John Dinning and Elizabeth Boyles
Husband John DINNING 1
Born: Abt 1756 - Ireland 1 2 Died: Nov 1837 - Tennessee 2 Buried:
Father: Andrew DINNING (Abt 1730-Between 1775) 1 Mother: Margaret ??? (Abt 1730-After 1804) 1
Marriage: 2 Oct 1781 - Orange Co, North Carolina 1 3
Other Spouse: Mary HUNTER (1790- ) 4 - Abt 1813 4
Events in his life were:
• Census, Orange Co, North Carolina, 1790
• Tax List, Orange Co, North Carolina, 1790
• Military, under Captain Richards, footman, Revolutionary War, 1799
• Census, Sumner Co, Tennessee, 1830
Wife Elizabeth BOYLES 1
Born: Abt 1762 1 Died: Between 1802 and 1813 Buried:
Father: John BOWLES (Abt 1732-1815) 5 6 Mother: Martha ??? (Abt 1735- ) 4
Children
1 M William DINNING 1
Born: Abt 1792 - North Carolina 1 Died: Abt 1860 1 Buried:Spouse: Nancy MOODY (1800-Abt 1840) 1 Marr: 15 Jul 1816 - Sumner Co, Tennessee 1 7 8
2 M John DINNING Jr. 4
Born: Abt 1783 - North Carolina 4 Died: After 1820 - Sumner Co, Tennessee 4 Buried:
3 F Phebe DINNING 9
Born: 1785 - North Carolina 10 Died: 1822 10 Buried:Spouse: Cader HUNTER (Abt 1768-Bef 1837) 9 Marr: 1802 10
4 M Andrew DINNING 11
Born: Abt 1787 - North Carolina 4 Died: After 1834 - Weakley Co, Tennessee 11 Buried:Spouse: Mary GROVES (Abt 1790- ) 4 Marr: 18 Sep 1806 - Sumner Co, Tennessee 7 12
5 F Anna DINNING 11
Born: 1791 - Sumner Co, Tennessee 13 Died: 8 Sep 1863 - Monroe Co, Missouri 11 13 Buried: Sep 1863 - White Cloud Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway Co, MissouriSpouse: Thomas GROVES Jr. (1774-1845) 11 14 Marr: Jan 1805 - Sumner Co, Tennessee
6 F Peggy DINNING 4
Born: Abt 1793 4 Died: Deceased Buried:Spouse: Richard SMITH (Abt 1790-After 1837) 4 Marr: 8 Feb 1808 - Sumner Co, Tennessee 4 8 15
7 F Nancy DINNING 11
Born: 1794 - North Carolina 4 Died: Bef 1895 - Polk Co, Texas 11 Buried:Spouse: James THOMPSON (1792-1849) 4 11 Marr: 28 Oct 1811 - Sumner Co, Tennessee 7 8Spouse: John GARNER (Abt 1797-Bef 1898) 4 Marr: Abt 1836
8 F Mary DINNING 11
Born: Abt 1795 - North Carolina 4 Died: After 1850 - Hickman Co, Tennessee 4 11 Buried:Spouse: James MAYS (Abt 1785-After 1837) 11 Marr: 14 Jul 1822 - Sumner Co, Tennessee 16
9 M James DINNING 9
Born: Abt 1798 - North Carolina Died: Deceased Buried:
10 F Tabitha DINNING 4
Born: Abt 1802 - Tennessee 4 Died: Abt 1880 - Sumner Co, Tennessee 4 Buried:Spouse: William ANDERSON (Abt 1804-Abt 1870) 4 Marr: 17 Feb 1826 - Sumner Co, Tennessee 8
General Notes (Husband)
1830 TN Census, Sumner Co., Family 1616,
Denning, John 1-M 15-20, 1-F 41-50, 1-M 71-80
Will of John Dinning -
$10.00 to the heirs of Cader Hunter dec'd begotten of the body of my daughter Phebe.
To Thomas Groves $10.00.
