Susannah "Sukey" ELLER^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

Abt 1787 - 1864  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Susannah "Sukey" ELLER
  	Twin sister to Rosanna Eller.
  Born	Abt 1787	North Carolina (now Sullivan County, Tennessee)
  Gender	Female
  Died	Feb 1864	Dillard, Rabun County, Georgia
  Buried	Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Dillard, Rabun County, Georgia
  Person ID	i5761	John Jacob Eller
  Links To	This person is also Susannah (Sukey) ELLER (I3806) in the Christian Eller tree on this site
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	John Jacob "Jake" ELLER, Jr.,   b. 20 Mar 1754, Montgomery County, PA ,   d. 1863, Tennessee  (Age 108 years)
  Mother	Mary Marlena BIFFLE,   b. 12 Jun 1757, Rowan County, North Carolina ,   d. 12 Jun 1837, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 80 years)
  Married	7 May 1776	Davidson County, NC
  Divorced	1806
  	The marriage of John Jacob Eller and Mary Biffle did not terminate officially until 1806 when Mary successfully petitioned the General Assembly of North Carolina to regain her property rights and freedom from her husband. [7]
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	[Unknown; possibly Starnes shown as family two)
  Children	1. George ELLER,   b. 1802,   d. 1802  (Age 0 years) + 2. Malinda ELLER,   b. 15 Jan 1805, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 22 Jul 1868, Rabun County, Georgia  (Age 63 years) + 3. William "Bill" ELLER,   b. 1816, Rowan County, North Carolina ,   d. 1900, Towns County, Georgia  (Age 84 years) + 4. Cynthia Avaline "Eveline" ELLER,   b. Abt 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2022
  Family ID	F2000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	[Unknown] Starnes,   b. 1783,   d. 1840, Davidson County, NC  (Age 57 years)
  Notes	Research by Ed Eller shows the Starnes family farm was next door to the Eller farm. [2]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph "Joe" ELLER,   b. 15 Sep 1803, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. After 1884, Towns County, Georgia  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F5150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	[Possibly] Charles E. Evans
  Children	+ 1. Jacob "Jake" ELLER,   b. 1811, Near Weaverville, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 22 Jul 1864, Battle of Atlanta Civil War Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2022
  Family ID	F5151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones		Eller, Susannah "Sukey" (1787-1864)
  		Eller, Susannah "Sukey" (1787-1864) Newer marker added by the family

  
  

  EFA Research - People » Slide Show		"DNA Testing and My Family History" Tom Allman was born almost nine months after his mother divorced her first husband, an Eller. He was raised an Allman but it was only recently through DNA Testing that he found out for sure that his birth father was Joseph Eller.
  		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.
  		Eller, Sukey (1779-1864) Was Sukey Eller "run out" of Buncombe County, NC? Research by Christy Robinson | clrobins321@gmail.com | 2021 http://ellerfamilyassociation.com/books/Ancestry_Robinson_1.pdf

  
  

  Web Links

  Eller, Jacob (Immigrant) WikiTree Webpage -- Joseph Eller Family Tree -- You must have a WikiTree account and be logged in.

  
  

• Notes

  It is generally believed that Susannah “Sukey” Eller was not married. All her children carried her maiden name, Eller. It is believed that her son, Joseph, was fathered by a man with the last name Starnes. DNA testing of one of Joseph's descendants confirms a Starnes link. It is possible Mr. Starnes also fathered William & Jake. Jerry Taylor, noted Towns County Teacher and Historian, wrote that a John Starnes was living in Buncombe, County, North Carolina by 1820. He was born in North Carolina about 1779 and was still living in Buncombe County in 1850. DNA testing by Edward K. Eller suggests the father of Jacob "Jake" Eller may have been Charles Evans. Charles Evans is believed to have been a Cherokee Indian. [8] Rabun County, Georgia Probate Court - 1826: On complaint of John Dillard the court orders Susannah Eller to appear at the next term to show cause why her children should not be bound out(adopted). The children were Susannah's two youngest children; William who would have been 10 years old and Cynthia Avaline who would have been 11 years old. John Dillard and his wife had already adopted Susannah's daughter Malinda. - Posted to Ancestry.com 27 January 2016 by Wanda Darnell, descendant of Malinda Eller Dillard Gillespie. [9] She and her daughter served as midwives for many years in Rabun County, Georgia. [10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] Ancestry: "Wilson Family Tree", Linda Day, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/48923052/person/202002944761/facts. [S59] Eller, Edward; "Gene Ellison Biography", Ed Eller, ("Eller Chronicles" XXXV#3 - August 2020), http://www.ellerfamilyassociation.com/chronicles/aug2020.pdf#page=10. [S242] "Ancestry Volume 1: Descendants of my Grandmother Lecy Eller", Christy Robinson, 2021, clrobins321@gmail.com, http://www.ellerfamilyassociation.com/books/Ancestry_Robinson_1.pdf. [S259] Ancestry: "Allen Family Tree", https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16092870/person/344157439/facts. [S260] Ancestry: "Eller/Berkheimer/Stissel/Fox Family", https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/70323014/person/38214459149/facts. [S261] "John Jacob Eller & His Descendants", Eller, J. Gerald; Eller, Edward K. & Porter, Janie Eller , https://www.ellerfamilyassociation.com/media/JohnJacobEller&HisDescendants.pdf#page=106. [S277] John Jacob Eller & His Descendants; 2023 Update, J. Gerald Eller; Edward K. Eller; Janie Eller Porter & William Steve Eller, (48 Hour Books (Ohio)), Page 115 of entire book; page 1 in Part Two). [S262] "Eller Ancestry" , Robinson, Christy Lynn, http://www.ellerfamilyassociation.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=7057&medialinkID=7336. [S277] John Jacob Eller & His Descendants; 2023 Update, J. Gerald Eller; Edward K. Eller; Janie Eller Porter & William Steve Eller, (48 Hour Books (Ohio)), P.8 in Part 2; . [S261] "John Jacob Eller & His Descendants", Eller, J. Gerald; Eller, Edward K. & Porter, Janie Eller .