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MCKAUGHAN, Isaac Harrison

MCKAUGHAN, Isaac Harrison

Male 1837 - 1933  (95 years)

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  1. 1.  MCKAUGHAN, Isaac HarrisonMCKAUGHAN, Isaac Harrison was born on 26 Aug 1837 in Stokes (Forsyth) County, NC (son of MCKAUGHAN, Archibald and WELCH, Mary Jane); died on 4 Apr 1933; was buried in Kernersville, NC.

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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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  1. 2.  MCKAUGHAN, ArchibaldMCKAUGHAN, Archibald was born on 13 Sep 1808 in Rowan County, NC (son of MCKAUGHAN, Hugh and POPE, Phebe); died on 8 Nov 1879 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC.

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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]


  2. 3.  WELCH, Mary JaneWELCH, Mary Jane was born on 3 Feb 1810 in Guilford County, NC (daughter of WELCH, Isaac and PAYNE, Margaret); died on 26 Jan 1874 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC.

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    1. MCKAUGHAN, William Jasper was born on 18 Dec 1835 in Forsyth County, NC; died on 6 May 1898 in KS; was buried in Goddard, KS.
    2. 1. MCKAUGHAN, Isaac Harrison was born on 26 Aug 1837 in Stokes (Forsyth) County, NC; died on 4 Apr 1933; was buried in Kernersville, NC.
    3. MCKAUGHAN, Richard Henry was born on 30 Apr 1839; died on 24 Feb 1923; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC.
    4. MCKAUGHAN, Charlotte Elizabeth was born on 10 Oct 1840 in NC; died on 14 Dec 1907 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC.
    5. MCKAUGHAN, Phoebe Jane was born on 14 Jan 1843 in Stokes County, NC; died on 26 Jan 1922 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Kernersville, NC.
    6. MCKAUGHAN, John Wesley was born on 6 Mar 1847 in Broadbay, NC; died on 31 Aug 1930; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC.


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  1. 4.  MCKAUGHAN, Hugh was born about 1779 in Rowan, NC (son of MCKAUGHAN, Archibald Jr. and MERCER, Jane); died about 1845 in Nacogdoches, TX.

