William McGAUGHEY

Father: William McGAUGHEY
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Elizabeth LACKEY

(1) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 via Ancestry.com

  1. Samuel McGAUGHY
  2. Elizabeth McGAUGHY
  3. Agnes McGAUGHY
  4. Margaret McGAUGHY
  5. Ann McGAUGHY
  6. William McGAUGHY
  7. James Harvey McGAUGHY
  8. George Washington McGAUGHY
  9. Mary McGAUGHY
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Notes

Updated December 19, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Family Data Collection - Individual Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: William McGAUGHEY
- Spouse: Elizabeth LACKEY
- Parents: William McGAUGHEY
- Birth Place: Scotland
- Birth Date: 1740
- Marriage Place: York Co, PA
- Marriage Date: Jan 1760
- Death Place: Maury Co, TN
- Death Date: 1812
- Source: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

(2) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 via Ancestry.com

- Name: William McGAUGHEY
- Gender: male
- Birth Year: 1740
- Spouse Name: Elizabeth LACKEY
- Spouse Birth Place: ST
- Spouse Birth Year: 1742
- Marriage Year: 1760
- Marriage State: PA

(3) North America, Family Histories via Ancestry.com; Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book; Member 114509.

"William McGAUGHEY (1740-1812) was a private under Col. John NEVILLE at Fort Pitt. He was born in Scotland; died in Maury County, Tenn."

(4) U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications via Ancestry.com; filed by Ralph Erdman Wilson, Jr.; 30 April 1957.

"Private in Revolutionary War under Col. John NEVILLE at Ft. Pitt. His name appears in list of troops paid off at Romney. On August 7, 1775, the provincial government order Col. John NEVILLE to march with his company and take possession of Fort Pitt. The name of Wm. McGAUGHEY is in that list of soldiers. In 1783, William McGAUGHEY was a taxpayer in Green County, Tennessee. His name is on the tax list."

(5) Sutton, Polly Rachel McGaughey, "Descendants of William and Margaret McGaughey (Settled in York County, PA. 1740)," Quintella Printing Co. (Oklahoma City, OK), 1984. Page 2. AND William and Margaret McGaughey/y, Supplement 1991, p. 83-86.

Source includes extensive biography. Moved from PA, NC, VA, TN. "William was a hunter, Indian trader and explorer and was gone for long periods of time" Served as Private in 1774 in Revolution and was among soldiers of Col. John NEVILLE ordered to take possession of Fort Pitt. Served in 1782 with Capt. Daniel BOLL's Co., Pennsylvania Line. "moved to Boyd's Creek on the French Broad River ca 1785/6, where he established McGaughey's Fort (sometimes called Station) to provide protection for the early settlers against the Indians. The site of the fort is 13 1/2 miles southeast of Knoxville on the old Highway #411 to Sevierville." "Died near the Duck River in Maury County in 1812."