I've been unable to connect Generation 6 [George W. Connolly], so we have decided to connect through the Greathouse line for enrollment in the Sons of the American Revolution.

SARappSean_0002.pdf

Sarah McDade

Born in Mason, West Virginia, USA on 1787 to James McDade and Rachel Tanner. Sarah married John Greathouse and had 12 children [of these is Matilda Greathouse - Sean and Alan's Great Grandmother]. She passed away on 1869 in Spencer, West Virginia, USA.   Rachel Tanner is DAR registered.

http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A204630

Gen #5 We are still missing the ‘link’ between gen 5 and gen 6.  Gen #6 We do have the marriage record of George Connolly and Margaret Booher and the death record for George W. Connolly. I could not find any ‘link’ between gen 6 and gen 7 that proves George W (b1804) is the son of George (b1761).

I asked for help on facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/71553156222/permalink/10152190160696223/?comment_id=10152198153106223&offset=0&total_comments=16

However, no proof shows George (gen 6) and Elias (gen 5) as father/son.

The 1860 census shows George (gen 6) living with his wife and 1870 census show George (gen 6) as a widower.

He missed the 1850 census because he traveled west to Green Co, Missouri where Elizabeth Jane was born in July. It is not known how long they were gone, but the next child, Emma, was born back in Roane County.  Elias would be 23 in 1850 and possibly still living at home even though he was married. Source:  Archive from Geocities

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Note of caution:

Eli and Elias are brothers and Malinda and Matilda (Matilda went by "Tilly") are sisters

Elias Connolly's death certificate (Feb 5, 1923) says father is Eli Connolly (d 2/22/1897) and mother is Malinda Greathouse (b 1873 d 3/21/1909).  This must be the son of Eli/Malinda and the nephew of  #5 Charles Elias Connolly 1827-1904.

There is a record of Matilda's marriage to Elias Connolly in Wirt County, but without the exact month and day. The prior date is 9/3/1849 and next date in marriage records is 10/27/1849. It is believed the marriage was probably in September or October 1849. 

Joe Nutter (deceased) had a copy of the deed for the Connolly tract which Elias purchased from Ephraim Bee 18 March 1870. The Connolly's were early settlers in the Washington District of Calhoun County. The district is bounded on the north by Lee District, east by Gilmer and Braxton Counties, south by Clay, and southwest and west by Roane County. The land purchased by Elias in 1870 was right on the border of Roane and Calhoun and on Henry's Fork. 

It is not certain where Elias and Matilda lived prior to 1870, but it was probably around Richardson, where many Connolly's lived. Richardson was just  over the Roane County line into Calhoun County and was located up the West Fork near the mouth of Henry's Fork

http://www.greathouse.us/johnsarah/bio-greathouse-matilda.htm

Malinda and Eli's first born son was Elias Connolly, probably named after Eli's brother who was husband of Malinda's sister, Matilda

Two daughters, Malinda and Matilda are often confused because they were born only two years apart, their names are quite similar and they married brothers who had similar names and were born less than two years apart.

http://greathouse.us/johnsarah/bio-greathouse-malinda.htm

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Connolly-34