At 07:25 AM 5/17/99 -0500, you wrote: Kent, I, also, am descended from Joel Elam and my ancestors settled around Greenville and Mulberry Grove, Illinois. Perhaps we can share information. I'm related two ways. My line is: Mary Jeanne Riley Lentz (me) Mary Jeanne Riley Lentz (me) Kenneth Wayne Riley, Sr. 1913-1975 Kenneth Wayne Riley, Sr. 1913-1975 Glen Leroy(Roy) Riley 1891-1947 Adda Armantty McFarland 1893-1972 James Walter Riley 1868-1947 Arminda Alice "Minda" Etcheson 1867-1957 Mary Matilda Elam 1847-1909 Elizabeth Jane Merriman 1844-1913 James Hurt Elam 1811-1849 Nancy Elam 1820-1873 William Branch Elam 1788-1854 Thomas Elam 1798-1856 and Elizabeth Elam 1800-1876 Alexander Elam, Sr. 1762-1799 Alexander Elam, Sr.1762-1799 Edward Elam, Jr.1765-1840 Joel Elam 1736-Sept. 6, 1798 Joel Elam 1736-1798 Edward Elam 1734-1809 (brother to Joel) John Edward Elam b. 1687 Mary Jeanne Lentz kenl@sheltonbbs.com >Cathy, > >My Joel Elam (1736-1798) was from Lunenburg County which later became >Mecklenburg County Virginia. He was a proponent of the Revolution and gave >grain and meat for the war effort. His oldest son Alexander was a private >in the Revolution. Many of Alexander's children moved here to Illinois in >the early 1800's and settled in the Bond county area (around Greenville and >Vandalia). There is still a remnant of that family there. One of Joel's >other sons, Peter, is who I descend from. Peter's youngest son John married >Martha Yancey of Mecklenburg county in 1835 and then soon after moved into >Granville county NC. They then moved to Iredell county NC where I have >located living Elam cousins. We are going to meet later this summer. My >great great grandfather John Daniel, left Iredell county in 1875 and moved >to Union county Illinois where he raised 14 children. I have a lot of >cousins in Union county but they are getting up in age. I do not know many >of the younger ones. My Elam line looks like this: > >Kent Elam, Jr (me) >Kent Elam, Sr (1936-1989) >Kenneth Elam (1916-1989) >Oscar Elam (1892-1954) >John Daniel Elam (1852-1933) >John Elam (1806-1875) >Peter Elam (1767-1842) >Joel Elam (1736-1798) > >>From here the lineage is only by circumstantial evidence. No one has been >able to document this as fact but many Elam researchers have studied this >for years and believe that there is a high probability that this is true. > >John Elam, Jr >John Elam, Sr >Martin Elam >Thomas Elam or Robert Elam > >I have seen reference to a younger Joel Elam in some of my research. I >believe he may be from the Charlotte county VA Elams. They are allegeded to >be the brothers of my Joel (all sons of this John Elam Jr). This younger >Joel may possibly be a nephew to my Joel. It is also possible that this >younger Joel is the son of Alexander therefore making him a grandson to my >Joel. Please do not quote me on any of this. I will see if I can dig up >some information on the younger Joel. The Elams seemed to name there >children after there brothers so there could be a relationship here. You >might also try posting your query about your Joel at the following address: > >ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > >There are a lot of knowledgeable Elam researchers at this site. > >I have got to get going. My day is starting early. Let me know what you think. > >Kent > > >