John Renta Baker is buried in the John Baker Cemetery, Owsley County, Kentucky. -------------------- Name: John Teneretta "Renta" BAKER , Capt. Sex: M Title: Captain Birth: 17 OCT 1735 in Pine Moutain,...

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Josiah Nichol, early merchant of Nashville, Tennessee, was born in Fahan Parish, Donegal, Ireland, 17 Mar 1772. A copy of the Nichol family Bible, verifying his birthplace and date, is now in the Te...

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14. William BOWEN was born in 1742 in Augusta, Co., Va.. He died on 15 Dec 1804 in Sumner Co., Tn.. He was buried UNKNOWN. Moved from Augusta County,Virginia to the Clinch Valley. When the Dunsmore War...

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Gideon Blackburn, Presbyterian minister, college president, and missionary to the Cherokees, was born in Augusta County, Virginia, on August 27, 1772. Orphaned in his youth, Blackburn moved to what i...

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William Bean initiated permanent settlement in eastern Tennessee when he arrived from Virginia in 1769 and built a rude cabin on Boone's Creek near its junction with the Watauga River. He was joined so...

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Captain William 'Billy' Bean (1721-1782) son of William Bean and Elizabeth Hatton was the first recorded permanent white settler in what later became the state of Tennessee. While settled in Pittsylvan...

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Nee Susan Randolph Payne. Her father was John Payne. She was born on 24 Jan 1768, Fulvanna Co, Virginia. Died on 17 Oct 1847. Buried with her husband in the Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, Tennessee.

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DAR Ancestor #: A089994 PEYTON, ROBERT Ancestor #: A089994 Service: VIRGINIA Rank: SOLDIER Birth: (ANTE) 1740 PRINCE WILLIAM CO VIRGINIA Death: 1-5-1795 SUMNER CO TENNESSEE Service Descriptio...

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Info added per the DAR's "Lineage Book of the Charter Members" by Mary S Lockwood published 1895 showing "a soldier in the Revolution at 15 years of age, with Mad Anthony Wayne in '96, a major general ...

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Ignatius’ parentage is also rather confusing. His father is clearly John D. Chisholm(I049) . Some think that Ignatius’ mother was John’s first wife, a White woman, named Betsy Sims(I044) , the widow ...

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Archibald Roane (1759 or 1760 – January 18, 1819) was the second Governor of Tennessee, serving from 1801 to 1803. He won the office after the state's first governor, John Sevier, was prevented by co...

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John Key, son of Moses, Jr., was born about 1735. He served in the Revolutionary War as Captain from Washington Co., N.C. After the War he, with his son David, and perhaps other children, moved to what...

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On April 14, 1793 John Rains was commissioned captain of a "company of mounted infantrymen called into service for the protection of the frontier of Mero District," according to Robert Hays, muster mas...

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Rains, daughter of Capt. John Rains and Christiana Gowen Rains, was born about 1781 probably in Davidson County. She was married there September 26, 1801 to Michael Carnes Dunn, according to Davidson C...

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Michael Dunn (1770-1853) married Elizabeth Rains (1781-1837) and raised a large family there in the early 1800s. Col. Michael C. Dunn, built the Grassmere home in 1810 He was Presbyterian and was...

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Captain John Rains, born 1743 - 1753 On Christmas 1779 he led his family and livestock across the frozen Cumberland and settled in this vicinity. In 1784 he built a fort that enclosed the spring 75 y...

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In 1823 Henry L. Sheffey testified that about 1805 he and Thomas Warner took the illegitimate son of Joseph Barron, "acknowledged by him as such", then between four and five years old to the residence ...

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He and his brothers John and Hugh carried on a successful fur trade with the Indians. The brothers were very wealthy and prominent locally. The first record of him in America is in 1778, when he was ...

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She was named in her mother's 1794 will and was listed as an heir in her father's 1800 estate settlement. Her maiden name, birth date, and relationship to her husband and sons are shown by the LDS Inte...

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MILITARY SERVICE OF JOHN PILLOW IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION The service of John Pillow has been approved by the NSSAR (# 118709). He served as a soldier in Captain David Steel's company in the 13th ...

