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Elijah Cornwell, the son of George Cornwell, was born 1760 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, died in Jasper County, Georgia on 14 November 1827. He was found on the 1790 Rowan County, North Carolina Census, but died in Jasper County, Georgia. The Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Elijah Cornwell, Book P, page 9-19, inventory. Purchasers were: G. W. Cornwell, Hiram Cornwell and Obediah Cornwell. George Ramsey, executor, made a return dated 31 October 1829. Heirs: Eli, Elijah and Obediah Cornwell, William Taylor, Hiram Cornwell, James Diamond, John Henry, Absalom Cornwell, Stewart and George Ramsey. The 1850 Jasper County Census lists Elijah Cornwell, aged 56, born in North Carolina. He married in 1783 Catherine Cavender (born 1764 in Massachusetts, died 19 July 1853 in Jasper County, Georgia), a daughter of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Cavender. Wife, Catharine, born 1764 in Massachusetts, was listed with the family of her son, George W. Cornwell (1850 Jasper County). Issue:[1]
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[1] 1850 Jasper County Census; Jasper County Estates; Jasper County Marriages; Bible of George W. Cornwell.