Susannah Elliott

Women of the American Revolution - Susannah Elliott

Click on the above link "Women of the American Revolution" to learn about Susannah Elliott.  She was a native of South Carolina and the daughter of Benjamin Smith.  Left young and orphan and a heiress, Susannah was reared by her aunt Rebecca Motte, with whom she lived until she married.  It was said that Susannah Elliot was "one of the most busy among the Revolution women, and always active among the soldiers. She was the wife of Colonel Bernard Elliot.  It was known that her husband raised and maintained a regiment at his own expense.  Among the papers in the possession of the family is a letter from General Greene to Mrs. Elliot, expressive of high respect and regard, offering her a safe escort through the camp, and to any part of the country to which she might desire to travel. 

Mrs. Elliot employed herself constantly in useful domestic occupations; and was remarkable for industry and economy of time.  She superintended the manufacture of the wool and the cotton worn by her slaves, to whom she was the most kind and indulgent; and made salt on her plantation during the war.  Some of the stockings knit by her are still extant, which still have the date, 1776, knit in the threads.