Elijah Mitchell was born 6 Mar 1761 in Ireland. He died 1 Aug 1847 and is buried in the Good Cemetery near Warren Indiana. Stone. He was married to Sarah Ireland. Children: Martha born 1786 died 1851 married Andrew Morrison; Sarah born 1788 married David Parson Purviance; Mary 1797-1878 married to Elam Purviance; Eli 1793-1876 married Kiziah Purviance; Lewis 1796-1857 married Sarah Mitchell; Elizabeth 1798-1863 married Lewis Wasson Purviance; Fleming 1802-1880 married Malinda Morrison; Nancy 1805-1874 married Thomas Brawley; Kiziah 1807-1868 married James Paul. Source Page 256, Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, 1938.
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Moved to Kentucky, Tennessee, then settled in Ohio in 1816, evidently taking his father with him.
176. Rev Elder David PURVIANCE
Elder David Purviance, brother of Anna Purviance Woods, was a ruling Elder of the Cane Ridge Presbyterian Church of Cane Ridge, KY when in 1803 Barton Stone decided to secede from the Presbyterian Church. David Purviance unites with Stone and others. In 1806 he bought land in Preble Co., OH and in 1807 organized a Campbelite Church with some 20-25 members, most of them having been members of the Cane Ridge, KY church, and most of them related to him.
From his Biography, written by himself: (the book exceeds 120 pages, here are some of the first few)
"Elder David Purviance was born in Iredell Co., NC on the 14th day of Nov. 1766. The county was then new, and the opportunity for schooling not so good as desirable, but he was sent early to school, and made great progress in learning considering the ignorance and tyranny of the teachers of that age. His parents took great pains to have him well instructed in the principles and doctrines of the Presbyterian Church. He memorized all the Larger and Shorter Catechisms while very young. He was also well instructed in the good and wholesome moral precepts, contained in the discipline of that church, particularly the observance of the Sabbath day, which he was careful to reverence an respect as long as he lived.
"When about twelve years of age he was placed in a seminary under the care of Dr. Hall a Presbyterian preacher, for the purpose of studying the Latin and Greek languages, and those sciences necessary to a preparation for the ministry. He prosecuted his studies with indefatigable industry; and made great proficiency in learning, considering his opportunity. It was during the Revolutionary War, and he was the oldest son and very frequently he was detained from school, to assist the family in procuring a living, while his father was defending the injured rights of his country, and towards the close of the war he was sometimes sent an express for the army; but when opportunity offered, he prosecuted his studies for several years, until finally his health failed in consequence (it was thought) of too close and intense application to his books. He reluctantly left the school, and afterwards regained his health, and engaged in teaching, and taught Latin and Greek, and the common branches of literature. "He afterwards wrote for some time in the Clerk's Office in Salisbury, NC.
"When he was about 23 years of age, he married to Mary Ireland, daughter of John and Marta Ireland, in the year 1789. Her father was a native of Ireland, and her mother of Irish descent. "After his marriage his father settled him on a farm, on the south fork of the Yadkin river. There he commenced farming; but only continued about two years before many of his friends and relatives moves, some to Kentucky and some to Tennessee.
"They continued there but a short time, before they found themselves unpleasantly situated. They were surrounded by the savages, engaged in stealing horses, burning houses and murdering the inhabitants, and after the Indians slew his younger brother, John Purviance, he and his wive visited her father's family, and some near relatives, who had lately made a settlement on Caneridge, Bourbon Co., KY-they were much pleased with the appearance and situation of the county, and through the solicitations of friends, and finding that they would not be so much exposed to the depredations of the Indians. They were induced to leave TN, and in the fall of 1792, they emigrated to KY, and settled near his friends in Bourbon County."
Source: RootsWeb World Connect. [email protected], 8 July 2001
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