Changed to Georgia, VT:
He d. Feb. 19, 1809, in Georgia, Vt., of the epidemic that was so fatal throughout the country that year.
from: James Pierce Root's Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870.
Elijah senior, who was born on the 29th of August 1775, was an early settler in Georgia [VT], whe he came from the home of his fatehr in Benson, Vt. The family were descended from the Root Family of Farmington, Conn., and came to Benson from Pittsfield, MA. Elijah Root, senior, died in Georgia on the 19th of Febraury, 1809. (from: History of Chittenden County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers)