FLANARY
O'Flannery, Flanary,
Flanery, Flannary
Flannery, O Flannigane,
O Flannylla, O Flannelly
Flannally,
Flaitheamhnas[i]
Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the
Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 ©1996, Judy Parsons Smith
The
several variations of the name are derived from the Gaelic flan, ruddy and gaile,
of valor. The
translation
of which would be “of Conspicuous valor.”
An ancient form of the name is Flaitheamhnas meaning “Dominant.”
ARMS:
Argent, on a mount
CREST: In front of an oak in a base
vert, an tree, a cat statant, oak tree proper, on guardant, both proper. a chief
enarched gules two roses of the first.
MOTTO: Firmitate coeli floteat abor.
The
Flanary family descends from the
O’Flannery
family of
Ireland
. They are descendants of Milesius
the King of
Spain
. The founder of the Flanary clan
was
Brian
son of
Eocha
Moy
Vegon
, King of Ireland
,
circa. 350 A.D. The family was found
in the area of the present day counties of Limerick and
Mayo
,
Ireland
.
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
[ii].
There were Flanarys in the
Raleigh
,
North Carolina
area in the 1770’s[iii].
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
Flanary
(a/k/a
John
I),
2. Silas
Flanary
(a/k/a Silas I).
3.
Thomas
Flanary.
John FlanaryO
1. 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:
1.1.
Daniel
Flanary
, b. ca. 1766,
North Carolina
, most likely the eldest; d.
1818-1820
1.2. Martha
'Patsy'
Flanary, b. 20
Dec 1779, North Carolina; d. 25 Dec 1852, Lee County, VA; m. Edward " Neddy" Pennington
.
1.3.
Thomas
Flanary, b. 1781-2, NC.
1.4.
Elijah
Flanary, b. abt. 1785, NC; m.
Ann
or
Nancy
Benham
.
1.5. Rebecca
Flanary, probably the youngest, b. 29 Apr 1787, NC; m.
1802-1804, Lee County, VA to Henry Cox
.
Martha 'Patsy' Flanary
1.2.
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.
Thomas Flanary
1.3.
Thomas Flanary, son of John & Phoebe (Boggs) Flanary
, b. 1781-172, NC; d. unknown
; m. Mary Blubaugh
, daughter of Jacob Blubaugh.
[i]
“Early Settlers of Lee County,
Virginia
and
Adjacent
Counties
,
Vol.
II
”, compiled by Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, p. 660, 661
[ii]
“Colonial Soldiers of SC and Patriots”, p. 10 & “Early Settlers of
Lee
County
,
Virginia
and Adjacent Counties, Vol. “, p. 660
[iii]
Bicentennial History of
Lee
County
Virginia
and Adjacent Counties, Vol. I”, compiled by
Anne
Wynn
Laningham
, p. 251, 253