Asa Absalom Eiland Family

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Asa Absalom Eiland Family

Husband: Asa Absalom Eiland

Born: 1780at: , Jones Co, Ga
Married: 1799at: Jones Co, Ga
Died: Oct 1821at: , Perry Co, Al
Buried: at: Sprott, Perry, Al
Father: Absalom Eiland
Mother: Nancy Anne Daniel
 

Wife: Virginia (Gincy or Jincy) Moffett

Born: 1782at: , Spartanburg Dist, SC
Died: 1852at: , Perry Co, Al
Buried: at: Sprott, Perry, Al
Father: Henry Turner Moffett
Mother: Margaret Patrick
 

Children: 

Name: Ovid Celdon Eiland
Born: Nov 1801at: , Hancock Co, Ga
Died: 02 Nov 1878at: Macon, Noxubee Co, Ms
Buried: at: 
Spouses: Henrietta Ford  
 

Name: Maro Virgil Eiland
Born: Abt 1804at: Clinton, Jones Co, Ga
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
 

Name: Mariah Harley Eiland
Born: Abt 1806at: Clinton, Jones Co, Ga
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: Ennis Ford  
 

Name: Oliver Goldsmith Eiland
Born: 25 Dec 1806at: , Hancock Co, Ga
Died: 25 Jan 1877at: Scooba-Mashulaville, Kemper Co, Ms
Buried: at: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Kemper Co, Ms
Spouses: Mary Hatcher  Mary Ann Dabbs  
 

Name: Julia Amanda Eiland
Born: Abt 1808at: Clinton, Jones Co, Ga
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: William Tippet  
 

Name: Euphemia L Eiland
Born: Bef 1810at: Clinton, Jones Co, Ga
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: Isaac E Robertson  
 

Name: Angeline Elizabeth (Liz) Eiland
Born: 11 Apr 1810at: Clinton, Jones Co, Ga
Died: 23 Mar 1896at: Waco, McLennan Co, Tx
Buried: at: Bosqueville Cemetery, Bosqueville, McLennan Co, Tx
Spouses: Joseph Addison Cammack  
 

Name: William H. Eiland
Born: Abt 1812at: 
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: Elizabeth Easley  
 

Name: Marion A. Eiland
Born: Abt 1820at: , , Ga
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
 

Name: Jane Eiland
Born: at: 
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: Henry M Meyer  
 

More Information:

About Asa Absalom Eiland:

From , Hancock Co, Ga, came to Perry Co. in 1817 OR 1818 and settled in the place now known as the W. M. Eiland place. His home stood in the field across the road from where the present road is and where Mrs. Janis B. Eiland and daugher now live (Feb 2000).

Lived only a short time after coming to AL.
Asa Absalom Eiland married Virginia Moffett in Georgia. She was known as Jincy. He was always in very poor health. They moved into what is now Alabama about 1818 and lived near Marion , Al in a community known today as Sprott. He died in 1820 and Jincy lived on there until her death. Two of the sons, Ovid Celedon and Dr. Oliver Goldsmith Eiland were very active in the establishing of Judson College, Alabama Baptist College for Women. Both served on the first Board of Trustees. Many of the family moved to Mississippi and others still farther west after the Civil War. Asa and Jincy are buried in unmarked, lost graves near Sprott.

War of 1812: EILAND ABSALOM, 2 REGIMENT (PRAY'S), GEORGIA MILITIA. PRIVATE


About Virginia (Gincy or Jincy) Moffett:

Alabama Land Patents Database: Perry County
EILAND JINCY 25 20N 8E ST STEPHENS 110.14 1831/11/30
EILAND JINSEY 23 20N 8E ST STEPHENS 133.75 1843/02/01
EILAND JINSEY 25 20N 8E ST STEPHENS 55.07 1843/02/01


About Maro Virgil Eiland:

Perry County, Alabama Volunteers in the Creek Indian Wars of 1836
Vergill Eiland Private

Ovid C Eiland named guardian of two of the minor children of Asa Eiland, dec'd, namely, Angeline E and Maro Virgil Eiland.

Alabama Land Patents Database: Perry County
EILAND VIRGIL 19 20N 9E ST STEPHENS 79.975 1837/05/15
EILAND VIRGIL 30 20N 9E ST STEPHENS 39.92 1835/09/19
EILANDS MARO V 24 20N 8E ST STEPHENS 103 1840/10/10
EILANDS MARO V 25 20N 8E ST STEPHENS 0 1840/10/10 ASSIGNEE OF WILLIAM A ROSS AND WILLIAM ROSS
EILANDS MARO V 25 20N 8E ST STEPHENS 110.14 1840/10/10 ASSIGNEE OF WILLIAM A ROSS AND WILLIAM ROSS

From Orphans Court Record B, p 69. Ovid C. Eiland, gdn. of Maro V. Eiland, hath permitted his ward to have possession of use of his slaves and the proft of their labour... he being now in his 21st year. Dec. term, 1833.


About Marion A. Eiland:

Roster of the Perry County, Alabama Volunteers who served in the Mexicans War 1846-1847
Eiland, Dr. Marion A. Private

1850 United States Federal Census about Mavin A Eiland
Home in 1850: Radfordville, Perry, Alabama
Spencer B Rutledge 60
Jonathan Clarke 24
Eliza Filbert 19
Mavin A Eiland 30 (Doctor)


Revised: 06-Jun-15  12:08 PM