1830s or 1840s he married Martha Ann Fletcher (born in London in 1811/12) and they had just one child:

Frederick William Von Ellrodt (born in Liverpool in 1846/7, registered first quarter of 1847).

At the time of the 1861 census the family was living at 33 Phythian Street, West Derby, Liverpool. Ferdinand (64) described himself as a foreign correspondent in a merchant’s office, and his son Frederick (14) was still at school (Liverpool College). Miss Mary Fletcher (54), his wife’s elder sister and a landed proprietor, was living with them, and they had one servant.

On 16 October 1869 Ferdinand von Ellrodt’s only son Frederick was matriculated at the University of Oxford at the age of 22 as a non-collegiate student, and he described his father as a gentleman of Liverpool. His parents must have come down to Oxford to live with him, because at the time of the 1871 census Ferdinand (a retired merchant of 74) and his wife Martha (59) were living in Walton Street with Frederick (24), who was an Oxford undergraduate. Still living with them was Martha’s sister Miss Mary Fletcher (64), and they had one servant. Both Mrs von Ellrodt and her sister were described as landowners.

† Ferdinand von Ellrodt died at Walton Street at the age of 76 on 14 June 1873 and was buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery on 18 June (burial recorded in the parish register of St Paul’s Church).

Ferdinand von Ellrodt’s wife and son

Frederick William von Ellrodt obtained a third class in Classical Moderations in 1871 and was then awarded a scholarship by the Grocer’s Company. He was obtained a Third in Theology in 1873, and on 8 June that year was ordained at Chester Cathedral and licensed to St George’s, Sutton.

In the fourth quarter of 1877 Frederick married Elizabeth Eleanora Sinden (born in Macclesfield in 1852/3) at Macclesfield. They had no children.

By 1878 Frederick was Curate of Crockwell Church, Bicester. His mother followed him to the area, because at the time of the 1881 census Mrs Martha Ann Ellrodt (69) was living in a separate house in Bicester (Buckingham Villa, Market End) with her sister Miss Mary Fletcher (74) and one servant.

He was appointed Curate of Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield later in 1881, and of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire in 1886. Again Martha must have followed her son, as she died at Stoney Middleton on 18 November 1892 at the age of 81 or 82.

Frederick was next appointed Curate of Ecton, Northampton, and then on 15 October 1896 Vicar of Wessington, Derbyshire. In 1901 Frederick (54) and his wife Elizabeth (48) were living at the Vicarage in Wessington, Derbyshire with one servant, and they were still there in 1911. His wife died in Macclesfield in 1919 (reg. third quarter).

The Distribution of the Name "Ellrodt" in Germany (2008)

http://www.frankenpost.de/lokal/muenchberg/mhtz/Pfarrbericht-in-neuer-Form;art2441,2042574

Here is an article (link above) published 30 June 2012 in the Frankenpost where it mentions Gefrees can look back on two pastors that have shaped the city's history. One, Anton Christian David Ellrodt, where a road and the new work of the Historical Forum are dedicated. He arrived in 1826 as a parish priest in Gefrees and began in 1829 with his parochial report (Gefrees mit seinen im kirchlichen Verbände stehenden Umgebungen or loosely translated (corrections welcome): Gefrees with his standing in the church associations environments. The other, Jacob Ellrod a Kulmbacher mathematician and scientist has a Gefrees full-day school named after him. From 1655 Jacob Ellrod worked as a pastor in Gefrees. He died in 1671. It is is German and will have to be translated with Google if you don't read German.

Sudden Impact

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2006/Sudden-Impact/

In the 1969 Days of Rage, antiwar radical Brian Flanagan and city lawyer Richard Elrod, collided, changing their lives and creating an indelible image.

This article appears in the December 2006 issue of Chicago magazine. By Bryan Smith

Weather Underground and Richard Elrod

Weather Underground and Richard Elrod The October 1969 events in Chicago organized by the militant anti-war group the Weathermen (later, "Weather Underground") that were meant to "bring the war home" in a series of violent confrontations with police and damage to property. One of the leaders of the Weathermen was Bill Ayers, whose association with Barack Obama became an issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. This segment appeared on Chicago Tonight, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW. It includes an interview with Ayers, as well as with anti-war activists who opposed the violent tactics of the Weathermen. Also interviewed was Judge Richard Elrod, who was left paralyzed after a confrontation with a protester.

Hey Elrod's, do you recognize anyone?

Elrod Brother's Photography in Louisville, Kentucky

This picture is of J. C. Elrod from the back of a photo taken by the Elrod Brother's photography of Louisville, KY

This was taken by the Elrod Brother's photography of Louisville, KY.  The photo is not an Elrod to my knowledge.

This was taken by W. L. Elrod of the Elrod Brother's photography of Louisville, KY.  The photo is not an Elrod to my knowledge.

This was taken by Charlton H. Elrod of the Elrod Brother's photography of Louisville, KY.  The photo is not an Elrod to my knowledge.

This was taken by W. L. Elrod of the Elrod Brother's photography of Louisville, KY.  The photo is not an Elrod to my knowledge.

Thank You!

Thank you to Doris an Jack Rose for submitting their line from Adam Elrod (B. 1744) forward adding over 5,000 names to my Elrod Family Tree located at ElrodFamilyHistory.com and on Ancestry.com. It is much appreciated!

The tree can be found here: http://elrodfamilyhistory.com/

A History of Watauga County

A History of Watauga County by JOHN PRESTON ARTHUR copyrighted in 1915

“Elrod Family. — The first of this family came from France to Pennsylvania and thence to Davie County, North Carolina. From this State they have spread out to Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and South Dakota, Henry C. Elrod having been governor of the latter State a few years since. Conrad Elrod was the father of William, and died near the present Reformed Church, on the Blue Ridge. He was buried in a hollowed out chestnut log. William married Elizabeth Lowrance, and their children were : Chaney, who married Robert Greene, father of Judge L. L. Greene ; Malinda, who married Asa Triplett ; Henry, who married Sarah Brookshire ; Alexander, who married Polly Shearer; Mary, who married Thomas Cook; Ann, who married Lot Greene; Hardin, who married Temperance Bradshaw; Rachel, who never married, and John, who married Elizabeth Brookshire. Henry Elrod moved to the Watts Farthing place when two years old, traveling over a trail, and having the household articles carried on pack horses for want of a road. He had two children, William and Louisa. William married Chaney Brookshire and Louisa married T. M. Cannon. William remembers that when he was eight years old, on September 27, 1856, there was a snow storm in Watauga County. He also remembers when a wagon was a rare sight in this section. He remembers when the buckhorn which had been nailed on the old oak tree on the old Jordan Council place showed through the bark, and when it was entirely covered by the bark. He saw this when he came to the old Musters before the Civil War. Top buggies were even rarer than wagons, and James W. Councill had what was probably the first in the county in the fifties. Henry Elrod was conscripted after he had moved in 1857 to the Flat Top Mountain, and taken to Camp \’ance, after which he was transferred to Camp Mast, where he was captured. He died in 1885. Alex Elrod was captured by Stoneman, but, pretending to have rheumatism, was allowed to escape.”

