W. C. Guffey: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. W. C. Guffey was born Abt 1879, Tennessee (son of Johnathan Guffey and Mary Ellen McMahan).

Generation: 2

2.	Johnathan Guffey was born Abt 1856, Tennessee. Notes: ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 26. Johnathan — Mary Ellen McMahan. Mary (daughter of Dr. Wilson R. "Cud" McMahan and Nancy McMahan) was born 23 Nov 1862, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary Ellen McMahan was born 23 Nov 1862, Tennessee (daughter of Dr. Wilson R. "Cud" McMahan and Nancy McMahan).

Notes:

Listed with parents in the 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 26.

Children:

1. W. C. Guffey was born Abt 1879, Tennessee.
William Lawrence Guffey was born 6 Sep 1900, Tennessee; died 21 May 1988; was buried Union Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

Dr. Wilson R. "Cud" McMahan was born 29 Jan 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of J. B. McMahan); died 28 Feb 1907; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Listed in William and Ludema Mize household as farmer with wife Nancy in the 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 70.
Kate (Shields) Maples family group sheets.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 26.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 277.
"Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 296.

Wilson married Nancy McMahan 21 Nov 1861. Nancy (daughter of Archibald D. McMahan and Rebecca F. McMahan) was born 1 Apr 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1872; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Nancy McMahan was born 1 Apr 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Archibald D. McMahan and Rebecca F. McMahan); died 2 Nov 1872; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Rosa Downey lists death date as 1846, but she is listed in the 1850 census.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 12, 26, 33.

Children:

3. Mary Ellen McMahan was born 23 Nov 1862, Tennessee.
Francis Marion McMahan was born 26 May 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Nov 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Nov 1941, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John Marshall McMahan was born 13 Aug 1867, Tennessee; died 22 Aug 1872; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Rebecca McMahan was born 6 Mar 1872, Tennessee; died 5 Jun 1916; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

12.

J. B. McMahan

Notes:

J. B. McMahan is not confirmed as father of Wilson "Dr. Cud" McMahan.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 26.

Children:

6. Dr. Wilson R. "Cud" McMahan was born 29 Jan 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Feb 1907; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.

Archibald D. McMahan was born 31 Mar 1817, Tennessee; was christened 24 Mar 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of David Crockett McMahan and Mary Large); died 18 Aug 1883; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1870, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Archibald is listed in the 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census 1 male 20-30 and 1 female 15-20.

Mary Beck, age 40, is listed with Rebecca and Archibald in the 1860 census.

A. D. McMahan was received as candidate for baptism at the Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee at the first meeting 24 March 1871 (the name was changed from "The Baptist Church of Christ at Pleasant Hill" on 7 December 1872). A. D. McMahan was chosen as the first clerk and served with James Townsend as the first ordained deacon. A. D. McMahan was clerk from 1871 through 1877.

Rosa Lee Downey has birth date as 3 March 1817 and death as 4 April 1878.
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Reference:
"McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
Kate (Shields) Maples family group records.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 11, 12, 32, 33.
"The Townsend Heritage," Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 111, 112.

Archibald — Rebecca F. McMahan. Rebecca (daughter of George McMahan and Susanah) was born 1824, Tennessee; died Abt 1871. [Group Sheet]

15.

Rebecca F. McMahan was born 1824, Tennessee (daughter of George McMahan and Susanah); died Abt 1871.

Other Events:

Census: 1870, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Listed in the 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as 26 years old as Rebecah, 26 years old.

It is assumed that Rebecca died before the Shady Grove Baptist Church was formed since her family was charter members but she was not.
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Reference:
TDW McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 68.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 11, 12, 32, 33.
"The Townsend Heritage," Katy Townsend, 1984, p 112.

Children:

Francis McMahan was born 1835.
McMahan was born 1839; died Bef 1850.
Francis Marion McMahan was born 26 May 1843, Tennessee; was christened 24 Mar 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Feb 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 25 Feb 1900, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Nancy McMahan was born 1 Apr 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1872; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Elender "Nellie" McMahan was born 1846/1850, Tennessee.
George McMahan was born Feb 1850, Tennessee.
Gilbert R. "Gib" McMahan was born 9 Jun 1851, Tennessee; died 28 Oct 1938; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Angeleta "Jetty" McMahan was born 1855, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Blackburn McMahan was born 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Aug 1921; was buried Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary Rebecca McMahan was born 1859, Tennessee.
Sarah McMahan was born Abt 1861, Tennessee.
Laura L. McMahan was born Abt 1867, Tennessee.
Martha Cordelia McMahan was born 15 Jun 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Mar 1939; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.