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Alexander C Ewing {57} was born 9 Sep 1797 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He was the son of Alexander Ewing {52} and Sarah Smith {53}. Alexander died 13 Jun 1834. He married Chloe Russell Saunders

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Buried on original grant « mile southeast of Hartsville, Trousdale (formerly Smith) County known as the Gleaves place. Graves marked with upright slabs now falling through, moderately well preserved....

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Links The Chickamauga Wars were raging at this time, and the Sumner County area north of Nashville was particularly vulnerable. On June 3, 1787, William's brother, James, was killed as the two ...

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The Chickamauga Wars were raging at this time, and the Sumner County area north of Nashville was particularly vulnerable. On June 3, 1787, William's brother, James, was killed as the two were ambushed ...

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Colonel Isaac Bledsoe was killed on Cumberland in the month of April and on the 20th of the month a skirmish took place between twenty Indians and eight white men at Laurel river in Kentucky in which s...

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James Franklin 1750 - 1819 DAR Ancestor #: A041746 Pilot Knob, Sumner County, Tennessee James Franklin came to Tennessee originally as a Long Hunter. These men were very much like the Mountain Men ...

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Charlotte Reeves Robertson was among the earliest settlers to live in Middle Tennessee. She followed her husband, James Robertson, in a journey from the Watauga settlement of East Tennessee to the wi...

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DAR Ancestor #: A031723 Also known as Abraham Lewis DeMoss. Founded town of Bellevue, Tennessee. Built a log cabin on the banks of the Harpeth River in 1797 and named it "Belle Vue". Revolutionary ...

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James was born the son of William Winchester [1711] ENG and Lydia Richards [1727] MD [daughter of Edward Richards [1678] ENG and Mary Head [1690] ENG]. Edward Richards came to the new world from Ma...

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MARTHA MARY DENTON BURIAL: SINKING CREEK FARM-ON A HILL OVERLOOKING HOMESTEAD CHILDREN: NINE BY FIRST HUSBAND-DR. JAMES MOORE DENTON FAMILY: PATRIOTS IN FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-REVOLUTIONARY WAR ...

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MARY BUTLER BURIAL: JUNE 1776 VIRGINIA DEATH IN CHILDBIRTH: DEATH SAME DAY AS BIRTH OF JONATHAN TIPTON- 6/8/1776 MARRIAGE LENGTH: ABOUT 25 YEARS

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Col. John Tipton Born on August 15, 1730, Col. John Tipton resided in Baltimore County until 1747 when his family moved to the Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, Virginia. While there he married his ...

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COL. WILLIAM TIPTON MILITARY SERVICE: REVOLUTIONARY WAR-CAPT. WALL'S CO/COL. RICAHRD PARKER'S REGIMENT WAR WOUNDS: 1779 THREE WOUNDS IN SAVANNAH, GA. -------------------------- A history of T...

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William Lytle, of Hillsboro, N.C., was the son of Robert Lytle (1729-1774) and Sarah Mebane Lytle, and served in the Sixth, First, and Fourth regiments of the North Carolina Line during the Revolutio...

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By all accounts, Sarah was the wife of Robert Smith. So far as is known, their children were Elizabeth, Sarah, Alexander and Nancy. Sarah's parents names are given as John and Mary Clemmons in the bo...

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Dolley Cross Gordon married the Captain in 1794 & lived to be 81 passing away in 1859. She was a successful business woman operating the Duck River Ferry and Trading Post while her husband was away o...

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John Gordon (1763-1819) As with many others, he came west towards the end of the war and settled in Nashville when, as a contemporary observed, it contains "only two houses which, in true, merit ...

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HOUSE, 23rd and 24th General Assemblies, 1839-43; representing Hawkins and Sullivan counties; Republican. Born on February 4, 1782; place not known, but probably in Washington County, North Carolin...

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Francis Alexander Ramsey of Scots-Irish descent, helped James White explore what is now the Knoxville, Tennessee area in 1783, and later served in various capacities in the State of Franklin and Southw...

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Abner Lester Added by chrisann59 on 10 Dec 2008 born on 8 Aug 1754 in Montgomery County, VA and died in Jul 1833 in Williamson County, TN at age 78. General Notes: Abner was one of the early ...

