George McCown^[1]

1790 - 1871  (81 years)

• Name	George McCown
  Born	5 Jul 1790	Rockbridge, Virginia   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jul 1871
  Buried	Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I50696	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Caroline "Polly" Porter,   b. 11 Dec 1795, Botetourt County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Sep 1837  (Age 41 years)
  Married	1812
  Children	+ 1. Penelope C. McCown,   b. 1813, Tennessee ,   d. 1895  (Age 82 years)   2. General John Porter McCown,   b. 19 Aug 1815, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jan 1879, Little Rock, Arkansas  (Age 63 years) + 3. Mitchell Westley McCown,   b. 21 Oct 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Apr 1889  (Age 71 years) + 4. Eliza Caroline McCown,   b. 22 Apr 1820, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Dec 1903  (Age 83 years) + 5. Matilda E. McCown,   b. 1822, Tennessee ,   d. 1893  (Age 71 years)   6. George W. McCown,   b. 1828, Tennessee ,   d. 1880  (Age 52 years)   7. Melvine McCown,   b. 1837
  Family ID	F18784	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah M. "Mollie" Runyan,   b. 28 Dec 1823, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Mar 1865  (Age 41 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1845
  Children	+ 1. Aaron Marcus McCown,   b. 23 Jun 1846, Tennessee ,   d. 19 May 1913  (Age 66 years)   2. Arthur Runyan McCown,   b. 26 Jan 1859, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Aug 1881, Arkansas  (Age 22 years) + 3. Olive Bruce McCown,   b. 16 Jun 1866, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Jul 1889  (Age 23 years)   4. Sarah D. McCown,   b. Abt 1868, Tennessee   5. Eliza McCown   6. C. M. McCown
  Family ID	F18783	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The McCown Family contributed by Mary R. Rury, in SMHS NL, Winter 1986, Vol XII, No. 4, page 102. A history article on Early Settlers mentions "George McCown's son, John P. McCown, who was born in 1815 on the present Runyan farm one mile south of Sevierville". [R.M. Runyan, my grandfather], published in the Sevierville, TN newspaper, Bicentennial Issue - Development - History, Thursday, July 1, 1976. ---------- Reference: Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 35.

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage, Sevier County Heritage Book Committee, (1994, Don Mills, Inc.), 332. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 379a, 6 Jun 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0379a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 696 page 436a, line 20, 4 Oct 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0433b.txt [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 357.