In the 1700's Protestants from Ireland were being wooed to come settle in South Carolina. They were given land for simply registering for it, and being a male of a certain age. The amount they received and the age they had to be varied in different decades.
In Ulster there was a minister named William Beatty who would come to town on market days and recruit families to go to South Carolina. He went to Lurgen in County Armagh and Ballynahinch & Dromore in County Down. Ballynahinch is near Belfast. Alexander McDowell probably signed up with Beatty to take his family across the Atlantic.
Most likely, the McDowells crossed on the Prince of Wales in spring of 1767. There is no surviving passenger list from this voyage of the Prince of Wales, but the men usually went in to register for their bounty land two weeks after they arrived in Charleston, South Carolina. Alexander Mcdowell and his sons had their land granted on the 28 May 1767. The Prince of Wales had arrived on 14 May 1767, so she seems the most likely vessel.
The older sons of Alexander received land in 1767: James, Andrew and William. From following their lives, it seems these sons were born in the early to mid-1750's. Alexander's son, Hugh, and daughter, Elizabeth, were born closer to 1760. In another post I will detail where the land grants were located. Also, Alexander and Hugh wrote wills that detail some of the family members.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
ANDREW McDOWELL of FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
Andrew is one of the older sons of Alexander McDowell. Alexander (died 1799) seems to have arrived in South Carolina in 1767 with several sons and one daughter. I don't know if Alexander's first wife survived the journey across the ocean or if she even began it. In Alexander's will he names his wife Jane as one of his heirs. Alexander and Jane had two sons named Smith and Alexander who were not yet 21 in 1793 when Alexander wrote his will. Therefore, Jane was young enough to be bearing children in the 1770's.
Andrew and his brother, James, may be the oldest children; they both enlisted in the Revolutionary War on 27 March 1776 and both were discharged on 1 June 1777. They were in the 6th Regt., South Carolina.
The McDowell's received Bounty Land for coming to South Carolina. They received their precepts from John Troup, Esq., on 28 May 1767. James received a plat for 100 acres on Little River. Andrew received 100 acres on Wateree Creek, and his brother William received his 100 acres on Poplar Hill Branch.The father, Alexander, received 200 acres in bounty land.
The other members of the family who came to South Carolina are Elizabeth and Hugh, who may have been born in the 1760's. The three older sons (James, Andrew and William) were probably born in the 1750's. Andrew's son, John, was born about 1775 and John had his daughter Elizabeth in 1795.
In the 1800 Census of Fairfield County, South Carolina, Andrew has a young son who is under 10 and another boy who is 10-15. (His son John is married and has 2 little girls.) Andrew has 3 little girls born between 1790 and 1800 and 2 women between 16 and 24 in his house. I believe the 2 youngest girls are the children of his second wife, Mary McKeown. They are named Margaret and Jane. I do not know the names of sons who live with him in 1800.
Andrew and his brother, James, may be the oldest children; they both enlisted in the Revolutionary War on 27 March 1776 and both were discharged on 1 June 1777. They were in the 6th Regt., South Carolina.
The McDowell's received Bounty Land for coming to South Carolina. They received their precepts from John Troup, Esq., on 28 May 1767. James received a plat for 100 acres on Little River. Andrew received 100 acres on Wateree Creek, and his brother William received his 100 acres on Poplar Hill Branch.The father, Alexander, received 200 acres in bounty land.
The other members of the family who came to South Carolina are Elizabeth and Hugh, who may have been born in the 1760's. The three older sons (James, Andrew and William) were probably born in the 1750's. Andrew's son, John, was born about 1775 and John had his daughter Elizabeth in 1795.
In the 1800 Census of Fairfield County, South Carolina, Andrew has a young son who is under 10 and another boy who is 10-15. (His son John is married and has 2 little girls.) Andrew has 3 little girls born between 1790 and 1800 and 2 women between 16 and 24 in his house. I believe the 2 youngest girls are the children of his second wife, Mary McKeown. They are named Margaret and Jane. I do not know the names of sons who live with him in 1800.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
How to Reach Me by Email
Hello!
For the McDoles and McDowells who have wanted to reach me, I have an email "slhfamily" at the following company--"aol.com".
I hope to hear from you.
Sharon
For the McDoles and McDowells who have wanted to reach me, I have an email "slhfamily" at the following company--"aol.com".
I hope to hear from you.
Sharon
Sunday, September 15, 2013
I Found Them, I Found Them, I found Them through Facebook!
I made the leap from White, Tennessee to Fairfield Co., South Carolina because the S.C. Archives are online and a lady on Facebook pointed it out to me.
I thought I should tell you how I was helped on Facebook. I found there is a South Carolina Genealogy Network Facebook page. I put a couple queries there about John and Andrew McDowell arriving in Sparta, TN in 1810. I told them the best match-up seemed to be between my family and the family names seen in Fairfield Co.,S.C. Within two days I had an answer to look at the South Carolina Archives online. Here is the website: www.archivesindex.sc.gov
Begin by entering the last name into the search, and the site will show you the first names they have. Be sure to try different spellings.
