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- Birth date is that given by Stout (p. 104) and baptism at Tinkling Spring, but this John is not shown with other siblings in Wilson's records (p. 474).
According to Stout, he moved to Lincoln County (now Gaston), NC on south fork of Catawba, 1762. In 1766 fought in Capt. Adam Alexander's milita against Cherokees. In 1774 was with Capt. Evans Shelby at battle of Pt. Pleasant. In 1780 was . Edmondson's Co. at battle of Kings Mountain. (Stout's 5-02-111). Granddaughter, Mary (Polly) through son, William, is said to have been the second wife of Davey Crockett.
France says he enlisted in Captain Adam's Alexander company of NC militia on 7 June 1766 (NC State records vol. XII, page 396). He served with Lincoln men under Captain Evans Shelby in Battle of King's Mountain 7 October 1780. France give ge at death in 1818 as 76 years, 2 months.
In father's will, written 17 August 1791, he received one bed and furniture at "my beloved wife's decease," (Augusta County WB 7:404). As noted above, France and Stout believe he moved with brothers Robert and Thomas [James] to NC prior to. However, no evidence has been found to support this. In addition, there was a John Finley living adjacent to George Finley, proven son of John and Thankful, in Washington County, VA from about 1776 to 1792 (Lewis Preston Summers, "Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800," Baltimore: Genealogical PUblishing, 1970, pp. 957, 974, 1110, 1112, 1169, 1216, 1346; tax list of 1782 and 1786). This John Finley sold his 312 acres on Wallace's Branch, adjacent to George Finley on 31 October 1792 and was referred to as "of Knox County, Territory of United States Southwest of River Ohio" at that time (Washington County DB 1:305).
(See Carmen J. Finley, "The George Finleys of Augusta County, VA," The American Genealogist, 64 (October 1989):216-225.)
Other indications of migration to TN by descendants of John and Thankful exist. Alverta Brown Martin in her "Findley Family History," believes her ancestor, the brother, Robert, died in Blount County, TN.
France claims that William Finley, father of Polly who married David Crockett, was a son of this John Finley, and that William died in Jefferson County, TN. William FInley's will has been found and verified, dated 2 April 1818. In it hs children: James, William, Samuel, Jean Barns, Susanna Parks, Mary Crocket's children (John, William, Polly), Kennedy (Jefferson County, TN WB 2:237-239).
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1742 - Abt 1818 (75 years)
