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military service - Pvt, Company H, 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, USA, Civil Warson of Anguish McDonald* & Sarah Blythe* formerly of Macon CO, NC; later of Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC
m (1) 7 Oct 1838 Cherokee CO, NC TO
Harriet M. Davidson b 1822 d 29 Jul 1856 Cherokee CO, NC
dau of ________ & Nancy Davidson
m (2) TO ca 1859?
Catherine "Catie" (Taylor) Panther (widow of Felix Panther) b 2 Mar 1823 [6 Mar 1819 per dc] TN d 1 Nov 1915 Beaverdam, Cherokee CO, NC [per dc] buried Ogreeta Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
Catherine "Catie" (Taylor) Panther McDonald's death certificate
dau of David A. & Mary "Polly" Ann (Bigby) Taylor of Murphy, Cherokee CO, NC
issue: (All children were born of his 1st marriage. None were born of his 2nd marriage.)
1(M) Jesse Marion McDonald b Sep 1840 NC d 21 Oct 1921 Dahlonega, Lumpkin CO, GA buried at Mt Hope Cemetery, Dahlonega, Lumpkin CO, GA
J. M. McDonald's Civil War letters
m TO
Sarah Thomas b d
2(F) Nancy C. McDonald b 2 Jul 1842 Cherokee CO, NC d 8 Mar 1908 buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m ca 1860 TO
John C. Dockery b 17 Jan 1837 Cherokee CO, NC d 24 Oct 1914 [per dc; per tombstone 25 Oct] Murphy Township, Cherokee CO, NC buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
John C. Dockery's death certificate
3(M) James Blythe McDonald b 15 Jun 1844 Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC d 29 Feb 1912 Atwood, IL buried Mackville Cemetery, Atwood, IL
military service - Corp, Company G, 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, USA, Civil War
m 15 Sep 1868 Sweetwater, Monroe CO, TN by Squire Burton, TO
Elizabeth M.Nichols b 1846 VA d 15 Mar 1917 Atwood, IL buried Mackville Cemetery, Atwood, IL
4(M) William Marcus McDonald b ca 1847 Cherokee CO, NC d Oct 1863 Civil War
military service - Pvt, 1st Tennessee National Guards, Capt. Goldman Bryson's Company
m never
5(M) John Andrew McDonald b Jul 1848 Cherokee CO, NC d 1923 buried Ogreeta Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m 15 May 1870 Cherokee CO, NC TO
Mrs. Mary Jane (Panther) Talent (widow of Ephraim Talent) b 1 Nov 1844 Cherokee CO, NC d 20 Nov1921 Beaverdam, Cherokee CO, NC buried Ogreeta Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
Mary Jane (Panther) Talent McDonald's death certificate
6(F) Sarah "Sally" McDonald b 1848 [per tombstone 1848; not on 1850 census, thus probably b ca 1851] d 21 May 1923 Murphy Township, Cherokee CO, NC buried Moss Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
Sarah "Sally" (McDonald) Palmer's death certificate
m ca 1865 TO
Balaam "Baley" or "Bale" B. Palmer b 13 Apr 1846 d 26 Nov 1919 buried Moss Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
7(M) Thomas Clingman McDonald b 27 July 1856 [per tombstone; per dc 29 July] Grandview, Cherokee CO, NC d 8 July 1921 Murphy, Cherokee CO, NC buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
Thomas McDonald's accident
chairman of Hanging Dog Baptist Church Decoration Committee, May 21, 1915
Thomas Clingman McDonald's death certificate
m 2 Feb 1882 Cherokee CO, NC TO
Louisa White b 7 Apr 1866 d 10 Feb 1943 buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
Many thanks to Cousin Page (Pearson) Wester for her tireless and devoted help with the research on this line! Also, thanks to Mrs. June Christman for data on James Blythe McDonald above. Appreciation is due Cousin Bill Allen (deceased). Also, thanks to Cousin Sonja Blancke, a direct descendant of Jonathan and Harriet M. (Davidson) McDonald, for information!
*great-great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
