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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Oscar Dixon (son of Pinkney Arthur "Pink" Dixon and Mary Ellen "Etta" McMahan).

    Oscar — Marie Lowe. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Pinkney Arthur "Pink" Dixon was born 1886, Tennessee (son of Wiley Arch McMahan and Nancy A. "Nan" Dickson); died 1967.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 6, 154.

    Pinkney — Mary Ellen "Etta" McMahan. Mary (daughter of Levi McMahan and Barbara Jane Howard) was born Sep 1884, Tennessee; died 1958. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Ellen "Etta" McMahan was born Sep 1884, Tennessee (daughter of Levi McMahan and Barbara Jane Howard); died 1958.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 6, 154.

    Children:
    1. Rex Dixon was born 7 Jun 1909, Tennessee; died Jun 1980.
    2. James Rufus Dixon died Bef 5 Sep 2005.
    3. Lee Dixon died Bef 23 Jul 2008.
    4. Nora Dixon died Bef 23 Jul 2008.
    5. Sue Dixon died Bef 23 Jul 2008.
    6. Robert Dewey Dixon was born Abt 1918; died 23 Jul 2008, Ben Atchley State Veterans Home, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 25 Jul 2008, East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
    7. 1. Oscar Dixon


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Wiley Arch McMahan was born Tennessee.

    Wiley — Nancy A. "Nan" Dickson. Nancy (daughter of William Henry Dickson and Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan) was born 5 Mar 1855, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Jan 1938, Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Nancy A. "Nan" Dickson was born 5 Mar 1855, Tennessee (daughter of William Henry Dickson and Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan); died 18 Jan 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Jan 1938, Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Logan County, Oklahoma
    • Census: 1930, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 6, 152, 154.

    Children:
    1. Laura McMahan was born 2 May 1875, Tennessee; died 21 Jan 1933, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 22 Jan 1933, Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 2. Pinkney Arthur "Pink" Dixon was born 1886, Tennessee; died 1967.
    3. Hettie Frances McMahan was born 2 Oct 1895, Tennessee; died 19 Mar 1975; was buried Oak View Baptist Cemetery.

  3. 6.  Levi McMahanLevi McMahan was born Apr 1840, Kentucky (son of Eli McMahan and Emillia "Millie" Allen); died Bef 1911; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Served in Company M. 2nd Tennessee Cavalry in the Civil War.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 5, 6, 135, 154.

    Levi married Barbara Jane Howard 21 Jan 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee. Barbara (daughter of Louis Howard and Susan McMahan) was born 1847, Tennessee; died 26 Dec 1887; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Barbara Jane Howard was born 1847, Tennessee (daughter of Louis Howard and Susan McMahan); died 26 Dec 1887; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 5, 6, 135, 154.

    Children:
    1. William C. "Bill" McMahan was born 1867, Tennessee.
    2. Addie Catherine E. McMahan was born Abt Jul 1870, Tennessee.
    3. S. D. McMahan was born 1872, Tennessee.
    4. Luther E. McMahan was born 1875, Tennessee; was buried , Idaho.
    5. Julia V. McMahan was born 1877, Tennessee.
    6. Flora C. McMahan was born 9 Apr 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Feb 1954; was buried Eden Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. 3. Mary Ellen "Etta" McMahan was born Sep 1884, Tennessee; died 1958.
    8. Garfield McMahan


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  William Henry Dickson was born 4 Nov 1830, Tennessee (son of Alexander Dickson and Elizabeth "Peggy" Bohannon); died 9 Aug 1894; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Probably born in South Carolina where parents lived before migrating in Sevier County, Tennessee, Middle Creek, Tennesse and died of stomach trouble.
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    Reference:"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 142, 143.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 152.
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 369.

    William married Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan Abt 1848/1849, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack") was born 8 Mar 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jul 1911; was buried Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan was born 8 Mar 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack"); died 21 Jul 1911; was buried Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Died of kidney trouble and buried in Aaron Proffit Cemetery.

    SMHS lists death as 21 July 1914.
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    Reference:
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 119, 152.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 142, 143, 189, 199, 253.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 369.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 499.

