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- Elias and Elizabeth were married July 8, 1757 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC.
Elias was bondsman for daughter Sarah's marriage to Paul Prock Jr. on May 29, 1780, in Rowan, North Carolina.
Elias and Elizabeth had 10 children in 46 years.
Elias had 4 siblings with 3 being half siblings.
Biographical Notes for Elias Dehart
Both Elias and Elizabeth lived in Wilkes and Rowan Counties in North Carolina andthen moved to Wayne County, Kentucky.
ELIAS DE HART
They are buried in a private cemetery in COOPERSVILLE, Wayne County, KY.
Elias was one of Aaron De Hart's older brothers. He was also the father of Nathan De Hart who wrote the letter in the De Hart Association Book.
Thanks to Nathan's letter, it is the exact date of Elias' birth and death. He was born on 10 March 1730 and died on 1 April 1821. He married Elizabeth Toleson. She was from Spartanburg Co. South Carolina.
There is also now found the old De Hart Bible that confirms the birth and death dates that was given in Nathan's letter.
The first official trace found of Elias was the original land patent for 200 **(a handwritten notation has been superimposed over the 2 so that it reads 300) acres on Porridge Creek in what was then Albemarle Co., Virginia. The date of this document was 20 August 1760. (Va. State Library Patents. No. 33 1756-61 p. 858)
It is believed that Elias was homesteading on this land even before he received the patent. He may have lived on this particular tract of land for several years before the patent was issued.
At the time of the 1760 Patent, Elias was 30 years of age so his first home after marriage could have been on Porridge Creek in Albemarle Co. Va. The next year (1761) the county of Amherst was formed from Albemarle and all reference to the Porridge Creek land was thereafter in the Amherst Co. Records.
Nathan DeHart named his five brothers in his previously mentioned letter. They were from oldest to youngest, Elias Jr., Elijah, Elisha, Reuben, John, and Nathan.
In the next two years Elias sold all of his land. In 1762 he sold 108 acres to his brother, Simon. (Deed book A pg. 68 - Amherst Co. Records) In 1763 he sold 112 acres to a William Dinguid. (Deed book A, pg. 76 Amherst Co. Records.) Also in 1763 he sold the remaining 80 acres of the original 200 **(again a handwritten notation superimposed over the 2 to read 300) acre Patent to a William Packett. (Deed book A, pg. 104-Amherst Co. Records). In these two deeds the first name of Elias' wife was mentioned as being Elizabeth. This fact supports the information in Nathan De Hart's letter concerning her name.
This was the last that could be found on Elias DeHart. It appears that Elias sold his land and moved his family away from Amherst Co., Va. All available evidence points to his moving, most probably into the general area of Burke Co., North Carolina or Rutherford Co., North Carolina. This may well have been the beginning of the North Carolina De Harts.
The earliest mention of any De Harts in N.C. is that of Nathan's father, Elias, who some called Richard. It is believed that all of the N.C. and Kentucky De Harts may be descended from him. After he (Elias) left Virginia he first settled in Rutherford Co., N.C. then migrated to Wayne Co. Kentucky. (DeHart Assoc. Book, pg 21). Elias DeHart died in Wayne Co. Kentucky on 1 April 1821 according to the DeHart Association Book of Swain County, Bryson City, NC.
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1730 - 1821 (91 years)