John Lincecum

Bef 1769 - 1781  (> 12 years)

• Name	John Lincecum  [1]
  Born	Bef 1769  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1781	Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I8148	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Gideon Lincecum,   b. France ,   d. Between 1775 and 1783
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Miriam Bowie,   b. Between 1725 and 1749, Maryland, USA ,   d. 1813, Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia, USA  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1760	Maryland, USA
  Family ID	F2050	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	South Carolina, USA
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F2884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 1781 - Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA Married - - South Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - John fought and was killed in the American Revolution. - John and his brother, Edward, were taken prisoner and shot soon after the Battle of Cowpens (American Revolution). - From Judy Jacobson's Alabama & Mississippi Connections "...During the American Revolution, many backwoodsmen were fierce supporters of the rebels. But there were also militant loyalists active in those backwoods. Families were divided and brutality became the routine. But it wasn't until 1778-79, after the fall of Savannah and Augusta, that British troops arrived in the area in force. Gideon and Miriam's eldest sons, Edward/Edmund and John were Tories during the American Revolutionary War. On April 10, 1779, both sons were under arrest in South Carolina. According to Wilkes County court records John Lyncecum -- Confesses to this Court that he was aiding and assisting in the taking & delivering Capt. David Robinson to the British forces & Noted by some of the Members of this court as an attrocious Villian [sic] do Order him to Confinement till discharg'd by due Course of Law. After adjourning, the court met again on April 12th, 1779 and those records included Edmund Lyncecum Confeses (sic) that he was with the Indians in arms against the United States & is known to be an attrocious Villian [sic] the Court therefore is of opinion that he be kept in Close Confinement. Eventually they were released. But the war which pitted brother against brother and father against son was especially vicious in South Carolina. The 1781 Battle of Cowpens was a victory for the patriots who had 12 killed and 61 wounded, which was comparatively light considering the cost to the British. They lost 110 killed, 830 wounded or captured, 800 muskets, 60 slaves, 100 horses and a large quantity of ammunition. In his journal, Gideon II merely reported that his uncles had been taken prisoner, but shot soon after the Battle of Cowpens, and never stated on which side they fought. However, because of their previous dealings with the British, it was apparent that John and Edmund Lincecum were two of the 110 killed on the British side. Further, that was even more likely considering that following the war, Miriam "never afterwards heard what went with" her sons, or their wives and children."

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Jacobson, Judy, Alabama & Mississippi Connections, Digital images. Jacobson, Judy. Alabama & Mississippi Connections: Historical & Biographical Sketches of Families Who Settled on Both Sides of the Tombigbee River.