The full book of over 300 pages with other mentions of Elrod’s from that area can be found at the link below: http://archive.org/stream/historyofwataug00arth/historyofwataug00arth_djvu.txt 

It's interesting that the author says the original Elrod came from France… There are several prominent Ellrodt’s from France. One being the author Robert Ellrodt and the other a singer Genevieve Ellrodt who is alive today.

Watauga, North Carolina

Germann August Ellrod

This is a poem written to his first wife Marie Helene Rosler who died on 14 Dec 1735 and whom he had one child with. He went on to remarry to Wilhemine Christiana Schmiebel on 1 November 1736 whom he had two more children with that I know of.

The unforgettable keepsake weyland Mr. Germann August Ellrod ... dedicates this guilty tears of sorrow outermost the widow left behind
Signature: 5 # 2 Biogr Beibd.8
URN: urn: nbn: de: bvb :12-bsb10936519-1
Publication: Beyreuth
Publisher: Minzel
Release Year: 1760
Number of pages: 4
BVB ID : BV001354682 [ catalog]
Description: Digitized book from the copyright-free material in the Bavarian State Library in Munich [Germany] 2007-2012

All four pages can be found at http://www.bsb-muenchen-digital.de/~web/web1093/bsb10936519/images/index.html?digID=bsb10936519&pimage=1&v=pdf&nav=0&l=de

After you click on the link, click on the word "JA" and then click "Weiter" to download and it will open on your PC. It is in German so you will need to translate.

Elrod Family History

Elrod Family History

Elrod's who fought in the War of 1812

ADAM ELROD AUSTIN'S REG'T, SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA.


ADAM ELROD AUSTIN'S REG'T, SOUTH CAROLIN MILITIA.


EDAM ELROD 15 REG'T (SLAUGHTER'S) KENTUCKY MILITIA.

GEORGE ELROD AUSTIN'S REG'T, SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA.

HARMON ELROD 7 REGIMENT (TAUL'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS.

HARMON ELROD 15 REG'T (SLAUGHTER'S) KENTUCKY MILITIA.

JAMES ELROD NASH'S REGIMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA VOLS.

JAMES ELROD 4 REG'T (STEELE'S) W. TENNESSEE MILITIA.

JEREMIAH ELROD 3 REGIMENT (ALLEN'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS.

JEREMIAH ELROD 7 REGIMENT (TAUL'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS.

JILES ELROD 2 REG'T (BENTON'S) TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS.

JOHN ELROD 1 REGIMENT (ANDREW'S), OHIO MILITIA.

JOSEPH ELROD LIEUT. ELROD'S COMPANY, LIGHT INFANTRY, PENNSYLVANIA VOLS.

THOMAS ELROD LIEUT. ELROD'S COMPANY, LIGHT INFANTRY, PENNSYLVANIA VOLS.

WILLIAM ELROD NASH'S REGIMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA VOLS.

WILLIAM ELROD 3 REGIMENT (POAGE'S), MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLS.

Elrod's who fought on the Union side of the U.S. Civil War

Elrod's who fought on the Union side of the U.S. Civil War


Name Regiment Name Regiment State/Origin


Alexander L. Elrod 16th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry Kentucky


Anthony Elrod 59th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

Charles Elrod 109th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry U.S. Colored Troops

Charles W. Elrod 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Cyrus L. Elrod 11th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Illinois

David Elrod 184th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

Dennis C. Elrod 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Edward Elrod 36th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

Edward Elrod 34th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

Edward L. Elrod 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Edwin L. Elrod 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Elisha B. G. Elrod 89th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Illinois

Ellis P. Elrod 46th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry U.S. Colored Troops

Epraim W. Elrod Pike County Regiment, Missouri Home Guard Missouri

Francis N. Elrod 20th Regiment, Iowa Infantry Iowa

George Elrod 70th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

George W. Elrod 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864) Indiana

Isaac Elrod 59th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

Jacob A. Elrod 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Jacob A. Elrod 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Jacob A. Elrod Varner's Battalion, US Volunteer Infantry Union Volunteers

Jacob N. Elrod 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

James Elrod 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

James Elrod 77th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

James Elrod 12th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry U.S. Colored Troops

James M. Elrod 88th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Illinois

James M. Elrod 35th Regiment, Missouri Infantry Missouri

James M. Elrod 10th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Tennessee

James R. Elrod 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry Indiana

James T. B. Elrod 1st Regiment, United States Colored Infantry U.S. Colored Troops

John Elrod 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry Iowa

John Elrod 1st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Tennessee

John D. Elrod 1st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Tennessee

John M. Elrod 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

John O. Elrod 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

John W. Elrod 4th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry Iowa

Jonathan R. Elrod 20th Regiment, Iowa Infantry Iowa

Joseph Elrod 4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Tennessee

Joseph L. Elrod 10th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Tennessee

Joseph W. Elrod 55th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (3 months, 1862) Indiana

Joseph W. Elrod 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Leonard G. Elrod 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Moses N. Elrod 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Samuel K. Elrod 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Samuel N. Elrod 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

Stephen Elrod 5th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry Illinois

Thomas Elrod 187th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

Thomas Elrod 179th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

Thomas Elrod 1st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Tennessee

Thomas Elrod 4th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry West Virginia

Thomas C. Elrod 70th Regiment, Ohio Infantry Ohio

Tilman H. Elrod 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry Iowa

Tilman H. Elrod 2nd Regiment, Iowa Infantry Iowa

William Elrod 9th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry Missouri

William D. Elrod 37th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Indiana

William F. Elrod 21st Regiment, Missouri Infantry Missouri

William H. Elrod 1st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Tennessee

William J. Elrod 3rd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry Iowa

William T. Elrod 7th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry Iowa

Elrod's who fought on the Confederate side of the U.S. Civil War

Elrod's who fought on the Confederate side of the U.S. Civil War

Name Regiment Name Side Regiment State/Origin


A.D. Elrod 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama


A.J. Elrod 84th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

A.J. Elrod 28th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

A.S. Elrod 9th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry (Malone's) Confederate Alabama

