News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
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    John Devin

    Male 1793 - 1877  (83 years)


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    • Name John Devin 
      Born 12 Sep 1793  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 12 Jan 1877  Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Buried Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Lewisburg, Marshal, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      Notes 
      • Named in Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #13 as child of Joseph Devin

        !MARRIAGE:
        1st: Pittsylvania Co VA
        2nd:

        Census:
        possibly living Lincoln Co TN 1820
        1830
        1840
        1850 Marshall Co TN p 98A
        1860 Marshall Co TN p 126A
        1870 Marshall Co TN p 190

        Marshall Co TN formed in 1836.

        From Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT; this record says his DOB is 12 Sept 1793 & DOD 12 June 1879: This record says his DOB is 12 Sep 1792 & his DOD is 12 June 1877; buried
        Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Marshall Co TN; Tombstone Inscriptions of
        Marshall Co TN; by Whitesell; Raleigh NC State Library; GR 929.3 T2 MARS W594t V.l

        He & his wife had other unknown children who died & were not named.
        Per Ethel S. Mattingley FHC #0928908 John & Rebecca had 10 children.
      Person ID I2976  Devin Timber | William Devin Progeny
      Last Modified 8 Apr 2010 

      Father Joseph Devin,   b. 17 Sep 1760,   d. 26 May 1804, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
      Mother Elizabeth Nowlin,   b. 20 March 1766, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 February 1847, Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
      Married 16 February 1789  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • 16.Feb.1789 Joseph Devin and Elizabeth Nowlin surety William Devin Richard Elliott (devin file at Pedmont Genealogical Society in Danville VA Public Library from research by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985)
      Family ID F0342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Rebecca Beckett,   b. 08 Apr 1812, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1894, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
      Children 
       1. Susan A. Devin,   b. Abt 1837, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1855, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
       2. Rachel Rebecca Devin,   b. 1838, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1901  (Age 63 years)
       3. Harriett Emaline Devin,   b. 16 Mar 1838, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1906  (Age 68 years)
       4. Martha Washington Devin,   b. Abt 1841, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       5. John Devin,   b. Between 1842 and 1843, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       6. Samuel Beckett Devin,   b. Between 1845 and 1846, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +7. James Monroe Devin,   b. Between 1848 and 1850, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       8. Mildred Devin,   b. Abt 1851, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      Last Modified 8 Apr 2010 
      Family ID F0698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Ann Bibb Nowlin,   b. Abt 1797, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1835  (Age 38 years) 
      Married 06 Nov 1823  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
      Notes 
      • 3 November 1823. John DEVIN and Ann Bibb Nowlin, dau. of David Nowlin who consents. Sur. John Douglass. Married 6 Nov. by the Rev. Griffith Dickinson. p. 77 from: Williams, Kathleen Booth, "Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia; 1806-1830", (Genealogical Publishing County, Inc.; Baltimore; 1980), page 40.
      Children 
       1. Sarah Ann Devin
       2. infant Devin
      +3. Joseph Devin,   b. Abt 1825, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1863, Vicksburg, Warren, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
       4. Elizabeth Devin,   b. Abt 1826, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +5. David William Devin,   b. 12 Mar 1830, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1911, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
      Last Modified 8 Apr 2010 
      Family ID F1131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S04110] Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, viewed 11.Aug.2001.

      2. [S04104] Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia; 1806-1830, Williams, Kathleen Booth, (Genealogical Publishing County, Inc.; Baltimore; 1980), F232 P6 W6., page 40.
        3 November 1823. John DEVIN and Ann Bibb Nowlin, dau. of David Nowlin who consents. Sur. John Douglass. Married 6 Nov. by the Rev. Griffith Dickinson. p. 77

      3. [S04244] Marriage Bond for Alexander Devin & Susanna Nowlin, (Virginia. Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office), Marriage Bond Book 01., page 77.