John HEARN Jr. (1767-1852) and Nancy B. LINCH (1776-ca1820), my gg grandparents, married in Brunswick Co., VA on 27 Dec 1797 and moved to GA in 1807. His parents, John HEARN Sr. (1740-????) and Betty (surname unknown), lived in Brunswick Co., VA.. Her father, John LINCH Sr., lived on the west side of Lizard Creek in Warren Co., NC near the border with Brunswick Co., VA. (8/14/1999, Robert E. Martin http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa....brunswick/12/mb.ashx)

John Hearn Jr. was a wheelright and served as a Virginia Militia soldier during the latter part of the Revolutionary War. He married Nancy Lynch and in 1807 migrated by ox-cart to Georgia, first settling in Hancock Co. Several years later he moved to Putnam Co. GA, where the family was well-acquainted or related to the Carters and other families who later moved to Troup co., such as the Greers, Lynches and Carters. John Hearn had two known sons: Lewis H. Hearn and Charles W. Hearn, both of whom had children who married descendants of Thomas Carter.

From research of Dr. R. Malone