Elijah McGuire

McGuire Cemetery

Appling Road & Hwy. 43

Tuscaloosa Co., AL

         

IN
memory of
Mrs. EVERETT McGUIRE
Widow of the late
Elijah McGuire Decd
who departed this life
July 17th  1848
in the 87th year of her age.
Here side by side, the
Aged Patriots lie.
In a long life of usefulness
and Piety the Aged Couple
lived being divided by
Death for a few short years
only we trust that they are
re-united in Heaven.

IN
memory of
ELIJAH Mc.
GUIRE Sen.
was born
January 19th 1757
and died
December 31st 1843
A soldier of the Revolution
And a dedicated Chrtistian.

 

The following is from Ancestry.com

ELIJAH McGUIRE, sergeant S. C. Continental Line; enrolled on December 12, 1827, under act of Congress of March 18, 1818, payment to date from October 12, 1827; annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $56.19.--Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

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