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David Franklin McMahan

Male 1844 - 1936  (92 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  David Franklin McMahan was born 26 Apr 1844, Cocke County, Tennessee (son of Anderson McMahan and Elizabeth Allen); died 7 Jun 1936, Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried Old Perry Cemeery, Moody, McLennan County, Texas.

    David married Margaret J. Poole 16 Feb 1865, Gwinnett County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Anderson McMahan was born 1796, Virginia (son of Eli McMahan); died 29 Feb 1856, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Mar 1856, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Appointed as delegate to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Cocke County, Tennessee general association, 4 June 1843.

    Listed on page 270 household 774 of 1830 Cocke County, Tennessee census with surname McMathan.

    Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census with given name of Andrew value
    of land $3,500.

    2nd Saturday February 1853 he and wife "granted letter of dismission" by Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
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    Reference:
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusmc.txt
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4.
    Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, David Templin, 1981, Vol 7, No 2, p 13.
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncocke/1830ctmp.htm.

    Anderson — Elizabeth Allen. Elizabeth (daughter of John "Shortfinger" Allen and Sally McNabb) was born 20 Nov 1799, Tennessee; died 1895. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Allen was born 20 Nov 1799, Tennessee (daughter of John "Shortfinger" Allen and Sally McNabb); died 1895.

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census.
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    Reference:
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusmc.txt
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4.
    Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, David Templin, 1981, Vol 7, No 2, p 13.

    Children:
    1. Matilda McMahan was born Abt 1830, Tennessee.
    2. William McMahan was born Abt 1832, Tennessee.
    3. Wyly McMahan was born Abt 1834, Tennessee.
    4. Harry McMahan was born Abt 1841, Tennessee.
    5. 1. David Franklin McMahan was born 26 Apr 1844, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 7 Jun 1936, Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried Old Perry Cemeery, Moody, McLennan County, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 2. 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. 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.

  2. 6.  John "Shortfinger" Allen was born 12 Feb 1812 (son of John "The Bricklayer" Allen and Nancy Mattox); was buried Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County, Texas.

    John — Sally McNabb. [Group Sheet]


  3. 7.  Sally McNabb
    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Allen was born 20 Nov 1799, Tennessee; died 1895.
    2. Allen
    3. Allen
    4. Allen
    5. Allen
    6. Allen
    7. Allen
    8. Allen
    9. Allen
    10. Allen
    11. Allen


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  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. 4. 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.

  3. 12.  John "The Bricklayer" Allen was born 8 Feb 1774 (son of Benjamin Allen and Margaret Wahab); died 11 Mar 1848; was buried Allen Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4.

    John — Nancy Mattox. Nancy (daughter of Valentine Mattox and Mary Shrewbury) was born 17 Sep 1777, Virginia; died 1 Dec 1859, Virginia; was buried Allen Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Nancy Mattox was born 17 Sep 1777, Virginia (daughter of Valentine Mattox and Mary Shrewbury); died 1 Dec 1859, Virginia; was buried Allen Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4, 5.

    Children:
    1. Mary "Polly" Allen was born 15 Sep 1797, Tennessee; died 10 Jul 1875; was buried Sisk-Bryant-Hannon Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Matilda Allen was born 14 Jan 1802; died 4 Oct 1844; was buried Lillard Cemetery, County, Tennessee.
    3. Nancy Shrewsberry Allen was born 5 Sep 1804; died 1877; was buried Stuart Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. James Allen was born 16 Sep 1806; died 11 Mar 1848; was buried Allen Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    5. 6. John "Shortfinger" Allen was born 12 Feb 1812; was buried Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County, Texas.
    6. Rhoda Allen was born 1814, Tennessee; died 1857.
    7. 1st Captain Edwin Allen was born Abt 1815, Tennessee.
    8. Emillia "Millie" Allen was born 13 Apr 1816, Kentucky; died 30 Nov 1844.
    9. Allen
    10. Hariett Allen was born Abt 1821, Tennessee.


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