John Faries (1726 - abt. 1804)

Born 1726 in Antrim County, Ireland

Descendants

Died about 11 Feb 1804 at about age 78 in South Carolina, United States

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Biography

John and Ann Zelefrow Farris lived in the Fishing Creek area of Chester/York Counties, South Carolina in the late 1700's. While their gravestones have survived, no probate information has survived listing their children. They were heavily intertwined with other families of the Fishing Creek community. From land, census, and other documents we can piece together at least some of the children of this family. They generally followed a migration pattern from Chester, SC to Bath, KY and then to Maury, TN. Some stayed in KY, and others moved from TN to Calloway, KY.

Identified, Inferred Children:

Alexander Farris and Elizabeth Lusk: Alexander moved from York, SC to Montgomery (now Bath) County, KY for about 15 years before moving to Maury, TN. His daughters Sarah and Mary Ann married here. They were associated with Springfield Presbyterian Church^[1]

Marriages of both of these children are recorded in "An Historical Sketch of Springfield Presbyterian Church, Bath County, Kentucky", Pages 106 and 110, Robert Stuart Sanders, Roberts Printing Company, 1954. Some of these children married into the family of Joseph Walker of Bath County, KY.

John Farris: Moved to Bath, KY and later Maury, TN

Isaac Ferris and Elizabeth Williams: Revolutionary War Veteran. Moved to Maury, TN.

Caleb Farris: Revolutionary War Veteran. Moved to briefly to KY and then Maury, TN.

Isabel Farris and Patrick Hamilton: Moved to Bath, KY. Left many children. For list of children, see DAR applications A050249/M249366 and M643625

Jane Farris and James Robinson: Moved to Maury, TN. May have briefly stayed in KY. While the marriage record for this couple is lost, the connection is substantiated with triangulated autosomal matches of descendants of James with the Farris family^[2]

Chester, SC Land Deeds: Chester Deed Book I Page 27: John Sr and Ann Farris to Caleb Farris. Land on Fishing Creek. Witnesses Alexander Farris, John Farris, and James Robinson. 1802

Name: John Farris. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Born 1726 ^[3]

Died 1806 York County, South Carolina, USA. ^[3]

Residence 1800 Chester, South Carolina. ^[5] 1778 No Township Listed, Camden District, SC. ^[4]

Buried Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, United States of America. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ See GEDMatch kit CG3559857 of Charles Enos Walker Sr. (1932-2021).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Source: #S1202723247 Ancestry Record 60525 #55147562
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Source: #S1251832251 Ancestry Record 3572 #28942937
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Source: #S1206645010 Year: 1800; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 47; Page: 79; Image: 158; Family History Library Film: 181422 Ancestry Record 7590 #474371

• Find A Grave Memorial# 110014878, John Faries, Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, USA.[2]
• Source: S1202723247 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 60525

• Source: S1206645010 1800 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 7590

• Source: S1251832251 South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 3572
• Source: S-817088527 Repository: #R-1243983512 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=87058190&pid=81
• Repository: R-1243983512 Ancestry.com