John Jarnagin (1720 - abt. 1782)

Born 1720 in Nansemond County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Bynum) Jarnagin — married about 1745 in North Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

John was born about 1720. His father, Thomas Jarnagin, owned land in Chowan County, North Carolina in 1720, but a 1722 deed states he was a resident of Nansemond County, Virginia Colony at the time. So it is likely that John was born in Virginia.

John is reported to have served in the Revolutionary War. He is usually given the title Colonel. No evidence has been found for this service, and no reason can be found for this title.

It has been impossible to find any documentation for this John Jarnagin. Historical Southern Families by John Bennett Boddie lists Thomas Jernigan, but the only son he gives for him is Thomas, Jr. who removed to South Carolina.^[1] North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register by James R. B. Hathaway has nothing on John, although it does include his father and other members of the Jernigan/Jarnagin family.

There is a John Jernigan in Johnston County, North Carolina on the 1784 early census index,^[2] but this appears to be a different John; perhaps a descendant of David Jarnigan, son of John Jarnagin and Temperance Moore. He is also not the John Jernigan living in Grainger County, Tennessee around 1800.

The only source given for many family trees is a document which is posted on docstor.com. It states: "Name of Colonel John Jarniagan of VA submitted by Mrs. Lawrence Foster, 734 E. 2nd Street, Morristown, TN. Source: Jernigan Reunion by Lillian Jernigan Worley: pg. 213." If anyone has access to "Jernigan Reunion," perhaps the information from that source can be added here. This document lists John's wife, Mary Bynum, and three sons: Thomas, William and John.

Sources

1. ↑ Boddie, John Bennett; Historical Southern Families. Originally Published Redwood City, California, 1960. Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1993,1994. Volume IV., p 124.
2. ↑ North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

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