A militia is a military unit composed of citizens who are called up in time of need.
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive battle of the American Revoluton. It took place on October 7, 1780, nine miles south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson.
Testis (Test) is latin for witness. Testes is the plural.
Elijah and Nancy's children included:
Zachariah Cross (1780, married Sarah Hicks),
Jesse Cross (1790), Elijah Cross, Jr. (1791, married Mary Malone and Catherine Cook),
Rachel Cross Jones (1793, married Thomas Jones),
Amanda Cross (1794, married Ezekiel Keys),
Abraham Cross (1795), and David Looney Cross (1796).
Elijah Cross was a Revolutionary War soldier. He served in 1776 under Captain James Shelby and Colonel Evan Shelby on the Clinch River, as a ranger on the frontier.
In 1778, he served as a ranger at Blackemore's Fort on the Clinch River under Captain Anderson and later in 1779 under Lt. Stanton. He volunteered to fight against the Cherokee Nation under Captain Joseph Martin.
In 1779 the Washington County,Virginia Court
Elijah Cross appearing to his Recognizance it is the opinion of the Court that he pay nine pounds Eleven Shillings and Eight pence for the use of the poor of this County and Costs and may be taken G.C.
In 1781 he served as an orderly sergeant under Captain Wallace and marched to Yellow Mountain to join Colonel John Sevier where they marched to Ramsour's Mill in North Carolina, then to Burke Courthouse, then to Charlotte, North Carolina. They continued from there to Camden to the high hills of Santee where General Geer lay waiting. Once joining forces, they crossed the Santee River to meet with General Marion Francis (Swamp Fox) ultimately attacking the British and took a number of prisoners.
In 1796 Governor Samuel Ashe conveyed 190 acres in Sullivan County, North Carolina to Elijah Cross and he was appointed a captain of the militia in Sullivan County.
In 1812, he owned 400 acres, valued at $2,000 in Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee.
In 1835, he appeared on the pension list in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
Elijah died in 1844.
He was buried in Muddy Creek Cemetery.
The Cherokeewere indigenous people who lived in the southern Appalachian mountains. European Americans called their towns in eastern Tennessee, the Overhill Towns. The towns included Chota, Tellico and Tanasi.
In 1776, the Cherokee planned to drive settlers out of the Washington District. The settlers were warned and stopped the first attack at Heaton's Station. The second attack was stopped at Fort Watauga. In response to these attacks, the militia burned Tuskegee and Citico.
American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (orli) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.
The State of Franklin was an unrecognized, independent state in what is now eastern Tennessee. It was created in 1784 with the intent of becoming the fourteenth state. Its first capital was Jonesborough. It existed for about four and a half years and then North Carolina re-assumed control.
There were two Beaver Creeks in early Washington County, Virginia. One (also called Shallow Creek) flowed through Bristol and emptied into the South Fork of the Holston River in Tennessee. The other was a south branch of the North Fork of the Holston River in current Smyth County.
