John McGaughey

Family/Spouse: Lucille Turnbill. Lucille was born about 1648; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Will: William McGahey, date 5 Jan 1749, prove date 24 Apr 1750, Hamiltons Bann Twp, wife: Margaret McGahey, children; John, James, William, Alexander.

No record has been found of Williams birth, but information has been passed down stating that he was born in Northern Ireland and sailed from Glasgow, Scotland for America in 1738. He moved west to PA between 1741 and 1745. In 1745, William shows up in court records in Lancaster County, PA

William and Alexander McGaughy arrived in Frederick Co., Maryland in 1752. According to COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers of Maryland 1679 - 1783.

William married Margaret Watson Boyd about 1719. Margaret was born in 1693 in Antrim, Ulster; died in 1764 in Hamilton Bann, York, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Agnes McKean in 1756 in Pennsylvania.

Family/Spouse: Jean Swann. Jean was born in 1725 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Dec 1773 in Guilford, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William McGaughey (1740-1812) was a private under Col. John Neville at Fort Pitt. The Daughters of the American Revolution lineage book has him born in Scotland (?).

William McGaughey, son of William McGaughey and Margaret Boyd McGaughey, was born around 1738 in Ireland. He married Elizabeth Lackey around 1760 in York Co., PA. They had the following known children:

Samuel Alexander McGaughey (1763 - 1841)
Agnes McGaughey Alexander (1765 - 1819)
Elizabeth McGaughey Edmonson (1770 - )
Margaret McGaughey Robinson (1767 - )
Ann McGaughey McCain (1768 - 1847)
William McGaughey (1773 - 1820)
Anna McGaughey Gammill (1774 - 1847)
James Harvey McGaughey (1777 - 1837)
George Washington McGaughey (1781 - 1861)
Mary McGaughey McCain (1786 - 1833)

On 28 Aug. 1757 a size roll of Col. Washington's Company was taken. On this roll was No. 68, Wm. McGaugh (possibly William McGaughey), 30 years old, 5' 7" in height, from Ireland, a planter, who enlisted Aug. 1756 in Frederick Co., VA.

In 1760 William was living in York Co., PA at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Lackey.

In 1771 William lived in the Turkey Cove in Powell's Valley in present Lee Co., VA.

In 1774 William lived on Head Sugar Tree Draft in Washington Co., VA.

On 11 Aug 1775 the Provincial Convention of Virginia ordered Col. John Neville to march with his company and take possession of Ft Pitt (to later become Pittsburg, PA). William Magahey (McGaughey) was a soldier in this company. His name is on a list of troops paid at Rommey, VA.

On 10 Jun 1776 Wm. McGaughy was the 55th signer of a Fincastle Co., VA, petition.

The 1783 Tax List of Greene Co., NC (later TN.) had Wm. McGaughy listed.

On 1 Nov 1786 Wm. McGaughey received a land grant No. 1657 from the State of North Carolina of 200 acres on Limestone Fork of Lick River, Greene Co., NC (later TN).

In 1788 Wm. McGaughey provided provisions for the militia under General Joseph Martin for their expedition against the Chickamauga Indians for which he was paid 10 14 6.

On 26 December 1791 the State of North Carolina issued grant No. 952 to Samuel Mcgahey, William McGahey (McGaughey), and John McCroskey, 3,000 acres on Loyd's (Boyd's) Creek, according to Greene Co. records.

The earliest settlers of the Sevier Co area settled in the Boyd's Creek area along the Indian War Path which led to Knoxville. William McGaughey was one of these early settlers. He built a stockade on Boyd's Creek which the settlers used for protection against the Indians, known as McGaughey's Station. This station was built as early as 1785 and was still a strong station in 1793.

On 12 Apr. 1798 in Blount Co., TN, Wm. McGaughey was the bondsman when his son James McGaughey married Margaret McCain.

William's wife, Elizabeth Lackey, died in 1804 at Boyd's Creek. William moved to Maury County, Tennessee with two of his sons, George Washington McGaughey and James Harvey McGaughey. He died sometime after 1812 and was buried on the Duck River

Much of the above information was found in the DAR application of Nellie Head Fox, Nat No 293677.

Location of where William McGaughey is buried in Maury Co., TN is unknown.

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William and Elizabeth moved from York County, Pennsylvania to Augusta County, Virginia. In 1772 THE HISTORY OF THE CAMPBELL FAMILY shows him to have been living in Southwest Virginia. He bought land on the Holston River in 1774. The Provincial Convention of Virginia on the 11th day of August, 1775 ordered Colonel John Neville to march with his company and take possession of Fort Pitt. Among these soldiers was William McGahey whose name is among a list of troops paid off a Romney, Virginia.
William McGaughey moved from Washington County, Va., to Greene County, Tennessee, in 1783. He was on the list of the first tax payers of Greene County. He built a stockade at the Boyd's Creek, where he had come from Greene County, as a protection against the Indians, called McGaughey's Station.

William married Elizabeth Lackey in 1760 in PA, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1742 in Scotland; died in 1804 in Boyd's Creek, Maury, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William and Alexander McGaughy arrived in Frederick Co., Maryland in 1752. According to COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers of Maryland 1679 - 1783.

Alexander married Rachel Thompson before 1764 in Rowan County, NC.

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Another suggested death date is: 12 Oct 1829

Margaret married John McBride in 1771 in North Carolina, USA. John (son of John McBryde and Jean Gahey) was born in 1752 in County Down, Ulster, Northern Ireland; died on 12 Feb 1826 in Belfast, Marshall, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Margaret McBride on 6 Dec 1793 in Guilford, NC. Margaret (daughter of John McBryde and Jean Gahey) was born on 28 May 1757 in County Down, Ulster, Northern Ireland; died on 24 Oct 1849 in Belfast, Marshall, TN; was buried in Round Hill Cemetery, Belfast, Marshall, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]