Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Warren County.

THOMAS J. ELROD was born October 8, 1842, in Talladega County, Ala., and is
a son of George W. and Thursey (Keys) Elrod, who were born and reared in
Rutherford County, Tenn., and had born to them three sons and four
daughters.  George W. Elrod was born about 1802; emigrated to Alabama about
1830; there he became one of the leading and wealthy farmers of his
section, and was a large slave owner.  He was a son of Jerry Elrod, who was
born in Virginia, of Dutch descent, and was a soldier of 1812.  Mrs.
Thursey Elrod was of Irish descent.  Thomas J. Elrod was reared on a farm,
and received an excellent classical education in Talladega College.  After
finishing his course he engaged in teaching for five or six years in
Alabama and Tenessee.  In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in a company under
Gen. Hill as State guard.  In the spring of 1864 he was discharged from
State service and again engaged in teaching, which he continued until the
fall of 1878, when he changed his vocation to that of druggist - first at
Buffalo Valley, Putnam Co., Ala.  In the spring of 1880 he located at Three
Forks, Warren County, whee he has erected a building and is doing a good
business, in the drug trade.  In August, 1884, he was appointed postmaster
at Three Forks.  He is a member of the Christian Church and in politics is
a Democrat, having cast his first presidential vote for Tilden.

Elrod Keys Hill Tilden
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Talladega-AL Rutherford-TN VA Buffalo_Valley-Putnam-AL

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