The Jesse Elam Family 1782

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Jesse Elam 1782 → Isaac Elam 1803 → Issac married Margaret (Mary) Lanham daughter of Sylvester Lanham 1790 (see The Sylvester Lanham Family 1790)

Jesse ELAM [1] [2] was born about 1782 in , , Georgia. He died on 01 Sep 1854 in , Dallas, Texas. He was buried in Elam Family Cemetery near Dallas, Texas.

Jesse married [1] Rosa EVANS in 1801 in , Warren, Kentucky. Rosa was born about 1782 in , , Virginia. She died about 1869 in , Dallas, Texas.

They had the following children:

(i.) Son, William Barrett ELAM was born about 1793. He died about 1888 in , Dallas, Texas.

(ii.) Daughter, Maxie ELAM was born about 1795.

(iii.) Daughter, Amanda ELAM was born about 1797.

(iv.) Daughter, Calfeirea ELAM was born about 1799.

(v.) Son, Isaac ELAM was born on 02 Jun 1803 in , Warren, Kentucky, USA. He died on 26 Nov 1873 in , Dallas, Texas, USA. Isaac married [3] Margaret (Mary) LANHAM daughter of Sylvester LANHAM and Jane (Jeanne or Jennir) ESTES on 19 Nov 1828 in ,Morgan , Illinois, USA. Margaret was born [4] on 25 Dec 1811 in St Louis, , Missouri, USA. She died on 02 Sep 1869 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.

(vi.) Daughter, Nancy ELAM was born about 1801.


1. War of 1812 Veterans in Texas, 1979, by Mary Smith Fay, p. 97 (this is a compilation source, should check original source.
2. General Guide to DAR Magazine, Volume 50, page 350, 1917, #5112"Jesse Elam who m. Rosa Evans was the father of Isaac El.
3. Page 3, Book A, Records of Morgan County, Illinois Married by John Woolcoms, JP.
4. Oran Stroud Lanham’s Family History Research, October 1984.
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