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Family: John A. Fowlkes / Sarah Jennings (F1349)  [1

m. Bef 1789


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  • Father | Male
    John A. Fowlkes

    Born  Abt 1722  Hanover County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1799  Nottoway County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fowlkes Family Cemetery Burkeville Nottoway County Virginia Plot: 6808 West Courthouse Rd./ State Route 625 Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  Bef 1789  Hanover Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Gabriel Fowlkes | F6542 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth, Mrs. Gabriel Fowlkes | F6542 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Sarah Jennings

    Born  Abt 1728  Hanover Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1782  Nottoway, Amelia County, Virginia [later Halifax] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father  William Henry Jennings | F6543 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Jane 'Polly' Pulliam | F6543 Group Sheet 

    Nancy FowlkesChild 1 | Female
    + Nancy Fowlkes

    Born  3 Jul 1763  Nottoway County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Apr 1804  Nottoway County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Spencer Betts | F6544 
    Married     

    Child 2 | Female
    + Jerusha Fowlkes

    Born  26 Jun 1747  Amelia County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jun 1789  Lunenburg Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Lt. Elisha Jones | F3559 
    Married  Abt 1779   

    Child 3 | Male
    Jennings E. Fowlkes

    Born  1744  Amelia Co., Virginia Colony [later Halifax] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Jul 1825  Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fowlkes Family Cemetery Burkeville Nottoway County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Joyce Clark Motley | F7561 
    Married  1766  Amelia County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • Children of Sarah Jennings and John A.Fowlkes:
      John Field Fowlkes (1745 - 1824)
      Jerusha Fowlkes Ellington (1747 - 1789)
      Henry Bass Fowlkes (1750 - 1808)
      William Fowlkes (1752 - 1835)
      Sarah Fowlkes Thompson (1755 - 1828)
      Mary Fowlkes Thompson-Hudson (1757 - ____)
      James Fowlkes (1760 - 1833)
      Nancy Fowlkes Betts (1763 - 1804)
      Elizabeth Fowlkes Price-Van Amburgh (1764 - 1823)

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118864732/john-a.-fowlkes.
      John A. Fowlkes
      Birth 1722, Hanover County, Virginia
      Death 1799 (aged 76-77), Nottoway Co., Virginia
      Burial: Fowlkes Family Cemetery
      Burkeville, Nottoway County, Virginia
      6808 West Courthouse Rd., State Route 625
      Data from "Just Plain Fowlkes-Our Lineage from Gabriel I, 2nd Edition, 2006, by Stephen Fowlkes.

      "John's plantation was called ?Hyde Park'; it had sheltered five generations of Fowlkes, one of the few to survive The Civil War.
      _______________________
      * * REV. WAR * *
      ~"John Fowlkes" sighted for Patriot Service during the war. SAR (Sons of American Revolution) #P-161266.