Family Group of
Jonathan A. McDonald b 28 Apr 1816 Habersham CO, GA d 18 Feb 1900 Cherokee CO, NC buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
occupation - farmer
military service - Pvt., Company H, 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, USA, Civil War
son of Anguish McDonald* & Sarah Blythe* formerly of Macon CO, NC and later of Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC

m (1) 7 Oct 1838 Cherokee CO, NC TO
Harriet M. Davidson b 1822 d 29 Jul 1856 Cherokee CO, NC
dau of ________ & Nancy Davidson

m (2) TO ca 1859?
Catherine "Catie" (Taylor) Panther (widow of Felix Panther) b 2 Mar 1823 TN d 1 Nov 1915 Cherokee CO, NC per death certificate, buried Ogreeta Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
dau of David A. & Mary "Polly" Ann (Bigby) Taylor of Murphy, Cherokee CO, NC

issue:(All children were born of his first marriage. There were no children born in his second marriage.)
1(M) Jesse Marion McDonald b Sep 1840 NC d 21 Oct 1921 Dahlonega, GA buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Dahlonega, GA
J. M. McDonald's Civil War letters
m TO
Sarah Thomas b d

2(F) Nancy C. McDonald b 2 Jul 1842 Cherokee CO, NC d 8 Mar 1908 buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m ca 1860 TO
John C. Dockery b 17 Jan 1837 Buncombe CO, NC d 25 Oct 1914 buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC

3(M) James Blythe McDonald b 15 Jun 1844 Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC d 29 Feb 1912 Atwood, IL buried Mackville Cemetery, Atwood, IL
military service - Corporal, Company G, 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, USA, Civil War
m 15 Sep 1868 Sweetwater, Monroe CO, TN by Squire Burton TO
Elizabeth M.Nichols b 1846 VA d 15 Mar 1917 Atwood, IL buried Mackville Cemetery, Atwood, IL

4(M) William Marcus McDonald b ca 1847 Cherokee CO, NC d Oct 1863 Civil War
military service - Pvt., 1st Tennessee National Guards, Capt. Goldman Bryson's Company
m never

5(M) John Andrew McDonald b Jul 1848 Cherokee CO, NC d 1923 buried Ogreeta Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC m 15 May 1870 Cherokee CO, NC TO
Mary Jane (Panther) Talent, widow of Ephraim Talent, b 1 Nov 1844 Cherokee CO, NC d 20 Nov1921 per tombstone inscription but death certificate records 1922, buried Ogreeta Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC [dau of Felix & Catherine (Taylor) Panther above]

6(F) Sarah "Sally" McDonald b 1848 [sic] tombstone records 1848 but she is not on 1850 census with her family, thus probably b ca 1851 d 21 May 1923 buried Moss Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m ca 1865 TO
Balaam "Baley" or "Bale" Palmer b 13 Apr 1846 d 26 Nov 1919 buried Moss Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC

7(M) Thomas Clingman McDonald b 27 Jul 1856 Cherokee CO, NC d 8 Jul 1921 buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m 2 Feb 1882 Cherokee CO, NC TO
Louisa White b 7 Apr 1866 d 10 Feb 1943 buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC

Many thanks to Cousin Page (Pearson) Wester of Mamers, NC for her tireless and devoted help with the research on this line! Also, thanks to Mrs. June Christman of Decatur, IL for a great deal of data on James Blythe McDonald above. Thanks to Cousin Bill Allen of Hayesville, NC! Also, thanks to Cousin Sonja Blancke of Anacortes, WA, a direct descendant of Jonathan and Harriet M. (Davidson) McDonald, for information!

*great-great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge

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