The Book of Elijah Elijah Satterwhite was born in North Carolina in 1799 Rebecca Manning Satterwhite wife Elijah was born in Georgia on January 1, 1802 Elijah married Rebecca Manning Satterwhite in Georgia in Putnam County on November 15, 1819 (Record States Elijah Saterwhite-Rebecca Manning) From: 37,000 Early Georgia Marriages By: Joseph T. Maddox and Mary Carter Compiled from the records of Georgia Pioneer Genealogical Magazines page 227 Elijah participated in the Land Lottery in Georgia in Henry County 1821 Mary Willingham Manning mother-in-law of Elijah died in Columbia County in Georgia in 1823 Adam Manning father-in-law of Elijah died in Putnam County in Georgia in November of 1823 Elijah and Rebecca Manning Satterwhite had their first child Yancy Manning Satterwhite in Georgia in Jones County about 1824 Please See Yancy Manning Satterwhite Elijah and Rebecca Manning Satterwhite had their second child William Jackson Satterwhite in Georgia on July 23, 1825 Please See William Jackson Satterwhite Elijah and Rebecca Manning Satterwhite had their third child Mary Ann Satterwhite Marsh Holloway on January 23, 1828 Please See Mary Ann Satterwhite Marsh Holloway Elijah and Rebecca Manning Satterwhite had their fourth child Martha Alzada Satterwhite Hardy in April of 1831 David Satterwhite prepared his will with N. Hutchinson, Nicholas Hutchinson, and Green Posey as witnesses. Elijah and his brother James Satterwhite were named as executors in Georgia in Harris County in May 1, 1831 From: The Roses The Nuckolls Family, the Lyman Family, and One Hundred Fifty Immigrants Who Helped Shape America By: Charles R Nuckolls Jr. page 353 David Satterwhite father of Elijah died in Georgia in Harris County on May 22, 1831 1
Elijah Satterwhite Home Photo by: Norman Satterwhite Sunday April 18, 2009 Elijah built a large home near Pine Mountain, Georgia in Troup County about 1835 From: Pine Log and Greek Revival By: William H. Davidson page 43 Elijah and Rebecca Manning Satterwhite had their fifth child Stephen Henry Satterwhite in Georgia on January 2, 1836 Please See Stephen Henry Satterwhite Elijah was the administrator of his brother-in-law John B. Manning s Estate with Inventory and Appraisal by Thomas Hall, Obediah Satterwhite, and William B. McCain on January 6, 1836 Archives Compiled By: Randall A. Allen and Danny Knight page 207 Elijah appears on a partial roster of Captain Robert H. Sledge s Company of Julius C. Alford s Battalion of cavalry in the Creek Indian War between April-May of 1836 From: History of Troup County By: Clifford L. Smith page 73 AND From: The History Of Pleasant Grove Methodist Church By: Forrest Clark Johnson III page 34 Elijah was the Administrator of John B. Manning s Estate with Estate Sale Purchasers: James Hunter, James White, Robert Bryant, Nathan Smith, Littleton Manning, Mrs. Manning, Alford Barron, H. Gore, S. Tate, Benjamin A. Fox, John Satterwhite, William B. McCain, T. Cooper, John Smith, Levi Hall, R. Sledge, J. Parker, H. Dunson, E. Landrum, and John F. Boles on May 2, 1836 Archives Compiled By: Randall A. Allen and Danny Knight page 207 Elijah was a Justice of the Peace in Georgia in Troup County 2
Elijah married James A. D. Latham and Mary Collins on May 25, 1837 From: Early Marriages Troup County, Georgia By: Merle Massengale Bruce page 198 Elijah married George Brewer and Penny S. McGehee on August 17, 1837 From: Early Marriages Troup County, Georgia By: Merle Massengale Bruce page 36 Elijah married John W. Midlebrooks and Nancy M. Hall on December 24, 1837 From: Harris County and Her People A Genealogical/Historical Quarterly Abstracted By: Mary J. Thompson Volume 2 Spring & Fall 1986 Number 2 & 3 page 65 Elijah was the Administrator of John B. Manning s Estate Expenses Included a trip to Georgia in Henry County to sell land on January 6, 1838 Archives Compiled By: Randall A. Allen and Danny Knight page 208 Elijah was the Administrator of John B. Manning s Estate With Estate Sale Purchasers: Levin Collins, William P. Thompson, Levi Hall, and John G. Tyus on January 15, 1838 Archives Compiled By: Randall A. Allen and Danny Knight page 208 Elijah married Larkin Walker and Caroline Estes on August 28, 1838 From: Early Marriages Troup County, Georgia By: Merle Massengale Bruce page 337 Elijah married John Hammac Jr. and Rebecca Fletcher on April 11, 1839 From: Early Marriages Troup County, Georgia By: Merle Massengale Bruce page 133 Elijah married Isham Dees and Milly Ann Hester Passmore on April 20, 1839 From: Early Marriages Troup County, Georgia By: Merle Massengale Bruce page 