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About John Adam Corn, II
Wife: Molly. 6 children: Matthew, George, Edward, Samuel, Nancy Melinda, Jesse.
Matthew & Molly arrived in Virginia in 1749 as stowaways on a ship. They changed their name from Cohen to Corn. It is believed that Matthew was German & Molly was Irish. They lived in Albemarle County, Virginia. All 4 of their sons enlisted in the Continental Army, but little is known of George or Samuel. Pension Records state that John Peter Corn, with his brother Jesse enlisted in Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army in Albemarle Co, Va on February 8, 1776. John Peter Corn was a Private in Captain Dewitt's company of Colonel Dangerfield Regiment. In the winter of 1777, after a skirmish with the British near Philadelphia, the regiment moved into winter quarters with General Washington's Army at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, It is known that he was one of the 9,000 starving & freezing colonists who spent the winter of 1777-78 in Valley Forge, he was discharged from service from this camp ending a two year enlistment
Jesse Corn according to the Virginia State Library & Veteran's Administration records remained in service through the entire conflict. He was first with Captain Small's company, but later served in Captain Matthew Houett's Company of the 7TH Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Alexander McClanahan. Toward the end of the war, he served at least one month in the Virginia Militia in Patrick County with a rank of either Captain or Major. After the War he married Nancy Hancock of Fluvanna Co., Virginia. They had ten children. Records show that most of them moved to Winchester in Franklin Co, Tn.
Samuel Corn lived the rest of his life in Virginia after the Revolution. George Corn could very well have been the "Old George" of the Ohio Frontier. He was first married to a woman named Snodgrass and later to a Dolly Literal. he was also the father of 20 children.
The source of this information comes from The Corns of Russell County by Truel W. Corns, August 1985
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- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: John Adam Corn Year: 1749 Place: Virginia Source Publication Code: 3299.41 Primary Immigrant: Corn, John Adam Corn. Annotation: Date and place where land was patented and record was created listing those transported/imported. Source Bibliography: HUDGINS, DENIS. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Vol. 5, . Richmond [VA]: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1994. 477p. Page: 358 Source Citation: Place: Virginia; Year: 1749; Page Number: 358.
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John Adam Corn, II's Timeline
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1716
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Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
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1726
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Albemarle, Virginia
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1726
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England, United Kingdom
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1776
Age 50
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Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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