John Scott Devin^[1]

1744 - 1789  (45 years)

• Name	John Scott Devin
  Birth	1744	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	1789	, Mercer, Kentucky, USA
  Person ID	I565	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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1744 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 1789 - , Mercer, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Devin, the second child of William Devin, Senior, and Sarah Smith, was born in 1750 in Pittsylvania, Co., Virginia. He was the twin brother of James. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War along with his brothers, James, William, Jr., and Robert. In the Revolutionary War, John was severely wounded by being shot through the body, but he, wonderful to relate, entirely recovered and afterward died at the home of his lady love to whom he was engaged to be married, while on a visit to see her. The pantaloons he had on when wounded were preserved for many years by the family as an heirloom that showed the bullet hole on each side that passed through his body. John was wounded and while confined to his room carved a powder horn and gave it to his brother Alexander, who was not old enough to go to war. Alexander used it when he went off to preach. In 1950 the horn was in the possession of William Devin, son of John Devin, son of Peyton Devin, son of Alexander Devin.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=163172091&pid=20