John Abernathy died at the age of 68 years.
s/o Robert A IV & Sarah Ann Nichols Abernathy
Husband of Susannah Harwell Abernathy
A soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
John Abernathy's will dated 18 April 1816 (original will photocopied at NC Archives and abstracted here) says: to wife Susana, to youngest daughter Polley to have good suport as long as she remains single, to Patsy Thompson, first daughter, the Negro girl she now has called Sarah and 5 dollars in cash as her full part of the estate Amy Oliver, second daughter, is to get equal part of the property then on hand as the other eight of my children namely Jerimiah my first son & Harley my second son, Bary my third son & Lot my fourth son and also is to live where he now lives until then & also Claton my fifth son is to be equal with the rest and Larkin my sixth son the same, Faney Little my third daughter the same, Polley Abernathy my fourth daughter the same and exclusive of that she is to have the Negro Girl Mass, a bed and furniture cupboard and table furniture but if she dies without issue is to be divided among the legatees. Appointed my son Harley Abernathy my second son and Bary my third son my Executors. Witnesses: William Heker, Jurat, William Nancy, John Nantz. Berry Abernathy and Harley Abernathy sworn. Proved July session 1816 by oath of William Heker.
The file contains John Abernathy's original will (at NC Archives 17 June 2003) and a typed transcription of it. Although now preserved, the original will has a few words missing which the transcription fills in. Along with this tanscription is an affidavit by R.B. Oliver dated 22 March 1930 that says he [Mr. Oliver] and his wife, Marie W. Oliver, first saw this will at the Lincoln County, NC court house in August 1899 and requested of Mr. A. Nixon, Clerk of Superior Court in Lincolnton a true, full and complete copy of the Will. In a few days, Mr. Nixon mailed it to him at his [Oliver's] home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He further states that this copy is a "full, true and perfect copy of the copy of said will as furnished him by Mr. Nixon, as Clerk of said Court." When the Olivers again visited Lincolnton in May 1923 and asked to see the original will the clerk "reported the original will was in storage and was not accessible on account of the reconstruction of the court house... affiant further states that he is the great grandson of John Abernathy, deceased, and that from family writings and a diary kept by his grandfather who was the son-in-law of John Abernathy, he has learned the names of all the children of John Abernathy, deceased, and that he verily believes the names set out in said Will are the names of the children of said deceased ..."
Children:
Jeremiah Abernathy (1780 - 1866)* 82715610 (1st Son)
William Harley Abernathy (1782 - 1870)* 83483635 (2nd Son)
Barrymore Berry or Barry Abernathy (1783 - 1870)* 83706794 (3rd Son)
Lawrence H "Lot" Abernathy 64808036(4th Son)
Claton (5th Son)
Larkin Abernathy (1792 - ____)* 83708331 (6th Son)
Martha "Patsy" Abernathy Thompson (1776 - 1846)* 23175054
(1st Daughter)
Amy Abernathy Oliver (1786 - 1847)* 23139903 (2nd Daughter)
Frances "Faney" Abernathy Little (1790 - )* 62896146
(3rd Daughter)
Mary "Polly" Abernathy Little (1798 - 1869)* 83694892(4th Daughter)
Other John Abernathy information from "Oliver Manuscript" says John was in the Revolution, died 1816 and is buried on his plantation on the Catawba River in North Carolina. Source: "York Chapel Graveyard Transcriptions" by Ann B. Rutledge, October 1971 (found at Riverside Regional Library, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, August 1999). John B "Fiddler" Abernathy's grave and tomb stone now resides in the Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Denver, NC. (See photo in this listing)
Another source for this 'Fiddler' John Abernathy is his probate file folder "Inventory of the Estate of Fiddler John Abernathy dec'd" at the North Carolina State Archives [call number CR 060.508.1].
