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John Vandeveer (1015)
Father: Charles Vanderford/Vandever (244)
Mother: Sarah Delaney
b. 1750 in Kent County, Delaware [Vandaveer]
d. before 1835 [Van Dyke Baer]
m. Jan. 9, 1773 in Rowan Co., N.C., Amelia Speer[RC bond]
Issue: [Van Dyke Baer]
John, Jr., b. 1783 - #2 in Van Dyke Baer
Aaron, b. Feb. 7, 1785, d. Apr. 1857 - #3 in Van Dyke Baer
Charles - #4 in Van Dyke Baer
George, bc. 1792 - #5 in Van Dyke Baer
Joel, b. 1794 - #6 in Van Dyke Baer
Amelia, b. May 11, 1795, d. Mar. 2, 1860 - #7 in Van Dyke Baer
Nancy, - #8 in Van Dyke Baer
Polly, - #9 in Van Dyke Baer
Cynthia, b. Oct. 30, 1800 - #10 in Van Dyke Baer
Information:
It has been stated "that John and the brothers of Amelia Speer fought in the Revolutionary War under General Francis Marion, the 'Swamp Fox;' no documentary evidence has been found of this service." [Van Dyke Baer]
1778:
John appeared on the Rowan County,
North Carolina tax list in Captain Johnston's District. His tax assessment was
1 pound, 18 shillings. [Linn,1980]
August 8, 1778:
John had neglected or
refused to appear before the Justice of Captain Johnston's District and take
the oath of affirmation or allegiance to the State.
[Linn,1982]
January 23, 1783, recorded November 3, 1784:
John was granted 100 acres in Surry County, North Carolina on
Forbisher Creek for 50 shillings. {Land Grant 774, Survey 631, Deed Book G,
Page 122.} [SC deed C:277-8]
May 12, 1796:
Matthew Brooks willed to
Joseph Phillips a bond of 500 pounds in deed to John for 580 acres on Forbishes
Creek granted to Thomas Giles recorded May 1786.
[Linn,1974]
July 25, 1797:
John sold the 100 acres on
Forbes Creek to William Spillman. {Book G, Page 122}[Van Dyke Baer]
August 4, 1803:
John appeared on the tax
list of Lincoln County, KY with a male over 16 and 3 blacks.
[Van Dyke Baer]
1804-1807:
John appeared on the tax list
of Adair County, Kentucky. [Van Dyke
Baer]
June 4, 1807:
John received a land grant
of 166 acres on Wolf Creek in Adair County (now Russell County), Kentucky.
{Deed Book 20, Page 544 at Columbia.} [Van
Dyke Baer]
1814:
John moved to Stamper's Creek
Township in Washington County (now Orange County), Indiana.
[Van Dyke Baer]
March 1822:
The Adair Circuit Court
ordered John to convey his property on Wolf Creek to Thomas Hughes.
[Van Dyke Baer]
June 10, 1822:
Commissioner William
Caldwell conveyed John's 166 acres on Wolf Creek by court order. John was
living in Indiana at this time. {Adair County Court, Book E, Page 705.}[Van Dyke Baer]
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