John W. Mayfield, Sr

There seem to be at least two John W. Mayfield Sr's. The wife of one is Mary Delia Stanwix while the other is Mary Delia Bracken

Fought in French and Indian War. Was at Braddock's Defeat. Stationed at Fort Stanwix, New York, and ran blockade placed by the Marquis de Montcalm.

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"JOHN Mayfield AND MARY STANWIX WERE MARRIED IN WAXHAW SETTLEMENT, NC THEY LIVED IN OLD 96th DISTRICT ON BROWN’S CREEK. CAPTAIN JOHN Mayfield WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST COMPANY, SC TROOPS SENT TO AID THE NORTHERN COLONIES AND WAS WITH HIS COMPANY AT BRADDOCK S DEFEAT.

JOHN WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN FOR HIS VALIANT CONDUCT BY RUNNING OF THE BLOCKADE OF GENERAL MONTCALM. AID WAS BROUGHT AND THE SIEGE WAS RAISED. HE RESIGNED IN 1776. JOHN WAS A PRIVATE IN CAPTAIN JACOB JOHN LANSING'S COMPANY, THIRD REGIMENT, OF NEW YORK, COMMANDED BY COLONEL MORRIS GRAHAM. JOHN SERVED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AT THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN ACCORDING. TO THE BOOK "TEXAS AND TEXAN'S". IT IS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK "SOME HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION" IN THE CHAPTER ON MAJOR JOSEPH McJunkin.

CAPTAIN JOHN WHO WAS WITH HIS COMMANDER COL. THOMAS FLETCHER WAS FOUND ON FLETCHER'S PLANTATION HIDDEN IN A LARGE HOLLOW IN A SYCAMORE TREE. THEY WERE TAKEN PRISONERS AND SENT TO CHARLESTON.

ABOUT MARCH 1776 COL. FLETCHER AND HIS MEN WERE RELEASED FROM IMPRISONMENT.

JOHN AND HIS FRIEND SAMUEL McJUNKIN SERVED UNDER GEN. JOHN STANWIX AS PRIVATES. WHILE STATIONED AT FT. STANWIX WHICH WAS NEAR ROME, NEW YORK.

THEY CAME SOUTH AND SETTLED IN A RURAL COMMUNITY 30 MILES NORTH OF GREENVILLE, SC CALLED TRAVELER’S REST NEAR KING'S MOUNTAIN. AND THAT IS WHERE JOHN Mayfield LOST HIS LIFE IN THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN [?!?!?! Ths battle was in 1780, and below, it says he left a will in 1783. ?!?!?!]

JOHN ATTAINED THE RANK OF CAPTAIN. IN THE PRE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY.

ALL OF HIS SON'S WHO WERE OLD ENOUGH WENT TO WAR, DURING THE AMERICAN REV. AND SOME WERE IN THE BATTLE AT KING'S MOUNTAIN North Carolina. In a report done by the American Historical Co. inc. publishers, 80-90, eighth avenue, NY, N.Y. used by Mary Elizabeth Mayfield a cousin of Sen. Earl Bradford Mayfield in her application for membership in the D.A.R., which was accepted, the report says.

Captain John Mayfield was a member of the first company,, SC troops sent to aid the northern colonies and was with his company at Braddock's defeat. The remnant of the militia was organized into fighting units and used to help the settlers into a position where they could be protected under the command of Captain John Stanwix. The forces thus organized fixed the defense where Rome, N.Y. now stands on the bank of the Mohawk which flows from the north southward and empties into the Hudson about Troy, N.Y. and the Wilson creek which flows from the south to northeast into Lake Oneida and these waters empty into Lake Erie. There in the center of Rome, Fort Stanwix was built. For Valiant conduct, along with Samuel McJUNKIN, and by running of the blockade of General Montcalm, aid was brought and the siege was raised. John Mayfield and Samuel McJUNKIN were promoted to be Captains and each maintained his position until 1776 when each resigned. Captain John Mayfield and his wife, Mary Stanwix, settled on the land joining Thomas Brandon on Brown's creek. They bought two tracts from the Brandons 9 Dec. 1775.

Capt. John Mayfield and some fifty of the men of his command took the oath of allegiance to the SC Constitution of March 26 1776, and stubs 1916 shows payment Dec. 31, 1775 payment of expenses, 2 pounds, 16 shillings and 11 pence for services rendered. (Gibbs Documentary History)

On call for troops for the Indian War of 1776, Capt. John Mayfield with Capt. Samuel McJUNKIN, joined Hugh's company, Brandon's Reg., at the fall of Charleston, was paroled, took part in the reorganization July 1780 at the Bullocks Creek Meeting House and helped shape the organization which selected Col. Thomas Sumpter as their General and was assigned to Peter Burns' company, Sumpter Reg., and fought at Hanging Rock, 7 Oct 1780, and at Fishing Creek, Kings Mountain, Black Stock Ford and Cow Pens. Jan. 1780.

Capt. John Mayfield, at Charleston, planned the running of the powder allotted to Col. John Thomas and Col. Thomas Brandon's Reg., through the British blockade, and aided by Maj. Joseph McJunkin and John P. Thomas and a skilled crew of sailors safely landed the precious cargo near Thikety and with eight picked officers hid all except for immediate use which was lodged in Col. Thomas' residence and then removed.

The American Historical Company did all of the above record about John Mayfield, for Mrs. Pearson B. Mayfield of Cleveland TN. HE ENLISTED AUG 1, 1780 FOR THE TERM OF 3 MONTHS AND HIS NAME APPEARS ON A COMPANY MUSTER ROLL DATED, SCHENECTADY, OCT 26, 1780.

He left a will on 31 July 1783 at Abbeville County, South Carolina; WILLIAM WILLIAMS, JOHN SESSON AND LAWLAT PORTER MADE INVENTORY ON HIS WILL 31 JULY 1783. ABBEYVILLE DISTRICT HIS WIFE MARY WAS NAMED ADMINISTRATOR. JOHN WAS GRANTED 300 A LAND BY GOV. ROWEN OF, NC AND SAID LANDS WERE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN IN, NC UNTIL THE LINE WAS RUN AND FOUND TO BE IN UNION COUNTY, SC.

IN BOOK B. PAGE 414 AND DATED 1 MAR 1785 THIS LAND WAS SOLD TO COLONEL THOMAS BRANDON. WITNESS; DUNCAN MCCRAVAN, CHARLES CRAIN & JOHN MCCOOL.

His data record was Updated on 19 August 2002 by Glenn W Mayfield.

Children of John W. Mayfield Sr. and Mary Delia Bracken are: + 87 i. Ellender Mayfield. + 88 ii. Isaac Mayfield Sr. was born 1742 in Amherst County, Virginia, and died 12 AUG 1795 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. + 89 iii. John Mayfield Jr. was born 1745 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died AFT 1819 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

	90	  iv.	James Mayfield was born 1748 in Amherst County, Virginia, and died 1825.

	91	  v.	Abraham Lewis Mayfield was born 1749 in Amherst County, Virginia, and died 1782. +	92	  vi.	Isham Mayfield was born 1752 in Amherst County, Virginia, and died ABT 1818 in Green County, Tennessee. +	93	  vii.	Stephen Mayfield Sr. was born 1755 in Amherst County, Virginia, and died 11 AUG 1834 in Overton County, Tennessee. +	94	  viii.	William Mayfield was born 1758 in Amherst County, Virginia.

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