Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-14
re the Gallatin Examine

Col. George oft departed this life on the night
of the 3lst of = auary ultimo, at his residence,
near Gsllatin Nh paralysis, having attained the
age Of so yearssS
He was not bitious- aspiring to no place or
station-yet he I'd all the elements of popularity
calculated to g u him high place in the hearts Of
all who knew Is. He was born Sullivan coun-
ty, in the year q 1870, of pioneer parents who had
emerged from (ss&s Revolution, and had made their
way West to 9ss7take of the dangers of Indian
wars in the the s2be effort of reclaming East Ten
nessee. q
Col Elliott Hik early imbibed the patriotic senti
ments of the I&Solution, and which characterized
the man throu Fife Tennessee never had better
patriot, cleVsR sor more reliable man in all the
walks of life. z-Se and his brother Isaac united
their destinis. Roy removing to Sumner county,
about the yeaE 1S05; poor and without patrimony,
Isaac and Geo n followed, at that early day, the
arduous but o. business of sawyers, with the
whip-saw, (thegs being no mills in the country y
from their joint 41r-making $500 per day-all the
old houses of Cal Atm were reared. By hontet in
dustry and frsgslity they acquired reasonable
competency, and .Iaintained character for relia-
bility in all thinf,, which attended them through
life; their word tgas all that any one who knew
them would weGt Through long life of eighty
years. venture Ale asSertion-fOunded on init
mate acquantaRrf of near fifty years with Col FL
liott-that therS Never has been a suspicion
affecting the hohG{ of the man.
The great Indkn Warrior, Tecumseh, of the
Berth, for four Years had with all his elOquence,
been engaged in usiting the tribes to wage
war with the whites, and at length, he persuaded
the Greeks, in August 1913, to perpetrate one of
the most lpofid aaI terrible massacres of our women
children and men, at Fort Minis, of which history
gives an account The General Government had
made no preparation to repel such attack-it
took the whole country by surprise, and thrill of
horror pervaded the hearts of Tennesseaus upon
hearing of such a butchery. Gen. Jackson called
for, volunteers to give protection for bleeding
frontiers. There was no call by the General Gov
eminent, nor were there any provisions made to
pay clothe feed the citizen soldiers yet the pat
riot George Elliott, left his young wife and one
two infant chidren-haying married Miss Mary
Odomand gallanlly responded the call of patriot
ism, by raising in Sumner county, of the finest
companies of volunteers that ever marched from
cur State (and Sumner, in every 1oar. has raised
many such) In four or five weeks from the time OF
the CALL Col. Elliott and the volunteers were with
Jackson Carroll and Coffee. engaged in the dcisiue
battle of Talledega Emuckfaw and the Horseshoe,
which Immediately gave peace to the country, by
the treaty at Fort Jackson. No man in JacksOns
day had more of the confidence of his commanding
General than Col. Elliott. have frequently heard
Col. Elliott say that he had taught the Indians
and the British, at New Orleans, and he would
rather encounter either than Old Hickory in the
heat of the battle when the day was about to be
lost An instance of this occurred at the battle of
Emuckfaw-the right and left wings had given
away-the centre was in rapid retreat-when the
lamented Lieut. Armstrong, commanding the artil-
lery was shot down, and Constantine Perkins and
Colin Jackson were still at the guns noby endeav-
oring to repel the assault. Col. Elliott, who
stationed with his volunteers the other side of
the Greek, ordered up by the old General, who
was trying to rally his broken forces-he said |
''By the eternal God George can't you charge the
enemy snd restore the dayW There was some |
thing terrible and supernatural in the countenanca
and manner of the old hero. At this command, Col |
Elliott eaped into the water waist deep, waving his
sword to his volunteers to follow; and with the |
hero, Carroll and others, charged the enemy and re-
stored the fortunes of the day. The gallant con-
duct of Col Elliott caused him to be promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment. and
he was with his Commanding General, Jackson, |
during the balance tT his glorious career He per-
formed distinguished part in the great battles at !
New Orleans, and at2s wards. in the Seminole CAM
pagn. He witls:'Ien. Jackson at the taking OF |
St Marks, Semipols 0ld-Town, and Pensacola, |
which resulted in tbn after acquisition of Florida.
There were other heroes Of those various wars who
occupied higher command. but none whomore nobly
done his duty or deserved better of his country.
The same love Uf untry and patriotic feeling
that he cherished Though life, was impaired to
his interesting young son, Julius Elliott, and his
nephew, Isaac Elliot. both of whom gloriously b
fell in the storming g Monterey, in the war with
Mexico. L
Col Elliott never off red his SERVICES for any sta
ton, yet for twenty or:twenty-ive years he se-
eeted by his Congressional District to cast the vote
Of the people for resident and Vice President he
did so for Madison Monroe and for his commanding
general Jackson. whose memory he cherished
through life. -
He was a great r3mrer of the blood horse. and
has done more to = prove this stock than any oit-
zen in the State. tta leaves handsome estate for
children and gran sshildren-his partner in early
life having died abGst three years ago.
1t makes one sad 40 know that our old friend |
George Elliott, with whom we have spent many a
cheerful hour-a nlga with all his kindness, great
and aeb ness of intelleet-his fine I'M
flow of:ss,irits-with all his blandness
and remarkable quggties as companion and citi.
zen-no longer lives, Sad the clod of the valley now
rests upon him. =;
His prominent characteristics were unaffect-
d modesty, combined with AN extraordinary firm
less T.; a strong sense of right love of justice,
empercd and softci@d by spirit of universal ben |
violence, an infe Die integrity, and truthfulness
hat knew no dissing ation. J. &C. G'''*.