Pleasant M. Wear

Pleasant married Tryphena Tipton about 1822. Tryphena was born about 1802; died on 1 Sep 1863 in Mount Vernon, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pleasant married Mrs. Naomi (..) McFall after 1864 in Missouri. Naomi was born about 1802; died on 7 Jan 1870 in of, Lawrence co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

no issue

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1780, Battle of Kings Mountain, Cherokee Co, North Carolina

Notes:

In 1777 he was appointed Ensign of the Augusta County Militia.

In the year 1778, in Augusta County, Virginia, Samuel Wear
married Mary, sometimes called Polly Thompson, daughter of William Thompson and his wife Elizabeth Lyle Thompson, (see Lyle Family).

The birth of Elizabeth Wear, the eldest daughter, named evidently for her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Lyle Thompson, occurred October 4, 1780. A list of other children of Samuel Wear is given in the Lyle record and it is interesting to observe that Samuel Wear named his next daughter for his mother. Rebecca, and his first son for his father. Robert Wear. It is also not uninteresting to notice
that Elizabeth Wear's birth took place when Colonel Samuel Wear was already on his way to that famous ground, King's Mountain. He probably did not know that he had a daughter until he was one of the successful Captains of that famous engagement leaving Augusta County, Virginia, perhaps in the same year of his marriage. 1778, Samuel Wear followed the tide of emigration setting in toward the new country, which is now Tennessee.

John Sevier and Samuel Wear knew each other in Virginia and
undoubtedly Samuel Wear's removal to Tennessee was influenced by Sevier's enthusiasm. Their careers are singularly similar. They were born in the same neighborhood within a few years of each other. They grew up to know each other well. They both entered the Militia early, both married young, probably school girl sweethearts, both entered into a second marriage. later in Tennessee. They
moved to the Mountains about the same time. Both served at King's Mountain with rank and honor, both served in innumerable Indian campaigns, both were instrumental in the formation of the State of Franklin, were in fact, its leading spirits, both served in the early story of Tennessee. Territory and State, and occupied high offices, both were in the War of 1812 with rank and honor and finally died at nearly the same time after each had named a son for the other. They were through all this companionship intimate and confidential friends and after the fashion of the South the children of Samuel Wear and the grandchildren were taught to call the Governor Uncle John. To this day many of the descendants in writing to the author of this manuscript have insisted that we are descended from the Seviers because we have always called Governor Sevier "Uncle John."

Though we do not know the exact date that Samuel Wear moved
to the new country it was certainly between his marriage in 1778 and the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780. when he was already a member of the new community and a man of property and position. He was selected as one of the Captains, either at John Sevier's request, which is probable, or by election.

Lyman C. Draper in Kings Mountain and Its Heroes, page 424 says: "Samuel Wear was another of Sevier's Captains at Kings Mountain. He was an active participant in the Franklin Republic movement; led a party in 1793 against Tallahassee, killing sixteen Indians and taking four prisoners. In 1793 and 1794 he was a member of the Convention that formed the Constitution of Tennessee and served many years as Clerk of Sevier County Court; and lived to a good old age. He was fully six feet in height, dark complexioned, and possessed much energy of character."

In "Wear's Cove," protected by towering mountains and refreshed by pure chalybeate water, Samuel Wear built his home and raised his family. It is an instance of the dangers that beset him, that he and his two young sons were fired upon by a party of thirty savages. Again on June 19, 1793, a band of Indians entered "Wear's Cove", cut down the growing corn, stole one horse, killed ten and destroyed the mill. Samuel Wear, with a party of friends pursued these marauders and at Tallahassee a battle raged which resulted in the death of sixteen Indians and the capture of four Indian prisoners.

In 1784 Samuel Wear began his political history, for in that
year he was elected "deputy to the Convention to deliberate upon public affairs." The convention met at Jonesboro, August 23, 1794. At that convention the first which was held in what is now Tennessee, was horn the State of Franklin.

Samuel Wear was thus a member of the first Legislative body
ever assembled in Tennessee, the first Franklin Convention. When the State of Franklin had become a fact, its Governor,
John Sevier, in June, 1785, appointed Samuel Wear Clerk of the County Court of the County of Sevier, and Colonel of the Regiment. In the summer of 1786 he was one of the commissioners appointed to negotiate a treaty with the Indians. This conference between savages and Commissioners lasted four days and ended August 3, at Coyton.

With Samuel Wear and the other commissioners at Chota Ford
1786 for this treaty were Old Tassel and Hanging Maw. The land claimed by the settlers in this treaty was the island in the Tennessee at the mouth of Holston and from the head of the Island to die dividing ridge between Holston, Little River and the Tennessee, sold to them by North Carolina.

After the rise and fall of Franklin, of which Samuel Wear
was a leading spirit, an election was held in December 1793, according to the proclamation of Governor Blount. This resulted in Samuel Wear becoming a member of the first assembly of the Territory of Tennessee (representing the County of Jefferson) which was called to order in Knoxville in February 1794. He was one of the Committee of five appointed by this assembly to draft an address to Congress. In this address the people demanded a Declaration of war against the Creeks and Cherokees.

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Col Samuel Wear married first Mary Thompson in 1779 in Rockbridge Co, Virginia. They moved soon after to Sevier Co, Tennessee with Robert Wear and Rebecca Carrell. They had six children.
1. Elizabeth Wear b 4 Oct 1780 m Robert Armstrong
2. Robert Wear b 4 Nov 1781 m (1) Lucretia Thomas; (2) Margaret Wilkinson
3. Rebecca Wear b. 28 Oct 1787 m John Witt
4. Samuel Wear, Jr. b 16 April 1790 m Mary
5. John Wear b 14 Mar 1793 m Susannah Mullendore
6. Mary Wear b 10 Sept 1795 m Simeon Perry

Mary Thompson died in 1797 and Samuel married Polly (Mary) Gilliand a few years later. Polly was the daughter of John and Margaret Gilliand. Margaret Gilliand was a daughter of Moses and Jane Moore and sister of John Wear's wife Rebecca. All of the children of Robert Wear and Rebecca Carrell married into the Moore family. Samuel and Polly also had six children:
1. Melinda Wear b 12 Nov 1800 m William Bradshaw
2. Minerva Wear b 20 Oct 1807 m John Guthrie
3. Pleasant Wear b 28 Apr 1810 m Tryphenia Tipton
4. Diana Wear b 28 Apr 1810 m David Johnson
5. Margaret Wear b 4 April 1813 m Rev David Cumming
6. Franklin Wear b 27 June 1815 - died young.

