Lynn Genealogy

1.) John Lynn
birth: 1560 Scotland
spouse: Unknown
Children: John Lynn birth abt 1585 in Ayrshire, Scotland
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2.)John Lynn
birth: abt 1585 Ayrshire, Scotland
Father: John Lynn birth: 1560 in Scotland
spouse: Unknown
Children:
Andrew Lynn birth: 1605 in Loch Lynn, Ayrshire, Scotland
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3.) Andrew Lynn
birth: 1605 in Loch Lynn, Ayrshire, Scotland
death: in Loch Lynn, Ayrshire, Scotland
Father: John Lynn b: abt 1585 in Ayrshire, Sctoland
marriage: Ann Blair b: abt 1610 in Auldmuir, Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Children:
William David Lynn b: abt 1640 in Corkaugh, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
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4.) William David Lynn
birth: abt 1640 in Corkaugh, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Father: Andrew Lynn b: 1605 in Loch Lynn, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mother: Ann Blair b: abt 1610 in Auldmuir, Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage: Margaret Patton b: 1655 in Rusky, Derry, Ireland
Children:
1.)Sarah Lynn b: abt 1664 in County Donegal, Ireland
2.)William Lynn b: abt 1672 in Loch Lynn, Scotland
3.)Margaret Lynn b: 1693 in Loch Lynn, Scotland
4.)John Lynn b: 1695 in Ireland
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5.)William Lynn
birth: 1672 in Loch Lynn, Scotland
death: 1729 in Virginia
Father: William David Lynn b: abt 1640 in Scotland
Mother: Margaret Patton
Children:
1.) John Lynn b: in Ireland
2.)Audley Lynn
3.)Elizabeth Lynn
4.)William Lynn
5.)Margaret Lynn b: 3 Jul 1693
6.)Charles Lynn b: abt 1700
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6.) John Lynn
birth: 1685 in Ireland
death: 1751
Title: Sr.
spouse: Margaret Cameron b: 1696 Ireland death: Pennsylvania
Note: John Lynn was in Queen County, Maryland in 1730 and in Augusta
County, Virginia by 1746. He sued his brother, Dr. William Lynn there in
1751. This may be why John, unlike his other relatives, is not
mentioned in William's will. Court records of November 1751 indicate a
lawsuit between William Lynn of Fredericksburg and "Irish Doctor John
Lynn" of Augusta County. Apparently this dispute remained unresolved,
John left the county.
He attended Tinkling Spring Church near Staunton, Virginia--also other
Lynns, Patton and Prestons.
In 1749 John Lynn Jr., and his brothers James and Andrew were in court
there--- John Jr. received land, James and Andrew witnessed.
Father: William Lynn
Children:
1.)John Lynn b: 1715/1720 in Ireland
2.)Robert Lynn b: abt. 1721 in Ireland
3.)James Lynn b: 1725 in Ireland
4.)Andrew Lynn b: in North Carolina
5.)Sarah Lynn b: in North Carolina
6.)Adam Lynn
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7.)James Lynn (Sr.)
birth: 1725 in Ireland
death: Mar 1779 in Mecklenberg, North Carolina
Note:
James Lynn was a Revolutionary War soldier
Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Gwathm ey, p 490
Lynn, James, 11th Tenth Virginia Regiment of the Continental 1 Line, 11
& 15
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THE SCOTCH-IRISH: A SOCIAL HISTORY, James G. Leyburn
page 306-7
"In North Carolina, the militia companies of Mecklenberg County,
predominatly Scoth-Irish, sent representatives to Charlotte on May 20,
1775, and at midnight on this date, more than a year before the
Declaration of Independence at Philidelphia, the convention agreed on
resolutions declaring that the people of Mecklenberg were free and
independant of the British Crown."
Biography: Will dated 17 February 1779, listed 12 children, DB. 13 page
190. Mecklenberg Co., N.C. dated 1787 - wife Sarah H. Lynn, 150 acres to
James Lynn and Wm. Lynn son of James. Witt: Henry Downs, and John Lynn.
Jan session of 1788
James Lynn died of Yellow Fever while serving in the Revolutionary War.
Father: John Lynn
Mother: Margaret Cameron
spouse: Sarah H. Miller b: 1730 in Augusta, Virginia
Children:
1.)Margaret Lynn b: 22 Feb 1750 in Augusta, Virginia death: 25 Jun 1827
in South Carolina
2.)Mary Lynn b: abt 1753 in Augusta, Virginia
3.)Catherine Lynn b: in Augusta, Virginia
4.)Elenor Lynn b: in Augusta, Virginia
5.)Sarah Lynn b: in Augusta, Virginia
6.)Elizabeth Lynn b: in Augusta, Virginia
7.)Jane Lynn Jr. b: in Augusta, Virginia
8.)James Lynn (Jr.) b: 1 Oct 1764 in Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina
(Revolutionary War soldier enlisted at age 15) died: 1847 Itawamba Co.
Mississippi
notes for James Lynn (Jr.)
N.C. JAMES LYNN Pension S.
13817
Morgan County, Alabama November 20, 1832, James Lynn, aged 68, applies
for a Revolutionary pension under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
He declares that he enlisted as a volunteer November 15, 1779 with
Captain Summer, Colonel Mabm___? a Frenchman, General Butler. Served
three months and was discharged. Took his father home sick with yellow
fever in a wagon. On March 1, 1780, volunteered with Captain Simmerson,
Major Harris; to Charleston; was taken prisoner; paroled in June.
Enlisted again in August and was in the battle of Hanging Rock, under
Captain Foster, Colonel Davy and General Sumpter.
Dismissed from service; citizen of Mecklenberg County, North Carolina.
States he was born October 1, 1764, in Mecklenberg County, North
Carolina. He has no record, but his father had a family Bible. James
Lynn resided in Mecklenberg County, North Carolina; then in Pendleton,
South Carolina; moved to Duncombe County, North Carolina; then to
Henderson County, Kentucky; then to Maury County, Tennesse; then to
Madison County, Alabama and to Morgan County, Alabama. Refers to David
Morrow for character reference.
Ittawamba County, Mississippi, Pleaston. Letter to the War Department
from William Lynn dated September 10, 1854, "Have been informed that a
letter was sent to Somerville, Alabama (Morgan County P.J.G.) to James
Lynn, Revolutionary soldier and who drew a pension from March 4, 1831.
this letter was direected to James Linn or his administrator, taken from
the Post Office, resent to Isaac Holmes, his son-in-law. Isaac Holmes
has been trying to draw papres in order to draw up the money without my
knowledge. I am the only son of James Lynn and I ask how I may proceed
in the matter. My father, James Lynn moved with me from Alabama and
remained with me until his death. I have his certificate. (Signed)"
William Lynn
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Last payment of Pension
>From records of the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Washington, D.C.
In the case of James Lynn, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War,
certificate No. 19902, Alabama Agency, the records show that the last
payment of pension, covering the period from September 4, 1847 to March
4, 1848, was made on April 4, 1848, at Huntsville, Alabama to Dandridge
Fariss, as attorney for the pensioner. On March 24, 1848, the pensioner
certified that he had resided in Franklin County, Alabama, for the space
of five years past, and that previous thereto he had resided in Morgan
County, Alabama, North Carolina and Ky.
Note: for copy of pension application see our Alabama Records Vol. 49 p. 19
9.)John C. Lynn b: 1766 in Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina died: May
1850 in Union County, Kentucky
10.)Edley Osborn Lynn b: 1769 in Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina died:
1827 in Morgan County, Alabama
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8.) Edley Osborn Lynn (Sr.)
birth: abt 1769 in Mecklenberg, North Carolina
death: 1827 in Morgan County, Alabama
spouse: Penelope Peden
Father: James Lynn b: 1725 in Ireland
Mother: Sarah Miller b: abt 1728/1730 in Augusta, Virginia
Children:
1.)Sarah M. Lynn b: 1804 died: Oct 1872 in Morgan Co., Al
2.)James K. Lynn b: 1810 Kentucky died: Abt. 1869 in Morgan County, Alabama
3.)Andrew W. Lynn b: 1815 Kentucky died: in Cullman county, Alabama
4.)Margaret J. Lynn b: 1816 Kentucky died: 1875
5.)Edley Osborn Lynn (Jr.) b: 1817 in Henderson Co., Kentucky died:
Morgan Co., Alabama
6.)Ellen W. Lynn b: Abt. 1822 died: Abt. 1880
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(9.) Andrew W. Lynn
birth: 1815 Kentucky
died: Cullman County, Alabama
spouse: Matlida Maples b: 1821 Grainger County, Tennessee death: Cullman
county, Alabama burial Jones Chapel
marriage: 22 Nov 1838 Morgan county, Alabama
Children:
1.)John James Lynn b: 12 Dec 1845 Morgan County, Alabama died: 19 Aug
1904 Little Vine cemetery Empire, Alabama Walker county
2.)Margaret J. Lynn b: 1839
3.)Edley Francis Lynn
4.)Thomas H. Lynn
5.)Lucinda E. Lynn b: 1853 Alabama
6.)Isaac B. Lynn
7.)Penelope Lynn b: 1858 Alabama
8.)Lawson Monroe Lynn
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10.) John James Lynn
birth: 12 Dec 1845 Morgan County, Alabama
died: 19 Aug 1904
buried: Little Vine cemetery Empire, Walker County, Alabama
spouse:
1st: America J. Allen
2nd: Sarah A. Brown
3rd: Barbara Chandler
4th:Artenia (Artie) Hassell-Seaver b: 17 Dec 1863 Hickman county,
Tennessee died: 03 Jun 1928
marriage: 19 Nov 1888 Hickman County, Tennessee
Children:
1.)Mary Jane (Janie Mae) Lynn b: 02 Jul 1891 died: 17 Jan 1917 buried:
Cane Creek cemetery, Warrior, Alabama
2.)Mattie Frances Lynn
3.)Lola Elizabeth Lynn
4.)Emma Penelope Lynn
5.)Otis Lee Lynn
6.)Ed Herron Lynn
7.)Lillie Lynn

