William (Flynn) Flinn (abt. 1755 - 1837)

Born about 1755 in Lunenburg, Virginia, British Colonial America

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Died 1837 at about age 82 in Lawrence, Indiana, United States

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Biography

William FLINN was born about 1755 in Lunenburg, Virginia, British Colonial America.^[1][2]

William was married to Leah Speer/Spear.^[3]

William died about 1837 in Lawrence, Indiana, United States.^[1]

William served in Morgan's Rifle Regiment as part of the Continental Troops in the Revolutionary War.^[1] Daniel Morgan's unit of sharpshooters was organized in Virginia but they did range as far south as South Carolina.

Research Notes

William and Leah have graves at Flinn-Guthrie Cemetery, Lawrence Co IN [FindAGrave.com]

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SURRY CO NC DEEDS; DB D; Mrs. W. O. Absher, Mrs. Robert K Hayes

p.389 29 Aug 1789 William Flinn to Thomas Childress. For £80. 200 acres Sunny Branch adj Andrew Speer, Peter Elder & Michael. Sprinkle. Signed: William Flinn. Wit: James Matthis, George Flinn

ABSTRACTS OF LAND ENTRYS: SURRY CO NC 1784-1795; Dr. A. B. Pruitt, 1988

#679 Warrant issd. 11 Feb 1794 William Flin. 100 acres on Tarrarat Road. Borders Holsclaw's entry. Includes Horseshoe Bottom.

Surry Co NC County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions

Vol III, 1801-1804

Iris M. Harvey & Agnes M. Wells 1992

Fri 12 Nov 1802

p.94 State vs. William Flynn - ignoramus bill - Thomas Smith, prosecutor to pay costs

William and family moved to Shelby Co KY about 1807 then on to Lawrence Co Indiana with other members of the family. Said to have arrived in Indiana in Nov of 1811 and founded the town of Leesville, named for wife Leah. They had a Mill on Guthrie Creek. There were 13 children.

The Shelby Co KY census for 1810 had only two Flinns - Robert, age 16-26, with wife and two children under age 10, and William, age over 45; listed next to each other. William had two males age 16-26 and himself; 2 females under 10, 3 females age 10-16 and a spouse over 45. He would seem to be older than a birth year of 1760.

However, a William Flynn was also still in Surry Co, NC, in 1810, p. 680.

3m under 10, 1m over 45. 2f under 10, 2f 10-16, 1f 26-45.

In Johnson Co, IN in 1820 were the following Flinns:

George Flinn: 1m -10, 1m 10-16, 1m over 45. 1f 10-16, 1f 16-26, 1f over 45.

William Flinn Junr: 1m 26-45. 1f under 10, 1f 16-26.

Robert Flinn: 3m -10, 1m 10-16, 1m 26-45. 1f -10, 1f 10-16, 1f 26-45

Aaron Flinn: 1m 26-45. 1f 10-16, 1f 16-26, 1f over 45

a William Flinn Senr is found in Jackson Co IN: 1m 16-26, 1m over 45. 1f 10-16, 1f 16-26

Note: there is something very peculiar about the indexing of these two counties in Indiana on Ancestry. On the last image of Jackson Co is a summary of the county saying "Jackson Co" and on the first image of Johnson Co is a note saying "Johnson Co". I'm not sure they were divided properly. I believe the Flinns were actually in Jackson Co because that's where most of the marriages of the children took place.

The Lawrence Co IN Flinns in 1820 were Daniel, Jacob, and Martin Flinn.

In 1830, Lawrence Co IN:

William Flinn: 1m 30-40, 1m 60-70, 1f 60-70

Appears to be the Senior William with one son still living at home

and

William Flinn: 1m under 5, 1m 10-15, 1m 30-40. 1f under 5, 1f 5-10, 1f 10-15, 1f 30-40

There were 12 other Flinn families in Lawrence Co in 1830 to include William's brother Jacob. Jacob is known to have had a son William and the children in this family seem a bit too old for this to be William Jr.

There are so many Flinn families living in this area, I would not presume to know for sure which ones belong to William and which to Jacob and whether or not some may different families altogether. Online databases for the Flynn family are very inaccurate - none seem to offer proof. I have included her children that married early on in Johnson Co, because it seems Jacob and family did not live there, or have been somewhat substantiated elsewhere. I've also included information from various online databases which seemed at least somewhat plausible. I'm sure it is not a definitive list.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 January 2019), memorial page for William Flinn (1755–1837), Find A Grave Memorial no. 27131789, citing Flinn Cemetery, Leesville, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Joshua Dykes (contributor 47005523) .
2. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: National Member #781717
3. ↑ DAR #765368 of Clarice Jewell Flinn Hardwick states that William Married Leah Spear. This is her lineage.

See also:

• WikiTree profile Flynn-332 created through the import of Comstock for Wiki.ged on Jul 27, 2011 by Kay Haden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others.

• Source: S295 Abbreviation: The Far Flung Flynns Title: John W. Flynn, The Far Flung Flinns. (Self Published: J. W. Flinn, 1994) CONT Online: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~berta/flnbk/title.html> Note: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~berta/flnbk/title.html> CONT Dowloaded as PDF File. In Research Docs Folder. Repository: #R4 Repository: #R1 Page: p.164
• Repository: R4 Name: Online Address:
• Repository: R1 Name: My Files Address:
• Source: S362 Abbreviation: DAR Online Title: NSDAR Members Database, Members Only Website, http://members.dar.org/
• Source: S68 Abbreviation: DAR Application Title: Application for Membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Note: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution CONT Office of the Registrar General CONT Record Copy CONT 1776 D Street NW CONT Washington DC 20006-5392 Repository: #R1 Data: Text: #765368: Clarice Jewel Flinn Hardwick Submitted 7 Mar 1995 on ancestor Thomas Flynn.
• Source: S99 Abbreviation: Poindexter Family History Title: Nealon Rhea Agee and Dorothy Louise (Knox) Brown, Poindexter Family History: Knox-Bard; Kreager-Harrell; Crawford-Pledge-Flynn & Related Families (Self-Published Nov. 1955) Repository: #R3 Page: Flynn Family pp.461-462
• Repository: R3 Name: Personal Library Address: