Person:John Fain (12)
John Fain
b.17 Aug 1755 New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
d.8 Aug 1788 Citico, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
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  1. John R. Fain1788 - 1869
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Name John Fain
Gender Male
Birth? 17 Aug 1755 New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Ann McMahon
Will[2] 15 Jul 1788 Monroe, Tennessee, United States
Death[1] 8 Aug 1788 Citico, Monroe, Tennessee, United Stateskilled by Indians
Probate[2] Nov 1788 Monroe, Tennessee, United States
References
  1. ↑ Speer, Hon. William S. Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee. (Genealogical Publishing Co: Baltimore, MD: 2003 printing.).

    ... The Fains, from whom the subject of this sketch is descended, came originally from France, being driven from that country by religious persecution. They went first to the north of Ireland, and thence to America, settling in Virginia before the Revolution. ...

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Source needed.

    A-12 John FAIN 15 July 1788
    - loving wife Agnes FAIN... for the use of our children (not named);
    land to be divided among my sons equally;
    to my daughter Ruth Fain one negro boy named Punch.
    Wit: Rosanna (X) Fain - [niece]
    Sgnd: John Fain, Proven: Nov session 1788.

  3.   Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

    ... In the late 1780s, a group of scouts led by Captain John Fain (son of Nicholas Fain), was collecting (or stealing) apples at the former site of Citico when they were ambushed by a band of Cherokees. 16 of Fain's men were killed and four were wounded. A militia force led by Captain Nathaniel Evans arrived shortly thereafter to find several scalped and disemboweled bodies. Evans eventually linked up with Sevier's larger force, and the combined force set out in pursuit of the hostile Cherokee. ...

  4.   Source needed.

    Petition 7-1-1812 of William Hadden of Giles County for compensation for service against the Cherokees in 1789/90 under "Major Stuart in the Company commanded by Capt. John Fain who was killed in the Service of said tour of Duty." They marched from Jonesborough to the Cherokee town called Sitico, where they were defeated by about 400 Indians. The company numbered 31 persons of which 15 were killed and 5 wounded in their 24 days of duty.

  5.   Foster, Austin Powers. Counties of Tennessee. (Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1990)
    pp 40-41.
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