Eli Flint at Eli.Flint@flexjet.com
offers the following points in determining that John Flint, who is buried in
Hill Cemetery in Caldwell County, Kentucky, is not the John Flint who left a
will in Caldwell County Will Book A, page 333, dated 23 Nov 1819. There were
two men of the same name, leading to much confusion.
~ Buried directly next to John Flint in Hill
Cemetery is Nancy Flint, noted as "daughter of Benjamin W. and Ann
Flint.” Their tombstones are in good
condition and easily read. This solves
what many people have confused with the Irish born John Flint, who also died in
Caldwell County in 1819, as being Ben W. Flint’s father. Surely Ben W. and Ann
Flint would not have buried their daughter next to the wrong John Flint. The tombstone of both John and his
granddaughter, Nancy, are in good condition and easily read.
Tombstones of Nancy Flint and her grandfather, John Flint
in Hill Cemetery
was born Aug. 25th & died Sept. 4th 1821
[buried beside John Flint above]
~ People with the surnames of Ford and Jones
are also buried within 25 feet. These
were Ann Ford Flint’s people.
~ Caldwell County records, actually in the
courthouse deed and probate books, show that Benjamin W. presented himself in
court in 1817 with witnesses to administer his father’s estate and subsequently
took over the land and taxes, settled debts, and lived there for several years
on Skinframe Creek before selling and moving the family to Graves County, where
I grew up.
~ Multiple records in the courthouse for
livestock transactions, property deeds, and road work warrants reference John
and Benjamin W. Flint.
~ Benjamin W. Flint’s oldest son was named
John, who then named his first son Benjamin.
~ Benjamin W. Flint is clearly documented in
Graves County deeds, taxes, newspapers, as are all subsequent Flint generations
buried in Hebron Cemetery in Lowes, Kentucky; Alexander Addison, Benjamin
Franklin, Alexander Morgan (my grandfather).
There is a
tree in Hebron Cemetery planted when some of the family left to go out west.
Many thanks to Eli Flint for sharing this information.
Many thanks to Eli Flint for sharing this information.
Submitted
by: Eli Flint (son of Rodney Flint who
was the son of Alex Morgan Flint)
