Elizabeth (Eliza) Bankston was born in Gwinnett County or Coweta County, Georgia. These areas were where she lived while growing up. Her father is thought to be Nathan Bankston, her mother Sarah Light. Although they have parents. The census records seem to bear this out, as well as the fact that Josiah and Elizabeth always seemed to be living near to them. When Nathan died and Josiah moved his family to northern Georgia, the widow Sarah also moved, along with 2 of Elizabeth's brothers and they all lived in the same area. Elizabeth stated in the `880 census that her parents were from South Carolina; Nathan and Sarah bother were. Hopefully, eventually a will can be found to produce proof of relationship; however all the other known Bankston men have been eliminated.

On October 18, 1843 in Chattanooga County, Georgia, Elizabeth married Josiah Edward Honeycut (that was the way the name was spelled on the marriage certificate). We can partly follow their life through the census records and we know they went Mississippi shortly after their marriage. Their first child, Permelia was born in Mississippi in 1845 and their second child, Elizabeth in 1847 and Charity in 1849; Josiah and Elizabeth returned to Georgia immediately afterward and were found living in Chattanooga County, near Nathan and Sarah Bankston in 1850.

In the next ten years they moved to Walker County, Georgia, and were found near Rock Spring in 1860; some of Elizabeth's family lived nearby. The little girl Elizabeth had died and there were three more children, David, age 7, Margaret, age 6 and George Calvin, age 6 months.

The family moved to Arkansas about 1861 and settled on a farm near Union Township in Conway County in Central Arkansas. Their last known child, John was born in 1862. There is a good possibility that there may have been more children, born between census times. There are gaps between one child but she may not have been the only one.

After Josiah died in 1870, Elizabeth's son David helped her run the farm at Union Township; however by 1880 they were living together at Lick Mountain, several miles away. Elizabeth had 160 acres, according to the records. The photo shows Elizabeth as looked about this time.

The date of her death is unknown. The last census she showed up on was 1880. There was no 1890 census; she was gone before 1900.Her grave is unmarked but is probably in the area of Lick Mountain, Arkansas.