Alexander Devin^[1]

1769 - 1827  (57 years)

• Name	Alexander Devin  [2]
  Birth	22 Mar 1769	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1800	, Warren, Kentucky, USA   [5]
  Residence	1812	, Knox, Indiana, USA   [6]
  Residence	1820	, Gibson, Indiana, USA   [7]
  Death	3 Jan 1827	Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA   [3, 4]
  Residence	1830	, Gibson, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Burial	Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I571	Master
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	William Alexander Devin, Sr.,   b. Apr 1725, Camden Parish, Dublin, Ireland d. 19 Apr 1802, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Sarah Smith,   b. 20 Mar 1728, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 22 Nov 1800, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1750	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna "Sucky" Nowlin,   b. 12 Mar 1771, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 8 Nov 1840, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1791	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Clement-Beck-Wright,   b. 22 Feb 1792, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 26 Aug 1864, Salem, Washington, Indiana, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Lucy Ellen Devine,   b. 6 May 1793, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 28 Dec 1827, , Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]   3. James Devin,   b. 9 Jun 1794, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 27 Nov 1844, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Susan "Sueky" Nowlin Devin,   b. 22 Sep 1796, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 5 Nov 1832, , Washington, Indiana, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Sarah "Sallie" Devin,   b. 4 Feb 1799, , Warren, Kentucky, USA d. 5 Dec 1844, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 45 years)   6. William Alexander Devin,   b. 14 Dec 1801, Warren, Knox, Kentucky, USA d. 13 May 1864, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Virginia Devin,   b. 2 Jun 1803, , Warren, Kentucky, USA d. 26 Aug 1858, McLean, McLean, Illinois, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural] + 8. Alexander Devin, Jr,   b. 14 Dec 1804, , Warren, Kentucky, USA d. 13 May 1864, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]   9. Joseph Devin,   b. 22 Dec 1805, , Warren, Kentucky, USA d. 10 Mar 1864, Hazleton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 58 years)   10. Robert Devin,   b. 22 Jan 1807, , Warren, Kentucky, USA d. 04 Sep 1901, Patoka, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]   11. Peyton Nowlin Devin,   b. 5 Aug 1808, , Knox, Indiana, USA d. 27 Jul 1862, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]   12. Mary Devin,   b. 5 Jul 1810, , Knox, Indiana, USA d. 11 Sep 1814, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 4 years)   13. Catherine Ann McClure,   b. 8 Jul 1812, , Knox, Indiana, USA d. 27 Nov 1888, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]   14. Nancy Smith Devine,   b. 23 Dec 1814, , Gibson, Indiana, USA d. 15 Mar 1876, , Gibson, Indiana, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F8978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Mar 1769 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Marriage - 9 Jul 1791 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1800 - , Warren, Kentucky, USA Residence - 1812 - , Knox, Indiana, USA Residence - 1820 - , Gibson, Indiana, USA Death - 3 Jan 1827 - Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA Residence - 1830 - , Gibson, Indiana, USA Burial - - Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Alexander Devin, born 22 Mar 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 5 Jan 1827 in Princeton, Gibson Co., Indiana; married Susanna Nowlin 9 Jul 1791 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; born 12 Mar 1771; died 8 Nov 1846. Notes for Alexander Devin: Alexander Devin, the ninth child of William Devin, Sr., and Sarah Smith, was born March 22, 1769, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Alexander Devin's older brother, John, was wounded in the Revolutionary War and while confined to his room, he carved a powder horn and gave it to Alexander, who was not old enough to go to war. Alexander used it when he went off to preach. The horn is now (1950) in the possession of William Devin, son of John Devin, son of Payton Devin, son of Alexander Devin. They, with four children moved to Warren Co., Kentucky, near Bowling Green in 1797. A deed from Alexander Devin to heirs of William Devin relinquishes