Samuel married Mary "Polly" Gilliland about 1799. Mary (daughter of John Gilliand and Elizabeth Young) was born on 30 Sep 1779 in Cocke Co, Tennessee; died on 24 Sep 1840 in Knox Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sep. 30, 1779
Cocke County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Sep. 24, 1840
Knox County
Tennessee, USA

Mary Gilliland was the daughter of John Gilliland, DAR Ancestor Number 044937, and Elizabeth Young and the granddaughter of Robert Young, DAR Ancestor Number 130210, and Mary Douglass. Both her father and her grandfather fought in the Battle of King's Mountain as did her husband, Colonel Samuel Wear. Her grandfather was credited with having fired the volley that killed Patrick Ferguson in that battle. Robert Young's rifle "Sweet Lips" hangs in the State Museum in Nashville, TN.

Lyman Draper, in his history of the King's Mountain heroes, says, "One of Col. Sevier's men, named Gililland, who had received several wounds, and was well nigh exhausted, seeing the advance of Ferguson and his part, attempted to arrest the career of the great leader, but his gun snapped, when he called out to Robert Young, of the same regiment: 'There's Ferguson! Shoot him.' 'I will try and see what Sweet Lips can do,' muttered Young, as he drew a sharp sight, discharging his rife, when Ferguson fell from his horse, and his associates were either killed or driven back. Several bullets had taken effect on Ferguson apparently at the same time, and a number claimed the honor of shooting Ferguson." [Reference online: http://www.starbase21.com/kybiog/jessamine/young.b.txt, 6 Jan 2002]

Mary was named in the Will of her father (submitted to ancestry.com)

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Will of John Gilliland

From 1792-1810 Jefferson County Will Book#1, written March 26, 1795. John Gilliland, of the County of Jefferson Territory of the US south of the Ohio River. To wife Elizabeth Gilliland all and every part of my household furniture and 1/3 of stock, rents and support for the tuition of those children who are of non-age: To son, Robert, 60 pounds out of revenue; To son, John Jr., the island at the upper end of the premises; To son James, all my wearing apparel over and above his portion; To daughter Priscilla, my son James, my daughter Mary, My son Abel, my son Harvey, my son Isaac, my son Eli, my son Josiah, all and every part and tract of my land except John's part, equally divided. Joseph Hamilton and John McNabb or John Gilliland Jr. to draw lots for the portions. To grandson, John Welch, 100 dollars for education, provfiding he lives with the family until the executors shall chuse. Jos. Hamilton and John Gilliland executors...Witnesses, Jos. Robinson, John McNabb and John Neitherton.

Page 260-61 Jos Hamilton and John McNabb exrs. We, Jos. Hamilton and John McNabb, two of the persons appointed by the last will and testament of John Gilliland, Deceased, to nominate and appoint two disinterested persons for the purpose of dividing the lands belonging to the estate of said John Gilliland, do appoint John Shields and Samuel Jack for that purpose. Given our hands this 27th day of March 1799. We, John Shields and Samuel Jack, do certify that the lot drew for Priscilla Welch alias Priscilla Gilliland and devisees of the estate of John Gilliland was lot #2.

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Colonel Wear had been married to Mary Thompson, Find A Grave Memorial# 7871956 (date of death incorrect on headstone). She died in early 1799, leaving six children, and the Colonel married Mary Gilliand on September 30, 1799. This union produced six more children:

Melinda Wear
Pleasant Miller Wear
Minerva Wear
Diana Wear
Margaret M Wear
Franklin Wear

Colonel Wear had an illustrious military career: he served as Lieutenant in American Revolution and as Colonel in War of 1812. He was designated as DAR Ancestor Number A123053. He was one of the founders of the State of Franklin and it was he who chose the location of Sevierville and named it for his friend, John Sevier with whom he had served at the Battle of King's Mountain. He served as the first County Clerk of Sevierville. ( Service Source: CHALKEY, CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VA, VOL 1, P 191; WHITE, THE KING'S MOUNTAIN MEN, P 231; GRIFFEY, EARLIEST TN LAND RECORDS & EARLIEST TN LAND HIST, P 407)


While the actual burial site for Mary Gilliland Wear remains unknown, there is a cenotaph honoring her in the Cantrell Gilliland Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe Mary Wear and her family for their contributions to building a new country: our America.

Family links:
Parents:
John Gilliland (1725 - 1798)
Elizabeth Young Gilliland (1753 - 1795)

Spouse:
Samuel Wear (1753 - 1817)

Children:
Pleasant Miller Wear (1802 - 1870)*
Margaret M. Wear Cumming (1813 - 1844)*


Burial:
Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden
Wetumpka
Elmore County
Alabama, USA

Created by: Vonnie Cantrell
Record added: Aug 06, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 133942653

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 1752, Augusta Co (later Rockbridge Co), Virginia
• Residence: 1779, Washington Co (now Sevier Co, Tennessee), North Carolina

Notes:

Robert Wear was of the first generation of his family born in this country. His father was a native of Ireland, but was educated in England. A silversmith by trade, he came to America "at a very early day." Robert Wear and Rebecca Carrell were married in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania, and later moved to Rockbridge Co, Virginia. Their three children, John, Rebecca, and Samuel were married there. In 1779 they moved to Washington Co, Tennessee.
During the time of the Cherokee War they moved with their son Samuel from Green Co to Sevier Co and made their settlement and fort on the west fork of Little Pigeon River in a cove which became known as Wears Cove. They were not more than 20 (mil?)es from the enemy Indian towns on the Little Tennessee. The Indians knew the country so well that they could easily pass through and invade the weaker settlements or ambush the hunter. John Watts, a famous Cherokee warrior, the Corntassel and other warriors harassed the settlers for several years. Finally Col John Sevier and Co. Samuel Handley raised a volunteer regiment and marched against the Indians. They made peace at a council held at Telico in 1796.
Robert Wear was a strict Presbyterian and he was true to his faith. He loved all men and was not an enemy to the Indians. John Watts could have killed him many times but did not because "he do good to everybody, and why should anybody hurt him" His wife Rebecca also was held in high esteem. She was Mama Wear to all her neighbors and friends. They died 1790-1800 and are buried side by side in the old graveyard near the old fort in Sevier County.

