John McGinty received a land warrant in Lancaster County, PA. in 1755. Tax records find him in Lancaster in 1758 and 1759. We find him mentioned in a deed of sale of his brother Alexander's land in Cumberland County, PA. in 1757. That deed stated that Alexander's land joined John McGinty's land. In 1762 John McGinty was living with his wife Rebecca in Lancaster County, PA. He sold property there and took up land in Cumberland County, PA., which he sold in September of 1766.

A North Carolina neighbor of John's, Thomas Polk, left Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1753 and followed Thomas Spratt's wagon through the Shenandoah Valley into the Carolina Piedmont. By 1755, Scotch-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland had forged the Great Wagon Road southward, and numbered several hundred in the area. 

The Indian trouble, so vividly told in histories of the frontier at this time, sent a great many families fleeing to North Carolina, and we find the names of many of the old neighbors and friends of the McGinty family in Cumberland County, PA. in the early settlement of the Carolinas, and on into Georgia. Those families were the Finney's, Crawford's, Galbreath/Gilbreath's, Neal's, Maxwell's, Lowrey's, and others. They formed colonies and settlements in North Carolina. There were seven Irish colonies in Mecklenburg County, alone and several across the line in South Carolina, and a number in Old 96 and Edgefield District. Land was much cheaper in North Carolina than in Pennsylvania. As the land was bought from the Indians and opened up in northern Georgia, many moved across the river into Richmond County.

We can trace John McGinty 1 through land and Court Minutes after he settled in Mecklenburg in 1767. He purchased 321 acres from Lord George Augustus Selwyn January 4, 1767, just a little over 3 months after he and Rebecca sold their land in Cumberland County, PA. He later mortgaged this property to Henry Eustace McCulloh for 87 pounds. We have not found a record showing that the mortgage was paid as we did with Alexander's property. We also have the records to show that John's wife was named Rebecca, and that he had at least four sons, Robert, James, John and Joseph, and possibly a son named Alexander. Previous McGinty researchers have stated that John's wife was Sarah and that her name showed up in land records in Mecklenburg, but I have found no land records mentioning a Sarah or a Rebecca. The name Rebecca comes from the land records in Cumberland County, PA. and Court Minutes of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Book 1, October Session 1784: "Ordered that Letters of Administration on the Estate of John McGinty, deceased issue to Rebecca McGinty & James McGinty, Administrators, who come into Court and Qualified and enters into Bond with James Finny & Joseph Gilbreath who we bound in the sum of 200 pounds." The Estate Sale does not mention the widows name, but does mention items going to the widow, including a bible. 

John later moved down on Little Sugar Creek where he bought 230 acres from the noted Thomas Polk and his wife Susannah Spratt Polk. He was neighbor to both the Polk and Jackson families; each of these families gave us a president of the United States. John's son Robert McGinty, in 1785, sold 122 acres of this property to William Kennedy who later married Mary Ann McGinty, granddaughter of Alexander and Mary Ann Orr McGinty. After Robert sold this land to William Kennedy, Rebecca, and the brothers of Robert, John and James, left Mecklenburg and went to Wilkes County, Georgia with Robert. In 1791 Rebecca McGinty joined the Phillip Mill Church by experience. Robert McGinty was received by experience in 1787.

We do not have an accurate list of the children of John¹, but the known children are:

3. John McGinty II born about 1760 in Pennsylvania. He was a Revolutionary Soldier who also served with Charles Polk's regiment. He followed his brothers Robert and James to Wilkes County, Georgia where he raised a family. Wife's name is not yet known.

Further information Robert McGinty:

Robert’s early life was spent with his father and family in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.  Based on earlier research, he married Deborah Jackson around 1770 in North Carolina. They moved to Georgia sometime later, near or in the Wrightsborough Quaker settlement.

One of the first records of Robert was a deed that he witnessed in Richmond Co. (Augusta) Georgia in 1777.  This deed was given by Absolom Bedell to David Robinson, and the land had been granted to Bedell in 1772.  Robert purchased 270 acres of land from Peter and Sarah Buffington of the Old 96 district of South Carolina, August 4, 1785. This land was an original grant to William Fanning in 1770 and was located on Germany’s Creek in Wilkes Co. There is no further record of Robert during the Revolutionary War. Earlier researchers speculated that he might have gone with families that were taken to safety in the North Carolina mountains by Elijah Clarke and his men during this part of the war but, as yet, there is no proof of this. 

The Revolutionary War, 1775-1783, reached these settlements in late 1779.  By this time, Robert and Deborah had three of their twelve children.  Robert’s actual involvement in the war is unclear.  He did receive a land grant after the war for 250 acres.  We have this documented. The land was granted to him under a proclamation from Col. Elijah Clarke on February 2, 1784. However, it was common for citizens that did not actually bear arms to receive land grants. In his grant, there is no mention of him actually serving in the war. A search was also done at the National Archives and there is no record of military service for Robert McGinty.  Other DAR records do not list him as a soldier.

There is a record in the National Archives of his brother, James McGinty serving in the North Carolina Militia as a foot soldier with the rank of Private.  The records show that he served in Capt. Charles Polk’s Company from July, 1776 until after January 1779 when he was at Cross Creek.  His brother, John II also served in this unit and was the Company’s Sergeant.

After the War, on February 2, 1784, Robert was given the land grant mentioned above for 250 acres.  This land was in Wilkes Co. Georgia.  On September 16, 1785, he was given an additional 200-acre “headright” in Wilkes Co. The deed reads, “bounded on all sides by vacant land”.  Then on October 12, 1785, he was given an additional “headright” for 300 acres in Wilkes Co. The deed describes the location of the land, and one side was bordered by the Absalom Bedell property. Absalom is mentioned above in the 1777 land transaction. Both of these headright grants were signed by the Governor of Georgia, Samuel Elbert (sp?). A “headright” was land that had not been surveyed and divided into land districts and land lots. It was only surveyed in response to an application for a head-right grant and could be any shape the grantee desired so long as it conformed to the amount of his grant.  By the end of 1785, Robert owned 750 acres of land in Wilkes Co., Georgia.

In February 1785, Robert returned to Mecklenburg Co. NC and sold 122 acres of land that was part of his father, John McGinty’s estate.  This land was located on McAlpin’s Creek and was a tract originally granted to Thomas Polk in 1775 and sold to John McGinty in 1779.  Robert sold the land to William Kenedy for 60 pounds (note: Kenedy married Mary Ann McGinty, the granddaughter of Alexander McGinty who was Robert’s uncle). After this sale, Robert, his mother Rebecka, and brothers James and John II, returned to Wilkes Co., GA.

Later, in October 1785, Robert cleared and then sold his land on Germany’s Creek to Thomas Napier and moved his family to the newly granted property in Wilkes Co., Georgia. The Quaker records show that Deborah was “certified” in good standing with the church and was moving to Georgia around this time. Robert is shown in the 1785 tax records as being in Capt. Karr’s District, Wilkes Co. with 300 acres.  His brothers John II and James are also listed but do not show any acreage.  This land on Kettle Creek was said to be near War Hill, just west of Washington, GA, where the Revolutionary War battle of Kettle Creek was fought.  The home place was just south of Little River into which Kettle Creek runs.

After settling in Wilkes Co., Robert and Deborah sold part of their land grants in several parcels.  One hundred acres were sold on Kettle Creek to Thomas Daniel.  This land had been granted to Robert, August 11, 1786.  Three hundred acres were sold to Edward Butler, November 24 1786.  This land was on the south side of Little River and is described as land “whereon said McGinty now lives”.  This was part of the 1785 grant.   There is an additional record of some land “granted by the government to said McGinty” that was sold to Charles Smith on August 4, 1787.  All of these sales are shown in Early Records of Georgia, Vol. 1, Wilkes County compiled by Grace Gilliam Davidson in 1932.  The book is located in the Jack Tarver Library at Mercer University in Macon, GA.

Somewhere in this time frame, Robert converted to the Baptist faith and the church records exist showing that he and Deborah joined the Phillips Mill Baptist Church by “experience” in 1787.   Records show that they were members of this church as early as 1785, along with Robert’s mother, Rebecka and a Jane McGinty whose parents are unknown at this time.  She could have been Robert’s sister or the wife of his brother John II..  These records are on microfilm, Phillips Mill Baptist Church, Wilkes Co. GA, Pub No 1111, Historical Commission, Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, TN. Abstracted in 1989 by Charlotte G. Tucker.

The Phillips Mill Baptist Church was founded June 10, 1785 by sixteen members who met at the home of George Lea.  The first building was on the banks of Little River about one mile down river, southeast of GA highway 44 near the Little River Bridge.  The first pastor was Silas Mercer one of the great Baptist in early Georgia.  Silas came from the church at Kiokee, which was the first Baptist church in Georgia, established in 1772.  His son, Jesse Mercer and Robert McGinty were both received into the church by profession of faith in 1787.  They remained close associates in the Baptist church for many years after that. 

It is very possible that Robert met Silas Mercer and his son Jesse when they were at the Kiokee Baptist Church. Kiokee was about ten miles from Germany’s Creek where Robert and Deborah had lived prior to moving to Wilkes Co.   However, Robert and Deborah did not join the Baptist church until 1787.  When Robert and Deborah moved to Wilkes Co., Silas and Jesse were again their neighbors.

In 1787, Robert was appointed by the congregation at Phillips Mill,  “trustee to get the meetinghouse floored and seated”.  By 1791 this had not been fully resolved according to the church minutes and Robert and two other members were ordered to “see how cheap they could get a workman to joint and lay the meetinghouse floor, make seats with backs and a pulpit and to make doors and window shutters to the same”.  In 1787, Silas Mercer, pastor, referred to Robert as “one of our beloved brethren at Phillips Mill”. 

In the 1787 tax returns Robert is shown in Capt. Heard’s District in Hancock Co. owning 374 acres. 

In 1790 Robert became a licensed minister at Phillips Mill Church and began a long career of service in the Baptist Church.  He remained at Phillips Mill Baptist until January 7, 1791, about four years.

He is shown on the 1790 tax returns of Wilkes Co., Georgia in Capt. McCormick’s District, owning 250 acres.

He sold the final two hundred fifty acres in Wilkes Co. to Nathaniel Dean on March 26, 1791, but the sale was not registered until August 21, 1794.

From Wilkes Co., Robert and Deborah moved to Washington Co.  There is mention in earlier research about him having a Bounty Warrant, number 1446 for the land in this county. Hancock Co. was later formed from Washington Co.  His church records from 1791 until 1799 have not been located but there are records that he served as Justice of the Inferior Court in Hancock Co. from 1793 – 1796.  He also served a second term from 1801 – 1807.  We do know that their family was large by then with twelve sons and one daughter all born by around 1800.

In 1799 he and Deborah joined the Island Creek Baptist church in Hancock Co. “by letter”.  He was listed as an ordained minister.  Three of their sons were baptized there, Joseph on March 11, 1800, Thomas on September 1, 1804 and Washington on August 31, 1805. 

In 1801/02 he served as Pastor of the Horeb Baptist Church in Hancock Co. According to the church records, the current pastor became ill and Robert was asked to serve for one year.  Church records show that “In February, 1802, Brother McGinty made known to the church that he could not attend them any longer.  On leaving, the treasurer was ordered to procure a suit of clothes for Bro. McGinty”.

In 1803 he served as Pastor of the Island Creek Church and in 1808 – 1809 he was the substitute pastor or, as they were called, “supply”.  He was also Clerk of this church from 1815 – 1821.  

On October 4, 1804, Robert preached the sermon at the Georgia Baptist Association meeting.  The title of the sermon was, “And there was given to me a reed, like unto a rod, Revelations 11:1”.

He participated in the Ocmulgee land lottery drawings of 1806 in Hancock Co.  These draws were in Capt. Gunn’s District. He drew twice but was not successful.  His brothers James and John also drew and were unsuccessful.  His son, Joseph McGinty was successful in his draw.  His son, Robert McGinty Jr. also had one draw along with son, Thomas McGinty with two draws.

As the Indians were being pushed steadily westward, it usually took up to five years for their vacated land to be surveyed and divided up into lots of about two hundred acres each.  In typical land lotteries, plats of each lot were traced on small cards, about the size of those now used in the game of Monopoly, which were deposited in wire cages, along with a number of blank cards.  At highly publicized events, the cards were drawn one by one, in full view of the assembled crowds.  Every white adult male was entitled to one free draw, married men or widows with children had two draws, and extra chances went to Revolutionary War veterans, those who had served honorably in certain public offices, or had some other distinction.

The tax list of 1810 shows him as owning property in Baldwin Co., Capt. Gunn’s District along with John and Washington.

In 1811, Robert helped found the First Baptist Church of Milledgeville in Baldwin Co. GA.  Church records say that he drafted the original constitution for the church.  Jesse Mercer was also one of the advisors that helped start this church..

Robert and family remained members of the Island Creek Church for twenty two years, departing by letter on November 17, 1821 when they moved on to Jones Co., GA and he became pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church for a short time. He then appears to have gone into Baptist association work.  At this time he was 76 years old and referred to as “Elder McGinty”.

