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Robert Collins McEver, Sr

Male 1777 - 1838  (61 years)


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  • Name Robert Collins McEver  [1, 2] 
    Suffix Sr 
    Born 1777  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 9537 
    Died 1838  Franklin, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I9537  Thompson-Milligan
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 

    Father John McEver, Sr,   b. Dec 1739, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1807, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Collins,   b. 1740, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1807, Jackson, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1764  Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F853  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Celia Ann Wadsworth,   b. Abt 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1839, Pope, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 1803  Jackson, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Andrew J McEver,   b. 12 Mar 1814, Clinton, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1883, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     2. Arnold McEver,   b. Between 1820 and 1825, Clinton, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Brice McEver,   b. Abt 1822, Clinton, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1859, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)  [natural]
     4. Celia Ann McEver,   b. Abt 1831, Clinton, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1850, Pope, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 20 years)  [natural]
     5. Holleywell McEver,   b. Between 1820 and 1825, Clinton, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. John McKeever,   b. Abt 1811, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1850, Clinton, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)  [natural]
     7. Lacey McEver,   b. Bef 1804, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     8. Robert Collins McEver, Jr,   b. Jul 1810, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1890, Clinton, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)  [natural]
     9. Sarah McEver,   b. Abt 1808, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jun 1870, Pope, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)  [natural]
     10. William Hampton McKeever,   b. 25 Jan 1835, Clinton, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1912, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1777 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1803 - Jackson, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1838 - Franklin, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Robert Collins McEver married Celia (Seley) A. Wadsworth, a welsh girl, in Jackson County Georgia. By 1814, they had Robert Collins, Jr., John, Lacey and Sarah. They moved by lumber wagon, drawn by 4 horses to declare County Illinois, and were in Clinton County by the fall of 1816, where he filed on two parcels of Land. Robert Collins McEver and Thomas Wadsworth were prominent in organizing the County government and public school system for Clinton County Illinois. R. C. McEver was an associate Justice of Illinois. He was well to do.

      Andrew McEver was born March 12, 1816, Brice in 1819, Arnold, Holleywell and Celia between 1819 and 1835. William Hampton, the last child, was born January 25, 1835. Andrew married Delphia ( Nicey) Petre or Petray, daughter of William and Susanah (Kershea) Petre, on October 21 1835, with their parent's consent. Thomas Wadsworth officiated the ceremony. Delphia was born 1817, in North Carolina, Andrew and Delphia left Illinois with Robert and Seley, and younger brothers and one sister in 1835 for Arkansas. They settled in south Madison County now Franklin County near what is known as Ozark.

      Robert died in 1838 and Seley in 1839. Brice married Mary Ann Petray, daughter of Jacob Petray at Russellville Pope County Arkansas, October 11, 1838, Andrew and family, Brice and family, Arnold and Holleywell were on the census for Franklin County in 1840. They moved to Pope County in 1840 and settled west of Russellville. Brice with one quarter section, Andrew with one quarter section just top the north of Brice and by 1856, William Hampton on 80 acres just south of Brice.

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.;;).

    2. [S105] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.