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Note: Warren Co., TN 1808 - State of Tennessee Third District ~ Surveyed the twentieth day of May eighteen hundred and eight for Redman McMahon (assee. of John Barrow ) two hundred acres of land by virtue of part of a military warrant No. 47 for 228 acres leaving a ballance of Said warrant yet to be Satisfied of 28 acres located the 19th day of May eighteen hundred & eight location No. 494 Situate in county of Warren in the thirty fourth Section of Said district beginning on post oak & persimmon on the north bank barron fork collins river opposite the mouth of hickory creek running thence north twenty five east down the river eighty poles to Spanish oak thence on one hundred poles to rock in the river thence west one hundred & twenty four poles to dogwood thence South fifty four poles to pointers thence west Seventy four poles to black oak thence South one hundred & eighteen poles to elm on bank of river on condition with Cowen thence down the river South forty five east forty five poles thence South eighty two east twenty Six poles thence with Seventy Six east thirty Six poles thence north Seventy three east one hundred & fourteen poles to the beginning. ~ A. Higginbotham D.S. Sanders McMahan & James McMahan Archibald McMahan is thought to be born in Ireland maybe migrating to Pennsylvania about 1762 at the age of 16. He lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. He applied for Revolutionary War pension at the age of 103 and some sources say he lived to 110. 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. KAY NOSKA NOTES: Archibald Redmond McMahan-Born-about 1730 in IRELAND. Married a McNulty. They came into the Port of Washington, North Carolina. They settled in Buncombe/Yancy Counties of North Carolina. Archibald Redmond McMahan died @@ 1827 in Jackson County Alabama at the home of his son, Sanders McMahan.. I do not know when or where Mary? McNulty McMahan died. Smoky Mountain Historical Newsletter 1991, Volume XVII, No 4 lists the following from Dick Fox, RR 9, Box 355, Sour Lake, TX 77659: 'Redmond McMahan 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 until 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 desertion since his pension application was denied on grounds of desertion. 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 desertion. 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' McMAHON, REDMONT, On 1777 List of Cox's Militia Company MEMAYHAND, REDMOND, List of Elk Creek Militia on 9/6/1782 Virginia Property Tax record for 1793 - Wythe County- First Section Present day Wythe and Smyth Counties McMahen, Redmon 2 Tithes 4 Horses A deed from Thomas Rhea to Redmond McMahan for 160 acres of land was acknowledged in open court -Ordered to be registered. (BUNCOMBE COUNTY COURT MINUTES JULY SESSION, 1794) Redmond McMahan Searchers I found this back in 1981 in the SC State Archives. What appears below is what I extracted. There is more in the full pension application. Good Luck Gary McMahan REDMAN MCMAHAN (PENSION #R6785) BORN JULY, 1731 (EST) HE WAS LIVING IN CAMDEN DISTRICT OF THE STATE WHEN HE WAS RECRUITED BY CAPT. FRANCIS MARION AND CAPT. WHITE. HE ENLISTED AND HE RECALLED THIS DATE BEING 12 Mo. BEFORE THE BRITISH ATTACK ON FORT MOULTRIE. SOON AFTER HE ENLISTED HIS COMPANY WAS MOVED TO CHARLESTON AND HE WAS ATTACHED TO AN ARTILLERY REGIMENT IN FORT MOULTRIE. HE WAS DISCHARGED AFTER TWO YEARS BUT JOINED AGAIN SOON AFTER FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR. HE TOOK PART IN BATTLES AT GILFORD AND KINGS MOUNTAIN. AT SULLIVAN'S ISLAND HE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAINS BUTLER AND VANDERDICE. HE APPEARED BEFORE A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN WARREN COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN OCTOBER OF 1834 ASKING FOR HIS PENSION. IN 1836. A WITNESS TESTIFIED THAT REDMAN HAD BEEN IN TENNESSEE FOR 30 YEARS, THERE WAS SOME INDICATION THAT HE TOOK PART IN SOME ACTION AGAINST THE INDIANS, AS A WITNESS INDICATED THAT HE KNEW REDMAN BEFORE THE INDIAN WARS. Jim, In the May 15, 1821 issue of the Knoxville Register, Vol. 5, No, 251, the following news item appears: "The following persons have reported estrays in Marion County, per John Hickey, ranger, by his deputy, James Chaudoin: (1) . . . (2) Remon (sic) McMahan, living at Double Spring Cove, has taken up a bay mare valued at $25." I found this in a book at the local library containing clippings from early Tennessee newspapers. I neglected to copy the name of the book. The "(sic)" appears in the book as shown. Could this "Remon" be "Redmond?" Bill Jones bjones1@@ix.netcom.com Cousins, This might interest some of you who are looking for more info on Archibald McMahan. First there is my ancestor, Archibald McMahan, born in Lancaster, PA in 1761, moved to Hillsborough sometime before 1775, served in the Revolution, moved to Grove Creek, SC and finally to Easley, SC where he is buried. Second there is Archibald "Redmond" or the Archibald associated with a Redmond McMahan. There are a lot of versions to his story, but as I recall he ended up in Tennessee or Alabama. Third, there is Archibald McMahan, born in 1753 in Rowan County, N.C. His father's name was James McMahan (born 1724 in Rowan county) his mother was Susannah, and he had the following brothers and sisters: Samuel (1752), Mary (1752), John (1749), Edward (1749), Henry (1751), William (Abt 1759), Thomas (Abt 1743), James (26 Sept 1747), Sarah (1750) and Anne (1771) All of these, with the exception of Anne were born in Rowan County. Anne was born in Md. This was all in the new LDS Ancestral File, under James McMahan (AFN:1F62-DT2) Hope this helps someone. Regards, Gary McMahan Group, Here are a couple of South Carolina references. Redman MacMahan was mentioned (p.185) as one of a list of outlaws who in 1766 launched a campaign of arson and robbery against respectable elements of upcountry South Carolina.(p.29) in 1766, the upcountry consisted of a band from around Orangeburg, SC on the SE up to around Greenville, SC on the NW. (Source: "The SC Regulators" , Richard Maxwell Brown, Belknapp Press of Harvard University, Cambridge, 1963. McMahan appeared as one of the families who the first settlers in present day Spartanburg County, SC, on a branch of the Tyger River. In 1761 a group of Scots Irish Presbyterian settlers came from Pennsylvania. The family names included Barry, Moore, Collins, Anderson, Thompson, Vernon, Pearson, Dodd, Jamison, Ray, P ny, McMahan, Miller, Nichols. (p 15) (Source: " History of Spartanburg County, SC". The Reprint Company Publishers, Spartanburg, SC 1976 Gary McMahan
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