Hello, Are their any McMackens/MacMackins/Makens out there? My ggggrandfather was Harvey Mackin. He was in the 1850 and 1860 Decatur County census. Any Help would be appreciated. Descendants of Harvey Jim Macken 1 Harvey Jim Macken 1839 - b: Bet. 1839 - 1844 . +Mary Jane Becky Hickerson 1847 - 1873 b: 1847 in Perry County, Tennessee d: Bef. October 1873 in Decatur County, Tennessee ...... 2 Ida Bell Macken 1868 - 1934 b: November 18, 1868 d: February 19, 1934 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee .......... +James Henry Folkner Faulkner 1864 - 1925 b: July 15, 1864 in Cerro Gordo, Hardin County, Tennessee d: April 24, 1925 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee .............. 3 Flora Ella Faulkner 1898 - 1936 b: January 09, 1898 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee d: June 02, 1936 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee .................. +James Henry Barnes 1892 - 1936 b: April 13, 1892 in Holladay, Benton County, Tennessee d: May 08, 1936 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee .............. 3 Cora M. Faulkner 1887 - 1894 b: November 01, 1887 in Decatur County, Tennessee d: October 18, 1894 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee .............. 3 Jasper (Jack) Marion Faulkner 1889 - 1963 b: December 10, 1889 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee d: June 26, 1963 in Birdsong Road, Benton County, Tennessee .................. +Emma Elizabeth Little 1888 - 1957 b: January 17, 1888 in Hardin County, Tennessee d: November 15, 1957 in Birdsong Road, Benton County, Tennessee .............. 3 Nora Lettie Faulkner 1892 - 1993 b: July 05, 1892 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee d: July 08, 1993 in Mid-South Christian Nursing Home, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee .................. +John Emms Pirtle 1886 - 1976 b: April 25, 1886 in Southeast Township, Orange, Indiana d: September 05, 1976 in St. Joseph Hospital Midtown, Shelby County, Tennessee .............. 3 Dora Mae Faulkner 1895 - 1983 b: March 25, 1895 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee d: June 13, 1983 in Big Sandy, Benton County, Tennessee .................. +William Columbus (Hoss) Little 1891 - 1973 b: August 17, 1891 in Hardin County, Tennessee d: August 16, 1973 in St Joseph, Michigan .............. 3 Lora Jimmie Faulkner 1904 - 1920 b: August 01, 1904 in Gibson County/ Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee d: September 28, 1920 in Hog Creek, Decatur County, Tennessee .................. +Benny Washington Baker 1897 - 1971 b: October 20, 1897 in Decatur, County Tennessee d: December 27, 1971 in Madison County Hospital, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee *2nd Wife of Harvey Jim Macken: . +Jennie Owens ??? Thanks, Marie Jean Fairchild wrote: > This is very interesting. Do you all have anything on the Climer or Mckinnis clans. > > Thank you > > SammieJean Gregory-Fairchild > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: j > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 1:31 AM > To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Some genealogy..... > > Thanks pal...didn't know those McElroys were railroaders...hmmmm. I did > know they got themselves into a mite of trouble in the Revolution tho. > <BG> Came running this direction to keep their skins. LOL! > > jan > > At 06:00 AM 1/18/02 -0700, you wrote: > >Jan, > > > >Try the eastern isle of the UK....Irish....they came later to build the > >Railroads out of New England in the 1850's... > > > >Another story......with the Butlers who built Ira's RR's.....HE can HELP > >you with the McElroy's.....ask him...he's got some good history here..... > > > >Also, check the 'Special' 1850 RR Census......Look to the Benton Co. > >Website for an example....... > > > >Dave > > > >At 07:05 PM 1/21/02 -0500, j wrote: > > >I only got one of those "Mc's" in my heritage, Dave. <BG> McElroy. Now > > >canya do anything with that one?? And be nice. > > > > > >jan > > > > > >At 05:29 AM 1/18/02 -0700, you wrote: > > >>YES YOU DO.......but....there's a secret you'll don't know...about > > >>'Septs'.....sub-groups <got'cha> ....ignorance is sometimes > > >>..Bliss..sometmes it cuts your heart out.........'McRea' for example, is a > > >>Sept...of Clan MacKenzie...so are the McLoeds (this is McClouds).........do > > >>your homework......not many in the local area have escaped the the Scottish > > >>'curse'... > > >> > > >>Dave > > >> > > >>At 04:57 PM 1/21/02 -0500, j wrote: > > >> >Wow, Dave! That is interesting! Do you have to be a McKenzie to be in > > >> >those charts? All those my folks' stomping grounds, but I don't think I > > >> >have a drop of McKenzie blood... > > >> > > > >> >At 03:18 AM 1/18/02 -0700, you wrote: > > >> >>In the Fall of 1824, a 49 year old Scott, crossed the Tennessee River, > >from > > >> >>near Erin in what is now Houston Co (that used to be Humphreys Co., and > > >> >>then used to be Stewart Co.), and searched-out a new Homestead for his > > >> >>family of 6, on Sugar Creek (near current-day Big Sandy) in Benton > > County > > >> >>(which used to be Barbados, which used to be Virginia, which used to be > > >> >>Carolina, which used to be N. Carolina, which used to be Indian > >Territory, > > >> >>which used to be Humphreys County)......hoping to move his wife and > >family > > >> >>into a new home by Christmas....... > > >> >> > > >> >>Just after marring his young Scottish bride of 19, Nancy Beaton, on > > >> >>February 13, 1812 in Stewart Co. at Dover., the then 38 year old Malcolm > > >> >>McKenzie, joined Gen. Andrew Jackson (when he came thru the area > > >> >>recruiting) to fight the British in the War of 1812. Malcolm was > > >> >>reportedly 'Killed-in-Action' during