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John A. OLIPHANT
1749 - 1823 (74 years)-
Name John A. OLIPHANT Birth 2 Jan 1749 Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey 
Gender Male _FSFTID LXM9-NQZ _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LXM9-NQZ _UID 62FFDDDD718346EDAC30A90E44D2D929EDAB Death 21 May 1823 Greene County, Tennessee Burial Ebenezer Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee Person ID I1758 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 11 Dec 2022
Father Ephraim OLIPHANT, b. 1717, Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York d. 1795, Loudon County, Virginia (Age 78 years) Mother Sarah Higgins STOUT, b. 1725, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey d. 10 Jul 1768, Loudon County, Virginia (Age 43 years) Marriage 1749 Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Family ID F981 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah PRUDEN d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1775 1st Marriage, Greene County, Tennessee Family ID F890 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 2 Hannah AMOS, b. 14 Jan 1756, Loudon County, Virginia d. 11 Sep 1814, Greene County, Tennessee (Age 58 years) Marriage 14 Jan 1776 Loudon County, Virginia Children 1. James Glass OLIPHANT, b. 28 Apr 1776, Fauquier County, Virginia d. 31 Oct 1855, Greene County, Tennessee (Age 79 years)2. Thomas O. OLIPHANT, b. 19 Jan 1779, Greene County, Tennessee d. 1840, Greene County, Tennessee (Age 60 years)3. Elizabeth (Betsey) OLIPHANT, b. 28 May 1781, Greene County, Tennessee d. Abt 1865 (Age 83 years)4. Sarah "Sally" OLIPHANT, b. 16 Jul 1784, Pennsylvania d. 10 Feb 1874, Greene County, Tennessee (Age 89 years)5. Hannah OLIPHANT, b. 27 Jan 1787, Greene County, Tennessee d. 1875, Burnet County, Texas (Age 87 years)6. Mary Ann OLIPHANT, b. 16 Oct 1789, Greene County, Tennessee d. 22 Sep 1859, Farragut, Knox County, Tennessee (Age 69 years)7. Anna OLIPHANT, b. 17 Mar 1793, Greene County, Tennessee d. 19 Dec 1852, Clifton, Tennessee (Age 59 years)8. Rachel OLIPHANT, b. 13 Feb 1796, Greene County, Tennessee d. 4 Jan 1872, Jefferson County, Tennessee (Age 75 years)9. John OLIPHANT, b. 9 Mar 1803, Greene County, Tennessee d. 6 Jun 1819 (Age 16 years)10. Abbey OLIPHANT, b. 15 Nov 1804 d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F889 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - He was a gunsmith by trade, but afterward purchased a farm, and turned his attention to farming. Doug Goodman has death on 21 May 1823. According to Reynolds (ref 13), 1821 is the date of death in court records. 1829 is on stone. DAR references have 1823. Buried in Ebeneezer Cemetery with Hannah. Was in revolutionary war. See references 2, 3, & 4. Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in TN by Bates lists him marrying Sarah Pruden 1st in 1775 then Hannah at a later date. Membership Roster and Soldiers of the TN Society of the DAR lists the marriage to Hannah in 1775. Info from Doug Goodman lists 1775 as the date John married Hannah. Not sure which is correct, and which children are by which wife. It would seem Hannah was the second wife, as he is buried with her in Tennessee.
JOHN OLIPHANT - Born January 2, 1750, New Jersey; Died 1823, Greene Co., Tennessee; Married 1775, Hannah Amos, born Jan. 14, 1756, died 1814. John Oliphant is reported in the auditors account, page 107, of official records in New Jersey, State House, to have been paid for sundry services and for riding Express No. 19, Date 1777. During the year 1778 he moved to Washington District, N.C. The place where he settled was later Greene Co., Tenn. He was a neighbor of John Sevier and being a Wagon Maker and a Gun Smith, he assisted in fitting out troops for the expedition to King's Mountain, and either accompanied them, or helped protect the settlement during their absence. He was on the First Tax list of Greene Co., 1783. He was given a Land Grant for Revolutionary Service, recorded at Nashville, Tenn. For sundry claims and for Militiary expedition with Waggons, for ten days, by order of Teneral Waddel, it was resolved by the Convention of N.C. that these claims be allowed, and the were signed by Martin Armstrong. (Vol 9, page 485, 487, N.C. records, Adj. Gen. Office N.J., Records of Land Commissioner, Nashville, Tenn.;and Family Bible National No. 126439). The Children of John Oliphant James, born Apr. 28, 1776, married Jane Rankin Thomas, born Jan. 19, 1779, married Hannah Morrow Elizabeth, born Apr. 28, 1781, married Gov. March Sarah, born July 16, 1784, married Felix Earnest Hannah, born Jan. 21, 1787, married William Barton Mary, born Oct. 16, 1789, married MaAmis Anna, born Mar. 14, 1793, married Nathaniel Hayward Rachael, born Sept. 13, 1796, married Thomas West John, born Mar. 9, 1803 Abby, born Nov. 15, 1804
John was an express rider in 1777, and a wagonmaker and gunsmith for troops who fought at Kings Mountain during the war. DAR #451438 Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee 1974, P. 307, Lucy Womack Bates
- He was a gunsmith by trade, but afterward purchased a farm, and turned his attention to farming. Doug Goodman has death on 21 May 1823. According to Reynolds (ref 13), 1821 is the date of death in court records. 1829 is on stone. DAR references have 1823. Buried in Ebeneezer Cemetery with Hannah. Was in revolutionary war. See references 2, 3, & 4. Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in TN by Bates lists him marrying Sarah Pruden 1st in 1775 then Hannah at a later date. Membership Roster and Soldiers of the TN Society of the DAR lists the marriage to Hannah in 1775. Info from Doug Goodman lists 1775 as the date John married Hannah. Not sure which is correct, and which children are by which wife. It would seem Hannah was the second wife, as he is buried with her in Tennessee.