Since it is known that Robert was very involved in “association” work from this point forward in his life, It is important to understand what changes were taking place in the Baptist church at this time in history.

From the beginning, Baptist churches were not independent of each other.  Whitney, in his History of British Baptists covering the church history in the 1600’s shows that they always sought the fellowship between the different churches to carry on evangelistic work. This continued in America.

The first Baptist church that was established in Georgia was founded in 1772.  It was the Kiokee Baptist Church in Columbia Co., near Augusta.  Over the next two years several others were formed.  In 1774 these churches formed an association called the Georgia because it was the only one in the State.  It was constituted at Kiokee by the work of Elder Daniel Marshall, the minister.

Over the next ten years the association flourished and by 1784 there were about fifty-five churches with over 5,000 members.  Beginning in 1794, new associations were formed including the Hepzibah, the Serepta and the Savannah.  In 1810, the Ocmulgee Association (named for the Ocmulgee River, which was the western boundary of white settlements in Georgia) was formed at Rooty Creek in Putnam Co. It was the fifth association and had about 1,200 members.  Robert McGinty was part of the committee that formed this association of twenty-four churches.  He was then the moderator (chairman) from 1817 – 1822.  He was President of the Ocmulgee Missionary Society around 1819 and for some years after.

About this time, the question of foreign missions began to be considered by Georgia Baptists.  Cary, the great pioneer in modern missions, had already been to Hindustan for a number of years and by 1812 great interest was developing in Georgia.  The first mission society is thought to have been in Savannah in 1813.  This society sent out a stirring address on the subject of missions, which resulted in the formation of other societies. 

By 1815, Jesse Mercer, one of the most influential Baptist of the day started a society to “evangelize the poor heathen in idolatrous lands”. 

At the same time a strong anti-mission spirit which condemned the whole movement was underway.  This caused great division in the church with some becoming “Missionary Baptists” and others anti-missionary, or “Primitive Baptists”. There was thought to be a need for a general organization where brethren from different views could meet and resolve their differences.  The new organization was called the General Baptist Association of the State of Georgia.  It was formed at Powelton, GA, June 27, 1822.  Robert McGinty, then pastor of the New Providence Church in Monroe Co. was the first moderator. At the time there were eight separate associations in Georgia with about 16,000 members.  The new association did not receive full support for many years.  In 1828 the name was changed to the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia (Georgia Baptist Convention).  However, by 1846 it was representing only 38,000 members out of estimated 60,000 total in the association.  There were bitter feelings and divisions within the church in the period 1830-1840 over the missionary issue.

The 1820 census shows Robert and sons, Meshach and William living in Baldwin Co.  Robert and his sons, William and Josiah are also shown in the land lottery draws of 1821 in Maj. Richard W. Ellis Battalion,

The Flint River Association, tenth in the State, was formed October 16, 1824 at Rocky Creek meetinghouse in Monroe Co.  It consisted of fourteen churches, five ministers and about 525 members. Robert McGinty was the moderator of this first session.  In 1825 at the second session, Robert gave the introductory address.  In 1829 he was Chairman of the association. This association was created out of the Ocmulgee and was a strong missionary group of churches.  The association responded to the needs of people at home, such as the Indians and Negroes and abroad, where they could.  They heartily embraced the total world mission program.  The minutes of 1824 show Robert, in the first circular letter, admonished the people of God, “in the name of Him in whose service you are engaged, go on.” Robert continued active in the association until age and infirmity compelled him to decline service.

In Georgia Baptists: Historical and Biographical by Jesse H. Campbell, published in 1847, he offers the following on Robert McGinty:  “He was a man of general information, an excellent moderator, a person of easy and polite manners, and a sensible, sound preacher”.

Robert’s Last Will and Testament was probated February 10, 1841 in Monroe Co., GA. He gave his servant, Molly, her freedom.  He gave all of his twelve children $25 each with equal shares of everything else and appointed two of his sons, Thomas and William executors for the balance of his estate.  Will of Robert McGinty

The exact date of his death is unknown.  There is a notice in the Christian Index, December 3, 1841 with the minutes of the Flint River Association, October 16-19, 1841 which includes a report on the death of ministers.  It reads as follows:

“We notice with much reverence, and long won worth and merit, the departure of our honored and aged father and brother, Robert McGinty, who we remember in useful life, and even when age had taken the vigor of youth and active usefulness, as one of the pillars: Yes, he has gone up to reap his reward!”

Robert McGinty had been a minister in the Baptist Church for more than 50 years.  Many of his descendents were also ministers and his longevity is also found in several future generations of McGinty.

Children of Robert and Deborah Jackson McGinty:

1. + 3 ii. Joseph Jackson MCGINTY the eldest son, b. ca.1772, Mecklenburg, NC, d. in 1851, Conway, Arkansas. Married (1) Elizabeth Hood in Georgia, Elizabeth died in Yazoo County, Mississippi (2) Louise Scroggins, born Mississippi and died in Conway, Co., Arkansas, (3) Melissa Shaw born Conway County, Arkansas. Joseph served in the Georgia Militia fighting the Seminole Indians in early 1800, then after moving to Mississippi, h served in the War of 1812. (information provided by Robert McGinty of Conway, Arkansas) 

2. 4 iii. John MCGINTY the second son, has left very few records. His birth is placed about 1779. It is believed that he went to the Mississippi Territory with Joseph and is found in the 1830, Warren Co., Mississippi Census. Some researchers have mistaken this John for John A. McGinty, son of John² McGinty, younger brother of Robert. There is research (unconfirmed) showing that he married Sophie James Jacoby, daughter of Bartholomew Jacoby. He was a member of the Island Creek Baptist Church, joining by baptism on February 2, 1800. He was a member there until he lettered out November 30, 1811. He did receive a lottery land grant in the Act of May 11, 1803, and got two draws, which indicate that he was married at that time.

3. 5 iv. James MCGINTY, third son, b. 1776, 1781 - (The GA census of 1860 shows him at age 79, farmer), in Georgia, death date unknown. Married Lister Temperance "Tempy" (last name unknown). There are few records with none showing children. (There is a record in the 1900 census of Cullman Co., AL showing a Benjamin and Rebecca McGinty ages 77 and 70 respectively.  They were both born in GA.  It is thought that Benjamin is the son of James). He received a lottery land grant in the Act of 1803, but only one draw indicating that he was not married at the time. We do not see him in the records of the Island Creek Church but we know that he belonged to one of the Baptist churches in Georgia, because he joined an Alabama church later in life by "letter". We feel that he went with his brother, Washington to Alabama in 1835. He and Tempy joined the Ephesus Baptist Church at McGinty's Crossroads, Chambers Co., Alabama on December 20, 1850. They were members here until they moved to Randolph Co., Alabama in October of 1856. There is a deed dated September 2, 1848 showing his purchase of land from James M. Spear, Chambers Co. Deed Book 8, Page 544. We are told of his death by some of his grandchildren who said that when he was very old, he left the house on a very cold day and fell off of a fence he was climbing over. This killed him. He would have been over eighty when he died. James served in the war of 1812.

4. + 6 v Robert McGinty, b. 1782 (the 1850 census gave his age as 68), d. Grimes Co., Texas, date unknown. 

5. + 7 vi Thomas McGinty,    b. September 29, 1784 (date proven from family records), probably in Wilkes Co., GA. (this was about the time his father was clearing his headright land grant on Kettle Creek).  He died 1868 in Morehouse Parrish, Louisiana.  He was raised in Hancock Co. and married Sarah Castleberry, the daughter of John and Mary Ann Castleberry, in 1804.  They produced a large family of eight girls and three boys. He had two land lottery draws in the Ocmulgee Lands in 1806. On July 2, 1808, they took out their letters and moved to Wilkinson Co., GA. and raised a large family of ten children.

6. + 8 vii George Washington McGinty, sixth son, was born ca. 1786. He married Nancy Thompson in Hancock Co., Ga. in 1810. He joined the Island Creek Church, 31 August 1805, and was excluded June 1814. He was restored to membership in 1816, and removed his letter January 1817, to join the Ramah Church in Wilkerson County, where he remained until he moved to Alabama in 1835. Apparently Nancy died for in 1813 he married Tabitha Moore who, also put her letter in Ramah Church. By 1821 they had three sons and a daughter and it seems that Tabitha died at this time. Washington married Naomi Moore, the sister of Tabitha by 1825, and they had a son and three daughters. In 1835, he moved his family to a place called McGinty Cross Roads, later changed to River View, Alabama. There he joined the Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church. When Naomi died he married Elizabeth Harrington and they had two sons and two daughters. Each of his twelve children raised large families. In 1850 he was excluded from the church over money matters. He is found in the 1850 and 1860 Chambers County, Alabama census. After this, he moved into Randolph County, AL., where he died March 14, 1874.

7. + 9 viii. Issac McGinty, seventh son, was born ca 1787, the year his parents became Baptist. He married Sarah Sample July 7, 1807 in Baldwin County, Georgia.. He can be found in the 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 Georgia Census. He and Sarah are shown in the History of Upson County, p. 234.

8. + 10 ix William McGinty, the eighth son, was born in Hancock Co., about 1792 (census of 1850), d. April 4, 1858 (The Christian Index, page 3, col. 7) in Monroe Co. GA.  His Will was prepared February 1, 1858. He married Martha Grant at the house of Levi Speights, March 14, 1824, by Sterling Bass, Esq. He may have married again.  He is shown in the 1820 census living in Baldwin Co.

One of these sons, John Thomas was Editor of the Monroe Advertiser, a schoolteacher and was Ordinary of Monroe Co., GA for many years. William's grandson, George Banks McGinty was Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, D.C. It is interesting to note that in William's Will, he specifically mentions John T. as follows;  "It is my will that my son, John shall not come in for any part of my Estate as I have provided him with a liberal education which I consider equal to what the balance of my children will get".  As it turned out, John T. was very successful in his life. Four of his sons, Cornelius, John T., Richard W., and Sidney F. enlisted in the Confederate Army; all in Monroe Co. Records show that they all survived.

There is an article in the Georgia Journal, December 16, 1817, saying that William and Levin Moore (father of Ann Moore who was wife of William Pitts McGinty) were drafted into the 1st Regiment of the Georgia Militia but had not joined the company.  A reward of $5 was being offered for their delivery to Ft. Hawkins which is present day Hawkinsville, GA in Pulaski Co. William and the first wife Martha joined the Island Creek Baptist Church by experience, he in 1827 and she in December of the same year.  There are records showing that he had two successful draws in the land lottery of 1827.  The land was in Muscogee Co.  In one of the draws he is shown as a soldier.  He served in the War of 1812.

He is shown in the 1830 census then living in Monroe Co.  Deeds on record at the Monroe Co. courthouse show that he purchased land in the county as early as 1824.  He was a major property owner with over 3000 acres of land sales on record. He had numerous land purchases and sales in Monroe Co. and is shown as a resident from the early 1820's until his death. This is somewhat confusing as he also shows in Baldwin Co. as a resident during this same period. He is shown in the 1850 census of Monroe Co. with wife, Martha and six children. He was still living in Monroe Co. in early 1858 on the land that is mentioned in his Will as "the land I currently live on".  He owned several slaves and they were given to his wife and children in his Will. His obituary published in the April 7,1858 issue of the Christian Index, says that eleven children survived him. His son, Cornelius was named the executor of his father's estate. There were several land sales from his estate beginning in 1858 and the final 202 1/2 acres of land in his estate was sold by Cornelius at public auction in Forsyth, GA, December 11, 1877 for $800.

9. 2 i Mary or Polly, the only daughter of Robert and Deborah left no record that we could find, not even who or if she married, though she is mentioned in her fathers will. There is some research, unconfirmed, that she married John Russell, March 4, 1811 in Amite Co., Mississippi.

10. + 11 x Shadrach McGinty, b. circa 1792 - 1795, d. 1843 in Jones Co., GA.  He married Mary Lamar, August 5, 1818 in Putnam Co., GA having been guardian of her younger brother, A. Richardson and sister, Caty after her father, James Lamar died. Mary was born in 1803.  He served in the War of 1812. Shadrach shows in the 1820 census in Wilkinson Co., GA and in the 1830 census in Bibb Co., GA.  He was in Jones Co. after 1830 and is listed in a sheriff’s sale of 101 acres of his land.  He was in Milledgeville, Georgia in 1834 as part of the City’s “Board of Visitors”.  Family legend says that he was a Baptist minister.  He moved to Jones Co., GA and received a land lottery grant in 1826.  He also got a second grant as a soldier in the militia.  He is shown in the Monroe Co., GA census of 1840 with three males and two females in his household. There is a land sale totaling 362 acres that he made in Monroe Co., GA in 1838. The buyer was Chosen Boynton. When he died in 1843, his surviving family moved over to Dallas Co., Alabama to be near their Lamar relatives.

