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John Favor

John Favor[1]

Male 1763 - 1846  (83 years)


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  • Name John Favor 
    Birth 1763  Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Misc 21 Jan 1824  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Misc 
    • "No. 608
      Proved away
      Take up by John Young on Round Island, a dark horse shod all round between twelve and fifteen years old appraised to five dollars, January 21st day 1824.
      John Faver, Senr
      John Faver, Jr
      D.D. Robertson, J.P."
    Misc 12 Mar 1825  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Misc 
    Address:
    Round Island 
    Census 1830  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • 000000001-00100001-03100001
      1 male 60-70
      1 female 10-15
      1 female 50-60
      3 male slave 10-24
      1 male slave 25-36
      1 female slave 10-24
      total of 8 people in the household.
    Misc 28 Jun 1836  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Misc 
    • John Faver Jr applied for letters of administration for the estate of James Nevil. John Faver Sr. stood as security for his bond.
    Misc 9 Jul 1838  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Misc 
    • When John Faver Jr died intestate, John M Richardson was appointed as administrator, his wife having declined. His father acted as security for John Richardson's bond and was appointed appraiser for the estate.
    Misc 4 Aug 1838  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Misc 
    Misc 12 Aug 1839  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Misc 
    Census 1840  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • 1001000001-10001-100100-520000-01
      Free White Males
      1 under 5
      1 aged 15-20
      1 aged 70-80
      Free White Females
      1 under 5
      1 aged 20-30
      Male Slaves
      1 under 10
      1 aged 36-55
      Female Slaves
      5 under 10
      2 aged 10-24
      Industry
      1 person engaged in agriculture
    Will 5 Aug 1843  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • I, John Faver of Limestone County and State of Alabama
      Wife: Mahala Ann Hanson Faver
      Son Theophilous
      Daughter Mary
      Daughter Sarah Ann
      Son Silas
      Daughter Elizabeth Cason
      Written 5 Aug 1843
    Death 1846  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 1846  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Round Island Baptist Church Cemetery 
    Misc 9 Nov 1846  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Misc 
    Misc 24 Apr 1847  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Misc 
    Misc 18 Jun 1847  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Misc 
    • Inventory of the property of the estate of John Faver, decd 18 Jun 1847
      One negro woman Betsy praised to 150
      One boy Joshua 750
      One boy Davy 750
      Total of all property 1983.00
    Misc 16 Jul 1850  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Misc 
    _AMTID 162485316855:1030:191555462 
    _FSFTID L84V-C31 
    _UID 1B30A8EF92D0444BAFEEC1A4EDFE21C2A34C 
    Person ID I2891  Scott Dickson
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2023 

    Father John Favor,   b. 1744, Orange, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1789, Culpeper, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Ann Covington,   b. 1736, Culpeper, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Henrietta Faver,   b. Culpeper, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1836, Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1794  Culpeper, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Faver,   b. Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 9 Jul 1838, Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Silas Faver
    +3. Elizabeth Faver,   b. 29 Mar 1795, Culpeper, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1867, Simmons Bluff, Wilson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F874  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 May 2025 

    Family 2 Mahala Ann Hansen,   b. 1812, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [14] 
    Marriage 28 Jul 1836  Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • In his will, he refers to her as Mahala A. Hansen. I have not yet found a marriage record of her to Lee. Presumably, though, she was born Hansen, married Lee, and then married Faver.
    Children 
    >1. Sarah Ann Faver,   b. Abt 1837, Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >2. Theopholis Faver,   b. Aft 1836, Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Mary Ann Faver,   b. 3 Aug 1842, Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Limestone, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • DAR-PATRIOT: Pvt, VA [,, nsdar66], mg3, faver1

      Second wife is shown in some sources as Mahala Hanson.

  • Sources 
    1. [S115] Joseph Cason, Deceased 1835, and His Descendants.

    2. [S989] Limestone County Orphans Court Minutes 1830-1834, No, 608.

    3. [S987] Limestone County Deeds, Volume 2, 1825, p. 37; John Faver, deed to Young, et al; 12 March 1825.

    4. [S997] 1830 US Federal Census, Limestone Co., AL, p. 22; John Faver Senr.

    5. [S990] Limestone County Orphans Court Minutes 1835-1843, p. 107.

    6. [S990] Limestone County Orphans Court Minutes 1835-1843, p. 234.

    7. [S990] Limestone County Orphans Court Minutes 1835-1843, p. 239.

    8. [S990] Limestone County Orphans Court Minutes 1835-1843, p. 319.

    9. [S998] 1840 US Federal Census, Limestone Co, AL, Limestone County, Alabama; p. 44; Jno Faver.

    10. [S994] Limestone County Will Book Vol 9 1847-1850, Jno Faver dec'd will; 1847; p. 43.

    11. [S991] Limestone County Orphans Court Minutes 1843-1847, p. 387.

    12. [S994] Limestone County Will Book Vol 9 1847-1850, John Faver decd Inventory and Appraisement; 1847; p. 120.

    13. [S996] Limestone County Probate Minutes Vol S 1850-1853, p. 7.

    14. [S988] Limestone County Marriages, Marriages, 1832-1862; p. 154, Marriage 1408; John Faver to Mahala A. Lee, 28 Jul 1836.


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