To Richard Smith $100.00.
To Henry Williams $100.00.
To George Watwood $100.00.
To heirs of Andrew Dinning dec'd $10.00.
To my son William Dinning $100.00.
To James Mays $150.
To William Alderson $150.00.
To by deed of gift to my son James Dinning some negroes said James not to have property until after death of John and Polly Dinning the father and mother of said James.
To my son James Dinning 340 acres of land to have posession at my death. James to support his mother Polly during her life.
After my debts are paid any remainder to be equally divided between Henry Williams, William Alderson, James Mays and William Dinning.
Appoints Joseph McGlothlin Jr. and Wm. Lovell as executors.
Signed 17 Feb 1837
Witnesses: James Granger, Andrew McGlothlin.
Proved Nov 1837 Sumner Co., Tennessee. (pp. 225-226)
Source: Genealogical Records: Early Tennessee Settlers, 1700s-1900s;
Sumner County Will Abstracts, 1788-1842, Abstracts of Will Book 2, pp. 64-65
Source: "The Denning Family of Sumner County Tennessee and Their Kin", by Mike Denning, Section 1, pp B-C (transcript)
In the "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution", it states that John Dinning served as a Lieutenant and acted as a Captain under Colonel Kimball. He served as a horseman in the militia under Captains Barry and Gray, and as a footman under Captain Richards, and General Pickens, during 1779. He was in the Battle at Stano and the Siege of Charleston.
Most of John Dinning's children stayed in Sumner Co., Tennessee, except for a few; Anna Dinning Groves moved to Nodaway Co., Missouri; Mary Dinning Mays moved to Hickman Co., Tennessee; Andrew Dinning moved to Weakley Co., Tennessee about 1827; and Nancy Dinning Thompson went to Polk Co., Texas.
Source: "The Denning Family of Sumner County Tennessee and Their Kin", by Mike Denning, Section 1, p A.
Dinning, John
Source: 1790 NC Orange Co., Tax Lists - Rootsweb File: 1790casdt.txt
Dinning, John
Source: Orange Co., NC 1790 First Federal Census Index
NARA Microfilm M-637, p 93
@ ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/census/oran1790.txt
"In the "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution", it states that John Dinning served as a Lieutenant and acted as a Captain under Colonel Kimball. He served as a horseman in the militia under Captains Barry and Gray, and as a footman under Captain Richards, and General Pickens, during 1779. He was in the Battle at Stano and the Siege of Charleston.
Most of John Dinning's children stayed in Sumner Co., Tennessee, except for a few; Anna Dinning Groves moved to Nodaway Co., Missouri; Mary Dinning Mays moved to Hickman Co., Tennessee; Andrew Dinning moved to Weakley Co., Tennessee about 1827; and Nancy Dinning Thompson went to Polk Co., Texas." Source: "The Denning Family of Sumner County Tennessee and Their Kin", by Mike Denning, Section 1, p A.
1 Krapf, Donna Kirk.
2 Hutchison, Frieda.
3 North Carolina Marriages to 1825 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/2096.htm).
4 Denning, John.
5 Lynch, Judith.
6 Hunter, Scott L, http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/huntersl/html/d0004/I681.HTM.
7 Tennessee Marriages to 1825 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/2099a.htm).
8 Sumner Co, TN Marriages (http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/marrgrda.htm).
9 Sumner County Will Abstracts, 1788-1842, Will Book 2, Pp 64-65.
10 Hunter, Scott L, http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/huntersl/html/d0000/I605.HTM.
11 The Denning Family of Sumner County Tennessee and Their Kin, Section 1, page A.
12 Early Tennessee Settlers, 1700s-1900s, page 283.
13 Groves, Dr. William E.
14 Brackin, Henry B Jr, http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/groves.htm.
15 Tennessee Marriages to 1825 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/2099a.htm), http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/2099a.htm.
16 Early Sumner County Marriage Records Through 1850 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/marrgrda.htm).
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