1797 Birth:2418 Birth year of 1797 estimated based on age (53 years) in 1850 census enumeration; birth place of Maryland taken from same source.

1820 U.S. Census: Not yet located; possibilities include:
Elias Tracey - Miller Township, Knox County, Ohio, p. 94.

1823 Marriage:1514 Recorded as marriage of Elias Tracy and Naomi Morey, 6 November 1823, Licking County, by John Peters, the J.P. for Bennington Township, Licking County. The 1834 petition1242 to sell the lands of Abraham Morey at his death clearly listed "Arthur Briggs and Polly his wife, late Polly Morey; Elias Tracy and Nancy his wife, late Nancy Morey." The transcribed marriage records of Licking County, re-constructed in 1878 following two fires in the courthouse in Newark, Ohio, list the marriage of Elias Tracy and Polly Morey365 on 13 September 1818. The ceremony was performed by Alexander Holden, who dated the marriage return 19 October 1818. Elias Tracy is also, apparently correctly, listed as marrying Naomi Morey on 6 November 1823. Since the 1834 petition to settle the estate1242 of Abraham Morey clearly identifies "Arthur Briggs and Polly his wife, late Polly Morey" and "Elias Tracy and Nancy his wife, late Nancy Morey," it is assumed that this transcribed marriage record, reconstructed about 60 years after the fact, confused the husband of the two Morey daughters and that the 13 September 1818 marriage was actually Arthur Briggs and Polly Morey. In the 1850 census enumeration, Arthur Briggs2416 and wife Mary were residing in adjacent Knox County while Elias Tracy2418 and wife Naomi were living in Allen County.

1830 U.S. Census:2419
Knox County, Ohio (Wayne Township)
Head of Family •• Elias Tracy
Males 30-40 •• 1 << Elias, about age 33
Females under 5 •• 2
Females 5-10 •• 2
Females 20-30 •• 1 << Nancy, about age 26

1840 U.S. Census:2111
Ohio, Licking Township, Burlington Township
Head of Household •• Elias Tracey
Males 40-50 •• 1 << Elias, about age 43
Females under 5 •• 1 << daughter Laura, about age 2
Females 15-20 •• 1
Females 30-40 •• 1 << wife Nancy, about age 36

1850 U.S. Census:2418
Allen County, Ohio (Sugar Creek Township, District no. 6)
Enumerated 20 August 1850
Elias Tracy •• 53, male, carpenter, born in Maryland
Naomi •• 46, female, born in Ohio, cannot read or write
Laura •• 12, female, born in Ohio. attended school within the year
Lina •• 10, female, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Benjamin •• 6, male, born in Ohio, attended school within the year

1860 U.S. Census:2968
Allen County, Ohio (German Township, Elida Post Office)
Enumerated 22 June 1860
E(lias) Tracey •• 62, male, carpenter, real estate value $400, personal property value $100, born in Maryland
N(aomi) •• 54, female, born in Vermont
L(ina) •• 19, female, servant, born in Ohio
E. B(enjamin) •• 16, female [!], born in Ohio, attended school within the year