Jeanne, do you use Heritage Quest. They have it in Birmingham and George Bannerman's RW pension application is on line...........JEROME TEW > [Original Message] > From: Jeanne B Alexander <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 7/7/2005 11:00:17 AM > Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] RE: Daniel McAlister from Bladen Co NC > > Bill, > > I am researching Bannerman's from Bladen and New Hanover County. Family > records in the Bladen County Library indicate that Ann Bannerman born > between 1760 and 1780, daughter of Charles (McGregor) Bannerman (1753 > emigrant from Scotland) and Elizabeth Hufham, married a Mr. McAlister. > I have not been able to identify him - there was a Charles McAlister > (1790 & 1800 Census in New Hanover) and an Alex McAlister (1800 New > Hanover Census) in the neighborhood, and a Malcolm McAlister living next > to Ann's brother George Bannerman according to the 21 Jan 1843 New > Hanover County Court listing of George's widow Hannah Bannerman's dower. > > > I know this is too vague to help. If you know any more of Ann, I'd > appreciate your letting me know. > > Thanks, > > Jeanne Alexander > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Vincent [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Daniel McAlister from Bladen Co NC > > Does anybody on the Bladen list know of any connection to the following > Daniel McAlister? Am trying to prove his migration path from Bladen Co. > > This is all I have. Thanks for any clues. > > Bill Vincent in Baltimore > > Daniel McAlister CMA A17-1 > > Per Myrtle Bridges Descriptive List of Men of Bladen County NC in the > Revolutionary War at http://www.rootsweb.com/-ncrevwar/bladenlist.htm > neither a Hardcastle nor a McAlister nor Captain Daniel Williams were > listed as being from Bladen Co, so undoubtedly they were residents of > another County at the time of the revolution. > > I have yet to find evidence of this, but according to William C. Fields, > a NC genealogist and author who lives in Fayetteville, NC an Archibald > McAlister appears in early records of Bladen Co at Brown Marsh and there > is no doubt that later a Histor (Hector) McAlister appears in the 1790 > Bladen Co Census as H/H age over 16 with son under 16 and wife. This > Hector is probably A17-1's (Daniel's) oldest son, or it could be > Daniel's father, Angus' older brother's, Alexander's (CMA A29's) > youngest son, Hector who dies in Claiborne Co MS in 1820 leaving wife, > Mary, and three sons, including, John and Duncan, and presumably 5 > unnamed daughters but apparently it couldn't be the oldest son of > Archibald (CMA A17-2 as he was apparently born shortly before 1790 and > all Archibald's other children were born in a bunch after 1800, but > apparently they were from his second marriage.) 'Alexander and Angus > McAlister with their large and beautiful families' emigrated from > northern Kintyre in la! > te 1770 according to the McAllister Family Papers which consisted of > contemporary correspondence preserved (rescued) by Mr. William C. Fields > and now at the NC State Archives in Raleigh, NC. > > Per NC Legislative records at the NC State Archives in Raleigh; Daniel > McAlister applied for a bounty land grant in early l796 but was turned > down because at the time he was not living in NC. I believe this was CMA > A17-1, and the Daniel who later got a 456 acre land grant and the Daniel > who sold his Bladen Co NC land in 1799, and was in Franklin Co TN with > other relatives in 1812 according to the 1812 Franklin County TN Tax > list.. > > Per Burkhart's Revolutionary War bounty land warrants; A17-4 John > McAlister, my ancestor, from Richmond Co NC got a warrant for land in TN > but I have seen the record in Raleigh where he sold it. And a Daniel > McAlister from NC got a warrant for land in TN in Dec 1796. This could > be CMA A17-1. The transcription by Burkhart mentions two other > McAlisters who served in the revolution and survived to be granted land > in TN. It is not clear where in TN the land was located but Franklin > County, which is located west of Chattanooga, was at the time the place > where other NC land grantees took up land holdings. As I understand the > settlers from southern NC migrated south via Macon Ga to west of > Chattanooga TN to avoid the Smoky mountains. > > Per Transcripts of Revolutionary Warrants in miscellaneous loose papers > at the TN Archives in Nashville: (Copy in "Daniel -A17-1 folder) (from > Baltimore County Genealogical Society Library book entitled " Tennessee > Genealogical Records"): "No. 3999. Heirs of Timothy Hardcastle, 640 > acres, 25 Nov 1796; in Bladen Co, NC. William Hardcastle assigned the > warrant to Daniel McAllester (CMA A17-1) of the same county and state, > the land due to William's brother, Timothy Hardcastle, deceased, in > consideration of the latter's service under command of Captain Daniel > Williams, on 30 Aug 1796. Charles McAlester (CMA A17-3) witnessed the > transfer along with Benjamine Adams and J. Lewis; On 30 Aug 1796 Mrs. > Elizabeth Hardcastle signed her rights away and stated that William > Hardcastle was her only surviving son and lawful brother to Timothy > Hardcastle." > > Charles McAlister CMA A17-3 is known to have died prior to 1822 when his > estate consisted of a rented house in Rockingham, Richmond Co NC and a > valuable plantation in Marlboro Co SC. His brother, John administered > his estate but the surviving records do not indicate any heirs, > distribution or where he died, only that his former home in Rockingham > had been rented for some years and the rent had not been collected for > some time. > > Per Deed dated 22 Oct 1799 recorded at 341, Daniel McAlister to Isaac > Lock for 40 lbs, that land on the West side of Beaverdam Swamp which had > been granted unto Duncan Henderson. Witnessed by James Kelly and > Archibald Kelly in the March Term 1800 of Bladen County. J. S. Purdie, > Clerk of Court. > > Per Deed dated 22 October 1799 recorded at 345, Daniel MacAllister to > James Lock for 20 lbs NC currency, 60 acres on the NW side of Brown > Marsh Swamp. Witnessed by James Kelly and A. Kelly in the March term > 1800. J. S. Purdie, Clerk of Court. > > Daniel McAlister signed a power of attorney to a Kelly for him to > collect a receivable for him and then disappeared. (I have a copy of > this from the NC State Archives somewhere with the date and full name of > the Kelly. It was around 1800 as I recall. I have speculated that > Daniel's wife was a Kelly but have yet to find her name.) > > In CMA A17's (Angus McAlister's) Dec 1808 Will, probated in the January > Term of 1809 in Richmond County, NC, he devises a bull and seeds to > Daniel (CMA A17-1) who he identifies as his oldest son. This indicates > that Daniel is either well settled elsewhere or is planning on leaving > the area. Angus Wills his extensive plantations and other lands to two > trustees to distribute to whoever of his younger sons need land the > most. The trustees named were A17-4, John and John's first cousin, Angus > Gilchrist. Both were County Surveyors for the adjoining counties of > Richmond and Robeson, although both lived in old Richmond Co, NC. It > appears that none of the younger sons took title to any of their > father's land, but settled elsewhere as cheap and better land came > available elsewhere. > > No McAlisters (sic) listed in the 1800 & 1810 Censuses of Franklin Co TN > > 1812 Tax list of Franklin, TN: Daniel McAlister (Probable CMA A17-1-1 > or A17-2-1) on page 17; Daniel McAlister, Sr. (CMA A17-1 and/or CMA > D11); Mathew McAlister (Probable CMA D11-4) and William McAlister > (Possible D11-1) on nearby properties on page 16 > > 1830 Census of Franklin Co TN lists; Ann McAllister (unidentified) > 120000-12201 & Edward McAllister (Unidentified) 000101-02401 > > It is my belief that the Daniel who acquired a patent in Claiborne Co, > MS in 1820 and sold the same in 1827 to Benjamin Hughes in 1827 was the > Daniel who was the co-executor to the 1820 Will of Hector McAlister in > Claiborne Co, MS. If so, Hector would have been his first cousin, CMA > A29-3 who disappeared from Cumberland Co NC in 1802 if, in fact, this > Daniel is CMA A17-1. It is this Daniel, I believe, who appears in > Carroll Co, MS in the household of Alexander McAlister in 1830 along > with John Murphy McAlister and is reported as having been born circa > 1760 to 1770, which corresponds to CMA A17-1's probable birth which is > between 1760-2. This Daniel is designated CMA D04 and it is believed > that his wife was Nancy, and his son, John Murphy McAlister b. 18 Mar > 1807 was married to Isabella McClain, a popular Kintyre and southern NC > surname. In a later, hard to read, Texas census reported probably by > Isabella McClain, his wife she reports that John Murphy was born in TN > (or more ! > likely NC or SC according to Shirley Grammer's interpretation of the > census record) and that John Murphy's father, Daniel, was born in NC, > however CMA A17-1 was undoubtedly born between 1760 and 1762 in Argyll, > Scotland as were his father and most of his brothers. I would note that > this Daniel McAlister D04, lived in Carroll Co MS with an Alexander > McAlister, CMA D04-2 who was b. 29 Mar 1812, I believe that Daniel died > in Carroll Co MS whereas his sons, John Murphy and Alexander died in > LaVernia, Texas and are buried in the Concrete cemetery near there. > Interestingly, John Murphy McAlister owned the adjoining farm in Carroll > Co MS to Alexander McAlister where his father, Daniel lived. Also an > Alexander McAlister acquired by patent in New Hanover County NC on 15 > Dec 1809 a tract of land adjoining his from a John Murphy but abandoned > it shortly thereafter. This Alexander acquired another adjoining patent > on 22 Dec 1803 in New Hanover County NC but neither Alexander, nor > Danie! > l appear in any NC censuses. Another younger Daniel McAlister appears > in the Richmond Co NC 1810 census with a wife and 4 boys under age 10, > but is not there in 1820. In 1812 Archibald McAlister CMA A17-2, younger > brother of Daniel and formerly reportedly a resident of Bladen Co, > co-signed a note with this (younger) Daniel McAlister in Richmond Co NC, > who I suspect is Daniel McAlister, Jr. In the 1812 Franklin Co TN tax > list adjoining Daniel McAlister Sr. > > In "The History of Carroll County, MS" tradition has it that the > McAlisters, Murphys and Staffords who were all early settlers and > intermarried came from upper Marion, now Dillon, Co SC and old Bladen Co > via TN.