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    Found his name (spelled McQuown) on a list of petitioners from Rowan Co ., NC along with Georg e Howard. Petition to His Excellency Josiah Mar tin Esquire Governor and Commander in Chief i n and over the Province o f North Carolina asking him to have an amendment of the act of Assem bl y so far as to tolerate the Presbyterian Publication. (Concerning marr ying of the member s of the Presbyterian Church). From Four Generations of McKaughans in America: There are two s tories written or tol d about Hugh's life. One story states that he le ft Phoebe and the children when their twins , Jesse Alfred and Forreste r were small, presumbly to find a better place for them to live . The t wins were born on May 1, 1815. It was told that he went to Tesas to re locate near re latives, prehaps his niece, Jane Mercer Brooks Simpson, d aughter of his sister, Rebecca McKau ghan Brooks. A letter from Archib ald's son, John Wesley McKaughan, to one of his children re lates that t he family heard from his grandfather (Hugh) two or three times in the n ext few ye ars and then no more, so assumed dead around 1820. The other story relates that Hugh was known to have bought land in 1816 i n Pulaski Co., Kentu cky. While there, it is stated that he married Na ncy Riddle in 1820; then moved to Texas t o settle near his niece. Div orces were practically unheard of in this era. If there were gr ounds f or divorce, only the rich and/or influential could afford them. Whethe r or not he eve r legally divorced Phebe or just deserted his family is n ot known. Prehaps if the latter i s true, it wwas just easier for Pheb e to tell her children that their father was dead than t o try to expla in the divorce/desertion. Book 23, page 40: On 11 Sep 1812, Hugh McKaughan -- no wife signs -- l ets John Cecil (both o f Rowan Co., NC) have 75 acres on Rich Fork of A bbott's Creek next Rachel Cecil, Hoseph Alber tson & ---- Collet, for 1 00 pounds, witnessed by John Wayman & Thomas Cecil & proved by the l at ter in Feb 1814. (Said Hugh McKaughan bought this of Sherwood Kennedy) . Hugh reared his family in Guilford Co., NC but went to Texas which port ion was then Mexico . He wrote his son Archibald from Natchitoces, LA o n the border of Texas. A little later wor d was received that he was de ad. In a note from Raymond Peace, editor of "The Descendants of Silas Peace ": In the settling o f the estate of George Whitefield Pope, daughter, P hebe McKaughan, was not taken apart from h er husband as was her sister . This indicates that Hugh McKaughan is deceased. Date is 5 Oc t 1819 . He was on the tax rolls in Texas in 1845 - from Cuz of Sorts by M inniebell McKaughan P erkins From CUZ of Sorts: HUGH McKAUGHAN, named after his Uncle Hugh Mc Kaughan born in Pennsy lvania, went with his parents to what is now Sul livan County, Tennessee after the Revolutiona ry War. He went to Pulas ki County, Kentucky around 1800 with his parents where he was grante d 2 00 acres of land on the East Side of the south fork of the Cumberland R iver. He apparentl y kept his land; but he went to North Carolina wher e he married PHOEBE POPE, 29 March 1804 . Phoebe was born 7 August 178 3 in Pennsylvania, daughter of Rev. George Whitefield Pope an d Mary Ha itt. His marriage bond was co signed by his father-in-law, Rev. George W . Pope, Witn esses James Pope, the bride's brother, and Joab Brooks, br other of his sister Rebecca's husba nd, John D. Brooks. It is possible H ugh and Phoebe knew each other in Pennsylvania before the y moved south . Something happened to the marriage of Hugh McKaughan and Phoebe Pope. W hile I was in North C arolina, I read a letter telling that Hugh went t o the Dominion of Mexico (Texas) to try to g et land near kin (his niec e, Jane Mercer Brooks Simpson), when the twins were a few months ol d ( 1815). He was heard from once only so assumed dead. When we were in P ulaski County, Kent ucky doing research, we found him having his land s urveyed and getting a license to run a saw mill. In 1818, he married P OLLY RIDDLE and then they went to Texas where he was on the tax r olls u ntil 1845. If they heard from him in Texas, it was years after he had l eft North Carol ina. I feel the marriage bond had something to do with i t for it states that if he leaves hi s wife, and there are children inv olved, he would pay the state five hundred pounds, the curr ency of the d ay. Since he was nowhere to be found and since his father-in-law had c o-signed , it looks like he would be the one to pay. It was just easie r for Phoebe to say he had gon e and not heard from rather than he had l eft her. To get married legally in those days, yo u had to get a marri age bond, which meant you had to pay the state a certain amount of mone y t o take care of your children if you left them, in his case, 500 pounds. T his is why commo n law marriages were so popular. After Hugh McKaughan left North Carolina, Phoebe took her children to h er father's farm wher e they built a cabin for her down by the spring. T he foundation is still visible. They alwa ys referred to it as "Widow P hoebe's home" All their children stayed in North Carolina but Re v. Wil liam, my great grandfather.

    Hugh married POPE, Phebe on 29 Mar 1804 in Rowan County, NC. Phebe (daughter of POPE, Rev. George Whitefield and HIATT, Mary) was born on 7 Aug 1783 in Guilford County, NC; died on 16 Sep 1867 in Guilford County, NC; was buried in Oak Ridge, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  POPE, PhebePOPE, Phebe was born on 7 Aug 1783 in Guilford County, NC (daughter of POPE, Rev. George Whitefield and HIATT, Mary); died on 16 Sep 1867 in Guilford County, NC; was buried in Oak Ridge, NC.

