Allen J Elliott and
and Margaret W Pinner

Allen J Elliott (Rev) b 15 Oct 1789 Pittsylvania Co VA d 14 Aug 1864 Stewart Co TN s/o Jonathon Elliott Sr and Rebecca Unknown. Allen J Elliott m. about 1818 to Margaret W Pinner b 11 Apr 1803 NC d 10 Jan 1871 Palmyra, Montgomery Co TN d/o John W Pinner and Margaret Peggy Wyche. Children of Allen J Elliott and Margaret W Pinner;

I. Elizabeth H. Elliott b 26 Nov 1819 Stewart Co TN d 25 Dec 1847 Stewart Co TN m. 25 Sept 1838 Stewart Co TN to Andrew Jackson Luton b 1814 TN. Children; 1. Nancy Jane Luton b Jun 1839 Stewart Co KY 2. William Luton b 1842 Stewart Co TN 3. Margaret Luton b 1844 Stewart Co TN; Elizabeth H Elliott m. 27 Jan 1851 to Ann Kingins b 1825 KY d/o John Kingins and Martha Unknown. Children; Martha Mattie Luton b 1852 Stewart Co TN 2. John R Luton b 1856 Stewart Co TN 3. James M Luton b 1859 Stewart Co TN.

II. Joseph Pinner Elliott b 20 Nov 1821 Stewart Co TN

III. Jonathan W. Elliott b 24 Nov 1826 Stewart Co TN

IV. Nancy Jane Elliott b 23 May 1827 Stewart Co TN

V. John Lewis Elliott b 18 Nov 1835 Stewart Co TN m. 22 Dec 1855 Stewart Co TN to Nancy Isabella Shelton b 10 Jan 1838 Trigg Co KY d 8 Dec 1856 Stewart Co TN d/o John B Shelton and Esther Howell. John Lewis Elliott m. 3 May 1858 Stewart Co TN to Emiline A Rogers b Jun 1832 KY.

Allen J Elliott
and Nancy Pinner

Allen J Elliott (Rev) b 15 Oct 1789 Pittsylvania Co VA d 14 Aug 1864 Stewart Co TN s/o Jonathon Elliott Sr and Rebecca Unknown. Allen J Elliott m. 15 Jan 1816 Northhampton Co NC to Nancy Pinner about 1799 Northhampton Co NC d 1817 Stewart Co TN d/o John W Pinner and Margaret Peggy Wyche.

Obituary - Rev Allen Elliott: Source: Obituary by L.B. Davidson -" Rev. Allen Elliott was born in Pittsylvania County, VA, Oct. 15, 1789 and died in Stewart County, TN, August 14, 1864. He was converted in 1810, and in 1813 was admitted to the Virginia Conference , labored three years, and then ceased one year, after which he traveled five years in the Kentucky Conference on the Dixon, Dover, and Princeton circuits, in all of which he was very useful as a minister of God. Many seals were added to his ministry, who will in eternity rise up and call him blessed. In view of his rising family and the meagerness of his support in those days, he felt impelled to retire to the local ranks of our ministry, in which he ever continued to labor faithfully and efficiently until worn down by age and affliction. He was eminently a pious man and a good spiritual preacher, a real Methodist of the old Asbuty type. I was one year the pastor of himself and his family in the days of my younger ministry. His hospitable home was one of my visiting places and, though a score of years have come and gone, the influence and precious memory of his kindly greeting, cheerful piety, and judicious advice are still remaining in my heart and shall ever be cherished until we meet again. Brother Elliott has twice married, first to Nancy and secondly to Margaret W., both daughters of John Pinner. His first wife died in 1817. His second still survives, whom he married in 1818. He leaves three sons to mourn his departure. His daughters all went before him to heaven. His end was most triumphant. He frequently shouted the high praises of God, and exhorted his family and friends to faithfulness in the service of God, saying, "For a long time I have lived a day at a time. I now have no doubts as to my acceptance with my Maker." Thus died one of the best men I ever knew."

Obituary - Margaret W Elliott: Source: Newspaper obituary by L.B. Davidson:" Mrs. Margaret W. Elliott, widow of the late Rev. Allen Elliott, died at the residence of her son, J.W. Elliott, in Palmyra, TN, Jan. 10, 1871.Her maiden name was Pinner. She was born in North Carolina in 1803. She removed with her parents in 1817 to Tenn. In 1818 she was married to Rev. Allen Elliott, to whom she was truly a help-mate. Her husband Iterinerated for some years but, on account of his health and meager support of a growing family, he took a local relation, though to the last he maintained the true spirit of the gospel ministry. Their home became the resting place of many a weary preacher. It was the happiness of the writer, in the early part of his ministry, to share their hospitality. Many of the preachers will shed a tear of affectionate remembrance when they learned that " Aunt Peggy",as many used to familiarly call her, is no more of the earth. She was a woman of great force of character, of genuine, constant piety, from her early girlhood to the last; of unaffected simplicity of manners, strong in her attachments and firm in her friendship; she seemed fitted by nature and prepared by grace to be the wife of a gospel minister. She was a power in the Class and Love Feast meeting, her voice was always heard telling the wonders of grace. In times of revival, she was heard to lead the devotions and plead with God for penitents. Many will rise up in the last day and call her Blessed. She was a living embodiment and bright illustration of real genuine Methodism. I think she filled all the relations of life according to the directions of the Bible. Her last illness was very painful,(acute inflammation of the stomach) which she bore patiently without a murmur, and then passed quietly away to swell the anthem of the great Amen. Part of her children had gone before. May God bring the rest to meet her in the realms of light."

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