I have info on Abigail McEwen & her descendents. Will gladly swap info with you. I use FTM 6.0... Joe Lee in Evant, Texas. Let me know if you are interested . -----Original Message----- From: Jim Holman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 29, 1999 7:17 PM Subject: [NCMECKLE] McEwen Family >This is the top four generations of my McEwen Family. Does anyone recognize >this family? I am trying to fill in personal information: dates of birth, >death, marriage and locations of same. Of course any other family members that >someone might know of will be of great interest. A good number of this family >ended up in Coosa and Shelby Counties in Alabama. > >Jim > > > >Descendants of James Hugh McEwen > > >Generation No. 1 > >1. JAMES HUGH1 MCEWEN was born in Scotland. He married SARAH MILLER. > >Children of JAMES MCEWEN and SARAH MILLER are: >2. i. HUGH2 MCEWEN, b. 1725; d. 1792, Mecklenburg County, North >Carolina. >3. ii. THOMAS MCEWEN, b. 1730, Pennsylvania; d. July 1793, Mecklenburg >County, North Carolina. > > > >Generation No. 2 > >2. HUGH2 MCEWEN (JAMES HUGH1) was born 1725, and died 1792 in Mecklenburg >County, North Carolina. He married MARGARET MCDOWELL in Lancaster County, >Pennsylvania. She was born 1728, and died 1789 in Mecklenburg County, North >Carolina. > >Children of HUGH MCEWEN and MARGARET MCDOWELL are: > i. JAMES3 MCEWEN, b. 4 January 1748/49, Lancaster, >Pennsylvania; d. >8 March 1788; m. JANE ROSEBORG HALL. > ii. INFANT MCEWEN, b. 1751. > iii. JOHN MCEWEN, b. 1753. > >Notes for JOHN MCEWEN: >Died in infancy. > > iv. MAY MCEWEN, b. 11 June 1755; d. 11 December 1806. > v. JOHN MCEWEN, b. 1756. > >Notes for JOHN MCEWEN: >Died in infancy. > > vi. JOHN MCEWEN, b. 5 January 1758. > >Notes for JOHN MCEWEN: >Died in infancy. > > vii. ELIZABETH MCEWEN, b. 31 December 1760; d. 1816; m. JOHN DIXON. >4. viii. ABIGAIL MCEWEN, b. 3 December 1762; d. 6 October 1825. > ix. MARGARET MCEWEN, b. 11 May 1764; d. 1779. > x. DAVID MCEWEN, b. 1766. > xi. JANE MCEWEN, b. 23 March 1768. > xii. SAMUEL MCEWEN, b. 13 July 1770; d. 1805; m. SARAH PARKS, 1 >December 1795. > xiii. ELEANOR MCEWEN, b. 16 October 1772; d. 3 July 1825; m. JAMES >MOORE II, June 1793; b. 20 January 1772; d. 5 April 1837. > xiv. SARAH MCEWEN, b. 15 January 1775; d. 7 February 1834; m. ROBERT >P. PARK, 27 August 1798; b. 1762; d. 17 June 1844. > >3. THOMAS2 MCEWEN (JAMES HUGH1) was born 1730 in Pennsylvania, and died July >1793 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He married (1) ? ?. He married >(2) ELIZABETH COCHRAN WOODSIDE 1766 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was >born 1735 in Ireland, and died July 1803 in Mecklenburg or Iredell County, >North Carolina. > >Notes for THOMAS MCEWEN: >Thomas moved from Pennsylvania to Mecklenburg, North Carolina in 1750 or 1751. > >Children of THOMAS MCEWEN and ? ? are: > i. MARGARET3 MCEWEN. >5. ii. ALEXANDER MCEWEN, b. 1758, North Carolina; d. 27 September >1825, >Oglethorpe County, Georgia. > iii. JEAN MCEWEN. > iv. MARY MCEWEN, m. JAMES FINNEY, 25 March 1776. > v. ELEANOR MCEWEN. > >Children of THOMAS MCEWEN and ELIZABETH WOODSIDE are: > vi. THOMAS3 MCEWEN. > vii. FRANCES MCEWEN, m. JOHN COCHRAN, 3 August 1791. >6. viii. RUTH MCEWEN, b. ca. 1773. > > > >Generation No. 3 > >4. ABIGAIL3 MCEWEN (HUGH2, JAMES HUGH1) was born 3 December 1762, and died 6 >October 1825. She married WILLIAM MORRISON 4 August 1785. He was born 23 July >1756, and died 10 November 1821. > >Children of ABIGAIL MCEWEN and WILLIAM MORRISON are: > i. JAMES MCEWEN4 MORRISON, b. 1778; d. 1848, Water Valley, >Mississippi; m. ELIZABETH ?. > >Notes for JAMES MCEWEN MORRISON: >Born in Old Rocky River Community, Cabarrus Co. NC, emigrated to Dallas Co. AL >in 1816, then to Yalobusha Co. MS in 1834 and died in Water Valley MS. Served >12 years as Sheriff of Dallas Co. AL > > ii. SARAH MORRISON, b. 1786; d. 1870; m. ANDREW WALKER, 1812. > iii. MARGARET MORRISON, b. 1790; d. 1868; m. JOHN KIMMONS, 1814. > iv. ERIXENE MORRISON, b. 1797; d. 1860; m. CYRUS A. ALEXANDER. >7. v. DR. ROBERT MORRISON, b. 1798; d. 1889. > >5. ALEXANDER3 MCEWEN (THOMAS2, JAMES HUGH1) was born 1758 in North Carolina, >and died 27 September 1825 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He married (1) >ELIZABETH ? Bef. 1777. She died Bef. 1792. He married (2) MARY ANN PHARR ca. >1792. > >Children of ALEXANDER MCEWEN and ELIZABETH ? are: >8. i. REV. ROBERT BORT4 MCEWEN, b. ca. 1777, North Carolina; d. Aft. >1850. > ii. ELIZABETH C. MCEWEN, b. 17 December 1779, North Carolina; d. >Aft. 1860, Madison County, Georgia (?); m. JAMES CARRUTH, 10 December 1798. > iii. JOHN N. MCEWEN, b. Bet. 1780 - 1790; m. LUCY MORRIS, 28 January >1813, Warren County, Georgia. >9. iv. JAMES HILL MCEWEN, b. 23 February 1782, North Carolina; d. 26 >May 1844, Randolph County, Georgia. >10. v. ISAAC A. MCEWEN, b. 1784, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1850. > >Child of ALEXANDER MCEWEN and MARY PHARR is: >11. vi. EDWARD PHARR4 MCEWEN, b. ca. 1793. > >6. RUTH3 MCEWEN (THOMAS2, JAMES HUGH1) was born ca. 1773. She married JOHN >STEELE ca. 1793 in Mecklenburg or Iredell County, North Carolina. > >Children of RUTH MCEWEN and JOHN STEELE are: > i. THOMAS4 STEELE, b. 1796; m. MARY ?. > ii. MARY STEELE, b. 1798; m. THOMAS COCHRAN. > iii. BETSY STEELE, b. 1800; m. R. H. GRAY. > iv. ELEANOR STEELE, b. 1810. > v. RUTH ELMIRA STEELE, b. 3 August 1815; d. 8 August 1897; m. >HILLIARD JUDGE FINCHER. > vi. HERMAN STEELE, b. 1817. > > > >Generation No. 4 > >7. DR. ROBERT4 MORRISON (ABIGAIL3 MCEWEN, HUGH2, JAMES HUGH1) was born 1798, >and died 1889. He married MARY GRAHAM 1824. > >Notes for DR. ROBERT MORRISON: >Born in Old Rocky River community, Cabarrus Co. NC and died in Lincoln Co. NC, >buried at Machpelah. First President of Davidson College. > >Child of ROBERT MORRISON and MARY GRAHAM is: > i. MARY ANNA5 MORRISON, b. 1831; d. 