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William Flowers |
Born |
1757 |
Johnston Co. NC |
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: William Flowers
Spouse: Flowers Charity
Parents: Sarah Simon
Birth Place: Johnston Co, NC
Birth Date: 1757
Death Date: 1834
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Gender |
Male |
Died |
1834 |
Wayne Co. NC |
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- CENSUS RECORDS
North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
Name: William Flowers
State: NC
County: Wayne County
Year: 1786
Database: NC Early Census Index
North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
Name: William Flowers
State: NC
County: Wayne County
Township: Early Tax List
Year: 1788
Database: NC Early Census Index
1790 United States Federal Census
Name: William Flowers
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Wayne, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 6
Number of Household Members: 9
1800 United States Federal Census
Name: William Flowers
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Wayne, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Slaves: 2
Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 10
1810 United States Federal Census
Name: William Flowers
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Wayne, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Numbers of Slaves: 4
Number of Household Members Under 16: 8
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 16
Source: From Seventeenth Report of the National Society Daughters American Revolution The general index of the register is preserved in MSS. in the Library of Congress N.C. Certificates 89,501 to 91,938
89781. Flowers, William
William Flowers, Jesse Flowers, and their elder brother, John Flowers, served in the militia during the Revolution. In April, 1781 Lord Cornwallis and his huge army came out of their winter quarters in Wilmington and marched north toward Virginia. they traveled along old roadways through New Hanover and Duplin counties.
On May 3, 1781, they crossed the Goshen Swamp at Holley's Mill (later Flowery Dale Plantation) and entered Wayne County. The local militia, including John and William Flowers, fought a rear-guard action. Lord Cornwallis, commanded 1,600 troops, four cannon, two boats on carriages and the British Legion under Colonel Banastre Tarleton. As the army approached the Bridge over Thunder Swamp, Clarissa Harrel Flowers was left with her two children. She was at the home of her parents, Samuel and Ann Harrell at Thunder Swamp Bridge. The young men were away fighting. The slaves taken along to keep them from running away or being abducted the the British.
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Person ID |
I11983 |
Master File |
Last Modified |
24 Jun 2014 |
Father |
Simon Burwell Flowers, b. 05 May 1721, Jerusalem, Isle of Wight Co. VA , d. 06 Nov 1795, Wayne Co. NC (Age 74 years) |
Mother |
Sarah, b. 1735, North Carolina , d. 1785, Wayne Co. NC (Age 50 years) |
Married |
1753 |
Davie Co. NC |
Family ID |
F7097 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Charity Harrell, b. 1760, Bertie Co. NC , d. 1849, Wayne Co. NC (Age 89 years) |
Married |
1776 |
North Carolina |
Children |
| 1. Sarah Flowers, b. 21 Sep 1777, Wayne Co. NC , d. 08 Sep 1843, Horeb,Talbot Co. GA (Age 65 years) |
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Last Modified |
25 Feb 2012 |
Family ID |
F7096 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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