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The Son of the Real John Feathers
John Lawrence Feathers b. abt 1777, the s/o Irish immigrant John Feathers, moved from Virginia to Sullivan Co., TN, and married Sarah Barbara (Barbary) Sharrett abt 1800.[1] He was the father of ten sons and six daughters with wife Sarah Sharrett.
The following is an excerpt from the book "Descendants of John Feathers Who Came From Ireland and Settled in Albemarle County, Virginia, by FEATHERS, Omer C.: "From newspaper clippings in the possession of Miss Allie M. Millard, daughter of Alvin Marion and Lenora J. Hawkins-Millard and granddaughter of Joel D. and Sarah Barbara Feathers-Millard of Blountville, TN" THE FEATHERS FAMILY David K. Feathers, living near Blountville, is in his 71st year - has lived within ten miles of this place nearly all his life ... The father of the foregoing was John L. Feathers, who was b. in Albemarle Co., VA., and came to Sullivan when small in the company of his mother and step-father, was raised on the old John Peters farm, near Weaver's Church ... married abt the age of 21 to Barbara Sharrett. They had 16 children - four dead and not mentioned in this article. John, the father of John L. Feathers, and grandfather to David K. Feathers came from Ireland and settled in Albemarle Co., VA. Hence the FEATHERS family are of Irish descent." [2]
John can be found on 1811, 1812 and 1813 tax list in Lee, Co., Va.(Image 6 of 6). The Lee Co., tax records; 1811 and 1812 name appears as John L. Feathers, 1813 record appears as Lawrence Feathers. Tax records not found for years - 1814-1825. Year 1837 Residence: Sullivan, TN (see image) [3] (Image 5 of 6)
Census Years: 1830 Census Place: Sullivan, TN; Name John L. Feathers; Males - Under 5 -2; Males - 5 thru 9 - 1; Males - 10 thru 14 - 1; Males - 15 thru 19 -1; Males - 40 thru 49 -1; Females - Under - 5 - 1; Females - 5 thru 9 - 2; Females - 10 thru 14 - 2; Females - 40 thru -49 -1; FWP(Free White Persons) - Under 20 - 10; FWP - 20 thru 49 - 2; Total FWP - 12; 1840 Lawrence Feather(z) still living in Sullivan, TN - Total FWP(Free White Persons) = 12 1850 Jno P. Feathers; Age 67; Birthplace TN; Home: Division 1, sullivan, TN; Living in Houehold with: Barbary Feathers Age 63; Nathan Feathers Age 25; Henry Feathers Age 27; Jessee Feathers Age 23; Rachel Feathers - Age 24; Margaret Feathers Age 19 1860 Schedule Type: Agriculture; Place: Sullivan, TN Name: John Feathers[4] 1870 John L. Feathers; Age in 1870 93; Birth Year abt 1777; Birthplace TN; Home in 1870: District 9, Washington, TN; Household Members: Andrews Feathers; Elizabeth Feathers; William Feathers; (John L. Feathers) William Feathers
John Lawrence Feathers served in the military - The War of 1812 when he was 29 years old. [5] He served under Captain Jeremiah Skelton.
Index Record For John L. Feathers (Private) Bounty-Land Warrant Application Index: Warrant Number - 55-120-74710 [6]
On April 5, 1871, John L. Feathers applied for a pension for his service in the War of 1812. His age is listed as 94 years old and resided in Washington Co., TN. (See image)
This man has no connection to the Cherokee Bigfeather family. They are frequently conflated in Internet trees. See [[Bigfeather Cherokee (1790-bef.1851) for the Cherokee person.
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Jonathon / John Lawrence Feathers B:1779 , Albemarle, VA, USA...D:1865 , Sullivan, TN, USA.... my proble is its saying this son ........ Jesse Feathers NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN / CONFEDERATE......(this was copyed just the way it was showen so its not yelling ) B:14 May 1825 Virginia, USA......D:8 July 1909 MARSHALL Mississippi.......... i am not see it .....i dont see jesse feather native american indian as his son .. john l feather did have a son named jesse feathers but from what i can see he only lived to 23 so can anyone help me with this and yes i took a dna test and i dont no what right in this info or if i am even related to them if u need my line info on this i am on ancestry.com . and i can post it here but i am needing help fixing this problem
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