1915; m. GEN. THOMAS J. >JACKSON, 16 July 1857; b. 21 January 1824, Clarksburg, (West) Virginia; d. >1863. > >Notes for MARY ANNA MORRISON: >After Jackson's death Mary became known as "The Widow of the Confederacy". She >never remaried. >©Virginia Military Institute Archives. > >8. REV. ROBERT BORT4 MCEWEN (ALEXANDER3, THOMAS2, JAMES HUGH1) was born ca. >1777 in North Carolina, and died Aft. 1850. He married RACHEL HAWKINS 27 >January 1801 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. She was born 1777 in North >Carolina, and died 1850. > >More About REV. ROBERT BORT MCEWEN: >Interment: Stone Mountain Cemetery, Gwinett County, Georgia > >More About RACHEL HAWKINS: >Interment: Stone Mountain Cemetery, Gwinett County, Georgia > >Children of ROBERT MCEWEN and RACHEL HAWKINS are: > i. JASPER KIRKHAM5 MCEWEN, b. 19 March 1802, Newton County, >Georgia; d. 19 November 1865, Calhoun County, Georgia; m. MARY ANN CANADA, >1825, >Gwinett County, Georgia; b. 21 January 1805; d. 6 December 1889, Scott County, >Mississippi.. > >Notes for JASPER KIRKHAM MCEWEN: >Moved to to Lowndes County, Mississippi around 1855. Justice of the Peace in >Tallapoosa County, Alabama. > >More About MARY ANN CANADA: >Interment: Bishop Cemetery, Morton, Scott County, Mississippi > > ii. ELIZABETH ANN MCEWEN, b. 17 December 1804, Gwinett County, >Georgia; d. 14 October 1872, Cleburne County, Alabama; m. WILLIAM PARSON EVANS, >4 November 1824; b. 13 July 1805, North Carolina; d. 7 July 1887, Cleburne >County, Alabama. > >More About ELIZABETH ANN MCEWEN: >Interment: Family Cemetery near Heflin > >Notes for WILLIAM PARSON EVANS: >Moved with his parents to Georgia. He moved to Alabama and lived in Benton >County in 1850. He was an early settler of Cleburne County and resided at Sugar >Hill, just north of Heflin. A planter and a slave owner he acquired much land >and many slaves and built a fine home. > >More About WILLIAM PARSON EVANS: >Interment: Cleburne County, Alabama > > iii. MARGARET H. MCEWEN, b. 1809, Georgia; d. ca. 1849, Alabama; m. >JOSEPH FLETCHER ROPER, 12 January 1831, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. 5 December >1808, York District, South Carolina; d. 14 September 1860, Lowndes County, >Alabama. > iv. CYNTHIA MCEWEN, b. ca. 1812, Gwinett County, Georgia; d. >Bef. 16 >October 1865, Gwinett County, Georgia; m. HUGH WASHINGTON MILLS, JR., 1834; b. >ca. 1813, South Carolina; d. Bef. 16 February 1859. > v. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER MCEWEN. > vi. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER MCEWEN. > >9. JAMES HILL4 MCEWEN (ALEXANDER3, THOMAS2, JAMES HUGH1) was born 23 February >1782 in North Carolina, and died 26 May 1844 in Randolph County, Georgia. He >married MARTHA ANN SNEAD 7 July 1811. She was born 11 April 1792, and died 13 >April 1853. > >Notes for JAMES HILL MCEWEN: >John M., Robert, Martha and Emily lived in the Paisley/Umatilla, Florida area >during the mid to