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Facts and Events
John Anderson was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Records
John Anderson and his family was mentioned in the Revolutionary Pension File of another [and apparently un-related], John Anderson (1714-1770), as follows:
- query letter in file mentions another John Anderson (died 10/13/1817), who moved to Scott County, Virginia, 1773, married Rebecca Maxwell (died 2/21/1824) & they had 8 children: William, John (married Elizabeth McNier), Audley, Isaac (married Margaret Rhea), Mary (married John Skellem), Elizabeth (married William Christian), Sarah (married Rev. Andrew Galbraith), & Jane (married Rev. John Heniger).
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Family Group Record FamilySearch® Ancestral File™ v4.19
Husband's Name
John ANDERSON (AFN:RRC8-G1)
Born: 6 May 1750 Place: , Augusta, VA
Died: 13 Oct 1817 Place: Block House, Scott, VA
Buried: Oct 1817 Place: Morrison Cem, Nr Gate City, Sullivan, TN
Married: 12 Jun 1775 Place: Fincastle, Botetourt, VA
Father: William ANDERSON (AFN:RRC8-CH)
Mother: Elizabeth CAMPBELL (AFN:RRC8-DN)
Wife's Name
Rebecca MAXWELL (AFN:12JL-ND7)
Born: 7 Aug 1753 Place: , , Augusta Co, VA
Died: 21 Feb 1824 Place: , , Augusta Co, VA
Buried: Place: Morrison Cem, Nr Gate City, Sullivan, TN
Married: 12 Jun 1775 Place: Fincastle, Botetourt, VA
Father: Jesse MAXWELL (AFN:1DLH-B2W)
Mother: Mary (Polly) CAMPBELL (AFN:1DNN-XD0)
Children:
1. Sex Name
M John ANDERSON,JR. (AFN:1DNN-D5R)
Born: 5 Oct 1778 Place: Washington, VA
Died: 27 Oct 1814 Place: Ft. Strother, , AL
Buried: Place: Ft. Strother, , AL
2. Sex Name
M William ANDERSON (AFN:1DNN-D4K)
Born: 31 Oct 1776 Place: , , Botetourt Co, VA
3. Sex Name
F Mary ANDERSON (AFN:1DNN-D60)
Born: 16 Aug 1781 Place: Augusta Va
4. Sex Name
F Elizabeth ANDERSON (AFN:1DNN-D76)
Born: 6 Mar 1783 Place: , Washington, VA
5. Sex Name
F Sarah ANDERSON (AFN:1DNN-D9L)
Born: 7 Feb 1787 Place: , Washington, VA
6. Sex Name
M Audley ANDERSON (AFN:1DNN-D8D)
Born: 11 Mar 1785 Place: , Washington, VA
Died: 5 Apr 1818 Place: Blountville, Sullivan, TN
7. Sex Name
F Jane ANDERSON (AFN:1DNN-DBS)
Born: 20 Jan 1791 Place: , , Washington Co, VA
Died: 17 Dec 1838 Place: Cleveland, Bradley, TN
Buried: Place: Fort Hill Cem, Cleveland, Bradley, TN
8. Sex Name
M Edward B. ANDERSON (AFN:1HF3-36K)
Born: < 1793 Place: <, Scott Co., Virginia>
9. Sex Name
M Joseph ANDERSON (AFN:1HF3-6GQ)
Born: Abt 1800 Place: <, Scott Co., Virginia>
10. Sex Name
F Mary ANDERSON (AFN:1WK9-MWQ)
Born: 15 Feb 1781 Place: , Washington, VA
11. Sex Name
M Isaac Campbell ANDERSON (AFN:14ST-FNL)
Born: 3 May 1789 Place: Carters Valley, Sullivan County Tn
Died: 7 Feb 1872 Place: , , Augusta Co, VA
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sequatchie Families, by James L. Douthat, pub. 1983, 2504 Kell Road, Signal Mountain, TN 37377
p. 2. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 IGI Record.
- Andersons Were Pioneer East Tennessee Settlers, by John Wilson, in Chattanoogan.com. (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
18 Apr 2017.
The Andersons were pioneer settlers of Western Virginia and East Tennessee, and they helped secure the Revolutionary War victory over the British. Col. John Anderson was marching with the forces of Andrew Jackson when he died in Alabama in 1814. His sons, Josiah McNair Anderson and John Anderson, sent sons to different armies during the Civil War.
Of Scotch-Irish background, the Andersons were in Northern Ireland then went to Augusta County, Va. John Anderson was born there in 1750, the son of William Anderson and Elizabeth Campbell. William Anderson, who was born about 1718, was the son of immigrants John and Margaret Anderson. John Anderson apparently died in Pennsylvania about 1740 prior to his widow moving the family to the western portion of Virginia. Margaret Anderson lived until 1764.
Their sons, in addition to William, were George, John and James. William's first wife, Margaret, died in 1743 at the birth of a daughter, Margaret. William Anderson had then married Elizabeth Campbell, who survived until 1804. William Anderson lived until 1794. Their children also included Mary who married William Skillern, Rebecca who married Samuel Wallace and then James Grigsby, Elizabeth who married Samuel Anderson, William, George who married Mary Breedon, Robert who married Margaret Young, Alexander who married Esther Kirkland and then Esther Crosby, and Jean.</P> John Anderson in 1775 married Rebecca Maxwell, whose brothers were Revolutionary soldiers and early Tennessee settlers. John Anderson settled on the Clinch River in the section that became Washington County, Va. His large holdings were centered around the "Block House," which was a much-frequented stop along the Wilderness Road that led to Kentucky.
