He was married to Patricia Lee BUDD on Jun 4 1965.

He was married to Louisa MIKESELL. Children were: Elliott Ellsworth MCCLOUD, Carol Meredith MCCLOUD, Donald George MCCLOUD.

He was married to Joan ELLSWORTH on May 17 1951.

He was married to Margaret VANCE on Nov 28 1849.

Children were: Mary Jane CRESWELL .

She was married to William Leonard RENEAU. Children were: William Leonard II RENEAU .

Children were: Lorna Ne Dean DAVIS, Sharon Kay DAVIS.

He was married to Bertha Fatima Colantha WHEELER on Aug 17 1910 in Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah.

She was married to George Thomas Seaton RENEAU on Aug 5 1900. Children were: Harvey Lee RENEAU, Russel Ray RENEAU, Ivan Wayne RENEAU, Georgia Maude RENEAU, Roy Dean RENEAU.

She was married to Elbert S RENEAU on Jul 8 1906 in Hamilton Co, TN. Children were: Theodore RENEAU, Verservin RENEAU, Lilly RENEAU, Eunice RENEAU.

She was married to Elbert RENEAU on Jul 8 1906 in Hamilton Co, TN. Children were: Theodore RENEAU, Verservin RENEAU, Eunice RENEAU, Lilly RENEAU.

He was married to Frieda Magdalene RIMMER in 1934. Children were: Melinda MCGINNIS, Terry MCGINNIS.

He was married to Lucy E PULSIPHER.

He was married to Dona RENEAU on Jan 5 1898.

He was married to Martha Catherine MCNABB on Sep 4 1848. Children were: William Thompson MCKEE.

He was married to Nancy Olivia PETERSON on May 4 1890.

He was married to Bertha Ann Celeste Pearl RENEAU on Apr 29 1942 in St Anthony, Fremont, ID.

She was married to Guilford Russell MAPLES on Jun 10 1843 in Seveir Co., Tennessee.

Parents: Archibald "Redmond" MCMAHAN and Wife MCNULTY.

He was married to Elizabeth BYRD . Children were: Redmond MCMAHAN, David Crocket MCMAHAN, George MCMAHAN, James Ballford MCMAHAN, Mary "Polly" MCMAHAN, William MCMAHAN, Sally MCMAHAN, Elizabeth MCMAHAN, Archibald MCMAHAN, Anna MCMAHAN, Virginia MCMAHAN, Susan MCMAHAN, Nancy MCMAHAN, WIlson MCMAHAN.

Archibald McMahan is listed in the 1810 Census of Buncombe County, North Carolina. It is believed he migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee about 1811.
Archibald McMahan may have been a signer of a petition from 'the district South of the rivers French Broad and Holston.' The name appears on the petition as McGan, but is believed to be Archibald McMahan. This petition apparently includes the area of Jefferson County, South of the French Broad and perhaps part of the Cosby-English Mountain section of Cocke County, Tennesse.

Archibald obtained Grant #11578 for 25 acres in Sevier County, Tennessee dated 20 August 1825. He lived in the first district of Sevier County, Tennessee in the Jones Cove area.

Archibald McMahan is listed in the 1830 and 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census. In the 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee Census he is listed as a farmer living alone.

Archibald McMahan made his will 21 March 1852 a copy of which follows:

'I, Archibald McMahan of the County of Sevier, and State of Tennessee do hearby make and ordain this my last will and testament hereby revoking all others.

1st, I give and bequeath to my son David McMahan two negro slaves named Frank and Tibby.

2nd, I give and bequeath to my son Redmond McMahan one slave named Thomas.

3rd, I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Large one slave named Nancy.

4th, I give and bequeath to my son William McMahan one slave named Simon.

5th, I give and bequeath to my son Archibald McMahan one slave named Jane.

6th, I give and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Emitt one slave named Mary.

7th, I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna Roland one slave named Betsy.

8th, I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Duggan one slave named Winny.

9th, I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Howard one slave named Lucy.

10th, I give and bequeath to my son James McMahan one slave named Carter.

11th, I give and bequeath to my daugther Elizabeth Maples during her natural life one slave named Henry and after her death to the heirs of her body.