    Children:
    1. Lucinda Dickson was born 19 Feb 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Jul 1922; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. James Dickson was born Abt 1852; died Abt 1853.
    3. Sarah E. Dickson was born 1853, Tennessee; died May 1912; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 5. Nancy A. "Nan" Dickson was born 5 Mar 1855, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Jan 1938, Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Ann Dickson was born 21 Aug 1857, Tennessee; died 19 Apr 1934; was buried Sanders McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. William H. "Bill" Dixon was born 10 Sep 1858, Tennessee; died 24 Nov 1940; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Dickson was born 13 Aug 1861, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1931; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. David D. Dixon was born 2 Aug 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Feb 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 21 Feb 1937, Miller Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Celia Cornelia Dickson was born 20 Oct 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Apr 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Robert Prentice "Ples" Dickson was born 15 May 1867, Tennessee; died 6 Apr 1957.
    11. Henry C. Dickson was born 25 Jul 1869, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 1932.
    12. Joseph Crockett Dickson was born Jul 1871.
    13. Samuel Wesley Dickson was born 26 Jan 1876, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1962; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    14. Margaret M. Dickson was born 25 Aug 1876; died 12 Jan 1934; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 12.  Eli McMahan was born 1810, North Carolina (son of Eli McMahan); died Tennessee; was buried Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Mentioned in 10 September 1842 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church minutes, page 16 as assistent clerk.

    4th Saturday in January 1844, Eli "came forward and made an humble confession that he head used some bad language - the church forgave him and retained him in fellowship".

    8 June 1844 petitioned for branch church in White Oak Flats (Gatlinburg).

    2nd Saturday July 1846 report says Eli McMahan "did make use of bad language toward David Guinn."

    2nd Saturday July 1847, William Vinson "to see Bro Ely McMahan concerning the sending of his waggons, starting on Sunday, to the salt works."

    2nd Saturday September 1847 "Bro Ely McMahan made every thing satisfactory, showing that it was a case of necessity starting his waggons to Salt Works on the sabbath.

    2nd Saturday July 1849 explained his case of non-attendance to the church's satisfaction.

    After his second wife's death, Eli McMahan returned to Tennessee where he died at the home of his daughter, Dosha Harper and was buried near Bridgeport.

    Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census as farmer with three children.

    17 December 1850, church charged Eli with "1st charge is swindling and in our opinion is sustained by the proof of William Allen. 2nd charge is that of making an unjust bill against one of his own children for whom he was acting as guardian, which was sustained by William Allen and wife Rhoda."

    9 May 1851, "after hearing the evidence, the church refused him a letter and excluded him from fellowship."

    10 September 1853 added to the church by experience.

    2nd Saturday June 1856, "Bro. Eli McMahan and wife guilty of fornication by their own acknowledgement before the committee and the presence of the church. Praying forgiveness, stating they believed God had forgiven them for their sin the church forgave them.
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    Reference:
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusmc.txt
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4, 5.

    Eli — Emillia "Millie" Allen. Emillia (daughter of John "The Bricklayer" Allen and Nancy Mattox) was born 13 Apr 1816, Kentucky; died 30 Nov 1844. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Emillia "Millie" Allen was born 13 Apr 1816, Kentucky (daughter of John "The Bricklayer" Allen and Nancy Mattox); died 30 Nov 1844.

    Notes:

    Mentioned in 10 September 1842 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church minutes, page 16.

    2nd Saturday July 1844 appointed to hear case of James Rollens and wife who "had whiped a small child unmercifully".
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4.
    Charles Butler family group sheets.

    Children:
    1. George McMahan died See Notes.
    2. Rhoda McMahan was born Abt 1836, Tennessee.
    3. John McMahan was born Abt 1837, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. 6. Levi McMahan was born Apr 1840, Kentucky; died Bef 1911; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Harriet D. McMahan was born 26 May 1841, Tennessee; died 18 Sep 1925; was buried Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Dosha McMahan

  5. 14.  Louis Howard was born 4 Nov 1812, Virginia; died 10 Jan 1902; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 134.

    Louis — Susan McMahan. Susan (daughter of Archibald McMahan and Elizabeth Byrd) was born 4 Apr 1813, Tennessee; died 19 Mar 1884; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Susan McMahan was born 4 Apr 1813, Tennessee (daughter of Archibald McMahan and Elizabeth Byrd); died 19 Mar 1884; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 134.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth "Liz" Howard was born 2 Feb 1833, Tennessee; died 16 Jan 1919.
    2. Tilman A. Howard was born 1834, Tennessee.
    3. Manurva Howard was born 1838, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah M. E. Howard, P. was born 17 May 1840, Tennessee; died 25 Sep 1890; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. M. Harrison "Hanson" Howard was born 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Jane Howard was born 1846, Tennessee.
    7. 7. Barbara Jane Howard was born 1847, Tennessee; died 26 Dec 1887; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Louis Caswell "Cas" Howard was born Jan 1849, Tennessee.
    9. Samuel "S.S." Howard was born 13 Mar 1852, Tennessee; died 24 Aug 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Aug 1923, Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Martha C. "Mattie" Howard was born 1854, Tennessee.
    11. Mary "Mollie" Howard was born 13 Jul 1856, Tennessee; died 9 Mar 1937; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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