DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS FINE

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                     Stella Cotrill and Don Norman

 

1.THOMAS FINE

 

Thomas Fine was born about 1727. He married Agnes Merchant.

 

Known children of Thomas and Agnes (Merchant) Fine.

 

  2.  (1). Vinett                  b.c.    1750

          m. Effa McElwain

 

   3. (2). Thomas Jr.

 

2.VINETT FINE   1.THOMAS FINE

 

    Vinett Fine, a son of Thomas and Agnes (Merchant) Fine, was born about 1750. He married Effa McElwain. Effa, a daughter of George Thomas Jr. and Nancy (Rector) McElwain, was born about 1754.

    Vinett was listed Dunmore County Militia in 1775 and in the 8th Virginia Regiment with Rev. Muhlenberg. "German Regiment." In July 1781, he was in a party attacking a party of Indians with Col. John Sevier. The 1783 Shenandoah Counrty VA census showed Vineott as head of family, with 6 in family.

    In April 1783, he was with a force who crossed the mountain to the Overhill Town (Indian) of Cowee and burned it. All Indian aggressions upon the Pigeon and French Broad River settlements had come from this town. The force was commanded by Col. William Lillard and Major Peter Fine.

    In the Winter of 1783, Indians began to steal horses and cattle from the Big Pigeon settlements in Cocke County TN. Major Peter Fine and Captain John McNabb raised a company of men and followed the Indians across the mountains into North Carolina, where they killed one Indian and wounded another, but recovered the stolen horses. The Indians fired upon them, killing Vinett Fine, and wounding Thomas Holland, and a man named of Bingham. Because there was no time for grave-digging and apparently no safety in trying to escape with the body, the ice in the creek was broken and the body placed there. Before the men could return for it, the creek became flooded by a sudden change in temperature, and the body was washed away and was never recovered. To this day, the creek is known as Fine's Creek. Fine's Branch, in 1998, is in Cocke County, TN.

    Later, Effa married Reuben Redaford.  Effa reportedly had three children with Reuben Redaford, but nothing is known of them.

 

Children of Vinett and Effa (McElwain) Fine.

 

  4.  (1). Emma                    b.c.     1774

         m. --- Gray

 

  5.  (2). Abraham                 b.       1775    d.Jul  5 1863

         m. Elizabeth Henry  Jun 1806

 

  6.  (3). Sarah "Sally"           b.       1777

         m. Abraham Job s/o David and Lezaneah Job

 

  7.  (4). Phoebe                  b.c.     1779

         m. Joseph Cunningham

 

  8.  (5). Charles                 b.c.     1780

 

  9.  (6). William                 b.       1781    d.Sep  9 1865

         m. Catherine Sively Apr  2 1807

 

 10.  (4). Isaac                   b.Feb    1783

         m. Anne Poe

         m. Mary Wilson

 

5.ABRAHAM FINE   2.VINETT FINE   1.THOMAS FINE

 

    Abraham Fine, a son of Vinett and Effa (McElwain) Fine, was born in 1775 in Shenandoah County VA and died on July 5, 1863 at Cocke, TN. He married Elizabeth Henry in June 1806 at the home of Richard Grose by William Jobe, Esq.

 

Known child of Abraham and Elizabeth (Henry) Fine.

 

 11.  (1). Mary                    b.       1808

         m. Reverend George Gaton Sims 24 Nov 1833

 

7.PHOEBE FINE   2.VINETT FINE   1.THOMAS FINE

 

    Phoebe Fine, a daughter of Vinett and Effa (McElwain) Fine, was born circa 1779 in  Shenandoah County VA and died before 1859. She married Joseph Cunningham, son of Christopher and Susanna (Patton) Cunningham .

 

Children of Joseph and Phoebe (Fine) Cunningham.

 

 12.  (1). Bersheba                b. 30 Oct 1794

         m. John Bailey circa 1810

 

 13.  (2). William                 b.c.     1796    d.Apr 11 1859

         m. Martha (--?--)

 

 14.  (3). Mary C.                 b.       1798  d.before 1859

         m. John Hightower circa 1815

 

 15.  (4). Robert                  b.       1801

         m. Ruth (--?--) circa 1821.

