Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779 – November 10, 1856) was an American silversmith, planter and politician.

[1] He was the owner of a store on the corner of Union Street and 2nd Avenue in modern-day Downtown Nashville, which he ran with his nephew, also called John Elliston.

[2] He also served on the committee for the construction of the Tennessee State Capitol,[3] and he was a co-founder of the Nashville Female Academy and the McKendree Methodist Church.

[7] She predeceased him in 1816,[8] and Elliston married Elizabeth Odom,[7] widow of Charles Elliott and Rev.

They resided on Sixth Avenue in Downtown Nashville, where the Tennessee Performing Arts Center was later built.

[2][8] His funeral was conducted by John Berry McFerrin at the McKendree United Methodist Church.