11. 12 xi. Meshach McGinty, b. 1800 (Autauga Co., AL census of 1860), d. unknown, but after 1860.  He was a licensed Primitive Baptist minister, showing at the Union Baptist Church in Jones Co. GA, part of the Ocmulgee Association, in 1836 and again at the Eanon/Enon Baptist Church in Putnam Co. GA, also part of the Ocmulgee Assn., in 1838 and 1840.  His wife, as shown in the 1860 census of Autauga Al, was named Frances. They had at least six children and possibly more, Sarah age 20, William age 23, Rebecca age 16, Robert age 12. He received a lottery land grant in 1819, drawing in Watson’s Battalion District, Baldwin Co., GA along with his brother, Abednego and father, Robert. He drew again in 1826.  He was allowed two draws each time indicating that he was married.  He is shown in the land lottery of 1832, now living in Jones Co. GA. By 1860, at age 60, he was living with his wife in Autaugaville, AL., which is west of Montgomery. Meshach possibly had a daughter named Elizabeth who married William Washington Maddox in 1848, and shows up in the 1850 Muscogee Co., GA. census. 

12. 13 xii Abednego McGinty,  b. ca. 1795-1800, d. unknown. He is shown in Baldwin Co. (Milledgeville, GA) in 1822 with his mother, Deborah and father, Robert. He relocated to Decatur Co. (Bainbridge, GA) before 1824 and lived there until after 1832.  He was the tax collector in Decatur Co. in 1824. 232 acres of his land in Decatur Co. was sold in a sheriff’s sale. There is a general index card in the National Archives showing that he was a Corporal in Wimberly’s Regiment, Georgia Militia, in the Seminole War, 1817 – 1818.  The Military Record Book of 1829-1841, p.83 located in the Georgia Department of Archives where he is listed as a Colonel in the 88^th Regiment of the Georgia Militia (Early County Georgia), Commissioned on August 27, 1835.  To attain the rank of Colonel indicates that he spent a great deal of his career serving in the Georgia Militia.  He was the commanding officer at Ft. Gaines (est. 1816) in Early Co., GA in 1836.  He is listed in the 1840 Early County census with a son under 5 and a daughter 10-15. No wife is listed. This part of Early Co. is now Clay Co. (1854). This was on the extreme frontier at the time and there were many problems with hostile Indians. There are letters that he wrote to the Gov. of Georgia asking for workable muskets for his men and other needs. Early Co. is in extreme southwest Georgia, next to Seminole Co., and near the Florida border.  It is interesting to note that the second Seminole War started in 1835 and lasted for seven years. Also of note is that his older brother, Washington, served in the first Seminole War in 1818. There is an A. McGinty, born in GA who shows up in a later census in Macon Co. AL as the Postmaster.  The birth dates and children match.  Could be him.  Macon Co. AL is not too far from Early Co. GA.

13. + 14 xiii Josiah McGinty, the last of the twelve sons, was born ca 1800. He married Marion Penelope Russ in 1825 and had a family of three sons and two daughters.  R.R., Jeremiah, Perry, Marion Elvena, and Mariale Penelope. In 1830, he is listed in the Pike Co., GA census and later in the 1850 census in Bibb Co., GA. There are no other records on his family known at this time. In 1830 he is listed in the Pike County, GA. census and later in 1850 he had moved to Bibb County, GA.

2. James McGinty was born in Pennsylvania about 1755 and also remained in Mecklenburg County, though we find him getting land in Wilkes County, Georgia in 1785. The U.S. Census of 1790 list him as living in Mecklenburg County, District 15, down in the corner of the county, The census listed James with two boys under 16, and three girls. In 1800 he is found in Iredell County, NC. In 1801 he purchased 250 acres. He is found in other land records of Iredell Co., NC.

3. John² McGinty was born ca. 1760 probably in Pennsylvania. Date of death and to whom he was married is not known. This John was possibly married twice, though we have not found any marriage records. His oldest son John A. McGinty was born in 1779. Since he was a soldier in the American Revolution, from North Carolina, we can assume that he was married first in North Carolina and possibly second in Georgia. (Georgia Lee McGinty's line is descended from this John). (See sketch on Alexander McGinty.)

4. Joseph McGinty birth date unknown could have also been known as Joseph Alexander McGinty. There is mention in the "The Tunis Hood Family History, by Dellmann O. Hood that an Alexander McGinty was married to a Lydia Hood. In 1813 he received a State Grant of 22 acres in Mecklenburg County, NC. on Back Creek.

3. Joseph³ MCGINTY (Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Georgia about 1777. died. probably in Mississippi, date unknown. Married (1) Elizabeth? (2) Louise Scroggins (3) Melissa Shaw (these marriages come from an unconfirmed source). He witnessed a deed in Warren Co., GA. 31 August 1797 (Warren Co. GA. Deed Book A, p. 603). There is no record of his marriage or death, but there is mention of a family in 1803. He was baptized into the Island Creek Church, March 1, 1800. In 1803, he received two draws in the land lottery, showing that he was married at the time. He has a military record and a report dated April 13, 1804, that reads: "Joseph McGinty, Sergeant to Captain Graybill's Company, Hancock Co, being duly called as a delinquent for not attending the muster of officers on the 6th, is fined three dollars".  In December 1805, he left the Island Creek Church and possibly departed at this time for Amite Co., Mississippi. He is found in the Zion Baptist Church in Amite Co. (History of Amite County in two volumes), and also listed on land tax records and the census. In the census of 1810, he is listed with nine slaves and a family of grown children. Two of his girls were married in this church and some of his sons are mentioned in the church minutes. Rev. Thomas Mercer and his family came to Mississippi with Joseph at this time. Some of his children were James, possibly Basil, Joseph, Polly (Mary) and Elizabeth. There could have been more. Joseph's land records show two draws in Hancock Co. in the Land Act of May 11, 1803, for a fee of $8.10. He sold this land after moving to Mississippi. In the Amite Co. tax report of 1816, Joseph Jr., his son is shown with 154 acres, and paid taxes of $307.00. In the Amite Co. tax report of 1825, Joseph (or Jr.) had 70 acres and paid taxes of $98.00. He is found in the Madison Co., Mississippi census of 1830.

Joseph MCGINTY had the following children:

15 i. James M.⁴ MCGINTY .

16 ii. Basil MCGINTY .

17 iii. Joseph MCGINTY .

18 iv. Mary MCGINTY 

19 v. Elizabeth MCGINTY. 

6. Robert³ MCGINTY (Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Georgia about 1782. Robert died in Grimes Co., TX. Married (1) (Eleanor?) Penelope Moore, July 5, 1807 in Hancock Co., Georgia, (2) Eleanna (last name unknown). She was from Maryland and they were married before 1850.  He had one draw in the Ocmulgee Lands of 1806. Robert and Penelope were baptized at the Island Creek Baptist Church on December 1, 1837 and they departed by letter on October 24, 1835, but Robert returned in 1851.  Penelope probably had died or something else happened before 1851 because she did not re-join with him.  We know that they did raise a very large family. Robert is shown married to a second wife, Eleanna, in the 1850 census and she re-joined Island Creek with him as Elan as shown on the church records. She came by letter from another Baptist church. Robert is shown as a house carpenter in the 1850 census. Robert did receive two land draws in Baldwin Co., GA under the Act of 1820 and he must have settled there on the eastern edge of the County, just a few miles from Island Creek Church in Hancock Co. There are many references to him in Milledgeville, Georgia as an executor of estates.  He was a county commissioner there. Two of his sons appear on the church records and later these same two, John Moore McGinty and William Augustus McGinty, joined him when he moved to Texas, taking his letter out of Island Creek Church, September 7, 1853.  John Moore McGinty and his wife, Mary L. Brown McGinty are later found in Central Texas on the Brazos River.  William and his wife Lucinda came to TX at the same time. It is thought that Robert died in Grimes Co., Texas, and the date as yet unknown.

Robert MCGINTY and Penelope MOORE had the following children:

+ 20 i. William Augustus⁴ MCGINTY was born July 2, 1809.

+ 21 ii. John Moore MCGINTY was born November 10, 1823.

7. Thomas³ MCGINTY (Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Wilkes Co., GA September 29, 1784. Thomas died about 1868 in Morehouse Parish, LA.  He was raised in Hancock Co. and married Sarah Castleberry, the daughter of John and Mary Ann Castleberry, in 1804.  They produced a large family of eight girls and three boys. Four of his sons fought in the Civil War, Cornelius, Richard W., John T, and Sidney F. The Island Creek Church records show that both of them were baptized into that church on September 1, 1804.  He had two land lottery draws in the Ocmulgee Lands in 1806. On July 2, 1808, they took out their letters and moved to Wilkinson Co., GA. and raised a large family of ten children.

The story of Thomas in Wilkinson Co. has been told partly in The History of Wilkinson County by Victor Davidson and partly by other sources.  Thomas McGinty was one of the first settlers in that part of Wilkinson Co., on the west side of the Old Indian Boundary Line when the limits of the county were extended by the Legislature following the Treaty of Washington in 1805. He made his home on the “Ridge” separating Commissioner and Big Sandy Creeks, where the old Hartford Road crosses the Irwinton and Macon Highway. With him were families connected by blood and marriage including the Gays and the Castleberrys. Together these Baptists from Wilkes Co. early settlements, and then from Hancock Co. and Baldwin Counties, organized the Ramah Church, and Thomas was one of the charter members; having at his own expense built the church on his land.  In 1810 he was selected by the Georgia Legislature as one of the Commissioners from Wilkinson Co. to construct the Hartford Road from Hartford in Pulaski Co. to Milledgeville, the State Capital. There was an urgent necessity of building this road with the least possible delay in order to avert the great crisis about to confront Georgia.  Hartford at the time was a frontier town situated at the head of navigation on the Ocmulgee River.  British agents, stationed beyond the Ocmulgee were constantly stirring up trouble with the Creek Indians.  This road became necessary so that troops, artillery and ammunition could be rushed to Hartford as well as other points. The assignment of this task shows the confidence of the Legislature in his ability and his patriotism.  It was necessary to draft able bodied men subject to such duties, assign into squads, direct clearing of the underbrush, the cutting of the big trees to a level with the ground, the leveling of the rough places, the making passable of boggy places and streams, and all the other things essential to the construction of a road through “forest primeval”. Recently, when the John Ball chapter of the DAR erected the marker on the Old Hartford Road, the site of his old home was selected. 

Thomas MCGINTY and Sarah CASTLEBERRY had the following children:

22 i. Polly⁴ MCGINTY was born in Wilkinson Co., GA November 6, 1806.

23 ii. Mary Anne MCGINTY was born in Wilkinson Co., GA January 8, 1808.

24 iii. Elizabeth Jones MCGINTY was born in Wilkinson Co., GA September 28, 1809.

+ 25 iv. Millie MCGINTY was born January 17, 1811.

26 v. Robert MCGINTY was born in Wilkinson Co., GA May 23, 1812. He married Jemima MOORE.

+ 27 vi. William Jones MCGINTY was born June 22, 1814.

28 vii. Nancy MCGINTY was born in Wilkinson Co., GA August 23, 1816.

29 viii. Jackson MCGINTY was born in Wilkinson Co., GA January 15, 1818.

+ 30 ix. Deborah MCGINTY was born August 17, 1818.

31 x. Catherine MCGINTY was born in Wilkinson Co., GA January 26, 1822.

8. George Washington³ MCGINTY (Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Wilkes Co., GA. about 1786. Washington died March 14, 1874 in Randolph Co., Ala. Married 1st Nancy Thompson October 26, 1810, 2nd Tabitha Moore, daughter of Ephraim Moore, August 12, 1813, 3rd Naomi Moore and 4th Elizabeth Harrington Northrop, April 22, 1838 in Chambers Co., Ala., Samuel Roth pastor.

It is almost certain that Washington’s first wife was Nancy Thompson.  On October 26. 1810, a marriage license was issued in Hancock Co., Georgia for Washington to marry Nancy.  Also, on September 1, 1810, the minutes of the Island Creek Baptist Church have an entry that “application was made by Brother Washington McGinty for a letter for Sister Nancy”, and that it was granted.  Also of note is that the pastor of this church was Benjamin Thompson who was probably the father or possibly brother of Nancy.

Naomi Moore, another possible wife, does not show by name on any known records directly linking her to Washington.  If she actually existed, she could have been the daughter of Ephriam Moore, father of Tabitha, whose Will in Hancock Co., Georgia, dated July 7, 1801, mentions Tabitha by name but does not mention a Naomi.  It is interesting that one of the children by whoever the wife is named Naomi Elvira McGinty. Was she named for her mother?  Also, as mentioned before, her step-grandson, Wiley P. McGinty Sr. (1865-1957) said that she, being his step-grandmother, was named Naomi Elvira McGinty. It is also possible that Naomi was not a Moore and was from another family.

He was known as “Washington”, the 6^th son of Robert McGinty and Ann Moore.  His father, Robert was a prominent Baptist minister in Georgia.  When he was a young man, he accompanied his father on trips through the Indian lands, receiving a passport in 1808 from the Governor of Georgia to travel to the Creek Nation.

He married Tabitha Moore, daughter of Ephraim Moore, August 12, 1813 in Baldwin Co., Georgia.

A lifelong Baptist, Washington often was at odds with fellow church members.  The 1814 minutes of Island Creek Baptist Church in Hancock Co., Georgia shows that he was excluded for “drinkingness, swearing and a neglect of attending church – excommunicated without a dissenting voice”.  In 1816, he was restored to membership having “admitted the correctness of the charges” for his expulsion.

