EIGHTH GENERATION

166. Samuel MCGAUGHEY ⁽⁴³⁾ was born on 15 Jul 1763 in York Co,PA. He died on 5 Jan 1841 in Lawrence Co,AL. He was buried in Presbyterian Mt. Hope Cemetery,Lawrence Co,AL. Per Sutton (p. 113):
"Samuel's will recorded Lawrence Co., Ala. 20 Jan. 1841 and names Jane, his widow, and five children: Samuel K., James N., Margaret, Jane, Mary A. His son, William's name did not appear as he was deceased. It is interesting to note that Andrew Lackey was one of five men to make an appraisal of the property.

Jane died 1 Apr. 1847 intestate and in the Probate Court records are named her children, giving the names of the husbands of her daughters; also the children of son William E., deceased.

In Samuel's deposition for a Revolutionary War Pension, he swears he came when nine years of age with his parents to the Holston Valley Settlement (now Washington Co., Va.) and that they were living in the fort there when the Revolution broke out. When his father was called out against the Indians on Clinch River in the spring of 1778, Samuel - then 15 years of age - substituted for his father, serving under Capt. John Shelby; that he served in the same capacity and place in Aug. 1778 under Capt. James Montgomery.

On 1 Mar. 1779, he volunteered for service in his own name, and the pension record shows that he served 12 months as a private in the North Carolina and Virginia Militia; four months as Lieutenant and was promoted to Captain in 1781. The total time of his service appearing in this record is 35 months. He states that he was in the battles of Tiger River, Pacolat River, Eutaw Springs, and King's Mountain. Other depositions were filed by Agnes Alexander, "younger sister", Jeremiah Alexander and William F. Simpson. Samuel further states that his father's Bible is in his possession, and that he lived on the French Broad River in Sevier County, Tenn. until 1818 when he came to Lawrence Co., Ala. (Ref. 14.)

After the Revolution, Samuel, his father, and their families settled in East Tennessee, where he was made Territorial Sheriff by his friend, John Sevier, who was perhaps the most interesting figure in early Tennessee history, having been Governor of the Independent State of Franklin 1784-1788, and in 1796 Governor of the State of Tennessee for three successive terms. We know there was a deep friendship and admiration for him by the McGaugheys as the name of Sevier McGaughey was handed down, and for a number of years, they were close neighbors.

Sevier County was taken out of Green in 1784 and Samuel McGaughey was on the Commission which located the county seat at Sevierville in 1794. In 1791, he bought one of the first 64 lots sold in Knoxville, but he seems never to have made his home there. He lived on a beautifully situated farm near "McGaughey's Station" referred to previously. Samuel and his wife were members of the Urbana Presbyterian Church in Blount County.

In 1810 Samuel sold land in Blount County on Pistol Creek, adjoining the present Maryville College lands, for $1,000.00. He did not go with his father and brothers to Maury County, for he distinctly states he stayed on the French Broad River until 1818 when, at 55 years of age, with his entire family, with the possible exception of two daughters who had already married in Greeneville and his son, John, he joined his two brothers in Maury County for the long trek to Alabama, going by way of the Natchez Trace opened in 1806 and over the Tennessee River at present day Muscle Shoals, into the fertile, rolling lands of Lawrence Co, AL.

Samuel died at Mt. Hope, his will being recorded at Moulton as stated above" He was married to Jane MCLAUGHLIN on 24 Feb 1784 in Sullivan Co,NC.

167. Jane MCLAUGHLIN ⁽⁴³⁾ died on 1 Apr 1847. Per Sutton (p. 113):
"Samuel McGaughey ....married 24 Feb 1784 in Sullivan Co., No. Car. to Jane McLaughlin (Laughlin), daughter of John and Mary (Polly) (Price) McLaughlin, who owned a farm and dairy -- was also a weaver -- about 12 miles from Abingdon, VA." Children were:

i. William E. MCGAUGHEY⁽⁴³⁾ was born about 1784/85. He died in 1838 in Moulton,Lawrence,AL. Per Sutton (p. 114):
"Married ... probably before going to Alabama. Will on record at Moulton names five children. In Orphan's Court records at Moulton dated Dec. 1838, he is shown as William W., his widow, Elizabeth. The Administrators are named: William L. McGaughey, son of George Washington McGaughey, and Pleasant W. Stephenson (married to Margaret McGaughey). Bondsmen are: John M. McGaughey, son of James Harvey and Nehemiah Harris, related by marriage. In the Probate Court records settling his mother's estate, she lists the children of William E. McGaughey"
ii. Mary (Polly) MCGAUGHEY⁽⁴³⁾. 11 children, no further record
iii. Elizabeth MCGAUGHEY⁽⁴³⁾. Listed as Elizabeth Reynolds on mother Jane's probate court records.
iv. Major John MCGAUGHEY⁽⁴³⁾ was born on 12 Jul 1792 in Greene Co,TN. He died on 20 May 1874 in Greeneville,Greene,TN. Per Sutton (p. 115):
"The most attractive picture of John as a lover of the family's children and their devotion to him is shown by his grandson, T. S. Rankin, and read at the Alexander-McGaughey Reunion held 24 Aug. 1917. 'His home became a mecca where the children of his own blood and others would meet. Erect, with stately step and dignified movement of the old Roman, a man of vigorous and correct thinking, of strong and firm convictions -- his very presence could be felt. He was in many respects a remarkable man.'

Not long after his marriage, John bought a tract of wooded land two miles east of Greeneville of about 300 acres, and there established a home. Not an acre was cleared. His sturdy arms felled the trees and cleared the land of its virgin forests. He constructed a double-log house, hewn logs, two-story, weatherboarded with porches on either side, and a large rock chimney in the center. Here he raised a family of seven children. The old log house was torn down many years ago. Later in life about the year 1847, he built a new home west of the old one, and in the yard planted the pines and cedars he loved so well. M. J. Temple resided in the home in the 1930's.

In the Constitutional Convention of 1834 for revision of the Constitution, he was the representative of the seven counties of Greene, Sevier, Washington, Cocke, Blount, Monroe, and McMinn. This convention was an important one in the history of Tennessee. He was a member of the General Assembly for several terms. He served as a Major in the War of 1812, and was with Andrew Jackson in the Indian campaigns in Alabama and Mississippi.

John was one of the original directors of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway; was Trustee at Tusculum Academy, which was established in 1818; was a member of the Presbyterian Church - a ruling elder in Mt. Bethel Church (Ref. 15). Will on file Greene County (Ref. 16)."
v. Sarah (Sally) MCGAUGHEY⁽⁴³⁾ was born in 1800 in Blount Co,TN. She died in 1857 in Itawamba Co,MS. Per Sutton (p. 217):
"By 1820 the John Ewings had moved to Lawrence County, Ala., probably with the McGaughey family. They are also found in the 1830 Census of Lawrence County. By 1838 John Ewing was on the tax list of Itawamba County, Miss.

After the death of Sarah in 1856/7, John Ewing married his sister-in-law, Mary A. (McGaughey) Simpson in Pontotoc County, Miss. on 7 Dec 1857."
vi. James H. MCGAUGHEY⁽⁴³⁾. Marriage recorded Lawrence Co, AL
vii. Samuel E. MCGAUGHEY⁽⁴³⁾. Six children, no further data.
viii. Margaret (Peggy) MCGAUGHEY⁽⁴³⁾ was born about 1799.
ix. Jane M. MCGAUGHEY⁽⁴³⁾. Marriage recorded at Mounton, Lawrence Co., AL
83 x. Mary Anne MCGAUGHEY.

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