Family Group Sheet for Joel Elam		
				
Husband:		Joel Elam		
				
	Birth:	Abt. 1736 in Henrico Co., VA		
	Death:	Bef. 01 Apr 1797 in Mecklenburg Co, Virginia		
	Marriage:	11 Dec 1758 in St. James Parish, Mecklenburg Co., VA.		
	Father:	John Elam		
	Mother:	Mary Martha Archer		
				
Wife:		Phoebe Elizabeth Hill		
				
	Birth:	Abt. 1742 in VA		
	Death:	Jun 1785 in VA		
	Father:	William Hill		
	Mother:	Phebe Elizabeth Branch		
				
	Children:			
				
1	Name:	James Branch Elam		
M				
	Marriage:	23 Feb 1788 in Charlotte Co VA		
				
	Spouse:	Elizabeth Sharp		
				
2	Name:	Frances Elam		
F				
	Marriage:	14 Oct 1795 in Mecklenburg Co Va		
				
	Spouse:	William Graves		
				
3	Name:	Phebe Elam		
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	Birth:	NC		
				
	Death:	Bet. 1830–1840 in Per census data		
	Burial:	Hastings Cem., Bond Co., IL		
	Marriage:	27 Dec 1789 in Mecklenburg Co Va		
	Spouse:	Phillip Burris Moore		
				
4	Name:	Sabra Elam		
F				
	Birth:	1759 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.		
				
	Death:	1835 in Bond Co., Ill.		
	Burial:	1770 in alternate birth data Greensville Co., VA		
	Marriage:	08 Oct 1787 in Mecklenburg Co, Virginia		
	Spouse:	Burrell Grigg		
				
5	Name:	Alexander Elam		
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	Birth:	1762 in Lunenburg Co., VA		
				
	Death:	Aft. 09 Dec 1799 in Mecklenburg co VA or North Carolina?		
	Burial:	R3277-BL granted-heirs in Bond County IL		
	Marriage:	17 Mar 1785 in Mecklenburg Co Va		
	Spouse:	Jane Norment		
				
6	Name:	Martha B. Elam		
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	Birth:	Abt. 1765 in Middle Bluestone, Mecklenburg, VA		
				
	Death:	Bef. 1810		
	Marriage:	11 Dec 1786 in Mecklenburg Co, Virginia		
	Spouse:	Jesse Grigg		
				
7	Name:	Peter Elam		
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	Birth:	1768		
				
	Death:	11 May 1842 in VA		
	Marriage:	08 Aug 1795 in Mecklenburg Co Va		
	Spouse:	Susannah Gregory		

8	Name:	Edward Elam		
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	Birth:	20 Jan 1769 in Mecklenburg Co Va		
				
	Death:	15 Feb 1830 in Williamson Co TN		
	Marriage:	12 May 1791 in Lunenburg Co VA		
	Spouse:	Jane Pamplin		
				
9	Name:	Daniel Elam		
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	Birth:	Abt. 1772		
				
	Death:	never wed		
				
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Joel Elam

 LBockstruck and Earl Elam, Lois Hauskins

DAR # 621401Margaret Gorden Beatty

says children were:		
Alexander		James Norment  14 Mar 1785	
James			
Peter	1768	Susanna Gregory 8 Aug 1795	
Edward			
Phebe Moore	(Phillip B. Moore 24 Dec 1789)	
Frankey Graves		
Sabrey(Graves)	Graves/Grigg	
Polly Elam		
Petty (Martha)	Grigg	

Elam, Joel Will Bk 4, page 49 names: wf Maryann Elam

children - Patty Grigg, Alexander Elam, Edward Elam, Sabrey Grigg, Peter Elam, Phebe Moore, Frankey (Frances Graves) Polly Elam, James Easter Elam,. Last two children were under age.

grandson - John Elam Grigg, son of Sabrey Grigg Specific bequests to children named

Rest of the estate to wife during her widowhood, then land to James Easter Elam. Balance of the estate to James Easter Elam and Polly Elam./

Executors: wife MaryAnn and son Alexander Elam
Witnesses: William Richards, Greenwood Harrison and William Hill Will dated Apr 21, 1797 Recorded Sep 10, 1798

Joel Elam was born in Virginia ca 1730. As a young man, he purchased 71 acres of land in the upper side of the Middle Bluestone Creek in Luneneburg County from William Harris on 7 March 1758 for 21 Pounds,6s. In 1755 Anglo French rivalry had clashed in the colonies in what was known as the French and Indian Wars. Joel Elam served as a Private in the Lunenburg County Militia under Major William Caldwell. He was reimbursed for his services under the Act for the Defense of the Frontiers passed by the Genreral Assembly of the colony of Virginia on the 14th September 1758.