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    After Hugh's death or desertion, Phebe worked hard and raised her child ren the best she could , perhaps with help from her father. Since Hugh w as not around to pay the 500 Pounds, it is assumed that her father, as c o-signer of the marriage bond, paid that sum to the state of NC to help t ake care of the children. (If Hugh was dead, no marriage bond would ne ed to be paid. Does this mean that the second story of desertion inste ad of death is the one to be believed?) She died at the home of her son Rev. Forrester McKaughn. Forrester and h is wives (Sallie Parrish and Rebecca Perkins) are buried at A-I Cemeter y in the same plot and marked. "Descendants of George Whitefield Pope" f rom McCubbin Collection, Rowan Library, Salisbury, N.C. "The Descendant s of Silas Peace, 1775 to 1968" by Richard Raymond Peace, Sr. Tombstone P hoto- A-I Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Guilford., N.C. The 1860 Forsyth County, North Carolina census has her living with The L evi Livingood family:

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    Children:
    1. MCKAUGHAN\ MCKOIN, George P. was born in 1805 in Rowan County, NC; died on 22 Jul 1871.
    2. 2. MCKAUGHAN, Archibald was born on 13 Sep 1808 in Rowan County, NC; died on 8 Nov 1879 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC.
    3. MCKAUGHAN, Jane was born before 1810 in Rowan County, NC; died in 1850; was buried in Forsyth County, NC.
    4. MCKAUGHAN\ MCCOIN, Rev. William was born on 18 Apr 1813 in Rowan County, NC; died on 2 Mar 1895 in Emporia, KS; was buried on 7 Mar 1895 in Emporia, KS.
    5. MCKAUGHAN\ MCCOIN, Rev. Jessie Alfred was born on 1 May 1815 in NC; died on 5 Apr 1860; was buried in NC.
    6. MCKAUGHAN\ MCKOIN, Rev. Forrester was born on 1 May 1815 in Rowan County, NC; died on 30 Sep 1883; was buried in NC.

  3. 6.  WELCH, IsaacWELCH, Isaac was born on 13 Jun 1789 in Cecil County, MD (son of WELCH, William Temple and KING, Mary); died on 6 Apr 1855 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Kernersville, NC.

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    Isaac married PAYNE, Margaret. Margaret was born in CA 1789 in Guilford County, NC; died before 1889 in Forsyth County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  PAYNE, Margaret was born in CA 1789 in Guilford County, NC; died before 1889 in Forsyth County, NC.

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    1. 3. WELCH, Mary Jane 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.


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  1. 8.  MCKAUGHAN, Archibald Jr. was born in 1735 in Antrim, Ireland; and died.

