He was the son of Johannes and Anna Minnick Flinner who came to America aboard the John and Elizabeth and arrived in Philadelphia in 1754. He appears to have been the oldest child.
Adam grew up in Bucks Co., PA and Frederick Co., MD. He married Sarah Funkhouser on Dec. 10, 1781 in Washington Co., VA. Adam and Sarah were the parents of at least five children: Moses, Isaac, Elizabeth Arendell, John and Adam Jr. Some of these children spelled their name with the "Flener" spelling.
Since Adam was about 41 in 1781 one wonders whether he was married before but no record exists nor any mention of other children.
Adam moved to what is now Tennessee in 1788. This land was then part of the short-lived state of Franklin and also part of North Carolina. It became Tennessee in 1796. He resided in the Sumner Co./Robertson Co. area and was a farmer who owned hundreds of acres.
Ever the pioneer, Adam pushed onward and made a trip in 1793 to the newly formed state of Kentucky which ultimately ended in his death.
The following is from online sources but it is thought that Rick Flener wrote most of it:
"Adam was killed by Creek Indians in June of 1793. It seems he and the other members of his party were en route from TN to the Red River in Logan Co., KY, for salt. On the way there and back they stayed the night at the home of Thomas Chapman, in what is now Warren Co., KY, where Thomas operated a horse mill. Shortly after departing for TN, there was gunfire, and Chapman rushed out to find an ambush by the Indians, and found Flener and party at Three Springs, where he was buried. This is near where the intersection of I-65 and Natcher Parkway is. This region is a treeless limestone plateau covered with scrub brush. The porous limestone drains the area by underground streams, leaving the surface without watering holes.
Dripping Springs was the only source of drinking water for travelers on this segment of the Nashville to Kentucky Trace that went through here. In 1793, Chief Bob Benge of the Chickamauga Cherokee and his uncles, Double Head and Pumpkin Boy, had ambushed Captain William Overall and a man named Burnett at Dripping Springs, and had eaten their hearts and brains in a campaign of terror against the settlements.
Others killed in the incident were: Richard Robertson, and William Bartlett. Wounded were Abraham Young and John Mayfield. Interesting note: On both occasions staying with the Chapmans he mentioned that he feared he would never see his wife or children again due to the increase in Indian activity and killings in the area."
Rick Flener wrote a book on the Fleners of Butler Co., KY. For more information, see this book.
The area above was once part of Logan Co., KY. It is now Warren Co., KY and locally the Dripping Springs Escarpment is known as the "knobs". Adam didn't die in Sumner Co., TN as some may have it. His exact burial place has been lost to history but it is somewhere near Three Springs, KY.
Adam grew up in Bucks Co., PA and Frederick Co., MD. He married Sarah Funkhouser on Dec. 10, 1781 in Washington Co., VA. Adam and Sarah were the parents of at least five children: Moses, Isaac, Elizabeth Arendell, John and Adam Jr. Some of these children spelled their name with the "Flener" spelling.
Since Adam was about 41 in 1781 one wonders whether he was married before but no record exists nor any mention of other children.
Adam moved to what is now Tennessee in 1788. This land was then part of the short-lived state of Franklin and also part of North Carolina. It became Tennessee in 1796. He resided in the Sumner Co./Robertson Co. area and was a farmer who owned hundreds of acres.
Ever the pioneer, Adam pushed onward and made a trip in 1793 to the newly formed state of Kentucky which ultimately ended in his death.
The following is from online sources but it is thought that Rick Flener wrote most of it:
"Adam was killed by Creek Indians in June of 1793. It seems he and the other members of his party were en route from TN to the Red River in Logan Co., KY, for salt. On the way there and back they stayed the night at the home of Thomas Chapman, in what is now Warren Co., KY, where Thomas operated a horse mill. Shortly after departing for TN, there was gunfire, and Chapman rushed out to find an ambush by the Indians, and found Flener and party at Three Springs, where he was buried. This is near where the intersection of I-65 and Natcher Parkway is. This region is a treeless limestone plateau covered with scrub brush. The porous limestone drains the area by underground streams, leaving the surface without watering holes.
Dripping Springs was the only source of drinking water for travelers on this segment of the Nashville to Kentucky Trace that went through here. In 1793, Chief Bob Benge of the Chickamauga Cherokee and his uncles, Double Head and Pumpkin Boy, had ambushed Captain William Overall and a man named Burnett at Dripping Springs, and had eaten their hearts and brains in a campaign of terror against the settlements.
Others killed in the incident were: Richard Robertson, and William Bartlett. Wounded were Abraham Young and John Mayfield. Interesting note: On both occasions staying with the Chapmans he mentioned that he feared he would never see his wife or children again due to the increase in Indian activity and killings in the area."
Rick Flener wrote a book on the Fleners of Butler Co., KY. For more information, see this book.
The area above was once part of Logan Co., KY. It is now Warren Co., KY and locally the Dripping Springs Escarpment is known as the "knobs". Adam didn't die in Sumner Co., TN as some may have it. His exact burial place has been lost to history but it is somewhere near Three Springs, KY.
