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{{SHORTDESC:Patriarch of family of Trigg County, Kentucky}}
{{About||the son of Isaac Arthur Brown Ross|Eli Franklin Ross (1808-1883)}}
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| father = Charles T. Ross (bef1791-aft1835)
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* [[George A Ross (1835-1922)|George A Ross]]
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'''Eli Ross''' (June 2, 1805 – October 20, 1885) is the earliest confirmed ancestor of this line. Recent research suggests that he is the son of Charles T. Ross and grandson of William Ross Sr. of Montgomery and Stewart County, Tennessee.

== DNA evidence ==

=== Y-DNA ===
[[File:R-FT75634-yDNA-path.jpg|thumb|right|link=https://scaledinnovation.com/gg/snpTracker.html?snp=R-FT424248&walk&options=esr|Migration path of Y-DNA haplogroup R-FT424248]]
A documented direct male-line descendant of Eli Ross has been Y-DNA tested, returning haplogroup R-FT424248. This is a match to the largest group in the the {{Ross Surname Project}}, [[Y-DNA R Haplogroup - Family 01]].

Several participants have been found to carry this R-FT424248 haplogroup. They descend from [[James Ross of Monroe County (c1760-bef1821)|James Ross of Monroe County]]. Y-DNA is telling us that Eli and these James Ross descendants share a common ancestor who lived circa 1790 CE [1650-1890 CE].

It is not yet clear how Eli might be related to James of Monroe County, but several researchers have determined that Eli is most likely descended from [[William Ross Sr. (-c1811)|William Ross Sr.]] through [[Charles T. Ross (bef1791-aft1835)|Charles T. Ross]].<ref name="ydna-email">Jana Killebrew, "Re: Ross Surname Project Y-DNA results," email to Kelly Moores and others, July 8, 2026.</ref>

Eli is often to connected in trees to [[Nathan Ross Sr. of Stewart County (1773-1834)|Nathan Ross Sr. of Stewart County]], mostly likely due to their geographical proximity. Nathan was the grandson of [[William Ross Sr. of Martin County (-1760)|William Ross Sr. of Martin County]]. We do not yet have Y-DNA results from this line for comparison.

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Eli's results fall into the larger of the two Ross branches.

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=== Autosomal DNA ===


== Biography ==

=== Early life ===
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36.7059,-87.9945~Residence and death, Trigg County, Kentucky, 1885
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Eli Ross was born June 2, 1805, in South Carolina, and died October 20, 1885, in Trigg County, Kentucky.<ref name="pedigree">"Pedigree for *D Ross," GEDCOM 4236481, GEDmatch, July 4, 2026.</ref> No primary vital record (a birth or death record, census entry, or similar) has yet been located independently for this article to confirm these dates; they are carried here as the working figures used in current research pending further documentation.

=== Ancestors ===
{{Ancestors & descendants chart
|2=Charles T. Ross (bef1791-aft1835)
|4=William Ross Sr. of Rocky River
|5=Elizabeth Unknown (-aft1815)
|descendants=
*'''Eli Ross (1805-1885)'''
** m. [[Elizabeth Strawbridge (1805-1877)]]
*** [[George A Ross (1835-1922)|George A Ross]]
**** m. [[Mariah Cherry (1830-1905)|Mariah Cherry]]
}}
Eli Ross's parentage is a working identification currently under research, not a confirmed fact; see [[#Research notes|Research notes]] below.

=== Marriage and children ===
Eli Ross married '''Elizabeth Strawbridge''' (December 12, 1805 – July 1, 1877), daughter of William Strawbridge.<ref name="pedigree" /> Their documented son:
* [[George A Ross (1835-1922)|George A Ross]] (May 5, 1835 – December 21, 1922), m. Mariah Cherry

=== Occupation ===


=== Military ===


=== Death & burial ===
Eli Ross died October 20, 1885, in Trigg County, Kentucky.<ref name="pedigree" /> No burial location has been independently documented for this article.

=== Timeline ===
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== Research notes ==
Eli Ross's parentage has been the subject of active, unresolved research among his descendants. Two identifications have been proposed:

# '''Son of Nathan Ross, "Rosses of Martin County" family.''' An unsourced GEDmatch-hosted pedigree chart identifies Eli Ross as a son of Nathan Ross (b. November 2, 1773, Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina; d. July 14, 1834, Bumpas Mills, Stewart County, Tennessee) and Lydia Best Wheatley Nobles, in turn a son of Rev. William Griffin Ross Jr. and Mary Griffin.<ref name="pedigree" /> This pedigree does not itself cite a primary source for the Eli–Nathan relationship. Fellow researchers Jana Killebrew and Jim Long, the latter a descendant of the Martin County Ross family himself, now consider it highly improbable that Eli descends from that family, on the basis that the Martin County Rosses and Eli's own family lived in the same part of Tennessee at the same time under similar or identical given names, leading earlier researchers (including Killebrew's own branch) to attach Nathan Ross as Eli's father without documentary support.<ref name="ydna-email" /><ref name="martin-county-email">Jana Killebrew, "Martin County Ross family and circleback," email to Kelly Moores, July 12, 2026.</ref>
# '''Son of Charles T. Ross, "Rosses of Montgomery County" family.''' Killebrew and Long's current working theory, based on land-record research and preliminary DNA analysis, identifies Eli's father instead as [[Charles T. Ross]], a son of [[William Ross Sr. of Rocky River|William Ross Sr.]] of Montgomery/Stewart County, Tennessee, and Elizabeth.<ref name="ydna-email" /> No primary source directly naming Eli's father has yet been located for this article under either identification.

== Common discrepancies ==
* Eli Ross's birth and death dates, and his marriage to Elizabeth Strawbridge, are currently sourced only to an unsourced GEDmatch-hosted pedigree chart; no independent primary record has been located for this article.

== Sources ==
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'''Bibliography'''
* {{Peerage of Scotland full|edition=1}}

== Further reading ==


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