NameElihu Millikan
Birth6 Dec 1785, Guilford, Guilford County, North Carolina,
Death21 Dec 1864, Blaine, Grainger County, Tennessee
Notes for Elihu Millikan
Capt. of TN Militia
War of 1812; Battle of New Orleans 1814
Capt. Elihu Milliken was Captain of the Infantry commanded by Colonel William Johnson in the war of 1812 for six months. In the Battle of New Orleans, 1814, he fought under Andrew Jackson.
Rev. Elihu Milliken became a Baptist minister in the First Baptist Church of Knoxville, Tennessee, January 22, 1843, his name appears there, and he preached in many other churches in that area. He was listed in Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist preachers By James Jehu Burnett pub 1919.