Patriot
American Revolutionary War
Abijah Fairchild
Born: October 2, 1763, New Jersey
Died: April 8, 1843, Lewis Fork, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Parents: Ebenezer Fairchild & Salome Goble
Military Service: Private, Continental Army, North Carolina Line, American Revolutionary War
First Marriage: Abt. 1783, Unknown
First Wife: Sarah Fairchild (Maiden name unknown)
Born: unknown
Died: October 4, 1794, North Carolina
Second Marriage: March 20, 1795, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Second Wife: Violate Guillett
Born: Abt. 1775, Unknown
Died: unknown
Children:
(Abijah & Sarah Fairchild)
Ebenezer Fairchild
Born: May 21, 1785, North Carolina
Died: August 14, 1861, Wayne County, North Carolina
Nancy Fairchild
Born: about. 1784, North Carolina
Marriage: April 15, 1799, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Husband: Nathaniel Lansdowns
Born: unknown
Died: unknown
Joel Fairchild
Born: 1788, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Died: May 25, 1851, Hancock County, Tennessee
Katherine "Kitty" Fairchild
Born: about 1791, North Carolina
Died: unknown
Marriage: February 26, 1814, Knox County, Tennessee
Husband: William Johnson
Born: unknown
Died: unknown
Rebecca Fairchild
Born: 1793, North Carolina
Died: nknown
Sarah "Sally" Fairchild
Born: 1794, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Marriage: September 2, 1823, Knox County, Tennessee
Husband: Elijah Castill
Born: unknown
Died: unknown
Son Fairchild
Born: unknown
Died: after the 1800 census, unknown.
(Abijah Fairchild & Violate Guillett)
Elizabeth Fairchild
Born: after 1800, North Carolina
Died: unknown
Marriage: September 20, 1837, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Husband: Jesse Whitfield Vannoy
Born: unknown
Died: unknown
Abijah Fairchild II
Born: July 9, 1804, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Died: August 21, 1890, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Wilson "Linny" Fairchild
Born: April 13, 1807, New Castle, North Carolina
Died: unknown
ABIJAH FAIRCHILD
Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pensions, Volume II: F-M:
"Abijah, Violate, R3428, NC line, sol appl 6 Aug 1834 Wilkes Co, NC aged 71, sol was b in 1763 in NJ & at age 5 was moved to Wilkes Co, NC & had lived there every since, wid applied 28 Oct 1851 Wilkes Co, NC aged 76, sol m Violate Guilett 20 March 1795 & David Shary signed m bond with sol, a son, Abijah Fairchild signed p.o.a. on 8 August 1857 in Wilkes Co, NC Sol Died: in apr. 1843."
In his pension application, dated August 6, 1834, Abijah gave his date and place of birth as 1763 in New Jersey. He related that he left New Jersey for Wilkes County, North Carolina at about age five and continued to reside there. He served in the Revolutionary War approximately nine months and ten days on five different occasions. Abijah died before his pension was allowed, as Violate states this in her application for a widow's pension on October 28, 1851.