m.
Leah Renwick Dec 1815 Spartanburg, Laurens
Co., SC
b 23 March 1794 Newberry Co., S.C.
d. 19 Nov. 1859 Lafayette, Chambers Co., Ark
buried - Westview Cem.,Lafayette, Chambers Co., AL %
her father - ? her mother - Agnes
"Nancy"
Renwick
Children of Leah Renwick | |||
---|---|---|---|
James Henry Machen (Confed. vet.) |
b. 25 Sept 1816 * Greenville, SC | d. 1 July 1891* (from brother's bible record) buried- East Antioch Baptist Cem. Columbia Co. Ark |
1m. Elizabeth ? 10 Jan 1847 * 2m. Elizabeth ?* |
Nathan Renwick Machen (Confed. vet.) |
b. 22 Sept 1818 *# Greenville, SC# | d. Jan 1896 Bastrop/Lampasas?,TX* | m. Sarah Ementine House #* 7 Jan 1838 Pike GA b 1821 SC |
Roseannah Jane Machen | b. 26 Dec 1820 Greenville, SC#* | d. 30 July 1888 Chambers Co. AL* buried Westview Cem., Lafayette,AL |
m. William Hampton Anderson c1842 died Lafayette, AL 15 Apr, 1854%* |
John W. Machen | b. 25 May 1823 SC* | d. died young* | m. |
Nancy Mariah Machen | b. 6 Oct 1831 GA#* | d. 24 Sep1866, Bastrop, LA | m. John Presley Renwich 22 Sept1858 @ Chambers Co.,AL (first cousin)* |
Wm. Simpson Machen | b. 2 May 1828 GA# (31yrs in 1860 Chambers,AL) | d. Sept 1885 AR* buried- Fort Smith, Ark | m. Mrs. Sarah Wheat Crowell c1880 Camden-Ouachita AR* |
John L. Machen Jr. (Confed. vet.) |
b. 20 May,1833 GA*# | d. after 1880 Ark | m. Martha "Mattie" Burnes @ 21 Jan 1856@ 7 Feb 1855 Tallapoosa, AL*@ |
Franck Leonades Machen | b. 25 Feb 1836 GA#* | d. 21 Feb 1905 *Columbia Co, AR | m. Mary Susan Gladney Feb.1868 Columbia Co,AR* |
1812- Mar 3 - John
Machen, Jr. enlists in the war with the Creek Indians in the
Regiment of Captain Joshua Ingram with infantry company of
Colonel Reuben Nash. He is discharged in Aug. 1813 in
Abbeville Dist., S. C.
[affidavit of Feb.26, 1878. Bounty Land Grant Records]
1813-Feb. - He
volunteers at Greenville, South Carolina, along with his
father, Sergeant John Machen in the South Carolina Militia for
the War of 1812.
[affidavit of Feb.26, 1878. Bounty Land Grant Records]
INDIAN WARS - John
Machen "served as Sergeant in Captain Joshua Ingram's Company,
Colonel Reuben Nash's Regiment of South Carolina Militia, in
the war with the Creek Indians. He volunteered at "Touey's Old
Field" in Greenville District, South Carolina."
[John Machen's pension applicaton, Arkansas Pensions,
1818-1900, p90]
1815- He marries Leah Renwick in Spartanburgh Dist., South Carolina.
1819-Leah Renwick Machen receives an inheritance of three slaves from the estate of her mother. see the continuing court battle in 1853.
1823-26 - He and Leah move to Georgia with their four children. Most of the other Machens had already moved in the Alabama by 1830. John and Leah remain at least through 1836 when their last child is born.
1838 - His son,
Nathan, marries Sarah Ementine House in Pike Co., GA. John and
Leah probably remain in Georgia until at least 1838 when they
move to Alabama.
[Early Alabama Marriages,]
1850 - John
Machum(sic) (57m)SC is here with Leah (56f) SC, children
include William (23m), Nancy (18f), John Machum Jr.(16m), and
Leonidas (14m). Also with them seems to be a granddaughter of
Roseannah Jane who had married Wm. Hampton Anderson --
Elizabeth Anderson (7f) AL. All of the children where born in
Georgia principallly because of the territorial disputes.
[Chambers Co. p.269, AL]
1851 Jun 14 - Nathan
R. Machen files a land claim at Champagnolle land office in
Arkansas for 80 acres. Document #899C
1 NENE 5th PM
No 175 20W 24; 2 SWSE 5th PM No 17S 20W 24
1853- John and Leah
Machen file suit against Henry Thompson and Shanks over the
ownership of two slaves that they bought from Isaac Payne
illegally. They are demanding the return of the slave Celia
and the two children born to her since leaving South Carolin
in 1843 to settle a debt the Machen's have in Alabama.
1858 May 3 - Nathan
R. Machen files a land claim in Champagnolle land office in
Arkansas. document #5516, 160 acres-
1 W1/2NE 5th PM No 17S
20W 24; 2 SENE 5TH PM No 17S 20W 24; 3 SESE 5TH PM No
17S 20W 24
1859- Nov. 19- Leah Renwick Machen, John L. Machen's wife dies at age 65 in Chambers Co. AL, [Westview Cemetery Records, LaFayette, AL]
Westview Cem.,Lafayette, Chambers Co., AL photo courtesy of Pamela C. Kelly |
Westview Cem.,Lafayette, Chambers Co., AL photo courtesy of Pamela C. Kelly |
John's son Wm. S. Machen (31m carpenter )and Leonidaz (24m) are living nearby [Chambers Co., p727]
1861- 1865
Nathaniel and John L. Machen enlist in the Confederate army.
1878- Sep 4 - John
makes an affidavit before the county clerk of Nevada Co.,
Arkansas at age 86 to apply for additional land under the
bounty law of 3 March, 1855.
[affidavit of Sep 4, 1878. Bounty Land Grant Records]
1883- 24 April - John Lewis Machen died in Prescott, Nevada Co., Arkansas.
source:
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