An excerpt from:
THE LIFE OF SARAH YOUNG AS WRITTEN BY HER IN THE LAST YEARS OF HER LIFE
My father, Wyke Elliott, a son of Caleb Elliott and Huldah, his wife, was born Jan. 22nd 1813, in [Perquimans Co.] North Carolina. When he was 4 years old, his father believing slavery to be wrong, sold out his land there and moved to Seymour, Indiana where he bought quite a large tract of land, then he set his slaves free. None of them wanted to leave Old Massa so he built cabins for each family of negroes and paid them for their work. He taught them how to take care of themselves. They were like children, didn't know only to be cared for. They stayed with him as long as they and he lived.
My father was his second son. At home, hard work was the order of the day. Land had to be cleared of forests. There was a great deal of Beech woods to grub out and it was such a tough wood. Father got some schooling, enough to teach a few terms of school. At 23 he married a widow, [Polly Cook Cammack] who was my mother. She lived about 14 years after they were married. When she departed this life for Heaven, she left Father with 6 children, the oldest 12 years old, the youngest, myself, 4 months old.
Author: Sarah Emmeline Elliott Youngb. 9 Aug. 1848, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
d. 24 Mar. 1929, Grants Pass, Oregon