Display Patriot - P-330795 - John Hunting MCDOWELL
John Hunting MCDOWELL
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P-330795
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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Family Search and Find-a-Grave both indicates that John was born in Ireland
Find-a-grave.com February 2021
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Author: Thomas Lesser
John Hunting McDowell was born in 1717 to Charles McDowell and Rachel Cathey. He had three siblings: Joseph, Hannah, and Mary Jane. He married Annie Edminston, the daughter of a wealthy landowner from Rockbridge, Virginia, around 1757. They had three children: Rachel Matilda, Joseph, and Ann.
John Hunting McDowell earned his nickname from his adventurous spirit and his passion for hunting. He was one of the first settlers to explore the wilderness of the Catawba Valley, where he acquired large tracts of land. He built his home at Pleasant Gardens, a beautiful estate near Marion, in what is now McDowell County, named after him. He also owned Swan Ponds, another plantation near Quaker Meadows, where his cousin Joseph McDowell lived.
John Hunting McDowell was a loyal patriot during the American Revolution. In 1777 he was a member of the Commission to lay out the road between Burke and Washington Counties in North Carolina. John Hunting McDowell also served as a justice of the peace and a member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress.
His son Joseph McDowell became a colonel in the Continental Army and a leader of the Overmountain Men, a militia group that defeated the British at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780.
John Hunting McDowell died on March 7, 1798. He was buried at Round Hill Cemetery (also known as Round Hill Baptist Cemetery) at his home of Pleasant Gardens, McDowell County, North Carolina.
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