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 1746 - 1835 (~ 88 years)
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| Name |
Nathan Mendenhall [1, 2] |
| Born |
Sep 1746 |
Chester Co., Pennsylvania  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
16 Jul 1835 |
Gaston Co., North Carolina [2] |
| Person ID |
I1876 |
Bishir Family |
| Last Modified |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Family |
Rebecca Duckworth, b. Abt 1747, d. 23 Mar 1836 (Age ~ 89 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Sarah Mendenhall, b. Jul 1774, d. 23 Jan 1872 (Age ~ 97 years) |
| + | 2. Robert Mendenhall, b. 20 Jan 1779, York Co., North Carolina , d. 4 Apr 1859, Gaston Co., North Carolina? (Age 80 years) |
| + | 3. Mary Mendenhall, b. Abt 1782, d. 1804 (Age ~ 22 years) |
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| Last Modified |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Family ID |
F972 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- (The following is taken from the Mendenhall genealogy of Merrill Anderson)
Nathan Mendenhall was a soldier of the American Revolution. He was born in September of 1746 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. As a boy he became a carpenter's apprentice, and on reaching adulthood he worked several years in Philadelphia and Baltimore before moving to York District, South Carolina, around the year 1773. Nathan and his brother Joseph were the only known children of Robert and Phoebe Mendenhall to settle in North Carolina. Nathan's descendent Nellie Mendenhall Cooke (1897-1973) said she was told two brothers came south. One settled in Guilford and the other (Nathan) said he was going as far south as the poke weed grew. The Mendenhall genealogy of H. H. Beeson tells us Nathan married Rebecca Duckworth. The date and place of their marriage have not been learned. If Rebecca was, as has been suggested by a Duckworth family researcher, a member of a Duckworth family that came to North Carolina in the 1760's, the marriage probably took place there sometime in the early to mid-1770's. When the war broke out Nathan was drafted and served three tours of militia duty totaling 11 months. His second tour was as a mounted rifleman, protecting the settlements of western South Carolina and Georgia from the Indians. In early 1780 he came with his "small family" into Lincoln County, North Carolina. Land records show that he bought 100 acres there on December 18, 1779. On April 18, 1834, at the age of 88, he applied for a veteran's pension for his Revolutionary War service. The justice of the peace who took his statement wrote "the said Nathan lives 23 miles distant from any court of record (i.e. Lincolnton) in said county; that from his advanced age, the bodily infirities, he could not safety appear before the court to make his said declaration." His application (S7219) was accepted, and he was granted Certificate 29807. The amount of the pension per year was $36.66. The location of Nathan's home has been described as about 1 1/2 miles south of Olney Presbyterian Church at Gastonia. This area became part of Gaston County when it was formed from Lincoln County in 1846. Gaston County borders York County, South Carolina, Nathan's earlier home. The first federal census was taken in 1790. It gave the name of the head of household only and enumerated the others in the household according to sex and age. Nathan's household, consisting of six people, is listed in Morgan District, Lincoln County, North Carolina. The printed book of the North Carolina census, transcribed from the handwritten original records, shows on page 113 "Nathn, Mondenall". In the household were one free white male of 16 years and upward, one free white male under 16 years, three free white females and one slave. Nathan died July 16, 1835, and was buried at the Olney Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Gastonia. Rebecca died March 23, 1836, "in the 89th year of her age", and was buried near Nathan. Close by is a stone inscribed:
"In memory of
SARAH DUCKWORTH
Who departed this life
July 11th 1804
Aged 102 years.
Draw near, young man, as you pass by,
and on this stone --- cast an eye,
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for Death and follow me."
Sarah is believed to be Rebeca's mother. The fact that Rebecca's oldest known daughter was named Sarah supports this theory. Dr. John Duckworth of Kingston, Tennessee, for many years a Duckworth family researcher, believes Rebecca was of the same family as John, William and Simon Duckworth. They were sons of John and Sarah (Hankins) Duckworth, who were married in 1734 in Burlington County, New Jersey. John, Sr., died around 1755 in Frederick County, Virginia. The rest of the family may have moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in the late 1760's, when the three brothers settled on McDowell Creek there. Mecklenburg County borders Gaston and Lincoln Counties.
Research: 1790 census for North Carolina shows a Nathan in Lincoln, Co. Nathan's Revolutionary War record gives his birthdate as 1746.
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