Individual Details

There was a John Harmon who swore allegiance in Montgomery Co VA, 1777, in Daniel Triggs Company along with a Peter Harmon [see notes for Peter Harmon]. This service is most often attributed to John L. Harmon who married Elizabeth Byrd, but that John L. was not old enough to serve in 1777. A journal of Col. Richard Henderson in 1775, states that a John Harmon was present at the construction of the fort at Boonesboro, Madison Co, KY. A John Harmon and wife Margaret were sued several times in Lincoln Co KY in 1783 and 1784. There is no proof that any of these were indeed the same John.

From JOURNAL OF COLONEL RICHARD HENDERSON
Thursday, 20th [July 1775] My brother Samuel, Joel Walker, Val Harmon, John Harmon, and their boys set off for Carolina; and Captain Linn and his company set off down the river to Lee's Settlement, with whom I sent two men for a little salt, our men being not yet returned.

In fact, after finding the book Virginia's Western War: 1775-1786, by Neal O. Hammon and Richard Taylor, Stackpole Books, 2002, there seemed to be more detail about John Harmon in Kentucky. The authors of the book did use Henderson's Journal but the entry not directly linked to that source as much of the book is not so noted. Here are some of the pertinent lines from the book.
"1775: the Fourteenth Colony"
p. 9 "The Slaughter company [Thomas Slaughter], consisting of about fifty men, had set out from the upper Ohio and had come down the river as far as the Big Sandy. There they unloaded their boats. Guided by John Harmon, they traveled by horseback overland, unexpectedly reaching the Kentucky River only a few miles from Boonesborough."
p.14 "...Richard Henderson decided to call a convention of the Kentucky settlers... Each of the four settlements south of the Kentucky River selected four delegates to meet in Boonesborough on May 23. ...Harrodsburg sent Thomas Slaughter, John Lithe, Valentine
Harmon, and James Douglas, another Fincastle deputy surveyor."
p.21 "During July, Henderson reported that numerous groups were leaving. Among the leaders were Marquis Calmes, Benjamin Berry, John Luttrell and John and Valentine Harmon. Luttrell, on of the Transylvania proprietors, took off in search of his slave, who had taken his best riding horse and headed for home in Carolina. Samuel Henderson, Joel Walker, and the Harmon brothers accompanied Luttrell.

With the above statement that Valentine and John were brothers, it seems evident that John was indeed another son in this family.

No John Harmon was found in Lincoln Co records after 1784 [Richard Davis research]. but a John Harmon with wife Margaret was back in what would become Tennessee.
Apr 1787 Court Records of Davidson Co NC [later Tennesse]. William Fletcher and Margaret Harman were accused of living adultery by witnesses Thomas and Peter Fletcher. Two other couples were accused at the same time: Baszzel Fry & Jane Mess__ and Even Shelby and Sarah Sanders.
30 Jun 1788 Davidson Co NC [later Tennessee] WB 1. Many people owed debts to the estate of Timothy Dunumbre including George Flynn and John Harmon
10 Jul 1792 Davidson Co NC WB 1, p.255. Debts owed to the estate of John Rice again included George Flynn and John Harmon.

It is interesting that on 1 Apr 1783, in Davidson Co, George Flynn sued Israel Harmon for the loss of a canoe.

Richard Davis believe this is the John killed by Indians in 1793 in Tennessee which is interesting as Valentine's father Jacob Harman Sr., was killed by Indians in 1756 on New River as were also Valentine's older brother, possibly named Adam, and Valentine's uncle Valentine Harmon.

Birth

Ca 1748

Father	Jacob Harmon (New River) (1705 - 1756)
Sibling	?Adam Harmon ( - 1756)
Sibling	Jacob Harmon II (New River) (1730 - 1803)
Sibling	Peter Harmon (1732 - 1800)
Sibling	Christina Harmon (1738 - )
Sibling	Valentine Harmon (1740 - 1808)
Sibling	William Harmon (1745 - )