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RICK CARSON, 1232 Coffelt Rd., Hixon, TN 37343

SIXTH GENERATION
    The parents of William Henry Eller are not known. Some genealogists think that his father was William "Bill" Eller of Towns County, Georgia. The inconsistency is that William "Bill" Eller was born in Georgia and the census shows that William Henry Eller's father was born in North Carolina.
    A second inconsistency is his service in the Confederate Army. William Henry Eller married Malinda Bramlett in Pickens County, Georgia in 1871. No other records have been found of William Henry Eller in either Pickens or Gilmer Counties until 1880. He was found in the 1880 census of Gilmer County. He served in the Confederate Army and surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia April 10, 1865. His parole papers which his wife, Malinda Bramlett possessed, was confirmed on 10-6-1927 by Lillian Henderson, the superintendent of Georgia Soldier Roster Commission. He was not found on the rolls of the Georgia Unit that he was discharged.
    A third inconsistency is service in the Federal Army. His wife applied for a Federal pension, but was turned down because she possibly referred to the wrong William Eller. She referred to a William E. Eller from North Carolina whose widow was receiving a pension. The William E. Eller served three months in 1863 in Company F, 14th Battalion, North Carolina.
    I can find no records confirming that William Henry Eller was in Gilmer or Pickens County, Georgia prior to 1870. I speculate that he joined a North Carolina Confederate Army Regiment and was captured at Appomattox with the "Gilmer County Boys". I further speculate that he was repatriated and served in the Federal Army until the end of the war. For some unknown reason, possibly meeting his wife or returning to see an old war friend, he traveled and stayed in Gilmer County, Georgia.

William Henry Eller (1864-1915) / Malinda A. Bramlett (1856-1941)
    William Henry Eller was born in 1844 in North Carolina and died in about 1915 in Gilmer County, Georgia. He married Malinda Adaline Bramlett in about 1871. Malinda was born 3-13-1856 in Georgia and died 3-7-1941 in Gilmer County, Georgia. William and Malinda are buried in Liberty Baptist Cemetery off of old route 5 just South of Ellijah, Georgia. His tombstone inscription shows he was in the 11 Georgia infantry during the Civil War.
    The Georgia Civil War records show he was in Company D, 11th Regiment Georgia Infantry Army Northern Virginia of the Confederate States of America. They were from Gilmer County, Georgia and were called the "Gilmer County Boys". William Henry Eller was a private and surrender at Appomattox, Virginia 4-9-1865.
    By matching Gilmer County, Georgia census records, it was determined that Malinda's father was James Bramlett. In the 1860 census, James had a daughter, Malinda, who was 3 years old. This matches the age of the Malinda Bramlett who married William Henry Eller.

William H. Eller was in the 1898 Voters' Book of Gilmer County, Georgia. He was a 56 year old farmer whose residence was listed as the Ellijay District.

SEVENTH GENERATION

Robert Lewis Eller(1872 - 19 Nancy Elizabeth Ward(1872-1958)
    The parents of Robert Eller were William Eller and Malinda Bramlett. Robert Eller married Nancy Ward. Bob Eller was thin and tall like his mother. Robert and Nancy's children were as follows:

(1)	Allie N. Eller (1895-?)	/ Lemural Carson Smith
(2)	Millie I. Eller (1898-?)	/ John West     Luther Dixon
(3)	Ruby J. Eller (1901-?)	/ John White
(4)	Charles Robert Eller (1905-1990)
(5)	Ida Melinda Jane Eller (1908- )	/ Richard Austin Carson
(6)	Easter Eller (1909-?)	/ Dove Kidd     Buford Wright
(7)	Ernest Eller (1910- )	/ Eunice

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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM HENRY ELLER	3

The census of the Robert Eller and Nancy Ward family is as follows:

1900	1910	1920
cannot find	Scott co, Tn	Scott Co, Tn
	Robert 38	Robert 46
	Nancy 39	Nancy 47
	Allie N. 15	Ida 12
	Millie I. 12	Easter 10
	Rubie J. 9	Earnest 8
	Charles R. 5
	Ida M. J. 2
	Easter L. 11/12

William E. Eller (1875-19 ) / Martha Odom (19  )
   William E. Eller was born about 1875 and his death date is not known. He was known as Tude and to be quiet a character. One source reported that William's wife Martha was called Mattie. Their daughter, Cleo, married 'Ben Hicks. Mattie stayed with the Lee Eller family after Tude's death. Tude and Mattie's oldest son was Henry. Henry and Clay Eller were within three months of the same age.

Family Tude Eller and Martha

William E. Eller was in the 1898 Voters' Book of Gilmer County, Georgia. His residence was listed as the Leaches District; his age was 21 years, and his occupation was a farmer.

Henry Eller was the son of Tude Eller and Martha.

James M. Eller (1874-    ) /
    James Eller married and moved to Oklahoma. He had no children.

Mary A. Eller (1878-19    ) / Bob Robert Henderson (