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James E McEver

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James E McEver was born 16 Jul 1829, Georgia, USA (son of John McEver, III and Margaret Eccles).

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    • Reference Number: 21441


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John McEver, IIIJohn McEver, III was born 2 Jun 1799, Jackson, Georgia, USA (son of John McEver, Jr and Mary McDowell); died 26 Feb 1874, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Cobb, Georgia, USA.

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    • Find-A-Grave: 36738314
    • Reference Number: 21433

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    Buried:
    Mars Hill Cemetery

    John — Margaret Eccles. Margaret (daughter of William Eccles, Jr and Margaret Huie) was born 2 Feb 1797, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Oct 1885, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Cobb, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Margaret EcclesMargaret Eccles was born 2 Feb 1797, North Carolina, USA (daughter of William Eccles, Jr and Margaret Huie); died 20 Oct 1885, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Cobb, Georgia, USA.

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    • Find-A-Grave: 36738316
    • Reference Number: 21434

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Mars Hill Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Mary McEver was born 24 Aug 1820, Georgia, USA.
    2. Malinda McEver was born 12 Jul 1824, Georgia, USA.
    3. William T McEver was born 17 Oct 1826, Georgia, USA; died 19 Nov 1886, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Acworth, Cobb, Georgia, USA.
    4. 1. James E McEver was born 16 Jul 1829, Georgia, USA.
    5. Anderson J McEver was born Between 2 Jan 1831 and 2 Jan 1832, Georgia, USA.
    6. Joseph McEver was born 16 Apr 1834, Georgia, USA.
    7. Caroline Elizabeth McEver was born 12 Apr 1841, Georgia, USA.
    8. Andrew T McEver was born 1842, Georgia, USA.
    9. Latica McEver was born Abt 1844, Georgia, USA.
    10. Ann McEver was born Abt 1846, Georgia, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John McEver, Jr was born 10 Feb 1771 (son of John McEver, Sr and Margaret Collins); died 30 Jan 1852, Cobb, Georgia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 9515

    John married Mary McDowell 22 Apr 1795. Mary (daughter of Charles McDowell and Rachel Redd) was born 22 Aug 1774; died 30 Jul 1848, Cobb, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary McDowell was born 22 Aug 1774 (daughter of Charles McDowell and Rachel Redd); died 30 Jul 1848, Cobb, Georgia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 21357

    Children:
    1. Robert McEver was born 22 Jan 1796, Jackson, Georgia, USA.
    2. Margaret McEver was born 11 Nov 1798, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA; died 24 Sep 1879, Gwinnett, Georgia, USA.
    3. 2. John McEver, III was born 2 Jun 1799, Jackson, Georgia, USA; died 26 Feb 1874, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Cobb, Georgia, USA.
    4. Thomas McEver was born 3 Nov 1800, Jackson, Georgia, USA; died 20 Dec 1864, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Cobb, Georgia, USA.
    5. William E McEver was born 3 Feb 1810, De Kalb, Georgia, USA; died 24 May 1875, Paulding, Georgia, USA; was buried , Acworth, Cobb, Georgia, USA.

  3. 6.  William Eccles, Jr was born Abt 1765; died 21 May 1826, Georgia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 21435

    William — Margaret Huie. Margaret was born 27 Sep 1767, New Jersey, USA; died 17 Nov 1841, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Cobb, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Margaret Huie was born 27 Sep 1767, New Jersey, USA; died 17 Nov 1841, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Cobb, Georgia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 21436

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Mars Hill Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 3. Margaret Eccles was born 2 Feb 1797, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Oct 1885, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Cobb, Georgia, USA.
    2. Rachel Eccles was born 27 Nov 1801, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 16 Jul 1887, Cobb, Georgia, USA; was buried , Acworth, Cobb, Georgia, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John McEver, Sr was born Dec 1739, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Andrew McEver and Mary Elizabeth (Unknown)); died 1807, Tennessee, USA.

