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night and staid until 5 o’clock Monday evening. Some part of the time there were at least three different parties. The house was rifled from garret to cellar. Took all our blankets and all clothes, all our silver and knives and forks, all our luxuries, leaving nothing but a little meat and corn. They threatened life repeatedly and one ruffian galloped up to the door and pulled out his matches to fire the house. Oh! it was terrible beyond description. It seems ever present to my mind. One night they strung fire all around us and we took up the children and dressed them and watched all night fearing the fire might consume our dwelling.
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Ellerslie's founder, George Elliot, was born in Scotland in 1755. He immigrated to the American colonies around 1774 and soon entered the lumber business along the Cape Fear River Valley. After building Ellerslie sometime between 1790-1801, Elliot emerged as the largest landowner in his district and
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This day two weeks since, 12 of March was a day of sorrow and confusion never to be forgotten. Sherman’s army reached Fayetteville the day before, and at 9 o’clock Sunday morning, a party of raiders rushed in upon our peaceful home. They pillaged and plundered the whole day and quartered upon that
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and closely linked the regions commercially. Additionally, the Elliot family cemetery was located where the Little River joins the Cape Fear River.
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Ellerslie’s location on the Lower Little River was important for community and commerce. The Little River and the
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namesake, was raised at Ellerslie. He was the son of Col. Alexander Elliot and Jane Evans Elliot.
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property in Cumberland County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places
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Fireplace in Ellerslie Plantation, NC. Saber of Lieut. Alexander Elliot rests on mantle.
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was an active political leader. In 1788 he represented Cumberland County at the
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raided Ellerslie. The encounter was recorded by resident and Civil War diarist
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style addition. It features a wide shed porch with plastered cove ceiling.
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National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, North Carolina
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Cumberland County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory
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West of Linden on SR 1607 at the junction with SR 1606, near
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Ellerslie Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Ellerslie (Linden, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Ellerslie (Linden, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Linden, North Carolina
35°13′50″N 78°52′31″W / 35.23056°N 78.87528°W / 35.23056; -78.87528
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plantation house
Linden
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Georgian
Greek Revival
National Register of Historic Places
Hillsborough Convention
United States Constitution
Cape Fear River
Wilmington, NC

American Civil War
Battle of Averasborough
Union
Maj. Gen.
William T. Sherman
Jane Evans Elliot
John Newland Maffitt (privateer)
blockade runner
Jane Evans Elliot
Elliot Pecan's

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