When I lined up all the data I had about Andrew and John McDowell who seemed to come from South Carolina by October 1810, it most closely matched the McD Family in Fairfield County. There were name similarities: Andrew, John, James. (I also had repeated names of Elizabeth and Smith.) There was an Andrew in Fairfield Co. who had been a corporal in The Revolution, and was in the 1790 and 1800 census. However, he was gone in 1810. He seemed to have a brother James because they enlisted in 1776 and were discharged on the same days. There was a John McDowell in the 1800 census who was 16-25, with a young wife and two daughters.
I can't stand all the explaining:
Alexander McDowell and 2 sons, Andrew and James, came to South Carolina about 1766 or 67. We know that because they were applying for their headright plats in 1767. Alexander applied 9/23/1767. Andrew applied on 7-7-1767 and James applied on 7-8-1767 in FAIRFIELD CO., S. CAROLINA.
Andrew was a surveyor and has many surveys on record in Camden/Fairfield Co. from 1773-1807. He left there with his son John by 1810. John McDowell registered his land in the land Office in Sparta, Tennessee in October 1810. There is no Federal Census remaining for Tennessee for 1810, so we will never know if John and Andrew were already in TN in the summer of 1810 or just arrived in October.
So that's where my McDowell's came from! Whether they sailed from Ireland or Scotland, I do not know, YET, but I will know one day.
I thought I should tell you how I was helped on Facebook. I found there is a South Carolina Genealogy Network Facebook page. I put a couple queries there about John and Andrew McDowell arriving in Sparta, TN in 1810. I told them the best match-up seemed to be between my family and the family names seen in Fairfield Co.,S.C. Within two days I had an answer to look at the South Carolina Archives online. Here is the website: www.archivesindex.sc.gov
Begin by entering the last name into the search, and the site will show you the first names they have. Be sure to try different spellings.
When I lined up all the data I had about Andrew and John McDowell who seemed to come from South Carolina by October 1810, it most closely matched the McD Family in Fairfield County. There were name similarities: Andrew, John, James. (I also had repeated names of Elizabeth and Smith.) There was an Andrew in Fairfield Co. who had been a corporal in The Revolution, and was in the 1790 and 1800 census. However, he was gone in 1810. He seemed to have a brother James because they enlisted in 1776 and were discharged on the same days. There was a John McDowell in the 1800 census who was 16-25, with a young wife and two daughters.
I can't stand all the explaining:
Alexander McDowell and 2 sons, Andrew and James, came to South Carolina about 1766 or 67. We know that because they were applying for their headright plats in 1767. Alexander applied 9/23/1767. Andrew applied on 7-7-1767 and James applied on 7-8-1767 in FAIRFIELD CO., S. CAROLINA.
Andrew was a surveyor and has many surveys on record in Camden/Fairfield Co. from 1773-1807. He left there with his son John by 1810. John McDowell registered his land in the land Office in Sparta, Tennessee in October 1810. There is no Federal Census remaining for Tennessee for 1810, so we will never know if John and Andrew were already in TN in the summer of 1810 or just arrived in October.
So that's where my McDowell's came from! Whether they sailed from Ireland or Scotland, I do not know, YET, but I will know one day.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
My McDowell Family Tree
It's been awhile since I laid this out for new readers of this blog.
A Group:These men were in White County, Tennessee in 1810, possibly sooner:
1. Andrew McDowell born before 1775 by his age in 1820 census. Andrew is not listed in the 1830 census.
2. *John McDowell probably born by 1775, because he was a parent in 1795. Died about 1819 in White County, Tennessee. His estate was settled in White County.
B Group. A younger generation than Andrew and John:
1. Smith McDowell: he shows up in 1827 in a deed between him and Andrew McDowell. Andrew sells him 200 ac. for 2 cents per acre. In NO census records.
2. Jane McDowell/McDole, born in South Carolina about 1796. A widow with a daughter Elizabeth.
3. Elizabeth McDowell born in South Carolina about 1795. Daughter of John McDowell married to James Elrod. Mother of many children.
4. *Andrew McDowell, who often used Mcdole, born about 1800. We don't know where he was born because he died before the 1850 census.
C Group: Descendants of Group B.
1. Jane McDowell/McDole was someone's widow, possibly Smith's. She has a daughter Elizabeth, and possibly a son, James. James seems to stay close to her residence in the censuses. He marries Eliza Clouse. They die too young.
2. *Children of Andrew McDole: John and Smith seem to be the oldest, born by 1820.
There may be daughters Cynthia and Sippy. The youngest son may be the James McDowell living in McMinnville area in 1850 census. There are other children.
D Group: Descendants of Group C.
*I am descended from Andrew's (b. about 1800) son *John (b. about 1819). John marries Hester Ann, and we don't know her last name. They have several children. The ones we know of are Emmeline, Owen, James,and Nancy Ann.
