1. | ![]() Notes: ---------- Margaret — Rev. Wilson F. Townsend. Wilson (son of Rev. John Wesley Townsend and Angeleta "Jetty" McMahan) was born 11 Aug 1871, Tennessee; died 27 Aug 1901; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] Children:
Margaret — Samuel Porter Williams. Samuel (son of Rev. George Washington Williams and Lydia I. D. Howard) was born 15 Jul 1885, Tennessee; died 16 Aug 1961; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] Children:
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2. | William Henry Dickson was born 4 Nov 1830, Tennessee (son of Alexander Dickson and Elizabeth "Peggy" Bohannon); died 9 Aug 1894; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes: Probably born in South Carolina where parents lived before migrating in Sevier County, Tennessee, Middle Creek, Tennesse and died of stomach trouble. William married Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan Abt 1848/1849, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack") was born 8 Mar 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jul 1911; was buried Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
3. | Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan was born 8 Mar 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack"); died 21 Jul 1911; was buried Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. Other Events:
Notes: Died of kidney trouble and buried in Aaron Proffit Cemetery.
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4. | Alexander Dickson was born 1792, Tennessee; died 1860/1870, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes: ---------- Alexander — Elizabeth "Peggy" Bohannon. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell) was born 1801, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1872; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
5. | Elizabeth "Peggy" Bohannon was born 1801, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell); died 1872; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes: Elizabeth Bohannon was born shortly after her parent's moved to Sevier County, Tennessee.
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6. | James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan was born 1798, , Virginia (son of Archibald McMahan and Elizabeth Byrd); died 14 Dec 1887, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried , Sevier County, Tennessee. Other Events:
Notes: James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan went from Sevier County, Tennessee to Greenville, South Carolina via Yancy County, North Carolina to help his father, Archibald McMahan II, taking a drove of mules to market. In Yancy County, North Carolina Ned Wilson, father of Polly Ann, had a "stop" (a place for drovers to bed down, and a pen to keep the livestock). Jim Bally and his father stopped at Wilson's. Polly Ann helped serve breakfast the next morning. Jim Bally liked her looks so much that when his father paid him for his work, he bought himself a fine suit of clothes and came back to Wilson's, as Granny Mc said, "this time he came a-courting." Later they were married and he took his bride to Sevier County, Tennessee to live. James married Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack" Yancey County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Ned Wilson and Mary Ann Gilbert) was born 24 Nov 1796, Yancey County, North Carolina; died 25 Mar 1894; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
7. | Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack" was born 24 Nov 1796, Yancey County, North Carolina (daughter of Ned Wilson and Mary Ann Gilbert); died 25 Mar 1894; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Other Events:
Notes: Born on Black Cane River and died of pneumonia.
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10. | ![]() Notes: Family tradition says Henry Bohannon served in the American Revolution from the state of Virginia. A record in Virginia State Library's "List of Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia" showed Henry Bohannon served as a private in the 1st Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line, Light Dragoon, commanded by Captain Robert Boling for a three year enlistment, 6 July 1778 to Jun 1781. The regiment was raised from the area south of James River for the relief of General Nathaniel Greene in the South during the Revolutionary War. Henry married Amillia Shotwell Abt 1785, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Amillia (daughter of Robert V. Shotwell and Hannah Burdine) was born 1765/1770, Culpeper County, Virginia; died Mar 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
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12. | ![]() Notes: Archibald McMahan is listed in the 1810 Census of Buncombe County, North Carolina. It is believed he migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee about 1811. Archibald married Elizabeth Byrd 28 Sep 1793, Grayson County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of George Byrd and Mary) was born Abt 1777; died Abt 1844; was buried Pearl Valley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
13. | ![]() Notes: Birth place may be North Carolina or Virginia.
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14. | Ned Wilson Notes: Came to America from Ireland via England. Ned — Mary Ann Gilbert. Mary was born Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] |
15. | Mary Ann Gilbert was born Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. Notes: ----------
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