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Niagara Ray

Female 1828 - 1911  (83 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Niagara Ray was born 1828 (daughter of Amos L. Ray and Martha Allen); died 1911.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145, 148.

    Niagara married Thomas D. "Big Tom" Wilson 1852. Thomas (son of Edward Ned "Neddy" Wilson) was born 1825; died 1909. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Richard Wilson
    2. Adolphus G. Wilson
    3. John Holden Wilson
    4. Wood Wilson
    5. Joe Wilson
    6. Sam Wilson
    7. Ann Wilson
    8. Lou Wilson
    9. Vista Wilson
    10. Kate Wilson

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Amos L. Ray was born 15 Nov 1802 (son of Joe Ray and Sarah "Sallie" McMahan).

    Notes:

    The home of Amos Ray was near where the present Court House now stands in Burnsville, North Carolina.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

    Amos — Martha Allen. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha Allen (daughter of John Allen and Mollie Turner).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

    Children:
    1. 1. Niagara Ray was born 1828; died 1911.
    2. Ray was born 4 Mar 1840; died 1865.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joe Ray (son of Ray).

    Notes:

    From North Carolina.
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    Reference:
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4, 145.

    Joe married Sarah "Sallie" McMahan Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Archibald McMahan and Ann McNulty) was born Montgomery, Virginia; died Yancey County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah "Sallie" McMahan was born Montgomery, Virginia (daughter of Archibald McMahan and Ann McNulty); died Yancey County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Raised a large family.
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    Reference:
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4, 145.

    Children:
    1. 2. Amos L. Ray was born 15 Nov 1802.

  3. 6.  John Allen

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

    John — Mollie Turner. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mollie Turner (daughter of Abram Turner).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

    Children:
    1. 3. Martha Allen


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Ray

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

    Children:
    1. 4. Joe Ray
    2. Thomas Ray

  2. 10.  Archibald McMahan was born Scotland (son of McMahan and Catherine Cole); died Jul 1826, Bibb County, Alabama.

    Notes:

    It is believed Archibald McMahan left his home in Ireland and came to America about 1746 to seek his fortune in the wilderness of the new world. Archibald McMahan, then 16 years of age, landed in either the state of Virginia or North Carolina.

    His great grandson Sanders McMahan said "Archibald 'the elder' was born in Scotland and he went to Ireland, met Mary McNulty and married there, then came to America through port of Washington North Carolina and settled Buncombe County, North Carolina.

    There is debate over Archibald's given name. Some believe Archibald and Redmond are one in the same, but both names have not been found to be used together. We now believe they were brothers.

    During Archibald's lifetime he accumulated quite a bit of wealth and at the time of his death he owned seventeen slaves.

    It is not clear where Archibald McMahan was buried. Some say he was buried in McMinnville or Morrison, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 1-2, 4.
    Ann Turner, 2 January 1995.
    "Yancy County, Buncombe County Heritage"
    Kay McMahan Noska, 1407 Alvin Ave., El Campo, TX 77437, 14 January 1997.

    Archibald married Ann McNulty 1768, Montgomery County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  3. 11.  Ann McNulty

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Kay McMahan Noska, 1407 Alvin Ave., El Campo, TX 77437, 14 January 1997.

    Children:
    1. Archibald McMahan was born Abt 1773, North Carolina; died 27 Feb 1853; was buried Pearl Valley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. James McMahan was born 1775, North Carolina.
    3. Edward "Ned" McMahan was born 1779.
    4. Stephen McMahan was born 1780, Montgomery, Virginia; died Jackson County, Tennessee.
    5. Eli McMahan was born 1782, North Carolina; died Cocke County, Tennessee.
    6. 5. Sarah "Sallie" McMahan was born Montgomery, Virginia; died Yancey County, North Carolina.
    7. Rhoda McMahan was born 16 Mar 1785, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  4. 14.  Abram Turner

    Notes:

    Signed the Declaration of Independence at Charleston, South Carolina.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

    Children:
    1. 7. Mollie Turner


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