A.W. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Abraham Elrod 39th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry Confederate North Carolina

Abraham WesleyElrod 20th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Bass') Confederate Texas

Adam F. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Adam S. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Albert Elrod 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards) Confederate Georgia

Albert Elrod 4th Regiment, Georgia Reserves Confederate Georgia

Alfred Elrod 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Confederate South Carolina

Andrew W. Elrod 65th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Andrew W. Elrod Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment, South Carolina (Jenkins') (1st Palmetto) Confederate South Carolina

B.F. Elrod Smith's Legion, Georgia Confederate Georgia

B. S. Elrod Ford's Battalion, Missouri Cavalry Confederate Missouri

Benjamin D. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Benjamin Lewis Elrod 49th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Charles M. Elrod 38th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Columbus W. Elrod 19th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Crocket Elrod 8th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

D.C. Elrod 8th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

D.R. Elrod 22nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

D. R. K. Elrod 3rd Battalion, Valley Reserves, Virginia (Augusta
County Reserves) Confederate Virginia

D.S. Elrod 24th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

David Elrod 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Olmstead's) Confederate Georgia

David D. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
Confederate South Carolina

David S. Elrod 24th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
Confederate South Carolina

Dock Elrod 8th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Dow L. Elrod 19th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Dr.A. Elrod 22nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

E. Elrod Beauregard's Company, South Carolina Light Artillery (Ferguson's) Confederate South Carolina

E.F. Elrod 13th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (4th) (Mattison's) Confederate South Carolina

E.F. Elrod Infantry Regiment, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Confederate South Carolina

E. Franklin Elrod 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) Confederate South
Carolina

E.H. Elrod Phillips' Legion, Georgia Confederate Georgia

E.T. Elrod 1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Monroe's)
Confederate Arkansas

E.V. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

E.W. Elrod Moreland's Regiment, Alabama Cavalry Confederate Alabama

Elias Elrod 1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Monroe's) Confederate Arkansas

Elias F. Elrod 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) Confederate South Carolina

Elias Franklin Elrod 4th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Elias T. Elrod 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas

Elijah B. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Elijah M. Elrod 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Elijah W. Elrod 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Everet Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Franklin Elrod 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
Confederate South Carolina

Franklin S. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

G. Elrod 28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

G.C. Elrod 37th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

G.W. Elrod 51st Regiment, Alabama Partisan Rangers Confederate Alabama

G.W. Elrod 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

G.W. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Genert T.H. Elrod 13th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry Confederate Georgia

George Elrod 3rd Battalion, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

George Elrod 39th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

George Elrod 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
Confederate South Carolina

George F. Elrod 16th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

George G. Elrod 1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Orr's) Confederate South Carolina

George M. Elrod 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) Confederate South Carolina

Giles Elrod 1st Battalion, Tennessee Infantry (Colms') Confederate Tennessee

Green Elrod 84th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

Green Elrod 28th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

Grief Elrod 1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Orr's) Confederate South Carolina

Hadley Elrod 4th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Harmon B. Elrod, Wiley's Co. 4th Tennessee Calvery, Confederate Tennessee

Henry S. Elrod 39th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Hiram Elrod 27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas

Hiram Elrod 30th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas

I.F. Elrod 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (McCreary's) (1st Provisional Army) Confederate South Carolina

Isaac M. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Isaac N. Elrod 1st Regiment, Confederate Infantry Confederate Confederate Troops

J.A. Elrod 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Confederate South Carolina

J.A.J. Elrod 11th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry Confederate Georgia

J.B. Elrod 3rd Regiment, Confederate Cavalry (Howard's) Confederate Confederate Troops

J.C. Elrod 30th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

J.E. Elrod 45th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

J.H. Elrod Phillips' Legion, Georgia Confederate Georgia

J.H. Elrod 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) Confederate Georgia

J.H.L. Elrod Phillips' Legion, Georgia Confederate Georgia

J.J. Elrod 1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Monroe's) Confederate Arkansas

J.J. Elrod 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry Confederate Arkansas

J.J. Elrod 21st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry Confederate North Carolina

J.M. Elrod 52nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

J.M. Elrod 11th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry Confederate Georgia

J.M. Elrod 45th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

J.N. Elrod 16th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Greenville Regiment) Confederate South Carolina

J.N. Elrod 16th/24th Consolidated Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

J.R. Elrod 11th/17th Consolidated Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Griffith's) Confederate Arkansas

J.R. Elrod 11th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas

J.W. Elrod 24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

J.W. Elrod 15th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry
Confederate Tennessee

J.Y. Elrod 16th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Jacob Elrod 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Lillard's) Confederate Tennessee

Jacob Elrod 9th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

James Elrod 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Wheeler's) Confederate Tennessee

James Elrod 6th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

James D. Elrod 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) Confederate South Carolina

James J. Elrod 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry Confederate Arkansas

James P. Elrod 28th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (2nd Tennessee Mountain Volunteers) Confederate Tennessee

Jasper Elrod Smith's Legion, Georgia Confederate Georgia

Jasper Elrod 29th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Jasper C. Elrod 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Jeremiah Elrod 8th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Jerry Elrod 28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Jesse N. Elrod 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63) Confederate South Carolina

Jesse R. Elrod 11th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas

Joel Elrod Cocke's Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas

John Elrod 13th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

John Elrod 65th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

John Elrod 84th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

John Elrod 31st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (A. H. Bradford's) Confederate Tennessee

John Elrod 28th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

John Elrod 28th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

John Elrod 28th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (2nd Tennessee Mountain Volunteers) Confederate Tennessee

John B. Elrod 39th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

John B. Elrod 36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Broyles') Confederate Georgia

John Balers Elrod 52nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Chappel Elrod 20th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Bass')
Confederate Texas

John H. Elrod Phillips' Legion, Georgia Confederate Georgia

John H. Elrod 37th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Confederate Virginia

John W. Elrod 5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

John W. Elrod 24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Joseph Elrod 8th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Joseph Elrod 11th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry Confederate Georgia

Josephus Elrod 84th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

Josephus Elrod 28th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

L.D. Elrod 17th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

L.M. Elrod 25th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Leander W. Elrod 52nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Levi Elrod 8th Battalion, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Levi G. Elrod 22nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

M. Elrod Rice's Battery, Tennessee Light Artillery Confederate Tennessee

M.D. Elrod 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Marlon A. Elrod 24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

