Joseph Sanders McMahan, Jr.

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, Precinct 2, Rockwall County, Texas
• Census: 1910, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas
• Census: 1920, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas

Joseph married Eliza Allen 1861, Tennessee. Eliza (daughter of John "Shortfinger" Allen) was born Oct 1845, Tennessee; died 1913; was buried White Rose Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas. [Group Sheet]

1. Allen McMahan was born 7 Mar 1862, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 29 Mar 1955; was buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas.
2. William Creed R. McMahan was born 1 Jan 1866, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 3 Sep 1944, Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried 5 Sep 1944, Roselawn Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas.
3. Johnnie McMahan was born Abt 1873, Tennessee.
4. Sally McMahan was born Abt 1875, Tennessee.
5. Wiley C. McMahan was born Mar 1879, Tennessee; died 17 Aug 1951, Dallas County, Texas; was buried 18 Aug 1951, Restland Memorial Park Cemetery, Dallas County, Texas.

Joseph married Lucinda Bryant Stuart 25 Dec 1873, Collin County, Texas. Lucinda (daughter of James Anderson Stuart and Mary Emaline Bryant) was born 4 Mar 1857, Memphis, Tennessee; died 23 Sep 1936, Kaufman County, Texas; was buried Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas. [Group Sheet]

1. Alice Florence McMahan was born 8 Sep 1875, Rockwell County, Texas; died 19 Sep 1962; was buried Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas.
2. James Walter McMahan was born 9 Oct 1877, Kaufman County, Texas; died 23 Dec 1936; was buried Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas.
3. Joseph Rufus McMahan was born Jun 1878, Texas.
4. George McMahan was born 1879, Texas.
5. William Arthur "Willie" McMahan was born 7 May 1880, Rockwall County, Texas; died 28 Feb 1957, Harris County, Texas; was buried 4 Mar 1957, Rosewood Memorial Park Cemetery, Harris County, Texas.
6. Minnie Lee McMahan was born 2 Jan 1882, Texas; died 21 Apr 1958; was buried Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas.
7. Mymia May McMahan was born 11 Aug 1886, Kaufman County, Texas; died 28 Aug 1927; was buried Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas.
8. Laura Belle McMahan was born 14 Nov 1891, Rockwell County, Texas; died 24 Nov 1963; was buried Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas.
9. Mary Laurita "Lucy" McMahan was born 17 May 1895, Texas; died 1984.

Notes:

Listed on page 262 household 561 of 1830 Cocke County, Tennessee census with name Vanders McMathan.

Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census with occupation of farmer.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4.
http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusmc.txt
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncocke/1830ctmp.htm.

Sanders — Elizabeth Laurita Campbell. Elizabeth was born Abt 1818, Tennessee; died 20 Aug 1900; was buried Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County, Texas. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Lived in Sevier County, Tennessee in 1830, settled in Cocke County, Tennessee, and died near Bridgeport, Tennessee.

Mentioned in 5 November 1842 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church minutes Cocke, County, Tennessee page 17.

Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census 68 with son Saunders occupation farmer unable to read or write. Many of Eli's descendants are listed in the 1850 census that are not yet included in this database.
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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.
http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusmc.txt

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]

Notes:

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