George McCown

b 05 Jul 1790, , Rockbridge, Virginia
d 28 Jul 1871,  
bur , Sevier, Tennessee    
   
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George McCown  
|Mary Caroline 'Polly' Porter-1 +    
|m 24 Sep 1845    
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Children

1 Penelope C. McCown
2 John Porter McCown, [General]
3 Mitchell Westley McCown
4 < Eliza Caroline McCown
5 Matilda E. McCown
6 George W. McCown

Notes

The McCown Family contributed by Mary R. Rury, in SMHS NL, Winter 1986, Vol XII, No. 4, page 102. A history article on Early Settlers mentions 'George McCown's son, John P. McCown, who was born in 1815 on the present Runyan farm one mile south of Sevierville'. [R.M. Runyan, my grandfather], published in the Sevierville, TN newspaper, Bicentennial Issue - Development - History, Thursday, July 1, 1976.

Buried in Shiloh Cemetery.

Source: Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 357. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, p 35.


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