Youngblood-Armstrong & Allied Families
came from near Sandersville, Ga. The family came in the year 1821, I think. I do not know when she was born. She managed her own plantation after Grandfather's death. She loved to read the Bible and was fond of stories of the early navigators. She possessed a fairly good education for her day. She was of medium height, fair complexion, hair inclined to gray, as near as I can remember."
A grandson, Charles McDade, wrote in October 1922, "As to our great ancestors, I know very little. My father's father was dead before I was born. I heard grandmother talk of them. I heard her talk of the store, "McDade and Bymim" at Mt. Meigs and of the Indians and the old 16 section. I have heard her talk of the trip from Georgia, camping out at night in the wilds of Georgia and Alabama, until they landed at Mt. Meigs."
The given names of Adeline (Fields) McDade's parents are unknown. It is said she had a sister, Nancy, who married a Mallette. This may be true, since Alex McDade, brother-in-law to Adeline was the guardian of Jesse and William Mallett, in 1830, Montgomery Co. Ala.
Zachariah and Lemuel Fields, of Washington Co. Ga. where Charles and Adeline married, applied for Alabama land in 1817, and lived in the same general section of Montgomery Co. This fact would lead one to believe that they were related to Adeline, perhaps her brothers.
Adeline McDade died at her home near Mt. Meigs, Aug. 26, 1874, and was buried in Manning Springs Cemetery. Only two of her children survived her. Her son, Charles, was appointed administrator of her estate. Since the administrator and her other son, James W. had received advancements of more than their distributive share, the estate was divided into six parts, for the benefit of the children of her deceased sons and daughters. (Admx. Rec. A, p. 116, Montgy, Ala.)
It is of interest, that at the time of her death, she not only owned the land set aside as her dower, in her husband's estate, but had acquired much additional land.
Charles and Adeline Edna McDade, had nine children.
A. Mary McDade was born in Georgia, about 1809. She married, 1/8/1828, Henry George Washington Cloud, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Cloud, formerly of South Carolina. (Mar. Bk C, p. 311, Montgy, Ala.)
Mary died, 9/4/1838, and was buried in Manning Springs Cemetery. Five young children survived her; - (Charles, Jeremiah, Alexander, Elizabeth and James. These children are listed in the administration of the estate of her father, Charles McDade,
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