1. | Albert McMahan was born 1856, Tennessee (son of Willis McMahan and Caroline Spurgeon). Notes: ---------- Albert married Mary Hester McNabb 19 Aug 1877, Cocke County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Alexander McNabb and Elizabeth Padgett) was born Abt 1856, Tennessee; died 24 Sep 1904. [Group Sheet] Children:
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2. | Willis McMahan was born 1830, Tennessee (son of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack"); died Apr 1878. Notes: Lived in Newport, Tennessee and was murdered by Dan Potter who was hanged for Willis — Caroline Spurgeon. Caroline (daughter of Drury M. Spurgeon and Hannah Stokes) was born 1839, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
3. | Caroline Spurgeon was born 1839, Tennessee (daughter of Drury M. Spurgeon and Hannah Stokes). Notes: ----------
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4. | 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] |
5. | 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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6. | Drury M. Spurgeon was born Abt 1801, Missouri. Notes: ---------- Drury — Hannah Stokes. Hannah (daughter of William Brittle Stokes) was born Abt 1807, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
7. | Hannah Stokes was born Abt 1807, Tennessee (daughter of William Brittle Stokes).
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8. | Archibald McMahan was born Abt 1773, North Carolina (son of Archibald McMahan and Ann McNulty); died 27 Feb 1853; was buried Pearl Valley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. 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] |
9. | Elizabeth Byrd was born Abt 1777 (daughter of George Byrd and Mary); died Abt 1844; was buried Pearl Valley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes: Birth place may be North Carolina or Virginia.
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10. | Ned Wilson Notes: Came to America from Ireland via England. Ned — Mary Ann Gilbert. Mary was born Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] |
11. | Mary Ann Gilbert was born Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. Notes: ----------
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14. | William Brittle Stokes (son of Thomas Stokes and Hannah Hill).
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