Roland Flowers (abt. 1764 - 1837)

Born about 1764 in Buckingham, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Garrett) Flowers — married 1 Dec 1782 in Buckingham, Virginia,

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1837 at about age 73 in Fentress, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Roland Flowers served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Some family trees reviewed say Roland was the son of James and Betty (Amows/Amos) Flowers. None of the trees listed a source for this conclusion. While searching for a source to approve or disprove the connection, the following statement was found:

Franklin Co., VA Flowers, James to Amos, Elizabeth 22 July 1841

"This is obviously not James Flowers of Buckingham County who would have been aged about 98 years in 1841. We can finally eliminate "Betty Amows" as a possible first spouse." ^[1]

Rowland Flowers pension record states that his father was James. His mother isn't listed, but his brother, Anthony, is. Pension W12 Ann/Anna Flowers widow's app. Fold 3

Roland enlisted in the Revolutionary war in the Spring of 1781 ^[2]and served three months in the company of Capt. Silas Williams. He later served as a substitute for his father [James] in Captain Peter Gearin's Company and was at the siege of Yorktown. After the war, he lived in Virginia until he was 22 and then he moved to Pickett Co. TN. Roland drew his pension while living in Fentress County, Tennessee.^[3] [If he married Ann Garrett in Tennessee in 1782, he would only be 18 and already in Tennessee so the dates don't quite match.]

Rowland Flowers married December 01, 1782 in Pickett Co., Tennessee to Ann Garrett, the daughter of Stephen and Magdalene (Bernard) Garrett.

"The movements of Valentine Flowers were somewhat paralleled by those of Roland Flowers. They both came from Buckingham County VA, and both served at Yorktown in the Revolutionary War. They moved to Campbell County VA, as their names appeared in the records of the Oxford Iron Works, Roland on 1 Jun 1802, and Valentine on 18 oct 1802."^[4]

1812: Roland moved to Overton/Fentress County TN, where he obtained a pension for his service. The pension application shows that Roland served two terms In the Buckingham County militia. The second term began in July 1781, when he served in place of his father James Flowers, who had been drafted, under Major Bois in Captain Peter Guerin’s Company in "the whole siege" of Yorktown.^[5]

1820 Overton County, Tennessee Census

Arthur Flowers [Roland's son?]

1m over 45

1fm 26-45

1m 18-26

1fm 10-16

1fm -10

Roland Flowers

1m over 45

1fm over 45

1m 18-26

1m 16-18

1fm 10-16

Abraham Garrott [Married Roland's daughter, Margaret 'Maggie' Flowers (b. ca 1795)]

1m 18-26

1fm 16-26

[The three families lived next door to each other]

A number of other Flower and Garrott families were also enumerated in this census:

Flowers: Benji., Anthony, David, James

Garott: Joshua

Garrott: an older Abraham than the one listed above, David, Elijah, Jacob, Joseph

1833 Enumeration, Fentress County, Tennessee: Rolan Flowers^[6]

Roland is buried at Edgefield Cemetery in Pickett County, Tennessee. ^[7]

1810 United States Federal Census

• Name: Roland Flowers
• Home in 1810 ( City, County, State ): Buckingham, Virginia

1820 United States Federal Census

• Name: Roland Flowers
• Home in 1820 ( City, County, State ): Overton, Tennessee

U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant *Application Files,1800 - 1900

• Name: Rowlad Flowers
• Application State: Tennessee
• Second Applicant Name: Ann Flowers

Family Data Collection - Individual Records

• Name: Roland Flowers
• Spouse: Anna Garrett
• Parents: James Flowers
• Birth Place: Buckingham Co, VA
• Birth Date: 1764
• Marriage Place: Buckingham Co, VA
• Marriage Date: 1 December 1782
• Death Place: Pickett Co, TN
• Death Date: 23 September 1837

Note

For further research: ROLAND FLOWERS, SR. [JAMES(7), JOHN UNDERWOOD(6), HENRY(5), JACOB(4) FLOWER, JOHN(3) FLOWERS, JOHN(2) FLOWER, CHRISTOPHER(1)] was born 1764 in Buckingham County, VA, and died 23 Sep 1837 in Pickett County, TN. He married (1) ANNA GARRETT 01 Dec 1782 in Methodists Preacher (Hawkins Landrum's) home in Buckingham County, VA. Posted by S. Caulder.^[8]

Roland Flowers was born in 1764 in Buckingham, Virginia, the son of Elizabeth and James. He married Anna Bernard Garrett on December 1, 1782, in his hometown. He died on September 23, 1837, in Fentress, Tennessee, at the age of 73.

Rowland was born in 1764. He passed away in 1837.