N.D. Elrod 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

N.V. Elrod 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Confederate South Carolina

Nelson Elrod 20th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Nelson Elrod 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) Confederate South Carolina

P. Elrod 9th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry (Malone's) Confederate Alabama

P.N. Elrod 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

P.O. Elrod 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

P.O. Elrod 23rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Peter Elrod 4th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards) Confederate Georgia

R.J. Elrod Infantry Regiment, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Confederate South Carolina

R.O. Elrod 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Confederate South Carolina

R.S. Elrod Infantry Regiment, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Confederate South Carolina

Reuben Elrod 36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Broyles') Confederate Georgia

S.D. Elrod 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) Confederate South Carolina

S.F. Elrod 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

S.H. Elrod 27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas

Samuel Elrod 19th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Samuel Elrod 36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Broyles') Confederate Georgia

Samuel Elrod 19th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Confederate Louisiana

Samuel F. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Samuel H. Elrod 5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Samuel K. Elrod 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Union Indiana

Samuel L.W. Elrod 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers) Confederate South Carolina

Seal S. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Solomon Elrod 14th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Neely's) Confederate Tennessee

Solomon H. Elrod 37th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Confederate Virginia

Solomon H. N. Elrod 37th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Confederate Virginia

T.J. Elrod Talladega County (Alabama) Reserves Confederate Alabama

T.W. Elrod 7th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Thomas Elrod 43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Thomas Elrod 52nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

Thomas G. Elrod Smith's Legion, Georgia Confederate Georgia

Thomas H. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

Thomas J. Elrod 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Confederate Arkansas

Thomas M. Elrod 65th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

W.C. Elrod 4th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards) Confederate Georgia

W.D. Elrod 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

W.D. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

W.E. Elrod 28th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
Confederate Tennessee

W.G. Elrod 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

W.H. Elrod 65th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

W.H. Elrod 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

W.H. Elrod 18th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

W.T. Elrod Phillips' Legion, Georgia Confederate Georgia

Wesley Adam Elrod 49th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

Wiley C. Elrod 37th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Confederate Virginia

William Elrod Phillips' Legion, Georgia Confederate Georgia

William Elrod 9th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry Union Missouri

William Elrod 1st Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry Confederate North Carolina

William Elrod 6th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry Confederate North Carolina

William Elrod 28th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Confederate Tennessee

William Elrod 28th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (2nd Tennessee
Mountain Volunteers) Confederate Tennessee

William B. Elrod 16th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

William B. Elrod 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry Confederate South Carolina

William D. Elrod 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

William D. Elrod 37th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Union Indiana

William E. Elrod 28th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (2nd Tennessee Mountain Volunteers) Confederate Tennessee

William F. Elrod 21st Regiment, Missouri Infantry Union Missouri

William F. Elrod 6th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry Confederate North Carolina

William G. Elrod 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry Confederate Georgia

William H. Elrod 1st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Union Tennessee

William J. Elrod 50th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Confederate Alabama

William J. Elrod 3rd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry Union Iowa

William P. Elrod 4th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (McLemore's) Confederate Tennessee

William T. Elrod 7th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry Union Iowa

The Ellrod Family Crest

Here are several pages showing the Ellrod crest found in the Sieve's armorial record by GA Seyler, O. Roick (German book of Crests).

Who was Samuel Harrison Elrod?

Who was Samuel Harrison Elrod?


5th Governor of South Dakota


Biography


This biography appears on pages 82-85 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.


HON. SAMUEL HARRISON ELROD.

Hon. Samuel Harrison Elrod is one of the most modest but most popular men of South Dakota. If he has opponents, it is those who do not share his political opinions and who believe in machine rule rather than in the voice of the people. Those who know him, and he has a wide acquaintance throughout the state, usually call him Sam. It is an indication of his democratic spirit and manner and it is well known that there is no one more appreciative of individual worth in another. Business classification places him with the leading lawyers not only of Clark county but of the state, for he has comprehensive knowledge of the principles or jurisprudence and is accurate in his application of these principles to the points in litigation.

A native of Indiana, he was born near Coatesville on the 1st of May, 1856, and is a son of Jesse F. and Lydia (Pursel) Elrod. The father was a farmer by occupation, following that pursuit until his death. The mother has also passed away. Samuel H. Elrod pursued his early education in the public schools and afterward attended De Pauw University of Greencastle, Indiana, being graduated on the 22d of June, 1882. Eight days later he arrived in Dakota territory, coming to Clark county on a construction train on the 3d of July. The same day he was admitted to the bar by Judge Kidder at Watertown and he opened a little office in Clark. He has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession save when busy with the duties of political office. There was not a dwelling in Clark at the time of his arrival and he built a little house or shanty before he could really enter actively upon his chosen life work. His life has been an extremely busy and useful one. His work in the fields in boyhood days was followed by close application to his studies.

Through the period of his college course and since coming to Dakota he has never known an idle day. The Daily Tribune of Salt Lake City, Utah, said of him: "A few days after arriving in Clark, where he opened a law office and ocated a preemption, Mr. Elrod made a Fourth of July speech to a crowd of settlers on the open prairies (there were no public buildings in the town then), and he has been getting acquainted with the people of the state ever since." Today there are few residents of South Dakota better known and it would be difficult to find one who has the confidence and regard of the people in general to a greater degree. As the population increased his law business grew and for ten years he filled the office of states attorney. He was also called to the city council and aided in shaping the policy of the unicipality. He became a recognized leader in republican circles and advanced continuously in that connection until he was made a standard bearer of his party in 1904. He received a good majority which put him in the gubernatorial chair, where he remained through 1905 and 1906. During his term as governor he was chairman of the first capitol building committee and dictated the contract for plans for the capitol.

While he was a candidate a leading paper of South Dakota said: "S. H. Elrod, of Clark county, is a plain, unassuming South Dakotan. He is absolutely without pretense. There is a tinge of the Lincoln character in him, that free mingling with the common people and that everyday plainness that so endeared Lincoln to the masses, Elrod possesses a great deal of that same quality. One immediately feels a friendly feeling for him. He is warm-hearted, yet conservative; plain and unassuming, yet possessing quiet dignity; a man of clean, wholesome character, yet a man wise in the ways of the political world; and he is honest and sincere." His administration was characterized by various needed reforms and improvements and many tangible evidences of his public spirit and devotion to the best interests of the commonwealth can be cited. The legislature of North Carolina passed a resolution formally thanking him for the position he took in his message declaring in favor of returning to North Carolina the money forced out of that state on some repudiated bonds which were a gift to South Dakota. From the standpoint of fairness and decency his position was certainly right.