Info on Robert Wear through Jane Wear came from a report on the internet: GenServ Genealogical Server, Document@GenServ.Com

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Notable Southern Families:
COLONEL SAMUEL WEAR AND THE WEARS

The father of Elizabeth Wear who married Robert Armstrong
the Third, was Colonel Samuel Wear. The first Wear whom we
know definitely is Robert Wear, the father of Samuel. The family came from Ulster Province, Ireland, and was Scotch-Irish. Robert Wear's wife was Rebecca.

The Wears reached Augusta County, Virginia, by way of Pennsylvania and Frederick County, Virginia, like many other emigrants. The name Wear was originally de Vere which betrays the Norman origin and it can be traced in that form for hundreds of years. It is variously spelled in early histories Weir, Wier, Wear, etc., and this variation causes confusion, but Robert Wear, ancestor of the Virginia -
Tennessee family and his son Samuel Wear spelled their name Wear and both were men of education and have left written proof of this spelling, though Ramsey's Annals and other volumes in giving Colonel Wear full credit for his important service in the Revolution and early history of Tennessee spell his name Weir. He was Clerk of the State of Franklin, a signer of the Constitution of Tennessee and Clerk of the County of Sevier and signed his name literally hundreds of times.

In April 1719 a Robert Weir was one of the settlers in Nutfield, near Haverhill, Massachusetts, but in New Hampshire, under the leadership of James McKeen. It is possible that this Robert Weir was the father of Robert, whom we afterwards have located in Augusta County, Virginia.

The settlement of Nuffield was thought to be in Massachusetts, but the General Court of May, 1719, decided it was in New Hampshire. James Gregg and Robert Wear, in behalf of the Scotch Irish at Nutfield, asked the Governor and Court assembled at Portsmouth, N. H., for a township ten miles square. They and others obtained a deed from Colonel John Wheelwright. Londonberry, N. H., was then incorporated June 1722. Robert Wear's name appears on petition. The
town in December, 1719, voted to grant a lot to each of the first comers "which is the number of twenty." Robert Wear is one of these.

To Robert Wear and his wife, Martha, a daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 1723.

Bolton gives the settlers of Londonderry, N. H., in 1722, and among the names are several of interest to people reading this volume, for instance, Robert Armstrong, James, John and Robert Doak, Robert Wear, etc.

[note ~ss: These Doaks of N.H. do not appear to be of the same line of Doaks represented in this file who immigrated to Pennsylvania and later to Augusta Co. More about the N.H. Doaks here:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacquelinesr&id=I21338 ],

Robert Weir, or Wear, probably this same Robert, was Commissioner in Antrim County, Antrim, Ireland, in I717.

In 1752 a deed is recorded to Robert Wear and John Cunningham, of eight hundred and thirty-three acres in Borden's Tract, Augusta County, Virginia, and in 1754 Borden's executors deeded two hundred and forty acres to Robert Wear. So we have the family of Robert Wear and his wife Rebecca settled in Augusta County close to the year
1750. There their children were born, including Samuel Wear, who was destined to become a distinguished pioneer of the new state of Tennessee, John Wear and probably other children whose names have not been preserved. Robert Wear was still living in the year 1789. Samuel Wear was born in Augusta County, Virginia about the year 1753.

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Property:
In 1752 a deed is recorded to Robert Wear and John Cunningham, of eight hundred and thirty-three acres in Borden's Tract, Augusta County, Virginia, and in 1754 Borden's executors deeded two hundred and forty acres to Robert Wear. So we have the family of Robert Wear and his wife Rebecca settled in Augusta County close to the year
1750.
Southern Notable Families

Robert* married Rebecca* Carrell about 1740 in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Rebecca* (daughter of James* Carrell, Jr. (eldest) (immigrant) and Diana* Van Kirk) was born on 25 May 1725 in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania; died in 1790 in Sevierville, Sevier Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On October 7, 1780 the foundation that would forever change the world was established. Fewer than one thousand American Heroes, through skill, luck, and the leadership of cunning strategists, defeated Patrick Ferguson, a brilliant star of the British military might. John Gilliland and his father-in-law, Robert Young were two of those Heroes.

Their participation in the Battle of King's Mountain was documented in the "The Patriots at Kings Mountain" by Bobby Gilmer Moss which, along with "King's Mountain And Its Heroes: History Of The Battle Of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, And The Events Which Led To It" by Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire, and Isaac Shelby, has long been recognized as the definitive listing of the participants. From the Roster:

"Gilleland, John, , , , Col Sevier, wounded, blank first name on obelisk plaque (KK White spells Gilleland. WC surveyor spells Gilleland). Moved south of French Broad to the head of Pigeon River (Sugarlands entrance to GSMNP?)...



Young, Robert, under Col Sevier "I'll try and see what sweet lips can do."



The Daughters of the American Revolution have also documented their participation in the battle. The organization has designated John Gilliand, DAR Ancestor Number 044937, and Robert Young, DAR Ancestor Number 130210.


