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James Balford Jim Bally McMAHAN 1797–1887 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 November 1797

Birth Location: Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 14 December 1887

Death Location: Sevier, Tennessee, USA

Father: Archibald McMahan

Mother: Elizabeth Byrd

Spouse(s): Mary Wilson

Children(s): Sarah McMahan

The story of James Balford Jim Bally McMAHAN began in 1797 in Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, USA. James Balford Jim Bally McMAHAN married Mary Ann Polly Granny Mack Wilson, and had children including Sarah Annie Sally Mcmahan. James Balford Jim Bally McMAHAN passed away in 1887 in Sevier, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of James Balford Jim Bally McMAHAN began in 1797 in Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, USA.
  • James Balford Jim Bally McMAHAN married Mary Ann Polly Granny Mack Wilson, and had children including Sarah Annie Sally Mcmahan.
  • James Balford Jim Bally McMAHAN passed away in 1887 in Sevier, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Archibald McMahan
1772–1853
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
AM
Elizabeth Byrd
1777–1844
Birth Location: Pearl Valley, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
EB

Spouses(s)

Mary Wilson
1796–1894
Birth Location: Bunscombe, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
MW

Children(s)

Sarah McMahan
1825–1845
Birth Location: Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, USA
SM

James McMAHAN's Ancestors

Self
James McMAHAN
1797–1887
Birth Place: Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Archibald Redmond McMahan
1772–1853
South Carolina, USA
Elizabeth ('Lizzie') Byrd
1777–1844
Pearl Valley, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Archibald (Redmond) McMAHAN
1733–1826
Ulster Plantation, County Meath, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
Mary (Ann Curtis) McNULTY
1750–1820
Montgomery County, Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Col (George William) Byrd
1730–1825
Richmond County, Virginia, United States of America
Margaret (Mary Ann) Hutson
1760–1838
Charleston, Charleston Co, South Carolina Colony
Great-Grandparents
Robert II
1706–1769
Lady Bryan
1709–1766
John McAnnulty
1700–1774
Marie Leclaire
1716–1774
Corporal Hudson
1737–1817
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir MacMahon
1686–1746
Margaret Murray
1684–1776
♦Daniel McAnulty
1680–1726
Mary Showalter
1685–1726
Jacques Leclere
1685–1745
Marie Demeseaux
1685–1723
Richard Hudson
1690–1773
Mary Ward
1710–1777

James McMAHAN's Descendants

1.
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James (Balford Jim Bally) McMAHAN (24 November 1797–14 December 1887) m. Mary (Ann Polly Granny Mack) Wilson (24 November 1796–25 March 1894)
  1. 1. Sarah (Annie "Sally") McMahan 1825–1845
    1. 1. Mary (Ann "Polly") Large 1838–1910
      1. 1. Martha (Jane) Webb 1869–1906 m. James (Andrew) Webb 1863–1919 m. James (Andrew) Webb 1863–1919
        1. 1. Geo Webb 1885–1957 m. Callie Samples 1896–1944
        2. 2. Andrew Webb 1903–1987
        3. 3. Rosa Webb 1909–1991
        4. 4. Nancy (Elizabeth) Clevenger 1889–1941

James McMAHAN's Timeline

2 Records

1797
24 November 1797
Birth of James Balford Jim Bally McMAHAN in Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, USA
1887
14 December 1887
Age 90
Death of James Balford Jim Bally McMAHAN in Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Sevier, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 November 1797
    Event Place: Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 December 1887
    Event Place: Sevier, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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