Sources

1. ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FLOWERS/2003-10/1066927220
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 27 Mar 2018), "Record of FLOWER, ROWLAND", Ancestor # A039914.
3. ↑ http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/flowerstree/
4. ↑ http://www.flowersfamilytree.net/gallerygen1.html Gallery of a Flowers family genealogy
5. ↑ http://www.flowersfamilytree.net/gallerygen2.html
6. ↑ http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1980-1.pdf, p. 10
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32155863
8. ↑ http://genforum.genealogy.com/flowers/messages/3065.html

1820 Census of Overton County, Tennessee, copied by Martha Lou Houston

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnoverto/census/1820eg.htm

• Family Data Collection - Births

Name: Roland Flowers Father: James Flowers Birth Date: 1764 County: Buckingham State: VA Country: USA

• U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872

View U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 Add alternate information Report issue Name: Roland Flowers Year Range: 1835-1850 Pension Office Place: Nashville, Tennessee, USA Spouse: Ann Flowers

• Family Data Collection - Individual Records

Name: Anna Garrett Spouse: Roland Flowers Parents: Stephen Garrett, Magdalene Bernard Birth Place: Buckingham Co, VA Birth Date: 15 Mar 1762 Marriage Place: Buckingham Co, VA Marriage Date: 1 Dec 1782 Death Place: Pickett Co, TN Death Date: 29 May 1854

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32155863

Name: Roland Flowers Birth Date: 1764 Birth Place: Buckingham County, Virginia, United States of America Death Date: 23 Sep 1837 Death Place: Fentress County, Tennessee, United States of America Cemetery: Edgefield Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Byrdstown, Pickett County, Tennessee, United States of America Has Bio?: N Spouse: Anna Flowers Children: William Flowers Elizabeth Story James Flowers

• Transcript of Revolutionary War Pension Record of Rowland Flowers

Flowers, Rowland W. 12 Ann Anna (end of page 1)

West Tennessee Rowland Flowers of Fentress Co in the State of Tenn who was a P v in the Company commanded by Captain Watkins of the Regt commanded by Col _______ in the No Carolina ______________ Militia_____mo p v $20.00 Inscribed on the roll of West Tenn Died at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum Sept 23 1837 to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Sept. '34 and sent to Jabez Dabney, Jamestown Tenn Arrears to the 4th of Sept '34 70.00 Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mch '35 10.00

$80.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by J T Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol 7 Page 90 (end of page 2)

• State of Tennessee} Fentress County} on this the 20th day of July 1834

personally appeared before me Robert H. Richardson a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Fentress State of Tennessee, Rowland Flowers a resident citizen of the county Fentress aforesaid aged upward of Seventy of age according to certain calculation though he has no record of his age and after being dulySwornfor that purpose in his oath makes the following Declarations in orderto obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7th June 1832. He states that he entered the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary in Buckingham county State of Virginia in the Early part of the spring Season of the year 1781 the precise day of the time of Entering Said Service not now Recollected. he entered Said Service a drafted private Soldier To Serve a Tour of three months against the british he marched off under captain Silas Watkins and Lieutenant Joel Watkins and went on into the Edge of North Carolina and To many places in Virginia and after going to many points and places was finally (end of page 3) marched Back. and having served out said Tour he received a written discharge from his said captain, He again in a few weeks thereafter enterd the Service as a substitute for his father James Flowers who had been drafted he entered the service under Captain Peter Gearens, and Lieutenant Berry his his first name not recollected and Major Bois he marched on to Various placas and finally to little york (Yorktown) was in the whole seige and after serving out his said Tour of three month he again had a written discharge from cap. Gearen he cannot State precisely the period of entering and quiting the Service from old age and lapse of time. He kept his said discharges many years after the War untill they became misplaced or in some way lost. he is not certain in what way. So that he has no written or documentary proof of his Service and knowing of no person by whom he can prove his Service that he Servd with but he can prove by his younger brothers his entering into the Service, and return from the (end of page 4) service and many other things of a correspondent nature. he can prove the Traditionary proof of his Service by his whole Scope of his intimate acquaintance that he was a soldier of the Revolution and that he was at the Surrender of Lord Corn Wallis. there is no clergy man immediately convenient To him. He is Entirely unable from bodily infirmity To attend a court of record his inability To walk about is principally the reason why he applies for a pension he having been resolved to live on his own labor while able To labor. applicant was born in Buckingham county Virginia and Raised there and in Campbell County, said State Continued there until Twenty Two years ago and then moved to overton County Tennessee but was Stricken off into Fentress County. Applicant will State some of his neighbors by whom he can prove his character being good for truth and The Tradition of his Service namely William Chilton James Beaty, Ambrose Bramlett, all Respectable men he hereby relinquishes Every claim To a pension or annuity Except the present (end of page 5) and Declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. his Rowland x Flowers mark sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Robert H Richardson JP

We James Brown & William Rogers Residing in the county of Fentress State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rowland Flowers who had subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believehim To be upward of Seventy years of age that he is reputed among hisneighbors generally as having been a soldier of the Revolution. and particularly as having been at the Taking of Lord Cornwallis and we certify that applicant is a man of undoubted veracity and we can concur in the above. Sworn and Subscribed (signed) James Brown the day and year aforesd his before me. William x Rogers Robert H Richardson mark JP

I Robert H Richardson Justice of the (end of page 6--next page missing from file)

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