Elijah Hise

Birth Date

1802-07-04

Death Date

1867-05-08

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Logan County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, politician, and diplomat. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, native. Son of Frederick Hise and Nancy Eckstein Hise. Married to Elvira Stewart Hise in Davidson County, Tennessee, on October 9, 1832. Graduate of Transylvania University in 1823. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1829. U.S. postmaster in Logan County, Kentucky, from February 8, 1837, to July 29, 1839. Owned two enslaved persons in Logan County in 1840. Chargé d'affaires to Guatemala from March 31, 1848, to June 21, 1849. Attorney in Logan County in 1850. Member of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky from 1851 to 1854. Chief justice of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky from 1852 to 1854. Law jurist in Logan County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Logan County in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 225.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 65A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 482.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 1, p. 386A.
Tennessee Marriage Records, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee, Davidson County Marriages, p. 245 of 298 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
College Student Lists (1763-1924), Catalogue of Officers and Students of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky; January 1823, American Antiquarian Society, p. 40 of 51 of microfilm.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005), 1258.
Appointments of U.S. Postmasters (1832-1971), Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Russell County, Kentucky, vol. 12A, p. 374 of 588 of microfilm.
"Justices of Kentucky's Highest Court: The Court of Appeals (1792-1975) & Supreme Court (1976-present)," Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library, University of Louisville, https://louisville.edu/law/library/justices-of-kentuckys-highest-court-the-court-of-appeals-1792-1975-supreme-court-1976-present (accessed April 7, 2021).

Find A Grave, "Elijah Hise (1802-1867)," Memorial #7932457, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7932457 (accessed April 7, 2021).

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