Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack"^{[1, 2]}

1796 - 1894  (97 years)

• Name	Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson
  Suffix	"Granny Mack"
  Born	24 Nov 1796	Yancey County, North Carolina   [3]
  Gender	Female
  AFN	BGW1-FG
  Died	25 Mar 1894
  Buried	Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I31819	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	3 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Ned Wilson
  Mother	Mary Ann Gilbert,   b. Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F14224	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan,   b. 1798, , Virginia ,   d. 14 Dec 1887, , Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 89 years)
  Married	Yancey County, North Carolina
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Annie "Sally" McMahan,   b. 20 Mar 1825, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Mar 1845  (Age 19 years) + 2. Celia McMahan,   b. 7 Mar 1827, North Carolina ,   d. 5 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 68 years) + 3. Willis McMahan,   b. 1830, Tennessee ,   d. Apr 1878  (Age 48 years) + 4. Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan,   b. 8 Mar 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Jul 1911  (Age 79 years) + 5. Elizabeth "Betsy" McMahan,   b. 25 Apr 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Nov 1899  (Age 66 years) + 6. David Balford McMahan,   b. 1834, Tennessee ,   d. 1880  (Age 46 years)   7. Clearisa McMahan,   b. 1840, Tennessee ,   d. 1860  (Age 20 years)   8. William Marvin McMahan,   b. Mar 1843, Tennessee ,   d. Mar 1856  (Age ~ 13 years)   9. Lucinda McMahan,   b. 1850, Tennessee
  Family ID	F11715	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Nov 1796 - Yancey County, North Carolina Buried - - Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee Married - - Yancey County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Born on Black Cane River and died of pneumonia. Rosa Lee Downey states that Granny Mc's parents came from Ireland, via England, when she was six years of age, and that one of her sisters was buried at sea. She was past 97 when she passed away. ---------- Reference: T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 13, 147. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143. Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 178. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 313A, 1880. In son-in-law Henry Dickson's household [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 51, page 387b, line 36, 15 Aug 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0384a.txt [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 499.