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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
Author: Jerry Ray Sayre
Elijah Threlkeld was born about 1736 in King George County, Virginia. He was the youngest son of Christopher and Susannah (Walker) Threlkeld. The family moved to Stafford County in Virginia, there he met and married Mary Bronaugh, daughter of David and Hannah (Naylor) Bronaugh about 1770.
Elijah Threlkeld was a Captain in the Stafford County Militia. It that capacity he co-wrote a letter to “His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia” on 14 Apr 1781 regarding matters in the field. (Source: Calendar State Papers Vol 2, pg 43)
Very little is known about his life after the Revolution. He appears on the 1783, and 1789 Stafford County Tax List. Elijah and Mary’s daughter, Nancy marries a Captain John Fox and the announcement printed in the “Fredericksburg Virginia Herald”, 27 Dec 1792 refers to her father as a “Colonel Elijah Threlkeld of Stafford”.
Elijah Threlkeld passed from this life 20 Jan 1798. His obituary read: “DIED- At his feat in Stafford County, on Friday lait, in his 54th year of his age, Col Elijah Threlkeld – a gentleman much respected by his acquaintance, and whose death is greatly lamented by his friends”. – (Source: Fredericksburg Virginia Herald, 24 Jan 1798)
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Elijah Threlkeld (1744-1798)—son of Christopher Threlkeld, Jr. (c.16998-1757) of King George County. In 1772 Elijah married Mary (Bronaugh) Waugh (1750-1799). For much of his adult life, Elijah resided at Coal Trips on the south side of Aquia Creek. Part of this tract is now occupied by a Girl Scout camp. Someone erected a sign for the camp and the name is erroneously given as “Cole’s Trip.” Elijah held various offices in Stafford: Sheriff 1777 Tax Collector 1780 Commissioner of the Land Tax 1782 Assistant Commissioner of the Revenue 1786 Deputy Sheriff 1791, 1797 (and possibly during the intervening years, as well) Overseer of the Road 1791 “from lower ford on Accakeek Run to Potomack Church, from the same ford to John Mountjoys Mill” (Note: this mill was later known as Brooke’s Mill).
In 1786 Elijah was listed as a major in the 45th regiment of Virginia militia. My guess is that Elijah was buried at Coal Trips, but the only cemetery there of which I’m aware is occupied by Watsons and perhaps a Payne or two.
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