While looking through a book called "Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823" by Dorothy Williams Potter, I found mention of two ELLIS names. This book is a record of passports issued for crossing Indian lands. These two names were in the Georgia passports section. There isn't much information on them but maybe they will be helpful to somebody. The first one was Ephraim ELLIS. He and two other men, Seth SINGLETON and Benjamin Ellis SINGLETON, were issued passports through the Creek Nation on 27 Sept 1809 from Montgomery Co., Georgia. The passport order says it was issued on the recommendation of a number of respectable inhabitants of the County of Montgomery so it's possible these three men resided in that county. The second one mentioned was Underhill ELLIS. He was apparently a soldier who had been serving a 45 day tour of duty escorting familes from the lower end of Clynch mountain to the settlement of Cumberland. He was discharged from that duty on 23 Oct 1788. This was in Davidson County. Marsha