He joined the Ramah Baptist Church in Wilkerson Co., Georgia in 1817. Both he and Tabitha show on the membership roll between 1809 – 1819.  The Ramah church was founded in 1809 as a primitive Baptist church.  Like other Baptist churches of the day, Ramah was involved in the dispute over Indian reform, missions and the encouragement to abolish slavery.  When the church separated over these issues, Ramah became associated with the newly formed denomination, the Primitive Baptist.  Thomas McGinty, b. September 29, 1784, Washington’s brother is listed as one of the founders.  Thomas was also elected to the Georgia Legislature in 1809.  He died in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana at age 84. 

In 1818, at the age of 32,  Washington was drafted to serve in the Seminole Indian War in Florida in the unit commanded by Captain David Childs.  There were actually three Seminole wars and he served in the first one. It was short, beginning in December 1817 when General Andrew Jackson received orders to move into the area where fierce Seminole Indians, some discontented Creek and groups of escaped slaves and vagabonds had been raiding settlements north of the Florida/Georgia border.  Jackson's army defeated them and pursued them into northwest Florida.  The war was over in 1818. Washington was honorably discharged on April 07, 1818.  On November 11, 1850, when he was 64 years old, he made a declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land under a recent "Act Granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in Military service of the United States", passed September 28, 1850.  He received 40 acres.

On October 27, 1855 at age 69, he applied for additional Bounty Land under the act approved on March 03, 1855.  He was granted an additional 120 acres for a total of 160 acres.

He is shown on the 1820 census in Wilkinson Co., Georgia along with his father and several of his brothers. 

He is shown in the 1830 census in Pike Co., Georgia along with his father and several brothers.  It is thought that his first wife, Tabitha died prior to this because her name is not shown in the census. 

Between 1833-35, Washington moved his family to Chambers Co., Alabama.  This part of eastern Alabama now embraced by Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa, Lee, Macon and Russell counties was owned and occupied by the Creek Indians up until 1832 and was almost unbroken wilderness.  Up until this time only a few hardy pioneers had ventured into the land occupied by the red men and they had come since Alabama was admitted to the Union in 1819.  On March 24, 1832, at Cusseta, Georgia, the Indians signed a treaty by which they ceded the land to the United States.  A tide of immigration began to flow into the new territory, now called “New Alabama”.  This movement began in the spring of 1832 and continued for several years.  The government had the land surveyed as rapidly as possible.  When the Alabama General Assembly met in its 1832-33 session, it organized the new counties mentioned above. 

Washington was one of the first McGinty's into the "New Alabama" territory. He established our family in the area that became known as McGinty's Crossroads and then McGinty, Alabama.  It is now part of Valley, Alabama.  It is interesting to note that there are no records showing his initial land holdings.  There are no deed records in the Chambers Co. Deed Book No. 1 - 1834 to 1876 in his name.  According to the census, all of his children who were born in Chambers Co. were born in Osanippa, Alabama, which is near River View.  He may have settled here initially and the family moved to the McGinty, Alabama farm later.

On April 28, 1838, Washington married the widow, Elizabeth C. Harrington Northrop, daughter of Jepta Harrington in Chambers Co., Georgia. Jepta was a well to do citizen and is shown as owning 33 slaves in the 1840 Chambers Co., Alabama census. Elizabeth was formerly married to a Northrop. On August 21, 1846, Washington is listed as a charter member of the Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church.  In 1850, Ephesus Church charged Washington with accusing Tyre Freeman and Levin Moore (believed to be his brother-in-law), commissioners of the township school fund, of dealing unjustly with him in the distribution of school funds.  After “laboring with him according to the order of the Gospel” the church excommunicated Washington for refusing to give satisfaction.  

A successful farmer, he is shown in the 1840 census in Chambers Co., Alabama with 7 white males and 9 white females in his household along with 10 slaves.  The ages are also shown but no names appear.  A letter written by his grandson, John Franklin McGinty in 1930 and published in “A Twig of the McGinty Family Tree” by Garnie McGinty, says that Washington was married 4 times and also that he was a “cancer doctor of some fame, and very successful in the treatment of that disease”. In those days, a person might be a self appointed “doctor or dentist” without formal training.  Washington’s son, Pinckney H. McGinty, was also a dentist. 

Washington is shown on the 1850 census of Chambers Co., Alabama as a Farmer with wife, Elisabeth, 45 (born in S.C.), Narcissa E. 19 (born in GA), Pinckney 10, James 8, Missoura A.6 and Salina A. 2.  His worth is shown as $2,000.00

In March of 1853, a document shows that Washington sold some land in Berlin, Chambers Co., Alabama area to Brokaw and Clemmens for $500.00.  

He is shown again in the 1860 census as a farmer at age 74, living with wife Elizabeth and four children, Pinckney 21, James 19, Missouri 16 and Salina 12.  His worth is shown as $1500.00.

He is shown in the 1870 census at age 84, as head of the household living with his daughter, Narcissa Carpenter and her two children, Elisabeth and William. Narcissa's husband Franklin Carpenter died in 1869.  Washington was not living with his wife, Elizabeth at this time.  She is shown living with her Son, Pinckney.

He died March 14, 1874 in Randolph Co., Alabama, probably then living at the home of one of his children.  His body was taken back to McGinty, Alabama where it lay in state and he was buried in Fairview Cemetery.  He left no formal Will or testament.  According to a document dated March 30, 1874, concerning his estate, he still owned the 160 acres received as Bounty for serving in the military and it was valued at $300.00. In this document, his heirs were listed as Elizabeth, his widow, and children, Nancy Means, Robert McGinty, William McGinty, Frank McGinty, George W. McGinty, Narcissa Carpenter, Dora Ann Harroll, Pinckney H. McGinty, Missouri A. Webb and Salina A. Webb.  The administrator of his estate was son-in-law, John A. Webb

According to relatives Rev. Basil B. McGinty and Wiley P. McGinty Sr., except for a cedar tree, which eventually became an old stump, his grave at Fairview Cemetery was unmarked for over 100 years, the knowledge of it’s location preserved by Basil and Wiley.  Sometime in the 1980’s it was marked with a headstone. 

Washington MCGINTY and Nancy THOMPSON had no known children:

Washington MCGINTY and Tabitha MOORE had the following children:

+ 32 iii. Franklin MCGINTY b. 1815, Macon, Georgia, d. unknown. One source says that he lived to be an old bachelor before marrying. Another says he married a sister of John Means. John had married his sister, Nancy. He remained in the Macon, GA area when his brother left for Alabama. He spent his life as a lumber and timber dealer.

33 iv. Nancy MCGINTY b. 1817, Macon, Georgia, d. unknown. She married John Means. They lived in Barnesville, Pike Co., Georgia and raised a large family all of who were said to be “reliable and prominent citizens”.  She was the Mother of Joshua S. McGinty who died in the Civil War.

Joshua enlisted as a Private in Company "A" of the 14th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment on July 26, 1861.  He was 18 years old. See the complete history of the 14th Alabama under the notes on Pinckney H. McGinty.  In January of 1862 he was listed on the military records as "sick at Fredericksburg" and he died February 5, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia.  His mother, Nancy B. McGinty received his back pay consisting of 4 months and 5 days pay at $11.00 per month, the balance on his first commutation of $4.00 and his 2nd clothing allowance of $25.00.  The total was $74.83 and it was paid to her August 1, 1862. [His records are in the National Archives]

+ 34 v. William Pitts MCGINTY b. June 04, 1819 in Macon, Jones Co., Georgia, d. January 01,1901. He married (1) Mary Ann Freeman, November 30, 1843, and after her death, (2) Ann Moore, April 8, 1846. Whether his name was “Pitt” or “Pitts” has not been proven.  A letter from his son, John Franklin, written in 1930 refers to him as “Pitt”.  My father, Wiley P. McGinty Jr. told the author that his grandfather was called “Pitt” McGinty, not “Pitts”.

+ 35 vi. Robert Alexander MCGINTY b. March 08, 1821 in Georgia, d. January 10, 1892. He married Jane Elizabeth Sharman, b. November 1826, on April 03, 1845 in Russell Co., Alabama. The 1870 census shows them with eight children.  There is a deed showing his purchase of land in Chambers Co. from A. A. Robinson, March 15, 1852, Chambers Co. Deed Book 10 – Page 474.  The 1900 census shows Jane living with her son William F. McGinty in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa Co., AL. Both are buried in the Wyatt-Fargason Cemetery near Camp Hill in Talapoosa Co., Alabama.

36 George Washington⁴ MCGINTY b. ca. 1827 in Georgia. The 1870 Alabama census shows Geo. W. McGinty, age 44 living in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana living with wife Mary, age 39 and three children: George, age 13, Sarah, age 5, Mary, age 8. His wife Mary could have been Mary Adeline Davis. The 1880 census of Morehouse Parish show George, age 52 with wife Julia, age 37, Lizzie, age 19, Adeline, age 15. Julia was probably Julia Sawyer. Both wives are mentioned on his tombstone. He was a private in the Hancock Co. Calvary in 1836.  He married Lavitus Rowe, November 1, 1838 in Hancock Co., Wm. A. McGinty, Justice of the Peace.

Washington MCGINTY and Naomi Moore had the following children:

36a. Elizabeth S. McGinty b. about 1830. She married Frank Carpenter, July 2, 1850 in Chambers County, Ala. Shows up with her husband Frank in the 1850 Chambers County census, but apparently died soon after their marriage for Franklin Carpenter married her sister Elenora Narcissus McGinty.

37 vii. Elenora Narcissus MCGINTY     b. 1831(this year confirmed), Georgia, d. unknown. She married Frank CARPENTER March 5, 1852. The pastor was W. D. Harrington. He was the brother of her stepmother, Elizabeth Harrington.  Franklin Carpenter died in 1869 and Narcissa and her two children moved into the home of her father, Washington. was born in Osanippa, Chambers, Ala about 1831.  

38 ii. Dorian MCGINTY b. 1834(confirmed in 1850 census) in Georgia, d. unknown. She married James S. Howard in Chambers Co., November 22, 1849.  Jesse Carpenter, J.P. was the pastor. In a document dated 1874, she is shown as an heir to her father’s estate under the married name of Harroll.

38b. Naomi Elvira McGinty, b. 1825 Georgia. Married John M. Davis in Chambers Co., Ala., March 21, 1848. Tyre Freeman was the pastor.

Washington McGinty and Elizabeth Harrington Northrop has the following children:

+ 39 viii. Pickney Harrington MCGINTY was born July 6, 1839, Osanippa, Chambers Co., Ala, died January 8, 1918 in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala.. He married Celia Tolen Pitts on September 11, 1860 in Chambers Co., AL, W. D. Harrington, and pastor. She was b. January 02, 1839, d. February 18, 1915. They are both buried in the Beulah Baptist Cemetery, Chambers Co., Alabama.

40 ix. James M. MCGINTY was born in Chambers Co., Ala about 1841. He married Martha SPINDLIN July 18, 1869. He died May 15, 1862. James enlisted as a Private in Company “A” of the 14^th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 9, 1861.  He was 20 years old. The complete history of the 14^th Alabama is recounted under the notes on Pinckney H. McGinty.  James was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 3 in Richmond, Virginia, May 10, 1862 with “Remittent Fever”.  He died 5 days later.  [These records are in the National Archives]

41 x. Missoura A. MCGINTY was born in Osanippa, Chambers Co., Ala May 18, 1844. Missoura died February 22, 1907 at 62 years of age. She married Bluford W. WEBB in Alabama. Before she was married to Bluford Webb she was married to a Mr. Foster.

42 xi. Salina A. MCGINTY was born in Osanippa, Chambers Co., GA about 1848. She married John WEBB March 7, 1867. Salina (pronounced "Sa-Line-ey") married John Andrew Jackson Webb, a Confederate Army veteran. They were married in her father's, Washington McGinty's home. After the war, they married and settled down to farming and raising a family in Chambers County, Alabama. When Salina was young and still living in her father's house she had a Personal maid. After she was married she said "she was her own slave". She was a fun loving gal and one got "churched" or censored by the Beulah Baptist Church for buck dancing, which she loved to do. Buck dancing is a very energetic form of "clogging". After she and her sister apologized they were reinstated. She died March 21, 1932 in Tallapossa County, Alabama. 

9. Isaac ³ MCGINTY (Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Wilkes Co., GA about 1787. He married first Sarah Samples July 7, 1807 in Baldwin County, Georgia. He married second, Mary Malone, February 2, 1832 in Pike County, Georgia.