the War, and Nancy received a > >Widow's > > >> >>Pension.....But then, Malcolm made a miraculous recovery from his > > 'mortal > > >> >>wounds' and returned home to receive only a 'wounded pension' from > > the US > > >> >>Government for his service...... > > >> >> > > >> >>Imagine if you would, what it might have been like in 1824, to enter > > into > > >> >>the Wilderness of then Humphreys County (which just a few years > > prior had > > >> >>been Indian Territory) and carve-out a new homestead.....alone.....for > >your > > >> >>wife and 6 kids. > > >> >> > > >> >>Malcom's parents (Gilbert & Margrette McKenzie) came to Wilmington, N. > > >> >>Carolina in December 1774 after a 2 month voyage from Greenock, Scotland > > >> >>aboard the ship, Diana. Margrette was pregnant with Malcolm during the > > >> >>journey....she gave birth to Malcolm during the trip or shortley after > > >> >>arriving in Wilmington. They left Scotland, after being reduced to > > >> >>'bleeding' their cattle and drinking their blood to survive.....This is > > >> >>another tale in itself...... > > >> >> > > >> >>Gilbert fought in the Revolutionary War with the British.....as did the > > >> >>majority of Scotts who settled in the present day Carolinas and Georgia. > > >> >>They suffered greatly after the War and their children (in this case > > >> >>Malcolm) left the Raleigh area by 1812. Malcolm took the usual boat > >route > > >> >>from N. Carolina to Dover, Stewart Co. with a lot of the Scottish > >Clans... > > > > >> >> > > >> >>A little history......the names..Nancy and Ann... in Gaelic are the same > > >> >>names.....contrary to popular belief....Nancy Beaton WAS NOT NAMED > >...Nancy > > >> >>ANN Beaton in 1793......that would be like calling President George > > >> >>Bush....GEORGE GEORGE BUSH....her name was Nancy OR Ann...but NOT Nancy > > >> >>Ann....it was Anglicized to Nancy Ann...... > > >> >> > > >> >>2nd....in Gaelic....surnames Beaton and Bethune....who were quite > >prominent > > >> >>in old Stewart, Humphreys, Houston and Benton Counties........are the > > >> >>same.....pronounced ...bee-toon'.......The Beatons' or Bethunes' are an > > >> >>extrememly respected religous name in old Scotland....as they were the > > >> >>priests and ministers of the Church.....and were the founders of the > >Church > > >> > > >> >>of Canada after most of the N. Carolina Scotts went to Canada after the > > >> >>Revolutionary War....... > > >> >> > > >> >>I will tell you the story later as to how these Scotts fought with the > > >> >>English (and this is a VERY, VERY IMPORTANT historical > >note............it's > > >> >>ENGLISH and not BRITISH......you offend Wales, Ireland and Scotland > >(these > > >> >>folks HATED the ENGLISH in 1774) by including them in the > >Revolutionary War > > >> >>as 'British' ........the War was fought with ENGLAND and NOT...Wales, > > >> >>Ireland and Scotland.....it was.... TOTALLY ENGLISH.... > > >> >> > > >> >>More stories later..... > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >>But...... > > >> >> > > >> >>I have, in hand, copies of the Royal Peerage Charts of the McKenzies > > back > > >> >>to the 11th Century.....I received them from the current Laird of the > > >> >>MacKenzies as a gift thru the Clan McKenzie of Canada....for personal > > >> >>research connecting the Clans settlements in the Americas after the > >Battle > > >> >>of Collouden Moor in April of 1745........ > > >> >> > > >> >>THese are very rare documents, as they are NOT available to the General > > >> >>Public..... > > >> >> > > >> >>Three things..... > > >> >> > > >> >>1. These gen-charts, from the 1000's to the late 1800's, provide a > > >> >>genealogical history to a number of you in Northern Benton Country > > >> >>(particularly around Big Sandy) and the surrounding counties. If you > >have > > >> >>an interest in them...I will provide you a copy (at whatever it cost > >me to > > >> >>reproduce them)......let me know.... > > >> >> > > >> >>2. I have established the link between Gilbert (b. 1740), his son > >Malcolm > > >> >>(b. 1774) of Benton Co. and the Ancient MacKenzie Clan > > >> >>gen-charts...........I leave 'the link' for you to discover on your own > > >> >>however......It is important to me..that you do this > >yourselves......if you > > >> >>find the right connections....I will provide you with missing > > >>documents...... > > >> >> > > >> >>3. However, those of you who are descendant of Malcolms' son, Gilbert, > > >> >>thru his son Jethro, and subsequently Fred McKenzie (who married Grace > > >> >>Thelma Wimberley in 1921) may not find these 'Charts" of interest....you > > >> >>may want to look to the Robbins' family genealogy > >instead.......There's an > > >> >>old genealogical ryhme, which has stood the test of time, (making a new > > >> >>ryhme here <vbg>)...that goes......'Mamas' Baby...Daddy's Maybe'....You > > >> >>research it.... and figure it out..... > > > > >> >> > > >> >>Dave > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >>==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > >> >>What do you mean my Birth Certificate expired ??? > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > >> >Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go ?? > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >>==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > >>GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > > >>They Hide & I Seek !! > > > > > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > >Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go ?? > > > > > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > >What do you mean my Birth Certificate expired ??? > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!!Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!!