85 Elijah is listed at estate sale of Wiley Smith along with Mrs. E. Smith, Robert H. Sledge, H. Elam, James Hunter, John A. Smith, Jefferson Daniel, John Lawless, Coleman Hardy, Levi Hall, William McGee, John McGee, John F. Piper, Edward Brewer, Edward Winslett, George Wells, G. L. Scott, Hugh Lyle, E. G. Smith, James Smith, Erasmus Steel, William Brewer, Chaney Pitts, and John McGee on May 9, 1839 Archives Compiled By: Randall A. Allen and Danny Knight page 305 Elijah married Elbert G. Smith and Mahala Boyd on December 19, 1839 From: Early M Elijah Satterwhite arriages Troup County, Georgia By: Merle Massengale Bruce page 297 Elijah Satterwhite appears on the census of 1840 Elijah and Rebecca Manning Satterwhite had their sixth child Elizabeth R. Satterwhite Collins in Georgia on January 14, 1840 Elijah married Levi Nall and Nancy Jetter on October of 1840 3
From: Harris County and Her People A Genealogical/Historical Quarterly Abstracted By: Mary J. Thompson Volume 3 April 1987 Number 2 page 18 Elijah married Franklin Forester and Polly Walker on December 10, 1840 From: Early Marriages Troup County, Georgia By: Merle Massengale Bruce page 109 Elijah married David N. Richardson and Mary Ann Milam on December 22, 1840 From: Early Marriages Troup County, Georgia By: Merle Massengale Bruce page 274 Rebecca Willingham Satterwhite mother of Elijah died in Georgia in Troup County after 1840 Elijah joined Flat Shoals Primitive Baptist Church on September 23, 1848 Elijah was a Flat Shoals Primitive Baptist Church Deacon in 1850 From: History of Troup County By: Clifford L. Smith page 167 Elijah appears on the census of District 697, Troup County, Georgia on September 5, 1850 Edward Satterwhite brother of Elijah died in Georgia in Harris County on December 20, 1854 Elijah, Charles C. Moore, and Thomas B. Floyd were present about one day before William Hudspeth died to take notice of his last will and testament on April 6, 1856 From: Harris County and Her People A Genealogical/Historical Quarterly Abstracted By: Marcia P. Gorman Volume 3 Fall 1987 Number 3 page 35 Obediah Satterwhite brother of Elijah died in Alabama in Chambers County on February 27, 1857 Amy Anna Satterwhite Hallmark sister of Elijah died in Texas in Houston County on July 12, 1860 Stephen Alexander Satterwhite brother of Elijah died in Alabama in Dale County in 1862 David Ciscero Satterwhite grandson of Elijah died in Tupelo, Mississippi in Lee County from Typhoid Fever on June 20, 1862 William Jackson Satterwhite son of Elijah died in Chattanooga, Tennessee in Hamilton County at Academy Hospital from pneumonia on April 22, 1863 Yancy Manning Satterwhite son of Elijah died After August 31, 1864 William Thomas Satterwhite grandson Elijah was born in Georgia in Troup County on April 15, 1866 William Thomas Satterwhite grandson Elijah died in Pine Mountain, Georgia in Troup County on April 15, 1869 4
William Thomas Satterwhite was buried soon after in the family plot in Pine Mountain, Georgia in Troup County at Flat Shoals Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery John Satterwhite brother of Elijah died in Crockett, Texas in Houston County on November 12, 1869 Photo by: Phobie and Norman Satterwhite Rebecca Manning Satterwhite died in Pine Mountain, Georgia in Troup County after fifty one years of marriage to Elijah on August 14, 1870 Rebecca Manning Satterwhite was buried soon after in the family plot in Pine Mountain, Georgia in Troup County at Flat Shoals Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery David Mitchell Satterwhite brother of Elijah died in Georgia in Dade County in 1871 Elijah D. G. Satterwhite grandson of Elijah was born in Georgia in Troup County on January 12, 1874 Elizabeth Satterwhite Nall sister of Elijah died in Alabama in November of 1878 James Satterwhite brother of Elijah died in Bluff Springs, Texas in Harrison County on December 27, 1880 5
Mourning Satterwhite Caldwell sister of Elijah died after 1880 Elijah recorded his will in book H page 403 in Georgia in Troup County on February 3, 1881 Elijah D. G. Satterwhite grandson of Elijah died in Georgia in Troup County in 1884 Elijah D. G. Satterwhite was buried soon after in the family plot in Pine Mountain, Georgia in Troup County at Flat Shoals Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Elijah died in Georgia on August 28, 1885 Photo by: Phobie and Norman Satterwhite Elijah was buried soon after in the family plot in Pine Mountain, Georgia in Troup County at Flat Shoals Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Dying is but going home 6