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    From CUZ of Sorts: ARCHIBALD McKAUGHAN, JR.: born 1735, County A ntrim, Ireland. He cam e to America with his parents in 1747, at the ag e of 12 years. They settled in Pennsylvania , believed to be Cumberland C ounty. He married JANE MERCER, daughter of Moses and LaGrelda Fo rreste r Mercer from Scotland to Pennsylvania. Little is known about Moses and L aGrelda afte r they came to America. The Mercer cousins who have worked o n that line believe Moses was rel ated to General Hugh Mercer, they bot h came to America around the same time and Jane's brothe rs always seem ed to be near General Hugh. History books tell us General Hugh Mercer was the private doctor to the K ing of Scotland an d after their war with England for their Independenc e the King was exiled and so was Genera l Hugh Mercer. We do not know w hether Moses Mercer was also exiled or not. General Hugh settl ed in Cu mberland County, Pennsylvania (Mercersburg was named after him). When t he revolutiona ry war broke out, Hugh Mercer enlisted as a doctor and w as commissioned to General. He was i n many battles in Pennsylvania and w as sent to Princeton, New Jersey where he was killed. Tw o of Jane Merc er's brothers were with him in Princeton at the time. Archibald McKaughan, Jr. served as a private eighth class, Captain Jack 's Sixth Company, Four th Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, accordi ng to a patrol return dated 24 October 1782 ( page 313, Vol. 6, 5th ser ies, Pennsylvania Archives). He is recorded as Arch McCaughran. I fe el t he name was written by a clerk and the clerk wrote it "McC", rather tha n "McK" because Ar ch Jr's signature on a land survey in 1804 and he sp elled the name McKaughan. The "r" in th e name indicates the Gaelic pro nunciation and the "r" the roll. His name is recorded Archibal d McKaug han on the D.A.R. Patriotic Records, cleared 9 November 1933 by Zula Mo ore Nelson, Wi chita Falls, Texas. There are, however, several errors i n her report. After the revolutionary war, all the Mercer brothers and all the McKaug han's regathered i n a territory which is now Sullivan County, Tennesse e. Around 1800, when Kentucky was formed , all the Mercer brothers and f amilies and Archibald McKaughan, Jr. and family went to Pulask i County , Kentucky. Archibald's land was 15 miles west of Somerset, west of Nan cy about 2 mil es, and one mile south on road #1664. The King Creek men tioned on the survey is now named Spu tter Creek. The land is now owned b y Mr. Glen Roy. Their graves are in the pasture on a hill , among a clu mp of trees, between the two barns. It is hard to tell just how many gr aves ther e are for the cattle have trampled them, and there are only t wo marked with names. One, a sol dier recorded Caughran (no date), appe ars to be a grandson, and the other a baby recorded a s Caughron (1853) . I have neither of these on my files. If the soldier was the father of t h e baby, it appears he had dropped the prefix "Mc" from the name and u sed "C", as we find the m doing sometimes during this time, and again t he "r" which indicates the name was still pron ounced the Gaelic way, t he "r" being the roll in the name. In the early days, Pulaski County , Kentucky was quite large; in fact, it went to the Tennessee border. The y built sub-courthouse s so the men could get to a courthouse in the wi ntertime when the river was frozen and road s icy. One such sub-courtho use was built at Monticello, Kentucky. Later, when Pulaski Count y was d ivided into several counties, Monticello became the county seat of Wayn e County but i t appears they kept all the old records so if you look f or information, you have to work bot h courthouses. The Wolf Creek Dam h as been built between Archibald McKaughan, Jr's land and M onticello so y ou have to go to Somerset and around but at the time he lived there. I w as tol d by Mr. Roy that they would take a skiff across the river. It i s 7 miles from Monticello an d 15 miles and many hills to Somerset. Thi s explains why we found more information in Wayne C ounty on them than P ulaski County. The information containing the children and birth dates was found in tw o courthouses - in Way ne Co., TN - Monticello and Somerset. From Four Generations of McKaughans in America - "After the war, h e moved with his fam ily to East Tennessee. They cleared their land, b uilt their homes, put in their crops, and m ade peace with the indians. T hey were doing fine until North Carolina found out about them a nd took t heir land. Archibald, Jr. was one of the signers to form the little st ate of Frankl in. After North Carolina took over their land, they move d on to Jackson County, Tennessee, b uying land next to his brother, Hu gh about 1815. It is assumed that they both died and are b uried in Ja ckson Co., TN." Archibald McKaughan, Jr. was buried in a pasture on a hill among a clum p of trees on land no w owned by Mr. Glen Roy - Pulaski Co., KY (west o f Somerset). Archibald McKaughan, Jr. is listed in D.A.R. patriot Index published 19 67 pr. 455. Archibald McKaughan, Jr.'s record was cleared 9 Nov. 1933 by Zula Moore N elson of Wichita Fal ls, Texas Military Record of Archibald McKaughan, Jr.: Private 8th Class in Capta in Jack's Sixth Co., F ourth Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsyvania M ilitia He is my DAR patriot - #751693 Archibald McKaughan, Pvt. PA

    Archibald married MERCER, Jane. Jane was born about 1750; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  MERCER, JaneMERCER, Jane was born about 1750; and died.

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    1. MCKAUGHAN, Rebecca was born in 1775 in PA; died on 8 Nov 1812 in Jackson County, TN.
    2. MCKAUGHAN, George was born in 1776/7 in PA; died about 1822 in Pulaski County, KY.
    3. 4. MCKAUGHAN, Hugh was born about 1779 in Rowan, NC; died about 1845 in Nacogdoches, TX.
    4. MCKAUGHAN, Archibald was born in 1780 in PA; died in Brackenridge County, KY.
    5. MCKAUGHAN, Forrester was born about 1788 in PA; died in Jun 1848 in Hardeman County, TN.
    6. MCKAUGHAN, John Westley was born in Oct 1802 in KY; died on 22 Feb 1866 in Clay County, IL; was buried in Hoosier Prairie, IL.
    7. MCKAUGHAN, Alexander C. was born in 1816 in TN; and died.