Isaac McGinty and Sarah Samples had the following children:

9a. Shadrach L.⁴ McGinty, born May 7, 1815 in Georgia

10. William³ MCGINTY (Robert Earl² John¹) the eighth son, was born in Hancock Co., ca 1792, died after 1858 as his Will was prepared February 1, 1858. His first wife's name is unknown, but they had three children, Robert, Elijah and Lewis. His second wife was Martha Grant, they had six sons and four girls. They married in Baldwin Co., Ga. at the house of Levi Speights 14 March 1824. They both joined the Island Creek Church in 1827. They moved to Monroe County, GA, around 1835 and affiliated with the church there. He is shown in the 1820 census living in Baldwin Co. One of these sons, John Thomas was Editor of the Monroe Advertiser , a schoolteacher and was Ordinary of Monroe Co., GA for many years. William’s grandson, George Banks McGinty was Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, D.C. It is interesting to note that in William’s Will, he specifically mentions John T. as follows;  “It is my will that my son, John shall not come in for any part of my Estate as I have provided him with a liberal education which I consider equal to what the balance of my children will get”.  As it turned out, John T. was very successful in his life. William served in the War of 1812. William and Thomas were executors of their father's will. His son, John Thomas, was Ordinary for Monroe County for many years, and his son, Banks, became Secretary of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., and was in Who's Who in America at the time. 

There is an article in the Georgia Journal, December 16, 1817, saying that William and Levin Moore (father of Ann Moore who was wife of William Pitts McGinty) were drafted into the 1^st Regiment of the Georgia Militia but had not joined the company.  A reward of $5 was being offered for their delivery to Ft. Hawkins which is present day Hawkinsville, GA in Pulaski Co. William and the first wife Martha joined the Island Creek Baptist Church by experience, he in 1827 and she in December of the same year.  He is shown in the 1830 census living in Baldwin Co. He and the second wife Martha left this church by letter in October 1835 having moved to Baldwin Co., Georgia.  He was a member of the Grand Jury in that county in 1835. He was living back in Monroe Co. in 1858 and this land is mentioned in his Will as “the land I currently live on”.  He owned several slaves and they were given to his wife and children in his Will. 

Following is information from the Civil War Rosters of Georgia by Lillian Henderson, regarding four of William's sons:

Cornelius McGinty - (son of William, grandson of Robert) - He enlisted at Monroe County, GA on May 17, 1862 as a private in Company B, 45th Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia (also known as the "Rutland Volunteers"). He was captured during the Battle of the Wilderness on May 4, 1864. He was received at Varina, Virginia for a prisoner exchange on September 22, 1864. He surrendered at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.

John T. McGinty - (son of William, grandson of Robert) - He enlisted at Monroe County, GA on October 14, 1861 as a private in Company D, 31st Regiment of the Georgia Voluntary Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia (also known as the "Monroe Crowders"). He was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant on January 15, 1862. On January 12, 1863, he was elected Junior 2nd Lieutenant. During a roll call dated November 5, 1864 he was shown as present. No later record exists.

Richard Wilde McGinty - (son of William, grandson of Robert) - He enlisted at Monroe County on July 9, 1861 as a private in Company A, 14th Regiment of the Georgia Voluntary Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia (also known as the "Confederate Volunteers"). He was appointed 1st Sergeant in 1863. He surrendered at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.

Sidney McGinty - (son of William, grandson of Robert) - He enlisted at Monroe County, GA on October 14, 1861 as a private in Company D, 31st Regiment of the Georgia Voluntary Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia (also known as the "Monroe Crowders"). He was appointed 3rd Corporal in February 1863 and promoted to 2nd Sergeant in 1864. He surrendered at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.

William MCGINTY and Martha GRANT had the following children:

43 i. Martha Marietta⁴ MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA. She married John DYE. 

+ 44 ii. Cornelius MCGINTY was born March 22, 1828.

45 iii. Miranda F. MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA About 1832. She married William DUBERRY. 

46 iv. Alfred Clayton MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA about 1834.

47 v. Elisha MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA ABOUT 1835.

+ 48 vi. Richard Wilde MCGINTY was born July 2, 1838.

49 vii. Minerva Ann MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA ABOUT 1839/1840. She married William MAYNARD.

50 viii. Emily MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA about 1842.

51 ix Sidney MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA about 1844. He married Millie SIKES. 

+ 52 x. John Thomas MCGINTY was born October 28, 1846.

William MCGINTY had the following children:

+ 53 xi. Elijah MCGINTY was born about 1819.

54 xii. Robert MCGINTY was born in Georgia about 1820. He married Jemima MOORE. 

55 xiii. William Lewis MCGINTY was born in Georgia about 1823.

11. Shadrack³ MCGINTY (Robert Earl² John¹)was born in Wilkes Co., GA about 1792. Shadrack died about 1843 in Jones Co., GA. He married Mary LAMAR in Putman Co., GA, August 5, 1818.  

Shadrack MCGINTY and Mary LAMAR had the following children:

56 i. Nancy⁴ MCGINTY 

57 ii. John MCGINTY

58 iii. James MCGINTY 

+ 59 iv. Robert Henry MCGINTY was born April 17, 1824.

14. Josiah³ MCGINTY (Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Wilkes Co., GA about 1800. He married Marion Penelope RUSS in Georgia, about 1825.

Josiah MCGINTY and Marion Penelope RUSS had the following children:

60 i. B.R.⁴ MCGINTY was born in Georgia. He married Theodocia GLEASON November 4, 1846. 

61 ii. Jeremiah MCGINTY  was born in Georgia about 1828. He married in June 11, 1850, wife's name unknown.

62 iii. Marion Elvena MCGINTY  was born about 1835. She married Alexander REYNOLDS July 31, 1851.

63 iv. Mariah Penelope MCGINTY was born about 1839. She married Henry R. MIMS December 23, 1860. 

64 v. Perry A. MCGINTY  was born in Georgia about 1844. He married Mary J. MURDOCK April 14, 1881. 

20. William Augustus⁴ MCGINTY (Robert³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Hancock Co., TX July 2, 1809. William died March 17, 1894 in Texas, at 84 years of age. He married Lucretia ARNOLD in Hancock Co., GA, August 1, 1833. 

William Augustus MCGINTY and Lucretia ARNOLD had the following children:

65 i. John Robert⁵ MCGINTY  was born in Hancock Co., GA April 25, 1834.

+ 66 ii. William Marion MCGINTY was born September 21, 1837.

67 iii. Thomas Jefferson MCGINTY was born January 26, 1840.

68 iv. Mary Ann Loretta Frances MCGINTY was born May 13, 1842. She married Josephus SPARROW September 21, 1858. 

69 v.  Cordelia Ann MCGINTY was born January 9, 1844. She married Laban E. CORNETT October 11, 1858. 

70 vi. Christopher Columbus MCGINTY was born September 18, 1845. He married Ann TAYLOR July 5, 1866. 

71 vii. Samuel Americus MCGINTY was born September 18, 1845. He married Julia E. MONTGOMERY December 25, 1868. 

72 viii. Vespucius Jones MCGINTY was born August 13, 1848.

21. John Moore⁴ MCGINTY (Robert³ Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Hancock Co., GA November 10, 1823. John died June 13, 1888 in Grimes Co., TX, at 64 years of age. His body was interred June 14, 1868 in Grimes Co., TX, Harmony Cemetery, Grimes Co., TX.  He married Mary Loretta BROWN. 

John Moore MCGINTY and Mary Loretta BROWN had the following children:

73 i. Robert R.⁵ MCGINTY was born in Hancock Co., GA March 10, 1845. Robert died October 12, 1898 in Grimes Co., TX, at 53 years of age.

74 ii. Mary P. MCGINTY was born in Hancock Co., GA About 1847.

75 iii. Martha Ann MCGINTY was born in Hancock Co., GA about 1848.

76 iv. John Thomas MCGINTY was born in Hancock Co., GA about 1851. John died December 28, 1927 at 76 years of age.

77 v. Benjamin H. MCGINTY was born in Georgia April 13, 1853.

78 vi. David MCGINTY was born in Grimes Co., TX about 1857. David died about 1865 in Grimes Co., TX.

79 vii. Addis MCGINTY was born in Grimes Co., TX about 1859. Addis died about 1875 in Grimes Co., TX.

+ 80 viii. Richard Junis MCGINTY was born about 1861.

25. Millie⁴ MCGINTY (Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Wilkinson Co., GA January 17, 1811. Millie died April 15, 1883 at 72 years of age. She married William M. COOPER in Georgia, about 1830. 

Millie MCGINTY and William M. COOPER had the following children:

81 i. Mary Jane⁵ COOPER  was born September 11, 1832.

82 ii. Sarah A. COOPER was born September 23, 1834.

83 iii. Thomas Jefferson COOPER was born in Wilkinson Co., GA October 3, 1837. He married Sarah ETHEREDGE in Wilkinson Co., GA, May 30, 1858. 

84 iv. Emily A. M. COOPER was born October 23, 1839.

85 v. Nancy COOPER was born October 21, 1841.

86 vi. James M. COOPER was born December 30, 1843.

87 vii. Elizabeth D. COOPER  was born February 2, 1847. She married Craven PATTERSON. 

88 viii. Gattie W. COOPER was born November 12, 1849.

27. William Jones⁴ MCGINTY (Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Wilkinson Co., GA June 22, 1814. William died June 1896 in Ringgold, LA, at 81 years of age. His body was interred Springhill Cemetery.  He married Martha DAVIDSON in Georgia, about 1835. 

William Jones MCGINTY and Martha DAVIDSON had the following children:

+ 89 i. Mary Ann⁵ MCGINTY was born December 30, 1836.

90 ii. Thomas J. MCGINTY was born in Wilkinson Co., GA ABOUT 1838. Thomas died about 1863.

91 iii. Zadockmal MCGINTY was born in Cobb Co., GA about 1840.

92 iv. James R. MCGINTY was born in Cobb Co., GA ABOUT 1842.

93 v. Amanda MCGINTY was born in Cobb Co., GA about 1845. She married Davis BROWN. 

94 vi. Elizabeth Ann MCGINTY was born in Cobb Co., GA about 1848. Elizabeth died January 30, 1884 in Union Parish, LA, at 35 years of age. She married Isaac YATES. 

+ 95 vii. Robert Dean MCGINTY was born March 28, 1850.

+ 96 viii. William Gibson MCGINTY was born July 21, 1852.

+ 97 ix. Joseph B. MCGINTY was born December 9, 1854.

30. Deborah⁴ MCGINTY (Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Wilkinson Co., GA August 17, 1818. She married Milton D. SLEDGE. 

Deborah MCGINTY and Milton D. SLEDGE had the following children:

98 i. Millie⁵ SLEDGE 

99 ii. Collin SLEDGE 

100 iii. Jim SLEDGE 

101 iv. Mary Ann SLEDGE 

102 v. Susie SLEDGE 

103 vi. John SLEDGE 

32. Frank⁴ MCGINTY (Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Georgia about 1815.

Frank MCGINTY had the following children:

104 i. Maria⁵ MCGINTY was born in Georgia.

105 ii. L. MCGINTY 

34. William Pitts⁴ MCGINTY (Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Georgia June 4, 1819. William died January 1, 1901 in Riverside, Chambers, Ala, at 81 years of age.

William Pitt, also known as “Billie”, moved to Alabama with his father, George Washington when he was about 15 years old.  When he became an adult, he bought the farm at McGinty’s Crossroads. It is unclear as to whether he bought this farm from his father or acquired it in other ways.   He married Mary Ann Freeman, the daughter of Rev. Tyre Freeman.  Soon after her death, he married 16 year old Ann Moore, daughter of Levin and Penelope Patterson Moore, early Chambers Co. pioneers.  It is from Penelope’s father, Wiley Patterson, that the name Wiley and Patterson of Wiley Patterson McGinty Sr. originates. Levin Moore and William Pitt McGinty are buried in the McGinty plot at Fairview Cemetery, very near the “Crossroads” of River and Columbus Road.  Note that the William Pitt McGinty tombstone is inscribed W.P. McGinty Sr.  This is interesting since there was no William Pitt Jr.  Apparently, since his initials were W.P., the same as Wiley Patterson, and he was older, he preferred W.P. Sr.  It was then common for men to use their initials rather than their actual names. 

It is interesting to note that William Pitt second wife; Ann Moore was the daughter of Levin and Penelope Moore.  Ann’s father, Levin Moore was the son of Ephriam and Nancy Moore.  William Pitt father, Washington McGinty, married Tabitha Moore who was also the daughter of Ephriam Moore. Therefore, William Pitt and his wife, Ann Moore were first cousins. 

William Pitt deeded five acres of his land to the church for the Fairview Cemetery in which many early McGinty are buried today. It is located on the old Fairfax – River View Road.  Bethlehem Baptist Church was at one time located across the road from this cemetery (this church was founded and admitted to the Liberty Baptist Association in September 1837). Until 1846 this church was the only one in the Valley.  There was a split in the church and the faction known as the Primitive Baptist Church withdrew fellowship from the faction known as the Missionary Baptist Church. The Primitive Baptists started their own church known as the Ephesus Baptist Church.  The first pastor was Tyre Freeman and William Pitt Father, Washington McGinty was a charter member.

In the census of 1840, he is living with his parents, Washington and Elizabeth McGinty on their farm in Chambers Co. It is unclear where this farm was located.  There is some reference to Osanippa, Alabama which is nearby. His father could have settled here initially after arrival from Georgia.  There was a deed, written on sheepskin, for at least part of the McGinty land, dated June 1, 1850 and signed by Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States, 1849-1850.  This was the land at McGinty’s Crossroads. The original home of his parents was a log cabin and he was born there.  He lived at the McGinty Crossroads farm with his family until very late in life.

