Jennings H. Flathers
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 260
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Edward Flathers (ca. 1755-1847) was picked up as a boy on the streets of London in 1774, and shipped under bondage to Alexandria, Virginia. Benjamin Flathers, probably his brother, was picked up in 1775 and shiped under bondage to the West Indies. Edward served twice in the Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War, and married Clarissa Legg. They lived successively in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky before settling in Hendricks County, Indiana in 1828. Descendants and relatives also lived in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and elsewhere.