  3. 10.  POPE, Rev. George WhitefieldPOPE, Rev. George Whitefield was born in 1750 in Walton Upon Thames, Surrey, England; died on 6 Mar 1817 in Lynches Creek, SC; was buried in Lynches Creek, SC.

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    Rev. George W. Pope, son of James Pope, was born in England. He was ra ised in the Church o. f England, in fact, he was named after the famed p riest, George Whitefield, but he changed his faith to Baptist after he g ot to America where he was a minister for over fifty years, forty-five o f the years at Abbotts Creek, North Carolina. When George was only six y ears old, his parents came from England to settle in Philadelphia. Jame s died there and his widow moved south to Baltimore where she dwelled f or some time, finally moving to what is now Guilford Co. , NC and settl ing on Pole Cat Creek. The first account we have of Elder Pope as a preacher is found in the o ldest records extant of Abbotts Creek Chruch in 1783, when it seems tha t they were commencing a new book, where his name is entered as pastor. A h istory of the Liberty Baptist Association (By Elder Henry Sheets) on Pa ge 40, sketches the life of Elder George Whitefield Pope as being one o f the foremost in the service of the church--his work being mainly in R owan (now Davidson Co., NC) "He figured most conspicuously in the Old S andy Creek Association, but his work as pastor for more than thirty yea rs was with the old Abbotts Creek Church. Here he did a work, the exten t of which eternity alone can tell." When he was ordained is not known. It is probable that he was a member o f Buffalo, an arm of Abbotts Creek Church, when he came to Abbotts Cree k as pastor. About 1783, he purchased a farm midway between Thomasville and High Poi nt one mile north of the Southern Railway, on the Guilford side of the C ounty Line. George Pope is given on the 1790 census of Guilford Co., NC, with 1 mal e over 16 years including head of family, 6 males under 16 years of age , and 2 females. In 1795 George Pope purchases 272 acres in Guilford Co., NC from Isaac H iatt. From the McCubbins Collection - Rowan Co., NC Public Library -Salisbury , NC: Rowan Co., NC, b ook 27 page 152: An indenture from the heirs of t he deceased George Pope (who are Mary, Jesse , Charles, James, & Willia m Pope, John & Mary Chaplin, Phelees (Phebe) & Hugh McKaughan, on 6 Mar 1 818 to Isaac & Geo. Whd. Pope for 254 acres on Rich Fork of Abbott's Cr eek, for $160 .00, witnessed by Joseph & Benjamin Albertson, Isaac Glan don & Sherwood Kenneday, proved in a county court held at Lexington (No w the county seat of Davidson Co. where our courts too k examination of M ary (wife of John Chaplin) apart from her husband & proves on 5 Oct 181 9. T his land is a part of an old tract granted to Jacob & Joseph Wilso n by Gov. Samuel Johnston. Book 21 page 646: On 28 Nov 1798, George Pope of Guilford Co., NC gets 2 54 acres on Rich For k of Abbott's Creek, for $782.00 from Joseph Wilso n of Rowan Co., NC, witnessed by William Po pe & James Hopkins.(This ha d been granted by The State to Jacob & Joseph Wilson). History of Liberty Baptist Association , page 82: Morgan Edwards says t hat Shubert Stearns an d his company of sixteen Baptist (including hims elf and wife) came to Sandy Creek 14 Nov 1755 , and on the 22nd day of t he same month, Sandy Creek Church was Constituted. He further say s tha t in three years' time they had increased to three churches and 900 com municants. The fi rst church which sprang off was Abbott's Creek, the o ther. Deep River. Page 83: NC, Rowan Co., Jenevary ye 4 day, 1783: For the Baptist Church i n Abets Crick & afte r confession of faith, members are given with Geor ge Pope as pastor. From this time to Sep 18 13, George Pope was pastor, m aking about thirty-one years. Preached in a log house a few yard s east o f present church. Went to SC later. Commencing January 1783, he continued as pastor without any interruptio n till September 1813 , when he and his wife were granted letters of di smission. From The Descenants of Silas Peace: He was doubtless a man of mo re than ordinary power . The principles as believed and taught by Bapti sts very naturally inculcate liverty of consc ience in all matters of r eligion. He was, therefore, loyal to the American cause during the s tr uggle for independence. This naturally enough rendered him obnoxious to t he Tory element wh o thought that, inasmuch as he was born on English s oil, he ought to be true to King George . Men (who were afterwards foun d to be Torries) called at his home inquiring for him tellin g his wife t hat they desired Mr. Pope to meet them at a certain school house. He me t them pro mptly only to learn that they intended to kill him. He obtai ned permission to preach before t hem for "one last time". In the deliv ery of his sermon, which was one of great power, some we re convicted a nd all were more of less wrought upon. At the close of the sermon, they t old hi m to go home that they would never trouble him again." After Rev. George retired, he kept getting the visions to "go to Lynche s Creek and preach" . He was a man in his eighties and he wasn't inter ested in preaching anymore, and he didn' t know where Lynches Creek was s o he didn't pay any attention to the visions. His crops an d cattle st arted dying so he got on his knees and prayed, "God, what do you want m e to do? " An angel appeared and told him to go to Lynches Creek and p reach; so he saddled up his best pony and headed for parts unknown. La ndmarks in his dreams he had the night before showed him he was on the r ight road. After traveling several days, he came into a town that was h aving a revival so he decided to stop and attend. After everyone had s poken, he asked if h e could say a few words. He spoke with such vigor t hat after the meeting, a group of men cam e to him and asked if he woul d go to their town and preach. He asked them where they lived and they s aid, "down the road about five miles in a settlement called Lynches Cre ek". He was by that time in South Carolina. He was there until he die d five years later. This story i s on his monument in the church cemet ery the congregation erected in his honor.

