Elisha Disney

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• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Elisha, his twin brother Elijah, and their brother John "Black John", hauled salt from the salt flats at Flat Lick in Knox Co, KY to Anderson Co, TN. They used wagons and mules and followed the trail along the Powell River, through the Powell Valley, then through the Cumberland Gap to the salt flats. The round trip took four or five weeks.

Elisha married Nancy Humphrey before 1828 in TN. Nancy (daughter of John Humphrey and Susan Epperson) was born on 03 Jan 1795 in VA; was buried in Old Beech Grove Cemetery, Anderson Co, TN - Unmarked Grave. [Group Sheet]

1. Elijah Disney was born on 05 Jul 1821 in TN; died on 06 Jul 1885 in Coal Creek, TN.
2. John Disney was born between 1826 and 1828 in TN.
3. Sarah Warren Disney was born in 1829 in TN.
4. Samuel David Disney was born on 27 Aug 1832 in TN; died on 11 Feb 1909; was buried in Disney Cemetery, Campbell Co, TN.
5. Polly A Disney was born in 1834 in TN.
6. Elisha Disney was born on 06 Mar 1835 in TN; died on 20 Dec 1914; was buried in Old Beech Grove Cemetery, Anderson Co, TN.
7. Martha Serepta Disney was born between 1840 and 1841 in TN.
8. Ripley Disney was born in 1841 in TN.