Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Battle, Elisha.—The ancestor of the large and influential family of Battles in North Carolina…

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08/31/22 · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia
Battle, Elisha.—The ancestor of the large and
influential family of Battles in North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, was born in
Nansemond Cc., Va., Jan. 9, 1723. In 1748 he
removed to Tar River, Edgecombe Co., N. C.;
joined the Baptist church, known as Falls of Tar
River, in 1764, of which he was a deacon for
twenty-eight years. He was often moderator of
the Kehukee Association; was a member of the
General Assembly for twenty years ; a member of
the convention which formed the State constitu-
tion; and was chairman of the convention when
the Federal Constitution and Bill of Rights were
considered in a committee of the whole. He died
in 1799, and Revs. Gilbert and Burkitt attended his
funeral services, both preaching.

From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart- photo from findagrave Walter Raleigh Terry Jr