Additional notes on John Biffle:
He resided in Sullivan County, North Carolina, 1782. Around this time he is also found in Washington County, North Carolina.

John served as a private in the military in North Carolina, August 16, 1782. At that time he received a pay voucher for 6 pounds 1 shilling 6 pence from North Carolina.

He served on a jury in Buncombe County, North Carolina, January 1802. He was again a juror in April 1805 and January1806.

He attended a meeting in Buncombe County, North Carolina, February 27, 1802. At this meeting, held at John Biffle's Mill, the Church of Christ, later called the Missionary Baptist Church of Newfound or the Newfound Baptist Church, was established. At the March 1802 meeting, the eventual site selected for the church was at the forks of the road below John Biffle's Mill and it was decided that the church was to be 18 by 24 feet in size. In April of 1802, Thomas Snelson was elected the church's first pastor.

He was granted 100 acres, 1804, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. In 1806 he was granted an additional 150 acres. This land was in territory that was in dispute between the states of North Carolina and Georgia. Georgia was claiming it as Walton County, while North Carolina claimed it as Buncombe County. Confusion over this area even led tomilitary action. In December 1804, the Buncombe County militia took arms against the Georgia supporters. The inhabitants of this area were included in the 1810 census of Georgia. Until the border between the two states was settled in 1813, this area was called the "orphan strip." Today the area is in Transylvania County, North Carolina.

John was listed as the head of a family on the 1790 Census in Morgan District, Burke County, North Carolina. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1800 Census in Buncombe County, Morgan District, North Carolina. He is found with two males under 10, two females under 10, one female under 16, and two females between 16 and 26. Other family members may have been living in this household at the time of the 1800 census. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Included in this household are one male 10 and under 16, on male 16 and under 26, 1 male 45 and older (John), two females under 10, one female between 10 and 16, one female between 16 and 26, and one female 26 and under 45. He moved before 1820 from Buncombe County, North Carolina, to Hall County, Georgia. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Hall County, Georgia.

In 1822 he moved to DeKalb County, Georgia. The log cabin he built there is now included in the Historic Complex of the DeKalb Historical Society. It was not the kind of log cabin people instantly think of with rounded logs with chinking between. Rather, it is a cabin characteristic of the ones built by the early German settlers of eastern Pennsylvania. The logs are joined at the corners by v-notching in two directions, so that the corners are flush. This method interlocks the logs so that little movement can occur in either direction. The main room has a fireplace and is 15'4" by 16'9"; the smaller room is 8'8" by 16'9" and was probably used for sleeping.

John was listed as a charter member of Macedonia Baptist Church, in Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia, July 30, 1823. John applied for bounty land in Troup County, Georgia, (LL16, 4th District, 3 Sec.), 1827. He claimed his land in November 1827; however, it is doubtful he ever lived on the land.

^NOTE: His exact death date, as well as his birth date, is unknown. According to Historical Collections of Georgia by Rev. George White, M.A., John Biffle is said to have lived until the age of 106. This would make is birth year 1743, when Catherine Henckel Biffle, the woman assumed to be his mother, was 8 years old. In the 1800 census he listed his age as being between 26 and 45, putting his birth year between 1755 and 1774. In 1820, he is listed as "over 45," indicating a birth before 1775. In 1830 he is between 70 and 80 years of age (birth years 1750-1760). In 1840 the census states that he is is between 90 and 100 years (birth years 1740-1750). Since the 1800 census is the earliest indication of his birth year and since his parents weren't married until 1758, I estimate his birth to be after that time.

• 1790 U.S. Census, Burke County, Morgan District, North Carolina, M637-7, p. 110.
• 1800 U.S. Census, Buncombe County, Morgan District, North Carolina, M32-29, p. 160.
• 1810 U.S. Census, Buncombe Twp, Beaufort County, North Carolina, M252-39, p. 95
• 1820 U.S. Census, Capt. Reids District, Hall County, Georgia, M33-6, p. 140; household includes: Leander (8), William (20), Goldman (24), John (45+), Sally (2), Unknown dau. (10-15), Unknown dau. (16-26), Sally (45+). Any help on these "unknowns" would be appreciated.
• 1830 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Georgia, M19-17, p. 32
• 1840 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Georgia, M704-40, p. 40
• Where is Sally living after the death of John? Not found in the 1850 census.