I will and bequeath to my daughter Anna Roland my slave named Aggy to be taken good care of during said Aggy's lifetime and the said Aggy after my death may take what property she claims about my house that belongs to her, and also to take a cow and calf claimed by said Aggy.

I will and bequeath my slaves Jack and Charity to my son William McMahan to take care of them during their life.

I will and bequeath Rebecca McMahan, wife of Archibald McMahan Jr., and to George McMahan, illigitimate children of my son George McMahan one slave named James to be divided equally between them.

I hereby appoint David McMahan and Robert H. Henderson my executors to this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof, here unto set my hand and seal this 21st day of March 1852

Witnesses: his George McMahan Archibald X McMahan John McKisack mark

In addtion to the foregoing I will and bequeth to the children of my deceased daughter, Sally Howard, three hundred dollars to be divided equally between them.

I will and bequeath that my real estate and the balance of my personal assets be sold and the proceeds be divided equally between sons David McMahan, Redmond McMahan, William McMahan, James McMahan, and Archibald McMahan and my daughters Jane Large, Nancy Emit, Anna Roland, Susan Howard, and to my daughters Mary Duggan and Elizabeth Maples, I will one half as much of my real estate and balance of my personal estate as is willed to the above named heirs, half a share with the above heirs.

In testimony whereof I herunto set my hand and affix my seal this 21st day of March, 1852.

Witnesses: his George McMahan Archibald X McMahan John McKisack mark

I do hereby revoke that part of my will appointing David McMahan one of my executors and do hereby appoint Fedric Emit and William McMahan in conjunction with Robert H. Hodsden my executors to carry out this my foregoing will and testement.

In addition to the foregoing will, I will and bequeath to my grand-daughter Martha McMahan, daughter of Wilson McMahan one hundred dollars to be paid her out of the proceeds of my personal property by my executors, and revoke enough of the foregoing will to carry the same into effect. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my seal this 11th day of May 1852.

Witnesses: his George McMahan Archibald X McMahan John McKisack mark

A stone in Pearl Valley Cemetery reading 'A. McMahan born 17-- Died 27 February, 1853' is believed to be Archibald McMahan's resting place.

He was married to Sarah MAPLES in 1830 in Seveir Co., Tennessee. Children were: Sarah Elizabeth MCMAHAN.

Parents: Father MCMAHAN and Catherine COLE.

He was married to [Wife] MCNULTY . Children were: Archibald MCMAHAN, James MCMAHAN, William MCMAHAN, Stephen MCMAHAN, Eli MCMAHAN, Saunders MCMAHAN, Sarah MCMAHAN, Jonathan MCMAHAN.

It is believed Archibald McMahan left his home in Ireland and came to America about 1746 to seek his fortune in the wilderness of the new world. Archibald McMahan, then 16 years of age, landed in either the state of Virginia or North Carolina.

There is debate over Archibald's given name. Descendants of Sanders McMahan have always been told that the father of Saunders was 'Redmond' McMahan and they have a bible record to prove it. We now believe Archibald and Redmond are one in the same. No one knows for sure how the two names came about since they have not been found to be used together.

Smoky Mountain Historical Newsletter 1991, Volume XVII, No 4 lists the following from Dick Fox, RR 9, Box 355, Sour Lake, TX 77659:

'Redmond McMohan was apprenticed to David Stuart as a cooper to begin 9 August 1747. Redmond was listed as a white male; his mother was listed as Catherine Cole. This is from the Augusta Parish Vestry Book, 1746-1780, p 101. Catherine Cole was listed in other Augusta County, Virginia records as a servant of David Stuart.'

According to 'The South Carolina Regulators', Redmond McMahan was an outlaw in Upper South Carolina. When the Regulators or Rangers crushed the outlaw bands in the late 1760's, they scattered to other states. Maybe this explains the use of his alias.

Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 1, Series VI?, page 15, Officers and Soldiers in Province of Pennsylvania lists 'Men in Command of Samuel Perry':

Redmand McMahan, age 20, born in Ireland, enlisted 13 July, laborer.

Included is a date (4 August 1746) that could be his birth or immigration date.

It is not clear if this is the same Redmond since the original source can not be found. The age of 20 does not match the pension application papers.

'Montgomery County Virginia: The First 100 Years' (text by Judge C. W. Crush, index by Mrs. Frances Terry Ingmire; FHL 975.5785 H2c p 47) lists Redmond McMahon as one of the members of Captain Cox's company who signed an oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia, refusing allegiance to George the third King of Britain.

