Elijah Uptigrove, Jr

1840 - 1864  (28 years)

• Name	Elijah Uptigrove
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	Between 1836 and 01 Jun 1840	IL   [1]
  	or Decatur Co, TN
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	served in Company D, 7th Tennessee Cavalry  [1]
  Census	1850	Henderson Co, TN   [2]
  	age 10
  Census	1860	District 18, Carroll Co, TN   [3]
  	age 21,single,working on Delila Smothers farm,living next door to his parents
  _MILT	01 Sep 1862	Huntingdon, TN   [4]
  	- enrolled
  _MILT	1864  [4]
  	Company E, 7th TN Cavalry
  Death	17 Mar 1864	Paducah, McCracken Co, KY   [1, 4]
  Burial	Mound City, IL   [1]
  	Mound City National Cemetery
  Person ID	I1664	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Elijah Uptigrove, Sr,   b. Between 1788 and 1792, Patrick Co, VA d. Bef 06 Jan 1862, Carroll Co, TN (Age < 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lydia Collins,   b. Between 1794 and 1796, VA d. Aft 1880, Carroll Co, TN (Age > 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1814
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between 1836 and 01 Jun 1840 - IL Census - age 10 - 1850 - Henderson Co, TN Census - age 21,single,working on Delila Smothers farm,living next door to his parents - 1860 - District 18, Carroll Co, TN _MILT - - enrolled - 01 Sep 1862 - Huntingdon, TN Death - 17 Mar 1864 - Paducah, McCracken Co, KY Burial - - Mound City, IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - not mentioned in Elijah's probate records (1862-1872) - actually 1868-1872 in court records - 1850 census shows born in IL - age 10 - no other children born in IL - possibly be a nephew? - military records say he was born in Decaur Co, TN - age 28 at time of death (born 1836?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at http://genforum.genealogy.com/uptegrove/messages/31.html vi. Elijah. Born on 1 Jun 1840 in Illinois. At the age of 23, Elijah died on 17 Mar 1864. Buried on 17 Mar 1864 in Mound City National Cemetery, Mound City, Illinois. Resided in 18th District, Carroll County, Tennessee in 1860. Military: Elijah Uptigrove served in Company D, 7th Tennessee Cavalry (US). He died at Paducah, Kentucky on 17 March 1864. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] See Notes. [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census. [S8] 1860 United States Federal Census. [S43] Military documents.