Histories

Generation III Part 2 (Children of George Deatherage)

ABNER DEATHERAGE³ (George², William¹), son of George and Nancy (Johnson ) Deatherage, was born between 1770 and 1780 [Fed Cen]. Abner died in 1838 in Roane Co., Tennessee, intestate [Probate Record].

He married his first wife in North Carolina. She died about 1823 [Probate Record: Abner Deatherage].

After his first wife died Abner married Elizabeth Morrison. Elizabeth, daughter of James and Mary (Barnard) Morrison, was born c1795 in Tennessee [Fed Cen]. She was living with her daughter Jennett Tilley in Roane Co., Tennessee, when the federal census was taken in 1850 and 1860.

Abner was living in Stokes Co., North Carolina, in 1802 when his father deeded 414 acres to him and his brother-in-law George Cloud. Abner moved to Greene Co., Tennessee, where he was living in 1806. He moved to Roane Co., Tennessee, about 1821. He was in Captain Oliver’s Company of the Roane County Militia in 1821. He had land surveyed in the Hiawasee District in 1822. Abner was a deacon in the Baptist Church. He is mentioned frequently in the records of Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church in Roane Co., Tennessee.

children:

i. Alexander c1797-1885 m.1)Rosanna Buster 2)Catherine Hornsby

ii. Elizabeth 1800-1899 m. James Matheny

iii. Nancy c1803-1860-4 m. William Jolly

iv. Bird 1805-1880 m. Elcie Mann

v. William James c1808- m. 1)Elizabeth Ahart 2)Sarah Gideon

vi. Abner c1810- m. Mary A. Marney

vii. Mary m. John Jolly

viii. Martha c1816- m. Benjamin Snow

ix. Lucinda 1816-1865 m. John A. Matheny

children: (of Abner and Elizabeth (Morrison) Deatherage)

i. Allen 1823-living 1899 m. 1)Charity Sellers 2)Martha Jane Kindrick

ii. Sarah c1826- m. Alexander E. Brandon

iii. Jennett/Jane c1827- m. Jeremiah Tilley

iv. Ellender "Nelly" c1829- m. Henry Martin

v. Rebecca 1831-1892 m. Samuel Brandon

vi. John M. 1831-1914 m. Lydia Jane McCollum