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Arthur Campbell, a political and military leader in Virginia and frontier Tennessee, was born in Augusta County, Virginia, on November 3, 1743. A band of Wyandotte Indians captured fifteen-year-old Cam...

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Elizabeth Outlaw 1767 Duplin Co NC - 19 Jan 1821 Cahaba AL married Washington Co VA 1779 David [Judge] Campbell 26 May 1750 Augusta Co VA - 21 Nov 1812 Old Washington, Rhea County TN Judge David...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of MAJOR. DAR Ancestor #: A018570 Judge David Campbell, State of Franklin official and early territorial and state judge, was born in A...

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After 1802, Thomas Deaderick moved to Tennessee settling for a few years at Mansker's Station before moving to Nashville, where he was a successful merchant and silversmith.

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Parish Sims, first husband of Grizel Kissiah, made his will November 26, 1807, and died within a few months. His will, recorded in 1812, in Lincoln County (later destroyed by fire), named his wife Griz...

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Ann Robertson Cockrill was the only woman among the early Cumberland settlers to receive a land grant in her own name. In 1784 the North Carolina legislature awarded this honor for her contribution to ...

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John COCKRILL was born 19 Dec 1757 in Wythe County, Virginia. John married Ann ROBERTSON JOHNSON/JOHNSTON, a widow with three daughters. John Died at Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 11 Apr 183...

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5. Michael2 Yoakum (Matthias1);14,15 b. 1740 in Pennsylvania;16 m. Ann Boyles, daughter of Alexander Boyles, 8 Feb 1762 in Bedford County, Virginia;16 d. after 1799. Mike Sizer's research strongly su...

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Sarah2 Ridley (George1) was born 28 Nov 1773 in E. TN, and died 23 Nov 1831 in Nashville, Davidson, TN. She married John Buchanan, Jr. 1791 in Davidson Co., TN, son of John Buchanan and Jane Trindle....

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Joseph McMinn (June 22, 1758 – October 17, 1824) was an American politician. He was the fifth Governor of Tennessee, serving from 1815 to 1821. A veteran of the American Revolution, he had previously...

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First Settlers of Neely's Bend in Davidson Co., TN.

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John Rains, Jr., said: On one occasion my sister [Martha "Patsy" Rains] wished to go up to Armstrong's Station, about seven miles from Nashville. She could not get company as pleased her, so she went a...

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James P. Condon, normally employed as a tailor and boarding house proprietor, was High Constable of Nashville from 1814 to 1816 and was elected Mayor of Nashville in 1820 in a highly contested election...

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In 1787 while serving in a company of spies [scouts] com­manded by his father, he took part in a skirmish with the In­dians near Nashville. As the braves began to retreat, John Rains, Jr. spied an In...

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ROBERT SEVIER appears on Captain Evan Shelby's company list of June 11, 1773, so it is known that Robert Sevier followed his brother, Valentine, to the new frontier, and preceded John Sevier. Valenti...

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from A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans: the leaders and ..., Volume 8 By Will Thomas Hale, Dixon Lanier Merritt Pg.2596-2608

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8) John Cage (3 Dec 1780 - 9 May 1827) m. 11 Dec 1800, Sumner Co. TN, Thankful Morgan (9 Jun 1786 - 28 Aug 1843) Links

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Nathaniel Hall came to Tennessee from Virginia in 1778 Sources DAR Ancestor #: A049399 Links

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From "Descendants of James Doak" by Joseph A. Payne: Elizabeth Thankful3 DOAK, (Samuel2 DOAK, James1) was born Jan 14, 1746/1747 at Fisherville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co., Va. Elizabeth ma...

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Samuel Doak (1749–1830) was an American Presbyterian clergyman and educator, a pioneer in the movement for the abolition of slavery. Wikipedia From "Descendants of James Doak" by Joseph A. Payne: ...

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In 1800 Major William Cage's second wife died and he married Elizabeth Hale Stephenson who was the sister of his first daughter's husband. She was the daughter of Nicholas Hale of Washington County. Th...