The Dakota Farmer paid the following tribute to Governor Elrod for his efforts in behalf of the agricultural interests of South Dakota. "From the moment Governor S. H. Elrod was sworn ill as the chief executive of South Dakota up to the present time, in season and out of season, he has stood by every measure that would possibly benefit the agricultural interests of his state. Before in these columns we enumerated not less than half a dozen distinctly agricultural and live-stock measures that had his constant support during the last session of the legislature, a number of which, we believe, could never have become laws without it, and now we must record one more and in our estimation among his crowning achievements in this line. We refer to the securing of what was known as the 'Fishback quarter' of one hundred and sixty acres of splendid land for the agricultural college and experiment station at Brookings. This splendid piece of land, as many know, was literally located in the very heart of the farm school grounds. It came up to the very doors of the college buildings on two sides, and was not only in every way perfectly adapted to the work and needs of the school but was fast advancing in price and being clamored for by many farsighted investors to be laid out in building lots. Much more than the price given could have been had for it for this purpose. The troubles relating to getting title to this land are too complicated to explain. It is enough to say that repeatedly, during the long drawn out time this title was in jeopardy, the timely and personal interference of the governor saved it from going from the state forever."

On his retirement from the position of governor, Mr. Elrod returned to his home in Clark and resumed the private practice of law, in which he has since continued. The position which he occupies in the opinion of his fellow townsmen of Clark county is indicated in the fact that the township and village of Elrod were named in his honor. Fraternally he is a Mason and has attained the Knights Templar degree of the York Rite. He also has membership with the Modern Woodmen, the Workmen and the Knights of Pythias.

On the 11th of November, 1884, Mr. Elrod was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Masten, a daughter of Matthias and Eliza Masten. They have become parents of two children: Barbara, at home; and Arthur, who is attending the high school.

Such in brief is the life history of one whom South Dakota has honored with the highest office within the gift of the state. He has ever worn his honors with most becoming modesty and at all times he has regarded a public office as a public trust - and no trust reposed in Samuel Harrison Elrod has ever been betrayed.

USS Elrod (FFG 55) recovered 57 bales of cocaine in support of Operation Martillo

Story Number: NNS120604-08
Release Date: 6/4/2012
From U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs USS ELROD,

At Sea (NNS)-- Guided-missile frigate USS Elrod (FFG 55) with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team recovered 57 bales of cocaine in support of Operation Martillo in the western Caribbean Sea May 17.

A SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 60 Det. 3 embarked aboard Elrod detected a "go-fast" vessel operating in the Caribbean Sea.

The drug traffickers began to jettison the contraband, but the helicopter marked the debris field, while a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) from Elrod came alongside, with the USCG LEDET team, and seized the go-fast.

The U.S. Navy-Coast Guard response team recovered 57 bales of cocaine, weighing 1,720 kilograms (3,790 pounds), worth an estimated street value of more than $283 million. The drugs were transferred to USCG Cutter Resolute.

"This latest interdiction of 57 bales, on top of the 89 bales of cocaine recovered a few weeks ago, is attributed to the superb collaboration of our USCG Law Enforcement Detachments, our helicopter air detachment, and the crew members of Elrod," said Cmdr. Jack Killman, Elrod's commanding officer.

In addition to recovery of the cocaine, the LEDET detained five individuals who were transferred to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They were later transferred to Tampa Bay, Fla., where they were charged under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act May 29. Conviction under this Act carries a minimum mandatory 10-year sentence and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

The contraband transferred to Resolute was offloaded at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., May 31. Operation Martillo (Spanish for 'hammer') is a U.S., European, and Western Hemisphere partner nation effort targeting illicit trafficking routes in coastal waters along the Central American isthmus. U.S. military participation is being led by Joint Interagency Task Force-South, under the direction of U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM).

Operation Martillo is part of the U.S. government's coordinated interagency regional security strategy in support of the White House strategy to combat transnational organized crime and the U.S. Central America Regional Security Initiative.

U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) supports USSOUTHCOM joint and combined full-spectrum military operations by providing principally sea-based, forward presence to ensure freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain, to foster and sustain cooperative relationships with international partners and to fully exploit the sea as maneuver space in order to enhance regional security and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the Caribbean, Central and South American regions.

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Christopher Elrod Sr. (29 Jan 1721 - 29 Jan 1785)

Eighth child and fifth son of Johan Dider Elrod and Maria Magdalena Lerchenzeiler

Moravian Origins:

A number of German families had settled in the 1740s along the South Fork of Muddy Creek, a tributary of the Yadkin River near the present-day Davidson/Forsyth county line. Some had come there from Monocacy, Maryland, where they had been acquainted with the Moravians, and families from this settlement took refuge in Bethabara when threatened by Indians in 1756. Moravian ministers often came to the South Fork settlement to hold religious services, baptizing babies and conducting funerals as the need arose. By the early 1760s the settlers had asked the Moravians for a formal affiliation, but it was several years before this finally came to completion, following prolonged discussion and negotiations. A meeting house was completed in 1769, by which time a Moravian minister was holding regular monthly services, and the settlers organized themselves into the Society unter der Ens, or South Fork Society, in 1770, giving their meeting house the name Friedberg. This group remained somewhat autonomous, and the members did not always adhere to the rather strict guidelines imposed in Salem regarding marriage, property, and other community matters. The original Friedberg families include Boeckel, Ebert, Frey, Greter, Hanes, Knauss, Pfaff (also later in Bethania), Rothrock, Spach, Tesch, and Walk.

There were also English-speaking settlers living in this area who found an affiliation with the Moravians. In the 1760s, Moravian ministers held services in English in the home of John Douthit, who together with Christopher Elrod and others organized Hope Moravian Church in 1780. The Hope community included a number of English settlers who arrived from Maryland in the 1770s, among them the Boyer, Butner, Hamilton, Markland, Peddycoard, and Padgett families.

A group of Moravian families came to North Carolina from Broad Bay, Maine, in 1770, encouraged in this move by the minister George Soelle. They settled southeast of Salem in the Friedland community, which like Hope and Friedberg was organized as a country congregation. This settlement included the Rominger, Seitz, and Vogler families from Broad Bay. Most of these families had come to Broad Bay originally from the Baden Durlach area of Germany in 1742. John Lanius also settled there, as did others from Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

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NOTES SOURCE:

Moravian Records, census records, Holy Trinity Church Records Delaware

LOCALITY: This area of Rowan County is now Forsythe County.