He is shown on the 1850 census in Chambers Co. at age 31 living with his wife, Ann, and children, Lucinthe (Lou Cynthia) 5, James M. 2 and Theodore 1.

He is shown in the 1860 census at age 41 with his wife, Ann, and children Lucinthe 15, James M. 12, Theodore 11, Laura 8, Franklin 5 and William 1. Daughter, Tabitha, age 10, for some reason does not show in the census.

The 1870 census finds him at age 51 with his wife, Ann, and children James Madison 22, Theodore 20, Laura Nancy 18, John Franklin 15, William Levin 11, George 9, Wiley P. 6 and Mary Reece “Molly” 2. Tabitha, age 20, does not show in the census.  Perhaps she was married by then.

In 1880 at age 61, the census shows his wife Ann and all of the children in the 1870 census with the addition of Andrew J. 8.  It also shows Tabitha A. age 29.

William Pitt is shown in the 1900 Chambers Co., AL census at age 80 living with the family of his son, James Madison McGinty. He died the next year in 1901.

The above information was submitted to this website by Gerald K. McGinty, Sr. of St. Paul, MN.

William Pitts MCGINTY and (?) FREEMAN had the following child:

106 i. Cynthia⁵ MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala about 1845. She married William FALLEN. She died about 1918. 

William Pitts MCGINTY and Ann M. MOORE had the following children:

107 ii. James Madison MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala September 30, 1847. James died February 19, 1920 in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala, at 73 years of age. He married Olive J. WEAVER in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala, Olive died June 24, 1913. They are both buried at Fairview Cemetery.

108 iii. Tabitha MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala May 24, 1850. Tabitha died June 12, 1924 at 76 years of age. She married twice. She married Marshall M. TOMMIE. She married 2nd J.B.F. LINDSEY. She is buried at Fairview Cemetery.

109 iv. Nancy Laura MCGINTY was born in Roanoke, Randolph Co., Ala October 11, 1853. Nancy died February 2, 1942, buried at Sardis Methodist Church Cemetery in the Sardis Community in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. She married Steven Cullen BASS on November 26, 1878. He was born October 30, 1861 and died January 18, 1929, Photo

+ 110 v. John Franklin MCGINTY was born August 5, 1855. He married Laura Viola Spikes. February 25, 1885 in Chambers Co., AL, H. Wood pastor. (2) Mrs. Caper Long, April 14, 1925.  “Mr. Frank” was educated and taught school in Chambers Co. until 1900 at which time he moved to Troop Co., GA where he farmed until 1913. He then moved to LaGrange. In 1930, at age 75, he was living in Chatsworth, GA.  He and Laura had three children, Rupert, J. Roy and Roland.

111 vi. Theodicia MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala About 1849. Theodicia died about 1877.

+ 112 vii. William Leven MCGINTY was born August 23, 1859. Died October 19, 1937. He married Laura Virginia Eckles, January 16, 1887. She was born 1866 and died about 1918.      They are both buried in the McGinty plot at Fairview Cemetery. He is the father of Rev. Basil B. McGinty who contributed much to the McGinty family research.  Basil also purchased the old McGinty farm which had been sold earlier to the Scales family and remodeled it completely, retaining some of the original hand hewn timbers in the foundation.  This house was still there near the Fairview Cemetery in May 2001 and was photographed by the author.

+ 113 viii. George Washington MCGINTY was born February 13, 1862. Died September 6, 1947. He married Francis Emma Handley, December 9, 1889.

+ 114 ix. Wiley Patterson MCGINTY was born January 22, 1865 in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala. Died March 30, 1957. He married Mollie Hinton Redd, December 1, 1893, He second married Tinnie Mae Hunt November 2, 1932 They are buried at Fairview Cemetery.

115 x. Mary MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala September 9, 1868. Mary died about 1923. Mollie never married and late in life lived with her niece, Annie Ruth McGinty Anderson in West Point, GA. The Easter morning chimney fire, in the Anderson home, for which Ruth’s husband, Bill Anderson Sr., asked fire chief Novatus L. Barker "not to sound the siren," occurred in the front, or in “Aunt Mollies” room, as it had a week earlier on Palm Sunday. Mollie is buried in the McGinty plot at Fairview Cemetery.

116 xi. Thomas Jefferson MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala about 1869.

+ 117 xii. Andrew Jackson MCGINTY was born December 2, 1872. He married Sarah Francis Murphy..

35. Robert Alexander⁴ MCGINTY (Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Georgia March 8, 1821. Robert died January 10, 1892 in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa, Ala, at 70 years of age.  He married Jane Elizabeth SHARMAN in Russell Co., Ala, April 3, 1845.  Both are buried at Wyatt-Fargason Cemetery near Camp Hill in Talopossa Co., Alabama

Robert Alexander MCGINTY and Jane Elizabeth SHARMAN had the following children:

+ 118 i. James Alexander⁵ MCGINTY was born April 18, 1846.

119 ii. Tabitha MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala February 11, 1848. Tabitha died February 5, 1934 at 85 years of age. She married M. Tyre WEAVER October 18, 1867. 

+ 120 iii. Robert W. MCGINTY was born about 1849.

+ 121 iv. Calvin E. MCGINTY was born April 11, 1851.

122 v. Francis MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala about 1855. She married Tobe BARKSDALE. 

123 vi. Sarah MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala about 1857. She married James GUNN. 

124 vii. Mary MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala about 1859. Mary died about 1945. She married Almond C. WYATT. 

125 viii. Martha Penelope MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala August 16, 1861. Martha died August 15, 1948 at 86 years of age. She married John J. SHANNON. 

+ 126 ix. William Franklin MCGINTY was born November 16, 1863.

+ 127 x. George Pickney MCGINTY was born July 9, 1866.

+ 128 xi. John Lee MCGINTY was born January 9, 1869.

39. Pickney Harrington⁴ MCGINTY (Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Osanippa, Chambers Co., Ala July 6, 1839. Pickney died January 8, 1918 in Beulah, Chambers, Ala, at 78 years of age. He married Cecila Tolen PITTS in Alabama. Cecila was born January 2, 1839 and died February 18, 1915. They are both buried in the Beulah Baptist Cemetery, Chamber County, Alabama.

Pinckney, or “Uncle Pink” as his nephews and nieces called him was one of three McGinty’s that enlisted as a Private in Company “A” of the 14^th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment.  He actually enlisted on April 7, 1862 sometime after the other two, in Yorktown, Virginia.  At the time, his uncle, W.D. Harrington was the commander of Company A. this regiment was known as the “Cusseta Grays”, named for Cusseta, Alabama, which is a short distance from where he lived. 

The 14^th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Auburn, Alabama in 1861. It was raised under the call of the Confederacy for volunteers to serve three years or for the duration of the war. It was ordered to Richmond, Virginia in October 1861.  From there, the unit was carried to Evansport, Virginia where the real service began. In January 1862, the unit was transferred back to Richmond to recover from health problems described as “camp sickness”.  Then in March 1862 orders were received to move to Yorktown. It fought with distinction at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862.  At Seven Pines and during the seven-day fight with McClellan before Richmond, the Company suffered severely in killed and wounded.  At the opening of the seven days fight the last of June 1862, the Company had 47 men for duty.  During the seven-day fight, the Surgeon sent eight men to the hospital.  Thirty-eight were killed or wounded, leaving only one man, and to-wit W. A. Prather, to answer roll call.  The Company went from this fight through the battles of Second Manassas, Sharpesburg and Booneboro without any commissioned officers.  In 1863, the Company was in all the important battles of the Army of Northern Virginia.  It was part of the small force that fought at Salem Church, driving General Sedgewick across the river, and preventing his flank movement towards Richmond.  At Gettysburg and Deep Mine, Company “A” bore its part.  During the Fall of 1864 and into 1865 until the retreat from Petersburg, the Company fought daily.  In January and February 1865, the Company was in several engagements on the right of Lee’s army.  The duties from January till the surrender at Appomattox was such to “try men’s constitutions as well as their souls”.  At Appomattox, Company “A” surrendered her arms and afterward took the oath of allegiance to the Country. [from the records of Stephen Hodge, 3^rd Sergeant.  Elected to 1^st Lieutenant October 8, 1862 and promoted to Captain, June 2, 1864. He was still living in Alabama in 1901] 

Pinckney was captured April 6, 1865 near High Springs, Virginia as Lee’s army retreated from Petersburg and carried to prison in Newport News, Virginia.  He was released July 2, 1865.  According to his personal statement, he participated in 21 battles from Yorktown to the siege of Petersburg.  He also claimed to have taken care of Robert E. Lee’s horse, Traveller, at some point during the war.  The 14^th was always near Lee and he is said to have been very fond of his “Alabama Boys”. As long as he lived, he kept a framed picture of Lee’s horse near him.  After Lee died in 1870, Traveller was taken on tour thru the South for the veterans to gaze at once more.  Pinckney told many “war stories” to his family.  He would laugh and say “how we made those Yankees run!” 

Pinckney was also a well-known dentist and had an office with a “Barber Pole” which identified the dentist office at that time. 

On July 1, 1911, at age 72, Pinckney made an application for Relief of Confederate Soldiers under the act of the Alabama General Assembly passed April 24, 1911.  The application claims that he was wounded at Yorktown and the 2^nd Battle of Manassas and that he is unable to make a living because of age and infirmities.  He showed 70 ˝ acres of land and personal property worth $397.00. 

The above information was submitted to this website by Gerald K. McGinty, Sr. of St. Paul, MN.

Pickney Harrington MCGINTY and Cecila Tolen PITTS had the following children:

129 i. Permelia Elizabeth⁵ MCGINTY was born in Chambers Co., Ala September 13, 1861. Permelia died July 15, 1935 at 73 years of age. She married William Samuel NEWMAN. 

130 ii. James THADEUS McGinty was born in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala May 4, 1866. James died April 2, 1884 at 17 years of age.

+ 131 iii. William Washington MCGINTY was born December 8, 1871.

132 iv. Nanie MCGINTY  was born in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala ABOUT 1873. Nanie died about 1919. She married James BLEDSOE. 

+ 133 v. Oscar Lee MCGINTY was born February 19, 1874.

+ 134 vi. John Luther MCGINTY was born September 26, 1877.

9a. Shadrack L. McGinty (Isaac³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born May 7, 1815 in Georgia. He married first Winifred Mary Davidson, November 24, 1836 in Monroe County, Georgia, daughter of James Davidson and Elizabeth. He married second Margaret Johnson, December 12, 1885 in Coffee County, Alabama.

Shadrack L. McGinty and Winifred Mary Davidson had the following children:

10a. T. L. McGinty, born about 1838 in Georgia

11a. James L. McGinty born about 1840 in Georgia

+ 12a. Elizabeth A. S. McGinty born December 1843 in Georgia.

+ 13a. Lucinda Artemissy McGinty, born February 20, 1849, Georgia, died June 27, 1923, Babbie, Covington County, Alabama.

14a. Benjamin F. McGinty, born about 1851in Georgia.

15a. William P. McGinty, born about 1854 in Coffee County, Alabama.

44. Cornelius⁴ MCGINTY (William³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Monroe Co., GA March 22, 1828. He married Sarah Francis CLEMENTS. 

Cornelius MCGINTY and Sarah Francis CLEMENTS had the following children:

135 i. Cornelia⁵ MCGINTY was born about 1868.

136 ii. John MCGINTY was born April 4, 1870. John died February 8, 1914 at 43 years of age.

137 iii. W.E. MCGINTY was born November 26, 1871. W.E. died August 18, 1894 at 22 years of age.

48. Richard Wilde⁴ MCGINTY (William³, Robert Earl² John¹)  was born in Monroe Co., GA July 2, 1838. Richard died June 24, 1918 in Meansville, Pike Co., GA, at 79 years of age. He married Emily Mildred CLEMENTS in Monroe Co., GA, March 1, 1866. 

Richard Wilde MCGINTY and Emily Mildred CLEMENTS had the following children:

138 i. Leila Clyde⁵ MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA December 15, 1866. She married Rodolphus McEwan WILLIAMS February 19, 1887. 

139 ii. Lena Eula MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA January 10, 1869. She married Richard Owen DAYTON November 25, 1895. 

140 iii. Roberta Christine MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA February 6, 1874. Roberta died June 13, 1876 in Monroe Co., GA, at 2 years of age.

141 iv. Maude E. MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA May 13, 1877. She married Jethro Windsor CARTER November 25, 1894. 

142 v. Susie Irene MCGINTY  was born in Monroe Co., GA September 11, 1881. Susie died June 20, 1905 at 23 years of age. She married Tarver WOODALL. 

143 vi. Annie Clifford MCGINTY was born in Monroe Co., GA March 29, 1885. Annie died February 20, 1904 at 18 years of age.

52. John Thomas⁴ MCGINTY (William³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Monroe Co./Baldwin Co., GA October 28, 1846. John died April 22, 1910 in Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA, at 63 years of age. He married Lou M. BANKS. 

John Thomas MCGINTY and Lou M. BANKS had the following children:

+ 144 i. Thomas Asbury⁵ MCGINTY was born January 15, 1868.