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Major William Cage, born in Virginia, 1745, moved to Chatham County, N. C., before the Revolution. He was prominent and popular, and when the Revolution began he was appointed Major and was chiefly act...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for Virginia with the rank of LIEUTENANT. DAR Ancestor #: A088942

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor #: A088723

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My family memoirs. [2d ed.] By Thomas Hughes. Published 1918 by Printed by King Bros. in Baltimore . Written in English. Mother was Bridgett/O'Neill DAR Ancestor #: A059111 HUGHES, DAVID Ance...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor #: A050185 The Hardings came to Davidson County in 1798 and bought tracts on the Harpeth River from David Cloyd. Giles3 Harding (Wi...

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This was one of those backyard rather then church yard burials. Then evidently someone put a house on top of at least one grave. While people were remodeling they found Ann's stone either under the f...

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Frederick Stump, an early settler in the Fort Nashborough area, came from Pennsylvania by way of Georgia. He was a revolutionary war soldier and noted Indian fighter. He owned a large plantation along ...

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Nee Mary Turner. 1st marriage to ? Hubble. 2nd marriage to McGavock, 1812. --------------------

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David McGavock, 6 February 1763, m. 1st, Elizabeth McDowll, 2d, Mrs. Mary Hubble, d. 7 August, 1838. -------------------- David McGavock (1763 - 1838) was a Middle Tennessee landowner and farmer. H...

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It was this time (1786) in Timothy’s life when his “Nashville wife” comes into the picture, which was really his mistress. In January, 1787, Elizabeth Bennett - commonly called Hinslar, as the records ...

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1779 Dec. 22 Colonel John Donelson and party, to include Thomas Hutchings, departed on a famous boat trip to French Lick (Nashville). The trip started at the Netherland Inn (Kingsport Tn.) navigating...

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RACHEL5 STOKELY (ALEXANDER4, JOSEPH3, JOHN (STOCKLEY)2, JOHN (STOCKLEY)1) was born in Accomac County, Virginia, and died 1801 in Davidson County, Tennessee. She married JOHN DONELSON II Abt. 1750 in Pi...

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) JOHN W. OVERTON was secretary to President Andrew Jackson. John Overton (April 9, 1766 – April 12, 1833) was an advisor of Andrew Jackson, a judge at the Superior Court of Tennessee, a banker a...

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John Blair I was born 1737 in Ireland. He came to America before 1754. He was a private under Captain Peebles' Foot Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia, Revolutionary War. He married M...

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Comments (Overview ) 1) JOHN BLAIR, SR. FATHER JOHN, JR. SERVED FROM PA. DAR Ancestor #: A010855

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Sources The Family Bible of William Matlock and Catharine Sevier This Bible was originally the property of William Matlock, born in Henry Co., Virginia December 3, 1762, or of his wife Catherine (S...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA (SOLDIER). Sources The Family Bible of William Matlock and Catharine Sevier This Bible was originally the property of William Matlock, born...

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DAR Ancestor # A119361 George was born 1745 Fauquier Co VA. George resided in Burke Co NC and while there he was commissioned Feb 1776 as a Lieutenant in Captain John Harden's North Carolina Regiment...

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WILLIAM JAMES MATLOCK was born November 1755 in Washington County, Tennessee, and died September 1829 in Morgan County, Indiana. He married SARAH SALLY SHEPHERD Abt. 1774. She was born Abt. 1754 in Vir...

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DAR Ancestor #: A102104 thebecketts.com/genealogy/sevi er.... Valentine "The Immigrant" Sevier, was born in London, England Februay 1st, 1702. He and his brother William migrated to the United S...

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Colonel Valentine Sevier, Jr. was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1747. He met and married Naomi Douglas in 1767, they has fourteen children. He moved from Virginia to the Watauga River Valley (Pre...

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Major James Sevier was born in Augusta County, Va., he died in Washington County, Tennessee. James Sevier was at the "Battle of Kings Mountain" at the age of sixteen, he followed his father John Sevier...

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Test of the Historical Marker in Nashville: "Jacques-Timothe’ De Montbrun, born on Mar. 23, 1747, in Boucherville, Quebec, was the first white man to live in the Nashville area. Beginning in 1769, he s...

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John Sevier (September 23, 1745–September 24, 1815) was an American soldier, frontiersman and politician, and one of the founding fathers of the State of Tennessee. He played a leading role, both milit...

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