Sgt. John Stiles was born February 1, 1757, to Benjamin Stiles and Halijohn, a Cherokee Indian and died September 17, 1833.
He married twice: first to Sarah (Unknown), and second to Lucy Beasley in 1820.
John and Sarah had several children: William, James, who married Mary Cabe, Thomas, who married Jane Cabe, Benjamin, infant dau., John,Jr., Charles, who married Kesiah McConnell, Margaret, married William Buchanan.
John enlisted in the Continental Line in Savannah, GA on March 4, 1776. He served with Captian John Green's Sixth Company under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Habersham of the Georgia Battalion. He was discharged April 4, 1777 with the rank of sergeant.
They were in Burke, Lincoln and Buncombe Counties between 1780's and 1790's. In the 1798 he bought land in the Scotts Creek area in Sylva, NC which was Haywood County at that time.
In 1818 Sarah Stiles died and was buried in Dills Cemetery.
John married Lucy Beasley, a widow with three children. His son Charles, a Methodist minister, performed the ceremony.
John was granted a pension in January,1832, after testifing in court that he had fought in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. Then in May, 1833 he dictated his last will and testament and four months later on September 17, 1833 he died and was buried beside his first wife, Sarah, in Dills Cemetery, Sylva, NC.
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He married twice: first to Sarah (Unknown), and second to Lucy Beasley in 1820.
John and Sarah had several children: William, James, who married Mary Cabe, Thomas, who married Jane Cabe, Benjamin, infant dau., John,Jr., Charles, who married Kesiah McConnell, Margaret, married William Buchanan.
John enlisted in the Continental Line in Savannah, GA on March 4, 1776. He served with Captian John Green's Sixth Company under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Habersham of the Georgia Battalion. He was discharged April 4, 1777 with the rank of sergeant.
They were in Burke, Lincoln and Buncombe Counties between 1780's and 1790's. In the 1798 he bought land in the Scotts Creek area in Sylva, NC which was Haywood County at that time.
In 1818 Sarah Stiles died and was buried in Dills Cemetery.
John married Lucy Beasley, a widow with three children. His son Charles, a Methodist minister, performed the ceremony.
John was granted a pension in January,1832, after testifing in court that he had fought in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. Then in May, 1833 he dictated his last will and testament and four months later on September 17, 1833 he died and was buried beside his first wife, Sarah, in Dills Cemetery, Sylva, NC.
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Sgt. John Stiles was born February 1, 1757, to Benjamin Stiles and Halijohn, a Cherokee Indian and died September 17, 1833.
He married twice: first to Sarah (Unknown), and second to Lucy Beasley in 1820.
John and Sarah had several children: William, James, who married Mary Cabe, Thomas, who married Jane Cabe, Benjamin, infant dau., John,Jr., Charles, who married Kesiah McConnell, Margaret, married William Buchanan.
John enlisted in the Continental Line in Savannah, GA on March 4, 1776. He served with Captian John Green's Sixth Company under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Habersham of the Georgia Battalion. He was discharged April 4, 1777 with the rank of sergeant.
They were in Burke, Lincoln and Buncombe Counties between 1780's and 1790's. In the 1798 he bought land in the Scotts Creek area in Sylva, NC which was Haywood County at that time.
In 1818 Sarah Stiles died and was buried in Dills Cemetery.
John married Lucy Beasley, a widow with three children. His son Charles, a Methodist minister, performed the ceremony.
John was granted a pension in January,1832, after testifing in court that he had fought in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. Then in May, 1833 he dictated his last will and testament and four months later on September 17, 1833 he died and was buried beside his first wife, Sarah, in Dills Cemetery, Sylva, NC.
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He married twice: first to Sarah (Unknown), and second to Lucy Beasley in 1820.
John and Sarah had several children: William, James, who married Mary Cabe, Thomas, who married Jane Cabe, Benjamin, infant dau., John,Jr., Charles, who married Kesiah McConnell, Margaret, married William Buchanan.
John enlisted in the Continental Line in Savannah, GA on March 4, 1776. He served with Captian John Green's Sixth Company under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Habersham of the Georgia Battalion. He was discharged April 4, 1777 with the rank of sergeant.
They were in Burke, Lincoln and Buncombe Counties between 1780's and 1790's. In the 1798 he bought land in the Scotts Creek area in Sylva, NC which was Haywood County at that time.
In 1818 Sarah Stiles died and was buried in Dills Cemetery.
John married Lucy Beasley, a widow with three children. His son Charles, a Methodist minister, performed the ceremony.
John was granted a pension in January,1832, after testifing in court that he had fought in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. Then in May, 1833 he dictated his last will and testament and four months later on September 17, 1833 he died and was buried beside his first wife, Sarah, in Dills Cemetery, Sylva, NC.
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