He was the son of Johannes and Anna Minnick Flinner who came to America aboard the John and Elizabeth and arrived in Philadelphia in 1754. He appears to have been the oldest child.
Adam grew up in Bucks Co., PA and Frederick Co., MD. He married Sarah Funkhouser on Dec. 10, 1781 in Washington Co., VA. Adam and Sarah were the parents of at least five children: Moses, Isaac, Elizabeth Arendell, John and Adam Jr. Some of these children spelled their name with the "Flener" spelling.
Since Adam was about 41 in 1781 one wonders whether he was married before but no record exists nor any mention of other children.
Adam moved to what is now Tennessee in 1788. This land was then part of the short-lived state of Franklin and also part of North Carolina. It became Tennessee in 1796. He resided in the Sumner Co./Robertson Co. area and was a farmer who owned hundreds of acres.
Ever the pioneer, Adam pushed onward and made a trip in 1793 to the newly formed state of Kentucky which ultimately ended in his death.
The following is from online sources but it is thought that Rick Flener wrote most of it:
"Adam was killed by Creek Indians in June of 1793. It seems he and the other members of his party were en route from TN to the Red River in Logan Co., KY, for salt. On the way there and back they stayed the night at the home of Thomas Chapman, in what is now Warren Co., KY, where Thomas operated a horse mill. Shortly after departing for TN, there was gunfire, and Chapman rushed out to find an ambush by the Indians, and found Flener and party at Three Springs, where he was buried. This is near where the intersection of I-65 and Natcher Parkway is. This region is a treeless limestone plateau covered with scrub brush. The porous limestone drains the area by underground streams, leaving the surface without watering holes.
Dripping Springs was the only source of drinking water for travelers on this segment of the Nashville to Kentucky Trace that went through here. In 1793, Chief Bob Benge of the Chickamauga Cherokee and his uncles, Double Head and Pumpkin Boy, had ambushed Captain William Overall and a man named Burnett at Dripping Springs, and had eaten their hearts and brains in a campaign of terror against the settlements.
Others killed in the incident were: Richard Robertson, and William Bartlett. Wounded were Abraham Young and John Mayfield. Interesting note: On both occasions staying with the Chapmans he mentioned that he feared he would never see his wife or children again due to the increase in Indian activity and killings in the area."
Rick Flener wrote a book on the Fleners of Butler Co., KY. For more information, see this book.
The area above was once part of Logan Co., KY. It is now Warren Co., KY and locally the Dripping Springs Escarpment is known as the "knobs". Adam didn't die in Sumner Co., TN as some may have it. His exact burial place has been lost to history but it is somewhere near Three Springs, KY.
Adam grew up in Bucks Co., PA and Frederick Co., MD. He married Sarah Funkhouser on Dec. 10, 1781 in Washington Co., VA. Adam and Sarah were the parents of at least five children: Moses, Isaac, Elizabeth Arendell, John and Adam Jr. Some of these children spelled their name with the "Flener" spelling.
Since Adam was about 41 in 1781 one wonders whether he was married before but no record exists nor any mention of other children.
Adam moved to what is now Tennessee in 1788. This land was then part of the short-lived state of Franklin and also part of North Carolina. It became Tennessee in 1796. He resided in the Sumner Co./Robertson Co. area and was a farmer who owned hundreds of acres.
Ever the pioneer, Adam pushed onward and made a trip in 1793 to the newly formed state of Kentucky which ultimately ended in his death.
The following is from online sources but it is thought that Rick Flener wrote most of it:
"Adam was killed by Creek Indians in June of 1793. It seems he and the other members of his party were en route from TN to the Red River in Logan Co., KY, for salt. On the way there and back they stayed the night at the home of Thomas Chapman, in what is now Warren Co., KY, where Thomas operated a horse mill. Shortly after departing for TN, there was gunfire, and Chapman rushed out to find an ambush by the Indians, and found Flener and party at Three Springs, where he was buried. This is near where the intersection of I-65 and Natcher Parkway is. This region is a treeless limestone plateau covered with scrub brush. The porous limestone drains the area by underground streams, leaving the surface without watering holes.
Dripping Springs was the only source of drinking water for travelers on this segment of the Nashville to Kentucky Trace that went through here. In 1793, Chief Bob Benge of the Chickamauga Cherokee and his uncles, Double Head and Pumpkin Boy, had ambushed Captain William Overall and a man named Burnett at Dripping Springs, and had eaten their hearts and brains in a campaign of terror against the settlements.
Others killed in the incident were: Richard Robertson, and William Bartlett. Wounded were Abraham Young and John Mayfield. Interesting note: On both occasions staying with the Chapmans he mentioned that he feared he would never see his wife or children again due to the increase in Indian activity and killings in the area."
Rick Flener wrote a book on the Fleners of Butler Co., KY. For more information, see this book.
The area above was once part of Logan Co., KY. It is now Warren Co., KY and locally the Dripping Springs Escarpment is known as the "knobs". Adam didn't die in Sumner Co., TN as some may have it. His exact burial place has been lost to history but it is somewhere near Three Springs, KY.
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