DOCUMENTATION: Elrod Records from Jack and Doris Rose and Mrs. Bill T. Crawford, by correspondence. Pauline Walters-Elrod book-1971

MEMOIRS: Christopher Sr's and Aaltje's Memoirs are both on file in the Moravian Archives Museum at Old Salem NC.

Notes for Aaltje: SOURCES: See "Memoirs of Aaltje Aletha Soelle Elrod", Moravian Archives, Winston-Salem, NC. "Moravians" by Fries; also "Records of the Moravians in North Carolina" from the Wachovia Church Book, Vol I, 1752-1771. From Pauline Walters Elrod book: p.3 As found in Christopher Elrods memoirs he was a Lutheran until 1773, he was received into Brethern membership at Friedburg, then he changed to Hope Congregation in 1780, which he and John Douthit helped to found; started it 1775, finished it 1780. From Pauline Walters Elrod book: p.4 she states: From the Journal of North Caroline Genealogy, summer 1966, page 1682, was taken excerpts of a petition, Folio 14, August 15, 1778, "Petitions of the Moravians or United Brethern, presented to General Assembly at Hill "editor just gave part of document". The petition and representation of the United Brethern settled in this state, North Carolina, in town of Salem, Bethabara, Bethany, and others of their members in union with them humbly showeth that the the Episcopal Church called United Frater or United Brethern, that upon hearing of the religious freedom in America, or upon invitation received, sent in years of 1734, 1735, 1736, a number of their members who had been persecuted in their native country, and therefore dispersed here where they might find asylum. When the war broke out with the Spaniards, their fellow inhibitants disturbed them for not carrying arms, notwithstanding they had full liberty of conscience promised before and after settling. They, being willing to give no uneasiness to others, withdrew, and returned to Pennsylvania where they settled in oaks of Delaware, then a mere wilderness, lived in peace with God and peace with their neighbors for many years..... 30 years, the Brethern received several invitations to settle in some other parts of the English Dominion, particularly in North Carolina........ use same principles as first used in Georgia. "Edward Motonitor said here there was said more about troubles and injustices, by the breaking out of the Revolutionary War". We have no arms and will bear none against the state, (N.C.) or the other states. We desire no profits or honors. We never refuse to pay taxes, nor ever had any distress made for taxes. Our Brethern in states of Pa... Jersey, Maryland, have in behalf of themselves and us, laid a similar request before humbly, before the Congress of The United States of America. Signed in German by John Michael Graff, Fra Episc. Bishop of United Brethern..... There were 104 signers, one was Christopher Elrod 1721-1784 planter.

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FROM BETHANIA DIARY OF 1785, Vol. 5, page 107, Fries, Jan 31,

"Early this morning several persons rode here to Hope for funeral of Christopher Elrod (Sr)

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LETTER FROM JUNE LAURENCE, ASSISTANT, MORAVIAN ARCHIVES 1 Sep 1982

From Pennsylvania, the family moved first to Manakasy, Maryland, the to NC in 1751. They joined the Moravian congregation at Friedberg in 1773 and helped establish the English-speaking congregation of Hope in 1780. The couple had 12 children. Christopher Elrod first arrived in Rowan Co in the mid 1750's. Although raised a Luthern, he became associated with the Moravian settlement there. As a member of that sect, he was a pacifist, and paid to keep his sons from the service. However, Christopher Elrod Jr., eventually joined the Revolutionary Army.

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MEMOIR FROM THE FIRST HOPE CONGREGATION BOOK

"Christopher Elrod, Sr., his death occurring Jan 28 1785. He was born 29 Jan 1721, in Pennsylvania and was brought up to be a Lutheran. In 1743, 26th of March, he married Althea (Aaltje) Soelle, the present widow, which marriage was blessed by God with twelve children of whom ten are alive yet, belonging all to our congregation and Society. Of these he lived to see thirty- one grandchildren and one Great-grandchild. From Pennsylvania he moved to Manakasy (Monocacy) Maryland and thence to North Carolina in 1751, settling himself on the Yadkin River, Hitherto as he often mentioned, he was an industrious and hard-working man who feared God and was true, as he thought, to the principles of his religion; but he lived in proud conceit, and knew nothing of heart sorrow. The first time, as he remembered, that his heart was truly touched by the Savior, was in a sermon delivered by the Rev. Bishop Spangenberg (or Spartanburg) to the people that were fled for fear of the Indians to the Bethabara Mill Fort, in the year 1759. From that time he became uneasy and became concerned for his soul's salvation and sought acquaintance with the Brethren. The Brethren Soelle and Utley, who went about in the country to preach the Gospel visited him frequently and stayed in his house, so as all those who went about in quest of souls for our savior were always kindly received by him and could refresh themselves, after their toil and trouble, with his family. The fourth of April, 1773, he was received in the congregration at Friedburg, and Jan 22, 1774, he partook for the first time of the Holy sacrement with congregration there. In the process of time he promoted the building of an English School and meeting house, here in Hope, with all his might, and rejoiced greatly when in the year 1780 an English Brethren's Congregation was established here. From that time he was a member thereof. He served this little small congregation with the gifts which the Saviour had bestowed on him and was an active member of our committee these four years and his desire was that young and old might prosper for our Saviour. He had a hot and fiery temper and could often fall hard to others by his positiveness and absoluteness, yet he was conscious thereof and soon made up again, because he loved to live in peace with all men. He was of strong and healthy constitution, complaining seldom of any ailment, yet of late he had an intimation, as it were, of his approaching departure. About seven weeks ago he began to complain about pains in his breast which increased so that he was obliged to take his bed, and because he grew worse from day to day, soon believed his Saviour would call him home by reason of his sickness. On 21st, he called for his children, gave them his farewall blessing, exhorting them to remain faithful to our Saviour, and recommended them to their dear mother. On the 29th of January in the morning at seven oclock, being his birthday, our Savior took this faithful brother home to Himself, exactly sixty-four years old.

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Christopher and Aaltje moved to Monocacy, then down to NC about 1744or so. It was there, according to Aaltje's autobiography, they became Moravians and helped found the English speaking Hope (N.C.) Congregation.

WILL OF CHRISTOPHER ELROD SR. - ROWAN CO, NC

In the Name of God, Amen. I, Christopher Elrod Sr in the state of North Carolina, being in perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God forit, and calling to mind the mortality of my body and that it disappointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, and as touching such worldly goods as it hath pleased Godto help me with, I give, divise, and dispose of it in manner and formas follows:

Item: I will and bequeath unto my beloved son, Adam, five shillings to be paid to him from out of my estate.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Sarah the sum of five shillings to be paid by my executors out of my estate.