There are some mentions of the rifle named *Sweet Lips,* however. In one account highlighting the accuracy of the marksmen at King's Mountain, Robert Leckie (in George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution) mentions, "As testimony to the accuracy of both sides, most of them were found to have one eye open and the other shut: they had been squinting over their sights when hit. One frontiersman, who carried the rifle called 'Sweet Lips,' recalled: 'I recollect I stood behind one tree and fired until the bark was nearly all knocked off, and my eyes pretty well filled up with it.'"[Reference online: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3071/enlisted/kingsmtn.html, 6 Jan 2002]

In another reference to *Sweet Lips,* Lyman Draper, in his history of the King's Mountain heroes, says, "One of Col. Sevier's men, named Gililland, who had received several wounds, and was well nigh exhausted, seeing the advance of Ferguson and his part, attempted to arrest the career of the great leader, but his gun snapped, when he called out to Robert Young, of the same regiment: 'There's Ferguson! Shoot him.' 'I will try and see what Sweet Lips can do,' muttered Young, as he drew a sharp sight, discharging his rife, when Ferguson fell from his horse, and his associates were either killed or driven back. Several bullets had taken effect on Ferguson apparently at the same time, and a number claimed the honor of shooting Ferguson." [Reference online: http://www.starbase21.com/kybiog/jessamine/young.b.txt, 6 Jan 2002]

Robert Young was the father-in-law of a John Gilliland and fought with John at King's Mountain, "where John received several wounds. Robert Young was credited with killing Patrick Ferguson, the commander of the British forces at the Battle of King's Mountain." [Reference online: http://gwyddell.tripod.com/felch/PS02/PS02_059.htm, 6 Jan 2002]




"Sweet Lips: The Battle of King's Mountain"
Sung by Grandpa Jones
It was back in '81 that a man named Washington
Was fighting hard for freedom in this land,
But his men were poor and ragged,
And against the British gun,
Well, he didn't even dare to make a stand.

Old Ferguson was marching toward the Carolina hills,
Making brags he'd hang a man to every tree,
But the news that he was coming
Raced across the mountain tops,
And they heard about it over in Tennessee.

At the shoal of old Watauga, where the sycamores grow tall,
They rallied around ol' Nolichucky Jack,
And they said, "We'll drive the Redcoats
Back across the briny deep.
Yes, we'll lick 'em, or we're never coming back!"

There was Chucky Jack and Campbell, Colonel Shelby in their band,
Mountaineers who loved their liberty,
And a lovesick boy named Gillam
With a brand new rifle gun,
Named for his girl in Tennessee.

Sweet Lips was a rifle named for a girl in Tennessee.
When Sweet Lips spoke,
The chains that bound us broke.
She struck a mighty blow for liberty.

When they rode across the mountains onto Carolina soil,
The Tarheels with their muskets gathered 'round
To go and head off Ferguson
Before he got to them
To hang 'em all and burn their houses down.

When Ferguson heard the mountain men were camping on his trail,
He first began to laugh and then to scoff,
Said, "We'll go up on King's Mountain,
And then let the rebels come,
For the powers of Hell will never drive me off."

But Campbell and Ben Cleveland, Colonel Shelby, and their men,
And John Sevier ~ ol' Nolichucky Jack ~
Well, they loaded up their rifles,
And they climbed the mountainside,
Said, "We'll lick 'em, or we're never coming back!"

Oh, he blew his silver whistle, and he shouted and he cursed,
"Use your bayonets to drive the rebels back!"
But the Redcoats never made it,
For before they reached the line,
The mountain rifles jumped them in their tracks.

Sweet Lips was a rifle named for a girl in Tennessee.
When Sweet Lips spoke,
The chains that bound us broke.
She struck a mighty blow for liberty.

Ol' Ferguson was dashing up and down the battlefield,
And it seemed that he must lead a life of charm,
For the mountaineers were aiming
At his gaudy checkered coat,
But their bullets passed him by and did no harm.

Then up stepped young John Gillam with his brand new rifle gun,
Named for his girl back home. He said,
"Well, I wonder what Sweet Lips can do?"
And when he took his aim,
Sweet Lips spoke, and Ferguson fell dead.

Cornwallis heard that Ferguson and all his men were lost,
And he said, "This place is just too hot for me."
So he soon went off to Yorktown,
Where he laid his weapons down,
And ever since this country has been free.

Sweet Lips was a rifle named for a girl in Tennessee.
When Sweet Lips spoke,
The chains that bound us broke.
She's gone and did her part for liberty.


John Gilliland was the son of Irish immigrants John Gilliland, DAR Ancestor Number A044939, and Hester Rome Romar. He married Elizabeth Young in 1770. They had several children, including:

Robert Young Gilliland
John Gilliland
Priscilla Gilliland
Mary Gilliland
Abel Gilliland
Elijah Eli Gilliland
Mary Gilliland
Harvey Gilliland
Isaac Gilliland
Josiah Gilliland

A contributor to ancestry.com submitted the will of John Gilliland:

From 1792-1810 Jefferson County Will Book#1, written March 26, 1795. John Gilliland, of the County of Jefferson Territory of the US south of the Ohio River. To wife Elizabeth Gilliland all and every part of my household furniture and 1/3 of stock, rents and support for the tuition of those children who are of non-age: To son, Robert, 60 pounds out of revenue; To son, John Jr., the island at the upper end of the premises; To son James, all my wearing apparel over and above his portion; To daughter Priscilla, my son James, my daughter Mary, My son Abel, my son Harvey, my son Isaac, my son Eli, my son Josiah, all and every part and tract of my land except John's part, equally divided. Joseph Hamilton and John McNabb or John Gilliland Jr. to draw lots for the portions. To grandson, John Welch, 100 dollars for education, provfiding he lives with the family until the executors shall chuse. Jos. Hamilton and John Gilliland executors...Witnesses, Jos. Robinson, John McNabb and John Neitherton.

Page 260-61 Jos Hamilton and John McNabb exrs. We, Jos. Hamilton and John McNabb, two of the persons appointed by the last will and testament of John Gilliland, Deceased, to nominate and appoint two disinterested persons for the purpose of dividing the lands belonging to the estate of said John Gilliland, do appoint John Shields and Samuel Jack for that purpose. Given our hands this 27th day of March 1799. We, John Shields and Samuel Jack, do certify that the lot drew for Priscilla Welch alias Priscilla Gilliland and devisees of the estate of John Gilliland was lot #2.


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Some sources state that John Gilliland was buried in Fort Wear, Jefferson County, Tennessee (See Find A Grave Memorial# 7871962). While the actual burial site of John Gilliland remains unknown, there is a cenotaph honoring them in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. (Robert Young is buried in the Young Cemetery in Washington County, TN, Find A Grave Memorial# 5126562.) May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe John Gilliland and Robert Young for risking their lives and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.

