Elizabeth TINSLEY1

HAIRSTON.org ID#8896, b. about 1751, d. 13 August 1849
Father*Thomas TINSLEY1 d. Mar 1799
Mother*Sarah (surname unknown)1
Birth*Elizabeth TINSLEY was born about 1751.2 
She was the daughter of Thomas TINSLEY and Sarah (surname unknown).1 
Marriage*Elizabeth TINSLEY married Moses SPENCER, son of Mary WETMORE, on 20 November 1779 in Virginia. Married in Henry or Amelia county and Thomas Tinsley was present.3,2 
Death*Elizabeth TINSLEY died on 13 August 1849 in Lawrence, Tennessee.2 
Court Record*Samuel Harston signed a Revolutionary War Pension Affidavit on 26 April 1851 to help Elizabeth Spencer, widow of Moses Spencer. In this document, Samuel Harston states that he, Samuel Harston, was married on the 9th of April 1801 in South Carolina and moved to Kentucky in November 1801, but does not mention his wife's name. He also states that he was well aquainted with Moses and Elizabeth Spenser when he was in South Carolina in the years before 1794. Moses Spencer married Elizabeth Tinsley about 1778 in Virginia and they lived in North Carolina, South Carolina and Kentucky before moving to Tennessee. - NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Roll: 2256.3

Family

Moses SPENCER b. 5 Jan 1747, d. 27 Mar 1826
Children

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S3824] Will of Thomas Tinsley - 4 January 797, Abbeville, South Carolina - Abbeville Will Book !, pages 231-232. FSL 4752968 images 146-147. (The transcripts on Ancestry and South Carolina Archives have several errors.), Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  2. [S57] U. S. Revolutionary War Pension Application, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Ancestry.com.
  3. [S3510] Revolutionary War Pension Applications, National Archives, Fold3.com.
  4. [S1810] 1810 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
Last Edited28 Jun 2024