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James McClain 1767–1827 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1767

Birth Location: Knoxville, Greene, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 1827

Death Location: Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: Robert McLain

Mother: Susannah Marshall

Spouse(s): Amie Gist, Kizziah Hardin

Children(s): Elizabeth Mclean, Nancy McClain, James Jr, Hannah McClain, Emanuel McClain, John McClain, William McClain

In 1767, James McClain entered the world in Knoxville, Greene, Tennessee, United States, born to Robert Andrew Mclain And Susannah Annie Marshall. James McClain married Amie Twin Gist, Kizziah Kizzie Hardin, and had children including Elizabeth Mclean, Emanuel Manuel Mcclain, Hannah Mcclain, James Mcclain Jr, John Mcclain, Nancy Mcclain, William Mcclain. James McClain passed away in 1827 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1767, James McClain entered the world in Knoxville, Greene, Tennessee, United States, born to Robert Andrew Mclain And Susannah Annie Marshall.
  • James McClain married Amie Twin Gist, Kizziah Kizzie Hardin, and had children including Elizabeth Mclean, Emanuel Manuel Mcclain, Hannah Mcclain, James Mcclain Jr, John Mcclain, Nancy Mcclain, William Mcclain.
  • James McClain passed away in 1827 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James McClain's Ancestors

Self
James McClain
1767–1827
Birth Place: Knoxville, Greene, Tennessee, United States
Parents
Robert Andrew McLain
1738–1807
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States of America
Susannah ('Annie') Marshall
1741–1811
Brunswick, Virginia
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James McClain's Descendants

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James McClain (1767–1827) m. Amie ((twin)) Gist (1 Jul 1767–20 Aug 1790) m. Kizziah (Kizzie) Hardin (1785–05 Jun 1843)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Mclean 1807–1834
  2. 2. Nancy McClain 1805–1840
  3. 3. James (McClain) Jr 1791–1840
  4. 4. Hannah McClain 1794–1878 m. William (Thomas) Kilpatrick 1794–1840
    1. 1. Nancy (Angeline) Kilpatrick 1838–1873
    2. 2. William (McClain) Kilpatrick 1833–1903
    3. 3. Ephriam (Reed) Kilpatrick 1823–1899
    4. 4. James (Porter) Kilpatrick 1821–1880
    5. 5. John (Milton) Kilpatrick 1825–1863
    6. 6. Elizabeth (F.) Kilpatrick 1827–1870
    7. 7. Sarah Killpatrick 1836–
    8. 8. Lazurus Kilpatrick 1836–
    9. 9. George (Franklin) Kilpatrick 1827–1895
    10. 10. Winifred (Winnie Emaline) Kilpatrick 1826–1899 m. John (Henry) Morris 1821–1892
      1. 1. Nancy (Emaline) Morris 1847–1897 m. David (C) Chandler 1847–1926
        1. 1. William (Granvill) Chandler 1872–1941 m. Mary (Zelmona) McGee 1876–1933
  5. 5. Emanuel (Manuel) McClain 1813–1875
  6. 6. John McClain 1811–1876
  7. 7. William McClain 1815–1867

James McClain's Timeline

3 Records

1767
1767
Birth of James McClain in Knoxville, Greene, Tennessee, United States
Knoxville, Greene, Tennessee, United States
1806
3 Feb 1806
Age 39
James McClain was married in Bedford
Bedford
1827
1827
Age 60
Death of James McClain in Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1767
    Event Place: Knoxville, Greene, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 3 Feb 1806
    Event Place: Bedford

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1827
    Event Place: Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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