Family links:
Parents:
John Gilliland (1708 - 1790)

Spouse:
Elizabeth Young Gilliland (1753 - 1795)*

Children:
Mary Gilliland Wear (1779 - 1840)*

Siblings:
John Gilliland (1725 - 1798)
Thomas Gilliland (1735 - 1800)*
Jane Gilliland Shields (1764 - 1849)*

Burial:
Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden
Wetumpka
Elmore County
Alabama, USA
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John married Elizabeth Young in 1770. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert "Sweet Lips" Young and Mary Douglass) was born in 1753 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died in 1795 in Washington Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1770, Elizabeth Young married John Gilliland. Elizabeth Young Gilliland was the daughter of Robert Young and Mary Douglass. The two men in her life made history together at the Battle of King's Mountain.

Her father was the celebrated marksman who is credited with firing the shot that killed Patrick Ferguson in the Battle of King's Mountain. Lyman Draper, in his history of the King's Mountain heroes, says, "One of Col. Sevier's men, named Gililland, who had received several wounds, and was well nigh exhausted, seeing the advance of Ferguson and his part, attempted to arrest the career of the great leader, but his gun snapped, when he called out to Robert Young, of the same regiment: 'There's Ferguson! Shoot him.' 'I will try and see what Sweet Lips can do,' muttered Young, as he drew a sharp sight, discharging his rife, when Ferguson fell from his horse, and his associates were either killed or driven back. Several bullets had taken effect on Ferguson apparently at the same time, and a number claimed the honor of shooting Ferguson." [Reference online: http://www.starbase21.com/kybiog/jessamine/young.b.txt, 6 Jan 2002]
Robert Young's rifle "Sweet Lips" hangs in the State Museum in Nashville, TN. He is given credit for shooting Colonel Ferguson, British commander at the Battle of King,s Mountain in 1780. (Lyman C.Draper, KING'S MOUNTAIN AND ITS HEROES p 275.

In a romantic notion, Elizabeth Gilliland inspired a song:

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"Sweet Lips: The Battle of King's Mountain"
Sung by Grandpa Jones

It was back in '81 that a man named Washington
Was fighting hard for freedom in this land,
But his men were poor and ragged,
And against the British gun,
Well, he didn't even dare to make a stand..


Old Ferguson was marching toward the Carolina hills,
Making brags he'd hang a man to every tree,
But the news that he was coming
Raced across the mountain tops,
And they heard about it over in Tennessee..


At the shoal of old Watauga, where the sycamores grow tall,
They rallied around ol' Nolichucky Jack,
And they said, "We'll drive the Redcoats
Back across the briny deep.
Yes, we'll lick 'em, or we're never coming back!".


There was Chucky Jack and Campbell, Colonel Shelby in their band,
Mountaineers who loved their liberty,
And a lovesick boy named Gillam
With a brand new rifle gun,
Named for his girl in Tennessee..


Sweet Lips was a rifle named for a girl in Tennessee.
When Sweet Lips spoke,
The chains that bound us broke.
She struck a mighty blow for liberty..


When they rode across the mountains onto Carolina soil,
The Tarheels with their muskets gathered 'round
To go and head off Ferguson
Before he got to them
To hang 'em all and burn their houses down..


When Ferguson heard the mountain men were camping on his trail,
He first began to laugh and then to scoff,
Said, "We'll go up on King's Mountain,
And then let the rebels come,
For the powers of Hell will never drive me off.".


But Campbell and Ben Cleveland, Colonel Shelby, and their men,
And John Sevier ~ ol' Nolichucky Jack ~
Well, they loaded up their rifles,
And they climbed the mountainside,
Said, "We'll lick 'em, or we're never coming back!".


Oh, he blew his silver whistle, and he shouted and he cursed,
"Use your bayonets to drive the rebels back!"
But the Redcoats never made it,
For before they reached the line,
The mountain rifles jumped them in their tracks..


Sweet Lips was a rifle named for a girl in Tennessee.
When Sweet Lips spoke,
The chains that bound us broke.
She struck a mighty blow for liberty..


Ol' Ferguson was dashing up and down the battlefield,
And it seemed that he must lead a life of charm,
For the mountaineers were aiming
At his gaudy checkered coat,
But their bullets passed him by and did no harm..


Then up stepped young John Gillam with his brand new rifle gun,
Named for his girl back home. He said,
"Well, I wonder what Sweet Lips can do?"
And when he took his aim,
Sweet Lips spoke, and Ferguson fell dead..


Cornwallis heard that Ferguson and all his men were lost,
And he said, "This place is just too hot for me."
So he soon went off to Yorktown,
Where he laid his weapons down,
And ever since this country has been free..


Sweet Lips was a rifle named for a girl in Tennessee.
When Sweet Lips spoke,
The chains that bound us broke.
She's gone and did her part for liberty.
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Elizabeth and John Gilliland had several children, including:

Robert Young Gilliland
John Gilliland
Priscilla Gilliland
Mary Gilliland
Abel Gilliland
Elijah Eli Gilliland
Mary Gilliland
Harvey Gilliland
Isaac Gilliland
Josiah Gilliland

A contributor to ancestry.com submitted the will of John Gilliland:

From 1792-1810 Jefferson County Will Book#1, written March 26, 1795. John Gilliland, of the County of Jefferson Territory of the US south of the Ohio River. To wife Elizabeth Gilliland all and every part of my household furniture and 1/3 of stock, rents and support for the tuition of those children who are of non-age: To son, Robert, 60 pounds out of revenue; To son, John Jr., the island at the upper end of the premises; To son James, all my wearing apparel over and above his portion; To daughter Priscilla, my son James, my daughter Mary, My son Abel, my son Harvey, my son Isaac, my son Eli, my son Josiah, all and every part and tract of my land except John's part, equally divided. Joseph Hamilton and John McNabb or John Gilliland Jr. to draw lots for the portions. To grandson, John Welch, 100 dollars for education, provfiding he lives with the family until the executors shall chuse. Jos. Hamilton and John Gilliland executors...Witnesses, Jos. Robinson, John McNabb and John Neitherton.

