Abijah Flora

Abijah Flora

Male 1757 - 1840  (83 years)

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  • Name Abijah Flora 
    Born 1757  Hampshire County, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • now West Virginia
    Gender Male 
    Military 1780  Hampshire County, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    served in the Revolutionary War transporting provisions, by boat, from the mouth of the Conococheaguee to Old Town, Maryland, under Captains Stockton and Lee, and Colonel Mitchel 
    Residence 1799  Ross County, Northwest Territory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1830  Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Military Pension 19 Nov 1832  Ross County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    applied for Revolutionary War Pension and was denied due to length of service. 
    Buried 1840  Bourneville, Ross County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Address:
    Twin Township Cemetery 
    Died 10 May 1840  Ross County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    History / Bio 1871  [7
    Pioneer Record and Reminiscences of the Early Settlers and Settlement of Ross County, Ohio (Cincinnati: Printed for the authors by Robert Clarke & Co., 1871), p44 

    • Abijah Flora, a carpenter, emigrated from Virginia to Ohio, or the then Northwestern Territory, at a very early day; he served in the war of the Revolution as lieutenant of his company; was one of the first settlers in Heller's bottom on Paint creek; died age seventy years. His son, Thomas, has been a resident of Ross county upward of sixty years; he was called out during the war of 1812, and furnished a substitute. He was a great hunter in his younger days; and when quite a lad he went on hunting expedition with his father and the Rev. James B. Finley, William Murphy, Jacob Myers, and Simon Girty, Jr., son of the noted Simon Girty, of historical notoriety. The company started with dogs and guns, and upon arriving at a small creek—now known as Black run, the dividing line between Huntington and Twin townships—on the farm now owned by Mr. John Schligle, of Chillicothe, just above the barn now being built on the left of the road, the dogs treed a bear up a large poplar, of which tree the stump and part of the body still remain. They managed to shoot the old hear, and cutting down the tree found two young cubs. Mr. Flora says he enjoyed the sport finely, and would like to live those days over again. At another time, his father and Mr. George Vincent Heller were out walking on Sunday morning, through the beautiful forest bottoms of Paint creek, when they discovered some bear tracks in the soft ground, and followed them to a large elm tree, and found there was a den in the hollow of the tree several feet up. They started to inform their neighbors, and soon collected quite a number of men, women,, and children, who with dogs and guns went along to see the fun. The first thing they did was to cut a small tree and lodge it against the one containing the bear; this accomplished, Jr. Jacob Heller went up the tree which had been lodged, and found the hole in the tree extended several feet down in the body, but they managed to get Mr. Heller a long papaw pole, to which they attached a bunch of hickory bark, which they set on fire, and when in full blaze, Mr. Heller thrust it down in the hollow of the tree. Bruin soon made his appearance at the entrance of the hold, when George Heller raised his gun to shoot; he told Jacob his head was in the way; he answered to fire away, as he was the matter of an inch or so out of the way; his brother fired, and the fur from the bear flew into his face and eyes, so close was he to the bear. The bear fell to the ground, and amidst the howls of dogs, and shouts of men, and screams of women and children, bruin was hastily dispatched.
      At another time, a Mr. Murphy treed a bear, and collected several of his neighbors, with their dogs and guns' among them Mr. Flora, my informant, then quite a lad. The tree was hollow, and when it fell the tree broke in two where the hole was. An old bear and two cubs rolled out, and immediately took to flight, the dogs and men in full chase; they soon overtook and dispatched them.
      On returning, they passed by the tree which they had felled, when Mr. Flora, out of curiosity, stooped down and peeped in the hollow tree as it lay, when, to his surprise, out jumped another yearling bear, which took after him. He ran a short distance, and finding the bear about to overtake him, he turned and ran back, the bear in full chase. He mounted the stump of the fallen tree, when the dogs came to his relief, and soon one of the party of men came up and dispatched the bear with his rifle, much to the relief of the boy.
    Person ID I1427  TangledRoots
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2021 

    Father Thomas Flora, Jr.,   b. Abt 1736, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1811, Hampshire County, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Prudence _____,   d. Abt 1839, Morgan County, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1756  Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret _____,   b. Bef 1761, Hampshire County, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1838, Ross County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 77 years) 
    Married 1775  Hampshire County, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • now West Virginia
    Children 
     1. Deborah Flora,   b. Between 1780 and 1790,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Robert Flora,   b. Abt 1796, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1873, Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. John Flora,   b. Abt 1790, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Catherine Flora,   b. Abt 1791,   d. Between 1860 and 1870  (Age 69 years)
     5. Mary Flora,   b. Abt 1800,   d. 1 Oct 1851, Liberty, Jackson County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     6. Thomas Flora,   b. Abt 1791,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F785  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart