Which Samuel Doak McMahon/McMahan/McMahen might this be?
Which Samuel Doak McMahan might this be?
24 Jan 1820. Bond of Chesley B. ROUNDTREE, commissioned as Sheriff of Lauderdale County, Alabama. Bondsmen: James DANCY and Doak McMAHAN, all of the State of Alabama. Signed by: C. B. ROUNDTREE, Jas. DANCY, Jonathan EPPLES, and Saml. D. McMAHAN. Recorded 11 Feb 1820 by W. W. GARRARD, Clk. Of L.C.C. Bound in the sum of $2,000. (p. 4)
11 Apr 1821. Bill of Sale. Wm. HOW of Lauderdale County, Alabama to my daughter Jane D. HOW one negro girl named Meriah. . . $2.00. . . signed: Wm. HOW. Wit: Samuel McMAHAN, Solomon THORNTON, Jurat. (p. 118)
11 Apr 1821. Bill of Sale. Wm. HOW of Lauderdale County, Alabama to my daughter Jane D. HOW one negro girl named Meriah. . . $2.00. . . signed: Wm. HOW. Wit: Samuel McMAHAN, Solomon THORNTON, Jurat. (p. 118)
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David McMahan b est 1783 died c1826/27 in Lauderdale Co, AL.
Purchasers at the estate of David McMahan in document recorded in
Lauderdale Co., AL 29 March 1827 were: Sarah McMahan, Hugh B.
McMahan, Robert B. McMahan, John C. McMahan, Charles Best, Hugh B.
King, Wm. William McMahan [sic] and Washington Mobley. James A.
McMahan was Administrator.
According to David's son Hugh Blair McMahen's obituary published in The Cumberland
Presbyterian,http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/McMaheHB.htm David & wife Sallie McMahen were in Abbeville District, South Carolina 1804
where Hugh was born, and in Lauderdale County, AL ca 1820.
Hugh Blair McMahan's bible lists him born 27 July, 1801. Hugh B McMahan md 02 August 1827 in Lauderdale Co, AL to Elizabeth Hood b 27 Jan 1807 [dau of Rev Soldier Mathew Hood of Lancaster Dist, SC].
A proven male direct descendant of Hugh Blair McMahan has been DNA tested.