Page 260-61 Jos Hamilton and John McNabb exrs. We, Jos. Hamilton and John McNabb, two of the persons appointed by the last will and testament of John Gilliland, Deceased, to nominate and appoint two disinterested persons for the purpose of dividing the lands belonging to the estate of said John Gilliland, do appoint John Shields and Samuel Jack for that purpose. Given our hands this 27th day of March 1799. We, John Shields and Samuel Jack, do certify that the lot drew for Priscilla Welch alias Priscilla Gilliland and devisees of the estate of John Gilliland was lot #2.

Some sources state that John Gilliland was buried in Fort Wear, Jefferson County, Tennessee and Elizabeth was probably buried there with him. While the actual burial sites of John and Elizabeth Young Gilliland remain unknown, there is a cenotaph honoring them in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe John Gilliland and Robert Young for risking their lives and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.

Family links:
Parents:
Robert Young (1718 - 1792)
Mary Douglass Young (1725 - 1829)

Spouse:
John Gilliland (1725 - 1798)

Children:
Mary Gilliland Wear (1779 - 1840)*

Siblings:
Robert Young (____ - 1804)*
Elizabeth Young Gilliland (1753 - 1795)
Thomas Young (1755 - 1794)*

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 1717, Co Antrim, Ireland; commissioner
• Immigration: Bef 1719, Ireland
• Residence: Apr 1719, Nutfield, near Haverhill Massachusetts (New Hampshire)

Notes:

Born in Ireland but was educated in England. A silversmith by trade. Came to America in "at very early day."

In April 1719 a Robert Weir was one of the settlers in Nutfield, near Haverhill, Massachusetts, but in New Hampshire, under the leadership of James McKeen. It is possible that this Robert Weir was the father of Robert, whom we afterwards have located in Augusta County, Virginia.

The settlement of Nuffield was thought to be in Massachusetts, but the General Court of May, 1719, decided it was in New Hampshire. James Gregg and Robert Wear, in behalf of the Scotch Irish at Nutfield, asked the Governor and Court assembled at Portsmouth, N. H., for a township ten miles square. They and others obtained a deed from Colonel John Wheelwright. Londonberry, N. H., was then incorporated June 1722. Robert Wear's name appears on petition. The
town in December, 1719, voted to grant a lot to each of the first comers "which is the number of twenty." Robert Wear is one of these.

To Robert Wear and his wife, Martha, a daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 1723.

Bolton gives the settlers of Londonderry, N. H., in 1722, and among the names are several of interest to people reading this volume, for instance, Robert Armstrong, James, John and Robert Doak, Robert Wear, etc.

[note ~ss: These Doaks of N.H. do not appear to be of the same line of Doaks represented in this file who immigrated to Pennsylvania and later to Augusta Co. More about the N.H. Doaks here:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacquelinesr&id=I21338 ]

Robert Weir, or Wear, probably this same Robert, was Commissioner in Antrim County, Antrim, Ireland, in I717.

http://archive.org/stream/notablesouthern00frengoog/notablesouthern00frengoog_djvu.txt


Residence:
The settlement of Nuffield was thought to be in Massachusetts, but the General Court of May, 1719, decided it was in New Hampshire. James Gregg and Robert Wear, in behalf of the Scotch Irish at Nutfield, asked the Governor and Court assembled at Portsmouth, N. H., for a township ten miles square. They and others obtained a deed from Colonel John Wheelwright. Londonberry, N. H., was then incorporated Jime, 1 722. Robert Wear's name appears on petition. The town in December, 1719, voted to grant a lot to each of the first
comers "which is the number of twenty." Robert Wear is one of these.
NOTABLE SOUTHERN FAMILIES
http://archive.org/stream/notablesouthern00frengoog/notablesouthern00frengoog_djvu.txt

Robert* married Mrs. Martha* (...) Wear before 1720. Martha* was born about 1690; died after 1723. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John W. Wilkinson, "Autobiography and Historical Reminiscences," (a copy in Salt Lake Library), tells us that Robert Wear married a "Holland dutch" woman, or at least her mother was from Holland and her father was an Englishman kidnapped from his country when a small boy by a sea captain and turned loose lonely, penniless, and friendless on the then almost wild shores of the Chesapeake Bay. When Olda Edwards found out that Robert Wear married Rebecca Carrell, her search took her to Diana Van Kirk whose forefathers had served the West Indian Company and traded beads for Manhattan. The family must have been very proud of this connection for the story has been carried down six generations.
The story of James Carrell is just as amazing. Wilkinson states that William Carroll/Carrell, a sheep and wool merchant adopted the friendless abandoned boy and raised him as his own. The boy grew to manhood and followed the sea managings father's affairs. James Carrell married Diana Van Kirk and was the father of Rebecca Carrell. When he died his adopted mother placed the coat "of curious construction" he had on when he came to them in his coffin. An old woman observed the coat and said, "If it were possible, I should claim some remembrance of that coat. Many years have passed since, but if I am not mistaken, I made that coat with my own hands for a little nephew of mine in old England. He was lost directly after the coat was made with the coat on, and all the search and inquiry we could make, we never could learn anything of him. His mother died of grief and his father would have paid thousands for his return." Mrs. Carroll explained how she and Mr. Carroll had adopted a homeless boy and they compared dates until both were satisfied that this was indeed the woman's nephew. The old woman took the coat back to the father in England as a testimonial of what had happened to his son.
It has been proven that William Carrell was indeed James Carrell and his adopted son, James Carrell, Jr. James Carrell, Sr., settled in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania about 1700 and possibly came from Rhode Island in 1683 with Rev Thomas Dungan. s Carrell, Sr., married Sarah Dungan, the daughter of Rev Thomas Dungan and Elizabeth Weaver. (Rev.Thomas Dungan was the son of William Dungan and Frances Latham. He died in 1687 in Bucks Co, PA. Elizabeth Weaver was the daughter of Clement Weaver and Mary Freeborn, granddaughter of William Freeborn, and she died in 1697 in Cold Springs, PA.)
Tradition relates that James Carrell, Sr., was a weaver and had a mill or loom in Philadelphia here he wove linen and linsey-woolsey. He purchased 100 acres of land in Southhampton in 1704 and lived there until his death about 1730. This Cll homestead (Carrelton) was a tract of land purchased from Thomas and Clement Dungan, it being a tract of land purchased by the Dungans of the widow of Arthur Cook in 1699 for a sum of five shillings lawful money. It was originally part of a tract of 1,000 acres purchased by Arthur Cook from James Claypool and Robert Turner, commissioners for William Penn in 1686.
James Carrell and his wife Sarah Dungan had six children:
1. (adopted) James, who married Diana Van Kirk
2. Benjamin Carrell who died in 1733
3. Elizabeth Carrell, m Samuel Gilbert of Warminster
4. Sarah Carrell, m Silas McCarty
5. Lydia, m Robert Thompkins
6. unnamed daughter
In 1732 the other heirs of James Carrell, Sr., conveyed the homestead in Southhampton to the eldest son James and in 1731 he also purchased the Northampton homestead on which he settled and lived until his death in 1750.
The family were of Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock and are supposed to have emigrated from Scotland or Ireland in the 17th Century. Tradition relates that James Carrell, Sr., was imprisoned in Londonerry during that memorable siege of 105 dand soon after came to America.
James Carrell, Jr., was a man of great energy and drive and accumulated a large amount of property and wealth. He left three farms and about $4,000 in money. He and his wife Diana Van Kirk had eleven children, though John Wilkinson mentioly one; Rebecca born 25 May 1725, who married Robert Wear.
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Land sale: 19 Aug 1732 100 Acres, Warminster Township, Bucks County, PA

