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Facts and Events
Name |
Nicholas Fain |
Gender |
Male |
Alt Birth[5] |
1720 |
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Alt Birth[4][9] |
1730 |
Ireland |
Alt Birth[3] |
1730 |
Ireland |
Birth[3] |
1734 |
Ireland |
Marriage |
Abt 1752 |
Ireland or England or North Carolina to Elizabeth Taylor |
Emigration? |
1753 |
To America |
Residence? |
1753 |
Pennsylvania |
Residence[9] |
1778 |
Washington, Tennessee, United Statessee land grant |
Residence? |
Abt 1780 |
Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee |
Military[6] |
7 Oct 1780 |
Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, United StatesBattle of Kings Mountain |
Residence? |
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Washington, Tennessee, United States |
Alt Death[4] |
1783 |
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Death[3][9] |
1785 |
Washington, Tennessee, United StatesSevierville? |
Burial[4] |
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Knob Creek, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States |
Information on Nicholas Fain
Article: "Nicholas Fain: The Forgotten Patriot" can be found at the following site:
http://westwardsagas.com/2007/04/23/nicholas-fain-forgotten-patriot/
by: David Bowles of San Antonio, Texas, author of The Westward Sagas
Nicholas Fain is listed on this Battle of Kings Mountain Patriot Roster along with his two eldest sons, John and Samuel Fain.
Nicholas Fain's son Ebenezer Fain is also claimed to have served at King's Mountain under John Sevier.
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I did not find any Fains mentioned in "King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the Events which Led to it" Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire, Isaac Shelby P.G. Thomson, 1881 - King's Mountain, Battle of, 1780 - 612 pages (Google eBook)
Maybe Fane? Fayne? Fann?
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References
- Jackson, Robert E. of Seal Beach, California. Jackson, Robert E. of Seal Beach, California. (e-mail to Shawna Woodard of Dayton, Ohio. 26 August 2006.).
- Goodspeed, Westin A. A History of Tennessee from the Earliest Times to the Present: Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Chester, Claiborne, Cocke, Coffee, Crockett, Decatur, DeKalb, Dickson, Dyer, Franklin, Gibson, Giles, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardeman, Hardin, Hawkins, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, James, Johnson, Lake, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Meigs, Monroe, Moore, Morgan, Obion, Perry, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Sevier, Shelby, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Sumner, Trousdale, Unicoi, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Weakley, White, Wilson. (Nashville and Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886-1887)
1170, 1887.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
Name: Nicholis Fain SAR Membership: 42177 Birth Date: 1734 Birth Place: Ireland Death Date: 1785 Death Place: Washington, Tennessee Spouse: Elizabeth Taylor Children: Samuel Fain =================== Ancestry U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Nicholas Fain SAR Membership: 91867 Birth Date: 1730 Birth Place: Ireland Death Date: 1785 Death Place: Tennessee Household Members: Name Clarence Samuel Fain Lula Frances Anderson William Moore Fain Eliza Ruth Moore George Alexander Fain Amelia S Gillespie John Fain Rosanna McMahan Samuel Fain Elizabeth Taylor Nicholas Fain Source Citation: SAR Membership Number: 91867 Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original Data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Find A Grave.
Nicolas Fain Birth: 1730, Ireland Death: 1783 Knob Creek Cleveland County North Carolina, USA
h/o Elizabeth Taylor 1734 England m. 1752 Ireland. Father of Ebenezer Fain. Parents: William Fain 1698 Ireland and Margaret McMahon. Parents: Charles Fain 1666 Ireland and Sarah Anderson 1670 Ireland Burial: Knob Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery Belwood Cleveland County North Carolina, USA Created by: Vivian Yoakum Record added: May 08, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 36882848
- ↑ American Genealogical - Biographical Index. (Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States|Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library).
Name: Nicholas Fain Birth Date: 1720 Birthplace: Ire, Pennsylvania, Tennessee Volume: 52 Page Number: 55 Reference: History and gen. of the Bicknell fam. and some colateral lines. By Thom. Will. Bicknell. Providence, RI. 1913. (36,584p.):430
- ↑ Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive battle between the Patriot and Loyalist militias in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The battle took place on October 7, 1780, nine miles south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina in rural York County, South Carolina, where the Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson of the 71st Foot. ... The Battle of Kings Mountain lasted 65 minutes. ... In 1931, the Congress of the United States created the Kings Mountain National Military Park on the site of the battle. The park headquarters is in Blacksburg, South Carolina, and hosts hundreds of thousands of people each year.
- Tennesseeans in the Revolutionary War USGenNet.
Ebenezer Fain Washington born 27 Aug 1762 in Chester Co, PA, died 29 Dec 1842, married Jun 1781 to Mary "Polly" MERCER, who died 12 Feb 1846. He applied for his pension on 11 Mar 1836 in Habersham Co, GA, declaring that he had lived in Washington Co, VA at his first enlistement, then removed in 1780 to Washington Co, NC (now TN), and also enlisted there. Resided there until 1783, then moved to 96th District, SC, the part that i snow Pickens, and lived there until 1793 when he moved to Buncombe Co, NC, and then in 1818 to Habersham Co, GA.
John FAIN Jefferson Private, Ball's Regiment, $48.00 Annual Allowance $125.86 Amount Received September 10 1813 Pension Started $76.80 Annual Allowance $603.30 Amount Received April 10 1823 Pension Started (1835 TN Pension Roll)
Charles FANE Bedford Private, North Carolina Line, $21.55 Annual Allowance $53.87 Amount Received July 20 1833 Pension Started Age 91 (1835 TN Pension Roll)
George Fann Or Fant Greene Private, Virginia Continental, $96.00 Annual Allowance $945.33 Amount Received February 16 1825 Pension Started Age 75 (1835 TN Pension Roll) Fant or Faun per Pension File No. S35301, which shows that he was born in Hampshire co, VA, which is also where he lived when he enlisted, applied for his pension in Greene on 30 Aug 1824, at which time he was 75, and had a wife and ten children, but also declared he had seven children by his first wife (none named). By 1838, he was residing in Coles Co, Illinois.
- Http://www.geni.com/projects/American-Revolution-Battle-of-King-s-Mountain-1780/2303.
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Fagan, John, (w) Fain, John, Captain Fain, Nicholas Fain, Samuel
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 East Tennessee Historical Society (Knoxville, Tennessee). First families of Tennessee: a register of early settlers and their present-day descendants. (Knoxville, Tennessee: The Society, c2000 (Nashville, Tenn. : Ambrose Print. Co.))
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North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 Record Image VIEW Name: Nicholas Fain Record Date: 24 Oct 1782 Location: Washington, North Carolina Warrant Number: 87 Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.
North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 Record Image VIEW Name: Nicholas Fain Record Date: 24 Oct 1782 Location: Washington, North Carolina Warrant Number: 104 Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.
THIS COUNTY WAS LATER PART OF TENNESSEE.
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Source: Geni World Family Tree MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc. https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/collection-40000/geni-world-family-tree
Record: https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/record-40000-30408364/nicholas-thomas-fain-in-geni-world-family-tree Nicholas Thomas Fain
Citation: Nicholas Thomas Fain Birth: 1730 - Ulster, Ireland Death: Sep 12 1789 - Knob Creek, Belwood, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States Father: William LaFayette Fain Mother: Margaret Rutherford Fain (born McMahon) Wife: Mary Elizabeth Fain (born Taylor) Children: Samuel Fain, John Fain, Ebenezer Fain, David Fain, William Martin Fain, Thomas R. S. Fain, Elizabeth Evans (born Fain), Reuben Fain
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