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MCKAUGHAN\ MCCOIN, Rev. William[1, 2]

Male 1813 - 1895  (81 years)


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  • Name MCKAUGHAN\ MCCOIN, William 
    Title Rev. 
    Birth 18 Apr 1813  Rowan County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    Death 2 Mar 1895  Emporia, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 7 Mar 1895  Emporia, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20598  Puffers
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2013 

    Father MCKAUGHAN, Hugh,   b. Abt 1779, Rowan, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1845, Nacogdoches, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother POPE, Phebe,   b. 7 Aug 1783, Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1867, Guilford County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1804  Rowan County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F3682  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Rev. William McKaughan/McCoin: born 18 April 1813, Rowan (now Guilford ) County, NC. He marr ied Elizabeth Piggott (Pickett), daughter of Wil liam Piggott and Elizabeth Welborn, 1 Augus t 1833, at Cane Creek, NC. E lizabeth was born 16 August 1814. In 1840, William McKaughan began his training as a Methodist Protestan t minister under the t utelage of the famed Alson Gray. On May 11 1841 , he was given his license to exhort (preach) . On October 28, 1843, h e was made a Deacon. On May 1, 1845, he was given authorization t o be come a circuit rider. On November 14, 1847, he was advanced to an Elde r. On may 22, 185 9, he was sent to Georgia. On February 28, 1864, he w as assigned the Holly Creek and Holly C reek churches in the Georgia di strict. The family lived about twenty miles from Atlanta. During "Sherman's ma rch to the Sea" a ride r on horseback came to inform them that Sherman w as headed their way and burning everything i n sight. Rev. William hur riedly hid his sons in different places on the plantation, in cas e som e were found and killed, the others might be saved. He hid his wife, b abies and daughte rs among the reeds and lily pads at the pond and he t ook his best horse, a horse is very impo rtant to a circuit rider, to a c lump of trees the farthest point from his family and hid fo r he was af raid the horse might whinny and attract the soldiers attention. The so ldiers came , took what they wanted and burned the rest. When they all a gain gathered, no one was hurt b ut about everything they owned was bur ned. Upon investigating, they found the iron frame an d wheels of thei r wagon were usable. They built a flatbed on the frame and it was that f latb ed and that horse Rev. William saved that brought them to Kansas. Rev William homesteaded near North Homer Creek in Greenwood County, Kan sas; however, he was n ot there long enough to clear his deed. Elizabe th, his wife, died 4 April 1869 and is burie d in what is now called th e Worley Cemetery, near North Homer Creek. His oldest daughter, Su san nah, and two older sons: Rev. Alpheus and William Alson, had married by t hen, however, the y followed their parents to KS. Rev. William married a ll the rest of the children but the tw o youngest, Serena and Julius Sp ate, while in Greenwood County. Julius was working away fro m home and s ince Serena was a teenager, after his wife's death, Rev. William did no t feel i t was safe to leave Serena alone while he was on his circuit, s o he transferred to Emporia, K ansas, where one of his older daughters l ived at the time. She would be able to take care o f Serena while he w as gone from home. One of the chapels he was in charge of in Lyon Coun ty , Kansas was the Fowler Chapel, about five miles southeast of Empori a. It was on the John Fo wler farm. John Fowler had a daughter, Sally , who had been widowed twice and had several sma ll children. Rev Will iam McCoin married Sally Fowler Gregory Parker 8 April 1872 in Emporia . H e helped raise her children. Rev. William died in Emporia 2 March 1895 . He is buried be side Sally in the Hunt-Fowler private Cemetery, loca ted on the Fowler farm southeast of Empor ia. His preaching assignment s in KS were: Virgil and Eureka before churches were built, Empo ria Mi ssion, Fowler Chapel, Crystal Plains and Neosho Rapids. We found Rev. William using the spelling McKaughan when doing business a t the courthouses i n North Carolina and Georgia; however, all his prea ching certificates are made out as McCoi n but the first one in Kansas. I t was McCaughan. During the time his first wife died and h e was marry ing his children, he was using the spelling McCaughan. Around 1870, he , and all h is remaining sons excluding Francis Newton, changed their n ames to McCoin.
      Kansas State Historical Society, Newspaper Department Emporia Gazette a weekly newspaper in Emporia, KS. Thursday, March 7, 1895
      AT REST
      DEATH OF A MAN WHO MADE THE WORLD BEITER
      Rev. William McCoin died at his residence on East Street last Saturday n ight and was buried f rom Fowler Chapel today. This event removes a ve ry exemplary and influential character of lo ng standing, the terminati on of whose career is a matter of more than regret in this communit y. For more than forty years he has been in Kansas and mainly in this imme diate neighborhood. H e was born in North Carolina in 1813. Before co ming to Kansas his active work was in the sou thern states, much of it a s an itinerant in Georgia. About twenty years ago he became connec ted w ith the numerous Fowler families by marriage to Sarah, daughter of the l ate John Fowler , who survives him as his widow. He was the father of t en children, all but two who embrace d Christianity and three of these b ecame ministers of the gospel. At a very impressive funeral service this morning, a record kept in his o wn hand writing, wa s read, showing that his ministry had been instrume ntality of turning more than a thousand so uls from darkness to light. S urely he has lain up for himself incorruptible treasures. Hi s charact er was such as to fairly earn that which he received, the highest estee m of all wh o knew him. The widow and friends are the recipient of the most hearty and tender c onsolations and sympat hy from that appreciation of the dead is shown i n kindness to the living.

  • Sources 
    1. [S13] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) REPO: @R1@.

    2. [S29] Cuz of Sorts by Minniebell McKaughan Perkins 1850 Federal Census - Forsyth Co., NC, Pages 112-113.

    3. [S25] Marriage Bond on file.