William Vandeventer

William was born in 1785 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.¹   William's father was Abraham Vandeventer and his mother was Mary Jones.  His paternal grandparents were Isaac Vandeventer and Sarah Cowenhaven. He had eight brothers and four sisters, named Thomas, Peter, John, Jacob, Robert, John, Abraham, Charles Delham, Anna, Mary, Susan and Elizabeth.  He was the seventh oldest of the thirteen children.