He had a younger brother named Godfrey Isaacs. His wife's name may have been Mary, and their children were Jinny Isaacs, George Isaacs, Samuel Isaacs,[3] Winny Isaacs, Abbee Isaacs, Elijah Isaacs, and Rebecca Isaacs.[1][4][5]
Captain in the Wilkes County Regiment of militia, 1777-1778
Major in the Wilkes County Regiment of militia, 1778-1779
Lt. Col./Colonel in the Wilkes County Regiment of militia, 1779-1783
Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Isaacs was Colonel Benjamin Cleveland’s second in command of the Wilkes County Regiment of militia during the American Revolution. In August 1780, Isaacs led the Wilkes County regiment under Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford, commander of the Salisbury District Brigade of militia in western North Carolina. Two days before the Battle of Camden (South Carolina) Isaacs’ regiment was detached from Major General Horatio Gates' army to reinforce Colonel Thomas Sumter. Elijah Isaacs was captured when Lieutenant–Colonel Banastre Tarleton defeated Sumter’s forces at the Battle of Fishing Creek on August 18, 1780.[8][7]
He was a representative to the North Carolina General Assembly from Wilkes County in 1778, 1779, and 1780. He served as senator in the assembly in 1782 and 1783. In May 1778, he introduced a bill in the House of Commons to form Wilkes County, which was formed in 1779 from parts of Surry County and Washington District, North Carolina.[11][12][13][14][2]
Death
After the American Revolution ended Elijah Isaacs bought land in Georgia and may have lived there briefly. By 1790 he was living in Anderson County, South Carolina, where he is believed to have died in 1799.[4][5][15]
