John Flack - b.abt 1780/1790 Virginia or Maryland

Background Info and Source documentation.

This whole tree really started life from a couple of 'Flack Strays' I had in my 'Kentucky Strays' file for two years - and I only really looked at it from the start of Feb 2009.

In the 1850 census I found Josiah Flack (25) and family, plus a William Flack (who looked like a brother - from the age) in Gallatin County. The next census entry was Nancy Flack (60) and Amanda Flack (20) who were living with Mary (Flack?) Cox and Family. Nancy Flack stayed with Mary in the 1860 census too but by 1870 Census Mary had died and Nancy was now living with her daughter Margaret (Flack) Winn. I later found a marriage record (1832) for Margaret (Flack) Winn which proves she was a Flack and her father was called John Flack.

From everything I can see so far there was only 1 originating Flack family in the area of Gallatin County around 1850.

Census records

In 1820 Census I just see a John A Flack (1775-1794) in Stanford, Lincoln County. I have added the census info on John's data sheet but it really is VERY SPECULATIVE at the moment - especialy as Lincoln County is a well know location where the 'kin' of JamesFlack/Ann Baxter lived (see my HUGE tree 618J - I must look at that more closely later and see if I have any gaps in that family).

In the 1830 Census there is John Flack +8 (see the census breakdown on John's Data Page) and you can also see there is a marriage record of Margaret Flack to William Winn in 1832 where John Flack is named as her father.

Now looking at the childrens ages and where they were born:- Margaret was born 1811 in Virginia and Mary was born 1817 in Kentucky, so it seems most likely that John moved to Kentucky during that (1811-1817) period. However, I cant find him in the same Gallatin Cemetery as Josiah or William. Also Nancy isnt buried there either so maybe Nancy was taken to where John is buried - I hope to discover that later.

I have searched the 1840 Census but cannot find any reference to John, nor any reference to Nancy (his wife) or even Josiah (who would have been abt. 16 at that time). I have also tried alternative Flack spellings to no avail - but nothing remotely close shows up in Gallatin so I have no real idea who was living where in 1840.

The tree itself takes place primarily in Gallatin County, Kentucky - but later on some family legs do dive off into Illinois.

The main Family Surnames in the tree see to be Flack, Cox, Beall, Deaton & Winn. Those are the ones that stick in my mind anyway as I 'sourced' it all through the census periods.
(NB - the website of Ida W Cheek is well worth looking at if your interested in DEATON)

Anyway - the tree seems to have gone very well at the moment and once it goes 'online' for a while maybe somebody else may be able to add a piece to the jigsaw puzzle.

Jim Flack - 24 Feb 2009.

Tree601J starts here - Starts with John Flack (b.abt.1785 Virginia or Maryland) and wife Nancy Unknown (b.1790 Virginia.