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John Devin

Male 1793 - 1877  (83 years)


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  • Name John Devin 
    Born 12 Sep 1793  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Jan 1877  Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Lewisburg, Marshal, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2976  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2013 

    Father Joseph Devin,   b. 17 Sep 1760,   d. 26 May 1804, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Nowlin,   b. 20 Mar 1766, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1847, Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 16 Feb 1789  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 16.Feb.1789 Joseph Devin and Elizabeth Nowlin surety
      William Devin Richard Elliott (devin file at Pedmont
      Genealogical Society in Danville VA Public Library from
      research by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985)
    Family ID F342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca Beckett,   b. 8 Apr 1812, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1894, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. Susan A. Devin,   b. Abt 1837, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1855, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 18 years)
     2. Rachel Rebecca Devin,   b. 1838, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1901  (Age 63 years)
     3. Harriett Emaline Devin,   b. 16 Mar 1838, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1906  (Age 68 years)
     4. Martha Washington Devin,   b. Abt 1841, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. John Devin,   b. Between 1842 and 1843, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Samuel Beckett Devin,   b. Between 1845 and 1846, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. James Monroe Devin,   b. Between 1848 and 1850, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Mildred Louise Devin,   b. Abt 1851, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1863  (Age ~ 12 years)
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ann Bibb Nowlin,   b. Abt 1797, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1835  (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1823  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 3 November 1823. John DEVIN and Ann Bibb Nowlin, dau. of
      David Nowlin who consents. Sur. John Douglass. Married 6
      Nov. by the Rev. Griffith Dickinson. p. 77 from: Williams,
      Kathleen Booth, "Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia;
      1806-1830", (Genealogical Publishing County, Inc.;
      Baltimore; 1980), page 40.

      !MARRIAGE:Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia;
      1806-1830, Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia;
      1806-1830, Williams, Kathleen Booth, Genealogical
      Publishing County, Inc.; Baltimore; 1980, page 40

      !MARRIAGE:Marriage Bond for Alexander Devin & Susanna
      Nowlin, Devin-Nowlin: Marriage Bond (Alexander & Susannah),
      Virginia. Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office,

      Know all
      men by these presents that we Alexr Devin
      &
      Edw.d Nunnelee --- are held and firmly
      bound
      unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the
      Sum of fifty
      pounds to Which payment well and
      truly to be made we
      bind ourselves our heirs Exors
      and Adm.rs
      firmly by these presents Sealed with
      our seals and
      Dated 18th day of July 1791
      Whereas there is
      a marriage Depending
      and Sudenly intended by gods
      permifsion Between
      the above bound Alexr
      Devin    and
      Suekey Nowling     Now the Condition of
      this
      Obligation is Such that if there is no lawfeull
      Cause
      to Obstruct the Said Marriage then the above
      Obligation
      to be Void else Remain in full force &
      Virtue

      Alexr Devin
      {seal}
      Edwd Nunnelee {seal}

      In the
      Presence of

      [consent for
      bride
      ]

      Sir you may isue a marige Lisons
      Between
      Alexander Diven and Suke Nowlin by
      per-
      mition of . . . - . .. Bryan W. Nowlin

      Mr
      William Tunstall, July the 17th
      1791

      Test
      James Nowlin
      David Nowlin

      , page 77
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann Devin
     2. infant Devin
     3. Joseph Devin,   b. Abt 1825, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1863, Vicksburg, Warren, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
     4. Elizabeth Devin,   b. Abt 1826, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. David W. Devin,   b. 12 Mar 1830, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1911, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F1131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Named in Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #13 as child
      of Joseph Devin

      !MARRIAGE:
      1st: Pittsylvania Co VA
      2nd:

      Census:
      possibly living Lincoln Co TN 1820
      1830
      1840
      1850 Marshall Co TN p 98A
      1860 Marshall Co TN p 126A
      1870 Marshall Co TN p 190

      Marshall Co TN formed in 1836.

      From Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT; this
      record says his DOB is 12 Sept 1793 & DOD 12 June 1879:
      This record says his DOB is 12 Sep 1792 & his DOD is 12
      June 1877; buried
      Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Marshall Co TN; Tombstone
      Inscriptions of
      Marshall Co TN; by Whitesell; Raleigh NC State Library; GR
      929.3 T2 MARS W594t V.l

      He & his wife had other unknown children who died & were
      not named.
      Per Ethel S. Mattingley FHC #0928908 John & Rebecca had 10
      children.

      !BURIAL:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
      James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, viewed 11.Aug.2001