More on Elliott vs Williams

 I've found a little bit more about the James Elliott whose estate was mentioned in Thos A Elliott vs R M Williams file that I blogged about yesterday.  The Adeline Elliott mentioned is NOT a Ledbetter but a Bowman.  she and James are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Rutherford County, Tennessee and have a rather large gravestone.

I've also found a newspaper article at Newspapers(dot)com about a new Masonic Hall at Murfreesboro and it mentions, R D Read and some Elliotts. This is important because it is occurring around the same time period as the case and could provide a connection with my Wm Clifford Cook who was also a Mason.  I've yet to find the R. M. Williams who Elliott accuses hiding. Looks like Thos A Elliott may have been correct.   Again...more research needed. 

Source:  
"United States, War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910", Entry for James Elliott and Adaline Bowman; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939X-H7RD-M : accessed 3 March 2026), IGN 4596554, Image 384 of 953; Citing NARA microfilm publication M313. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7750265/james-elliott: accessed March 3, 2026), memorial page for James Elliott (1 Oct 1795–30 Oct 1836), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7750265, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.

Republican Banner, September 17, 1874, Page 4. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/republican-banner-new-murfreesboro-mason/192568350/ : accessed March 3, 2026), clip page for New Murfreesboro Masonic Hall by user rmbeckman.