Alexander Wilkins McDade[1, 2, 3, 4]
circa 1789 - 1852 (~ 63 years)-
Name Alexander Wilkins McDade Born circa 1789 Georgia, USA 
Gender Male Died May 01, 1852 Washington on the Brazos, Washington county, Texas, USA Buried McDade Cemetery, Hempstead, Texas, USA Notes - He served in the War of 1812 as a Sergeant in Captain Henry Crowell's Company, 1st Regiment, Georgia Volunteers Militia.
He and a man named Bynum owned the first store in the Mt. Meigs, Alabama community.
He had inherited 100 slaves, but set 30 free in Alabama and brought the rest with him to Texas. He brought his family to Texas in 1840, and settled near Chappell Hill, Washington county, Texas. He purchased 1,000 acrs of land at the mouth of Caney Creek out of the Kuykendall and Miller surveys.
He was awarded bounty land Warrant #50212, for his service in the Texas Revolution.,
Person ID I4398 mykindred Last Modified Jan 13, 2024
Father James Arnold McDade, b. 10 Feb 1749/50, South Carolina, USA , d. Jul 15, 1820, Mount Meigs, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA (Age 70 years) Mother Elizabeth Wilkins \ Wilkes, b. circa 1755, South Carolina, USA , d. Bef 1819, Georgia, USA (Age ~ 63 years) Married circa 1777 South Carolina, USA Notes - From information posted by Mary Thoeni bsolut-at-chugach.net> at http://www.rootsweb.com/~almontgo/mcdadefamily.htm comes the following:
"About 1730, the MacDaids who settled in Pennsylvania and Virginia, joined the new arrivals seeking freedom and new beginnings in this country.
Tradition among the southern branch of the family place our origins in Inverness, Scotland by the way of Enniskillin and near the Giant's Causeway in Ireland. This tradition echoes studies of Scotch-Irish immigration which reflects that the Scotch had taken up estates of Irish rebels, confiscated by Queen Elizabeth and King James I. The earliest record discovered by our family researchers is one found in Virginia. The Register of Albemarle Parish, Surrey and Sussex Counties (1739/78) states that Willis, son William McDade and wife, Mary, was born 3/7/1739/40.
The McDade of most interest to the Alabama genealogy researcher is James who was granted two hundred acres of land in Anson Co., NC. on the north-east side of Lynche's Creek on January 8, 1760 (Land Grant Book 13, p. 310). James McDade is also found on the May 15, 1775 "Freeholder" petition presented to Governor Bull by the land owners in Anson Co. Due to the creation of new counties and changes in boundaries, James lived in Anson, Mecklenburg, Tyron and Rutherford counties within North Carolina and Spartanburg County, South Carolina without ever having moved. During his residence in Spartanburg County, James McDade served in the Revolutionary War (SC Hist. Com. 175F, 54, Columbia).
James McDade married Elizabeth, thought to be a Wilkins, sometime before 1778 when his oldest son, William was born. Census records show that their daughter Henrietta was born in South Carolina in 1781. Following the birth of Henrietta, James moved his family to Georgia. Ruth Blair's "Early Tax Digest of Georgia" reflects his tax payments in 1792. The date of Elizabeth's death is not known, however, it is attested by older family members that she died before James moved his family to Alabama in 1818-1819 (Youngblood-Armstrong and Allied Families by Frances Youngblood and Floelle Youngblood Bonner).
"....Before 1820, the McDade brothers, their sister Henrietta and her husband, Jacob Cobb, were settled in Montgomery County. Robertson's "Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Alabama" states "The McDade brothers were not wealthy, but they were in easy circumstance and were regarded as among the best citizens of the County."
They are on the 1830 census of Montgomery county, Alabama.
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Family ID F1612 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anna Armstrong, b. circa 1790, d. circa 1859 (Age ~ 69 years) Married Nov 27, 1817 Jasper county, Georgia, USA Children 1. Eliza Adeline McDade, b. circa 1818, d. circa 1842 (Age ~ 24 years) 2. Sheriff James Wilkins McDade, b. 1819, Madison county, Alabama, USA , d. Oct 13, 1867, Hempstead, Austin county, Texas, USA (Age 48 years)3. John Armstrong McDade, b. circa 1820, d. Nov 28, 1857, Washington county, Texas, USA (Age ~ 37 years)4. Alexander Jefferson McDade, b. circa 1827, Texas, USA , d. Y5. Sheriff Thomas Sewell McDade, CSA, b. Jul 19, 1829, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA , d. Nov 26, 1888, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA (Age 59 years)6. Jacob Cobb McDade, b. Mar 25, 1832, Alabama, USA , d. Jul 21, 1867, Austin county, Texas, USA (Age 35 years)7. Franklin A. McDade, b. Aft 1833, d. Bef 1850 (Age < 15 years) Family ID F1622 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- He served in the War of 1812 as a Sergeant in Captain Henry Crowell's Company, 1st Regiment, Georgia Volunteers Militia.
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