Person:David Abernathy
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David Abernathy
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Served in the Revolutionary War, Early Huntsville Pioneer
Notes:
• Scotch-Irish ancestry
• Served in the Revolutionary War (Soldier and Patriot)
• Pioneer of Huntsville.
• He was one of the early settlers of Virginia; served during the Revolutionary War, and later on became one of the pioneers of Huntsville, Ala.
• A bio of Robert Towns Abernathy, physician, "grandson of David Abernathy, of Scotch-Irish extraction, an early settler in Virginia, who served in the Revolutionary War, and who was one of the pioneers of Huntsville." - Alabama Biography
Related Links:
• Alabama Biography - History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 3, by Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, © 1921, p. 3.
Born: | July 29, 1759, Virginia |
Died: | April 14, 1838, Giles Co., TN |
Buried: | Giles Co., TN |
Notes:
• Scotch-Irish ancestry
• Served in the Revolutionary War (Soldier and Patriot)
• Pioneer of Huntsville.
• He was one of the early settlers of Virginia; served during the Revolutionary War, and later on became one of the pioneers of Huntsville, Ala.
• A bio of Robert Towns Abernathy, physician, "grandson of David Abernathy, of Scotch-Irish extraction, an early settler in Virginia, who served in the Revolutionary War, and who was one of the pioneers of Huntsville." - Alabama Biography
Related Links:
• Alabama Biography - History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 3, by Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, © 1921, p. 3.
• Patriot Database - Alabama's Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Database on the Resources tab of the Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution website.
Categories: Person | A | Revolutionary War | Early Resident | 1751-1775 | 1776-1800 | 1801-1825 | 1826-1850