Joseph ELLER[1, 2]
Abt 1793 - 1863 (~ 70 years)
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Name Joseph ELLER Born Abt 1793 Sullivan County, North Carolina ( Now Tenn.) 
Gender Male Died 25 Sep 1863 Buncombe County, North Carolina Buried Joseph Eller Cemetery, Eller Cove, Reems Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina Person ID I11 Jacob Eller Links To This person is also Joseph Eller (I32048454970 ) in the McKillip Family tree on this site Last Modified 20 Sep 2021
Father John Jacob "Jake" ELLER, Jr., b. 20 Mar 1754, Montgomery County, PA , d. 1863, Tennessee (Age 108 years) Mother Mary Marlena BIFFLE, b. Abt 1758, Rowan County, North Carolina , d. 12 Jun 1837, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Age ~ 79 years) Married 7 May 1776 Davidson County, NC Divorced 1806 Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah STEPHENS, b. Abt 1793, d. Abt 1846/47 (Age ~ 54 years) Married Abt 1810/11 Children 1. John Eller, b. 3 Jul 1918, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. Aft 18652. Nancy ELLER, b. 17 Jun 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. Between 1863 and 1869, Buncombe County, North Carolina (probably) (Age 45 years)3. Mary Ann ELLER, b. 25 Feb 1820, probably Musgrove, Dekalb County, Alabame , d. late 1880's4. Jacob ELLER, b. 14 Jan 1822, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 8 Oct 1899, Hillsdale, Macon County, Tennessee (Age 77 years)5. Elizabeth ELLER, b. 5 Apr 1825, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. Aft 1869, Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee (Age > 45 years)6. Robert V. "Bob" ELLER, b. 1828, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 25 Sep 1852, Trousdale County, Tennessee (Age 24 years)7. James H. "Jim" ELLER, b. 24 Nov 1831, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. Aft 1869, Buncombe County, North Carolina (probably) (Age > 39 years)8. Abraham "Ab" ELLER, b. 26 Aug 1833, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. Aft 1866, Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee (Age > 34 years)9. Joseph Michael Franklin "Frank" ELLER, b. 11 Mar 1835, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 13 Feb 1906, Grangeville, Idaho County, Idaho (Age 70 years)Last Modified 7 May 2016 Family ID F36 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Elizabeth Clorinda HAMILTON, b. Abt 1828, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 1887, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Age ~ 59 years) Married Abt 1848 Children 1. William Taylor "Bill" ELLER, b. 1850, Eller Cove, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 1902 (Age 52 years)2. Margaret C. ELLER, b. 1851, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 1882, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Age 31 years)3. Joseph W. ELLER, b. 1854, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 1910 (Age 56 years)4. Rebecca C. ELLER, b. 1856, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. Between 1863 and 1869, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Age 7 years)5. Susannah "Susie" ELLER, b. 7 Dec 1859, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 26 Feb 1931, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Age 71 years)6. James ELLER, b. Abt 1861, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. Between 1883 and 1889 (Age ~ 22 years)Last Modified 7 May 2016 Family ID F47 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Headstones 
Eller, Joseph (1793-1863)
Son of John Jacob Eller, Jr. and Mary Biffle. Husband of Sarah Stephens.
EFA Research - People 
"What happened to Joseph Eller's Estate" (Eller, Joseph (1792-1863))
By Susie Roberts Ray
Eller, "Joe" Pinion (1803-1880) "Joe Eller's Gold"
Supposedly Joe Eller (1803-1880) and his uncle, Joseph (1792-1863), mined gold in North Georgia.
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Notes - Joseph Eller served as Constable for Buncombe County from 1847 to 1862. Some of a constables duties were to deliver court orders, act as police, inform people their presence was requested in court, summon the people to list their taxes, which the sheriff would collect, and break up any disturbances of the peace.
When the Civil War began, Nicholas Woodfin of Buncombe County obtained a contract with the Confederate Government to establish a distillery to make whiskey for the Confederate Army hospitals. Mr. Woodfin asked Robert Jasper Brank to manage the distillery. Mr. Brank didn't know how to make whiskey so he asked his friend and neighbor, Joseph Eller to teach him.
Joseph Eller's estate took over eleven years to settle. A value of $13,000. was given on one estate paper. His estate was to be divided equally among his 13 living heirs. His son, Joseph Michael "Franklin" Eller, daughter, Elizabeth Pittman, and children of Nancy Justice, who was deceased, supposedly couldn't be located when the estate was settled.
Joseph Michael Franklin Eller (Frank), went home to Buncombe County after being discharged from military duty after the Civil liar and found out his father had died in 1863. Frank Eller was told by his remaining family that they didn't recognize him. He had left home at age 15 because he didn't get along with his stepmother. He was told by his remaining family that all Ellers have the same walk and if he walked like an Eller he could stay. He turned and walked toward the gate. No one asked him to stay. He walked out the gate and out of their lives forever.
Joseph Eller owned several farms, negro slaves, and more than 2000 acres when he died.
- Joseph Eller served as Constable for Buncombe County from 1847 to 1862. Some of a constables duties were to deliver court orders, act as police, inform people their presence was requested in court, summon the people to list their taxes, which the sheriff would collect, and break up any disturbances of the peace.
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