all rights in the estate of his father, William Devin and states his omitted from the will, November 23, 1803--Deed Book 13, page 537. Then with 8 children came to Indiana territory, March 1808, settling on a farm south of the entrance to Archer Cemetery in what was then Knox Co., later Gibson Co. just north of the village of Princeton. In 1814, they moved to a farm south of Princeton. He and his wife and many of his descendants are buried in the Warnock Cemetery at Princeton, Indiana, in the Devin Plot. He was the second Baptist and the second minister to come to this section of the country. He preached in a little church at the forks of the old State Road and the New Harmony road. His wife, Susan Nowlin Devin, was the daughter of Edward and Mary Wade Nowlin of Virginia and a sister of Elizabeth Nowlin Devin who married Alexander's older brother Joseph. "Rev. Devin, when preaching at Mr. Ingles (Inglefield), stripped at it, taking off his coat, waistcoat and cravat, unbuttoning his shirt collar and wildly throwing his arms. He made the wildest gesticulations for the space of two hours, ever seen in a man professing sanity"-(Taken from Faux's Journal in Thwaites-Early Western Travels, V.II,p. 285). Mr. Faux states on page 284 "Mr. Devin manufactures and cultivates the tea of China. He had 12 children and expects to leave them one quarter section each of improved rich land." Alexander Devin was also a member of the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1816, helped to write the Constitution for the state and in so doing argued long for education. It is on record, the first couple Rev. Devin married after coming to Knox Co., Indiana Terr., was James McClure and Malinda Ann Warwick. Catherine Devin, daughter of Alexander and Sucky Devin, married a son of this couple, Joseph Perry McClure. He died in Gibson Co., Indiana, Jan. 5, 1827. Notes for Susanna Nowlin: Her nickname was Sukey. She was the sister of Elizabeth Nowlin who married Joseph Devin the brother of Alexander. She was a Baptist. Robert Devin had always lived with his mother, Susan Nowlin Devin, and upon his marriage she sold her farm to Joseph Perry McClure, a son-in-law, and lived with Robert and his wife. She is buried in the Devin Plot of the Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. Alexander Devin, born 22 Mar 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 5 Jan 1827 in Princeton, Gibson Co., Indiana; married Susanna Nowlin 9 Jul 1791 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; born 12 Mar 1771; died 8 Nov 1846. Notes for Alexander Devin: Alexander Devin, the ninth child of William Devin, Sr., and Sarah Smith, was born March 22, 1769, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Alexander Devin's older brother, John, was wounded in the Revolutionary War and while confined to his room, he carved a powder horn and gave it to Alexander, who was not old enough to go to war. Alexander used it when he went off to preach. The horn is now (1950) in the possession of William Devin, son of John Devin, son of Payton Devin, son of Alexander Devin. They, with four children moved to Warren Co., Kentucky, near Bowling Green in 1797. A deed from Alexander Devin to heirs of William Devin relinquishes all rights in the estate of his father, William Devin and states his omitted from the will, November 23, 1803--Deed Book 13, page 537. Then with 8 children came to Indiana territory, March 1808, settling on a farm south of the entrance to Archer Cemetery in what was then Knox Co., later Gibson Co. just north of the village of Princeton. In 1814, they moved to a farm south of Princeton. He and his wife and many of his descendants are buried in the Warnock Cemetery at Princeton, Indiana, in the Devin Plot. He was the second Baptist and the second minister to come to this section of the country. He preached in a little church at the forks of the old State Road and the New Harmony road. His wife, Susan Nowlin Devin, was the daughter of Edward and Mary Wade Nowlin of Virginia and a sister of Elizabeth Nowlin Devin who married Alexander's older brother Joseph. "Rev. Devin, when preaching at Mr. Ingles (Inglefield), stripped at it, taking off his coat, waistcoat and cravat, unbuttoning his shirt collar and wildly throwing his arms. He made the wildest gesticulations for the space of two hours, ever seen in a man professing sanity"-(Taken from Faux's Journal in Thwaites-Early Western Travels, V.II,p. 285). Mr. Faux states on page 284 "Mr. Devin manufactures and cultivates the tea of China. He had 12 children and expects to leave them one quarter section each of improved rich land." Alexander