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Descendants of MAJ. JOHN MEDEARIS

Generation No. 1

1. MAJ. JOHN¹ MEDEARIS was born February 22, 1743/44 in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, USA, and died March 31, 1834 in MARSHALL COUNTY, TENN., USA. He married SARAH HICKS BELL November 21, 1780 in Wake County, North Carolina. She died 1820.

Notes for MAJ. JOHN MEDEARIS:
PENSION CARD# 52823

NATIONAL ARCHIVES CARD#4951

HE ENLISTED IN 1776 AT AGE THIRTY-TWO IN THE CONTINENTAL LINE. THE FIRST NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY.

HE FOUGHT UNDER COL THOMAS CLARK AT THE BATTLE OF MOORE'S CREEK BRIDGE, IN FEBRUARY 1776.

HE PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST BATTLE FOR CHARLESTON.

ON FEBRUARY 6, 1777 HE WAS ENCAMPED WITH THE SOUTHERN ARMY AT PONPON.

APRIL 15, 1777 HE WAS PROMOTED TO 1ST LT IN THE 3RD NORTH CAROLINA REGULARS.

AT THE BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN ON OCTOBER 4TH, 1777

ON DECEMBER 22, 1777 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.

WINTERED AT VALLEY FORGE 1777-78 WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON.

HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST NORTH CAROLINA, ON FEBRUARY 6, 1782.

PROMOTED TO BREVET MAJOR ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1783.

More About MAJ. JOHN MEDEARIS:
MILITARY SERV: FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Occupation: FARMER

Children of MAJ. MEDEARIS and SARAH BELL are:

2.	i.	GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIS² MEDEARIS, b. September 20, 1783, Wake County, North Carolina; d. September 02, 1838, Bedford County, Tennesee.
	ii.	BENJAMIN WHITEHEAD HICKS MEDEARIS, b. July 25, 1784.
	iii.	MARTHA JERUSHA MEDEARIS, b. July 22, 1786.
	iv.	MARY POLLY MEDEARIS, b. August 18, 1788.

Generation No. 2

2. GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIS² MEDEARIS (MAJ. JOHN¹) was born September 20, 1783 in Wake County, North Carolina, and died September 02, 1838 in Bedford County, Tennesee. He married ELIZABETH SHARP WOODWARD June 12, 1809 in Ameha County, Virginia. She was born February 05, 1793, and died 1864 in Cheneyville, Louisana.

Children of GEORGE MEDEARIS and ELIZABETH WOODWARD are:

	i.	RACHEL DAVIS³ MEDEARIS, b. March 10, 1811; m. DAVID YANCEY; b. December 19, 1808, Granville County, North Carolina; d. May 14, 1885, Titus County, Texas.
	ii.	SARAH H. MEDEARIS, b. December 24, 1813.
	iii.	MARGARET B. MEDEARIS, b. February 10, 1816.
3.	iv.	MARY POLLY SMITH MEDEARIS, b. May 23, 1818.
	v.	CATHERINE KITTY MEDEARIS, b. September 01, 1820.
	vi.	JOHN THOMAS MEDEARIS, b. April 05, 1828.

Generation No. 3

3. MARY POLLY SMITH³ MEDEARIS (GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIS², MAJ. JOHN¹) was born May 23, 1818. She married WILLIAM RUSSELL YOWL 1839 in HENRY COUNTY, TN, USA.

Children of MARY MEDEARIS and WILLIAM YOWL are:

4.	i.		HENRY⁴ YOWL, d. November 11, 1871, BLOUNT COUNTY, TENN., USA.
	ii.		JOEL W YOWL, b. 1848; d. 1911.

Generation No. 4

4. HENRY⁴ YOWL (MARY POLLY SMITH³ MEDEARIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIS², MAJ. JOHN¹) died November 11, 1871 in BLOUNT COUNTY, TENN., USA. He married RUTH YOWL.

Notes for HENRY YOWL:
PENSION# 162483

PENSION# 200176

HE ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY L OF THE EIGHTH TENNESEE CAVALRY UNDER CAPTAIN JOHN J PARTON.

TRANFERRED TO NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY.

YOWL IS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A VERY OLD SCOTTISH SURNAME THAT EVENTUALLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE UNDER VARIOUS SPELLINGS. IT SEEMS THAT IN THE DARK PERIOD OF THE MIDDLE AGES MANY CHRISTIAN FAMILIES ADOPTED THE PRACTICE OF NAMING A CHILD BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY AFTER THAT EVENT. A MODERN EXAMPLE MIGHT BE" JAMES OF THE YULE". ON THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SCOTLAND, GIVEN THE LACK OF SPELLING STANDARDS BEFORE THE 1600'S, THESE WELL MEANING, BUT MISGUIDED NAMES APPEAR AS FOLLOWS: YUILL, YOOL, YOOLE, YOULL, YOW, YOWELL, YHOLE, YHULE,AND OF COURSE YOWL ON SOME RECORDS MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY WILL SOMETIMES HAVE THIS NAME SPELLED DIFFERENTLY. IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT IN THESE EARLY DAYS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, GAELIC WAS STILL VERY WIDE SPREAD AND THE NORMANS HAD INTRODUCED FRENCH TO THE BRITISH ISLES AS WELL. DEPENDING ON WHERE A GIVEN SCRIBE OR CLERK WAS FROM, THE SPELLING WOULD DIFFER ACCORDINGLY.

More About HENRY YOWL:
Cause of Death: STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
MILITARY SERV: SERVED WITH THE CSA
Occupation: FARMER

Child of HENRY YOWL and RUTH YOWL is:

MARY ALICE⁵ YOWL, b. December 1864; d. February 1936.

Generation No. 5

5. MARY ALICE⁵ YOWL (HENRY⁴, MARY POLLY SMITH³ MEDEARIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIS², MAJ. JOHN¹) was born December 1864, and died February 1936. She married THOMAS ROBERT WARD. He was born April 1855, and died November 1929.

More About MARY ALICE YOWL:
Occupation: HOMEMAKER

Children of MARY YOWL and THOMAS WARD are:

	i.	CHARLY⁶ WARD.
	ii.	LORENZA WARD.
	iii.	WAYMAN WARD.
	iv.	MELVIN WARD.
	v.	JOHN WARD.
	vi.	OBIE WARD.
	vii.	OMA WARD.
	viii.	EDNA WARD.
6.	ix.	STACKER TAYLOR WARD, b. August 1877, HENRY COUNTY, TN, USA; d. September 1970, BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON CO.,TEXAS, USA.

Generation No. 6

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