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    George married HIATT, Mary in Dec 1775 in Frederick, VA. Mary was born on 12 Jan 1755 in Winchester, VA; died in 1817 in Guilford County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  HIATT, Mary was born on 12 Jan 1755 in Winchester, VA; died in 1817 in Guilford County, NC.

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    A Quaker, at one time a member of New Garden Monthly Meeting (Kernersville) She may be buried in the Friends Cemetery there.

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    1. POPE, Rev. William was born on 21 Sep 1776 in Guilford County, NC; died on 29 Sep 1853 in Belleville, IN; was buried in Belleville, IN.
    2. POPE, Charles was born on 3 Dec 1778 in High Point, NC; died on 10 Jul 1827 in Davidson County, NC; was buried in Wallburg, NC.
    3. POPE, James was born about 1782; died about 1822.
    4. 5. POPE, Phebe was born on 7 Aug 1783 in Guilford County, NC; died on 16 Sep 1867 in Guilford County, NC; was buried in Oak Ridge, NC.
    5. POPE, Isaac was born on 1 Oct 1785 in NC; died on 6 Feb 1848 in NC; was buried in Wallburg, NC.
    6. POPE, George Whitefield Jr. was born about 1786 in Rowan County, NC; died in CA 1860 in NC.
    7. POPE, Mary was born about 1789 in Rowan County, NC; died in CA 1856 in Hendricks County, IN.
    8. POPE, Jesse was born about 1790 in VA; died in 1825 in Camden, SC.

  5. 12.  WELCH, William TempleWELCH, William Temple was born on 10 Jan 1761 in Cecil County, MD (son of WELCH, Delbert William and TEAGUE, Elizabeth Naomi); died on 19 Feb 1848 in Guilford County, NC; was buried in Wallburg, NC.

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    William married KING, Mary. Mary was born on 17 Sep 1761 in Cecil County, MD; died on 23 Mar 1835 in Guilford County, NC; was buried in Wallburg, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  KING, MaryKING, Mary was born on 17 Sep 1761 in Cecil County, MD; died on 23 Mar 1835 in Guilford County, NC; was buried in Wallburg, NC.

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    Children:
    1. 6. WELCH, Isaac was born on 13 Jun 1789 in Cecil County, MD; died on 6 Apr 1855 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Kernersville, NC.