Elisha Gates of Nelson County, Kentucky
This spring family search.org posted the Maryland, Probate Estate and Guardianship Files, 1796-1940 database,Information in that file (43 pages) verifies information found in the Maryland Archives. Additional information disclosed in the files connects the Elisha Gates in Nelson County, KY to the Elisha Gates in these files.Elisha Gates and his sister, Elizabeth were the children of James T. and Mary Gates.James owned a plantation, Anchovy Hills. This land was eventually sold by Elisha Gates in 1817 (see http://mdlandrec.net)http://mdlandrec.net).