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Male 1811 - 1889  (78 years)


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  1. 1.  James McMahan was born 1811, North Carolina (son of Eli McMahan); died 1889; was buried Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Upper Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee

    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 4, 5.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 19.

    James — Mary "Polly" Baxter. Mary (daughter of James Baxter and Rhoda Giles) was born Abt 1819, Tennessee; died 1898; was buried Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. John McMahan was born Abt 1838, Tennessee.
    2. Anne McMahan was born 5 Sep 1840, Tennessee; died 6 Mar 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Mar 1923, Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. McKinny McMahan was born Abt 1845, Tennessee; was buried McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Rhoda McMahan was born 18 Nov 1846, Tennessee; died 22 Sep 1938; was buried Caton Grove Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    5. Elizabeth McMahan was born Abt 1849, Tennessee.
    6. Rev. George W. McMahan was born 28 Mar 1851, Tennessee; died 16 Jun 1932, Lawrence County, Tennessee; was buried Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Mary McMahan was born 12 Feb 1854, Tennessee; died 2 Apr 1920; was buried Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Margret McMahan was born 1856, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1929; was buried Shults Cemetery.
    9. James McMahan
    10. Perry McMahan was born 23 Sep 1859, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1911; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    11. Rachel McMahan was born Abt 1861, Tennessee; was buried Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. William McMahan was born Abt 1865, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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. 1. 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. Wilson "Wilse" McMahan was born Abt 1823, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. 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.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  McMahan

    Notes:

    Marjorie McMahan Cordingly published a thorough listing of the early McMahans in 1956, and a typewritten draft of her work is in the LDS library in Knoxville. It lists Archibald I's children and gives their birth and death dates.
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    Reference:
    Jim Christian, jsxian@worldnet.att.net, , 27 May 1998, 3 February 1999.

    — Catherine Cole. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Catherine Cole
    Children:
    1. 4. Archibald McMahan was born Scotland; died Jul 1826, Bibb County, Alabama.
    2. Redman McMahan was born 1731; died Aft 1834, Jackson County, Alabama; was buried McMahan Cove, Jackson County, Alabama.
    3. James McMahan was born 1737.


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