John* Wear

1741 - 1835  (94 years)

• Name	John* Wear
  Birth	12 Jan 1741	Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Military	1780	Battle of Kings Mountain, Cherokee Co, North Carolina
  	Revolutionary War soldier
  Death	17 Jan 1835	Sevier Co, Tennessee
  Notes	Early in the spring of 1800 John Wear, Nathan Wilkinson, and others including Obediah Lovelady journeyed in small boats from Fine's Ferry on French Broad River at the mouth of Nolachuck River destined for Boone's settlement on the Missouri River. Generally the Indians were friendly and helpful, but towards the end of their journey they encountered hostile Cherokees who were waging war with the Kikapoo. They were led by John Watts who gave John Wear the same protection he had given to Robert Wear and the party landed safely at Fort Massac about the first of May and continued on to the Mississippi River and settled near the swamps in the vicinity of Old Jackson. They were immediately taken sick with fever. Many of the party died among them Nancy Moore, John Wear's wife, and his son John and the rest only survived due to the care given them by the Indians. On his application for a Revolutionary War pension, John Wear gives his birthdate as 12 January 1741. John Wilkinson says that John's wife Nancy Moore, the daughter of Moses and Jane Moore. She died on their ill-fated trip to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1800. -------- John Wear states in his Rev. Was pension application that he entered the army from Greene Co NC (later Tennessee) in January 1781, spending 3 months in Capt John Sevier's company, "in pursuit of the tories'; three months in Capt. Wm. Tate's company in the siege of Yorktown and the capture of Cornwallis; four months in Capt. Moses Moore's company; and the last two months under Col Sam'l Wear (his brother) against the Cherokee Indians. After the war he lived in Cape Girardeau briefly, Christian Co KY, and finally Sevier County, Tennessee. 1792 was the security for his daughter Jane's marriage in Greene Co, Tennessee.
  Person ID	I2503	Roots
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert* Wear,   b. Abt 1720, Pennsylvania (prob) d. Abt 1790, Sevier Co, Tennessee (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Rebecca* Carrell,   b. 25 May 1725, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. 1790, Sevierville, Sevier Co, Tennessee (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1740	Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F1188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Nancy* Moore,   b. Abt 1745   d. May 1800, en route to Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Age ~ 55 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1765	Rockbridge Co, Virginia
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Wear,   b. 23 May 1766, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. 15 Mar 1852, Jefferson Co, Alabama (Age 85 years)   2. Margaret Wear,   b. Abt 1768   d. Aft 1790 (Age ~ 23 years) + 3. Jane* Wear,   b. 1773, Staunton, Augusta Co, Virginia d. Jan 1860, Andrew Co, Missouri (Age 87 years)   4. John Wear,   b. Abt 1770   d. 1800, Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Age ~ 30 years)   5. Rebecca Wear,   b. 1 Feb 1772, Rockbridge Co (prev Augusta Co), Virginia d. 2 Nov 1854, Mount Vernon, Lawrence Co, Missouri (prob) (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Military - 1780 - Battle of Kings Mountain, Cherokee Co, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth