John & Elizabeth Cleveland McWilliams Family: Clinton Co. MOGenWeb

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John McWilliams & Elizabeth Cleveland Family

John McWilliams & Elizabeth Cleveland McWilliams

Generation ONE (so far)

John McWilliams was born March 3, 1748 in Albermarle, County, Virginia and died March 12,1824. He married Elizabeth Cleveland on December 10, 1779 in Virginia. He enlisted December 3, 1776 and served 3 years as a private in the Revolutionary War. Betsy was the daughter of Alexander Cleveland III and Margaret Doolittle. She was born in 1752 at Blue Run, Orange County, Virginia and she died January 4, 1846. She is related to Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, the hero of King’s Mountain. Several of her brothers were with George Washington at the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Both are buried in the McWilliams Cemetery in Minnelaus, Madison County, Kentucky now know as Whites Station.

Children of John and Elizabeth Cleveland McWilliams were:

1. Margaret (Peggy) McWilliams

1/3/1781 VA

16/5/1865 KY

+Daniel Maupin(Tough Daniel) III 16/6/1805 Madison County, Kentucky

6/12/1760

29/8/1832

*Daniel, according to Maupin records served as a courier for George Washington at Valley Forge and was with him at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781.

2. Nancy McWilliams

17/10/1782 VA

7/7/1862 KY

        +Andrew Black 2/4/1801 in Madison County, Kentucky

1765 in Rockfish Gap, Albermarle County, Virginia

5/1850 KY

*The Black’s seem to follow a path back to Ireland.

3. Patsey McWilliams

20/5/1784

        +John Cornelison 16/9/1807 in Madison County, Kentucky

14/11/1785

5/8/1843KY

*DAR records seem to come from a Patsey Cornelison Banks #73697.

It seems that at this time the family moved to Madison County, Kentucky (1785).

4. John Cleveland McWilliams

2/10/1787 KY

18/4/1857 Clinton County, Missouri

        +Nancy Hockaday 10/1/1814

*She is the daughter of Captain James Hockaday and Elizabeth (Betsy) Fox.

*John served two times, then became the Captain of the John C. McWilliams’ Company, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia, commanded by Colonel William Williams. JOHN AND HIS WIFE NANCY MAKE THEIR WAY TO CLINTON COUNTY, MISSOURI IN THE YEAR 1856.

5. Elizabeth (Betsy) McWilliams

7/8/1789

        +Thomas Vaughn 30/5/1811

6. Mildred McWilliams

20/4/1791

9/1818

7. Alexander Cleveland McWilliams

8/4/1794

        +Jane C. Breedlove 14/7/1820 Albermarle County, Virginia

*Alexander served in the War of 1812 under his brother John Cleveland McWilliams.

8. Ann McWilliams

3/12/1797

        +Louis Vaughn

9. Eli Cleveland McWilliams

18/8/1799

        +Sarah Hardin

*Eli inherited the family farm from John McWilliams.

Visit this site to see "Records of a Kentucky Family: McWilliams" prepared by Mrs. Anna (Turley) Noland. There you can see the names in the family bible and the will of John McWilliams.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/Journals/NMGR/Vol10/nmgrp001.html#ab

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