Abraham DENTON III was born in 1738 in Orange CO, NY.
Died in 1828 in Obion CO, TN. From "The Denton Family"
by David H. Templin,
printed in the Smokey Mountain Historical Newsletter, Spring 1983:
"Abraham Denton moved
to the Watauga settlements by 1775,
and the family was forced back into Virginia by the Cherokee invasion during
the summer of 1776.
Abraham was active in the affairs of Washington and Greene Counties. Abraham apparently
was living in the section
of Washington County which was formed into Greene County.
August 23, 1784, Abraham was a delegate from Greene County
to the convention held in Jonesboro
and which led to the formation of the State of Franklin.
Abraham was one of five grantees to 150 acres lying in the Fork of Big Pigeon and French Broad River.
This grant was
issued by North Carolina June 11, 1788.
The land is located in what is now Cocke County, Tennessee.
The first church established in what is now Cocke County, Tennessee was the Big Pigeon Baptist Church.
Among the charter members is found Mourning Denton. Abraham seems to have disappeared
from East Tennessee by the time
Tennessee became a state.
It is said that he appears in White County, Tennessee about 1809 and in Perry county in 1821.
In her book, Edythe Whitely lists the children of Abraham and Mourning Denton.
The list seems to have been prepared from
letters and other papers collected from John S. Denton.
One letter cited in her book was from Holland Denton, grandson of
Abraham and Mourning."
Abraham apparently fought with the North Carolina line in the Revolutionary War
after he moved to the Yadkin river region.
Abraham's movements: 1766 in NC; 1774 in Rowan CO, NC;
1783 in Burke CO, NC then to Washington CO, TN (Sinking Creek);
1809 to 1821 in White CO, TN and later to Hickman and Perry COs, TN.
He married Elizabeth who died.
They had the following children:
John DENTON
Elizabeth "Bettie" DENTON
He also married Mourning HOGG in 1766. Mourning HOGG was born in 1750.
She died in Monroe CO, TN.
They had the following children:
Sarah "Sally" DENTON
Nancy M. DENTON
Samuel DENTON
Abraham DENTON IV
Margaret "Peggy" DENTON
Elijah DENTON
Rev. Isaac DENTON
Jeremiah "Big Jerry" DENTON
Agnes DENTON
Martha DENTON