MacMahans in Scotland and Noteworthy Laird s
McMahans in the Thirteen Colonies and Early America, Including Tennessee, below the Mason Dickson Line.
John and Jenny McMahan's Children
Archibald and Ann Payne McMahan and Their Children
Jessie and
Caroline Barrett McMahan and their Children
William Lawrence and
Ida Barron McMahan and their Children
References and
Sources: The Colonial
American South
Other Descendents of John and Jenny
McMahan
_
Ti gerville
reache d
from this link
Fairview Southern Methodist Church
Jessie McMahan and Lucretia Caroline Barrett
Jessie McMahan
Jessie was born July 15, 1804 in Grove Station, near the present town of Piedmont, in Greenville County. His father, Archibald McMahan was a Revolutionary War soldier and his grandfather was a native of Scotland.
In 1806, when he was two years old, his family moved to the George’s Creek section of Pickens County, then the Pendleton District, East of the current town of Easley and West of the Saluda River.
He married Lucretia Barrett on February 6, 1848 at Carmel Presbyterian Church in Pickens County. The service was conducted by the Reverend John Leland Kennedy. The bride and groom reportedly rode to their wedding on horseback, with Lucretia riding side saddle.
Jessie was mentioned in an estate settlement on November 24, 1868 as being a heir of a portion of a 100 acre tract of land owned by William Barrett, Lucretia's father.
In 1869 or 1870 they moved with his family to Oconee County and settled on Little River.
He was never outside the bounds of South Carolina.
Jessie and Lucretia had nine children, all of whom were living in Oconee County when he died.
Jessie died Sunday, May 3, 1896, a month after he fell on the floor at the house of his daughter, Lurana Barron, and received severe injuries which hastened a general decline.
He is buried in the Fairview Southern Methodist Church Cemetery on Ebenezer Road in Oconee County and his service was conducted by Reverend J. A. Wilson, pastor of the Seneca Presbyterian Church.
He survived all of his brothers and sisters.
In Lucretia’s obituary, it was noted that Jessie had become successful on his farm and had been one of the community’s respected and successful farmers.
Jessie was reported to have made the furniture his daughter Mary Ann used when she and her husband set up housekeeping.
Jessie and Lucretia McMahan
Lucretia Caroline Barrett
She was born April 5, 1826
Her parents were William Barrett and Mary Bradley Barrett. William is reported to have died in 1859, a native of Pickens County. Mary was the youngest of 24 children, daughter of her father’s third wife. Her father’s first name is believed to be Lawrence. Mary was born in Buncombe County NC, and died in 1862.
Lucretia died Sunday June 23, 1895, after a lingering illness from heart disease. Her funeral was conducted by the Reverend G. G. Mayes and she was buried in the Fairview Southern Methodist Church Cemetery at noon on Monday, June 24, 1895
Jessie and Caroline's Children
Lurana McMahan , b Nov 21, 1848, married Elijah A.
Barron, d. September 5, 1914
buried at Fairview Church
Mary Ann McMahan, b. Dec 1, 1850, married John
Lafayette Smith, d. March 16, 1927
buried in the Old downtown Seneca cemetery
Lucretia Emmeline McMahan, born April 5, 1853, married Benjamin Knox, d. October 8,1929.
Henry McMahan, b. November 2, 1855, married Lina Taylor, d. May 22, 1928, buried at Fairview Church.
William Lawrence McMahan, b. August 7, 1857,
married Ida Barron, d. February 9, 1937,
buried at Fairview Church
Sara "Sallie" McMahan, b. August 16, 1859, married
Frank Taylor, d. December 22, 1942
Jefferson Davis McMahan, b. August 18, 1861, married Kate Lou Sligh, d.
February 5, 1942,
buried at the Richland Presbyterian Church cemetery
Archibald Alexander McMahan, b. 1863, married Sallie
Barron (1st), married Jessie Chalmers (2nd),
d. 1943, buried at the old downtown Seneca cemetery
Jessie R. (Bob)McMahan, b. October 21, 1867, married Dora Callas, d.
January 16, 1931,
buried at Pohick Episcopal Church, Lorton, Va.
Jessie and Caroline's Children
from left to right:
Lurana, Lucretia, Mary Ann, William Lawrence, Henry, Jeff, Sally, Alexander, Bob
Sources:
The Keowee Courier, June 27, 1895 and some date after May
3, 1896
A photocopy of a page from a McMahan family Bible.
Ray Carter's 1999 Descendents Listing
The John L. Heller family and other narrative sources.