E Group:
I am descended from Nancy Ann McDowell. She was born in Taney County, Missouri in January 1850. Evidently her father died, and Hester Ann McDowell went to live with her sister.
A Group:These men were in White County, Tennessee in 1810, possibly sooner:
1. Andrew McDowell born before 1775 by his age in 1820 census. Andrew is not listed in the 1830 census.
2. *John McDowell probably born by 1775, because he was a parent in 1795. Died about 1819 in White County, Tennessee. His estate was settled in White County.
B Group. A younger generation than Andrew and John:
1. Smith McDowell: he shows up in 1827 in a deed between him and Andrew McDowell. Andrew sells him 200 ac. for 2 cents per acre. In NO census records.
2. Jane McDowell/McDole, born in South Carolina about 1796. A widow with a daughter Elizabeth.
3. Elizabeth McDowell born in South Carolina about 1795. Daughter of John McDowell married to James Elrod. Mother of many children.
4. *Andrew McDowell, who often used Mcdole, born about 1800. We don't know where he was born because he died before the 1850 census.
C Group: Descendants of Group B.
1. Jane McDowell/McDole was someone's widow, possibly Smith's. She has a daughter Elizabeth, and possibly a son, James. James seems to stay close to her residence in the censuses. He marries Eliza Clouse. They die too young.
2. *Children of Andrew McDole: John and Smith seem to be the oldest, born by 1820.
There may be daughters Cynthia and Sippy. The youngest son may be the James McDowell living in McMinnville area in 1850 census. There are other children.
D Group: Descendants of Group C.
*I am descended from Andrew's (b. about 1800) son *John (b. about 1819). John marries Hester Ann, and we don't know her last name. They have several children. The ones we know of are Emmeline, Owen, James,and Nancy Ann.
E Group:
I am descended from Nancy Ann McDowell. She was born in Taney County, Missouri in January 1850. Evidently her father died, and Hester Ann McDowell went to live with her sister.
I am contacting S.C for McDowell Information
I have formed a table of data about the McDowell's in South Carolina. I have lined up the McDs in Fairfield County, Laurens County, and Union County to list the adult men in all records from the Revolutionary War time until 1830. I am going to send this to SC along with family tree information,and get local researchers to search Mcdowell history and court records.
My experience has been that there are local genealogy centers in some of the larger cities, as in the Pioneer Library in Bedford County, PA. I have been there three times. Also, near Rockville, Maryland, there is a genealogy center. However, this does not seen to be the case in South Carolina. I am going to take the advice of a couple others on the Internet and I have emailed the librarians in Winnsboro, S.C(Fairfield Co.), Union Co.,and Laurens, Co.
So, something is being done! I don't know what people will find, but we are establishing new connections that have never been proven before, so we have to look in several places to find our answer.
Friday, July 12, 2013
I am Still Interested in What You may Know about the McDoles or McDowells
Hello,
I know I have not followed up on my pledge to write more about the children of Owen McDowell who settled in Nuckolls County, Nebraska in the late 1800's. There are descendants out there who might be able to help us with a DNA swab from this cheek.
Then we can find out which branch of the family we come from. There is an active McDowell DNA project going on. They just don't tell you much information about their results, unless you have DNA to share!
We need a format to get this information out to probable family members.I am open to suggestions. I may just try the old way of writing to newspapers in an area where relatives used to live. I have not had luck with writing letters to people whom I suspect are relatives, and then going to spend 3 days in a hotel in their area. I list the hotels phone number, in case they would like to call.
Of course, any other descendants of Andrew McDole/McDowell are welcome to speak up!
I do stop my and look at the statistics on this blog a couple times per month. I apologize for not writing anything to let you all know that the blog has not been abandoned. Most weeks I see that someone has recently discovered this blog and read several pages. I'm glad to see there was some data her that was interesting to them. Don't be afraid to say hello and tell me who you are.
Best Wishes to Everyone,
Sharon
I know I have not followed up on my pledge to write more about the children of Owen McDowell who settled in Nuckolls County, Nebraska in the late 1800's. There are descendants out there who might be able to help us with a DNA swab from this cheek.
Then we can find out which branch of the family we come from. There is an active McDowell DNA project going on. They just don't tell you much information about their results, unless you have DNA to share!
We need a format to get this information out to probable family members.I am open to suggestions. I may just try the old way of writing to newspapers in an area where relatives used to live. I have not had luck with writing letters to people whom I suspect are relatives, and then going to spend 3 days in a hotel in their area. I list the hotels phone number, in case they would like to call.
Of course, any other descendants of Andrew McDole/McDowell are welcome to speak up!
I do stop my and look at the statistics on this blog a couple times per month. I apologize for not writing anything to let you all know that the blog has not been abandoned. Most weeks I see that someone has recently discovered this blog and read several pages. I'm glad to see there was some data her that was interesting to them. Don't be afraid to say hello and tell me who you are.
Best Wishes to Everyone,
Sharon
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