John Flowers

Notes:

John Flowers, Jesse Flowers, and their younger brother, William 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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CENSUS RECORDS

North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
Name: Simon Flowers
State: NC
County: Wayne County
Year: 1786
Database: NC Early Census Index

1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Simon 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: 1
Number of Household Members: 4


Simon moved from Virginia to Edgecombe County, NC in 1745 with other family members and then to Craven County where he patented 100 acres of land on the waters of Nahunta Swamp, a tributary of Neuse River. This area became Johnston, then Dobbs and in 1779, Wayne County. He purchased in 1769 150 acres on Bear Creek and in 1770 he received another 100 acres on Bear Creek. In 1771 Simon was granted land on Thunder Swamp in lower Wayne Co, (then Dobbs) and he moved there. He kept his land in the northern parts of Dobbs County. He eventually owned over 500 acres of land on Thunder Swamp and 350 acres in the upper part of the county. He deeded much of it to his sons, to give them a start in life. With almost a 1,000 acres in his estate, Simon Flowers was one of the largest early planters in what became Wayne County.

He married Sarah, his first wife. After Sarah's death he married Edith Powell of Duplin, NC and they had one son, Dickson Flowers, who later settled in Marion, SC

Birth:
Family Data Collection
Name: Simon Flowers
Father: John Flowers
Mother: Mary Burwell
Birth Date: 5 May 1721
State: NC


Died:
Family Data Collection
Name: Simon Flowers
Spouse: Flowers
Parents: Mary John
Birth Place: Now Southampton, Wright Co VA, CO
Birth Date: 5 May 1721
Death Date: 6 Nov 1795

Simon married Sarah 1753, Davie Co. NC. Sarah was born 1735, North Carolina; died 1785, Wayne Co. NC. [Group Sheet]

John married Nancy Burwell 1720, Isle of Wight Co. VA. Nancy was born 1705, Isle of Wight Co. VA; died , Edgecombe Co. NC. [Group Sheet]

Henry married Jane Underwood 1703, Isle of Wight Co. VA. Jane (daughter of Thomas Underwood, Jr. and Dianah) was born 1675, Isle of Wight Co. VA; died 1710, Isle of Wight Co. VA. [Group Sheet]