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David Andrew Floyd Jr. (1786 - 1856)

David Andrew Floyd Jr.
Born in Cross Keys, Union, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 1811 in Bedford, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 70 in Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Tennessee

Biography

The earliest inscriptions on monuments in the Flat Creek/Shook Graveyard are these: "David Floyd, born June 19, 1786; Died Dec. 18, 1856, Aged 70 yrs and 6 months and "Mary Magdalene Floyd, Consort of David Floyd, born Dec. 9, 1793 died Nov. 22, 1856, aged 62 yrs., 11 mo., 13 days." Mary Magdalene Floyd was the daughter of Anthony and Margaret Shook Reagor granddaughter of William Shook, Sr., who was the progenitor of all Shooks who once lived in Bedford and Franklin counties.

Parents: David Andrew Floyd (1764 - 1828) Jane Norman Floyd (1763 - 1828)

Spouse: Mary Magdalene Reagor Floyd (1793 - 1856)

Children: Anthony Floyd (1816 - 1871)* Rebeca Floyd Farrar (1818 - 1858)* Eliza Catharine Floyd Coleman (1824 - 1856)* Margaret Floyd Crawford (1825 - 1863)* Jane Coleman (1831 - 1880)*

Siblings: David Floyd (1786 - 1856) Priscilla Priscilly Floyd Davis (1791 - 1868)* George Floyd (1793 - ____)* Elijah Thomas Floyd (1798 - 1876)* John P Floyd (1799 - 1857)*

Burial: Shook Cemetery, Bedford, Tennessee, United States

Military

Company: 2 REG'T MOUNTED GUNMEN (WILLIAMSON'S), TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS. Rank - Induction: PRIVATE Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE Roll Box: 72 Microfilm Publication: M602

Sources

  • U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23453617/david-floyd: accessed 30 October 2023), memorial page for David Floyd (19 Jun 1786–18 Dec 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23453617, citing Shook Cemetery, Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Deb (contributor 46791156).
  • Memoirs of William Floyd, of Bedford County., Tenn., Contributed by Polly Bouton; Summer of 1974, "Ansearchin" News, Published by the Tennessee Genealogical Society; p. 65




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