David Abernathy, Revolutionary Soldier of Giles County, Tennessee, Giles County, TNGenWeb (TNGenNet)

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DAVID ABERNATHY, born 22 Jul 1759(?) 1760(?), Dinwiddie County, Virginia, died 23 Aug 1838, Giles County, and is buried in the Yokeley Cemetery in Giles County Abernathy Family Cemetery Records). David ABERNATHY applied for his pension on 20 Nov 1832 in Giles County, aged 72 on "29 Jul last." He declared that he resided in Lincoln County, North Carolina, when he enlisted, and served first under Capt. Mclain (no year given), and in an expedition against the Cherokees under General Rutherford in Captain Jack's Company in 1781 (Revolutionary War Pension File S1609, abstracted by Mrs. Sarah Smith) He appears on the 1835 Pension rolls as David ABERNATHY, Giles County, Tennessee, Private, North Carolina Line, $33.33 Annual Allowance, $69.99 Amount Rec'd, Sep 25, 1833 Pension Started, Age 75. (1835 Rolls) He was born 29 Jul 1759 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

The following response to a query from Mabel B. McClure is in his Revolutionary War pension file:

Veterans Administration, Board Of Pensions, Washington

August 5, 1930
In reply refer to MMHF:MLB
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

Mabel B. McClure
Enid, Oklahoma.

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1609, that David Abernathy was born July 29, 1759, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he served with the North Carolina troops, as follows:

One month in Captain McLain's Company, no dates given; from August to October (year not stated), in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, under General Rutherford; in 1781, three months in Captain Jack's Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, at which time he was living in Giles County, Tennessee.

There are no data as to family.

Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions.

Lincoln County, North Carolina marriage records include a David ABERNATHY and Christina FORNEY on 27 May 1782. From the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Volume 78, page 141:

Mrs. Drusilla JOHNSTON Orgain. DAR ID Number: 77363 Born in Giles County, Tenn. Wife of Benjamin Darby ORGAIN. Descendant of Jacob FORNEY. Daughter of James Madison JOHNSTON (1812-99) and Susan Matilda ALEXANDER (1821-53), his wife, m. 1840. Granddaughter of James Orville ALEXANDER (1799-1828) and Drusilla Young ABERNATHY (1801-30), his wife, m. 1821. Gr-granddaughter of David ABERNATHY and Christina FORNEY, his wife. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Jacob FORNEY and Mariah BERGNER, his wife. Jacob FORNEY (1721-1806) signed the Association Test. He was born in France; died in Lincoln County, N. C. Also No. 76111.

Note that this is the lineage of Jacob FORNEY, not David ABERNATHY (that lineage application, if any, has not yet been located). Also note that in Lincoln County, North Carolina, other Abernathy marriage records included those of Batte ABERNATHY to Mary BEALE, 13 Nov 1778; Miles ABERNATHY to Usely BRACHER, 6 Oct 1781; Charles ABERNATHY to Barbary COBB, 4 Sep 1782; Nancy ABERNATHY to Peter FORNEY, 27 Feb 1783; Betsey ABERNATHY to John FARROW, 3 May 1783; Robert ABERNATHY to Sarah NICHOLS, 23 Jun 1783; John ABERNATHY to Susan FORNEY, 21 Apr 1784; Sarah ABERNATHY to John ROCKETT, 11 Jan 1787; Disey ABERNATHY to Turner ABERNATHY, 15 Dec 1788; Eleanor ABERNATHY and Richard ROCKET, Sep 15 1789; Polly ABERNATHY and John MOODY, Dec 21 1794; Elizabeth ABERNATHY and Ephraim PERKINS, Feb 01 1796; Martha ABERNATHY and James THOMPSON, Jun 27 1796; Betsy ABERNATHY and William HENDERSON, Dec 29 1797; Mary ABERNATHY and Richard ROZELL, Jan 08 1798; Polly ABERNATHY and Thomas RIVERS Jan 09 1798; William ABERNATHY and Winifred KIMBREL, Jan 01 1799; and Amy ABERNATHY and John OLIVER, May 05 1800 (Marriage index - records not viewed).

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