Indenture clearly states that James Carrell, eldest son of James Carrell, late of the James place, deceased.

Land Sale 22 Oct 1748 100 Acres And 50 Acres Land, Northampton Township, Bucks County, PA [3]
On July 21, 1749, Dinah, appearing after James death, stating that the she was Administrator of the mortgage for James Carrell's estate.
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From: John Reedy
Date: 04/05/09 10:14:29
To: 'Sherry'
Subject: James Carrell

Sherry,
I seem to recall that I owed you a response to an item that came up on your gedcom from last year.

It was on James Carrell Jr. ? remember, you had a story that from a Wilkinson book that he was really adopted and I had never heard that.

I doubt that the story is true for several reasons.

I got to do firsthand research in Bucks County, PA as it was only an hour from where we lived and Sandy and I went there several times. They have a really nice genealogy center there. A number of people had done Carrell, Dungan and Wear research before us. One of those was named Ezra P. Carrell and we were able to view his work while there. Also, more work by a John Beans Carrell, Ezra's son.

Your story says that "It has been proven that William Carrell was indeed James Carrell." ??

I have never seen that. Every bit of material that I have seen or read says that his name was James Carrell Sr. and that he emigrated about 1695 and first took up business in Philadelphia.

Also, I doubt that the Wilkinson story is true for another simple reason. An adoptee would very likely never be named after the father and be known as Jr.

Certainly, that name would go to his own flesh and blood son.

Your story also mentions "Olda Edwards" and her name is really Olga Jones Edwards and she and Ida Wear Roberts wrote a book entitled "East Tennessee Pioneers" and either I have that book or I have seen it and it is about the Wear families and others, but is thin on Carrell, Van Kirk and Dungan items. It does not mention the Wilkinson story that I recall. Olga may have also written another book and if so, the title escapes me.

My guess is that this is a case of a hand-me-down story that made a wrong turn somewhere with confused facts. For instance, it says "The boy grew to manhood and followed the sea managing his father's affairs." Neither James Sr. or James Jr. were seamen. James Sr. was in the weaving business and James Jr. lived on the family estate; the inventory after his death shows weaving items and farm implements and sheep, cattle, etc.

As confusing as this might be, I found that the Wear or Weir family was just plain ridiculous.

Olga got confused on that one too. You have whole families of Hugh, John and George Wear right next to another with the exact same names, most all of these in Virginia.
John
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Sources (John Reedy)
...History of Bucks County, PA, William H. Davis, (Lewis Publishing Co., New York, NY - Chicago, IL, 1905), Volume III, pp. (Reliability: 3).

299-301 James CARRELL, Jr., married Diana VAN KIRK, of Holland descent, daughter of Bernard and Rachel (VANDEGRIFT) VAN KIRK, and granddaughter of Jan Janse VER KIRK or VAN KIRK, who emigrated to Long Island in 1663 from the little town of Bueer Maetsen, in Gelderland, Holland, and settled at New Utrecht, where he died in 1688. His wife was Maykje GYSBERTS and they were the parents of the following children; Roelof Janse, born 1654; Aert Janse, born 1655; Geertje, married Jan Dirckse VAN VLIET; Barentje, married Nicholas VANDEGRIFT; Cornelis Janse; Jan Janse, Jr. and Bernard or Barnet, the father of Diana, above mentioned, who married Rachel VANDEGRIFT. The maternal ancestor of Diana (VAN KIRK) CARRELL is given in full in this work under the head of "The VANDEGRIFT Family." James and Diana CARRELL were the parents of eleven children, viz; Rebecca, born May 25, 1725, married Robert Weir, of Warrington, and their descendants later migrated to Kentucky. Sarah, born September 25, 1726, married Robert PATTERSON, of Tinicum, whose descendants settled in Virginia, from whence they migrated to Ohio and Missouri. Bernard married Lucretia McKNURE and settle d on one of his father?s farms in Warminster purchased of the heirs of Rev. William TENNENT, and including the site of the famous log college of which TENNENT was the founder, and which remained in the tenure of the descendants of Bernard until quite recently. James, born March 26, 1730, married Sarah ----- and settled in Tinicum township, Bucks county, in 1765, on land purchased of his brother Solomon and died there leaving four children who have numerous descendants scattered over the whole union. He was a private in the associated company, of Tinicum, Nicholas PATTERSON captain, during the revolution. Jacob and Rachel (twins), born April 27, 1735; Rachel became the second wife of Robert STEWART, of Warwick, Bucks county, and after her husband's death settled with her son Robert in Tinicu m, from whence the family migrated to New Jersey. Phoebe, born August 20, 1837, married Andrew SCOUT, of Warminster. Solomon, born May 25, 1740, died 1777, married Mary VAN KIRK, and in 1761 purchased a farm of three hundred and five acres in Plumstead, one hundred and forty-three acres of which he conveyed to his brother James in 1765 and the balance of which he sold in 1774, and then settled in Kensengton, Philadelphia; he went with WASHINGTON to New York, dying of the fever on Staten Island, whence his body was never removed; his widow married Charles RYAN, and died in Wallingford, Chester county, in 1821. Descendants of Solomon now reside in Chester, Pennsylvania, and in Delaware. Elizabeth, born May 16, 1742. Diana married Elias DUNGAN, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and has left numerous descendants; her daughter Rachel married Jesse JOHNSON.


