Sketches of the Life & Times of Jesse Corn

Table of Contents

1. Albemarle and Fluvanna Counties.
    1.1 Parentage and Early Life.
    1.2 Service in the Continental Army.
    1.3 Home from the War and Marriage.

2 HENRY COUNTY (1780 to 1791) – PATRICK COUNTY (1791-1809) YEARS
    2.1 The Corn Family Comes to Henry County
    2.2 Service in the Henry County Militia.
        2.2.1 The Battle of Guilford Courthouse – March 15, 1781:
        2.2.2 Remainder of Jesse Corn’s Service in the Militia of Henry and Patrick Counties
    2.3 Family and Farm Life.
    2.4 The Jesse Corn, Sr. Store and a Gristmill
        2.4.1 Gristmill
    2.5 Religion and Preaching.
    2.6 Jesse Corn, Sr., an Entrepreneur
    2.7 Miscellaneous Tidbits
    2.8 The Last Years.
        2.8.1 Land and taxes.
        2.8.2 Death of Jesse Corn, Sr. and Settlement of His Estate.

3 A Final Resting Place.
    3.1 From Burial Sites to a Family Burial Ground.
    3.2 Restoration of the Corn-Stovall Cemetery.
        3.2.1 The Beginning.
        3.2.2 Newspaper article on Corn Cemetery Dedication.

4 Folklore and Myths.
    4.1 Parents of the Corn Brothers.
    4.2 Revolutionary War Service of the Corn Brothers.
    4.3 Jesse’s father-in-law, John Hancock.
    4.4 Jesse’s participation at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
    4.5 The Washington Myth & Jesse & John Peter Corn.
    4.6 George Corn, the son of Jesse, and the “Corns” family.
    4.7 Samuel Corn, Jesse’s brother vs. Jesse’s son.

Appendix A Handwritten Page From Jesse Corn’s Bible.
Appendix B Inventory of Jesse Corn Sr. Estate taken from 1809.
Appendix C 1785 Petition against bill to have the Government fund Preachers.
Appendix D Tax Lists
Appendix E Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records.
Appendix F Henry & Patrick County Land Grants.
Appendix G Allied 18th Century Families.
Appendix H Bibliography.