Aged 81Y 3M 21D

Husband of Virginia Agnes "Haggie" Priest
Son of John and Elizabeth Halstead Flinn

John Jr., b. 1776,at Cabin Creek. When his father was killed, he was captured, along with his little sister Chloe, his mother, and another sister, Nancy in October 1786, but escaped after some time, perhaps a few weeks. The family were friends of Daniel Boone, so John made his way to Boone's camp, entreating Boone for help. Boone accomplished this after about seven months, in the spring of 1787; at the Limestone treaty was affected at Point Pleasant. Col. Boone found Chloe playing with her Indian playmates, told her to climb up behind him on his horse and he would take her home to see John. John was captured again in 1790 and burned at the stake, according to Dr. Jonathan P. Hale. A more-thorough account (research done in the 1880s by L. C. Draper of the Wisconsin Historical Society) show he escaped being burned up by being bought by an old French woman for a bottle of whiskey, with only bad burns on feet and legs. He was carried up the Scioto River into Ohio, and lived 14 years with the Indians. After 14 years, John left the Pawnees, (or Shawnees-2 different accounts) going to Ft. Wayne, Ind., and worked as interpreter and clerk for a merchant and Indian Agent, Col. John Johnston, remaining seven years in this work. He later went to Virginia (This was before W. Va. split off in 1862.), got married to Agnes Priest and had two children. Then he was hired by the Government to go among the Indians as a spy, in an effort to discover if the Indians would fight the whites in the war of 1812. They again imprisoned him. He escaped again after 3 months and went back to his family in Miami Co., Ohio, where he lived to a ripe old age. Archives in the library in Charleston, W. Va., show him burning to death in 1790. L. C. Draper shows John being with Indians after the 1790 capture for 14 years, learning several Indian dialects, becoming as Indian as the Indians were. He was highly respected for his prowess with bow and arrow, rifle and tomahawk. They called him Ques-tas-ke, "the one who limps", due to the burns and a bad cut on his foot when initially captured. He and Agnes had a total of 14 children, 12 boys and 2 girls, some of which we can name: Benjamin Flinn, b. Apr. 2, 1822 in Miami Co., Ohio. He d. Mar 13, 1879. He m. Catherine Smith, dau. of John and Rebecca Smith of Va. They had six children:

Other Children for John & Virginia are;
James Flinn, b. 11 Jun 1812
John W. Flinn, b. 1 Aug 1813
Jeremiah Flinn, b. 10 Jan 1815
Amos Flinn, b. 27 May 1816
George W. Flinn, b. 17 Jul 1817
Amelia "Millie" Flinn, b. 28 Dec 1818
Elizabeth Flinn, b. 24 Jul 1820
Adam Flinn, b. 17 Oct 1823
Peter G. Flinn, b. 5 Jul 1825