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Archibald McMahan

Male - 1826


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  1. 1.  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]

    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. 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: 2

  1. 2.  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. 3.  Catherine Cole
    Children:
    1. 1. 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.