| 8. | John* Lovelady, Sr., Rev War was born in 1736 in North Carolina (son of Thomas* Lovelady, Sr and Hannah* Hix); died after 1790; was buried in Jessie Parker Cem, Lafayette, Macon Co, Tennessee (?). Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: Bef 1760, Greene Co, Tennessee
- Other-Begin: 1763, Orange Co, North Carolina; Brashears
- Property: 1767, Indian Camp Creek, Orange Co, North Carolina
- Property: 23 Oct 1771, Orange Co, North Carolina
- Property: 1775, Orange Co, North Carolina; exchange for South Carolina
- Residence: Between 1775 and 1783, Peytons Creek, Smith Co, Tennessee
- Military: Between 1775 and 1783, Revolutionary War, Smith Co, Tennessee
- Residence: 1780, Green Co, Tennessee
- Military: 7 Oct 1780, Battle of King Mountain, Green Co, Tennessee
Notes:
Gayle has his wife as Agnes Merchant, but no documentation or source.
from Karl Kiser:
The early ancestors are a mystery. John is a good possible father of Thomas. I do not know his wife. I have seen Sarah Morgan but never good documentation on the marriage.
Note: He had a daughter named Sarah and a son named "Morgan," so until further is learned, will stay with Sarah Morgan.
Greene County, Tennessee 1783 Tax List
Listed below are the names listed on the 1783 Greene Co Tax list, this was the first list taken for Greene Co. The original tax list can be viewed at the Nathanael Greene Museum in Greeneville.
This list does not have any locations just the names, although some notes of interest were added to this list of names:
Almost all on list were Revolutionary soldiers.
They were known as the "Nollichuckey Settlers."
In 1785 Adam Meek built his cabin farthest westward but civilization had not reached the present Knox Co border.
Many of them settled on the "Brown Purchase" -- land bought from the indians by Jacob Brown, a Major in the Revolution.
The Nolichuckey settlers were famous as riflemen.
Many of them were enlisted with the NC Continental Line or the VA Militia.
Samuel Wear, whose family came from Bucks Co, VA, was a border hero and one of the first TN representatives.
In 1782 several families came to Greene Co from PA. The Galbreaths, Rankins, Magills, Delaneys, Wilsons, Moores and McClungs.
Early land grants: the Nelsons, Vances, Crosbys, Inmans, Casteels, Pates, Jones and Conways.
The first pioneers here were the Gillespies, Crocketts, Henry Earnest, Francis Hughes, Nathan Davis, Ashael Rawlings and Col. Daniel Kenedy (first Clerk of Court) and Amos Byrd from Westover Manor in VA.
Maryland families to settle here were the Howards, Dewitts, Weltys, Hills and Gists.
From Washington Co., VA were Col Arthur Campbell, the Craigs, Blackburns.
Earliest NC families were the Loves, Whites, Alexanders, Balches and Vances.
Robert Wylie was one of the first merchants in Greene County.
****Partial List****
Joseph Davis James Lovelady Thomas Ray John Wood
Nathan Davis John Lovelady William Ray Richard Woods
Nicholas Day Davis Marshall Lovelady Abraham Reece John Woodward
from Karl Kiser:
The early ancestors are a mystery. John is a good possible father of Thomas.
Name:
or William of Greene Co, Tennessee
Other-Begin:
Minutes of Orange Co Court, North Carolina
1763 Middleton Brashears vs Thomas Lovelatty, Sr. petition
Middleton Brashears vs. John Lovelatty debt (ibid)
Middleton Brashears vs. Marshall Lovelatty (ibid)
Property:
1766 Thomas Lovelatty was granted 400 acres on Indian Camp Creek, a fork of Abitton's Creek.
1767 John Loveletty was given three grants totaling 650 acres in the same watershed.
Property:
1770 Thomas Lovelatty sold 200 acres of his 1766 grant t o Marshall(for L5[5 pounds] proclamation money.
1771 23 Oct Marshall Lovelatty sold to John Lovelatty th e above land for L20[20 pounds] proc. money.
Property:
1772 A land survey was made to establish the line between North and South Carolina. This placed some lands granted in North Carolina into South Carolina and the landowners were to turn in their grants and apply to South Carolina for
new ones. Otherwise the land would be declared vacant and granted to anyone who applied for it.
1775 Marshall and John signed a declaration asking the King for relief.
We do not know if Marshall and John received new grants or turned in their old ones. They were in Green Co. Tn by 1780
Military:
John Lovelady lived on Peyton?s Creek near the head of Dixon?s Creek. He was a revolutionary soldier and his wife molded bullets during the war.
Smith County Revolutionary War Soldiers
From "Tennessee Cousins"
by Worth S. Ray Originally published 1950. Last reprint Genealogy Publishing Co, Inc.
Library of Congress Catalog #68-24689-5.
Read the book for further details about these Smith County Soldiers.
Transcribed by Catherine Trumm
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A statement from her grandson, "My grandfather, John Lovelady, was a native of South Carolina. He and his wife both served in the Revolutionary and Indian Wars. Grandmother moulded bullets for the men while they fought..."
History of Smith County, Tennessee
Transcription of text
Detail
Page 51.
Date
1892
Other information
This comes from a letter from a grandson of John Lovelady, from Cave Creek, Newton County, Arkansas written to John W. Bowens, author of an 1892 History of Smith County, Tennessee, and quoted in his book. The book, apparently typed and "self-published" is a classic on the county and is available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
Military:
Probably the John Lovelady listed on those who served at Battle of King Mountain - along with James and Marshall Lovelady.
http://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/counties/greene/1783.html
John* married Sarah* Morgan(?) about 1760. Sarah* was born about 1740; died after 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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