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William Bryan Ward Devin

Male Abt 1789 - 1840  (~ 51 years)


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  • Name William Bryan Ward Devin 
    Born Abt 1789  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1840 
    Person ID I2980  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 Elizabeth Croff 
    Married 2 Dec 1813  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • !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:Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources,
      Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources:, Gary
      Boyd Roberts, New England Historical & Genealogical
      Society, #77 "An Assortment of Famous Actors"
    Children 
     1. James A. Devin
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F1300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • There is a possibility the William might be the William
      Devin in the 1820 census for Lincoln county Tennessee.
      However, it is more likely William B. W. Devin is the
      William Devin in the 1820 Census for Pittslyvania County
      Virginia. The enumeration for the Pittsylvania County
      census is consistant with his mother and younger brother
      living with him along with his mother's slave, Hannah and
      Hannah's children.

      The William Devin in the 1820 Lincoln County Tennessee was
      enumerated in close proximaty to an Olliver family, which
      may indicate the Lincoln county William is William Robert
      Devin, son of William Devin, Jr. as William R. married
      Rebecca Oliver in 1820.

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

      YOB from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT

      It is possible he married Elizabeth Graff 15 Nov 1813 in
      Pittsylvania Co VA.

      Per Ancestral File: he lived in Marshall Co TN

      !NAME:Nowlin-Stone Genealogy, Nowlin-Stone Genealogy,
      Nowlin, James Edmund; Nowlin, Mary, Salt Lake City,
      [c1916], page 37

      !NAME:Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme
      Court of Tennessee, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined
      in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Humphreys, West Hughes,
      page 66

      !NAME:Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources,
      Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources:, Gary
      Boyd Roberts, New England Historical & Genealogical
      Society, #77 An Assortment of Famous Actors