Devin was also a member of the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1816, helped to write the Constitution for the state and in so doing argued long for education. It is on record, the first couple Rev. Devin married after coming to Knox Co., Indiana Terr., was James McClure and Malinda Ann Warwick. Catherine Devin, daughter of Alexander and Sucky Devin, married a son of this couple, Joseph Perry McClure. He died in Gibson Co., Indiana, Jan. 5, 1827. Notes for Susanna Nowlin: Her nickname was Sukey. She was the sister of Elizabeth Nowlin who married Joseph Devin the brother of Alexander. She was a Baptist. Robert Devin had always lived with his mother, Susan Nowlin Devin, and upon his marriage she sold her farm to Joseph Perry McClure, a son-in-law, and lived with Robert and his wife. She is buried in the Devin Plot of the Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. Alexander Devin, born 22 Mar 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 5 Jan 1827 in Princeton, Gibson Co., Indiana; married Susanna Nowlin 9 Jul 1791 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; born 12 Mar 1771; died 8 Nov 1846. Notes for Alexander Devin: Alexander Devin, the ninth child of William Devin, Sr., and Sarah Smith, was born March 22, 1769, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Alexander Devin's older brother, John, was wounded in the Revolutionary War and while confined to his room, he carved a powder horn and gave it to Alexander, who was not old enough to go to war. Alexander used it when he went off to preach. The horn is now (1950) in the possession of William Devin, son of John Devin, son of Payton Devin, son of Alexander Devin. They, with four children moved to Warren Co., Kentucky, near Bowling Green in 1797. A deed from Alexander Devin to heirs of William Devin relinquishes all rights in the estate of his father, William Devin and states his omitted from the will, November 23, 1803--Deed Book 13, page 537. Then with 8 children came to Indiana territory, March 1808, settling on a farm south of the entrance to Archer Cemetery in what was then Knox Co., later Gibson Co. just north of the village of Princeton. In 1814, they moved to a farm south of Princeton. He and his wife and many of his descendants are buried in the Warnock Cemetery at Princeton, Indiana, in the Devin Plot. He was the second Baptist and the second minister to come to this section of the country. He preached in a little church at the forks of the old State Road and the New Harmony road. His wife, Susan Nowlin Devin, was the daughter of Edward and Mary Wade Nowlin of Virginia and a sister of Elizabeth Nowlin Devin who married Alexander's older brother Joseph. "Rev. Devin, when preaching at Mr. Ingles (Inglefield), stripped at it, taking off his coat, waistcoat and cravat, unbuttoning his shirt collar and wildly throwing his arms. He made the wildest gesticulations for the space of two hours, ever seen in a man professing sanity"-(Taken from Faux's Journal in Thwaites-Early Western Travels, V.II,p. 285). Mr. Faux states on page 284 "Mr. Devin manufactures and cultivates the tea of China. He had 12 children and expects to leave them one quarter section each of improved rich land." Alexander Devin was also a member of the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1816, helped to write the Constitution for the state and in so doing argued long for education. It is on record, the first couple Rev. Devin married after coming to Knox Co., Indiana Terr., was James McClure and Malinda Ann Warwick. Catherine Devin, daughter of Alexander and Sucky Devin, married a son of this couple, Joseph Perry McClure. He died in Gibson Co., Indiana, Jan. 5, 1827. Notes for Susanna Nowlin: Her nickname was Sukey. She was the sister of Elizabeth Nowlin who married Joseph Devin the brother of Alexander. She was a Baptist. Robert Devin had always lived with his mother, Susan Nowlin Devin, and upon his marriage she sold her farm to Joseph Perry McClure, a son-in-law, and lived with Robert and his wife. She is buried in the Devin Plot of the Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. Alexander Devin, born 22 Mar 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 5 Jan 1827 in Princeton, Gibson Co., Indiana; married Susanna Nowlin 9 Jul 1791 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; born 12 Mar 1771; died 8 Nov 1846. Notes for Alexander Devin: Alexander Devin, the ninth child of William Devin, Sr., and Sarah Smith, was born March 22, 1769, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Alexander Devin's older brother, John, was wounded in the Revolutionary