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Female Abt 1849 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Minerva McMahan was born Abt 1849, Tennessee (daughter of Wilson "Wilse" McMahan and Jane Harris).

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 13, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census given name Dosia.
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    Reference:
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusmc.txt
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 5.

    Minerva — Colbert Smith. Colbert was born Abt 1850, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Cintha Smith was born Abt 1866, Tennessee.
    2. Cynthia Jane Smith was born 11 Mar 1867; died 6 Apr 1956; was buried Mount Zion Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. Francis Smith was born 13 Feb 1871, Tennessee; died 3 Feb 1954, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Feb 1954, Isaac J. Ford Family Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Wilson "Wilse" McMahan was born Abt 1823, Cocke County, Tennessee (son of Eli McMahan).

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census as farmer with land valued at
    $300 unable to read or write.
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    Reference:
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusmc.txt
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 5.

    Wilson — Jane Harris. Jane was born Abt 1822, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Jane Harris was born Abt 1822, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. Doshia McMahan was born 24 Nov 1846, Tennessee; died 6 Apr 1926, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Apr 1926, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. 1. Minerva McMahan was born Abt 1849, Tennessee.
    3. Marcus McMahan was born Abt 1851.
    4. Sarah McMahan was born Abt 1853.
    5. McKinney McMahan was born Abt 1854.
    6. Breckenridge "Chief" McMahan was born Abt 1858; died 1888.
    7. Jane McMahan was born Abt 1863, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 5 Jul 1929, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Jul 1929, Barnes Cemetery.
    8. Lewis McMahan was born 25 Jul 1866, Tennessee; died 22 Dec 1946, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Dec 1946, Mack Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Eli McMahan was born 1782, North Carolina (son of Archibald McMahan and Ann McNulty); died Cocke County, Tennessee.

    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

    Children:
    1. Anderson McMahan was born 1796, Virginia; died 29 Feb 1856, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Mar 1856, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Sanders McMahan was born 1801, North Carolina.
    3. Lucinda McMahan was born Abt 1805, Tennessee.
    4. Delania McMahan was born Abt 1806, North Carolina.
    5. Sarah "Sallie" McMahan was born Abt 1806, Tennessee.
    6. Eli McMahan was born 1810, North Carolina; died Tennessee; was buried Tennessee.
    7. James McMahan was born 1811, North Carolina; died 1889; was buried Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. William Mansfield "Bill" McMahan was born 1814, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1903; was buried McMahan Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    9. Sevier McMahan was born 1817, Tennessee.
    10. McKinney McMahan was born 15 Jan 1821, Tennessee; died 3 Sep 1891; was buried McKinney McMahan Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    11. 2. Wilson "Wilse" McMahan was born Abt 1823, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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]


  2. 9.  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. 4. Eli McMahan was born 1782, North Carolina; died Cocke County, Tennessee.
    6. Sarah "Sallie" McMahan was born Montgomery, Virginia; died Yancey County, North Carolina.
    7. Rhoda McMahan was born 16 Mar 1785, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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