145 ii. George Banks MCGINTY was born September 8, 1868. George died February 16, 1937 at 68 years of age.

53. Elijah⁴ MCGINTY (William³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Georgia about 1819.  He married Ann in Georgia, about 1840. 

Elijah MCGINTY and Ann had the following children:

146 i. Mary A.⁵ MCGINTY was born about 1841.

147 ii. Francis E. MCGINTY was born about 1843.

148 iii. Amanda E. MCGINTY  was born about 1845.

149 iv. Sarah L. MCGINTY was born about 1849.

59. Robert Henry⁴ MCGINTY (Shadrack³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Jones Co., GA April 17, 1824. Robert died December 19, 1896 in Moulton, TX, at 72 years of age. He married Eliza Jane LUCAS February 6, 1844. 

Robert Henry MCGINTY and Eliza Jane LUCAS had the following children:

150 i. John Henry⁵ MCGINTY was born in Catahoula Parish, LA December 1, 1846. John died about 1853.

151 ii. James Milton MCGINTY was born in Catahoula Parish, LA January 10, 1849. James died February 28, 1927 in Alvin, TX, at 78 years of age. He married Mary CULPEPPER September 9, 1869. 

152 iii. Mary J. MCGINTY was born in Catahoula Parish, LA June 15, 1851. Mary died March 1869 at 17 years of age. She married Hardy SLAUGHTER December 1867.

153 iv. Susan E. MCGINTY was born in Catahoula Parish, LA February 22, 1854. Susan died November 1859 at 5 years of age.

154 v. Obe L. MCGINTY was born in Union Co., Arkansas September 3, 1857. Obe died September 4, 1886 at 29 years of age. He married Mattie E. CULPEPPER in Union Co., Arkansas, September 3, 1876. 

155 vi. Robert MCGINTY  was born in Union Co., Arkansas September 23, 1859. Robert died about 1864.

156 vii. Nannie A. MCGINTY was born in Union Co., Arkansas December 20, 1861. Nannie died October 2,1940 at 78 years of age. She married George C. HARRIS February 5, 1879. 

157 viii. Sallie M. MCGINTY was born in Union Co., Arkansas December 3, 1863. She married John M. CROUCH July 1, 1883. 

158 ix. Calhoun MCGINTY was born in Union Co., Arkansas November 5, 1866. Calhoun died September 9, 1886 at 19 years of age.

159 x. Georgia MCGINTY was born in Lavaca Co., TX May 5, 1871. She married James L. MURPHY October 23, 1890. 

66. William Marion⁵ MCGINTY (William Augustus⁴, Robert³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Hancock Co., GA September 21, 1837. William died September 27, 1910 in Aspermont, Stonewall, TX, at 73 years of age. He married twice. He married Nancy Margaret DAVIDSON in Goliad, TX, February 17, 1868. He married Cornett (?) in TX, about 1890. 

William Marion MCGINTY and Nancy Margaret DAVIDSON had the following children:

+ 160 i. William Preston⁵ MCGINTY was born December 23, 1870.

+ 161 ii. Marion MCGINTY was born December 30, 1872.

162 iii. Harriett Lucretia MCGINTY was born in Goliad, Goliad Co., TX December 2, 1874. Harriett died November 24, 1899 at 24 years of age. She married John HUMPHRIES about 1895. 

163 iv. Eleana MCGINTY was born in Goliad, Goliad Co., TX September 20, 1876. Eleana died February 21, 1955 at 78 years of age. She married Franklin Edward LANIER April 21, 1897. 

164 v. John Robert MCGINTY was born in Goliad, Goliad Co., TX March 15, 1878. John died December 8, 1949 at 71 years of age. He married Suddie ABBOTT about 1903. 

165 vi. James Burke MCGINTY was born in Copperas Cove, Coryell, TX November 23, 1881. James died October 1965 in Terrell, Kaufman Co., TX, at 83 years of age. He married Mary Anne BREEDEN in Terrell, Kaufman Co., TX, August 12, 1908.

166 vii. Jessie Beatrice MCGINTY was born in Mason Co., TX September 29, 1883. She married William Mason HUNTER March 28, 1909. 

167 viii. Barney Franklin MCGINTY  was born in Mason Co., TX July 9, 1885. He married Mattie COCKERELL about 1910. 

168 ix. Margaret A. MCGINTY was born in McCulloch, TX October 6, 1888. She married Elijah GHOLSTON about 1909.

12a. Elizabeth A. S.⁵ MCGINTY (Shadrach L.⁴ Isaac ³ Robert Earl² John¹) was born December 1843 in Georgia. She married Robert Wiley JONES. He was born 1838 in Georgia, and died February 9, 1881 in Coffee County, Alabama.

Elizabeth A. S. MCGINTY and Robert Wiley JONES had the following children:

16a. George M.⁶ JONES born 1865

16b. Fannie JONES born 1868

16c. Melissa JONES born April 1869

16d Monroe JONES born 1874

16e Daniel Palestine JONES, born February 12, 1877 Coffee County, Alabama, died February 8 1957, McCullough, Escambia County, Alabama. Married Emma Frances Clark, December 10, 1897, Coffee County, Alabama. Emma was born September 22, 1881, Coffee County, Alabama and died January 30, 1936, McCullough, Escambia County, Alabama.

16f. Laura JONES, born September 1879, married Tolbert MONROE, in 1896.

13a. Lucinda Artemissy⁵ MCGINTY, (Shadrach L.⁴ Isaac ³ Robert Earl² John¹), born February 20, 1849 in Georgia. Married George Washington MACK about 1873 in Alabama, son of Ezra MACK and Charlotte DRISKELL. He was born January 21, 1848 in Crenshaw County, Alabama, and died April 28, 1928 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama.

Lucinda Artemissy MCGINTY and George Washington MACK had the following children:

17a. Ezra Richmond MACK, born October 24, 1872 in Bullock, Coffee County, Alabama, died January 2, 1929 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama. Married Lela Leona STRAUGHN, February 6, 1896 in Covington County, Alabama. Lela was born July 31, 1880 in Geneva County, Alabama and died July 1, 1956 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama.

17b. Shady Lewis MACK, born January 29, 1875 in Crenshaw County, Alabama and died March 17, 1946 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama. Married Mary Ellafair WIGGINS, February 19, 1903 in Covington County, Alabama. Mary was born January 8, 1886 in Rose Hill, Covington County, Alabama and died October 22, 1974 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama.

17c. Allen O. MACK, born 1879, Bullock. Coffee County, Alabama, married Lula M. MCKAY, April 26, 1902 in Coffee County, Alabama.

17d. Charlotte MACK born May 30, 1880, Coffee County, Alabama, and died September 5, 1952. She married William Henry CARROLL, July 8, 1897 in Covington County, Alabama. William was born August 8, 1868 and died May 4, 1956.

17e. John J. MACK born July 30, 1883 in Coffee County, Alabama, and died November 22, 1957 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama. Married Martha Ella Woodham. Martha born September 13, 1886 and died November 18, 1953 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama.

17f. Emma MACK born July 1884, in Coffee County, Alabama, married 1st Charlie WOODHAM and 2nd Charlie REYNOLDS.

17g. Alto L. MACK born July 25, 1886 in Coffee County, Alabama, died October 9, 1953 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama. Married Leona WOODHAM. Leona was born November 1, 1890 in Alabama and died January 10, 1978 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama.

17h. Noma MACK, born January 16, 1888, Covington County, Alabama and died November 27, 1947, Babbie, Covington County, Alabama. Noma married Joel TIPTON.

17i. Leamon Everette MACK, born July 5, 1890, Covington County, Alabama and died September 7, 1948 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama. Married Amy KING who was born May 30, 1891 and died November 25, 1965 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama.

17j. Mary Sophronia MACK born December 27, 1892, Covington County, Alabama and died June 16, 1974 in Babbie, Covington County, Alabama. Married Barney J. WIGGINS, November 3, 1912. Barney was born March 12, 1888 and died May 15, 1956 in Covington County, Alabama.

Information on the above family submitted to this site by Brenda Smith Inlow.

71. Samuel Americus⁵ MCGINTY (William Augustus⁴, Robert³, Robert Earl², John¹) was born September 18, 1845.

He married Julia E. MONTGOMERY December 25, 1868. 

Samuel Americus MCGINTY and Julia E. MONTGOMERY had the following children:

228 i. Edna E.⁶ MCGINTY 

229 ii. John William MCGINTY 

230 iii. Julia MCGINTY

231 iv. Ermon MCGINTY 

232 v. Alberta MCGINTY 

233 vi. Thomas Jefferson MCGINTY

80. Richard Junis⁵ MCGINTY (John Moore⁴, Robert³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Grimes Co., TX about 1861. Richard died November 6, 1946 in Grimes Co., TX, at 85 years of age.  He married Ida Mae LOFTIN in Grimes Co., TX, April 17, 1883. 

Richard Junis MCGINTY and Ida Mae LOFTIN had the following children:

169 i. Andrew M.⁶ MCGINTY was born in Harmony, Grimes Co., TX April 6, 1886. Andrew died January 28, 1965 in Harmony, Grimes Co., TX, at 78 years of age. He married Mamie Estella MASON in Grimes Co., TX, December 11, 1912. 

170 ii. Richard B. MCGINTY  was born in Grimes Co., TX August 1, 1890.

171 iii. Marie MCGINTY  was born in Grimes Co., TX March 19, 1893.

172 iv. Joseph D. MCGINTY was born in Grimes Co., TX April 25, 1895.

173 v. Ernest Abe MCGINTY was born in Grimes Co., TX October 25, 1898

89. Mary Ann⁵ MCGINTY (William Jones⁴, Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹)  was born in Cobb Co., GA December 30, 1836. Mary died June 23, 1925 in Ringgold, LA, at 88 years of age. Her body was interred in Bienville Parish, LA, Springhill Cemetery. She married Francis M. JOLLEY about 1853. 

Mary Ann MCGINTY and Francis M. JOLLEY had the following children:

174 i. Jefferson F.⁶ JOLLEY 

175 ii. Robert Gibson JOLLEY

176 iii. William T. JOLLEY was born in Georgia June 9, 1854. William died June 16, 1937 at 83 years of age.

177 iv. Clarinda Augustine JOLLEY was born in Cobb Co., GA about 1855. She married Lafayette Camp BOIS. 

178 v. Christopher Columbus JOLLEY  was born in Memphis, Tenn February 6, 1860. Christopher died May 9, 1941 at 81 years of age. He married Mary Elizabeth WATERS.

179 vi. Walter Joseph JOLLEY was born June 6, 1871. Walter died December 12, 1964 at 93 years of age. He married Eliza Jane HUCKABY February 1, 1889.  Eliza was born December 6, 1871. Eliza died September 22, 1913 at 41 years of age.

95. Robert Dean⁵ MCGINTY (William Jones⁴, Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹)  was born in Cobb Co., GA March 28, 1850. Robert died March 12, 1926 in Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA, at 75 years of age. He married three times. He married Arvy SMITH. He married 2nd Mary Scott MCCOY. He married 3rd Mahalia Conly COWART. 

Robert Dean MCGINTY and Arvy SMITH had the following children:

+ 180 i. Jackson Walthrop⁶ MCGINTY was born October 6, 1870.

+ 181 ii. Alonza Eugene MCGINTY was born June 17, 1873.

+ 182 iii. Arthur Levy MCGINTY was born December 20, 1875.

+ 183 iv. Robert Theodore MCGINTY was born November 5, 1878.

184 v. Emma MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA March 24, 1881. Emma died March 28, 1881 at less than one year of age.

185 vi. Charley MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA March 10, 1883. Charley died July 10, 1883 in Ringgold, LA, at less than one year of age.

186 vii. James Elwood MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA July 10, 1884. James died November 1, 1898 in Ringgold, LA, at 14 years of age.

Robert Dean MCGINTY and Mahalia Conly COWART had the following children:

187 viii. Laura MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA January 13, 1888. Laura died December 13, 1934 at 46 years of age. She married Wilton Lee GIDDENS in Ringgold, LA, January 6, 1907. 

188 ix. Cora Mae MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA November 22, 1890. Cora died July 3, 1972 at 81 years of age. She married Oscar Eugene DUE in Ringgold, LA, December 25,1910. 

189 x. Louisiana Anna MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA December 13, 1892. Louisiana died July 10, 1947 at 54 years of age. She married Barney MCCOY in Ringgold, LA, Feb 18, 1917. 

190 xi. Mary Avie MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA December 26, 1895. She married Issac Earrold GIDDENS November 7, 1915. 

191 xii. June Gibson MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA June 4,1898. June died May 15, 1958 at 59 years of age. He married Ruby Mae GIDDENS August 16, 1916. 

Robert Dean MCGINTY and Mary Scott MCCOY had the following child:

192 xiii. Mary Katherine MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA May 5, 1907. She married Ivy Lee CROWNOVER February 15, 1933. 

96. William Gibson⁵ MCGINTY (William Jones⁴, Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹)  was born in Cobb Co., GA July 21, 1852. William died June 17, 1939 in Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA, at 86 years of age.

He married twice. He 1st  married Emma SMITH. He 2nd married Mary Harriett KOLB in Ringgold, LA, March 2, 1881.   

