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Author: Lt George Thomas Gillespie USA
Ellis Adkisson was the son of Pleasant Adkisson of Yorkshire, England. Pleasant emigrated to America about 1750 - 1755 at the age of 20. He settled in Amelia County, Virginia where he married Nancy Martin of Amelia County. Their sons, Lewis (1754), Ellis (1760 ) and Abner (1764) were born in Amelia County.
Prior to the Revolutionary War the family moved westward to Bedford County. VA. Ellis preformed his military service in the Bedford County Militia. In 1781 he joined the Militia as a substitute for Caleb Compton who had been drafted for 6 months service but refused to serve. Compton was under arrest for his refusal to serve when Ellis volunteered to take his pkace. His unit under the command of Lt. Nathaniel Rice was moved to Prince Edward Courthouse for about a month before being marched to Richmond, VA. After Cornwallis surrender (19 Oct 1781) prisoners were brought to Richmond and put under the guard of the Bedford Militia. Ellis continued to do guard duty in Richmond until March 1782 when he was discharged by a Captain Newell after having served for 6 months.
He married Nancy Elizabeth Prather in Bedford County in 1788. They became the parents of 11 children . They were Elias, Samuel, Catherine, Nancy, William, Jonathan, Pleasant, Rhoda, Elizabeth Ann, Jubal and Jeremiah.
About 1808 the family moved to Madison County, KY where Ellis lived the remainder of his life. We have record of his filing a Revolutionary War Pension claim (S12904) in Madison County in 1832. He died 10 Aug 1835 at the age of 75.
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