John B Abernathy (abt. 1748 - abt. 1816)

Born about 1748 in Bristol, Bristol City, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Harwell) Abernathy — married 31 Jan 1772 in Lincoln County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died about 12 May 1816 at about age 68 in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

John Abernathy performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

John Abernathy is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000239.

John was born about 1748. He is the son of Robert Abernathy and Sarah Nichols.

John was in the Revolution, died 1816 and is buried on his plantation on the Catawba River in North Carolina. Source: "York Chapel Graveyard Transcriptions" by Ann B. Rutledge, October 1971 (found at Riverside Regional Library, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, August 1999).

John B "Fiddler" Abernathy was born in 1753, in Price George county, Virginia, which would become Bristol, Washington county, Virginia, after the Revolutionary War. During the American Revolutionary War, John was living in what would become the Morgan District of Lincoln county, North Carolina. After the War, John filed vouchers for services rendered to the Continental Army and was paid for his services. ^[1] The Society of the Daughter of the American Revolution have honored John for his Patriotic Service as Ancestor #A000239. DAR records indicate that John's wife was named Susannah (?nee) Applications for membership in the Society were filed by their daughters, Sarah Abernathy, who married Peter Drum, and Martha "Patsy" Abernathy, who married James Thompson. ^[2]

John B. "Fiddler" Abernathy died May 12, 1816, in Lincoln county, North Carolina and was buried at the United Presbyterian Church in Denver, Lincoln, North Carolina. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, #2840, Roll S.115.64
2. ↑ DAR Ancestor #A000239
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #54089787

See also:

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-Y7X : accessed 18 October 2019), John Abernathy, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 845, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL9-ZDQ : accessed 18 October 2019), John Abernathy, Capt Rozeles, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 478, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 40; FHL microfilm 337,913.

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970