One note in this file is by Dr. Jno Scott regarding his last visit to John Abernathy on 7 May 1815. Another document is dated 12 May 1816 "list of Property of John Abernathy" includes 280 acres and 8 Negroes: Nann, Sarah, Meriah, Masse [?], Ozban, Eliza, Vilet, Jiney [Siney?] by Bary Abernathy.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1075891/person/-1043119741/story/c568ea62-8865-48fc-9a86-7cce0c187028?otid=9676980&opid=-762183703&pg=32768%2c32782&pgpl=pid%2cpid
s/o Robert A IV & Sarah Ann Nichols Abernathy
Husband of Susannah Harwell Abernathy
A soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
John Abernathy's will dated 18 April 1816 (original will photocopied at NC Archives and abstracted here) says: to wife Susana, to youngest daughter Polley to have good suport as long as she remains single, to Patsy Thompson, first daughter, the Negro girl she now has called Sarah and 5 dollars in cash as her full part of the estate Amy Oliver, second daughter, is to get equal part of the property then on hand as the other eight of my children namely Jerimiah my first son & Harley my second son, Bary my third son & Lot my fourth son and also is to live where he now lives until then & also Claton my fifth son is to be equal with the rest and Larkin my sixth son the same, Faney Little my third daughter the same, Polley Abernathy my fourth daughter the same and exclusive of that she is to have the Negro Girl Mass, a bed and furniture cupboard and table furniture but if she dies without issue is to be divided among the legatees. Appointed my son Harley Abernathy my second son and Bary my third son my Executors. Witnesses: William Heker, Jurat, William Nancy, John Nantz. Berry Abernathy and Harley Abernathy sworn. Proved July session 1816 by oath of William Heker.
The file contains John Abernathy's original will (at NC Archives 17 June 2003) and a typed transcription of it. Although now preserved, the original will has a few words missing which the transcription fills in. Along with this tanscription is an affidavit by R.B. Oliver dated 22 March 1930 that says he [Mr. Oliver] and his wife, Marie W. Oliver, first saw this will at the Lincoln County, NC court house in August 1899 and requested of Mr. A. Nixon, Clerk of Superior Court in Lincolnton a true, full and complete copy of the Will. In a few days, Mr. Nixon mailed it to him at his [Oliver's] home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He further states that this copy is a "full, true and perfect copy of the copy of said will as furnished him by Mr. Nixon, as Clerk of said Court." When the Olivers again visited Lincolnton in May 1923 and asked to see the original will the clerk "reported the original will was in storage and was not accessible on account of the reconstruction of the court house... affiant further states that he is the great grandson of John Abernathy, deceased, and that from family writings and a diary kept by his grandfather who was the son-in-law of John Abernathy, he has learned the names of all the children of John Abernathy, deceased, and that he verily believes the names set out in said Will are the names of the children of said deceased ..."
Children:
Jeremiah Abernathy (1780 - 1866)* 82715610 (1st Son)
William Harley Abernathy (1782 - 1870)* 83483635 (2nd Son)
Barrymore Berry or Barry Abernathy (1783 - 1870)* 83706794 (3rd Son)
Lawrence H "Lot" Abernathy 64808036(4th Son)
Claton (5th Son)
Larkin Abernathy (1792 - ____)* 83708331 (6th Son)
Martha "Patsy" Abernathy Thompson (1776 - 1846)* 23175054
(1st Daughter)
Amy Abernathy Oliver (1786 - 1847)* 23139903 (2nd Daughter)
Frances "Faney" Abernathy Little (1790 - )* 62896146
(3rd Daughter)
Mary "Polly" Abernathy Little (1798 - 1869)* 83694892(4th Daughter)
Other John Abernathy information from "Oliver Manuscript" says John was in the Revolution, died 1816 and is buried on his plantation on the Catawba River in North Carolina. Source: "York Chapel Graveyard Transcriptions" by Ann B. Rutledge, October 1971 (found at Riverside Regional Library, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, August 1999). John B "Fiddler" Abernathy's grave and tomb stone now resides in the Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Denver, NC. (See photo in this listing)
Another source for this 'Fiddler' John Abernathy is his probate file folder "Inventory of the Estate of Fiddler John Abernathy dec'd" at the North Carolina State Archives [call number CR 060.508.1].
One note in this file is by Dr. Jno Scott regarding his last visit to John Abernathy on 7 May 1815. Another document is dated 12 May 1816 "list of Property of John Abernathy" includes 280 acres and 8 Negroes: Nann, Sarah, Meriah, Masse [?], Ozban, Eliza, Vilet, Jiney [Siney?] by Bary Abernathy.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1075891/person/-1043119741/story/c568ea62-8865-48fc-9a86-7cce0c187028?otid=9676980&opid=-762183703&pg=32768%2c32782&pgpl=pid%2cpid
John Abernathy died at the age of 68 years.