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    • Name: McKeever
    • Reference Number: 9516

    Notes:

    The following information about John McEver was adapted from information received from Earl Strebeck and Truman McEver. Most came from a journal of John McEver Forbes, which he wrote in 1887 at the age of 87. It later (1934) appeared in the Anniston Times, Anniston, Alabama. John Forbes was the son of Arthur and Catherine McEver Forbes. Catherine was the daughter of John McEver.
    John was born December 1739. He lived in Pennsylvania during the Colonial days, and there, about 1764, he married Margaret Collins, an Irish girl, daughter of John and Catherine Collins of the same state. During the American Revolution, John served under General George Washington. In Pennsylvania, he owned a farm, which was well improved with all the necessary out buildings to sustain itself. His dwelling was built of limestone over a large limestone spring, having a basement that contained a kitchen and dining room.
    Being a trusting soul, John stood account for a man in the amount of 500 pounds sterling and unfortunately, was left to pay the debt, To cover the amount, he was forced to sell his farm. After selling his property and paying the debt, John and his family moved south and settled in Georgia. John and Margaret had. a large family. Andrew was born 1768, John, Jr. in 1771, Brice in 1774, James in 1776, Robert Collins McEver in 1777, Samuel in 1778, William in 1780, Mary Margaret in 1783, Isaac and Thomas M. between 1783 and 1789, Catherine in 1789, and Joseph in 1790. The family was in Jackson County Georgia in 1787. In Georgia, John McEver bought a tract of land in Jackson County on the Mulberry Fork- of the Oconee River, adjoining the then Cherokee Nation, ten miles from Hog Mountain. He began farming again and paid for the land. with tobacco. He also built a good frame house with corner posts twelve inches square. About 1807 or 1808, John road horseback top the Louisiana Territory where he purchased 2 shares of the Mississippi Land Company (Louisiana Purchase, 1803). He paid 2,000 pounds for 15,000 acres (two or three leagues) of land He placed a man in charge of his purchase until he could return to Georgia, dispose of his property, and move his family to the Louisiana Territory.
    On his way home, he put up for a night with a man living on the Tennessee River in the Cherokee Nation. That night his mare was stolen. Being subject to rheumatism, he couldn't walk, so he wrote to one of his sons telling him to meet him 30 or 40 miles up the Tennessee River at a designated point with a horse. Also, in his letter to his son, John gave instructions that if he were not at this meeting place agreed upon, then the son was to come down the river to the man's house where he had lodged and from where his horse was stolen. He further wrote that he had bought land for a home for every grandchild that he might have.
    After writing his letter to his son, John bought a canoe and started up the river to meet his son. When John's son reached the meeting place agreed upon, he could not fine his father. He went further down the river until he reached the man's house where John had stayed and from whom John has purchased the canoe. There, he inquired about his father. The man told him his father had left in the canoe loaded with his saddle bags and other possessions. Three days later the same canoe came floating back down the river smeared with blood and empty! It was thought that all was lost, John, his papers identifying his land purchase and the man's name that he had left in charge of his purchase. With a sad heart, the son started home. After riding about 20 miles, he thought he heard a horse neigh. He explored and behold a short distance from the road was his father's mare, tied to a tree. He untied the horse and she followed his home, but John's body and his precious papers were never found. Margaret Collins McEver, John's widow, continued to live in Jackson County Georgia, and I assume. she died there and is buried there.

    John married Margaret Collins 1764, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret (daughter of John Collins and Catherine Brice) was born 1740, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1807, Jackson, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Margaret Collins was born 1740, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of John Collins and Catherine Brice); died 1807, Jackson, Georgia, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 3099

    Children:
    1. Andrew McEver was born 1768, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1863, Madison, Georgia, USA.
    2. Brice M McEver was born 7 Dec 1774, Pennsylvania, USA; died 19 May 1857, White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried , White City, Bartow, Georgia, USA.
    3. Catherine McEver was born Abt 1772, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. James McEver was born 1776, Pennsylvania, USA; died snakebite; was buried , Jackson, Georgia, USA.
    5. 4. John McEver, Jr was born 10 Feb 1771; died 30 Jan 1852, Cobb, Georgia, USA.
    6. Joseph McEver was born Abt 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died Aft Jan 1855, Jackson, Georgia, USA.
    7. Mary Margeret McEver was born 1783; died 20 Jan 1867, Clayton, Georgia, USA.
    8. Robert Collins McEver, Sr was born 1777, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1838, Franklin, Arkansas, USA.
    9. William McEver was born 1780.
    10. Nancy McEver was born Abt 1779, Pennsylvania, USA.
    11. Samuel McEver was born 1778.
    12. Isabell McEver was born 1789, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died 1850, Clarke, Alabama, USA.

  3. 10.  Charles McDowell was born 1753; died Apr 1805, Shelby, Kentucky, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 35786

    Charles — Rachel Redd. Rachel died 1808, Richland, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Rachel Redd died 1808, Richland, Ohio, USA.

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    • Reference Number: 35787

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary McDowell was born 22 Aug 1774; died 30 Jul 1848, Cobb, Georgia, USA.