I'm trying to find the parents of Absolom Abner Elder b.1837
in GA. He married Rosanna Gore in Paulding Co. 13 Oct. 1853.
He is buried in the Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.
In the 1880 census he is listed as a farmer with wife "Roseana", and children, Elizabeth, Lucy A., Jerry, Abner, Panny (actually should be Penny, my gg grandmother) and Loise. Penny moved to Lookout Mountain, Dekalb County Alabama after m. Thomas Dave Wells in Paulding County. I am aalso a descendent of the Griggs from Paulding Co. I have a llot of info on the Griggs & Wells, but hitting a brick wall on the Elders. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

1850 census
Name: Abner Elder
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837
Birth Place: Georgia

Father Name: Jeremiah Elder
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
Birth Place: Georgia
occupation Blacksmith

Name: Elmira J Elder
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Birth Place: Georgia

Name: James Elder
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Birth Place: Georgia

Name: Penelope Elder
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Birth Place: Georgia
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia; Roll: M432_66; Page: 171; Image: 161
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Thanks for your response.
I saw that census but it is very confusing. Elvira J., his wife, was only 18. Somehow I have to find out the children of Jeremiah Elders & Harriet Stubbs in Liberty GA. Haven't had any luck yet except for one Aaron that was living with Abner Stubbs the year his mother died.

I found this post below by a Jim Elders but haven't had any luck in contacting him. His posts are very old.


I am one of the Elders (with an s) from GA. My Elders came into Liberty after the Revolutionary War. Some counties with kin are: In South GA; Liberty, Bulloch, Tattnall, Evans. Two brothers James and Jerry (Berry) went to the area around Rockport. My ggfrandfather Jeremiah Elder(s) is found on the 1850 census in Cobb County, and 1860/1870 census in Liberty Co. Some people are having difficulting in separating Jeremiah Elders who married Elvira Jane Lee. They kept Jeremiah's children by a previous marriage to Harriet Stubbs. Common names are James, Abner, Aaron, Jeremiah, John. The Berry you are asking about may be Jeremiah Abner Elder, Jeremiah's son, who went to North GA with his brother James. The Atlanta Constitution has old articles about a Mary Fagin who was murdered around 1912. It was a big case with several articles run in the paper. Mary was the daugher of James or Jerry (Berry. Email me if you have any notes, etc.