2. ABNER5 EVERAGE (ABNER4ETHERIDGE, SOLOMON3, MARMADUKE2, THOMAS1)1 was born Bet. 1745 - 1749 in (possibly) Currituck, NC. He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married (2) MARY STACY. She was born 1770, and died Bef. 1784.
Notes for ABNER EVERAGE:
This note was made by Jim Cornett, a fellow researcher of the Everages:
Abner Everage was in the Revolutionary War for North Carolina. According to "The Genealogy of William Cornett", by J.D. Cornett, Abner was the father of the children listed above. Sally Simpson, granddaughter of Mary Everage, gave the information. Although there is NO documentation like census or birth records to prove this relationship, I have found the J.D. Cornett book to be mostly accurate. In my 8 years of researching, I have found the name spelled Everage, Everidge, Evridge, Avridge, Average, and possibly Etheridge. I have found families in Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, and Alabama. I descend from the Eastern Kentucky clan in the area of Knott, Letcher, Perry and Floyd Counties, however, I research ALL states. Please feel free to email me your queries and family history concerning any Everage family. I have records for marriage, census, birth, death, and cemeteries and would be glad to help. Thanks, Jim Cornett
historical register of virginians in the revolution 1775-1783 by john gwathmey on page 259 it states etheredge, abner, capt. shelby's co. drew clothing at falls of the ohio
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A short record of the Everage generation as related by Sally Simpson, daughter of (X) Nathaniel Woleary Cornett and granddaughter of Mary Everage Cornett, wife of William Cornett (1761-1836).
There was a man by the name of Abner Everage that lived in North Carolina; he enlisted in the Army and went away and was never heard of any more. He left a wife and four children, Joe, Solomon, Nellie and Mary.
The widowed mother lived with her four children for a few years enduring much hardship; one day the two boys, Joe and Solomon were out strolling about the place and when they returned to the house they found their two small sisters tied to the bed post and their mother was gone; she was never heard of any more.
The neighbors learned about the cchildren being left without anyone to care for them and took them into their homes and cared for them until they were able to care for themselves.
Soon after the girls were grown up, Mary Everage married *Wm. Cornett; (1761-1836) in Sul!ivan County, Tenn. They soon moved to Ky. Joe and Solomon came to Kentucky with them. Nellie married Ben Johnson of Raleigh, N. C.
Joe Everage married Silver Griggsby and settled on Betty Troublesome Carrs Fork. Solomon Everage married Katie Ison and moved to Rowran County, Ky. He had a son named Samp Everage that came back to Perry County and married Mary Kelley, daughter of Nathan Kelley and went to Ark.
Tennessee Genealogical Records
No. 1842 Abner Everidge, Private in the N.C. Cont Line, 640 acres; issued 14 June 1785. William T. Lewis of Surry Co. N.C., purchased the warrant on 7 Feb. 1785, with Parks King and Michael Bacon as witnesses. William Armstrong, captain in the regular U.S.Army, during the Revolution in North Carolina, appeared before Andrew Campbell, J. P., of Hawkins Co., Tenn., and stated that Abner Everidge was a soldier in his company, was taken sick and got leave to go home, and that after peace a Mr. William Terrell Lewis produced an order for a land grant for him. Statements, etc., 2 July 1808
The Revolutionary War was 1775-1783. Three of Abners children, Nellie, Solomon and Joseph, were born afterwards.
Children of ABNER EVERAGE and MARY STACY are:
