John Abernathy (abt. 1750 - abt. 1807)

Born about 1750 in Brunswick, Virginia [uncertain]

Husband of Rhoda (Davis) Abernathy — married 1781 in Campbell Cty, SC

Descendants

Died about 17 Dec 1807 at about age 57 in Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States

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John Abernathy is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000240.

Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 24 Sep 2022), "Record of John Abernathy", Ancestor # A000241.

Biography

There are a number of land grants for John, a few are noted below:

- on 8/11/1767 there was a memorial for James and John Abernathy for 200 acres on the "Saludy" River

- on 1/9/1786 John had a plat issued for 100 acres on Indian Creek, Craven Co SC, having been first surveyed on 12 Mar 1773.

- on 1/12/1787 John Abernathy sold 100 acres of land on Bush River to Isaac Toland, John's wife Rhoda Abernathy also signed the transaction

- on 21&22 February 1788 John and wife Rhoda sold 100 acres of land on Indian Creek to Dudly Bonds

- on 18 Feb 1805 John sold 227 acres of land to William Hunter; John's wife Rhoda signed and also relinquished her dower

John served in the American Revolutionary War and had a claim growing out of his service, File #7. John Abernathy served as a waggoner 180 days during the American Revolution.

Marriage:

Date: 1781

Place: Campbell, Virginia, USA

At both the March and June courts in 1789, John Abernath[sic] served on the grand jury at Newberry Co SC.^[1]

He appears in the Newberry County census records for 1790 and 1800.

Residence:

Date: 1790

Place: Newberry, South Carolina, USA

Residence:

Date: 1800

Place: Newberry, South Carolina, USA

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"Husband of Rhoda (Davis) Abernathy ~ married 1799, Newberry, SC

Their other children were ...

1. Sarah Mary Abernathy (m. unknown)

2. Thomas Abernathy

3. George Abernathy (m. Abigail Lindsey)

4. Mary Abernathy

5. Samuel Abernathy (m. Jane Boyd

Name: John /Abernathy/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Research Note

There is nothing at this time to tie this John to John B Abernathy or Lucy Mildred (Harwell) Abernathy

There is a John Abernathy who has the same Date of Death listed on Find A Grave, memorial #52681522. There is a different year of birth and he was stated as born in Ireland. I removed the previous FAG source until confirmation can be made they are the same person.

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1790

Place: Newberry, South Carolina, USA^[8]

Residence:

Date: 1800

Place: Newberry, South Carolina, USA^[9]

Marriage:

Date: 1781

Place: Campbell, Virginia, USA^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Sources

1. ↑ Aull, Miss Ellen L, 1936, Newberry Co SC Minutes of the County Court Book A pp 98, 114
2. ↑ Source: #S156 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
3. ↑ Source: #S62 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5714938&pid=-1410154781
4. ↑ Source: #S44 Data: Text: Birth date: 1747Birth place: Brunswick, VA, USA
5. ↑ Source: #S43 Data: Text: Death date: 17 December 1807Death place: Newberry, SC, USA
6. ↑ Source: #S204 Page: Year: 1800; Census Place: Newberry District, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 50; Page: 65; Image: 129; Family History Library Film: 181425 External File: @M2581@
7. ↑ Source: #S290 Page: Year: 1790; Census Place: Newberry, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 51; Image: 50; Family History Library Film: 0568151 External File: @M2582@
8. ↑ Source: #S290 Page: Year: 1790; Census Place: Newberry, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 51; Image: 50; Family History Library Film: 0568151 External File: @M2582@
9. ↑ Source: #S204 Page: Year: 1800; Census Place: Newberry District, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 50; Page: 65; Image: 129; Family History Library Film: 181425 External File: @M2581@
10. ↑ Source: #S52 Page: Birth year: 1759; Birth city: Campbell CO; Birth state: VA. Data: Text: Birth date: 8 November 1759Birth place: Campbell CO, VADeath date: 7 November 1848Death place: Buffalo, Chambers CO, ALMarriage date: 1781Marriage place: Campbell, VA
11. ↑ Source: #S52 Page: Birth year: 1759; Birth city: Campbell CO; Birth state: VA. Data: Text: Birth date: 8 November 1759Birth place: Campbell CO, VADeath date: 7 November 1848Death place: Buffalo, Chambers CO, ALMarriage date: 1781Marriage place: Campbell, VA
12. ↑ Source: #S52 Page: Birth year: 1759; Birth city: Bedford; Birth state: VA. Data: Text: Birth date: 8 November 1759Birth place: Bedford, Campbell CO, VADeath date: 7 November 1843Death place: Chambers CO, AlaMarriage date: 1781Marriage place:
13. ↑ Source: #S52 Page: Birth year: 1759; Birth city: Campbell CO; Birth state: VA. Data: Text: Birth date: 8 November 1759Birth place: Campbell CO, VADeath date: 7 November 1848Death place: Buffalo, Chambers CO, ALMarriage date: 1781Marriage place: Campbell, VA
14. ↑ Source: #S52 Page: Birth year: 1759; Birth city: Bedford; Birth state: VA. Data: Text: Birth date: 8 November 1759Birth place: Bedford, Campbell CO, VADeath date: 7 November 1843Death place: Chambers CO, AlaMarriage date: 1781Marriage place:
15. ↑ Source: #S52 Page: Birth year: 1759; Birth city: Bedford; Birth state: VA. Data: Text: Birth date: 8 November 1759Birth place: Bedford, Campbell CO, VADeath date: 7 November 1843Death place: Chambers CO, AlaMarriage date: 1781Marriage place:
16. ↑ Source: #S52 Page: Birth year: 1759; Birth city: Bedford; Birth state: VA. Data: Text: Birth date: 8 November 1759Birth place: Bedford, Campbell CO, VADeath date: 7 November 1843Death place: Chambers CO, AlaMarriage date: 1781Marriage place:
17. ↑ Source: #S52 Page: Birth year: 1759; Birth city: Campbell CO; Birth state: VA. Data: Text: Birth date: 8 November 1759Birth place: Campbell CO, VADeath date: 7 November 1848Death place: Buffalo, Chambers CO, ALMarriage date: 1781Marriage place: Campbell, VA

• Thanks to Gary Nunn who created Abernathy-1128 from which some of this data comes.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 52681522 - Created by: Georgia Girl

• Newberry County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume 1: Deed Books A-B 1785-1794 (1751-1794) by Brent H. Holcomb

• Newberry County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume III: Deed Books E through H, 1800-1806 (1767-1806) by Brent H. Holcomb

• South Carolina Department of Archives and History

• 1790; Census Place: Newberry, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 51; Image: 50; Family History Library Film: 0568151 External File: @M2582@

• 1800; Census Place: Newberry District, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 50; Page: 65; Image: 129; Family History Library Film: 181425 External File: @M2581@
• Military Service: Bobby Gilmer Moss, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. 1983, page 1.
• Source: S156 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R8 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Repository: R8 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S204 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1800 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Grou; Repository: #R8
• Source: S290 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1790 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R8
• Source: S43 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Name: <no name> Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S44 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Repository: #R2
• Source: S62 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R2 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.