The infomation originally contained here
dealt with the history and heraldry of the Flanary family.
Through the great age of internet access and the free flow of
genealogical materials. I was set on the right as the actual
family origins and heraldry. Rather than completely change
Windows Into Our Past, Vol 1. (which has been out for two
years) I have deleted the original, incorrect, information
from this site and will add the following liinks that will
clear up and further explain the family origins and heraldry.
All information on the following links was provided by Lorcan J. O'Flannery from "History of the Flannery septs".
General Information
Heraldry
Registered Flannery heraldic devices:
The Flanarys emigrated to this country
prior to 1770. A Thomas Flanary served during the Cherokee
War under the command of Col. Richard Richardson, his men
were mainly from the Camden and Georgetown Districts of (old)
Craven Co., South Carolina. There were Flanarys in the
Raleigh, North Carolina area in the 1770’s. A Thomas
Flanary was found in the 1771 & 1772 Tax List of Surry
Co., NC (in 1771 Surry Co., NC was formed from Rowan Co.)
There were three brothers who both appeared
on the Muster Rolls of Montgomery County, Virginia during the
Revolutionary War.
1. John (a/k/a John I)
2. Silas (a/k/a Silas I).
3. Thomas.
John
Flanary O
John Flanary served in the
Revolutionary War. He served in Captain Enoch Ozburn's
Company of Militia in Montgomery County, Virginia, from
1775-1783. His service is as follows:
Revolutionary
War Service:
23 Apr 1783, the Court of Montgomery
County, Virginia Ordered that Joseph Simmons, John
Flannary, Ephraim Ozburn and Andrew Lofton of Captain
Osburn's Company served on board the armed vessels in the
Bay of Chesapeake unless they go to Clinch and serve the
present tour of duty under Captain Ozburn (OBK B-P 172).
John Flanary, m. Phoebe Boggs,
b. in North Carolina.
In the 1790 Census of Wilkes County, North
Carolina, Morgan District, John Flanary is shown with a wife
and six children: 1 male over 16; 3 males under 16; 4
females. According to this all of John & Phoebe Flanary's
children were born in North Carolina prior to 1790.
John Flanary was a Baptist Minister. From
the Minutes of the Yadkin Baptist Association meeting held at
Eatons Meeting House in Rowan Co., North Carolina on August
28 - 30, 1790, he is shown as a delegate of the North Fork
Baptist Church located in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
After a selling 100 acres of land in Wilkes County, North
Carolina in 1796 John Flanary moved to Lee County Virginia.
1815, found John Flanary, Sr. with assets
with a total value of $1,750, consisting of: one farm at the
Deep Spring, 200 acres, having thereon one dwelling house of
wood, two "story", 22 feet by 18 feet, one kitchen,
one barn, one corn house, two stables, one grist mill, one
story, and one "pare" of stones, valued at $1,000;
three slaves valued at $750.
In 1797 the Deep Spring Church was formed
with John Flanary, Elder as a leader in its organization.
During the period 1825-1833 John Flanary was serving as a
minister in the Turkey Cove (Dryden) area of Lee County,
Virginia. He was a former pastor of the Deep Spring Church in
Lee County, Virginia. On 2 Mar 1833, he was called to be the
pastor of the Oven Fork Church in Harlan County, Kentucky.
John Flannary owned, at least, three slaves: Robert, James
and Polly. In 1834, his slaves Robert, James and Polly were
received by experience and baptisms.
John & Phoebe (Boggs) Flanary had (6)
six children:
1. Daniel, b. ca. 1766, North Carolina,
most likely the eldest; d. 1818-1820
2. Martha 'Patsy', b. 20 Dec 1779, North Carolina;
d. 25 Dec 1852, Lee County, VA; m. Edward "
Neddy" Pennington.
3. Thomas, b. 1781-2, NC.
4. Elijah, b. abt. 1785, NC; m. Ann or Nancy Benham.
5. Rebecca, probably the youngest, b. 29 Apr 1787, NC; m.
1802-1804, Lee County, VA to Henry Cox.
Martha
'Patsy' Flanary
2. Martha 'Patsy'
Flanary, daughter of John & Phoebe (Boggs) Flanary,
b. 20 Dec 1779, NC; d. 25 Dec 1852, Lee County, VA; m. abt
1793, Wilkes County, NC to Edward
'Neddy' Pennington, son of Micaja &
Rachel (Jones) Pennington, b. 20
Dec 1769, Ashe County, NC; d. 5 May 1860, Lee County, VA. SEE
PENNINGTON FAMILY.
3. Thomas, son of John & Phoebe (Boggs)
Flanary, b. 1781-172, NC; d. unknown; m. Mary Blubaugh,
daughter of Jacob Blubaugh.
For Further Information see
also the Flanay Research Association
last updated 11/98