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John Kincaid Sr.
Born Jan 10, 1710 Ireland
Died 1811 Morganton NC
Emigrated 1745? to Carlisle, Lancaster Co. PA

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SPOUSE	CHILDREN
Julia Avery m. 1735 Ireland b. 1715 d. 1752	John Jr. b. 1736 Ireland d. 1828?	James b. 1737 Ireland d. 1815	William b. 1740 Ireland d. 1825
	Robin (son) b. 1741 Ireland d. 1839	Martha b. 1742 Ireland d. 1827	Mary b. 1744 Ireland d. 1850
	Thomas b. 1745 Carlisle PA d. 1800 Lincoln Co. NC	Victoria b. 1747 Carlisle PA d. 1823
Nancy Nixon m. 1752 Carlisle PA b. 1713 d. 1808 NC	James b. 1754 Lancaster Co. PA d. Jul 22, 1836 Morganton NC	daughter b. 1756? d. young	daughter b. 1758? d. young
	daughter b. 1760? d. young	daughter b. 1762? d. young	Robert b. Feb 28, 1764 Prince Edward Co. VA d. Jun 26, 1836 Burke Co. NC
	Andrew b. 1765? d. 1812	Catherine (Katy) b. 1768? Tryon Co. NC d. 1815?	Isabella "Abby" b. 1770? Tryon Co. NC d. 1855? NC
	David b. 1772? Tryon Co. NC d. 1863 Lincoln Co. NC	Archibald b. 1774 Tryon Co. NC d. Dec 7, 1847
John (Sr.), called the "Patriarch", was an old-line Whig during the Revolution. He was twice strung up by the neck by Tories who wanted him to divulge where his money was hid. He refused. As the Tories fled from pursuing patriots, he was cut down by his wife and daughters. His neck was permanently crooked as a result.
John (Sr.) was a shoemaker and a farmer. He moved his family from Charlottsville VA to Tryon County NC by 1765, purchasing 850 acres of land along the Catawba creek (see Map of NC in 1775). Tryon became Lincoln Co. in 1779 (see Map of NC at the beginning of 1780).
The 1790 US Census for Lincoln Co. NC lists the household of John Kincaid Sr. as having: 3 free white males of 16 years and upward - John (Sr.), David and Archibald; 3 white females - wife Nancy, Catherine, and Isabella; and 7 slaves. There were no white males under 16 years old in the household. Sons Thomas, James, John, William and Robert are the other Kincaid households listed in the same company (ninth) of this Census.
In 1792, he moved to Burke Co. NC, where he bought 1400 acres on White's Mill Creek, later called Bullinger's Mill Creek, and finally Bristol's Creek. It was a branch of Lower Creek which runs from Lenoir to the Catawba River, east of Morganton. See History of the mill.
The Kincaids were among the earliest settlers of this area, which became Chesterfield. See History of Chesterfield.
The Kincaids' land, along Old Johns River Road, had excellent views of the mountains, including Table Rock (photographed from the Blue Ridge Parkway).
At least three of John's sons served during the Revolutionary War. John Jr., served under Gen. Thomas Sumpter in SC, and fought at Kings Mountain. James participated in a 4 month campaign against British-allied Cherokee Indians, and later at the siege of Charleston, and obert joined a militia unit combating Tories in western NC.
In Jun 1802, John's son Robert married Elizabeth "Betsey" Guthrie (1782-1864), daughter of Reuben Guthrie.
"Crooked Neck John" Kincaid died in 1811 at the age of 101 years. His wife Nancy died at age 95. Both are buried in the old Bristol-Kincaid Cemetery that he had bequeathed to his family. The cemetery is located one mile off of Route 18, five miles northeast of Morganton.
In 1812, son Archibald married his second wife, Jane Fleming, according to a photo of a memorial at the Kincaid-Bristol Family Cemetery [submitted by user armantia@aol.com, Find-a-grave website]. They had a daughter, Isabella Nixon Kincaid (1822-1890), who married Joseph Wakefield (1822-1884). According to her obituary, she died Jun 18. 1890, at her "residence on Mulberry" in Caldwell Co. NC [Find-a-grave website]
Sources: First Census of the United States, Ninth Company, Morgan District, Lincoln County, NC, 1790. Hildebran, Abbie Seals, "John Kincaid", The Heritage of Burke County 1981, The Burke County Historical Society, Morganton, NC, 1981, entry no. 409. Hood, John, "The Tale of Crooked Neck John", article in Carolina Journal Online, Raleigh NC, Oct 3, 2011 Kincaid, James Murphy, History of the Kincaid Family, publ. by Joe K. Kincaid, La Veta CO, 1918. Kincaid, Mrs. Clyde E. [Gayle], Asheville NC, letter to Lisabeth M. Holloway, Aug 2, 1978. White, Emmett R., Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina, Burke County, Vol 1, p. 149.