1778 Signed Oath of Allegiance in Maryland.. He was ordained in Farmer
February 21, 1780, Sullivan County, NC (later Sullivan Co, TN) , warrant number 189, buys 100 acres in Carters Valley joining Stoney Creek nobs
August 24, 1780, Sullivan County, NC (later Sullivan Co, TN) , warrant number 677, buys 200 acres joining the river to include a sinking spring
Source: History of the Lost State of Franklin, Samuel Cole Williams, The Overmountain Press, Appendix B, Petition of the Inhabitants of the Western Country, p 354, lists Eli Shipley, Thomas Shipley, and Richard Shipley, signed a petition to N. C. Legislature December 1787.
History of Sullivan County, Chpt 24, Travelways, p 225, "In the year 1795 a road building energy and enthusiam seized the people; eight great road were proposed and established in this year....from John Yanius' to the North Fork of Hoston river by way of Rose Furnace, also to fix a proper place for a bridge across Reedy Creek at the public expense of Sullivan County...R. Shipley, ...Eli Shipley...J. Anderson (and others)
November 12, 1795 Ely's 300 acres on the north side of Holstons river, Land surveyed and recorded, John Anderson DS, Geo VIncent CS, Richard Shipley and John Shipley CC (chain carriers ?) This land is currently in Sullivan County, TN, on what is now a part of Warriors Path State Park and where Eli Shipley and other members of his family are buried in the Shipley cemetery.
1796 Sullivan County, Tennessee Tax List, Eli Shipley 1 WP, 400 acres
1797 Tax List Sullivan County, Tennessee 1 WP, 400 acres
May 14, 1803, Sullivan County, TN deed book 3 & 4, 1795-1807, p 510, Mary Pope and George Moody to Eli Shelby (?) 100 acres north side of Holston River part of original tract of 300 acres No. 531 to Valentine Pope dated Feb. 13th, 1791
March 19, 1808, Sullivan County TN deed book 6, 1809-1815, p 204, Sarah Shipley and George Elmore to Eli Shipley and Benjamin Shipley, 100 acres north side of the Holston River; being part of a tract of land granted by patent from the state of NC to Valentine Pope containing 300 acres dated Feb. 13, 1791
Source: Historic Sullivan, Oliver Taylor, original 1909, reprint 1988, The Overmountain Press, Chapter XXIV, p 225, lists under the heading "Old Road Builders" Eli Shipley, R. Shipley and others to review the great road from John Yhanius' to the North Fork of Holston river by way of Ross' Furnace, also to fix a proper place for a bridge across Reedy Creek at the public expense of Sullivan County
1812 Tax List Sullivan County, Tennessee, Cpt. Rogers' Company, Ely Shipley, 400 acres
