Inferred Adm from estate inventory: likely oldest) William V. McMahen, a resident of the Second District of Haywood County, was born April 12, 1823, in Alabama, and is the son of James A. and Mary (Coleman) McMahen; his father was born in South Carolina in 1802, and moved to Tennessee at an early date, first locating in Rutherford County, but in 1822 moved to Alabama, but soon returned to Tennessee, and died in 1832. Our subject's mother was born in Kentucky in 1801, and died in Hardeman County, Tenn., in 1868. Mr. William McMahen was reared on a farm with his uncle, William McMahen, until be was sixteen years old. In 1842 he commenced farming,which he has continued with success to the present time. In 1852 he was elected constable, and at the same time appointed deputy sheriff, serving in that capacity until 1866, when he moved to Dancyville, and engaged in the mercantile and commission business for five years. In 1870 he was elected magistrate, and served until 1882. December 22, 1842, he married Catharine H. Hill, the daughter of William and Nancy Hill, and granddaughter of Col. Green Hill, who was a pioneer preacher of Williamson County. Of five children born to this marriage, three are living: Mary Lousisa (wife of J. N. Stanley), William S. and Mattie W., wife of T. J. Welch. Mr. McMahen is a man of line character, and is esteemed by all who know him as an upright, Christian gentleman. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and he belongs to the Masons, being a chapter member of the Dancyville Lodge, No. 165; in politics he is a Republican. Township 2 South, Range 9 West This is in east Lauderdale County and contains the community of Center Star. The extreme south west corner borders the Tennessee River where Four Mile Creek empties into it. MCMAHEN, JAMES - 09-02-1825