s/o Robert A IV & Sarah Ann Nichols Abernathy
Husband of Susannah Harwell Abernathy
A soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
John Abernathy's will dated 18 April 1816 (original will photocopied at NC Archives and abstracted here) says: to wife Susana, to youngest daughter Polley to have good suport as long as she remains single, to Patsy Thompson, first daughter, the Negro girl she now has called Sarah and 5 dollars in cash as her full part of the estate Amy Oliver, second daughter, is to get equal part of the property then on hand as the other eight of my children namely Jerimiah my first son & Harley my second son, Bary my third son & Lot my fourth son and also is to live where he now lives until then & also Claton my fifth son is to be equal with the rest and Larkin my sixth son the same, Faney Little my third daughter the same, Polley Abernathy my fourth daughter the same and exclusive of that she is to have the Negro Girl Mass, a bed and furniture cupboard and table furniture but if she dies without issue is to be divided among the legatees. Appointed my son Harley Abernathy my second son and Bary my third son my Executors. Witnesses: William Heker, Jurat, William Nancy, John Nantz. Berry Abernathy and Harley Abernathy sworn. Proved July session 1816 by oath of William Heker.
The file contains John Abernathy's original will (at NC Archives 17 June 2003) and a typed transcription of it. Although now preserved, the original will has a few words missing which the transcription fills in. Along with this tanscription is an affidavit by R.B. Oliver dated 22 March 1930 that says he [Mr. Oliver] and his wife, Marie W. Oliver, first saw this will at the Lincoln County, NC court house in August 1899 and requested of Mr. A. Nixon, Clerk of Superior Court in Lincolnton a true, full and complete copy of the Will. In a few days, Mr. Nixon mailed it to him at his [Oliver's] home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He further states that this copy is a "full, true and perfect copy of the copy of said will as furnished him by Mr. Nixon, as Clerk of said Court." When the Olivers again visited Lincolnton in May 1923 and asked to see the original will the clerk "reported the original will was in storage and was not accessible on account of the reconstruction of the court house... affiant further states that he is the great grandson of John Abernathy, deceased, and that from family writings and a diary kept by his grandfather who was the son-in-law of John Abernathy, he has learned the names of all the children of John Abernathy, deceased, and that he verily believes the names set out in said Will are the names of the children of said deceased ..."
Children:
Jeremiah Abernathy (1780 - 1866)* 82715610 (1st Son)
William Harley Abernathy (1782 - 1870)* 83483635 (2nd Son)
Barrymore Berry or Barry Abernathy (1783 - 1870)* 83706794 (3rd Son)
Lawrence H "Lot" Abernathy 64808036(4th Son)
Claton (5th Son)
Larkin Abernathy (1792 - ____)* 83708331 (6th Son)
Martha "Patsy" Abernathy Thompson (1776 - 1846)* 23175054
(1st Daughter)
Amy Abernathy Oliver (1786 - 1847)* 23139903 (2nd Daughter)
Frances "Faney" Abernathy Little (1790 - )* 62896146
(3rd Daughter)
Mary "Polly" Abernathy Little (1798 - 1869)* 83694892(4th Daughter)
Other John Abernathy information from "Oliver Manuscript" says John was in the Revolution, died 1816 and is buried on his plantation on the Catawba River in North Carolina. Source: "York Chapel Graveyard Transcriptions" by Ann B. Rutledge, October 1971 (found at Riverside Regional Library, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, August 1999). John B "Fiddler" Abernathy's grave and tomb stone now resides in the Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Denver, NC. (See photo in this listing)
Another source for this 'Fiddler' John Abernathy is his probate file folder "Inventory of the Estate of Fiddler John Abernathy dec'd" at the North Carolina State Archives [call number CR 060.508.1].
One note in this file is by Dr. Jno Scott regarding his last visit to John Abernathy on 7 May 1815. Another document is dated 12 May 1816 "list of Property of John Abernathy" includes 280 acres and 8 Negroes: Nann, Sarah, Meriah, Masse [?], Ozban, Eliza, Vilet, Jiney [Siney?] by Bary Abernathy.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1075891/person/-1043119741/story/c568ea62-8865-48fc-9a86-7cce0c187028?otid=9676980&opid=-762183703&pg=32768%2c32782&pgpl=pid%2cpid
s/o Robert A IV & Sarah Ann Nichols Abernathy
Husband of Susannah Harwell Abernathy
A soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
John Abernathy's will dated 18 April 1816 (original will photocopied at NC Archives and abstracted here) says: to wife Susana, to youngest daughter Polley to have good suport as long as she remains single, to Patsy Thompson, first daughter, the Negro girl she now has called Sarah and 5 dollars in cash as her full part of the estate Amy Oliver, second daughter, is to get equal part of the property then on hand as the other eight of my children namely Jerimiah my first son & Harley my second son, Bary my third son & Lot my fourth son and also is to live where he now lives until then & also Claton my fifth son is to be equal with the rest and Larkin my sixth son the same, Faney Little my third daughter the same, Polley Abernathy my fourth daughter the same and exclusive of that she is to have the Negro Girl Mass, a bed and furniture cupboard and table furniture but if she dies without issue is to be divided among the legatees. Appointed my son Harley Abernathy my second son and Bary my third son my Executors. Witnesses: William Heker, Jurat, William Nancy, John Nantz. Berry Abernathy and Harley Abernathy sworn. Proved July session 1816 by oath of William Heker.
