Josiah Marion McClain

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Josiah Marion McClain of Georgia, son of James and Anna, was in the Alabama Infantry of the Civil War, leaving behind a wife, Julia King, and children.

He was wounded in the war at Franklin TN.

He met Elizabeth Broadway in Montgomery and may have married her, but no record is found, having a daughter, Mary, in 1870 and another daughter, both dying in their youth.

Julia filed for divorce in 1872.

Elizabeth had his son in 1886, Charles Allen McClain. Charles married Lorena Bozeman in 1908 and had Alice. and Katy

Upon the death of Josiah, Elizabeth filed for widow's pension in Montgomery County Alabama.

She remarried to John Gardner and appears with him on the 1910 census with Charles, Lorena, and their new baby Lillie Mae.

Much of the old farms in that area are now covered with woods and we may never find their graves nor tombstones.

Charlie died in 1949, hit by a car, while walking to the store for milk. There are many familiar names in his funeral memorial book.

http://www/hometown.aol.com/sunny01225/MCCLAIN.html

Charlie was very spiritual and likely native american with his small dark features, possibly having indian blood from both parents. Josiah's mother was only known as Anna, so this may be a clue. Josiah's father, James, is buried at Indian Creek Cemetery in Georgia.

While visiting Ramer cemeteries I found some indian names on tombstones so we know they were here, one was Ootcha Broadway, and I wonder if there is a connection to our Elizabeth. Ramer is a small shady peaceful community far from the big city of Montgomery, with woods, ponds, and farms - farms with headstones of the families who once lived there and fences with cow skulls on the posts. The main highway leading to Ramer is called Warrior Hill and many roads named like Deer Run or Rising Sun, etc. so I feel that we are on the right track saying the McClains were of native american blood.

Josiah was named after his grandfather, Josiah McClain of South Carolina who was married to Nancy Ann Wood, and they had migrated into Georgia in the early 1800s, long before the Trail of Tears and are buried at Mars Hill Cemetery in Ackworth GA. Josiah's brother John McClain also moved to Georgia:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcclain/messages/1769.html

http://www.genealogy.com/users/f/a/m/Mclain-Family/

His grandfather's parents were Charles and Elizabeth Moon McClain who married in Virginia in the 1700s and died in South Carolina. The Moons had been in Virginia for many years and some migrated into Georgia and Alabama.

Charlie and Lorena had several children, one called Alice who married a Carter and had very dark complected children

http://www.hometown.aol.com/sunny01225/CecilKids.html

Charlie's sons were also very dark, told by a bus driver to sit in the back.

Will of Charles McClain

State of South Carolina, Spartanburg Dist,,

I Charles McClain being at this time in good and perfect memory threw the mercies of God but weak and sickley in body do make this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say I consign my body to the dust and my soal to God who gave it unto me it is my will and desire that all my just debts shall first be paid at all funerial exspences to be paid it furthermy will and desire that my beloved wife Elizabeth McClain shall have full pofsefsion of all my property & plantation during of her life to do & act with it as she seeth proper and at her death for all to be sold exsept the land and plantation which i give and bequith unto my son James McClain It is further my will and desire that at the death of my beloved wife Elizabeth McClain that all of my properities shall be sold except the land befor observed for my son James McClain and to be equally to be devided between the proper ares & legateas that is to say Josiah McClain, Nancy Leonard, John McClain, Elizabeth Ward, Polley Mayfield, James McClain & Jenney Brockman and last of all I

placeing the confidence & trust in my Two beloved friends James McClain and George Mayfield as executors of my last will and testament in witnefs of the same I have set my hand & seal July 16th 1821 signed in the presence of us :

Test. Abraham Wood his

mark Charles X McClain

Samuel X Floyed mark

his

Thos Wood

Recorded in will book B, page 17

box 21, package 3

Recorded 11th day of October 1821

??? Lancaster o.s.D.

One Choctaw McClain family in Alabama adds to my theory.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?josiah::mcclain::1668.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kc90853/GrandpaJosiahMarionMcClainCivilW
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