Joseph
Dunn
Born in Guilford, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of William Dunn
and Mary Matilda (Smith) Dunn
Husband of
Jane (Long) Dunn
— married
17 Feb 1778 in Lincoln, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Matthew P Dunn, William Dunn, Jesse Dunn, Andrew Dunn, Joseph Dunn Jr, John P Dunn, Simon Dunn, Jane (Dunn) Sanders, Benjamin Dunn, Johnson W Dunn and Eliza Maria Dunn
Died
at about age 87
in Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jan 2015
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Biography
Private Joseph Dunn served with Tryon County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Joseph Dunn is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A034913.
Joseph stated in his pension application that he was born in Guilford County, NC, in 1755. He applied for this pension in Caldwell County, KY 20 Aug, 1832. He entered service in 1778 in Rutherford County, NC under Capt. Robert Porter & Lt. James McFadden. His brother Andrew Dunn was killed near Ninety-Six, SC. His brother Samuel also served in the lighthorse. After the war he lived several years in NC, then 14 years in GA, the to this County ( Caldwell, KY.) ever since.
He was the son of William Dunn. He passed away in 1842.
Sources
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFS4-Q62 : 22 December 2016), Joseph Dunn and Jane Long, 17 Feb 1778; citing Lincoln, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 1,760,462. "
- 1790 Pendleton, SC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBZ-HT9?i=11&cc=1803959
- 1810 Eddyville, Caldwell, KY, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBS-S91L?i=8&cc=1803765
- 1820 US Census for Hopkins, KY, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBZ-SZL?i=8&cc=1803955
- Military Pension Revolutionary War , NC S12811 Revwarapps.org, http://debs-midlife.blogspot.mx/2008/04/joseph-dunn-of-caldwell-county-kentucky.html
- "United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9ND-5WG : 19 September 2019), Joseph Dunn,
- The American Revolution in North Carolina (accessed 26 Dec 2021)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Perry Dunn
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L1336, FTDNA kit #449574
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~1.56%
Nancy Brown :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A792830 [compare], Ancestry member jnhagen
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~1.56%
Peggy Duckworth :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A661231 [compare], Ancestry member tlpdwhite87
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B291896
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~0.78%
Jan Lunsford (Lunsford) Taylor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A794975 [compare], Ancestry member msjantaylor
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~0.78%
Kathy (Brown) Lamm :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A453381 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B291894
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~0.78%
Katrina Hagen :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T222802 [compare], FTDNA kit #588536
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~0.39%
Aaron Lamm :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A780865 [compare]
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