William McClanahan Abbott is the son of Daniel Abbott (c1760-1801), who served from 1777 through 1780 in the First Virginia State Regiment during the Revolutionary War. William's father held the rank of sergeant through his service, seeing action with his Regiment at the Battle of Germantown in 4 October 1777. Abbott spent the winter of 1777-1778 with his regiment at Valley Forge, and then presumably participated with his regiment in the action at the Battle of Monmouth on 28 June 1778. Daniel Abbott and the 1st Virginia State Regiment spent the winter of 1778-1779 at Middlebrook, New Jersey, and then remained part of the Continental Army until late 1779, when they redeployed to Virginia. Daniel Abbott is documented as serving with the unit through April 1780, the last known muster roll.
William McClanahan Abbott's mother was Alice McClanahan (1765/1770-after 1811), daughter of Revolutionary War veteran and Baptist minister, William McClanahan (15 Feb 1732-15 May 1802) and Mary Marshall (1737-1809). William M. Abbott had one older sister, Elizabeth (Betsy) Abbott, wife of Wiley Talley, and three brothers, Lewis Markham Abbott (4 Feb 1792-22 Feb 1848), Daniel Marshall Abbott, and James Smith Abbott (c1799-1844).
During the War of 1812, when the Red Stick faction of the Creek Nation began attacks on white settlements in Tennessee, Georgia, and modern Alabama, William Abbott enlisted as a private in Capt. Collins' Company, Col. Metcalf's Regiment, Tennessee Militia. Years later, he presented evidence of his service in Gen. Andrew Jackson's campaign against the Red Sticks that resulted in his receiving 160 acres of bounty land.
On 19 January 1820, William Abbott purchased land in Perry County Alabama. Later that year, on 13 December 1820, William reportedly married in Shelby County, Alabama to Frances Tubb, born about 1805 in Kentucky. They settled on his farm in Perry County and remained there until the early 1850s. William and Frances Abbott sold part of their Perry County lands on 31 August 1848, but they apparently remained Perry County residents until around 1852 or early 1853. Their household was missed by the 1850 Federal census enumerator, but their household was enumerated on the 1850 Alabama State Census.
By mid-1853, William and Frances Abbott had left Alabama and moved eastward into western Mississippi, where on 14 October 1853, William received an 80-acre tract of land as "bounty land" in partial compensation for his military service against the hosile Creek Indians during the War of 1812. Abbott's land lay in northern Newton County, Mississippi near Little Rock. In 1855, he purchased several additional tracts of land a short distance northward, across the county line in southern Neshoba County. William Abbott wrote his will on 13 March 1856 and died two months later, on May 16.
William McClanahan Abbott's mother was Alice McClanahan (1765/1770-after 1811), daughter of Revolutionary War veteran and Baptist minister, William McClanahan (15 Feb 1732-15 May 1802) and Mary Marshall (1737-1809). William M. Abbott had one older sister, Elizabeth (Betsy) Abbott, wife of Wiley Talley, and three brothers, Lewis Markham Abbott (4 Feb 1792-22 Feb 1848), Daniel Marshall Abbott, and James Smith Abbott (c1799-1844).
During the War of 1812, when the Red Stick faction of the Creek Nation began attacks on white settlements in Tennessee, Georgia, and modern Alabama, William Abbott enlisted as a private in Capt. Collins' Company, Col. Metcalf's Regiment, Tennessee Militia. Years later, he presented evidence of his service in Gen. Andrew Jackson's campaign against the Red Sticks that resulted in his receiving 160 acres of bounty land.
On 19 January 1820, William Abbott purchased land in Perry County Alabama. Later that year, on 13 December 1820, William reportedly married in Shelby County, Alabama to Frances Tubb, born about 1805 in Kentucky. They settled on his farm in Perry County and remained there until the early 1850s. William and Frances Abbott sold part of their Perry County lands on 31 August 1848, but they apparently remained Perry County residents until around 1852 or early 1853. Their household was missed by the 1850 Federal census enumerator, but their household was enumerated on the 1850 Alabama State Census.
By mid-1853, William and Frances Abbott had left Alabama and moved eastward into western Mississippi, where on 14 October 1853, William received an 80-acre tract of land as "bounty land" in partial compensation for his military service against the hosile Creek Indians during the War of 1812. Abbott's land lay in northern Newton County, Mississippi near Little Rock. In 1855, he purchased several additional tracts of land a short distance northward, across the county line in southern Neshoba County. William Abbott wrote his will on 13 March 1856 and died two months later, on May 16.