War and while confined to his room, he carved a powder horn and gave it to Alexander, who was not old enough to go to war. Alexander used it when he went off to preach. The horn is now (1950) in the possession of William Devin, son of John Devin, son of Payton Devin, son of Alexander Devin. They, with four children moved to Warren Co., Kentucky, near Bowling Green in 1797. A deed from Alexander Devin to heirs of William Devin relinquishes all rights in the estate of his father, William Devin and states his omitted from the will, November 23, 1803--Deed Book 13, page 537. Then with 8 children came to Indiana territory, March 1808, settling on a farm south of the entrance to Archer Cemetery in what was then Knox Co., later Gibson Co. just north of the village of Princeton. In 1814, they moved to a farm south of Princeton. He and his wife and many of his descendants are buried in the Warnock Cemetery at Princeton, Indiana, in the Devin Plot. He was the second Baptist and the second minister to come to this section of the country. He preached in a little church at the forks of the old State Road and the New Harmony road. His wife, Susan Nowlin Devin, was the daughter of Edward and Mary Wade Nowlin of Virginia and a sister of Elizabeth Nowlin Devin who married Alexander's older brother Joseph. "Rev. Devin, when preaching at Mr. Ingles (Inglefield), stripped at it, taking off his coat, waistcoat and cravat, unbuttoning his shirt collar and wildly throwing his arms. He made the wildest gesticulations for the space of two hours, ever seen in a man professing sanity"-(Taken from Faux's Journal in Thwaites-Early Western Travels, V.II,p. 285). Mr. Faux states on page 284 "Mr. Devin manufactures and cultivates the tea of China. He had 12 children and expects to leave them one quarter section each of improved rich land." Alexander Devin was also a member of the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1816, helped to write the Constitution for the state and in so doing argued long for education. It is on record, the first couple Rev. Devin married after coming to Knox Co., Indiana Terr., was James McClure and Malinda Ann Warwick. Catherine Devin, daughter of Alexander and Sucky Devin, married a son of this couple, Joseph Perry McClure. He died in Gibson Co., Indiana, Jan. 5, 1827. Notes for Susanna Nowlin: Her nickname was Sukey. She was the sister of Elizabeth Nowlin who married Joseph Devin the brother of Alexander. She was a Baptist. Robert Devin had always lived with his mother, Susan Nowlin Devin, and upon his marriage she sold her farm to Joseph Perry McClure, a son-in-law, and lived with Robert and his wife. She is buried in the Devin Plot of the Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. Alexander Devin, born 22 Mar 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 5 Jan 1827 in Princeton, Gibson Co., Indiana; married Susanna Nowlin 9 Jul 1791 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; born 12 Mar 1771; died 8 Nov 1846. Notes for Alexander Devin: Alexander Devin, the ninth child of William Devin, Sr., and Sarah Smith, was born March 22, 1769, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Alexander Devin's older brother, John, was wounded in the Revolutionary War and while confined to his room, he carved a powder horn and gave it to Alexander, who was not old enough to go to war. Alexander used it when he went off to preach. The horn is now (1950) in the possession of William Devin, son of John Devin, son of Payton Devin, son of Alexander Devin. They, with four children moved to Warren Co., Kentucky, near Bowling Green in 1797. A deed from Alexander Devin to heirs of William Devin relinquishes all rights in the estate of his father, William Devin and states his omitted from the will, November 23, 1803--Deed Book 13, page 537. Then with 8 children came to Indiana territory, March 1808, settling on a farm south of the entrance to Archer Cemetery in what was then Knox Co., later Gibson Co. just north of the village of Princeton. In 1814, they moved to a farm south of Princeton. He and his wife and many of his descendants are buried in the Warnock Cemetery at Princeton, Indiana, in the Devin Plot. He was the second Baptist and the second minister to come to this section of the country. He preached in a little church at the forks of the old State Road and the New Harmony road. His wife, Susan Nowlin Devin, was the daughter of Edward and Mary Wade Nowlin of Virginia and a sister of Elizabeth Nowlin Devin who married Alexander's older brother Joseph. "Rev. Devin, when preaching at Mr. Ingles (Inglefield), stripped at it, taking off his coat, waistcoat