Lynn Line - Scotch-Irish - For clarity sake, I assigned the John's Sr., and Jr. designations. This page covers a 250 year history, from 1610 until 1850 when the line daughters out in my family in Kentucky, circa 1845. A long heritage indeed ~

Generation One

Andrew Lynn, Birth: Abt 1610, Marriage Ann Blair b: Abt 1615

Children:

i	David Lynn b: Abt 1640 in Kilmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland

Generation Two

David Lynn, Title: Laird Of Loch Lynn, Birth: Abt 1640 in Kilmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland^{1 2}Note: THE LAIRD OF LOCH LYNN

The Encyclopedia Britannica states: The Loch Lynn referred to is "The Loch Linnhe" in western Scotland, County of Inverness. It extends from the Firth of Lorne which empties into the Scottish Sea and extends north and east for a distance of 21 miles. The region was the home of the Cameron’s, McDonalds and of the Dukes of Argyll of the Clan Campbell. It was the seat of many of the principal historical Highland Clans.

David Lynn and unknown had the following children:

i	Sarah LYNN was born in 1664 in Kilmacrenan, Scotland. Sarah married Henry PATTON (Henry2, William1); born 1660 in Caiggo, Dundee, Scotland; died 1743 in Clondevaddock Parrish, Barony of Kilmacremon Co., of Dublin (Ulster) Ireland. [1], [2] He was ship builder, operating merchant ships. He began military service between April, 1689 and August, 1689. Henry Patton and three brothers were in the army of William of Orange during the defense of Londonderry and later was present at the Battle of Boyne, July 1st, 1690. He immigrated after 1690. He lived after 1690 in Manor of Springfield, Parish of Clondevaddock, Barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland.[7] Children of Henry Patton and Sarah Lynn were as follows: i. Richard; born circa 1685; died 1751 in Raphoe County of Donegal, Ireland, ii. Thomas, born 1686, iii. Capt. John, born circa 1689 in Newton-Limavady, Derry (now Londonderry), Ireland; married Sarah Rogers, iv. Andrew; born before 1690; died circa 1747, v. Col. James, born July 8, 1692 in Newton-Limavady, Derry (now Londonderry), North Ireland; married Mary Borden, vi. Robert, born circa 1695. He owned land on June 3, 1741 in Lancaster Co., PA, vii. (--?--); born circa 1695, viii, (--?--); born circa 1695, ix. Charles;[18] born circa 1695 in Ireland, Charles stayed in Ireland and inherited the Crogan Estate, x. (--?--);[20] born circa 1695, xi. Matthew;[21] born circa 1695. He purchased 200 acres on October 29, 1735 in Lancaster Co., PA, xii. Benjamin;[23] born circa 1695, xiii. David; born circa 1695, xiv. Elizabeth, born December 25, 1700 in Newton-Limavady, Derry (now Londonderry), Ireland; married John Preston, xv. Henry, born circa 1705; married Martha Randolph, xvi. William, born circa 1706 in Ireland, xvii. Hugh; born circa 1710; married Eliza Hanna circa 1735, Hugh Patton came to America from Ireland in the late 1700's. He and Eliza ended up living in southwest PA, Washington County circa 1775.
ii	William Lynn b: Abt 1655? in, Loch Lynn, Scotland, married Margaret Patton, sister to Henry Patton who married William's sister Sarah, above. Siblings married siblings, common practice.
iii	Margaret Lynn b: Abt 1680

Generation Three

William Lynn, Birth: Abt 1655? in Loch Lynn, Scotland^{1 2,} Death: 1727^{1 3}

Note: Alt Name: William LINN, Alt. Birth: Ireland. William married Margaret Patton (John, William) b: 1676 in, Scotland.

From "The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom by Howard Wilson: "There is very little documented fact available today in Virginia about the early life of the Lewis family in Europe. However, the earliest source found __ George Rockingham Gilmer, Governor of Georgia, who wrote with his mother (granddaughter of John Lewis and daughter of Thomas Lewis) at his side - said that John Lewis was a native of county Dublin, Ireland; that John Lewis' grandfather, or other more remote ancestor, emigrated from Wales to Ireland in the tie of Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland; that circumstances induced him to the opinion that the Lynns' emigrated with the Lewis's; that "the red hair and irascible temper which still continues to distinguish the family" indicates Welsh rather than French, Scotch, or English origin; and finally that the John Lewis family - three sons and two daughters - came to the South Fork of the Shenandoah River in 1731. Mr. Virgil A. Lewis, who repeats these early writings about his family, traces the source, and brands as imaginary the traditional history about his emigrant ancestor, so often repeated in Virginia History.

Margaret Lynn, wife of John Lewis, was almost certainly of the Lynn family of Donegal and Londonderry counties, Province of Ulster, Ireland. She was the daughter of William Lynn, and his wife, Margaret Patton, who brought him to the estate, "Ruskie," Parish of Drumachose, county Derry, inherited from her father, John Patton. Another child of William and Margaret Patton Lynn was a physician, Dr. William Lynn, who immigrated to the Virginia Colony and settled in Fredericksburg. He was a member of the earliest land company that made discoveries and petitioner, in 1727, the Council of Virginia for a land grant west of the Blue Ridge."

Donegal - This Ulster county is largely bog and mountain land and contains the towns of Letterkenny, Donegal, Ballyshannon, Lifford, Stranorlar, Killybegs, and Bundoran.

County Donegal was known as the Kingdom of Tirconnel in the old Irish administrative system. It was the territory of the powerful O'Donnell family. The other major family names were O'Boyle, O'Doherty, O'Friel, O'Sheil, MacWard, McLoughlin, McDunlevy, McGillespie, MacRearty, McGrath, McGonagle, O'Mulholland, O'Harkin, O'Derry, and O'Strahan. The McSweeneys, also a realtively common name in the county, were a gallowglass, or mercenary, family who arrived in the county in the thirteenth century.

The county wasn't effected much by the Norman invasion of the twelfth century and it wasn't until the later 16th century that England gained a foothold in the county. In 1592 they lost that when the O'Donnells, under their chief Red Hugh O'Donnell, joined with the O'Neills in a rebellino against the English. It ended in the defeat of the Ulster Chieftains in 1602 and the county was then included in the plantation of Ulster. The lands were confiscated and the native Irish owners were disinherited and their property given to English undertaker.

Among the names that became common were: Elliott, Campbell, Anderson, Baird, Thompson, McClintock, Hamilton, Browne, Barr, Stewart, Smith, Johnston, Irwin, Morrison, Young, and White.

