Reuben Amonette was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia in 1777 to William and Elizabeth Badgett Amonette. He was the Great-Grandson of Jacob Amonette, who in 1701 became the first Amonette to migrate from France to British Colonial America.
He married Elizabeth Johnson of Cumberland County Virginia in 1802. The couple then moved to a part of Overton County, Tennessee that later became Pickett County, Tennessee.
Reuben had a wife and six young children, when he joined Captain David Smyth's Company as a Sargent of the 1st Regiment of West Tennessee Militia on June 20, 1814.
Three months later, on September 24, 1814 he died of wounds suffered in battle and became the first man from Overton County, Tennessee to die serving his country. [1]
Reuben Amonett was wounded during the Creek War and later died at Fort Jackson near Wetumpka, Alabama.
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Note: Marilyn Brown -- marilyneb at gmail.com
Buckingham Virginia-Tax records--1810 Census records.
Cumberland Virginia-Probate Records, Will Book 8 page 146-761, Deed Book 7,
page 121.
Service record of Reuben Amonette.
Family records of Mrs. Mattie Walker, Centerville, In.
Prior to import, this record was last changed 16:37:37 17 Nov 2008.
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This is a community service project to compile the genealogies of all Fentress, Overton & Pickett Counties, Tennessee families. It also includes many families from surrounding counties. Please send any corrections or additions to bruceyork1243@@yahoo.com.
↑ Information taken from "History of Pickett County" by Tim Huddleston.
↑ Information taken from "Jacob Ammonet of Virginia : and a Part of His Descendants" by Clifton Wood Bransford
Thank you to Teresa Campos for creating WikiTree profile Amonette-34 through the import of Hazel.Copeland.bruceyork.ged on Nov 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Teresa and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben 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 Reuben: