Willis McMahan

1830 - 1878  (48 years)

• Name	Willis McMahan
  Born	1830	Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Apr 1878
  Person ID	I38976	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2000

  
  

  Father	James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan,   b. 1798, , Virginia ,   d. 14 Dec 1887, , Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack",   b. 24 Nov 1796, Yancey County, North Carolina ,   d. 25 Mar 1894  (Age 97 years)
  Married	Yancey County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F11715	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Caroline Spurgeon,   b. 1839, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Albert McMahan,   b. 1856, Tennessee + 2. Robert Hodson "Bob" McMahan,   b. 8 May 1858, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Mar 1923, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 64 years)   3. James M. McMahan,   b. Mar 1860, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1896, Louisville, Kentucky  (Age ~ 35 years)   4. William L. "Bill" McMahan,   b. 1864, Tennessee ,   d. 1927  (Age 63 years)   5. Laura McMahan
  Family ID	F14191	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1830 - Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Lived in Newport, Tennessee and was murdered by Dan Potter who was hanged for it 11 November 1880 in Cocke County, Tennessee. ---------- Reference: T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 51, page 387b, line 37, 15 Aug 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0384a.txt