John Adam Fast ^{1 4 5 6}

   Another name for John was Adam Fast.

  General Notes:

In the War of 1812, he served as a private in Captain Willoughby Morgan's Second Company, 12th U.S. Regulars. To him there was granted on 6 Nov 1834, from the Commonwealth of Virginia, a tract of land containing 100 acres, lying on Long Drain, a branch of Prickett's Creek, now in Marion County, West Virginia. Adam Fast's will was made on 27 May 1855, and was probated 3 Jun 1856.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 25 February 1789 and a birth location of Virginia.

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• He signed a will on 27 May 1855. ²

• He was buried after 31 May 1855 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Fairmont, VA.

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• He had an estate probated on 3 June 1856. ²

John married Nancy Ann Lyman on 8 August 1816 in , Monongalia County, VA.^{1 2 3 4} (Nancy Ann Lyman was born on 1 April 1801 in West Virginia,^{1 2 3 4 5} died on 5 June 1843 in Fairmont, VA ^{1 3 4 5} and was buried in June 1843 in , Marion County, VA ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Adam Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Jul 1816 (Note - This may be the date of the license and not the date of the actual ceremony.)
Event Place: Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Event Place (Original): West Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Nancy Lyman
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Mother's Name: Catherine Lyman

Citing this Record
West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-S5SN : 12 September 2020), Catherine Lyman in entry for Adam Fast and Nancy Lyman, 22 Jul 1816; citing Marriage, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm .
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