Located by a spring, it was the last station prior to a gap leading to the wilderness. Here the Andersons were hosts to hundreds of travelers headed for Kentucky. The Anderson family twice had to flee the Block House due to Indian attacks. The Block House was two stories and had portholes in the upper portion. After the danger of Indian attack was passed, the Andersons converted the Block House to a loomhouse. Nearby for their residence they constructed a larger, two-story building as well as a log kitchen. John Anderson and a brother-in-law were given $200 by the Virginia General Assembly to cut a wagon road from Moccasin Gap, Va., to Cumberland Gap, Tenn., which were over a hundred miles apart. They worked for two years on this project and got as far as Rye Cove before running out of money. John Anderson was one of the justices for the new county of Washington, and he was named captain of the militia. He served with a militia company during the Revolutionary War and was at King's Mountain. He took part in the Indian campaign under Col. John Sevier that ended with a battle on the side of Lookout Mountain on Sept. 20, 1782. Later, he was a commissioner at the county seat (Blountville) of Sullivan County, where he and his
brother-in-law, William Skillern, each received grants of 630 acres for their revolutionary service. John Anderson was also sheriff of Scott County, Va. He died at the Block House on Oct. 13, 1817.
His children were William who married Rebecca Skillern, Mary who married John Skillern, Elizabeth who married William Christian, Audley who married Elizabeth Rhea, Sarah who married the Rev. Andrew Galbreath, Isaac Campbell who married Margaret Rhea, and Jane who married the Rev. John Heninger.
Another son, John, was born in 1778 at Knox County. He married Elizabeth McNair in 1805, and they were among the earliest settlers at Bledsoe County. Their first daughter, Louisa Maxwell Anderson, is said to be the first white child born in the Sequatchie Valley. She was born Sept. 8, 1806. She later married Allen Kirklen. John Anderson was a lieutenant-colonel in the Third East Tennessee Regiment in the War of 1812, and his death occurred at Fort Strother, Ala., in October of 1814. His widow stayed on in Bledsoe County and was said by historian Penelope Allen to be "the most outstanding woman of her time in the Sequatchie Valley. She possessed to a remarkable degree the pioneer virtues of strength and fortitude and had a wide reputation for her keen wit. She later married James Thurman, and they had a daughter, Sophia. After his death, she married James Lloyd and had four children by him. Elizabeth McNair Anderson Thurman Lloyd died in 1859.
Several of the children of Col. John Anderson married into the family of Alexander Lamb. Josiah McNair Anderson married Nancy Lamb. James Madison Anderson married Jane Lamb. Elizabeth Ann Anderson married Hugh Lamb.</P> Josiah McNair Anderson was an attorney who went into politics and became speaker of both the state House and Senate. He had a large estate in Bledsoe County and was a "keeper of fine horses and dogs. He was one of those involved in construction of the Anderson Pike over Walden's Ridge. Josiah Anderson went on to win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1849-1851. He was a delegate to the Peace Convention in Washington in 1861, but when this failed he came out strongly for the Confederacy. He was killed by a Union fanatic while making a secession speech at Looney's Creek near Whitwell in November 1861.
One of his sons, James Madison Anderson, was slain while serving with the Confederate forces in 1865. Another son, William Eggleston Anderson, survived his Confederate service and served in the Tennessee House. He married Isabella McRee, daughter of Robert Clark McRee of Soddy. The other children of Josiah McNair Anderson were Elizabeth Ann who married Thomas Gordon McFarland, Martha Jane who married Peter T. Rankin, Alexander Lamb who married Elizabeth Pope and then Esther Shelton, Mary Ann who married Robert Clark McRee Jr., Catherine Keith who married Iltid W. Thomas, and Josiah Jr. who married Laura Mitchell. The McFarlands lived at Rossville, Ga, and had property on Lookout Mountain. Elizabeth Ann Anderson McFarland died of typhoid fever in 1863.
John Anderson, son of Col. John Anderson, was born near Pikeville on Dec. 2, 1814, five weeks after the death of his father. He moved to Hamilton County in time to assist in the Indian removal. He obtained a large tract at Anderson Spring near Long Savannah. His first wife was Jemima Allen and they had two children before she died in 1838. In 1840, he married Perlemia Luttrell, daughter of the Baptist minister George Luttrell. John Anderson set a record with the Postal Service by serving as postmaster at Long Savannah for 50 years. John Anderson went into the state House in 1866, replacing James R. Hood who was disqualified. Afterwards, he was in the state Senate. He is said to have opened the first store at Georgetown. In contrast to his brother, he was a staunch Union man. Five of his sons fought with the Federal forces and one of them, James Madison Anderson, was killed in the fighting at Pulaski in December 1864. The other children of John Anderson included Eliza, William Franklin who married Mary A. Runyon, Jane who married Robert Smith, Elizabeth who married Peter Lewis, George W., Caswell, Margaret who married George Eldridge, and Charles who married Lillie Farris. George W. Anderson married Mary Williamson and lived on the road between Birchwood and Georgetown. Caswell Anderson married Mary Isabel Smith, daughter of Peyton Smith. They moved to South Pittsburg.
James Madison Anderson, brother of Josiah and John Anderson, also lived in Hamilton County. After the death of his first wife, he married Sarah Hixson. His children included Richard, Joseph, Thomas and Frances. James Madison Anderson died in 1851 at the age of 42.
The Block House remained in the Anderson family, but it burned in September 1876. The loss included family heirlooms as well as a number of Indian relics that had been found in the meadow in front of the house. The Block House was rebuilt, but it burned again in 1946 and was not reconstructed. A townhouse that was built on Main Street at Blountville by John Anderson,
George Maxwell and Richard Gammon survived and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was used by the first Blountville town commissioners and was owned by the Sullivan County Library before being designated as a museum. A number of Anderson family relics
were placed in the townhouse museum.
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2017/4/18/345887/Andersons-Were-Pioneer-East-Tennessee.aspx
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