Individual Details

From "The Denton Family" by David H. Templin, printed in the Smokey Mountain Historical Newsletter, Spring 1983: "Abraham Denton moved to the Watauga settlements by 1775, and the family was forced back into Virginia by the Cherokee invasion during the summer of 1776. Abraham was active in the affairs of Washington and Greene Counties. Abraham apparently was living in the section of Washington County which was formed into Greene County. August 23, 1784, Abraham was a delegate from Greene County to the convention held in Jonesboro and which led to the formation of the State of Franklin. Abraham was one of five grantees to 150 acres lying in the Fork of Big Pigeon and French Broad River. This grant was issued by North Carolina June 11, 1788. The land is located in what is now Cocke County, Tennessee. The first church established in what is now Cocke County, Tennessee was the Big Pigeon Baptist Church. Among the charter members is found Mourning Denton. Abraham seems to have disappeared from East Tennessee by the time Tennessee became a state. It is said that he appears in White County, Tennessee about 1809 and in Perry county in 1821. In her book, Edythe Whitely lists the children of Abraham and Mourning Denton. The list seems to have been prepared from letters and other papers collected from John S. Denton. One letter cited in her book was from Holland Denton, grandson of Abraham and Mourning."

Abraham apparently fought with the North Carolina line in the Revolutionary War after he moved to the Yadkin river region.

Abraham's movements: 1766 in North Carolina; 1774 in Rowan Co, North Carolina; 1783 in Burke Co, North Carolina then to Washington Co, Tennessee (Sinking Creek); 1809 to 1821 in White Co, Tennessee and later to Hickman and Perry COs, Tennessee.

Birth	1738	Orange Co., New York
Marriage	1769	Mourning Hogg
Death	1827	Obion Co., Tennessee

Spouse	Mourning Hogg (1750 - )
Child	Abraham Denton ( - )
Child	Agnes Denton ( - )
Child	Bettie Denton ( - )
Child	Isaac Denton ( - )
Child	John Denton ( - )
Child	Margaret Denton ( - )
Child	Martha Denton ( - )
Child	Sally Denton ( - )
Child	Samuel Denton (1774 - )
Child	Nancy M. Denton (1775 - 1885)
Child	Jeremiah Denton (1779 - 1847)
Child	Elijah Denton (1782 - )

Spouse

Elizabeth ? ( - 1770)

Father	Capt. Abraham Denton II (1700 - 1774)
Mother	Mary O'Dell (1702 - 1777)
Sibling	Joseph Denton (1729 - 1800)
Sibling	Isaac Denton Sr. (1733 - 1795)
Sibling	Samuel Denton (1734 - 1811)
Sibling	James Denton (1735 - 1834)
Sibling	Martha Denton (1736 - 1794)
Sibling	Phoebe Denton (1737 - )