Flavel Roan

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Husband Flavel Roan ¹

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           Born: 31 Jul 1760 1
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           Died: 19 Feb 1817 - Lewisburg, Union Co, PA 1
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         Father: Rev. John Roan (1717-1775) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Ann Cochran (1722/1724-1788) 1 2 3 4

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General Notes: Husband - Flavel Roan

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He was sheriff of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1791-94, and a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1795.

He was the author of a deed which was quoted in the law books as the most eccentric on record. It was made to Clara Helena Elkinhuysen, in 1793, and could be found in the archives of Northumberland County at Sunbury, in deed book F, page 280, under date of November 3, 1793.

1 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 396.

2 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 500.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 530.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 95.