William Lynn and Margaret Patton's Children:

i	Elizabeth Lynn, married ? Hutchenson, Children David Hutchenson William Hutchenson, Marriage 2 John Patton b: 1772, Children: Martha Patton
ii	Samuel Lynn
iii	William Lynn b: in <County Donegal>, Ireland, Death: Abt 1758 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia ^{1 2 3 4 5} Notes from Barbara Shave: "According to records, he was here in 1727. He and ? Lewis, William Lewis, ? Brooke Jr., James Mills and Beverley Robinson petitioned for 50,000 acres in Virginia. Owned land in Fredericksburg, Northern Neck, Culpepper and branches on "James" and "Cow Pasture" Rivers. Secured 1530 acres (in two tracts) in Prince William County from Isaac Savage of Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1750s. Owned land in Orange County which he farmed with many slaves. A major in the Virginia Militia. On Feb. 7, 1753, he took oath as Capt. of the Independent Company of Foot, composed of "The Gentlemen Inhabitants of the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia." During this service, son-in-law, John Dent, was Capt. of the same company. He had no male children. Doctor to George Washington. Court records of Augusta County, Virginia dated Nov. 1751 show that Dr. John sued his brother, Dr. William for an ? cause: "Glisterpipe vs Gilisterpipe, alias, Irish Doctor William Lynn of Fredericksburg vs Irish Doctor John Lynn of Augusta... At the time of his will in 1758, Fauquier Co had not yet been formed from Prince William County, Virginia. Executors were Col. Fielding Lewis and Col. John Thornton. (Lewis married to Elizabeth (Betty) Washington, sister of Gen. George Washington. Thornton may have married another Washington. This will refers to brother, Charles, in Ireland and to Charles' oldest son, William. However, it fails to say where this nephew is located. Also reference to "kinswoman," Margaret Lynn, married to John Stuart and "kinsman," Moses, as remaining in Ireland. Married: Calhoun, Children: Ann Linn, Hannah Linn Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 WILLS WILL BOOK B 1749-1759 page 10 LYNN, WILLIAM, Doctor of Physic, Fredericksburg, d. Oct. 21, 1757, p. Mar. 7, 1758. Wit. John Holloday, William Houston, Robert Dun-canson. Ex. Colo. John Thornton, William McWilliams, Junr., and Roger Dixon, to whom is given a suit of mourning of the price of £12 current money, each. Leg. My body to be decently interred in my garden; daughter Ann Dent, plantation in Culpeper Co. bought of William Eddings, also tract of land adjoining, bought of Alexander Waugh, during her natural life, then to the heirs of the said Ann Dent, and in event of said Ann Dent dying without issue, then to be divided among the children of my reputed daughter, Mrs. Hannah MaCaulay, of her lawfully begotten; to Ann Dent, my house and lot on the Hill in Fredericksburg. To my reputed daughter, Mrs. Hannah McCauley, use of my let tenement houses, garden, etc. which I now rent to William Houston in Fredericksburg, and also a lot of ground bought of Gibson Berryman, also tract of land in Culpeper Co., which I bought of William Eddings. To Mary McCauley, daughter of the aforementioned Hannah McCauley, a tract of land in Culpeper Co. which I hold by deed from the proprietors of the Northern Neck; children of my brother Charles in Ireland, his eldest son, William Lynn; Ann daughter of my brother Audley Lynn, deced; David and William the two eldest children of my sister Elizabeth Hutcherson, in Ireland; kinsman, Moses Lynn, near Strabane in Ireland, and his sister Elizabeth, who first married Samuel Cook; kinswoman Margaret Stuart, living in Augusta Co. Va. and her children by her former husband, the Rev. Mr. Paul; mentions the female issue of Lieut. Matthew Lynn, near Londonderry; mentions wife and children of Francis Cochland, who is sister to Mrs. Cook in Strabane; friend Roger Dixon, land in Orange Co; brother-in-law Charles Colhoun and sister-in-law Rebecca Colhoun, both of Letter-kenny in Ireland; sister Lewis and my nephews Thomas, Andrew, William and Charles Lewis, and Mrs. Margaret Long, all of Augusta Co. Directs his executors to sell three tracts of land in Culpeper Co., and a third tract purchased of John and Edward Daugherty, also two tracts of land in Prince William Co., which I lately agreed with Mr. Isaac Savage, of Boston, in New England, for the purchase of. A codicil to the above, dated Feb. 16, 1758, and witnessed by William Finnie, William Houston and Lewis Willis, appoints his friend, Col. Fielding Lewis as one of the executors. At a Court held for Spotsylvania Co. Aug. 2nd, 1758, Ann Dent, widow, (since the wife of James Finnie) having been legally summoned to appear and make objection, if any she had, against the proof of the will of William Lynn, Gentl. deced. to whom she is heir at law, etc. etc. (Page 350) Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 DEEDS DEED BOOK G 1766-1771 page 252 Dec. 2, 1766. James Finnie and Ann, his wife, to James Duncanson of Fredksbg. £90 curr., life interest of sd. Ann Finnie in Lot 22 in town of Fredksbg., etc., Whereas, Dr. Wm. Lynn, by his will dated Oct. 1, 1752, did devise his daughter Ann, then wife of Jno. Dent, now party to these presents, a life interest in a lot dwelling house etc., etc., in town of Fredksbg, etc. No witnesses. Dec. 2, 1766.
iv	Jane Linn/Lynn
v	Margaret Linn/Lynn b: 3 Jul 1693 in County Donegal, Ireland, Margaret Lynn married John Lewis, b. 1682 in Donegal Co., Ireland. They had Samuel LEWIS, Thomas LEWIS b: 27 Apr 1718, Andrew LEWIS b: 23 Apr 1720 in County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, William Lynn LEWIS b: 17 Nov 1724, Margaret Alice LEWIS, Charles LEWIS, Ann LEWIS b: 1728 Alice LEWIS. Their son, William Lynn Lewis married Jane Meriweather and it was their son, Meriwether Lewis who was one of the leaders of the Voyage of Discovery. See more notes on William Lynn Lewis in the box below this one.
vi	John Linn/Lynn b: 1695 in County Donegal, Ireland (our line)
vii	Charles Linn b: Abt 1700 in County Donegal, Ireland - Death: 1795 in , Prince William, Virginia 1 1 2 3 - Note: Sister, Margaret, Born There Alt Name: Charles LYNN Charles is referred to in the will of brother, Dr. William Lynn, of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia in 1757 as living in Ireland, and his son, William Sr., is also mentioned in this will. Lynn researchers have concluded son William immigrated to America and settled in Prince William County, Virginia near his aunts and uncles. Each arrived in the 1750s, each acquired land near Powell's Run and farmed there in the 1760s, each was a practicing "Primitive Baptist," and each was illiterate and thus signed documents with an X, and all died at about the same time. Each had children about the same age, and each named one son John. The names of the children were similar and also indicate an association with the other Laird Lynn descendants in the region. In common with the Laird Lynn line, they used the same surname spelling. There were numerous presumed first-cousin intermarriages with the other Lynn’s of the area. Children: Benson Linn/Lynn, John Linn/Lynn b: in , <County Donegal>, Ireland, Moses Linn/Lynn, Michael, Micale Linn/Lynn b: After 1730 in , Prince William, Virginia, William Lynn b: Bef 1733 in, Ireland.

William Lynn Lewis was living in Southwest Virginia on the South Fork of the Holston River when this area was a part of Fincastle County. The date of his settlement has not been found nor the date when he became a landowner.
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The following has been abstracted from the original surveys in Fincastle Co. Record of Platts, Book A. Page 23 - Surveyed for William Lewis by virtue of the Order of Council made 16 December 1773, and as part of the Loyal Company Grant, the annexed fiqure of land lying in Fincastle Co. on the South fork of Holston, containing 176 acres and bounded as follows.....adjoining John Thomas and Henry Bowen. -Surveyed 9 March 1774. (On same date, for Henry Bowen, 426 acres, part of Loyal Co. Grant, South Fork of Holston and for John Thomas, 404 acres, part of Loyal Co. Grant, South Fork of Holston; both tracts "corner to William Lewis".)

Page 198 -Surveyed 16 May, 1775 for William Lewis - part of Loyal Company Grant-lying in Fincastle Co. -Southwest side of South Fork of Holston -containing 204 acres - beginning at bank of two-mile creek.

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The 1771 will of William Jones of Loudoun Co. named wife Mary, devised land to sons Joshua and James adjoining the DeHaven's and a negro to daughter Mary Griffith, and mentioned the Baptist Meeting House adjoining his plantation of which Joseph Thomas was minister and William Lewis and Thomas George were elders. The will was witnessed by Josias Clapham, William Lewis and Sarah Griffith. (This was probably New Valley Baptist Church formed 1767 by J. Thomas from the Great Valley in Pennsylvania; the members included emigrants from PA and converts in Virginia.)

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The Holston River was formerly called Indian River, and settlers were in this area long before the above surveys were made. When Fincastle County was discontinued late in 1775, this section became Washington County; and I believe the area where William Lewis lived was later set off to Smyth County.

Since no deeds disposing of the above land have been found, no patent was ever issued to William Lewis, and no land was mentioned in his will, it is the opinion of the Virginia State Library that he assigned it to someone, in which case the patent would be recorded under the assignee's name. The assignment made by Griffith Lewis, oldest son of William, was located through a manuscript called "List of Loyal Company Plats, Certificates, and Surveys, 1799-1815; but "the column in which the recordation was to be entered was blank for both of the William Lewis surveys, nor was there any notation of recordation on either of the original surveys."

