Elijah N Pinkston-xx

1830 -

• Name	Elijah N Pinkston-xx
  Birth	1830	TN   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	Benton Co, TN   [2]
  	age 37, spouse H-age 37, 5 children
  Census	1880	Cave City, Franklin Co, IL   [3]
  	age 50, widowed, 6 children
  Person ID	I3267	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	Hannah C Emily Uptigrove,   b. 1833, TN d. Bef 16 Jun 1880 (Age < 47 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1855	Carroll Co, TN   [4]
  Notes	Children: dau Martha J Pinkston 1856 TN - on 2/9/1883 in Franklin Co, IL married John J. Shirley 1860 dau Mary Elizabeth Pinkston 1859 TN - on 5/1/1881 in Franklin Co, IL married William C Williams 1855 son John B (or W?) Pinkston 1860 TN - on 5/29/1881 in Franklin Co, IL married Nancy J Avery 1862 son James Pinkston 1862 TN son Thomas J Pinkston 1866 TN - on 2/4/1892 in Franklin Co, IL married Martha Wall 1871 - on 7/3/1914 in Franklin Co, IL married Nittie Black 1879 (a widow) son Dorsey B Pinkston 1872 TN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** See also PDF file in marriages ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFKW-428 Elijuh Pinkston in entry for John J. Shirley and Martha J. Pinkston, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934" Name: John J. Shirley **** Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 09 Feb 1883 **** Event Place: Franklin, Illinois, United States Age: 23 Birthplace: TN Birth Year (Estimated): 1860 Father's Name: James Shirley **** Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Anna Webb **** Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Martha J. Pinkston **** Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Age: 26 Spouse's Birthplace: TN Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1857 Spouse's Father's Name: Elijuh Pinkston **** Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: ???? Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: p 73 GS Film number:1005307 Digital Folder Number: 004661321 Image Number: 00082 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 24 Oct 1855 - Carroll Co, TN Census - age 37, spouse H-age 37, 5 children - 1870 - Benton Co, TN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - son of James Pinkston 1805 and Mary Smothers 1805 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at http://www.familyhistory98.com/116.HTM Elijah N. Pinkston (1830-1880) ** see military history -- later ** Born: 1830 Tennessee. Married: Hannah C. (Emily) Uptegrove (1834-1880) on 24 Oct 1855 in Carroll County Tennessee. 1 Died: Aft 1880 . Buried: . son of James J. Pinkston Abt 1805-Sep 1879 and Mary ??? Abt 1805-Bet 1880 and 1900 - son of James Pinkston 1765-1845 and Unknown Elijah N. Pinkston 1830-Aft 1880 Civil War - 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA Spouse and Children Hannah C. (Emily) Uptegro.. Martha J. Pinkston (1857-) Elizabeth Pinkston (1859-) John Pinkston (1860-) James Pinkston (1862-) Thomas J. Pinkston (1866-) Dorsey B. Pinkston (1872-) Brothers and Sisters Martha Pinkston (1830-1900) Lydia Pinkston (1832-1863) Sarah Pinkston (1834-1880) Nancy Pinkston (1835-1900) Mary A. Pinkston (1838-1900) Emily Elizabeth Pinkston (1842-1921) 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA. PINKSTON, ELIJAH (N), Companies D, C & E, corporal/pvt, enlisted for 3 years at Huntingdon, TN on 6/26/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 35. He was 5'8" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. He was due a $100 bounty for enlistment. Pinkston went AWOL from 2/17/63-5/26/63. He returned and served as an ambulance driver from 8/8/63. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was a prisoner in Andersonville Prison in Georgia and most likely other eastern prisons. Exchanged through North East Ferry, NC on 2/27/65, he was taken to the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN with scrobutus. He listed his nearest relative as his wife Emily of Buena Vista, TN. This appears to be Hannah Uptigrove, who he married in 1855. Pinkston was discharged at the Jeffersonville, IN military hospital on 6/1/65 and did not return to live in Carroll Co. In 1880 census, he was in Franklin Co, IL near Cave City.2 3 4 Sources: 1.Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 2. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service 3. Elijah Pinkston's Civil War Service Record 4. THE 7TH TENNESSEE CAVALRY USA (Originally 2nd West Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry) Peggy Scott Holley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] See Notes. [S9] 1870 United States Federal Census. [S10] 1880 United States Federal Census. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.