Patton - Elliott
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Catherine (Patton) Elliott,
daughter of Hezekiah E. Patton and Ann Wilson.
born 27 Jul 1818 died 22 Apr 1877
Robert Elliott Jr.
born Aug. 18, 1815 died March 23, 1895

From "A History of Jefferson County, Indiana," by E.O. Muncie, 1932.
    "Mr. Robert Elliott who lived about ten miles north of Madison near the Monroe church often related this experience of his. He was teamster for one of the pork houses which florished in those days. He boarded with Right Rea (the runaway slave detective) who was a cousin of his wife. Rea suspected Elliott's activities and kept as close to him as a brother. One day Mr. Elliott had word that he was to take a load of runaway slaves to his barn north of town. Right Rea kept right at his side. Finally Mr. Elliott lighted his candle, told Rea good night and started to his room presumably to go to bed. Rea, satisfied went to bed also. After everything was quiet Mr. Elliott knotted his sheets and quilts together, tied them to the bed post and slid to the ground (the building was a low ceiling, two story house still standing on Jefferson, then Main street). He threw the bed clothes back into the room and started on his journey. It took him all night and when morning came he greeted Rea at the wash bench - Rea thought he had just come down stairs."

Biography from Find A Grave
    Robert A. was the fourth of seven children born to Robert and Mary Logan Elliott. Robert, along with his brother Anthony and several other like minded people, began a Presbyterian Church that took a strong stance against slavery, Monroe Presbyterian. Robert was a conductor on the underground railroad. He married Catharine Patton on December 17, 1836 in Jefferson County, Indiana, and together they had nine children: Mary Ann, James Hezekiah, John Robert, Susan Laurette, Sarah Catherine, Samuel Alexander, Frances Eva, Martha Jane, and Anthony Parker Clark Elliott.

Link to History of Monroe Presbyterian and more of this family on this website.

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