Since many who settled on South Fork of Holston had the same names as earlier residents of Loudon Co., Va., I am interested in the area. A William Lewis and a William Lewis, Jr., appeared on the tax lists of Loudoun Co., in 1766; in that same vicinity were John and William Griffith; William, James, and Joshua Jones; Benjamin and Thomas John; John Thomas; and others with "interesting names."

I have found no records of William Lewis prior to 1774, nor have I been able to "connect" him with any other Lewis family in Virginia. He was surely born before 1730 - probably by 1720 - and although tradition says this family came from Wales, there is no documented evidence. At present, I have at least six claims and suggestions - none of them proved - and I do not feel that copying these would merit the space that would be consumed...Most of the "claims" have been disproved; perhaps additional research will provide the answer which I am sure every descendant would like to have.

William Lewis and his sons seemed to have few records in Washington County until 20 July 1779 when they appeared in Court and acknowledged themselves indebted to the Commonwealth of Virginia, by bonds which would become void if conditions set out

Generation Four

John Linn/Lynn Birth: 1695, tradition says that John Lynn was born in northwest Ireland, possibly in County Derry or County Donegal. Immigrated to PA, 1733. Moved to VA, Augusta Co, Tinkling Springs (now Fishersville), bef 1746. Death: After Nov 1752 in Manor Of Beverley, Augusta, Virginia - Emigration: 1720, Ireland Residence: 1730, Queen Anne, MarylandMarriage to Margaret Cameron b: 1697 in Ireland, Married: Abt 1713 in, Maryland. Event: Property Mar 1746 Manor Of Beverley, Augusta, Virginia^~Occupation: Constable 12 May 1746^-Event: Property 5 Oct 1751^~Event: Property 17 Jun 1752

Note: Linn Family History by Arylne Stump - stump@hotmail.com, Stump reports died 1751; however, County Records reports he sold his property 6/17/1752; Lynn/Linn Lineage, Vol 2, No. 4 - Winter 1988, p 122 states he died 11/25/1792.

Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, p 162, Family History: Lineages of Hereditary Society Members, 1600-1900s.

Rowan County, NC Platt, 1700 on left. James Linn on it.

300 Acres Known As Planters Tract #15 From William Beverley
Sold 320 acres to Robert Shanklin

Sold And Conveyed Land To John Black, Left County November 1752. Virginia, August County Court Records re Arylne Stump: also noted in Deed Book 4, p 336 included in Chalkley's Chronicles of Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Genealogies of Virginia Families II, Cl-Fi, Robert Crockett of the Great Calf pasture, Augusta County, Virginia, p 382 ~ Jurymen -- John Linn

John Lynn was in Queen Anne County, Maryland in 1730 and in Augusta County, Virginia by 1746. He sued his brother, Dr. William Lynn, there in 1751. This may be why John, unlike his other relatives, is not mentioned in William's will. Court record of November 1751 indicate a lawsuit between Dr. William Lynn of Fredericksburg and "Irish Doctor John Lynn" of Augusta County. Apparently this dispute remained unresolved when John left the county. He attended the Tinkling Spring Church near Staunton, Virginia--also other Lynn's, Patton and Preston's.

Tinkling Spring - Augusta County, Virginia

One of the early settlers in Augusta County, Virginia was William Skillern who purchased land in the Beverley Manor and helped establish the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church. At the Highway 608 off ramp of Interstate 64, near Fishersville, Virginia, the historic highway marker, # W 155, reads:

Tinkling Spring Church This was first the southern branch of the "Triple Forks of Shenandoah" Congregation, which called John Craig as pastor in 1741. A church was completed here about 1748; Two other buildings have succeeded it. Beginning with 1777 James Waddel, the noted blind preacher, was supply for some years. R. L. Dabney, of Stonewall Jackson's staff, was the minister here 1847-1852.

About a quarter of a mile north is the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church which has a very large stone plaque which reads:

Sacred to the Memory of the Immigrants to this Valley Who Turned the Wilderness into Habitations
On November ye 12th 1744 These were Assessed 12 Shillings per Family For Building the First Tinkling Spring Meeting House

John Christian's Quarter
(40 names listed)

William Wright's Quarter
(18 names listed
including William Skillern's)

John Finley's Quarter
(20 names listed)

Sons of These and Later Settlers Along with Members of Their Families Rest in the Old Cemetery in Unmarked Graves
The First Recorded Organization Pastor: John Craig, Ordained and Installed 3 September 1740 by Donegal Presbytery for "inhabitants at Shenadore and South River"

William Skillern's name is listed on the stone plaque as one of the founders of the church who contributed his 12 shillings.

NOTE: From The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom by Howard McKnight Wilson:

The first authentic list of land owners in present Augusta County area is found in Orange County records where "William Beverley, Gentleman," deeded land out of his Beverley Manor Patent to settlers prior to the establishment of the Augusta County Court in 1745. Of genuine interest is a list (Orange County Deed Books III-IX, 1738-1744) of these persons, presumably heads of families with the pertinent facts about each "Release" and the "meeting house" in which each later held membership. In the absence of a membership record the listing is made in meeting houses according to location plus some important religious contract that implied membership, such as baptism of children or contributions made to the meeting houses.

Land Owners

The land owners who were settled in groups along the streams in Beverley Manor on the head branches of the South River, along with their neighbors in Borden's Grant, later became the constituents of the South Mountain Meeting House. The settlers on the head branches of Middle River and the north branch of Christian's Creek were the founders of North Mountain Meeting House. (All dissenting churches were called 'meeting houses' while the word 'church' applied only to the Church of England).

The settlers in the northeast corner of Beverley Manor on Middle River joined a much larger number beyond the Manor in founding a house of worship in their midst which became in time Stone Meeting House - a coordinate unit with Tinkling Spring in 'the congregation,' the first settled pastorate in the Valley of Virginia under Rev. John Craig.

This record of Orange County "releases" indicates that the Tinkling Spring constituency took the lead in legalizing their tomahawk rights into permanent home sites. Of the thirty-five men given legal recognition of ownership by William Beverley, in 1738 and 1739, twenty-four became active in Tinkling Spring Meeting House, with the remaining eleven widely scattered over Beverley Manor in several meeting house groups. Of the ninety-two land owners listed for Augusta people in Orange County, forty-seven, or about half, were later listed as Tinkling Spring members or contributors.

These land owners were not the only settlers in Beverley Manor. It is clear from the Tinkling Spring membership list of 1744 that there were seventy-seven heads of families in that church alone, before the Augusta County Court was set up and began recording deeds in 1746, but only forty-seven held titles to lands they occupied.

The congregational list for the three districts of Tinkling Spring, as it is compared with the map of Beverley Manor lands, provides a mental picture of the grouping of these settlers on the streams.

John Finley's district of nineteen families was in the general area of Waynesboro, extending up and down South River. The families included in this district were the Turks, Gays, Gillespies, McClures, Pattersons, Teas, Edmistons and others. John Finley was assisted in collections by Archibald Stuart, who also resided in this district.

William Wright's district of eighteen families was on Long Meadow Run and included the Hutchison's, Johnston's, Frazer's, Thompson's, Henderson's, Kerr's, McCune's, Skillern's, Palmers, Moody's and others. George Hutchison assisted with collections in this district.

John Christian was assisted in his district of forty families by William Robinson and James Alexander. The territory of this district covered both Christian's Creek and Lewis Creek and extended the full twenty-mile length of Beverley Manor. The names of this district are too numerous to list in full but include the Bells, Alexanders, Caldwells, Davisons, Prestons, Lewises, Scotts, McClanahans, Breckenridges, Blacks, Cunninghams, Ramseys, Wilsons, McCollocks, and many others.

In 1749 John Lynn, Jr., and his brothers James and Andrew were in court there--John Jr. received land, James and Andrew witnessed. ALT. BIRTH: 1685 (unlikely if parents' birth dates are correct). John Lynn married Margret Cameron, b. 1697, died unknown.

Margaret Cameron and John Linn/Lynn had the following children:

i	Daniel Linn/Lynn
ii	Adam Linn/Lynn
iii	John Linn/Lynn b: Abt 1720 in, <Ulster>, Ireland
iv	Robert Linn/Lynn b: Abt 1721 in, Ireland
v	Andrew Linn/Lynn b: Abt 1722 in, North Carolina
vi	Sarah Ann Linn/Lynn b: Abt 1724 in, North Carolina
vii	James Linn b: Abt 1725 (our line)

Generation Five

James Linn, born Abt 1725, where North Carolina?and died Mar 1779 in Mercer, South Carolina 1 -Burial: South Carolina^2. conflicting information on his death. Apr 1779 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, of Yellow Fever contracted while serving in the American Revolutionary War.