Notes (con't)

In the Autumn of 1759 and in the Spring of 1760 Joel Elam witnessed deed in Lunenburg County. It was about this time that he married Phebe----. Inconclusive evidence indicates that her maiden name might have been Hill.
In 1764 Richard Witton, gentleman, took the list of tithes for St. James Parish in Lunenburg County. Joel Elam was assessed 6 tithes and owned seventy acres of land. In nearby Cornwall Parish where Charles Allen took the list of tithes were William Elam and Edward Elam who were assessed 2 tithes for 400 acres of land and 1 tithe for 200 acres of land respectively. It has been conjectured that these were brothers of Joel Elam, although no documentary evidence has yet been discovered to prove the relationship.
Mecklenburg County was created from Lunenburg County in 1765 and Joel Elam's land lay within the boundaries of the newly formed county. He was a charter member of Meherrin Baptist Church in Mecklenburg County when the Church was organized on 28 November 1771. He had been a member of McCuestre Creek? On 17 November 1775, William Hill of Mecklenburg County made his will in which he bequeathed the greatest portion of his estate including his land, his slaves, his household furnishings, and his livestock to James Elam, the son of Joel and Phebe Elam. In the event James Elam died withour laawful heirs, William Hill designated the children of his sister martha Loathman to receive james Elam's share. To William Hill, son of the late James Hill, he gave 15 pounds He gave a tract of land to his nephew William Loathman. and 15 pounds to William Hudson, son of Peter Hudson, Deceased. Joel and Patty Elam, along with Hugh Frankland, were witnesses to the will. At a court held in Mecklenburg County on 12 April 1777 upon the oathes of the three subscribing witnesses, the will of William Hill was proved.

With the outbreak of hostilities between the American Coloniesand Great Britain in 1775, Joel Elam took the side of the Colonists. He was one of the men from Mecklenburg County who signed a petition calling for the deportationnof all natives of Great Britain who had not shown a friendly disposition toward the American Cause. However, the Petition called for more severe punishment to be jnflicted on those who would depreciate the paper Currency of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Virginia upon the credit of which depended the support of the American War.

Although apparently too old to bear arms, Joel Elam was a Patriot furnishing supplies for the troops during the Revolutionary War. On 9 April 1782, he received a payment for his claims for providing 325 hundredweight of beef and 6 1/2 bushels of wheat.

Accordig to te 1782 tax list of Mecklenburg County, Joel Elam household consisted of 11 whites and 1 black. It is probable that his wife Phebe was among that number. She was, however, deceased before 3 February 1790 for it was on that date that Joel Elam married MaryAnn Easter in Charlotte County, Virginia. The Rev. John Williams performed the marriage.

Joel Elam made his will in Mecklenburg County on 21 April 1798 naming his wife, his ten children, and a grandson as his heirs. It was proved on the 10 Sep 1798.

The Children of Joel and Phebe (Hill?) Elam were:
i)	Martha Elam married Jesse Grigg 11 Dec 1786 Mecklenburg County 
ii)	Alexander Elam, married Jane Norment 14 Nov 1785 Mecklenburg County 
iii)	Edward Elam, m Jenny Pemplin 5 Dec 1791 Mecklenburg County 
iv)	Sabra Elam married Burwell Grigg 8 October 1787 Mecklenburg County 
v)	Peter Elam m Susanna Gregory 8 Aug 1795 -Mecklenburg County 
vi)	James Elam m Elizabeth Sharp 23 February 1788 Charlotte County VA 
vii)	Phebe Elam m Phillip Moore 24 December 1789 Mecklenburg County to Rutherford Co NC and to Bond COunty Ill 
viii )Frances Elam m William Graves 14 October 1795 Mecklenburg County 

The Children of Joel Elam and Mary Ann Easter were:

ix)	Polly Elam (no further record) 
x)	James Easter Elam m Polly Hurt 1812 Lunenburg County. 

MaryAnn (Easter) Elam and her son James E. Elam were living in Mecklenburg COunty in 1810; however her death date is unknown.

 Phebe Elam

1830 census

Notice:John does not seem to be in his parents hh in 1830. He may have livng with Phebe Moore She married Henry Hill Jr. Jr. 3-10-1849 Bond County, Illinois.

Her obit in Greenville Adv 9 Jul 1908 says she had 9 ch and her first husband died.

Sabra Elam

DAR papers 708713 Jay Ann Alexander Tullah re Jesse Grigg/Nancy Webb

Burwell  1755  Sabra Elam
Bannister 1757
Lewis    1759
Francis  1761
Abner    1763
William  1765
Frederick 1768
Betsy    1770
Woodford 1780 AmyMcKensey
DAR Papers of Joel Elam 621401-Shelby NC-Margaret Gorden Beatty  312 Windsor Dr. ShelbyNC28150

Joel Elam died Mecklenburg Co., VA 10 Sep 1798  wf Mary Ann Easter
Alexander Elam m Jane Norment Mar 14, 1785
Peter Elam b. 1768 m Susana Gregory 8 Aug 1795
Edward Elam
Pheby Moore wf of Philip Moore m 24 Dec 1789
Frankey Graves wf of Unknown Graves
Sabray Graves  who married (Burrell) Grigg
Polly Elam
Petty Elam married unknown (Jesse)

 

Burwell Grigg b. 1763

Sabra Elam b. 1766

1.	Bannister Threet Grigg b. abt 1788 

2.	Nancy Grigg b. abt 1790 
3.	Phoebe Grigg b. abt 1791 
4.	Bolin P. Grigg b. abt 1792 
5.	Jesse Grigg Jr. b. 29 Jul 1795 
6.	Burwell Grigg b. abt 1797 
7.	Daniel Grigg b. abt 1799 
8.	Abner Grigg b. abt 1800 
9.	Edward Grigg b. abt 1802 
10.	Frederick Grigg b. 20 Aug 1803 
11.	Jane Grigg b. 6 Jun 1806 
12.	John Elam Grigg b. 1807 
13.	Richardson Grigg b. 8 Oct 1808 
14.	Elizabeth Grigg abt 1809 
15.	Samuel Grigg b. abt 1810