Introduction

Our story begins in Chester County, Pennsylvania where we learn Eleanor Hindman was brought to this country from Ireland when she was a young child. It was there that she met and married John Fletcher.

In 1739, John Hindman, born in Londonderry, Ireland, came to America at the direction of his father to find his sister, Eleanor. After finding his sister and her family, John Hindman began his education at Donegal Presbytery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  to prepare himself to be a Presbyterian Pastor.  (Source: Records of Donegal Presbytery of Philadelphia .)

In 1742, John was licensed to preach and preached in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania before going to Virginia.  In 1745, John was preaching in Augusta County, Virginia when four hundred and sixty acres of land on the Little Calfpasture River was conveyed to him. Follow the chronological list of records to see the outcome of a forty-six year battle over this land.

Fletcher Coat of Arms