John Word

1738 - 1821  (82 years)

• Name	John Word  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 Sep 1738	New Kent County, Virginia   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	22 Oct 1738  [5, 6]
  Death	1 Aug 1821	Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee   [7, 8]
  Burial	New Bethel Cemetery, Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I2551	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Charles Word,   b. Bef 14 May 1710, New Kent County, Virginia d. 1792, New Kent County, Virginia (Age > 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah
  Family ID	F871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances "Fanny" Collins,   b. 22 Oct 1758, New Kent County, Virginia d. 1 Aug 1821, Wilson County, Tennessee (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	9 Nov 1799	Pittsylvania, Virginia   [1, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah "Sally" Word,   b. 26 Aug 1796, Halifax County, Virginia d. 22 Feb 1881, Marion, Illinois (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F3216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Soldier, Continental Army (Virginia), American Revolution. He fought in the 1780 Battle of King's Mountain and survived, unlike his brother Charles Jr. (b. 1740) who was killed. For his birth, this site cites Chamberlayne, C. G., The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Countes, Virginia, 1684-1786 (The Library Board, Richmond, 1932). This site says his will "was made on May 25, 1821 and apparently probated August 1821." Named in it was "Sarah (married William McHaney)".

  
  

• Sources

  [S3630] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, on ancestry.com. [S7052] A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family by Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch. Columbia, South Carolina: The R. L. Bryan Company, 1901. [S1083] Findagrave.com page for Sarah "Sally" Word McHaney., year and place only. [S3628] Find a Grave page for John Word. [S1069] Selden and Kindred of Virginia by Edna Mae Selden. Richmond: Virginia Stationery Company, 1941., date only. [S1305] www.mchaney.org, via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine., date only. [S3628] Find a Grave page for John Word., date and county only. [S1069] Selden and Kindred of Virginia by Edna Mae Selden. Richmond: Virginia Stationery Company, 1941., year and place only. [S106] Virginia Marriages, 1660-1800, compiled by Jordan Dodd, on ancestry.com.