 

 16.  (5). John O. "Jehu"          b. 17 Jun 1804  d.May  9 1859

         m. Sarah Walker circa 1824

 

 17.  (6). David C.                b.      1805    d.before Apr 1859

         m. Adeline Elizabeth Hastings circa 1835

 

 18.  (7). Nancy                   b.c.      1805  b.before Nov 1858

 

 19.  (8). Matthew                 b. 17 Jan 1807

         m. Mary Melinda (--?--) circa 1827

 

 20.  (9). Mary Sarah              b. 12 Jul 1810  d.Sep  2 1839

         m. Nelson Lawson circa 1826

 

 21. (10). Hasten                  b.      1818

         m. Elisabeth Johnson 24 Mar 1850.

 

 22. (11). Harden                  b.C.        1821

 

 23. (12). Aquilla                 b. 25 Jan 1823

         m. Mary Ann Ferguson 25 Jan 1843.

 

 24. (13.) Leroy                   b. Dec   1823

         m. Josephine (--?--) circa 1843.

 

 25. (14). Jeremiah                b.c.     1824

 

 26. (15). Edith                   b.       1825

         m. John R. Orr 16 May 1839

 

9.WILLIAM FINE   2.VINETT FINE   1.THOMAS FINE

 

    William Fine, a son of Vinett and Effa (McElwain) Fine, was born in

1781 at New Market, Shenandoah County VA and died on September 9,Sep

1865 in Washington County AR. He married Catherine Sivley, daughter of

Jacob and Alsey (--?--) Sivley, April 2, 1807 at home of bride's parents in  Jefferson, TN.

    William is buried in Gilliland Cemetery, Greenland, Washington

County AR.

 

Children of William and Catherine (Sivley) Fine.

 

 27.  (1). Elizabeth               b. 13 Jun 1809  d.  1882

         m. Calvin Coffee 1828

 

 28.  (2). ?                       b.c.      1811

 

 29.  (3). Spencer Forby           b. 7 Jan 1808     d.    1896

         m. Jane Brandon 6 Sep 1833 t Washington County AR

 

 30.  (4). Charlotte               b. 22 May 1812  d.after 1894.

         m. Judge Thomas Wilson 6 Sep 1829

 

 31.  (5). Jonathan Alfred         b. 1 Aug 1814   d.Nov 12 1875

         m. Rachel Mankins 1836

 

 32.  (6). William B.              b. 9 May 1816   d.Apr 27 1880

         m. Millie Mankins 1836

 

 33.  (7). Alfred "Alford" W.      b. 12 Dec 1817  d.Apr 290 1896

         m. Rachel Mankins  Feb 1841

 

 34.  (8). Rebecca                 b. 31 Dec 1820 d.Jun 17 1863

         m. James Carroll Gilliland circa 1836

 

 35.  (9). Louallen J.             b.      1823

         m. Sally Ann Brown   20 Mar 1846 at Washington County AR

         m. Elizabeth Mankins  8 Aug 1847 at Washington County AR

 

 36. (10). Bluford Thomas          b.         1824     d.     1849

         m. Ruth Adams Brown 11 May 1845 at Washington County AR

 

 37. (11). Lucinda                 b.         1826 d.May 18 1908

         m. Reverend Thomas T. Brown 1842

         m. W. H. L. "Bill" Cross 18 May 1890

 

10.ISAAC FINE     2.VINETT FINE   1.THOMAS FINE

 

    Isaac Fine, a son of Vinett and Effa (McElwain) Fine was born in Feb

1783 in TN. He married Annie Poe circa 1818. He married Mary Alice

Wilson circa 1819. He was buried after 1860 at Lichlyter Cemetery,

Newport, Cocke County TN.

 

Children of Isaac and Annie (Poe) Fine.

 

 38.  (1). Bertha Lavina "Viney"   b.c.    1819  d.  1907

         m. (--?--) Jones circa 1837

         m. Samuel Ball Jr. 23 Jan 1848 at Cocke County TN

 

 39.  (2). Nancy                   b.c.      1823

 

 40.  (3). Isaac Jr.               b.        1827

         m. Sally L. (--?--) circa 1848

 

 41.  (4). Stephen V.,             b.    1832

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

Cotrill, Stella, "Descendants of Andrew Alexander McElwain"

Cotrill, Stella, “Descendants of Hans Rector”