Will: 17 Feb 1779, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Marriage Sarah Miller b: Abt 1730 in Augusta, Virginia, Married: 1749 in Augusta, Virginia^. About 1746 Thomas and his brother John (Patton) along with a group of Scots-Irish went to South Carolina to purchase land. They returned to Virginia before 1748. I would venture to guess James was one of the men who went with him.

In the name of God amen, I James Linn of Mecklenburg County North Carolina being weak in body but in perfect mind and memory and sound judgment, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make this my last will and testament desiring it may be received by all as such.

First I give my soul to God my maker and my body to the earth from whence it was taken in full _________ of its last day through the almighty power of God my maker.

I devise that my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid & as for my worldly estate which it hath pleased God to bless me with I will and order as follows (viz).

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son James Linn one hundred and fifty acres of land joining to the land of Aron Houston's orphans on the west side of six mile creek to him & his heirs and asigns forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son John Line one hundred fifty acres of land adjoining James Paxton's line and on the east side of the six mile creek, the creek being the line between him and his brother James to him his heirs and assigns for ever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son Audly Linn one hundred and fifty acres of land joining between his brother James and the waggon road to him and his heirs and asigns for ever .

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son William Miller Linn one hundred and seventy acres of land including my dwelling house and improvements to him his heirs and assigns for ever .

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife one mare. A natural ______of a brown color. I leave two white horses & a small black mare for the life of working the __________ for the maintence of the family,

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son James Linn one bay mare and colt which was heretofore called his property.

Item: It is my desire that my beloved wife have the dwelling house and furniture where I now live during her widow hood for the support of the family and likewise? what plantation tools shall be thought sufficient. By my executors to carry on the plantation business.

Item: It is my will that my wheelright tools and Sith tools be divided among my four sons ________ in their discretion shall think best.

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved children Elener Linn, James Linn, Sarah Linn, Adley Linn, William Linn, Prudence Linn, to each one ______________.

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Linn a bed and other articles which are called her property.

Item: I give to my beloved daughter Catherine Gillaspie five shillings.

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter's Margaret Wallace, Mary Paxton, & Jane Pritchard each five shillings and all the rest of my estate to be equally divided as my executor's think proper and I hereby appoint my beloved wife Sarah Linn & James Paxton as my executors given under my hands & Seal this twentieth day of February 1779.

Signed Sealed Pronounced and Declared in Presents of

Henry Down
William ____________

Event: Property 21 Sep 1748

Event: Property 22 May 1750

Event: Property 19 Aug 1751 Beverley Manor, Augusta, Virginia

Occupation: Architectus, Will: 1779

Residence: Bef 1779
Event: Military Between Dec 1777 and Jun 1778

Event: Military¹⁰

Event: Property 12 Aug 1747¹¹

Event: Property ¹²

Note: received 538 acres in the Patent of Land in Manor of Beverley, Augusta County, Virginia

Awarded 100 acres Bounty Land Warrants

Purchased 500 acres Manor of Beverley, Virginia

Sold 269 acres in Beverley Manor, Virginia to Andrew Lynn (brother)

Names daughter

Will Written There In 1779

Revolutionary War - Pvt, 15th Virginia Regiment (militia) Commanded by Capt Rader, 3rd Division, 3rd Virginia Brigade under Capt Thomas - Personal ID: VA25810

Lynn/Linn Lineage Quarterly, Volume II, Number 2, Summer 1988, 59; specific information found on Pennsylvania Revolutionary War History site, also noted he was sick at Yellow Springs (?) and personal ID VA 25810; the commander re: Locating Your Revolutionary Ancestors by James C. and Lila L. Neagles Vital Records: Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s Virginia Military Records, Virginia Officers and Men in the Continental Line, page 427

Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Gwathmey, p 490

Lynn, James, 11th Tenth Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line, 11 & 15

The SCOTCH-IRISH: A SOCIAL HISTORY, James G. Leyburn

page 306-7

"In North Carolina, the militia companies of Mecklenburg County, predominantly Scotch-Irish, sent representatives to Charlotte on May 20, 1775, and at midnight on this date, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia, the convention agreed on resolutions declaring that the people of Mecklenburg were free and independent of the British Crown.

James Linn and Sarah Miller had the following children:

i	Margaret Linn b: 22 Feb 1750 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, South Carolina. Married a Wallace per father's will.
ii	Mary Linn b: Abt 1753 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, South Carolina. Married a Paxton, possibly a James Paxton as a James Paxton was a co-executor for her father's will.
iii	Catherine Linn b: 1755 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, South Carolina. Married a Gillaspie according to father's will (spelling?)
iv	Eleanor Linn b: 1757 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, South Carolina.
v	Sarah Helen Linn b: Abt 1759 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, South Carolina.
vi	Elizabeth Linn b: Abt 1762 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, South Carolina on Ancestry she is marrying Elijah Franklin Shelton. Could be a relation to my Shelton line.
vii	Jane Linn b: 1763 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, South Carolina. Married a Pritchard according to her father's will.
viii	James Wilson Linn b: 1 Oct 1764 in , Mecklenburg, North Carolina Death: 1854 Itawamba, Mississippi Event: Military 2 Note: Revolutionary War Pension Muster Roll Data Sheet Personal ED: VA 25810 James Lynn Private Regiment: 15th Virginia Division: 3rd Division Virginia Brigade: 3rd Virginia Brigade Company: Capt. Thomas Company Monthly Status: May 1778: Sick at Yellow Springs Marriage 1 Margaret White b: Between 1770-1780 Married: 1794 in South Carolina Children Cynthia Linn, Edley Linn, Lavinia Linn, Moses Haze Linn b: 1796 in South Carolina, William Linn b: 1798 in Pendelton, Anderson, South Carolina, Sarah Linn b: 19 Feb 1805 in North Carolina, Mary Lawson "Polly" Linn b: 1 Jan 1807 Abbrev: Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol II: F-M, abstracted by Virgil D. White Title: Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol II: F-M, abstracted by Virgil D. White Date: 20 Oct 2003 Page: 2153 Quality: 3 Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters Pension application of James Lynn S13817 fn22NC Transcribed by Will Graves 4/28/10 State of Alabama Morgan County: Orphants [sic, Orphan's] Court Special Term November the twentieth 1832 On the day and year aforesaid personally appeared in open Court before the Judge thereof now sitting James Lynn a resident of said County of Morgan and State of Alabama of sixty-eight years of age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit -- he entered the service as a volunteer on the 15th of November 1779 under Captain Summers – Colonel Malmede [sic, Malmedy] a Frenchman and General Butler [John Butler] on a Tower [Tour] of three months but was discharged on the 6th February following to take my father home [who] was sick with the yellow fever and hauled him home in a wagon, on the first of March 1780 I volunteered under Captain Simmerson [sic?] and Major Heannis [sic?] and marched to Charlestown and was there taken Prisoner and paroled in June and again entered the service about the first of August following I was in the battle of the hanging Roc2 under the Command of Captain Foster Colonel Davy [sic, William Richardson Davie] and General Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter] -- I was under the command of Captain Miller and General Sumter at Sumter's Defeat which battle I was then. In October 1780 I was again under the command of Captain Foster Colonel Davie, and General Morgan and was in the Battle at the time that Rugely was defeated. I was also under the command of Captain Foster in an engagement in which we defeated a Tory Colonel named Tines and in an engagement under Captain Foster and Lieutenant Walker Ensign Heaunton [sic?] and defeated a Captain Cook in April 1781 I was commanded by Captain Foster Colonel Davie and General Green [sic, Nathanael Greene] and was in the Battle at Camden, The City of Charleston was surrendered on May 12, 1780. and in August of the same year I was in the August 6, 1780. http://gaz.jrshelby.com/hangingrk.htm August 18, 1780. http://gaz.jrshelby.com/fishingcreek.htm This is probably a reference to the engagement at Rugeley's Mill on December 4, 1780. http://gaz.jrshelby.com/rugeley.htm The Battle of Hobkirk Hill occurred on April 25, 1781, near Camden South Carolina. http://gaz.jrshelby.com/hobkirk.htm Battle at the Eutaw Springs. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. I was after this time ordered about the first of November to guard a public store where I served until the January following being 1782. I was dismissed from service at this time he was a citizen of Mecklenburg County State of North Carolina when I entered the service and the chief of the marching I done was through the Country where the engagements was fought which I have described and he also states that he has no documentary evidence of his service. Questions propounded by the Court and answered by the applicant Question 1st Where and in what year were you born? He was born first of October in 1764 in Mecklenburg County North Carolina 2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? I have none my father had a record in a family Bible 3rd Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? I lived in Mecklenburg County when I entered the service and continued there until I was twenty-two and then I moved to South Carolina Pendleton district and lived in said County three years and moved to Greenville and lived about five years and moved to Buncombe County North Carolina and lived there about six years and from there to Henderson County Kentucky and lived there about eight years and this seven months and then I moved to Maury County Tennessee and lived there about one year and a half and from there to Madison County Alabama and lived there about 2 years and moved from there to Morgan County in this said State and lived there ever since to the present date -- Answer to the 4th Interrogatory is answered in my declaration I have answered the 5th question in my declaration. 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? Answer -- I never received but one discharge and that was given by Captain Summers & by him and General Butler at the time I was discharged from the 3 months tower I volunteered -- said discharge has been lost. 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief in your services as a soldier in the revolution. Answer: I can prove by David Morrow S/ James Lynn some of my service and as to character etc. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day above. S/ M. M McKenzie, Clk Personally appeared in open Court David Morrow a citizen of Lawrence County State of Alabama and made oath that he knew said James Lynn at the time he was out in the 3 months tower he has mentioned in his declaration and I knew him when he was in the service at the time he was taken at Charlestown as mentioned in his declaration and believe he served as he states in his declaration I will state further I knew him in the service at Sumter's Defeat and several other places. 6 September 8, 1781. http://gaz.jrshelby.com/eutaw.htm 7 David Morrow S7253 S/ David Morrow [James H. Gillespie, a clergyman, and M C Houston gave the standard supporting affidavit.] The Amended Declaration of James Lynn in order to obtain the benefit of the By act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. State of Alabama Morgan County: On this 13th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Orphans Court of said County of Morgan State of Alabama now sitting James Lynn a resident of said County of Morgan State of Alabama who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his original declaration which was filed in the Orphans Court of said County of Morgan on the 20th day of November 1832: he states that in the first tower of duty which he describes in his original declaration that he entered the service as a volunteer on the 15th of November 1779 and was discharged on the 6th of February 1780 being 9 days less than 3 months under Captain Summers -- the 2nd tower of duty mentioned in his original declaration he entered on the first day of March 1780 as a volunteer under Captain Simmerson and Major Heannis and was paroled the 4th of June 1780. And [indecipherable word] entered the service of the United States under the command of Captain Foster Colonel Davie and General Sumter on the [illegible] of August 1780 and served as stated in my declaration with different officers therein mentioned until the first of January 1782 at which time I received a discharge from the Commissary of the Public Store which I was then guarding which officer was named John Gilbreath which discharge has been lost long since that he received no other written discharge from service at any time but was dismissed in the way mentioned in his original declaration and the applicant states that the above service was one year 10 months and 20 days which he served and for which he claims a pension. He states that he cannot prove the service which he performed by any living witness except said David Morrow who was before sworn and whose affidavit is attached to his original Declaration and from that age and the great distance which said Morrow resides from this applicant he could not procure his evidence again without great expense and great [indecipherable word] this applicant believes he has answered all the objections of the War department to his original Declaration. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid S/ M. M. Mackenzie, Clerk O. C. S/ James Lynn [the following is heavily corrected as to spelling] State of Mississippi Ittawamba County [sic, Itawamba County: To the war department to your honorable body Dear Sir by certifiable information I understand that there has been a letter sent to the town of Somerville in the State of Alabama to James Lynn who was a soldier in the revolutionary war who proved his services in thirty-three coming on the 4th of March 1831 and this letter was directed to James Lynn or his administrator which there is none and this letter has been taken out of the office and sent to the State of Mississippi to Isaac Holmes son-in-law of James Lynn who from the best information that I can get has tried to fix the papers to draw the money without my knowing anything about the matter which I am a son and the only son of James Lynn and I humbly ask your honorable body to give me information if there is anything acoming -- how I may proceed my father moved with me from Alabama to this State and remained with me until his death in the State of Mississippi Itawamba County. I also have in my possession his old original certificate which he left when he died which is signed by Lewis Cass Secretary and JL Edwards Commissioner of pensions. Write to me soon as possible and you will much oblige your humble servant direct your letter to Pleasington P O Mississippi Itawamba County and to William Lynn of the same County and State, yours with respect this the 10th of September 1754 S/ William Lynn to the war department at the City of Washington [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $74.33 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for 22 months and 9 days service in the revolution.]
ix	John C. Linn b: 1766 in NC or South Carolina
x	Edley, Adlai Osborn Linn b: 1769 Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Information on Ancestry.com has Edley marrying Penelope Peden in Spartanburg, SC, their child Sarah M. Lynn, born 1804 Kentucky marries a William Pope and has Penelope A. Pope, b. July 1830 who marries James K. Gay. they have Elias E. Gay who marries Ephemia Scott and has Earl Ernest Gay who is born in Alabama.
xi	William Miller Linn b: 1772 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, South Carolina. mentioned in father's will.
xii	Prudence Linn b: Abt 1774 in Mecklenburg, Mercer, South Carolina. Mentioned in father's will.

Laurens County, SC, where Mercer, SC is located: (note on the map on left; there is a "Lynn" marked, a town?

Native Americans, or American Indians, were the first known inhabitants of the area now known as Laurens County. The Cherokee Indians, members of the Iroquois nation, lived and hunted in the western and central piedmont of South Carolina. Many Indian artifacts have been unearthed in the areas along the Enoree River, Bush River, and Rabon Creek.

William MacPherson settled on Rabon Creek, in the late 1700’s with his family. Pioneers to the western piedmont area of the Carolinas came down through the backcountry of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia then through North Carolina on to the South Carolina are.

These people were the Scotch Irish. The first known white settler to arrive in what is now Laurens County was John Duncan in 1753. From Aberdeen, Scotland, Duncan spent a few years in Pennsylvania before moving south. He liked the lush vegetation and abundant wildlife he found in this area and settled around a creek in the northeastern section of the county not far from the present city of Clinton.

John Duncan built a rustic house, a few outbuildings, a distillery, and organized a church. He brought the first African slave and the first horse-drawn wagon into the area. Of course, the creek near which he settled is known today as Duncan's Creek, and the church, still in existence, is the Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church, the oldest church in Laurens County and one of the oldest Presbyterian Churches in the backcountry

Generation Six

John C. Linn, (I would venture to guess that his middle initial of "C stands for Cameron, his mother's maiden surname) was born 1766 in Virginia? or NC? and moved to South Carolina and died 26 May 1850, in Union County, Kentucky Marriage to a Jane or Jean Penny b: 1779, Married: Abt 1792 in Mecklenburg, NC, or SC.

Note: He was in Augusta County, Virginia with his parents when he was 20 years old. He Left Mecklenburg, North Carolina with his parents about 1786 and moved to Pendleton County, South Carolina, then moved to Greenville County, South Carolina, then to Buncombe County, North Carolina in 1794, then on to Henderson County, Kentucky in 1800 and finally to Union County, Kentucky in 1826. I might have his will in my files, I copied all the one's listed in the index when I visited the county in the summer of 2004. If I do, I hope to put a copy here in the future. I also plan to put some Union county information here if I have any.

Anson County
Microfilm No. S 108.399
Warrants, Surveys, and Related Documents 1-909
Secretary of State, Land Grant Office
North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC

No. 770 - Jno. LYNN, 200 Acres, Grant No. 181, Issued April 6, 1753, Book No. 10, Page No. 361. Location: Upon the N side of the WAXHAW Creek and E side CATAWBA River, beginning at a black gum.

He had seven children by 1810 Census--two daughters under 10, 2 sons under 10, 2 sons under 16.

John C. Linn and Jane/Jean Penny's Children:

i	Jonathan Lynn, born 1801, our line, more below.
ii	Elias G. Linn b: 1809 in, Union, Kentucky Birth: 1809 in , Union, Kentucky - Death: 1853 Webster, Kentucky Marriage 1 Polyxena Bellow b: Aft 1800 Children: Edley Osborn Linn b: 5 Feb 1839 Henderson, Kentucky James Miller Linn b: Abt 1841 Henry J Linn b: Abt 1843 Aaron Robert Linn b: Abt 1844 John Alexander Linn b: Abt 1847 Elias is buried in the Chalybeate Cemetery.
iii	John Lynn, (Jr.) - would a couple name a son John and another Jonathan? I suppose it's done and they did it again in the next generation. There is a John P. Lynn buried in the Chalybeate Cemetery as well, born 1812, and died 1847, there is a good chance it is this John. The "P" probably stands for his mother's maiden name of Penny.
iv	James Lynn. Born circa 1794 or earlier, if he is the James listed in the 1820 census at 26 - 45 yrs old. James married Nancy Ann Ramsey.
v	William Lynn - Born 1794-1801, is he is the William listed in the 1820 Henderson County Census? William married Agnes unknown, possibly listed in the 1840 Christian County census below, and in the 1820 Henderson County Census. No Lynn's listed in the 1820 or 1830 Christian County Census. Agnes is listed in the 1850 Census below as being born in 1797 in Virginia.
vi	Riley Lynn
vii	Elizabeth Lynn

Generation Seven

Jonathan LYNN was born in 1801, probably in NC or SC or perhaps KY (age is according to 1850 IL Census). On 23 Feb 1820 when Jonathan was 19, he married Elizabeth "Betsy" SHELTON, daughter of William SHELTON, Jr. & Rebecca HOGG, in Christian Co. KY. Betsy was born on 24 Mar 1801. Somewhere I've picked up, probably on Ancestry.com, that she was born in Tazewell, Virginia.

