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 | | His grandfather, George Elliot, was born in Scotland, in 1755, and came to the American colonies when a young man, before the Revolutionary war, and settled in Harnett County at the place that subsequently was known so long and well as Ellerslie Plantation. |
 | | Henry Elliot, the eldest son of George Elliot, mentioned above, served in the War of 1812, and his son, Alexander Elliot, held a com- mission in the Confederate Army during the war between the states and was mortally wounded while leading a charge in battle. |
 | | Elliot because of his courage and enterprise in accepting circumstances at first as they were and changing them through his own efforts as rapidly as possible, calling to his assistance the old indomitable spirit of his ancestors. |
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