The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Burial place of David Elder, who also has a memorial stone placed in the Elder Cemetery on the east side of Highway 15 (Greensboro Hwy), south of Watkinsville
GPS Coordinates: 33.7831001, -83.3439026
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Directions to the Rose Creek/Elder Cemetery: aka Elder Cemetery
Travel to Elder Mill Road, south of Watkinsville, a road west off of Highway 15 (Greensboro Hwy). Cemetery is located off Elder Mill Road at the end of dirt lane across from Snyder Farm. Cemetery is between Rose Creek and Little Rose Creek
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
David Elder b. 8/17/1760 d. 8/4/1853 OCONEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
He served in the Virginia Troops and later served as a private in Colonel John Stewart's Regiment of the Georgia Troops. He received a bounty warrant for his services.
Buried: Old Elder Graveyard, southeast of Watkinsville, off Highway #15.
See: (1) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 397, 404, 460.
(2) Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, p. 252.
(3) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 3, p. 266.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
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Although David Elder's grave site had a marker placed there in honor of his Revolutionary War service, no historical records have been located that he fought in that war. The Daughters of the American Revolution has closed application under his service, unless records are located