Information from John Robertson, descendant of the Lynn line has Betsy dying in 1892 in Hardin County, IL, where the family went.

From another descendant, Eladee Martin, who descends from Kisiah below:

"The 1840 census of Union County KY shows Jonathan and his family in KY with 11 children. The youngest child listed as born in KY was born in 1845, so I am assuming they came to Ill between 1845 and 1850.

The August term of 1853 in Hardin County IL says Elizabeth was granted a divorce, Jonathan was a non-resident of the state of Ill at that time. Jonathan was a timber man in the state of Kentucky near Caseyville.

I recently heard that Jonathan was buried in Old Liberty Cemetery in Hardin county (I have not checked this out yet ) He was thought to have died in 1856 I do not know where Elizabeth is buried. She died Sept 22, 1892.

Note: I have found the following Lynn's buried in Old Liberty, I believe this Elias, is the son of Jonathan Lynn and Betsy Shelton.

9. Lynn, Elias J. Co. A 29 Ill. Civil War
18. Linn, Elias J. Pvt. Co. A 29 Ill. Inf. Died Sept. 15, 1896

I have and article from the Hardin County paper about her death I also have a copy of an interview with Elizabeth where she tells where she was born, the year, about her brothers being in the war, About living on Cane Creek and how she loved to fish. She had three living children when she died. My great grandmother Mrs. Martin Rufus Douglas (Kessiah), Elias Lynn and Mrs. H. C. Littrell (Hannah).

My grandmother was Mary Isabella Douglas the youngest daughter of Kessiah and Rufus. My mother was Willmeta the 9th child of Mary. I am the first born of Wilmetta and Charlie Jones.

Grandma Lynn Celebrates Birthday - (Family News clipping, not dated)

Grandma Lynn of Battery Rock precinct the mother of Mrs. M. R. Douglas, Mrs. H. C. Littrell and Elias J. Lynn, and well known to many of the readers of the INDEPENDENT, celebrated her 92nd birthday on Thursday, Mar 24th, at the home of her dau., Mrs. Littrell.

Grandma Lynn was born in Caswell county, Va., in 1800 (author's note, this should read Caswell County, NC) and moved to Christian County, KY., in 1802. Four of her brothers were in the battle of New Orleans in 1815, having gone from Hopkinsville to Smithland by land, thence to New Orleans by flatboat. After the battle and news was received of the treaty of peace, three of the brothers started on their return home on the Vestvius, the second boat built at Pittsburgh by Fulton. The company marched overland to Hopkinsville. The fourth brother died in New Orleans of fever.

She was married in 1820, and was the mother of 13 children, all of whom lived to be grown. Of this number she has outlived all but the three above named. Of her grandchildren 44 are living; of her great-grandchildren 53 are living. these together with her living children, make an even hundred, of whom 35 took dinner with her on last Thursday.

Mrs. L. can see and hear well, is well preserved and quite active. She enjoys fishing very much and has her hooks and lines ready for the next pleasant day. Although she fell in the creek last summer and was unable to get out for over three hours, in the meantime becoming frightened and nearly ready to give up, yet she managed to get out after so long a time and hopes to be able to enjoy several fishing seasons yet.

She gave away her spectacles 15 years ago and can thread a needle or bait a fish hook as quickly as many not half so old. Written by O. K.

Our Oldest Citizen Dead - (From a news clipping - 1892) In the death of Grandma Elizabeth Lynn, at her home in Battery Rock precinct, Thursday, Sept 22, 1892, Hardin County loses its oldest citizen. She was born in March 1800 and was therefore in her 93rd year. Physically she has always been stout and robust, and during the summer seasons of late years she enjoyed taking a pole and line and fishing for the Finnny tribe in the pools of Cane Creek, and generally caught as large a string as many persons sixty and seventy .... (rest of article missing).

Jonathan Lynn and Elizabeth "Betsy" Shelton had the following children:

i	William Wallace Lynn, born circa 1821/22, probably Christian County, KY (my line, more below); he drowned in a steamer accident in December 1844.
ii	Susan Lynn, born 1824
iii	Sarah Lynn, born 1825
iv	(Agnes) Pernecea Lynn, born 1827
v	Cyntha H. Lynn, born 1831
vi	Docia Lynn, born 1832
vii	Kisiah Lynn, born Jan 21, 1833, my cousin Elladee's line. Kessiah and John Cook were married July 18, 1850 in Livingston County, KY. He died in 1856, July 17. Hi Catherine: I descend from Kisiah and John Cook. Kisiah is the daughter of Elizabeth and Jonathan Lynn. My grandfather, George Washington Cook, was one of 3 sons of Kisiah and John. My understanding is that John & Kisiah moved to MS where John contracted yellow fever and died. Kisiah and her children moved back to IL to live with Elizabeth. She then remarried Rufus Douglas. Elladee Martin is descended from her marriage to Rufus. One interesting thing I noted was one of the Lynn's service in the Civil War. I have found a maternal great-grandfather who was on the side of the Confederacy and had fought at almost every battle mentioned by the Lynn individual. It's odd to think that your forefathers could have been mortal enemies trying to kill each other. Again, thank you for such a nice website. I look forward to visiting it often. Please let me know if there is anything I do to help your research. Terry Cook
vi	John L. Lynn, born 1835
vii	Elias J. Lynn, born 1837/38, buried Old Liberty Cemetery, Hardin County, IL
viii	Jonathan F. Lynn, born 1839
ix	Hannah H. Lynn, born 1843
x	Nesley Lynn, born 1845
xi	Elizabeth Lynn, born 1846

Generation Eight

William Wallace Lynn - born circa 1821/22, probably in Christian county Kentucky, he married Mary "Polly" Lindley who was born in 1821, Christian County, KY. William Wallace Lynn and Mary Lindley had two children, Lucy Clementine Lynn and John W. Lynn the latter's bio is above. The story passed down in the family was that Lucy Clementine Lynn was still in the womb in December 1844, when her father, William Wallace Lynn drowned in December, and this story appears to be true as she wasn't born until the following April 1845.

New Orleans, LA (near) Collision BELLE OF CLARKSVILLE and LOUISIANA Steamers, Dec 1844

COLLISION BETWEEN STEAMERS.

On the night of December 14, 1844, a disastrous collision took place on the Mississippi River, between the steamers Belle of Clarksville and Louisiana, the former from New Orleans, bound to Nashville, the latter, from Memphis to New Orleans.

Both vessels were heavily laden. The Belle of Clarksville was completely demolished. The hull parted from the cabin and sunk immediately, the cabin floating off with a number of passengers inside, all of whom were saved. None were drowned but deck passengers, and some of the crew of the boat. The Louisiana was immediately brought around, and every exertion was made by the captain and crew to save those persons who were floating on small pieces of the wreck. The detached cabin grounded about half a mile below the place where the boats came in contact. All the cargo and the baggage of the passengers was lost. The boat was laden with sugar, salt, coffee, and molasses.

MR. J. H. FRENCH, one of the passengers, had with him three negro slaves, and three valuable horses, among them the celebrated Ann Hayes; these slaves and horses were all drowned. The iron safe containing $12,000 was saved. The cargo was insured at New Orleans for $23,000, the boat for $8,000.

The following are the names of the persons drowned:
Deck Passengers:

W. TABB; P. LINN; W. LINN; J. RYAN; A. MALISLE; N. SILLS; WM. JONES; T. WHITLEY; N. T. ALLEN; A. KIRLAND; J. ASKEW; G. HYER; a son of J. W. HALL; J. PEAY; and four colored men.

Boat's Crew:
JOHN HOLLIDAY, assistant engineer.
Twelve colored firemen, names not given.

Lloyd's Steamboat Directory.

Below is the obituary of John Lynn, son of our William Wallace Lynn. There is no date on the obituary. I "drew up" the chart on the right to show the relationships of this line. William Wallace Lynn died on the Belle, a Steamer in December 1844. Family stories passed down said he was taking tobacco to the Ohio River to be sold. On the left is an article on how "drovers" took the tobacco in large "Hogsheads" to market.

