MCKAUGHAN, Archibald

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It was this generation, around 1870 when men were changing their bundle some, immigrant name s to the American version. They changed it to how i t was pronounced in the locality where th ey settled. Apparently the G aelic pronounciation of McKaughan sounded like McCoin for that i s the m ost popular way to spell the name now. 1850 Federal census - Forsyth Co., NC, Archibald is listed as a 42 yr o ld male farmer born i n NC. His wife, Mary, is 40. Children as follows : Isaac H.-12, Richard H.-11, Charlotte E. - 9, Phebe Jane-7, John W.-2 . From the Agriculture Schedule for the year ending June 1, 1850, Archiba ld had 99 improved acr eage, 54 unimproved acreage, 575 cash value of f arm, 75 value of farming implements and machi nery, 1 horse,5 milch cow s, 5 other cattle, 7 sheep, 18 swine, 193 value of live stock, 53 bu sh els of wheat, 5 bushels of rye, 200 bushels of Indian corn, 100 bushels o f oats, 15 lbs o f wool, 10 bushels of Irish Potatoes, 5 bushels of swe et potatoes, 200 lbs of butter, 25 lbs . of cheese, 16 tons of hay, 12 v alue of home made manufactures, 62 value of animals slaughte red. 1860 Federal census - Forsyth Co., NC, Archibald is listed as 51 yr old m ale farmer born in N C. He has est.real val.at 625 and est val. persona l at 1200. His wife, Mary, is listed as 50 , Isaac H. is 23 male day la borer, Richard H. is 21 male day laborer, Charlotte E. is 19, Phe be J. i s 17 and John W is 13. Archibald is listed as a juror to the June Court 1856 - Forsyth County C ourt of Pleas and Qua rters. Archibald is listed as a juror to the Sept 1849 Court - Forsyth County C ourt of Ps & Qs. Born in Guilford Co.(then Rowan) and grew up there. Moved to Stokes (n ow Forsyth) Co. in 183 9 and remained until his death. He was listed in the People's Press, Salem,NC. "Archibald McKaughan liv ed on the Amos Stewar t Place in Kernersville, NC. He was a member of t he Protestant Methodist Church." 20 Nov 18 79

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Archibald married WELCH, Mary Jane on 8 Jan 1835 in Stokes County, NC. Mary (daughter of WELCH, Isaac and PAYNE, Margaret) was born on 3 Feb 1810 in Guilford County, NC; died on 26 Jan 1874 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1860 Federal census - Forsyth Co., NC lists William as a 25 yr old Male f armer, his wife, Eli zabeth, is 22, Mary L. is 1/2. William Jasper McKaughan was a farmer, A Moravian and a Civil War Veter an. He changed the sp elling of his name to McCoin about 1870. In 187 4 he moved his family from Kernersville, NC t o Goddard, Sedgwick Co., K s.

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HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA

Chicago and New York Publishing Company 1919

Vol. IV Page 216

ISAAC HARRISON McKAUGHAN

At the age of eighty, still hale and vigorous, Isaac Harrison McKaughan l ives in the villag e of Kernersville, in Forsyth County. He grew up and h ad his first business experience befor e the war. During the war he ser ved faithfully and loyally as a Confederate Soldier. After th e final s urrender he returned home to take up the threads of civil existence. Mr . McKaughan w as a very prosperous farmer for many years, and still own s a very large and handsome estate.

He was born in Guilford County, North Carolina August 26, 1837. His gra ndfather McKaughan, o f Scotch ancestry, reared his family in Guilford C ounty. In the early years of the last centu ry, he was determined to se ek a home in the new country then opening to American settlers i n that p art of the Dominion of Mexico known as Texas. It was such an adventure a s many pionee rs were willing to engage in at a risk of considerable pe rsonal danger. His son, Archibald, r eceived from him a letter written a t Natchitoches, Louisana, the border of Texas, and soon af terwards the re came a notice to the effect that Hugh McKaughan was dead. Hugh marri ed Phoeb e Pope who survived her husband many years and died at the hom e of her son, Forrester, in Gui lford County. Her six children were nam ed: George, Archibald, William, Forrester, Jesse and J ane.

