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Thomas Flack (1735-1782) and Jane McCuistion (1735-1802).

Thomas was born in (PA? MD? or Northern Ireland?) and Jane was born in County Derry, Northern Ireland.
but both DID die in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

Tree664J - (1600 people @ 18 April 2009)

Thomas and Jane (McCuistion) Flack lived in Guilford County, North Carolina where they had (at least) 9 children:-

• James Elone Flack (1761-1840) who married Agnes (Nancy) Ross (1773-1855).
• Hannah Flack (1762-1839) who married John Dougherty
• Elisha Flack (1765-1802)
• Elijah Flack (1767-1850) who married Francis Jane Tate (1774-1850)
• Andrew Lambert Flack (1769-1845) who married (1) Mary Dilworth (1769-1800) and (2) Unknown and (3) Mary Waggner (1733-??)
• Jane/Jenny Flack (1733-??) who married Male Caffey (abt 1769-??)
• Dorcus Flack (1775-1820) who married Samuel Dougherty (1770-1834)
• Eliza Flack (1775 - ??)
• Thomas Flack (1779-1857) who married Susannah Dougherty (1776-1850)

(The initial family listed above is from the "Family Search Ancestral File". I have now done some more research and while some of the dates have changed. I have now (with help from Fredric Z Saunders) managed to 'source' all of the children except one (Eliza) back to the parents - so at least the 1st line of the family tree I am now happy with.)
Jim Flack - 26 Mar 2009.

The fact that Thomas and Jane both died in Guilford County, North Carolina is not in doubt. The problem I have at the moment is trying to establish with a degree of certainty exactly WHERE Thomas was born.

There seem to be a proliferation of websites already out there that show Thomas as being born in Pennsylvania or Maryland (both plausible). But then I have a family member (Mike Flack) who is convinced that BOTH Thomas AND wife Jane are both from County Derry, Northern Ireland (also plausible).

So I really need a more definitive loacation for Thomas's birthplace if I am ever going to trace Thomas back further in time.

I DO NOT BELIEVE - that Thomas links into the Flack/Baxter tree (Tree618J) as I have done extensive work there already (with family members) and I am confident that all James/Ann's children are correctly named and accounted for.

I do however have other Flack trees here in the database (............. I will name later ............... ) where statements are made in the preface notes that son A,B and C went to Washington County, New York while son D went to the Carolina's - so more research there is required.

So for the time being - I will carry on trying to improve the 'source material' for this tree and see if I can find a few of the other missing links. But I am also going to email some McCuiston researchers to see if they can assist with Thomas's origin.

Jim Flack - 26 Mar 2009

NOW SOURCED (as best I can):-

1. James Elone Flack (1761-1840) - Moved to Kentucky between 1809 and 1814 (you can tell by 2 of his childrens birth dates/places) - finished 6 Apr 2009

NOT YET FULLY SOURCED:- 29 Apr 2009
2. Hannah -
3. Elisha -
4. Elijah - Moved to Tennessee between 1810 and 1820 census period.
5. Thomas - Moved to Tennessee between 1810 and 1820 census period
6. Andrew Lambert -
7. Jane/Jenny -
8. Dorcus -
9 Eliza - Not sure she even exists

Extracts from the Book "The Forest City Lynching of 1900" by J Timothy Cole.

Thomas Flack of Guilford obtained a grant from Lord Granville for 181 acres along the Walnut Branch in Rowan County (now Guilford) in 1761 and operated a grist and saw mill on or near these Lands.

He was an early member of Buffalo Presbyterian Church, and 'Rankin's History' refers to him as "a young man" at the time of his arrival. Buffalo Prebyterian was established by Scots-Irish who were part of the Nottingham Coloney that purchased a large tract of land (over 20,000 acres) on Buffalo and Reedy Fork Creeks and were among the first settlers of present day Guilford in the early 1750's.

Probably soon after his arrival in Rowan/Guilford Thomas Flack married Jane (or Jean) McQuistion/McQuiston (1735-1802), the daughter of one of the original Nottingham colonists, James McQuiston (1700-1766) who was born in County Derry, Ireland, and received a Granville land grant along the Reedy Fork in 1753. Thomas Flack witnessed James McQuistons will which was proven in Rowan court in 1766.
James McQuiston also had (possibly) a brother Robert, and Thomas Flack also witnessed Robert McQuistons will, proven in Rowan Court in 1766.

Thomas Flack was a Patriot of some note and was active as a leader in the Regulation Movement or 1770-71, he was apparently implicated with the Hillsborough mob that attacked the infamous Tory Edmund Fanning, demolishing his house and brutally whipping him. Evidence also shows it's quite possible he was present at the battle of Alamance.
Later during the revolution, Thomas Flack served as Captain and commanded a company in a Guilford Militia regiment led by Col. James Martin. Surviving Revolutionary War account books indicate that he participated in expeditions to Cross Creek (now Fayetteville) and Wilmington in early 1776 and he was possibly at the Battle of Moore's Creek.

Thomas Flack and wife Jane sold their Walnut Branch tract of land in 1773 to a John Chambers.

In August 1778, a 300 acre Guilford land warrant was applied for by "Jane Flack, WIDOW", for the lands upon which Thomas Flack had "formerly lived ... including an improvement whereon the said Thomas Flack had a grist and saw mill". This grant was issued to Jane Flack in 1783.

The above book is primarily about the death of Mills Higgins Flack and the Lynching of his alleged killer - Avery Mills, an African American. The Books author J Timothy Cole is a descendant of Mills Higgins Flack. In Appendix VI of the book he gives an excellent viewpoint of the origins of the 5 major Flack families in the Carolina's and he comments on some of the other major sources of Flack information on this subject.
The book NEW isnt cheap - but I bought my copy for less than $20 from Amazon com - well worth it.

Jim Flack - 6 Apr 2009