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Captain John Flood
The earliest documented record of the immigrant, John Flood, was a land patent in Albemarle Co., Virginia. On March 3, 1760, for the sum
of 30 shillings, he was granted 295 acres of land, among them the south branches of Hunt’s Creek, near a church. When Buckingham Co. was formed in 1762, the Flood land was included, and the nearby church later became Buckingham Baptist Church (pictured left) which is still standing and in regular use today. From 1771 to 1774, John Flood was an officer of that church serving as Sexton. A plaque (pictured right) donated by the descendants of his son, Henry, is mounted on the wall of the church and states that John and his wife were buried beside the church, with a later addition built over the graves.
According to family tradition, Captain John Flood, upon retiring from the British Navy, moved his family from England to the state Virginia, in America. He was born in 1694, and was 60 years old, before his first child was born. His first wife, Ms. Davis (first name unknown,) bore at least three sons. Some researchers give Ms. Davis’ first name as Agatha. However, no basis for this has been determined. Sons, Henry (born 1755), and John (born 1757), were probably born in England, and possibly Thomas (born 1760), as well. John’s wife was dead by 1762, when he married for the second time, to Agnes Payne, at the age of 68. Son, Noah was born in 1763, and in the 1764 Buckingham Co. List of Tithes, John was listed as “Patroler”, with 200 acres of land. Three more sons, Moses (born 1765), Joshua A. (born 1772), and Joseph (born 1774), were born by 1773 and 1774, when he was listed as a tithe, on John Barnard’s list of tithables. Twins, William and Mary (born 1777), and his last son, Benjamin (born 1780), had been added to the family by 1782 when personal property and land tax lists showed that he owned three horses, six cattle and 200 acres of land.
The above was written by Beth Flood.
Excerpts from letters written in April 1959 to B.R. Fitzgerald from Joel W. Flood, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, states the following: “John Flood, Sr. was born in the year of 1694. He was an Englishman and belonged to the British Navy. He came to this country as a Man-Of-War in 1754, landing in Glouster County, Virginia. There he met a Miss Davis, whose charm proved more captivating to him than his sailor life, and after a few months, at an advanced age of 60, they were married. From what I have heard, I judge that he was wild in his early life. He was remarkable for honesty, information, and honor, and universally esteemed where known. After marriage he moved to Buckingham County, and settled near the Buckingham Church, of which for years he was Clerk, discharging his duties with true manly zeal. By his first wife (Miss Davis) he had five children, viz: Henry, John, William, Mary and Thomas. When Thomas was a few weeks old, the mother died, leaving to the husband’s care five young children. Afterwards, he married Miss Payne by whom he had eight sons, and two daughters!”
The Richmond Times Dispatch of Saturday, December 4, 1965, carried an article written by Genevieve Agee, concerning what was once known as “Buckingham Olde Church.” It is located on U.S. Route #15, and is the one founded by Captain John Flood, being on his farm near Dillwyn, Virginia. Captain John Flood and his wife Agatha, and their daughter Mary, were buried under the church to protect their graves from the Indians. Their graves, marked by stones, are visible under the church. The original building was added to in the 1830’s and again in 1965, the dedication being planned for the spring of 1966.
Although tradition has it that John was in the British Navy, there is no evidence of that except for family tradition.
Children of John Flood
John Flood was born 1695 in England, and died 1782 in Buckingham Co., VA. He married (1) _____ Davis Abt. 1754 in England. She was born in of Gloucester Co., VA, and died Bef. 1762. He married (2) Agnes Payne Abt. 1762 in Buckingham Co., VA.
Children of John Flood and _____ Davis are:
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- Henry Flood, born 1755 in England; died July 14, 1827 in Buckingham Co. (now Appomattox Co.), VA. He married Mary Walker 1779 in Appomattox, VA.
- William Flood, born Abt. 1756; died in in childhood.
- Mary Flood, born Abt. 1756; died in in childhood.
- John Flood, born 1757 in of Red Oak Hill, on Davids Creek, Buckingham, VA; died August 16, 1826 in Buckingham Co., VA. He married (1) Mary Fuqua December 01, 1788; born Abt. 1760; died May 26, 1816 in of Buckingham Co., VA. He married (2) Amy _____ Aft. December 01, 1788.
- Thomas Flood, born 1760 in Buckingham Co., VA; died 1811 in Wilson Co., TN. He married (1) Elizabeth Gale January 13, 1787 in Isle of Wright Co., VA; died Bef. 1791 in Isle of Wright Co., VA. He married (2) Judith Strother 1790 in Culpeper Co., VA; born Abt. 1766 in North Carolina; died 1844 in Smith Co., TN.
Children of John Flood and Agnes Payne are:
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- Noah Flood, born November 02, 1763 in Buckingham Co., VA; died October 02, 1818 in Buckingham Co., VA. He married Sarah Fuqua November 30, 1785 in Buckingham Co., VA; born June 02, 1763.
