Hello: Walton, Georgia researchers Thank you Bettie for letting me join and post about my family. Hope my little bit of info will help not only me - but others, too. :-) I am searching for any information about my McCAY family who lived in the northern area of Clarke, Oconee, Morgan or Walton Counties from 1861 till 1870. It is known that several members of the McCAY line moved to Georgia from Pickens (Oconee) South Carolina from the early 1800s on. I am looking for the old farm house location of William Boling McCAY and wife, Arena Catherine Bell-McCAY and children. Three children were born in Georgia - William Andrew McCAY, Walter Bell McCAY, and Seldon Boling McCAY - please see below for more on them. Does anyone have any idea about where their farm house might have been located during the years 1861-1870? I know that William was a blacksmith, and worked in a gun factory during the War Between the States. He also served in Captain F.L. Cook's Company - 23rd Georgia Infantry Battalion - also known as Georgia Local Defense - Enfield Rifle Battalion. He was employed at the armory by Captain Cook in 1863 and 1864. He also worked in Atlanta during those years. We know he left Arena Catherine and the children living on a farm away from the cities. Could she have been living with another family? Maybe the COOK family or a member of that 23rd regiment? There is a McCaysville, Georgia in Fannin County - always wondered if any of my McCays from Pickens, South Carolina settled or started it? I love doing the family research - thanks to my mother working on it for years. I wish I had more time to spend on it. I stay busy as a full-time children's Civil War author. I know we are not supposed to use the rootsweb to advertise things, but I have two - new - children's Civil War books just out! :-) I'm also trying to gather info on my family members who served in the Confederacy - as I can see several books coming from their wonderful stories and lives. I look forward to hearing from you. Nancy :-) ============================================================ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> McCAY Family >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. William MACKAY (b. Scotland ca 1700) ....2. Thomas MACKAY (b. Scotland ca 1730) ........3. Daniel McCAY (b. Scotland DEC 1756) m. Betsy STANLEY ............4. Daniel S. McCay b. 1792 m. Rhoda Jane Hill ............4. William B. McCay b. 1794 m. Cassa_____? or Mary White? ............4. William Alexander McCay B. 1797 m. Nancy Golden ............4. Archibald McCay m. Martha Wheeler ............4. John McCay m. Katie Alford ............4. Jerusha McCay b. 1804 m. Harbert Arthur Hill ............4. Thomas H. McCay b. 1806 m. Elender Boling ***NOTE*** see family below ............4. Martin Stanley McCay b. 1806 m. Martha Patsy Collins ............4. (The following could also be children of Daniel McCay & Betsy Stanley: Margaret, Rosanna, Nancy, Jane, Benjamin - they are sometimes listed as McCoy, all born and raised in Pendleton District.) *** My line is from: Thomas H. McCAY (son of Daniel McCay & Betsy STANLEY) b. 1806 South Carolina d. 1843 Pickens County, SC Thomas was a gunsmith, blacksmith, & farmer. He married Elender BOLING in August of 1827. (Could be spelled BOLING - BOLLING - BOWLING) She was b. 1808 in South Carolina. She died in 1850 (buried in Pickens County, SC).I don't have anything on her line. Children: all born in Pickens County, SC 1. William Boling McCAY 1828-1909 (My GRT-GRT Grandparents) b. 2 MAR 1833 Anderson County, SC d. 11 JUN 1918 Gustine, Comanche County, TX m. Arena Catherine BELL (see below for their children, and BELL Family for info on her line)) 2. Elizabeth C. McCAY 1830- 3. Jarisha (Jarusha) A. McCAY 1832- 4. Catharin L. McCAY 1833- 5. Sarah A. McCAY 1835- 6. Margarett McCAY 1837- 7. Daniel W. McCAY 1839- 8. Unice E. McCAY 1841- 9. Martha T. McCAY 1842- Children of William Boling McCay & Arena Catherine Bell: #1-6 born in Pickens County, SC #7-9 born in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia #10-12 born in Marshall County, Mississippi .....1. Arah Ella McCAY 1851-1939 m. James WAKEFIELD, then Wesley MYHAND .....2. John Thomas McCAY 1853-1945 m. Martha Ann RUSHING .....3. Rudie Artiemissie McCAY 1854-1879 m. Thomas M. HANCOCK .....4. Missouri Eveline 1856-1933 m. Samuel H. HANCOCK .....5. Unity Annie McCAY 1858-1886 m. Henry HUDSPETH .....6. Tinnie C. McCAY 1861-1886 m. Pouncey NUCKOLS .....7. William Andrew McCAY 1864-1942 m. Velma Etta CROUT .....8. Walter Bell McCAY 1867-1928 m. Annie L.J. ROBINSON .....9. Seldon Boling McCAY 1869-1886 ....10. Bulah Pearl McCAY 1871-1951 (my GRT-Grandparents) m. Jefferson S. KELLEY ....11. Lou Dovic McCAY 1873-1886 ....12. Alexander McCAY 1873-1876 ============================================================ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BELL Family >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> John BELL, Jr. (born 26 FEB 1807 North Carolina) He married Arah (Amy) Beck SWAFFORD. She was born 11 NOV 1806, Pickens District, South Carolina. She and John BELL were listed in the 1860 Pickens District Census, and in the 1870 Oconee County, South Carolina census. She died in 1890. John died in May, 1891. They had ten children: > 1. Samuel M. BELL > b. 26 JUN 1827 d. _________ > 2. Mary Adeline BELL > b. 17 JAN 1829 d. 27 JUN 1914 > m. John M. HOWARD > 3. Jasper M. BELL > b. 26 FEB 1831 d. __________ > 4. Arena Catherine BELL > b. 2 MAR 1833 Anderson County, SC > d. 11 JUN 1918 Gustine, Comanche County, TX > m. William Boling McCAY > 5. Rhoda Emaline (Rudy) BELL > b. 27 DEC 1834 Salem, Pickens (Oconee) County, SC > d. 25 JAN 1922 La Jara, Conejos, Colorado > m. John Henry ROSS > 6. Sarah Agnes BELL > b. 21 NOV 1836 > d. 1941 (105 years old) Townville, SC > 7. George S. BELL > b. 16 MAY 1839 > d. 26 AUG 1922 > m. Harriett GANTT > 8. James A. BELL > b. 10 MAY 1841 SC > d. __________ > 9. John S. BELL > b. 6 JAN 1843 SC > d. __________ > 10. Elizabeth A. BELL > b. 29 APR 1846 SC > d. ___________