Individual Details

DAR #765368 of Clarice Jewell Flinn Hardwick states that William Married Leah Spear. This is her lineage.

William is said to have served with Morgan's Riflemen in the Revolution. Daniel Morgan's unit of sharpshooters was organized in Virginia but they did range as far south as South Carolina.

Surry Co Deed Book C:321 26 Mar 1784 Peter Elder & wife Elizabeth to William Flinn 20# Specie 200a Luynas Creek adj Andrew Speer. Signed: Peter X Elder, Elizabeth X Elder. Wit: Simeon Speer, William Robinson, Benjamin Elliot

SURRY CO NC DEEDS; DB D; Mrs. W. O. Absher, Mrs. Robert K Hayes
p.389 29 Aug 1789 William Flinn to Thomas Childress. For £80. 200 acres Sunny Branch adj Andrew Speer, Peter Elder & Michael. Sprinkle. Signed: William Flinn. Wit: James Matthis, George Flinn

ABSTRACTS OF LAND ENTRYS: SURRY CO NC 1784-1795; Dr. A. B. Pruitt, 1988
#679 Warrant issd. 11 Feb 1794 William Flin. 100 acres on Tarrarat Road. Borders Holsclaw's entry. Includes Horseshoe Bottom.


Surry Co NC County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
Vol III, 1801-1804
Iris M. Harvey & Agnes M. Wells 1992
Fri 12 Nov 1802
p.94 State vs. William Flynn - ignoramus bill - Thomas Smith, prosecutor to pay costs


William and family moved to Shelby Co KY about 1807 then on to Lawrence Co Indiana with other members of the family. Said to have arrived in Indiana in Nov of 1811 and founded the town of Leesville, named for wife Leah. They had a Mill on Guthrie Creek. There were 13 children.

The Shelby Co KY census for 1810 had only two Flinns - Robert, age 16-26, with wife and two children under age 10, and William, age over 45; listed next to each other. William had two males age 16-26 and himself; 2 females under 10, 3 females age 10-16 and a spouse over 45. He would seem to be older than a birth year of 1760.

However, a William Flynn was also still in Surry Co, NC, in 1810, p. 680.
3m under 10, 1m over 45. 2f under 10, 2f 10-16, 1f 26-45.

In Johnson Co, IN in 1820 were the following Flinns:
George Flinn: 1m -10, 1m 10-16, 1m over 45. 1f 10-16, 1f 16-26, 1f over 45.
William Flinn Junr: 1m 26-45. 1f under 10, 1f 16-26.
Robert Flinn: 3m -10, 1m 10-16, 1m 26-45. 1f -10, 1f 10-16, 1f 26-45
Aaron Flinn: 1m 26-45. 1f 10-16, 1f 16-26, 1f over 45
a William Flinn Jnr is found in Jackson Co IN: 1m 16-26, 1m over 45. 1f 10-16, 1f 16-26
Note: there is something very peculiar about the indexing of these two counties in Indiana on Ancestry. On the last image of Jackson Co is a summary of the county saying "Jackson Co" and on the first image of Johnson Co is a note saying "Johnson Co". I'm not sure they were divided properly. I believe the Flinns were actually in Jackson Co because that's where most of the marriages of the children took place.

The Lawrence Co IN Flinns in 1820 were Daniel, Jacob, and Martin Flinn.

In 1830, Lawrence Co IN:
William Flinn: 1m 30-40, 1m 60-70, 1f 60-70
Appears to be the Senior William with one son still living at home
and
William Flinn: 1m under 5, 1m 10-15, 1m 30-40. 1f under 5, 1f 5-10, 1f 10-15, 1f 30-40
There were 12 other Flinn families in Lawrence Co in 1830 to include William's brother Jacob. Jacob is known to have had a son William and the children in this family seem a bit too old for this to be William Jr.

William and Leah have graves at Flinn-Guthrie Cemetery, Lawrence Co IN [FindAGrave.com]

There are so many Flinn families living in this area, I would not presume to know for sure which ones belong to William and which to Jacob and whether or not some may different families altogether. Online databases for the Flynn family are very inaccurate - none seem to offer proof. I have included here children that married early on in Johnson Co, because it seems Jacob and family did not live there, or have been somewhat substantiated elsewhere. I've also included information from various online databases which seemed at least somewhat plausible. I'm sure it is not a definitive list.

Birth	1755	Lunenburg County, Virginia
Marriage	Abt 1782	Surry County, North Carolina - Leah Spear
Death	1837	Lawrence County, Indiana

Spouse	Leah Spear (1755 - 1853)
Child	Robert Flynn (1784 - 1840)
Child	Frances "Fanny" Flynn (1785 - 1840)
Child	Mary "Polly" Flynn (1786 - 1831)
Child	William Flynn Jr. (1788 - 1830)
Child	Matthew Flynn (1795 - 1882)
Child	Priscilla Flynn (1799 - 1882)
Child	Elizabeth Flynn ( - )
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	THOMAS FLYNN (1720 - 1783)
Mother	ELIZABETH [FLYNN] (1730 - 1792)
Sibling	LAUGHLIN FLYNN (1746 - 1825)
Sibling	George Flynn (1748 - 1828)
Sibling	Elizabeth Flynn (1755 - )
Sibling	John FLYNN ( - )
Sibling	Jacob Flynn (1759 - 1846)
Sibling	Thomas Flynn ( - 1814)
Sibling	Hezekiah Flynn ( - )