- Moses Flood, born March 10, 1765 in Buckingham Co., VA; died April 14, 1852 in Buckingham Co., VA. He married Mary Elizabeth Bondurant June 30, 1791 in Buckingham Co., VA; born May 03, 1771 in Buckingham Co., VA; died December 07, 1840 in Buckingham Co., VA.
- Joshua A. Flood, born October 11, 1772 in Buckingham Co., VA; died March 29, 1850 in Shelby Co., KY. He married Mary Bondurant Abt. 1796; born 1782 in Buckingham Co, VA; died Abt. 1836.
- Joseph Flood, born 1774 in Buckingham Co., VA; died 1849 in Shelby Co., KY. He married Susannah Moseley 1803; born November 24, 1781; died March 02, 1857.
- William Flood, born December 12, 1777 in Buckingham Co., VA; died December 05, 1845 in Shelby Co., KY. He married Mary Jones Bef. 1808; born September 18, 1784 in Virginia; died October 04, 1846 in Shelby Co., KY.
- Mary Payne Flood, born December 12, 1777 in Buckingham Co., VA; died January 1853 in Logan Co., KY. She married Robert Moseley 1800 in Buckingham Co., VA; born 1750 in Cumberland Co., VA; died 1829 in Logan Co., KY.
- Benjamin Flood, born 1780 in Buckingham Co., VA; died in Trigg Co., KY. He married (1) Margaret Cotts September 26, 1810 in Shelby Co., KY. He married (2) Nancy Dunkard July 1816 in Shelby Co., KY.
Children of William and Mary (Jones) Flood
William Flood was born December 12, 1777 in Buckingham Co., VA, and died December 05, 1845 in Shelby Co., KY. He was the son of John Flood and Agnes Payne and a twin of Mary Payne Flood. He married Mary Jones Bef. 1808, daughter of Michael Jones and Leeanna Dibrell. She was born September 18, 1784 in Virginia, and died October 04, 1846 in Shelby Co., KY.
Children of William Flood and Mary Jones are:
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- Thomas Anthony Flood, born Abt. 1808 in Buckingham Co., VA; died in Texas. He married Martha Smith Jesse December 19, 1836 in Shelby Co., KY; born Abt. 1813.
- William Dibrell Flood, born 1810 in Buckingham Co., VA; died 1880 in Wellsville, Montgomery Co., MO. He married (1) Jane W. Jones; born November 05, 1817; died October 02, 1842. He married (2) Polly Ann Hall April 03, 1837 in Henry Co., KY; born Abt. 1822; died Abt. 1844. He married (3) Sarah A. _____ Aft. 1844. She was born 24 Dec 1824 in Kentucky. She died on 05 Mar 1889.
- Joseph Lee Flood, born November 02, 1812 in Buckingham Co., VA; died November 16, 1881 in Henry Co., KY. He married (1) Emiline M. Ogden January 19, 1848; born June 06, 1825; died March 06, 1853. He married (2) Julia C. Frame December 22, 1857; born September 10, 1825; died April 18, 1863. He married (3) Sarah Catherine Beall, daughter of Zadok Mathias Beall and Hannah (Beall) Beall on October 19, 1865 in Logan Co., KY. She was born December 18, 1833 in Logan Co. KY. She died November 14, 1881 in Henry Co., KY.
- Leanna Dibrell Flood, born 1814 in Buckingham Co., VA; died in Fordsville, Ohio Co., KY. She married Elijah Smith March 03, 1831 in Shelby Co., KY; born Abt. 1807 in Virginia; died Bet. 1870 – 1880 in Ohio Co., KY.
- Elizabeth Ann Flood, born February 01, 1816 in Shelby Co., KY; died August 01, 1864. She married Benjamin Franklin Washburn April 13, 1843 in Shelby Co., KY; born November 30, 1806 in Shelby Co., KY; died January 03, 1882.
- Louisa Flood, born March 31, 1819 in Shelby Co., KY. She married James Monroe Jesse, son of Thomas Hall Jesse and Nancy Dollins on February 06, 1840 in Shelby Co., KY; born September 26, 1816 in Kentucky; died July 27, 1859 in Miller Co., MO.
- George William Flood, born October 10, 1821 in Shelby Co., KY; died January 26, 1900. He married Margaret E. Beall, daughter of Zadok Mathias Beall and Hannah (Beall) Beall on March 01, 1858 in Logan Co., KY. She was born March 11, 1826. She died November 22, 1897.
- James Monroe Flood, born March 24, 1825 in Shelby Co., KY; died November 12, 1911 in Shelby Co., KY. He married Susan Katherine Bryant, daughter of Elisha F. Bryant and Francies Estes December 17, 1863 in Henry Co., KY. She was born March 11, 1841 and died December 28, 1906.
Family of Joseph Lee Flood, son of William and Mary (Jones) Flood