JOHN NORTH was born November 22, 1806, near the village of Bent Creek, on James river, Buckingham county, Virginia. His grandfather, Richard North, was born in England, and trained to the business of a cutler. He came to America, and worked at his business at Bent Creek. His wife's maiden name was Thornton, but whether they were married in England or America is unknown to their descendants. Their third son, Peter, born in Virginia, was married there to Elizabeth Franklin, a daughter of Robert Franklin, of Campbell county, Virginia. Peter North was a soldier in the war with England in 1812. In 1819 or '20, he moved to Jefferson county, near Dandridge, Tennessee, taking with him six children. The second son, John, whose name heads this sketch, was there married, September 22, 1828, to Anna Giger, who was born November 4, 1807, in that county. They came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving April 12, 1829, in what is now Cooper township, north of the Sangamon river.