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Elijah N Pinkston-xx
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Name Elijah N Pinkston-xx Birth 1830 TN
[1] Gender Male Census 1870 Benton Co, TN
[2] age 37, spouse H-age 37, 5 children Census 1880 Cave City, Franklin Co, IL
[3] age 50, widowed, 6 children Person ID I3267 Butler Family Tree Last Modified 6 Jun 2026
Family 
Hannah C Emily Uptigrove, b. 1833, TN
d. Bef 16 Jun 1880 (Age < 47 years)Marriage 24 Oct 1855 Carroll Co, TN
[4] Notes
Children:
dau Martha J Pinkston 1856 TN
- on 2/9/1883 in Franklin Co, IL married John J. Shirley 1860
dau Mary Elizabeth Pinkston 1859 TN
- on 5/1/1881 in Franklin Co, IL married William C Williams 1855
son John B (or W?) Pinkston 1860 TN
- on 5/29/1881 in Franklin Co, IL married Nancy J Avery 1862
son James Pinkston 1862 TN
son Thomas J Pinkston 1866 TN
- on 2/4/1892 in Franklin Co, IL married Martha Wall 1871
- on 7/3/1914 in Franklin Co, IL married Nittie Black 1879 (a widow)
son Dorsey B Pinkston 1872 TN
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Elijuh Pinkston in entry for John J. Shirley and Martha J. Pinkston, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
Name: John J. Shirley ****
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 09 Feb 1883 ****
Event Place: Franklin, Illinois, United States
Age: 23
Birthplace: TN
Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Father's Name: James Shirley ****
Father's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name: Anna Webb ****
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name: Martha J. Pinkston ****
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Age: 26
Spouse's Birthplace: TN
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Spouse's Father's Name: Elijuh Pinkston ****
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Mother's Name: ????
Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:
Reference ID: p 73
GS Film number:1005307
Digital Folder Number: 004661321
Image Number: 00082
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Family ID F743 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Jun 2026
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Event Map 
Marriage - 24 Oct 1855 - Carroll Co, TN 

Census - age 37, spouse H-age 37, 5 children - 1870 - Benton Co, TN 
= Link to Google Earth
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Notes - - son of James Pinkston 1805 and Mary Smothers 1805
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found at http://www.familyhistory98.com/116.HTM
Elijah N. Pinkston (1830-1880) ** see military history -- later **
Born: 1830 Tennessee.
Married: Hannah C. (Emily) Uptegrove (1834-1880) on 24 Oct 1855 in Carroll County Tennessee. 1
Died: Aft 1880 .
Buried: .
son of James J. Pinkston Abt 1805-Sep 1879 and Mary ??? Abt 1805-Bet 1880 and 1900
- son of James Pinkston 1765-1845 and Unknown
Elijah N. Pinkston
1830-Aft 1880
Civil War - 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA
Spouse and Children
Hannah C. (Emily) Uptegro..
Martha J. Pinkston
(1857-)
Elizabeth Pinkston
(1859-)
John Pinkston
(1860-)
James Pinkston
(1862-)
Thomas J. Pinkston
(1866-)
Dorsey B. Pinkston
(1872-)
Brothers and Sisters
Martha Pinkston
(1830-1900)
Lydia Pinkston
(1832-1863)
Sarah Pinkston
(1834-1880)
Nancy Pinkston
(1835-1900)
Mary A. Pinkston
(1838-1900)
Emily Elizabeth Pinkston
(1842-1921)
7th Tennessee Cavalry USA.
PINKSTON, ELIJAH (N), Companies D, C & E, corporal/pvt, enlisted for 3 years at Huntingdon, TN on 6/26/62 and mustered at Humboldt, TN on 8/11/62 at age 35. He was 5'8" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair, a farmer, born in Carroll Co, TN. He was due a $100 bounty for enlistment. Pinkston went AWOL from 2/17/63-5/26/63. He returned and served as an ambulance driver from 8/8/63. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he was a prisoner in Andersonville Prison in Georgia and most likely other eastern prisons. Exchanged through North East Ferry, NC on 2/27/65, he was taken to the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN with scrobutus. He listed his nearest relative as his wife Emily of Buena Vista, TN. This appears to be Hannah Uptigrove, who he married in 1855. Pinkston was discharged at the Jeffersonville, IN military hospital on 6/1/65 and did not return to live in Carroll Co. In 1880 census, he was in Franklin Co, IL near Cave City.2 3 4
Sources:
1.Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
2. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service
3. Elijah Pinkston's Civil War Service Record
4. THE 7TH TENNESSEE CAVALRY USA (Originally 2nd West Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry) Peggy Scott Holley
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- - son of James Pinkston 1805 and Mary Smothers 1805
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