On page 69 there is an abstract from Montgomery County Court Records (volume and page not cited) as follows:

'Whereas Redmond McMahon was taken Prisoner in the Battle of King's Mountain by the Virginia and Carolina Militia on the March to the Moravian Town, he had made his escape & came into Montgomery County where he surrendered himself to an Officer of the Militia. And whereas there is no Prison in Said County to confine the said McMahon untill an Exchange takes Place Therefore We the Subscribers do hereby bind ourselves Jointly & Severally our Joint & Severally our Joint & Several Heirs Exrs. & Admrs. to the Hon'ble Thomas Jefferson Esqr. Governor of Virginia or the Governor for the time being In the Just and full sum of five thousand Pounds Current Money of Virginia that the said Redmond McMahon will at any Time deliver himself up when legally called for, to the proper officer, as a prisoner of War to be exchanged or otherwise dealt with as the other Prisoners in the same Situation with him may be dealt with. As witness our hand this 6th day of February 1781.

Redmond McMahon
John Price
Dasswell Rodgers (mark)
Test
William Preston
James McGavock

He was imprisoned for what we believe is dissertion since his pension application was denied on grounds of dissertion.

The 'Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1787 for Montgomery County, Virginia (Netti Schreiner-Yantis, Genealogical Book in Print, 1987; FHL 975.5 R4sy vol 8, p 454-455) show that Redman McMahan and George Byrd were enumerated on the same day, so they were probably neighbors. Redman's son Archibald married George's daughter Elizabeth Byrd.

Warren County, Tennessee deed book A, page 22, 4 November 1811. Redmon McMahan to Enos Holbert 100 acres in Warren County on Barren Fork of Collins river, granted to McMahan by State of Tennessee 23 Aug 1808.

Deed book C, page 125, 8 January 1816, Redmond McMahan to Nathan Randolph for $120 part of grant from State of Tennessee 25 August 1802.

In 1826, Archibald McMahan was making his home with his son Sanders in Alabama.

Redman McMahan applied for a Revolutionary War Pension from Warren County, Tennessee in 1834 at the age of 103, making his birth date 1731. Thomas Brown claimed he knew Redman McMahan before their respective arrivals in Warren County, Tennessee. As mentioned earlier, his application was denied because of dissertion.

During Archibald's lifetime he accumulated quite a bit of wealth and at the time of his death he owned seventeen slaves.

It is not clear where Archibald 'Redmond' McMahan was buried. Some say he was buried in the McMahan family graveyard in McMahan Cove near Stevenson, Alabama. Others say he was buried in McMinnville or Morrison, Tennessee.

Source: 'McMahan Family Tree', Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1. T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 1-2, 4. Ann Turner, 2 January 1995. 'Yancy County, Buncombe County Heritage'

Children were: Archibald MCMAHAN , James MCMAHAN, William MCMAHAN, Stephen MCMAHAN, Eli MCMAHAN, Saunders MCMAHAN, Sarah MCMAHAN, Jonathan MCMAHAN.

She was married to William Abijah MAPLES in 1824 in Seveir Co., Tennessee.

He was married to Frances RENEAU . Children were: Jeanie Rhea MCMAHAN, Brenda MCMAHAN, Buddy MCMAHAN.

He was married to Catherine COLE. 

Children were: Archibald "Redmond" MCMAHAN .

She was married to Daniel DUGGAN Jr.. 

Children were: Elizabeth Abigail DUGGAN, Anna DUGGAN, James Mitchell DUGGAN, Archibald McMahan DUGGAN, William DUGGAN, Polly Ann DUGGAN, Sarah Jane DUGGAN, Susannah DUGGAN, Minurva DUGGAN, George McCowm DUGGAN, Catherine DUGGAN, Nancy Mallissa DUGGAN.

She was married to Frederick Locke EMERT in 1839 in Seveir Co., Tennessee.

She was married to Jacob MILLER in 1859 in Seveir Co., Tennessee. Children were: Sarah E MILLER, Martha Cordelia MILLER, Mary Jane MILLER, Cenia Florence MILLER, Rebecca J MILLER, William J MILLER, MILLER, David R MILLER, Columbus B MILLER.

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