Archibald McKaughan, father of Isaac H., was born in Guilford County, N orth Carolina, 15 Dece mber 1808. He grew up in country surroundings an d lived in Guilford County until 1839, when h e moved to Stokes County. S ettling near Freidland, now Forsyth County, he became a general fa rmer , and he remained in that county an honored and useful citizen, until h is death in 1879 . He married Mary Welch. She was born in Guilford Coun ty February 3, 1810. Her father, Isaa c Welch, was a native of the same c ounty, and her grandfather, William Welch, was also a farm er who spent h is last years in Guilford County. The Welch settlement is about three o r four m iles from High Point. Isaac Welch, married Martha Paine, who w as probably a life long residen t of Guilford County. Mrs Archibald McK aughan died January 26, 1877. Her six children were: W illiam, Isaac H. , Richard, Charlotte, Phoebe Jane and John. The sons, William, Isaac an d Rich ard were Confederate Soldiers.

Isaac Harrison McKaughan grew up in Stokes County on his father's farm. W hen he was 19 year s of age, he started for South Carolina for the purp ose of selling tobacco. He hired a team f rom his Uncle and bought a st ock of tobacco from N.D. Sullivan. As a tobacco peddler he did c onside rable business, and was in South Carolina until 1862. In the spring of t hat year he enr olled in the Clemons Company and was attached to the Se venth Confederate Regiment under Colon el Clayburn. He was subsequently t ransferred to the Sixteenth North Carolina Battalion. Thi s service too k him all over the great battlefields of Virginia, and while constantly o n dut y and ever ready for the hazards and fortune of a soldier's life, h e suffered neither sicknes s or wounds or capture and was with his comm and until the surrender at Appomattex. He and six teen of his commrades w ere able to retain their horses, and they rode home and were paroled a t G reenboro.

Bravely facing the conditions of life in a devastated country, he at on ce rented a tract of l and in Abbott's Creek Township and spent the spr ing and summer farming. The rest of the yea r he was again a tobacco sa lesman in South Carolina. In 1869 Mr. McKaughan bought a tract o f land i n Abbott's Creek Township and was

Steadily engaged in farming there until 1876. In that year he sold his f arm and moved to Kern ersville. He is first purchase of land there was f ifty acres close to the town, and in 1884 h e bought a lot in the villa ge and erected a commodious brick house, where he has since lived . Muc h of Mr McKaughan's prosperity in business was acquireds a tobacco sale sman, and for upw ards to forty years he made his annual trips to South C arolina. He continued to invest in lan d until he had upwards to 350 ac res and has financial independence that enables him to live a nd take l ife leisurely.

Mr McKaughan was married in 1864 to Esther Robertson. She was born five m iles south of Kerner sville October 6, 1939, daughter of William Haley a nd Mahala Robertson. They were happily mar ried for thirty-four years u ntil her death on May 20, 1898. In 1899, Mr. McKaughan married MA RY NE WTON PEGAM, a native of Guilford County and a daughter of John F. and N ancy Jones Pegam . Mr. McKaughan is an active member of Kernersville Me thodist Episcopal Church, south, and bo th his wives had also been memb ers of that society. He is affiliated with Norfleet Camp of th e Confed erate Veterans.

By his first marriage, he had six children: Miranda, Mary, David, Corne lius M., Arminius Harr ison, and Charles. Miranda is the wife of Robert E . Steele of Greenboro, Mary married Charle s Hester and their son Homer i s a dentist. David married Minnie Hooker; their seven childre n are Bes sie, Roy Hooker, Gates, Olivia, David and Esther. Cornelius by his seco nd marriage t o Leata Reed has a son, Robert Steele. Arminius married B etty Gentry and they have seven chil dren: Elah, Duke, Ralph, Donald, J ohn, Phyllis and Maxine. Charles married Nona Brown, and th eir three c hildren are William, Charles and Mary.

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The late Elah McKaughn Peace, High Point, North Carolina, 1965

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Charlotte married PARNELL, Jacob William on 17 Oct 1865. Jacob (son of PARNELL, William and NISSEN, Susanna Dorothea) was born on 29 Aug 1836 in NC; died on 25 Aug 1877 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Harrison married HINE, Ida Prilla in CA 1899. Ida (daughter of HINE, John Nelson and REED, Mary Elizabeth) was born on 22 Jan 1879 in Forsyth County, NC; died on 23 May 1962 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: WILLIARD, Jacob Thompson. Jacob was born on 14 Jul 1857 in NC; died on 11 Nov 1945 in Winston-Salem, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: SMITH, Koy Sylvester. Koy (son of SMITH, Pleasant Sylvester and SMITH, Nancy Jane) was born on 22 Apr 1907 in Forsyth County, NC; died on 8 Feb 1994 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried on 11 Feb 1994 in Winston-Salem, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: SHORE, Paul John. Paul was born on 6 Sep 1901 in NC; died on 26 Aug 1975 in Winston-Salem, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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