John
William
Drake
Born in Donalds, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Brother of
Jane (Drake) Pennell and Enoch Harvey Drake
Husband of
Amanda Adella Seawright
— married
1841 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 42
in Donalds, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2011
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Biography
John William Drake was born on 10 Mar 1816 in Donalds, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, son of James Allen Drake Sr. (1784 - 1854) and Nancy Agnes (Breckenridge) Drake (1786 - 1857).
His sister was Jane (Drake) Pennell (1813 - 1898).
John (~25) married Amanda Adella Seawright (~25) , daughter of Andrew Seawright and Margaret Stewart Richey, in 1841[1]. Their children were:
- Andrew Seawright Drake (1845 - 1913)
- Mary Elizabeth (Drake) Devore (1847 - 1929)
- William Baker Drake (1854 - 1947).
John died on 22 Aug 1858 in Donalds aged 42. He is buried in Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Shoals Junction, Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA.[2][3]
Sources
- ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
Source number: 3640.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Submitter Code: WTF
Ancestry Record 7836 #353961 (accessed 5 April 2023)
John Drake marriage to Amanda Seawright. - ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102856287/john-william-drake: accessed 05 April 2023), memorial page for John William Drake (10 Mar 1816–28 Aug 1858), Find A Grave: Memorial #102856287, citing Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Shoals Junction, Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by RBA (contributor 47768839).
- ↑ Burial: Abbreviation: CEMETERY RECORDS -Greenville Presbyterian Church, Shoals Junction, Greenville County, South Carolina. Title: CEMETERY RECORDS -Greenville Presbyterian Church, Shoals Junction, Greenville County, South Carolina. Note: Source Media Type: Book. Paranthetical: Y. Repository.(accessed before 9 February 2011)
- 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Saluda Regiment, Abbeville, South Carolina; Roll: 848; Page: 148a; Line Number: 42
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #5654977 (accessed 5 April 2023)
John Drake (35), Farmer, in Saluda Regiment, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA.
- John Drake 35
- Amanda Drake 34
- Margaret F Drake 10
- Nancy J Drake 9
- James Drake 8
- Andrew S Drake 7
- Mary Drake 6
- Robert Drake 3
- Thomas T Drake 1
- 1858 Legal Record: "U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015"
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1246 #2234208 (accessed 5 April 2023)
Name: John W Drake; Issue Date: 1 Mar 1858; Place: Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA; Land Office: Montgomery; Meridian: St Stephens; Township: 24-N; Range: 23-E; Section: 6; Accession Number: AL4430__.274; Document Number: 13473; Original URL: http://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=AL4430__.274&docClass=STA&sid=slabbnue.ope.
- See also:
John Drake in the South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1970 Record details Name John Drake Gender Male Spouse Amanda Drake Child William B Drake Certificate Number 004634 Source Citation South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina; South Carolina Death Records; Year Range: 1925-1949; Death County or Certificate Range: Greenwood
Acknowledgments
- This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
~1.56%
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