William McClanahan Abbott is the son of Daniel Abbott (c1760-1801), who served from 1777 through 1780 in the First Virginia State Regiment during the Revolutionary War. William's father held the rank of sergeant through his service, seeing action with his Regiment at the Battle of Germantown in 4 October 1777. Abbott spent the winter of 1777-1778 with his regiment at Valley Forge, and then presumably participated with his regiment in the action at the Battle of Monmouth on 28 June 1778. Daniel Abbott and the 1st Virginia State Regiment spent the winter of 1778-1779 at Middlebrook, New Jersey, and then remained part of the Continental Army until late 1779, when they redeployed to Virginia. Daniel Abbott is documented as serving with the unit through April 1780, the last known muster roll.
William McClanahan Abbott's mother was Alice McClanahan (1765/1770-after 1811), daughter of Revolutionary War veteran and Baptist minister, William McClanahan (15 Feb 1732-15 May 1802) and Mary Marshall (1737-1809). William M. Abbott had one older sister, Elizabeth (Betsy) Abbott, wife of Wiley Talley, and three brothers, Lewis Markham Abbott (4 Feb 1792-22 Feb 1848), Daniel Marshall Abbott, and James Smith Abbott (c1799-1844).
During the War of 1812, when the Red Stick faction of the Creek Nation began attacks on white settlements in Tennessee, Georgia, and modern Alabama, William Abbott enlisted as a private in Capt. Collins' Company, Col. Metcalf's Regiment, Tennessee Militia. Years later, he presented evidence of his service in Gen. Andrew Jackson's campaign against the Red Sticks that resulted in his receiving 160 acres of bounty land.
On 19 January 1820, William Abbott purchased land in Perry County Alabama. Later that year, on 13 December 1820, William reportedly married in Shelby County, Alabama to Frances Tubb, born about 1805 in Kentucky. They settled on his farm in Perry County and remained there until the early 1850s. William and Frances Abbott sold part of their Perry County lands on 31 August 1848, but they apparently remained Perry County residents until around 1852 or early 1853. Their household was missed by the 1850 Federal census enumerator, but their household was enumerated on the 1850 Alabama State Census.
By mid-1853, William and Frances Abbott had left Alabama and moved eastward into western Mississippi, where on 14 October 1853, William received an 80-acre tract of land as "bounty land" in partial compensation for his military service against the hosile Creek Indians during the War of 1812. Abbott's land lay in northern Newton County, Mississippi near Little Rock. In 1855, he purchased several additional tracts of land a short distance northward, across the county line in southern Neshoba County. William Abbott wrote his will on 13 March 1856 and died two months later, on May 16.
William McClanahan Abbott's mother was Alice McClanahan (1765/1770-after 1811), daughter of Revolutionary War veteran and Baptist minister, William McClanahan (15 Feb 1732-15 May 1802) and Mary Marshall (1737-1809). William M. Abbott had one older sister, Elizabeth (Betsy) Abbott, wife of Wiley Talley, and three brothers, Lewis Markham Abbott (4 Feb 1792-22 Feb 1848), Daniel Marshall Abbott, and James Smith Abbott (c1799-1844).
During the War of 1812, when the Red Stick faction of the Creek Nation began attacks on white settlements in Tennessee, Georgia, and modern Alabama, William Abbott enlisted as a private in Capt. Collins' Company, Col. Metcalf's Regiment, Tennessee Militia. Years later, he presented evidence of his service in Gen. Andrew Jackson's campaign against the Red Sticks that resulted in his receiving 160 acres of bounty land.
On 19 January 1820, William Abbott purchased land in Perry County Alabama. Later that year, on 13 December 1820, William reportedly married in Shelby County, Alabama to Frances Tubb, born about 1805 in Kentucky. They settled on his farm in Perry County and remained there until the early 1850s. William and Frances Abbott sold part of their Perry County lands on 31 August 1848, but they apparently remained Perry County residents until around 1852 or early 1853. Their household was missed by the 1850 Federal census enumerator, but their household was enumerated on the 1850 Alabama State Census.
By mid-1853, William and Frances Abbott had left Alabama and moved eastward into western Mississippi, where on 14 October 1853, William received an 80-acre tract of land as "bounty land" in partial compensation for his military service against the hosile Creek Indians during the War of 1812. Abbott's land lay in northern Newton County, Mississippi near Little Rock. In 1855, he purchased several additional tracts of land a short distance northward, across the county line in southern Neshoba County. William Abbott wrote his will on 13 March 1856 and died two months later, on May 16.
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Unmarked grave. William and Frances Abbott were staunch Baptists and are believed to have been buried in this cemetery.
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