Another researcher recently directed me to this biography (below) that I'd never seen before on our J. W. Lynn who went to practice law in Kansas. This bio gives us the ancestry information about his grandparents coming from Ireland.

I'm not connected to the Lynn's, Lindley's, or Ratcliff's. I'm descended from Henry W. Sizemore and Elizabeth Parker and I'm pretty much stuck there. When Henry Sizemore died, the administrator documents listed a piece of property belonging to Elizabeth Parker Sizemore (deceased) as given to her by R B and Mary Monk. I didn't know why they would have given her property, so I started researching them to see if there was a connection. Oddly enough, the only connection is that Lucy Lindley (sister to Mary) married James A Sizemore, the son of Henry Sizemore and his first wife Lysa Gilkey. Lucy was quite a bit older than her husband. The only other connection is that Henry and Elizabeth's daughter Judy Sizemore married Pitman Ratcliff. As far as I know those are the only connections I have with your folks.

So in looking for Redding B Monk I wound up with John W Lynn....but I still don't know why the property was given to Elizabeth !! Lots of luck in your search for your Lynn branch. Linda Sizemore Alderman

J. W. LYNN, attorney-at-law, was born near Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Ky., February 14, 1844. His family were all farmers. His two grandmothers were first cousins, being pure American born Scotch ladies from the old Scotch families of Hogg, Gibson, and Shelton. They were both from Caswell county, N. C. His maternal grandfather, Thomas Lindley, was an American born Englishman with an a mixture of Welsh, springing from the Lindley and Pyle families. He was from Pendleton, S. C. All three of these grandparents were amongst the first settlers of Kentucky, having immigrated thither in the days of Daniel Boone. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Lynn, was a native born Irishman, born in Northern Ireland, who immigrated to Kentucky when he was a boy with his parents. So it will be seen that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is fully represented in our Mr. Lynn.

However, his ancestors were among the colonists and early settlers of America. His great-grandfather, John Gibson, was a soldier of the Continental Army, and fought at Guilford Court House. His three great-uncles, Meredith Gibson, Robert and Elijah Shelton, fought under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans, and the two last named also fought under Gen. Harrison in the Indian wars, and were in the battle of Tippecanoe. William Wallace Lynn and Mary Lindley, the parents of the subject of this sketch, were married in 1843. His father went down with the steamer Belle of Clarksville in 1845, in the Mississippi River, about thirty miles above Nachez, Miss., leaving two infant children, our John Washington Lynn and his sister, Lucy C. Lynn, to their mother, who being very poor, returned with her two children to her father's house, where Mr. Lynn was raised to hard labor and all the exercises of a farm life in the country. [The steamer "Belle of Clarksville," a Nashville boat, was sunk in December, 1844, by which thirty-three lives were lost, principally deck hands. The accident occurred near Old Town landing, on the Mississippi river.]

On the 15th day of October, 1861, [when he was abt 17 yrs old] he enlisted as a private in Company B, Twenty-fifth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and four months. After the battle of Shiloh his regiment was consolidated with the Seventeenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, his former company becoming Company G. of the new organization. He served in this company as private and corporal until he was mustered out, January 19, 1865. His regiment was at Fort Donelson, at Shiloh both days, the siege of Corinth, at the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, and all the battles of the Atlanta Campaign, and also the battles of Franklin and Nashville, yet he was so fortunate as not to have received a single wound or be taken prisoner.

Mr. Lynn received before the war a good common school education at the public schools in his neighborhood. After the war he learned telegraphing, and as an operator he saved money enough to educate himself. He received his education at Kentucky University, and his legal training at the Law School of Harvard University. On November 3, 1871, he was married, in his native county, to a life-long neighbor and school mate, Madora S. Brown, a daughter of the late Hon. E. A. Brown, of Kentucky. They have two daughters living - Sally C. and Lucy P., and Mary E. dead. Immediately after his marriage he came to reside in Emporia, and January 1, 1873, he formed a law partnership with Hon. R. M. Ruggles, which continued to the time of the latter's death in April, 1879. At one time, O. N. Storey was associated with them, W. W. Scott becoming a member of the firm in 1874, and the firm still continues as Scott & Lynn. Mr. Lynn is 5 feet 10 inches tall, and only weighs 133 pounds, being very slender. His health is very delicate, but for a man of his strength he is a great student. He is quite familiar with four or five languages besides his own. He is a thorough lover of science and literature, and keeps a fine select library of this kind; besides he and his partner possess on of the finest private legal libraries in the State. They have a large and increasing practice in their profession.

Obituary - John Washington Lynn

A telegram was received here yesterday announcing the death of John W. Lynn in Florida. Mr. Lynn was born and raised near here and when but 18 years of age enlisted in the Federal army as a member of Co. G., 17th Kentucky Infantry. He served faithfully and continuously with his command until the end of his term of service.

Having saved up enough money during the war to enable him to take a course in telegraphy, he made an accomplished operator and at once secured lucrative position and by hard work & economy made enough money to finish his education & prepare himself for the profession of the law. After several years study in Transylvania U at Lexington, he went to Harvard, where he completed a full law course. He returned here & ran for the legislature of this County, but was defeated by Hon. Walter Evans. He married Miss Dora Brown, dtr of Rev E. A. Brown, of your city. He moved from here to Emporia, Kansas, where he engaged in his profession & soon built up a fine practice, associating himself as partner with some of the most eminent attorneys of that State. He was regarded as one of the best judges of law in Kansas & usually had one side of all the important cases near him. He made the race for Circuit Judge in this district, but was defeated. Just before his discharge from the Fed army he contracted small pox which affected his throat. The trouble gradually grew and began to affect his throat, head & lungs. He tried some of the most prominent physicians of the times. (picture on left is of Lucy C. one of three daughters left behind.)

Funeral of J. W. Lynn - Emporia Kansas, News

Yesterday at 2:30 p. m. the Christian church was filled to overflowing with the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn to pay their last respect to the honored dead. Mr. Lynn left his home last July for his old home in Kentucky. Remaining there until December he left for Florida, stopping at Starke, a small town near the center of the State. He seemed to improve until the cold spell in January, after this he began to fail rapidly and on last Sunday week he passed to his final reward. His health has been poor for several years, possibly from troubles contracted in the army. He became almost deaf two years ago and gave up his practice and remained at home most of the time until leaving for the South. Mr. Lynn was essentially a self-made man, being raised to hard labor. He enlisted in the army in 1861, and served during the war. He was in many of the most important battles of the war. Having received a common school education and through means thus obtained he was able to attend Kentucky University for his literary and biblical education, but obtained his legal education at Harvard College. In 1871 he was married to Miss Madora Brown, daughter of Hon E. A. Brown of Kentucky. He leaves two children - Sally and Lucy. He associated in law at different times with R. M. Riggies and C. N. Sterry, but for several years past he has been a member of the firm of Scott and Lynn. Mr. Lynn was one of the best lawyers in the city, a man of large, clear brain, but unfortunately possessed a weak body. He was a victim of that terrible disease, consumption. He was a great student, a lover of literature, was familiar with several languages and passionately fond of philology - spending much of his time while confined at home in tracing out the relations of various tongues. The last few months were spent in reviewing Darwinism and evolution. It is the desire of his friends to have the review published, as it contains many things new in this line. In the prime of life - being in his 42nd year - in the land of flowers, like one of old, in search of the elixir of life, his spirit took its flight to dwell with God in the land of eternal light. (Pictures in this paragraph are of Sally Lynn, John's daughter, in cape and hat; Madora Brown and her two daughters are above, could have been after John died, and the other one above is from Sally's graduation).

December 3, 1883, Tuesday, from a Crofton Newspaper:

Hon. John W. Lynn, of Emporia, Kansas, who has been confined with lung troubles at the residence of J. A. B. Ratliff near here left Sunday with the intention of going to Florida. He intended to stop over in your city until this morning. He will be accompanied by his nephew, W. E. Ratliff. His many friends hope the mild climate he seeks may improve his health.

Ninth Generation

Lucy Clementine Lynn was born April, 1845 in Christian County, Kentucky. Her father, William Wallace Lynn died before she was born. She married John A. B. Ratliff and they had 12 children. I descend from their son Peter LYNN Ratliff, who married Lennie Terry and they had William LYNN Ratcliffe, who married Lucile Montague, and they had Barbara Ratcliffe, my mother. My mother named my elder sister Nancy LYNN. Lucy Clementine pictured left with two granddaughters by one of her daughters that died when she was 21 or so, yrs old. Lucy Clementine died in 1941 or thereabouts. She was in her 90s and had a clear mind until the end.

From Here See the Ratliff/Ratcliffe Line.

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