Item: I will and bequeath unto my daughter, Catherine, the sum of five shillings to be paid as aforesaid.

Item: I will and bequeath to my beloved daughter, Margaret, one creature to be valued at five pounds in gold or silver money.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Mary, one horse creature to be valued at five pounds in gold or silver and also two cows and one feather bed and bedding to it which she has in her custody, and then also one ewe and one grown sow with pigs, the above willed articles and money to each above person to be paid their legacies within twelve months of my demise.

Item: I will and bequeath unto my beloved son, Christopher, 50 acres of land as it is measured off to him in the upper end of my tract which is to be in his possession at my demise.

Item: I will and bequeath unto my beloved sons, Robert and John Elrod,the whole of what is left of my tract of land whereon I now live, with all its improvements and buildings to their possession after my decease and my wife's.

Item: I will and bequeath unto my beloved daughters Aaltje and Lydia two cows to each of them and one ewe and one sow with pigs to each and also five pounds in gold or silver, or the value thereof in other money that shall be lawful at the time of the payment and each of them one good feather bed and furniture which is to be paid to them by my executors out of my estate if there is as much left at that time and if not to be paid out of the land willed to my three youngest sons.

Item: I will and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Aaltje, one-third part of my land during her life time and also all my stock and all sorts and all my household goods and plantation tools and money during her lifetime and at my demise to be at her own disposal except the land which is to be as before mentioned. I institute and appoint my beloved wife and my son Adam whole and sole executers and executrix of this my last will and testament and I do hereby disavow and make void all other wills and bequeaths made ordone by me heretofore.

In witness where of I have set my hand and seal this 17 day of March,1799.

Signed, sealed. published and pronounced in the presence of Witnesses:Adam Spone, Fred Fudler, Even Ellis

Signed: Christopher Elrod

Jeremiah Elrod (1710-11 May 1769)

Second child and second son of Johan Dider Elrod and Maria Magdalena Lerchenzeiler

Many of Jeremiah's descendants still live in Tennessee today.

In records his name was Jeremias.

Jeremiah Elrod - The first Jeremiah Elrod that was found was born in the early 1700's before 1720. He is probably the child of John Teter Elrod and his 1st wife Marie Magdalena Lerchenzeiler. He, or William, is possibly the son who accompanied the parents on the ship as it came across the Atlantic.

He married Sarah _____________. They had a child Elizabeth b. 16 Apr 1741. Elizabeth was baptized on 2 Jun 1741 with Diederick Ellradt (John Teter Elrod) and wife as sponsors. Elizabeth was baptized by Pastor John Casper Stoever. Jeremiah's wife died, and was buried 27 May 1743 in Maryland. This information is recorded in the "Maryland Records of Colonial Revolutional County Churches." by G.M. Brumbaugh, Vol 1. p. 258. It is assumed that this is the Jeremiah Elrod who later married Catherine (Douthett?) Jeremiah Elrod died 11 May 1769. At this time he had two boys under 14 years old, Adam, b Jul 1753, and Jeremiah b 16 Aug or Sep 1755.

After Jeremiah died, George McKnight on the 1st of Aug 1769 was appointed guardian of his children. The widow got 1/3 of the estate. Adam Elrod was bound over to George McKnight. Jeremiah was bound out to his uncle Robert Elrod RIN #18 to learn the Art of Weaving until he was age 21. Uncle Robert Elrod later went to KY. Jeremiah at he time of his assignment to Robert was 11 years and 5 months old. Adam was at this time 16 years and seven months old. This was when the Estate was finally settled. They each got 1/3 of the estate, a horse and a bridle, It is believed this man to be the father of Elizabeth. If so, she was either dead, or was 26 years old, since she was left out of his will. What happened to her is unknown.

Shortly after he assumed the responsibility for Jeremiahs child, Adam, George McKnight lost his wife. George then married Jeremiah's widow, Catherine. After Jeremiah Elrod died, 11 May 1769, we have difficulty tracing his son, Jeremiah. The reason is that there were two Jeremiah Elrods born in 1755. Jeremiah had a boy born 12 Aug/Sep 1755. The parents of the other Jeremiah born in 1755 are unknown. Since Jeremiah's boy was assigned to his uncle Robert, who went to Kentucky, and since the Jeremiah who married and left Barbara Volger also went to Kentucky, they appear to be the same person.

In Surry Co. Wills 1771-1821" vol II, p.91, we find the will of Barbara Harris dated 9 Sep 1789. The will refers to Jeremiah Elrod as Witness and it says they gave one cow each to Jeremiah Elrod and Michael Fogler. Barbara is also mentioned. I am assigning him as the child of Jeremiah and calling him Jeremiah Elrod Jr. This is the one who was married twice and had at least 17 children. The other Jeremiah born in 1755 married Mary Null in 1785. (ED. Jeremiah Jr had 3 children before this time) and the bondsman was Peter Elrod in Surry Co NC. This Peter Elrod was possibly being a bondsman for his brother.

There were a Jeremiah Elrod and Peter Elrod who moved to the Pendleton District of S.C. It is assumed this Jeremiah to be the one who married Mary Null, and assigned him label 1-B. He recognized that these two Jeremiahs might be incorrectly identified, but considered that the available evidence, though slim, supported his assumptions. To further complicate the assignments one must accept the facts that both Jeremiah Elrods are listed in the 1790 census of NC., both have the same number and gender of children and the wives of each are of nearly the same age. Their 1790 census entries read: one white male over 16, one white male under 16, and three white females, no slaves. One of these Elrods was in Salisbury District, Rowan County, NC, and the other one was from Salisbury District, Stokes County, NC.

The following references are made to the Jeremiah Elrods. Researchers were unable to determine if they refer to Jeremiah Jr or to Jeremiah 1-B. There are a good many entries in the "Moravian Records of NC" Page 1873, 11 May 1783, Jeremias Elroth, house father, signed rules and regulations of society. Page 1924 Jeremiah Elrod of Friedland was born 1755, Page 2219-2220, 1 May 1788, Bro. and Sister Aust set out for Pennsylvania, stopped at Friedland, from which they will journey further with Jeremiah Elrod's wagon. Page 2222, 4 Jul 1788, Jeremiah Elrod has returned from Penn. and brought us some letters. Page 2378, 16 & 17 July 1789, Jeremiah Elrod helped some preachers find some mineral springs. Page 2900, 15 Sep 1807, Barbara Elrod and Philip Carl Schott have left our communion in order to marry. (Ed. This is Anna Catherine Barbara Volger who married Jeremiah Jr. They separated about 1800-1803.) There are other references to Jeremiah Elrod.

