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Elisha Helton 1829–1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1829

Birth Location: Wallins Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 1862

Death Location: Civil War

Father: John Helton

Mother: Barbara Shepherd

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of Elisha Helton began in 1829 in Wallins Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, USA. Elisha Helton passed away in 1862 in Civil War.

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Biography

  • The story of Elisha Helton began in 1829 in Wallins Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, USA.
  • Elisha Helton passed away in 1862 in Civil War.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Helton
1760–1830
Birth Location: Goochland, VA
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Barbara Shepherd
1786–1855
Birth Location: Ohio
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elisha Helton's Ancestors

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Elisha Helton
1829–1862
Birth Place: Wallins Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, USA
Parents
John Shadrach Helton
1760–1830
Goochland, VA
Barbara Shepherd
1786–1855
Ohio
Grandparents
James Hilton
1730–1786
St Peters, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Susannah Walton
1732–1760
Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States
John (James Shepherd) Jr.
1760–1812
St. George Parish, Spotsylvania, VA
Mary Certain
1763–1840
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
George Hylton
1699–1770
Esther Unk
1700–1770
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Hilton
1665–1740
Elizabeth UNKNOWN
1666–1725

Elisha Helton's Timeline

2 Records

1829
1829
Birth of Elisha Helton in Wallins Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, USA
Wallins Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, USA
1862
1862
Age 33
Death of Elisha Helton in Civil War
Civil War

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1829
    Event Place: Wallins Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1862
    Event Place: Civil War
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