--- Deed, from James Carrell Jr. (Reliability: 3).
and Dinah, his wife, of Northampton to Gideon DeCa mp 100 acres, including houses, barns and buildings in Warminster Township for the sum of 132 pounds, lawful money of Pennsylvania. Recorded Oc t 14, 1756. Bucks County Court records, Book and pages unknown.

--- Deed, Bucks Co. Book pages 487, 488 James Carrell and Dinah, his wife, selling two separate parcels of land totalling 150 acres to William Atwood, merchant of Philadelphia or three hundred pounds. Mortgage given for 150 pounds. (Reliability: 3).
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James* married Diana* Van Kirk on 17 Aug 1723 in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Diana* (daughter of Bernard* (Barent Verkirk) Van Kirk and Rachel Jacobse Vandegrift) was born in 1697 in Bensalem, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1761 in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania (possibly). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 7 Oct 1780, Battle of Kings Mountain, Cherokee Co, North Carolina

Notes:

Robert fought with the Overmountain men at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780. Robert has been credited with firing the fatal shot that killed the British leader, Major Patrick Ferguson.
Reference: Robert Young, Sr.: Patriot and Pioneer by Fred and Dessie Simmons.
Robert is my great x5 grandfather.
findagrave by Les Young


Military:
In 1770, Elizabeth Young married John Gilliland. Elizabeth Young Gilliland was the daughter of Robert Young and Mary Douglass. The two men in her life made history together at the Battle of King's Mountain.

Her father was the celebrated marksman who is credited with firing the shot that killed Patrick Ferguson in the Battle of King's Mountain. Lyman Draper, in his history of the King's Mountain heroes, says, "One of Col. Sevier's men, named Gililland, who had received several wounds, and was well nigh exhausted, seeing the advance of Ferguson and his part, attempted to arrest the career of the great leader, but his gun snapped, when he called out to Robert Young, of the same regiment: 'There's Ferguson! Shoot him.' 'I will try and see what Sweet Lips can do,' muttered Young, as he drew a sharp sight, discharging his rife, when Ferguson fell from his horse, and his associates were either killed or driven back. Several bullets had taken effect on Ferguson apparently at the same time, and a number claimed the honor of shooting Ferguson." [Reference online: http://www.starbase21.com/kybiog/jessamine/young.b.txt, 6 Jan 2002]
Robert Young's rifle "Sweet Lips" hangs in the State Museum in Nashville, TN. He is given credit for shooting Colonel Ferguson, British commander at the Battle of King,s Mountain in 1780. (Lyman C.Draper, KING'S MOUNTAIN AND ITS HEROES p 275.

In a romantic notion, Elizabeth Gilliland inspired a song:

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"Sweet Lips: The Battle of King's Mountain"
Sung by Grandpa Jones

It was back in '81 that a man named Washington
Was fighting hard for freedom in this land,
But his men were poor and ragged,
And against the British gun,
Well, he didn't even dare to make a stand..


Old Ferguson was marching toward the Carolina hills,
Making brags he'd hang a man to every tree,
But the news that he was coming
Raced across the mountain tops,
And they heard about it over in Tennessee..


At the shoal of old Watauga, where the sycamores grow tall,
They rallied around ol' Nolichucky Jack,
And they said, "We'll drive the Redcoats
Back across the briny deep.
Yes, we'll lick 'em, or we're never coming back!".


There was Chucky Jack and Campbell, Colonel Shelby in their band,
Mountaineers who loved their liberty,
And a lovesick boy named Gillam
With a brand new rifle gun,
Named for his girl in Tennessee..


Sweet Lips was a rifle named for a girl in Tennessee.
When Sweet Lips spoke,
The chains that bound us broke.
She struck a mighty blow for liberty..


When they rode across the mountains onto Carolina soil,
The Tarheels with their muskets gathered 'round
To go and head off Ferguson
Before he got to them
To hang 'em all and burn their houses down..


When Ferguson heard the mountain men were camping on his trail,
He first began to laugh and then to scoff,
Said, "We'll go up on King's Mountain,
And then let the rebels come,
For the powers of Hell will never drive me off.".


But Campbell and Ben Cleveland, Colonel Shelby, and their men,
And John Sevier ~ ol' Nolichucky Jack ~
Well, they loaded up their rifles,
And they climbed the mountainside,
Said, "We'll lick 'em, or we're never coming back!".


Oh, he blew his silver whistle, and he shouted and he cursed,
"Use your bayonets to drive the rebels back!"
But the Redcoats never made it,
For before they reached the line,
The mountain rifles jumped them in their tracks..


Sweet Lips was a rifle named for a girl in Tennessee.
When Sweet Lips spoke,
The chains that bound us broke.
She struck a mighty blow for liberty..


Ol' Ferguson was dashing up and down the battlefield,
And it seemed that he must lead a life of charm,
For the mountaineers were aiming
At his gaudy checkered coat,
But their bullets passed him by and did no harm..


Then up stepped young John Gillam with his brand new rifle gun,
Named for his girl back home. He said,
"Well, I wonder what Sweet Lips can do?"
And when he took his aim,
Sweet Lips spoke, and Ferguson fell dead..


Cornwallis heard that Ferguson and all his men were lost,
And he said, "This place is just too hot for me."
So he soon went off to Yorktown,
Where he laid his weapons down,
And ever since this country has been free..


Sweet Lips was a rifle named for a girl in Tennessee.
When Sweet Lips spoke,
The chains that bound us broke.
She's gone and did her part for liberty.

Robert married Mary Douglass about 1745. Mary was born in 1725 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died on 22 Sep 1829 in Washington Co, Tennessee; was buried in Young Cem, Washington Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]