WILLIAM DAVID ELLIOTT (1 February 1795 in Warren Co, GA. d: 30 January 1865 in Rapides Parish, LA) was the son of Thomas Elliott, REVOLUTIONARY WAR OFFICER AND AIDE-D-CAMPE TO GENERAL FRANCIS MARION.

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Thomas Elliott was born in Virginia about 1760 or 1761. His father was George Elliott of Virginia. George Elliott likely migrated from England to Virginia. George Elliott and one of his sons were killed at the Revolutionary War, Battle of Brandywine on 11 September 1777. Thomas Elliott left Virginia after the Battle of Brandywine.

Thomas Elliott became responsible for the care of his mother and younger brothers and sisters, after the death of his father. After the death of George Elliott, a group of Tories harassed Thomas Elliott's mother and family, and according to family information, Thomas killed two of the Tories. After this incident, Thomas Elliott, his mother, and his brothers and sisters left Virginia and moved to South Carolina. In South Carolina Thomas Elliott joined the forces of General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox." In the South Rapides (Louisiana) Chronicle, Vol. 5 No. 28, Monday, September 17, 1973, it was reported that Thomas Elliott continued in the service until Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown and that Thomas Elliott participated in the Battle of Yorktown. It is certainly possible that Thomas Elliott did participate in the Battle of Yorktown because Lighthorse Harry Lee had been sent to South Carolina to assist General Francis Marion, and prior to The Battle of Yorktown, Lighthorse Harry left for Virginia, taking troops with him. Thus is was possible that Thomas Elliott went to Yorktown with Lighthorse Harry Lee. Family records indicate that Thomas Elliott was one of General Francis Marion's aide-de-camps.

Information that has been passed down by the family indicates that the Elliott, Phillips, and Erwin families left Virginia about the same time, possibly traveling together. These families traveled to the south and southwest through the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and into southeast Louisiana.

Thomas Elliott very likely married sometime between 1790 and 1792, and he lived in the portion of Warren County, Georgia, that later became Jefferson County. The marriage document of Thomas Elliott's son, Willis Elliott, indicates that Thomas Elliott was married to Elizabeth Mayers. Thomas Elliott is on the 1794 Warren County, Georgia, Tax List in Grays District
(Source: Georgia Census Records.)

Thomas Elliott and Elizabeth Mayers had three sons, all born in a portion of Warren County, Georgia, that later became Jefferson County. The sons were William David Elliott (b: 1 February 1795 in Warren Co, GA. d: 30 January 1865 in Rapides Parish, LA); Willis Elliot (1793-1860) and Edward Elliott (1794- ).

After the birth of his three sons, William David Elliott, Willis Elliot, and Edward Elliott, Thomas Elliott moved from Georgia to Spanish West Florida (the East Feliciana Parish area of Louisiana). Thomas Elliott died and left a will dated in 1805. In the succession of the will of Thomas Elliott, it can be determine that he died in 1805. It is clear that his wife was deceased prior to 1805, as the will left the three boys in the care of David White. Volume 15 of the Index of the Archives of Spanish West Florida shows that the Will of Thomas Elliott and Succession is contained on pages 283 through 291 of the transcriptions from Spanish to English.

William David Elliott and Willis Elliott grew up in the East Feliciana Louisiana Parish area. Until after 1809, this area was known as Spanish West Florida. Feliciana Parish was formed in 1810 from Spanish West Florida. The area of Feliciana Parish had grown so populated that by 1824, it was divided into East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish.

It is known that before leaving EAST FELICIANA, both WILLIAM DAVID and WILLIS ELLIOTT served in the War of 1812 in the 10 and 20 Consolidated Regiment of the Louisiana Militia. It is also known that they served with ANDREW JACKSON during The BATTLE of NEW ORLEANS in 1815. [Added: WILLIAM ELLIOTT was Quarter Master Sergeant of the 10th and 20th Regiment and WILLIS ELLIOTT was a private in the unit. Source: War of 1812 Service Records, Roll Box 66, Roll Exct 602, National Archives, Washington, D. C.]

Both of the brothers are on the 1820 Census of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. William David Elliott is in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on the 1830 census, and his brother, Willis Elliott, is on the 1830 Census of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

William David Elliott lived near Glenmora, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He was married to Elizabeth Andrews (b: 17 August 1800 in Connecticut d: 17 August 1866 in Rapides Parish, LA.) William David Elliott and his wife, Elizabeth Andrews, are both buried in Butters Cemetery near Glenmora and Forest Hill, Louisiana.

Willis Elliott lived in Pine Prairie, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, in a portion of St. Landry Parish that later became Evangeline Parish. Willis was married to first wife, Delia Bushnell, on 19 September 1820, and to second wife, Abigail Lebarge on 18 November 1824. Willis Elliott died in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, in 1860 in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana.

The gravestones of William David Elliott (1 Feb 1795 - 30 Jan 1865) and his wife, Elizageth Andrews Elliott (17 Aug 1800 - 17 Aug 1866) have been restored. The old stones have been cleaned and remounted on concrete blocks.