and cravat, unbuttoning his shirt collar and wildly throwing his arms. He made the wildest gesticulations for the space of two hours, ever seen in a man professing sanity"-(Taken from Faux's Journal in Thwaites-Early Western Travels, V.II,p. 285). Mr. Faux states on page 284 "Mr. Devin manufactures and cultivates the tea of China. He had 12 children and expects to leave them one quarter section each of improved rich land." Alexander Devin was also a member of the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1816, helped to write the Constitution for the state and in so doing argued long for education. It is on record, the first couple Rev. Devin married after coming to Knox Co., Indiana Terr., was James McClure and Malinda Ann Warwick. Catherine Devin, daughter of Alexander and Sucky Devin, married a son of this couple, Joseph Perry McClure. He died in Gibson Co., Indiana, Jan. 5, 1827. Notes for Susanna Nowlin: Her nickname was Sukey. She was the sister of Elizabeth Nowlin who married Joseph Devin the brother of Alexander. She was a Baptist. Robert Devin had always lived with his mother, Susan Nowlin Devin, and upon his marriage she sold her farm to Joseph Perry McClure, a son-in-law, and lived with Robert and his wife. She is buried in the Devin Plot of the Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. Alexander Devin, born 22 Mar 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 5 Jan 1827 in Princeton, Gibson Co., Indiana; married Susanna Nowlin 9 Jul 1791 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; born 12 Mar 1771; died 8 Nov 1846. Notes for Alexander Devin: Alexander Devin, the ninth child of William Devin, Sr., and Sarah Smith, was born March 22, 1769, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Alexander Devin's older brother, John, was wounded in the Revolutionary War and while confined to his room, he carved a powder horn and gave it to Alexander, who was not old enough to go to war. Alexander used it when he went off to preach. The horn is now (1950) in the possession of William Devin, son of John Devin, son of Payton Devin, son of Alexander Devin. They, with four children moved to Warren Co., Kentucky, near Bowling Green in 1797. A deed from Alexander Devin to heirs of William Devin relinquishes all rights in the estate of his father, William Devin and states his omitted from the will, November 23, 1803--Deed Book 13, page 537. Then with 8 children came to Indiana territory, March 1808, settling on a farm south of the entrance to Archer Cemetery in what was then Knox Co., later Gibson Co. just north of the village of Princeton. In 1814, they moved to a farm south of Princeton. He and his wife and many of his descendants are buried in the Warnock Cemetery at Princeton, Indiana, in the Devin Plot. He was the second Baptist and the second minister to come to this section of the country. He preached in a little church at the forks of the old State Road and the New Harmony road. His wife, Susan Nowlin Devin, was the daughter of Edward and Mary Wade Nowlin of Virginia and a sister of Elizabeth Nowlin Devin who married Alexander's older brother Joseph. "Rev. Devin, when preaching at Mr. Ingles (Inglefield), stripped at it, taking off his coat, waistcoat and cravat, unbuttoning his shirt collar and wildly throwing his arms. He made the wildest gesticulations for the space of two hours, ever seen in a man professing sanity"-(Taken from Faux's Journal in Thwaites-Early Western Travels, V.II,p. 285). Mr. Faux states on page 284 "Mr. Devin manufactures and cultivates the tea of China. He had 12 children and expects to leave them one quarter section each of improved rich land." Alexander Devin was also a member of the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1816, helped to write the Constitution for the state and in so doing argued long for education. It is on record, the first couple Rev. Devin married after coming to Knox Co., Indiana Terr., was James McClure and Malinda Ann Warwick. Catherine Devin, daughter of Alexander and Sucky Devin, married a son of this couple, Joseph Perry McClure. He died in Gibson Co., Indiana, Jan. 5, 1827. Notes for Susanna Nowlin: Her nickname was Sukey. She was the sister of Elizabeth Nowlin who married Joseph Devin the brother of Alexander. She was a Baptist. Robert Devin had always lived with his mother, Susan Nowlin Devin, and upon his marriage she sold her farm to Joseph Perry McClure, a son-in-law, and lived with Robert and his wife. She is buried in the Devin Plot of the Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.

  
  

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