George McCown

Notes:

The McCown Family contributed by Mary R. Rury, in SMHS NL, Winter 1986, Vol XII, No. 4, page 102. A history article on Early Settlers mentions "George McCown's son, John P. McCown, who was born in 1815 on the present Runyan farm one mile south of Sevierville". [R.M. Runyan, my grandfather], published in the Sevierville, TN newspaper, Bicentennial Issue - Development - History, Thursday, July 1, 1976.
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Reference:
Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 35.

George married Mary Caroline "Polly" Porter 1812. Mary (daughter of Mitchell Porter and Penelope West) was born 11 Dec 1795, Botetourt County, Virginia; died 25 Sep 1837; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Penelope C. McCown was born 1813, Tennessee; died 1895.
2. General John Porter McCown was born 19 Aug 1815, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Jan 1879, Little Rock, Arkansas; was buried Magnolia City Cemetery, Magnolia, Arkansas.
3. Mitchell Westley McCown was born 21 Oct 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Apr 1889; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Eliza Caroline McCown was born 22 Apr 1820, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1903; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Matilda E. McCown was born 1822, Tennessee; died 1893.
6. George W. McCown was born 1828, Tennessee; died 1880.
7. Melvine McCown was born 1837.

George married Sarah M. "Mollie" Runyan 24 Sep 1845. Sarah (daughter of Aaron Alexander Runyan and Esther Porter) was born 28 Dec 1823, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1865; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Aaron Marcus McCown was born 23 Jun 1846, Tennessee; died 19 May 1913; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Arthur Runyan McCown was born 26 Jan 1859, Tennessee; died 24 Aug 1881, Arkansas; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Olive Bruce McCown was born 16 Jun 1866, Tennessee; died 9 Jul 1889; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Sarah D. McCown was born Abt 1868, Tennessee.
5. Eliza McCown
6. C. M. McCown