late 1800's, according to Frank R. Owen in Winston-Salem >North Carolina. > >More About JAMES HILL MCEWEN: >Interment: Randolph County, Georgia > >More About MARTHA ANN SNEAD: >Interment: Causey Chapel, Cobb County, Georgia > >Children of JAMES MCEWEN and MARTHA SNEAD are: > i. ALEXANDER D.5 MCEWEN, b. 5 June 1812; d. 26 December 1889, >Douglas County, Georgia; m. (1) MALINDA PAYNE, 12 December 1833, Butts County, >Georgia; b. 4 February 1813; d. 1839; m. (2) RHODA PAYNE, 1839; b. 11 June >1815, >Butts County, Virginia; d. 30 August 1884, Douglas County, Georgia; m. (3) >JURIAH JANE AVERY, 23 November 1884, Cobb County, Georgia; b. 1849. > >More About ALEXANDER D. MCEWEN: >Interment: Causey's Chapel Cemetery, Austell, Douglas County, Georgia >Occupation: Millwright & Farmer > > ii. INFANT SON MCEWEN, b. 10 November 1813. > iii. ELIZABETH LOUISA MCEWEN, b. 10 October 1816; m. JOEL DENNIS. > iv. JOHN M. MCEWEN, b. 2 May 1818; m. (1) MARY CAROLINE RUTHERFORD, >3 April 1845, Calhoun County, Georgia; m. (2) MARGARET EVANS, 2 July 1854; b. >1834, Alabama. > >Marriage Notes for JOHN MCEWEN and MARGARET EVANS: >John M. and Margaret were first cousins,once removed. John's father James Hill >McEwen was the grand uncle of Margaret. > > v. NANCY CAROLINE MCEWEN, b. 18 July 1820; d. 2 May 1896, Rosehill >Cemetery, Austell, Georgia; m. ISAIAH IRVIN MOZLEY, 5 May 1836, Campbell >County, >Georgia (now Douglas County, Georgia); b. 28 January 1816, Lithia Springs, >Georgia; d. 4 February 1900, Austell, Georgia. > >More About NANCY CAROLINE MCEWEN: >Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery > >More About ISAIAH IRVIN MOZLEY: >Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery > > vi. ROBERT T. MCEWEN, b. 22 May 1822; m. (1) MARY GAY; m. (2) >ARTEMISSA RUTHERFORD; m. (3) MARY SHIPP. > vii. SARAH ANN MCEWEN, b. 19 June 1825; d. 14 October 1848. > viii. MARTHA ELIZABETH MCEWEN, b. 15 June 1827, Monroe County, >Georgia; m. ELI COOPER, 5 January 1846, Randolph County, Georgia; b. 31 August >1825, Montgomery County, Alabama. > >More About MARTHA ELIZABETH MCEWEN: >Interment: Ponciannah Cemetery, Florida > >More About ELI COOPER: >Interment: Ponciannah Cemetery, Florida > > ix. JAMES M. MCEWEN, b. 5 May 1830; m. ? RUTHERFORD. > x. EMILY JANE MCEWEN, b. 22 April 1831; m. TANDY N. HARDY; b. >1822. > >10. ISAAC A.4 MCEWEN (ALEXANDER3, THOMAS2, JAMES HUGH1) was born 1784 in North >Carolina, and died Aft. 1850. He married (1) CYNTHIA CARRUTH 30 August 1810. >She was born ca. 1790, and died ca. 1845. He married (2) NANCY J. KING. > >Children of ISAAC MCEWEN and CYNTHIA CARRUTH are: > i. JAMES HILL5 MCEWEN, b. 1811; m. MARY C. STRICKLAND, 22 August >1835. > ii. ADAM A. MCEWEN, b. 1820. > iii. LAURA A. F. MCEWEN, b. 1827. > iv. SYNTHA F. MCEWEN, b. 1828. > >11. EDWARD PHARR4 MCEWEN (ALEXANDER3, THOMAS2, JAMES HUGH1) was born ca. >1793. >He married ? ?. > >Child of EDWARD MCEWEN and ? ? is: > i. M. P.5 MCEWEN. > > >