In Rowan Co NC, Inferior Court 8 Aug 1778 there is a list of persons in Capt. Cox' District who had not taken the oath of Allegiance. Among them were Samuel Elrod, William Elrod and Jeremiah Ellrod. Now, in Capt. Eakles District is also found another Jeremiah Ellrod, so apparently both of the Jeremiah Elrods had Loyalist leanings. The people who came to America in the Palatine immigration had been treated in America much better than in their former home in Germany, so it is easy to see how they might have had Loyalist leanings. We therefore find Elrods on both sides in the Revolutionary War.

In connection with the attitude of German immigrants at the time of the Revolution, the following excerpt from Thomas Fleming's "Liberty Tavern", chapter 7, page 107, makes interesting reading. "For the next seven days, New Jersey oscillated like a pendulum between two mighty magnets - Staten Island with its British Army and Fleet, and Philadelphia, where the Congress debated a declaration of independence. The countryside was rife with rumors of men making fortunes selling fresh vegetables and meat to the British on Staten Island. In Burlington, New Jersey's Provincial Congress was still wrestling with the text of our new constitution. On July 1, 1776 two of the delegates from Bergen County stayed overnight at the tavern. They told Jonathan Gifford that some thirty other legislators had decided to go home rather than participate in such revolutionary business. The Bergen gentlemen, both stolid Dutchmen who swore picturesquely in their mother tongue, said they did not feel authorized to declare New Jersey independent. Three out of every four men detested the idea, they vowed. The Dutch had been treated fairly and had prospered greatly under the King of England's rule for a hundred years now. It seemed to many of them gross ingratitude if they took the side of the New Enland men in this present quarrel. The whole trouble began and ended with those damned Puritans from Massachusetts and Connecticut, the Dutchmen swore. There were just enough of their brethren in New Jersey to poison the atmosphere. They wouldn't be happy until they made Sam Adams or John Hancock the lord protector of America. All this was declaimed in stentorian tones while the ex-legislators consumed several chickens, a side of beef, a slab of ham, a fleet of vegetable dishes, and several quarts of hard cider."

Notes from Dr. Parker Elrod's research:

ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY EARLY ELROD JEREMIAH ELROD'S IN USA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 june 1983

1. Jeremiah Elrod 1-A RIN # 17 Born before 1721 Died 11 may 1769. Probably son Of John Teter Elrod RIN # 14 and wife Mary Magdeline-He married 2x, three known Children.

2. Jeremiah Elrod 2-A RIN #65 Born 1755:Died 1841 Rutherford Co.Tn. Probable son of Jeremiah Elrod 1-A.RIN # 65.Married 2x-seventeen known childern and probably 2 more Girls. Lived in Freedland, N.C. moved to Wayne Co. Ky. and from there to Rutherford Co. Tn.

3. Jeremiah Elrod 3-A RIN #78.Born: 13 april 1788 Died: - son of Jeremiah 2-A RIN # 65-Married 18 april 1813 to Susannah Harris RIN # 6993. had At least 7 childern-Lived around Paducah McCracken Co. Ky. After Susannah died, Jeremiah 3-A married a 2nd time to Mary "Polly" Collins RIN # 7005 B.1819,Mar. 8 aug. 1843.They had one child.

4. Jeremiah Elrod 4-A RIN #6999 Born: abt Feb 1832 Died: Mar.1855/7 to Elisa or Elva Ellen (Brame?) RIN # 7555 and married a 2nd time 1 Dec 1873 to Mrs.Mary M. Johnson Hutchinson RIN7563,Jeremiah 4-A is the son of Jeremiah 3-A

5. Jeremiah M. Elrod 5-A RIN # 7014, Born: Feb 1851 Died -Mar.1865 Mears Ann (Bodie) Myers RIN # 8645. He is grandson of Jeremiah 3-A.RIN #78, and S/O George Washington Elrod RIN # 7557 and Mrs Susan Collins McFarlin RIN #7006;

6. Jeremiah Elrod 6-A RIN #6981 Born:9 Sept 1919 had a twin sister. He S/O Michael Elrod RIN # 77 and Elizabeth Davis RIN # 6973 and a grandson of Jeremiah Elrod 2-A RIM # 65;

8. Jeremiah Harrison Elrod 7-A RIN 37055 Born 1 march 1827 Died 18 Oc Mar. Ellen Harrison Shields RIN # 7129.Jeremiah Harrison Elrod is the Grandson of Jeremiah Elrod 2-A Rin # 65 and Barbara Volger Rin# 72.He is the son of Joseph Elrod RIN # 84 who Jeremiah 2-A left behind with his wife Barbara when he separated from Barbara and left N. C.

9. Jeremiah 1-B. RIN # 23906 Born 1755. died after 1840 in S.C.Married Mary E. Carter Null Rin # 23907 in 1785(Jeremiah 2-A RIN # 65 had 3 childern by this time) Bondsman for this marriage was Peter Elrod in Surry Co. N.C.(Possibly his, Jeremiah 1-B's brother. A Jeremiah and a Peter both went to the Pendleton District of S.C.Parent is Unknown;

10. Jeremiah 2-B RIN # 23908_Born 1785-1790. Died 1843. He married before 1820 to Sarah___________ RIN # 23909 See will Book-B- Page 159. He is the son of Jeremiah 1-B.

11. Jeremiah 1-C RIN #______Born: 1807 S.C. Died____________. His father was John Ellrad Born 1780 in S.C. Jeremiah 1-C married Caroline _____________ b.1826 they lived in Murray Co. Ga. in 1850 Census and had several childern;

12. Jeremiah Elrod 1-D RIN # _______1821 S.C.Died _____________.Mar.________ Elizabeth Born 1826 S.C., Father possibilly Levi Ellrod. Lived in Murray Co. Ga.1850 Census;

13. Jeremiah Elrod 1-E. RIN # 20351.Born 1825-29 S.C. or Georgia probably S.C.Died:__________________before 1900.Married 29 jan 1843 to Mary Clark, B. 1828-30. They lived in Cherokee Co. Ga. 1850 Census.

14. Jeremiah S. Elrod 2-E RIN # _________. B. 1868/9 D. _____________ Mar. 1888 to Mary J. ______________, their descendants are in Cherokee Co. Ga.

There are Other Jeremiah Elrod's which I will add as needed as I get them in My computer. Any Comments Concerning this Attempts to rightly sort the Jeremiah Elrods would greatly appreciated, by Parker D. Elrod.