The file contains John Abernathy's original will (at NC Archives 17 June 2003) and a typed transcription of it. Although now preserved, the original will has a few words missing which the transcription fills in. Along with this tanscription is an affidavit by R.B. Oliver dated 22 March 1930 that says he [Mr. Oliver] and his wife, Marie W. Oliver, first saw this will at the Lincoln County, NC court house in August 1899 and requested of Mr. A. Nixon, Clerk of Superior Court in Lincolnton a true, full and complete copy of the Will. In a few days, Mr. Nixon mailed it to him at his [Oliver's] home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He further states that this copy is a "full, true and perfect copy of the copy of said will as furnished him by Mr. Nixon, as Clerk of said Court." When the Olivers again visited Lincolnton in May 1923 and asked to see the original will the clerk "reported the original will was in storage and was not accessible on account of the reconstruction of the court house... affiant further states that he is the great grandson of John Abernathy, deceased, and that from family writings and a diary kept by his grandfather who was the son-in-law of John Abernathy, he has learned the names of all the children of John Abernathy, deceased, and that he verily believes the names set out in said Will are the names of the children of said deceased ..."
Children:
Jeremiah Abernathy (1780 - 1866)* 82715610 (1st Son)
William Harley Abernathy (1782 - 1870)* 83483635 (2nd Son)
Barrymore Berry or Barry Abernathy (1783 - 1870)* 83706794 (3rd Son)
Lawrence H "Lot" Abernathy 64808036(4th Son)
Claton (5th Son)
Larkin Abernathy (1792 - ____)* 83708331 (6th Son)
Martha "Patsy" Abernathy Thompson (1776 - 1846)* 23175054
(1st Daughter)
Amy Abernathy Oliver (1786 - 1847)* 23139903 (2nd Daughter)
Frances "Faney" Abernathy Little (1790 - )* 62896146
(3rd Daughter)
Mary "Polly" Abernathy Little (1798 - 1869)* 83694892(4th Daughter)
Other John Abernathy information from "Oliver Manuscript" says John was in the Revolution, died 1816 and is buried on his plantation on the Catawba River in North Carolina. Source: "York Chapel Graveyard Transcriptions" by Ann B. Rutledge, October 1971 (found at Riverside Regional Library, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, August 1999). John B "Fiddler" Abernathy's grave and tomb stone now resides in the Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Denver, NC. (See photo in this listing)
Another source for this 'Fiddler' John Abernathy is his probate file folder "Inventory of the Estate of Fiddler John Abernathy dec'd" at the North Carolina State Archives [call number CR 060.508.1].
One note in this file is by Dr. Jno Scott regarding his last visit to John Abernathy on 7 May 1815. Another document is dated 12 May 1816 "list of Property of John Abernathy" includes 280 acres and 8 Negroes: Nann, Sarah, Meriah, Masse [?], Ozban, Eliza, Vilet, Jiney [Siney?] by Bary Abernathy.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1075891/person/-1043119741/story/c568ea62-8865-48fc-9a86-7cce0c187028?otid=9676980&opid=-762183703&pg=32768%2c32782&pgpl=pid%2cpid
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Aged 63- Joyfully lay this body down and leave this lifeless clay without a sigh without a groan and sing and soar away
Family Members
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Martha "Patsy" Abernathy Thompson
1776–1846
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Jeremiah Abernathy
1780–1866
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William Harley Abernathy
1782–1870
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Rev Barry "Berry" Abernathy
1783–1870
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Amy Abernathy Oliver
1786–1847
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Dr Lawson H "Lot" Abernathy
1788–1845
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Clayton Dixon Abernathy
1790–1850
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Frances "Fannie" Abernathy Little
1790 – unknown
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Larkin Abernathy
1792 – unknown
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Mary "Polly" Abernathy Little
1798–1869
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Lawson H. Abernethy
1803–1892
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