William Gibson MCGINTY and Emma SMITH had the following children:

193 i. Eugene⁶ MCGINTY 

194 ii. Oliver MCGINTY

195 iii. Geneva MCGINTY 

William Gibson MCGINTY and Mary Harriett KOLB had the following children:

196 iv. Vivian Kolb MCGINTY  was born in Rosita, Custer, Co December 19, 1881. Vivian died June 20, 1953 in Phoenix, Arizona, at 71 years of age.

197 v. Charles Gibson MCGINTY was born in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX March 17, 1884.

198 vi. Albert Lee MCGINTY was born in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX February 28, 1886. Albert died April 12, 1966 in Reno, Nevada. He married Ethel Hale December 11, 1906.

199 vii. Ernest Alexander MCGINTY was born in Oakland, CA July 12, 1890. Ernest died May 6, 1949 in San Francisco, CA, at 58 years of age.

200 viii. Florida Gertrude MCGINTY was born in Oakland, CA April 21, 1891.

201 ix. Ella MCGINTY  was born in Golden Gate, CA about 1892. Ella died August 1, 1892 in Golden Gate, CA, at less than one year of age.

202 x. Elizabeth MCGINTY was born in Golden Gate, CA about 1892. Elizabeth died August 1, 1892 in Golden Gate, CA, at less than one year of age.

203 xi. Earl Dodson MCGINTY  was born in Los Gatos, CA July 27, 1893.

204 xii. Ruth Mary MCGINTY  was born in Los Angeles, CA September 23, 1896.

205 xiii. Nila Evelyn MCGINTY  was born in Salt Lake City, Utah February 24, 1902

97. Joseph B.⁵ MCGINTY (William Jones⁴, Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Marietta, Cobb Co., GA December 9, 1854. Joseph died December 12, 1956 at 102 years of age.  He married Margaret L. TEMPLER about 1882. 

Joseph B. MCGINTY and Margaret L. TEMPLER had the following children:

206 i. Helene⁶ MCGINTY 

207 ii. Dan MCGINTY 

208 iii. Junior MCGINTY 

209 iv. Marie MCGINTY 

110. John Franklin⁵ MCGINTY (William Pitts⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala August 5, 1855. He married Laura Viola SIKES. 

John Franklin MCGINTY and Laura Viola SIKES had the following children:

210 i. Rupart Alonzo⁶ MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala May 2, 1886. Rupart died March 1, 1951 in Clemson, Oconee, S.C., at 64 years of age. He married Lettie CROSS. 

211 ii. John Roy MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala June 19, 1886. He married three times. He married 1st Vera Vashti EDWARDS.  He married 2nd Myrtle FANDREN. He married 3rd Emma Cliffie THOMAS January 29, 1917. 

212 iii. Rowland Martin MCGINTY  was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala October 26, 1888. He married twice. He married 1st Annie NICHOLS. He married Mary Frances GUDGER. 

112. William Leven⁵ MCGINTY (William Pitts⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala August 23, 1859. William died October 19, 1937 in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala, at 78 years of age. He married Laura Virginia ECKLES in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala, January 16, 1887. 

William Leven MCGINTY and Laura Virginia ECKLES had the following children:

213 i. Grover⁶ MCGINTY  was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala. He married Era WALLER. 

214 ii. Basil Beasley MCGINTY  was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala June 19, 1890. He married twice. He married 1st Etta B. SUGGS.  He married 2nd Mary MEHAND.

215 iii. George Carlton MCGINTY  was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala February 8, 1898. He married Lena Jewell TURNIPSEED. 

216 iv. Suejetta MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala August 20, 1900. She married Upshur SHELNUTT about 1916.

113. George Washington⁵ MCGINTY (William Pitts⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala February 13, 1862. George died September 6, 1947 at 85 years of age. He married Francis Emma HANDLEY in Tallapossa Co., Ala, December 9, 1889. 

George Washington MCGINTY and Francis Emma HANDLEY had the following children:

217 i. Oriole⁶ MCGINTY was born in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa Co., Ala September 25, 1890.

218 ii. Nancy Ozella MCGINTY was born in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa Co., Ala February 4,1892. She married Clarence Ross HIGH about 1916. 

219 iii. Lou Ella MCGINTY was born in Camp Hill, Chambers Co., Ala January 30, 1894. Lou died October 14,1898 in Camp Hill, Chambers Co., Ala, at 4 years of age.

220 iv. Rosa Emma MCGINTY was born in Camp Hill, Chambers Co., Ala February 2, 1896. She married John Dunson JENNINGS September 1919. 

221 v. Georganna Eulalia MCGINTY was born in Camp Hill, Chambers Co., Ala January 8, 1901. She married Clyde DAVIS. 

114. Wiley Patterson⁵ MCGINTY (William Pitts⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala January 22, 1865.  He died March 30, 1957 in Atlanta, GA. He married twice. He married 1st Mollie Hinton REDD December 1, 1893. He married 2nd Tinnie May HUNT November 2, 1932. Tinnie was born May 15, 1895 and died September 15, 1970. 

Wiley Patterson was named after Wiley Patterson, his mother’s grandfather.  Wiley’s mother, Ann Moore was the daughter of Levin and Penelope Patterson Moore, early Chambers Co. pioneers.  Penelope Patterson, Wiley’s mother-in-law, was the daughter of Wiley Patterson (b. Orange Co., N.C., 1775, d. 1852), and Anna Herndon (b. Orange Co., N.C. 1778, d. 1853).   Earlier McGinty researchers speculated that the name “Wiley” in Wiley Patterson was actually “Willie” and was later changed to Wiley. However, recent discoveries of church records show that Patterson’s name was always Wiley.  

Wiley was the eighth of eleven children born to William Pitt McGinty and Ann Moore.  He had three sisters and seven brothers.  He was born and grew up on the old McGinty farm, very near the present day Fairview Cemetery in Valley, AL.

He was born in 1865, in the final days of the Civil War. The last Confederate fort to fall to the northern armies was at Ft. Tyler in West Point, Alabama, just up the road from Wiley’s home.  Less than 300 rebels held off over two thousand northern troops during the siege which lasted from March 22 until April 20, 1865.  This battle actually ended eleven days after the surrender at Appomattox.  After the War, the Valley was farm country with the property in the hands of a few large landowners.  Wiley documented most of the farm locations, their owners and what happened to this land during his lifetime.  All of this information is located in the archives at the H. Grady Bradshaw Chambers County Library in Valley, AL.

He started school in 1872 at the Center schoolhouse, located halfway between Langdale and River View.  It was a one teacher school and there were about 40 students.  He finished the 10^th grade at Beulah, AL and started working on the family farm.  When he was 21, he worked for Smith Brothers of River View.  Here, he operated their cotton gin, planning mill and grist mill. In 1891, he built his home at McGinty Crossroads in River View.  In 1920, he helped construct a new River View Baptist Church building.  He had been a charter member of this church since it was founded in 1897.

After the Civil War, several cotton mills were built in the area, along the Chattahoochee River, which supplied the necessary water resources for power.  Wiley witnessed this industrial revolution in the area.  He was an excellent carpenter and helped construct some of the mills as foreman of the carpenter department at Batson Cook Co., in West Point, AL.  After this, he was an independent contractor and later in life operated a general store in the area. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1896 and served in the position for 48 years.  He was then a Notary Public until 1953.

Late in life, he enjoyed weaving Afghans, rugs, place mats and hot pads by hand.  His hearing was declining and he had the speaker from his television set removed and placed on a long cord that reached to his bed, close to his ear, so that he could hear the programs.

The sister of his first wife, Carrie Leonard Redd, knew him well and remarked that; “He was frugal, hospitable, affectionate, industrious and at times imperious.  He was a loving husband and father and a good manager of his affairs.  He was very religious as were all his family.”

He received many tributes in recognition of his outstanding life.  The Valley Daily Times/News, in 1953, on his 88^th birthday said; “He has spent his entire life here, ever exerting an influence for good, and it is to him and those like him that we owe a deep debt of gratitude.  Mr. McGinty, throughout his life, has lived simply and sincerely, quietly and modestly, but always positively and helpfully as churchman, citizen, neighbor and friend.  Since his retirement, Mr. McGinty has demonstrated in a magnificent manner the fine art of “growing old gracefully.”  Possessed of an alert mind, he keeps abreast of the radio and television sets.  Of a bright, cheerful disposition, he is still an inspiration to his many friends.”

In 1953, Wiley donated a man’s dress coat, complete with tails that was made by his grandmother, Penelope Moore for his grandfather, Levin Moore, to the H. Grady Bradshaw Chambers County Library and Cobb Memorial Archives in Valley, AL.  According to Wiley, the coat was made in about 1828.  He said that the cotton was hand picked from the seed, spun, copperas dyed and woven by hand.  This is one of the oldest articles in the library collection.  The writer has seen and photographed the coat. 

Already in his 90's, Wiley was moved to the Emory Convalescent Home in Atlanta, close to several of his children, and passed away peacefully in 1957 at age 92.  His funeral was held back at the River View Baptist Church and he was buried in the McGinty plot at the Fairview Cemetery in Valley, AL with his family.

Mollie Redd, Wiley's first wife and mother of all their children, was born at Northport, Tuscaloosa Co., AL on April 8, 1875, and the fifth of 14 children (only half survived infancy). Her parents were Henry Jackson Redd and Margaret “Maggie” Jane Taylor.  Henry Redd’s paternal grandparents, Josiah and Elizabeth Woods were from Georgia and settled in Bibb Co., AL around 1827.  From there they moved to Tuscaloosa Co. in 1838 but then returned to Bibb Co. in the 1860’s and died there.  Henry’s father, Josiah Jackson Redd married Narcissa McElroy and they settled 10 miles west of the town of Tuscaloosa, where Henry was born in 1852.  Meanwhile, “Maggie” Taylor’s parents, John Duke and Sarah Ann Burdette were from Chambers Co, AL., where their only child was born in 1852.  Maggie was 5 when her mother died, and she lived with her father and grandparents in Northport until after the Civil War.  She met Henry there and they were married on April 11, 1869.   Henry was a Primitive Baptist preacher and his early pastorates were in the area of Northport and Tusculoosa.  After 1889, he moved his family often to take up various preaching assignments.  They lived in Taylors, Mississippi, then Camp Hill, AL and Opelika, AL. (on April 25, 1892, Mollie’s 19 year old sister, Jessie, was killed while working at a knitting mill by a runaway boxcar while walking along the railroad track). In 1893, Henry moved the family to Riverview, AL. There, Henry served in the Ephesus Church, in which the McGinty’s were founders and very active. The family lived in the house owned by Wiley P. McGinty Sr. After he and Mollie were married, the Redd’s moved out but remained in Riverview (Henry Redd was the town’s first Postmaster). In 1904, Henry moved to Birmingham where as “Elder Redd”, he finished out his days.  He died in 1916 and Maggie died in 1925.

Tinnie Mae’s father was George David Hunt, the “Grand Old Man” of the Congregational Christian Churches in Alabama.  He served as pastor of Beulah Church for 50 years.  Tinnie Mae served as Postmaster in River View for many years and along with Wiley, did considerable McGinty family research in the 1950’s. This information provided to this website by Gerald K. McGinty, Sr. of St. Paul, MN.

Wiley Patterson MCGINTY and Mollie Hinton REDD had the following children:

222 i. Hilary Herbert⁶ MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala March 31, 1895. He married Minerva FINNEY, August 16, 1921 in Chambers County, Ala.

Herbert was named after the first U.S. Cabinet member from the former Confederate States after the Civil War (Hilary).  He was a long time Baptist minister.  He was pastor of the Baptist church in Gunter’s Landing, Alabama from 1921 until 1926. He also served in Arkansas and Kentucky before becoming pastor of the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau, MO in 1934. He attended Auburn University and was a graduate of the old Howard College (Samford University) in Birmingham, AL and then the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.  He received his PhD. there.  He was known as “ Dr. McGinty”. He and his family migrated from Alabama to Arkansas to Kentucky and finally to Missouri.  He was editor of the Missouri Baptist newspaper, Word and Way, for 20 years. He was described by fellow editor W.G. Stracener of the Florida Baptist Witness as “one who had demonstrated the courage of his convictions, abiding loyalty and truth, compassion for lost souls, depth of concern for both civic and personal righteousness, fairness in judgement, clarity in speaking and writing, and a spirit of understanding and good cheer."

223 ii. May Lillian MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala September 13, 1898 and died March 5, 1995 in Atlanta, GA. She married George Delorian RAY. 

224 iii. Annie Margaret MCGINTY was born in Chambers Co., Ala April 30, 1902 and died February 25, 1995 in Marietta, GA. She married Melton C. CHRISTIE. 

225 iv. Ruth MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala March 3, 1904 and died April 24, 1994 in Conneaut, Ohio. She married William H. ANDERSON. 

226 v. Velta MCGINTY  was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala February 17, 1906 and died February 26, 1996 in Union City, GA.  She married George Marvin COUCH.

227 vi. Wiley Patterson Jr MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala September 10,1910. He first married Elizabeth Jordan SMITH and second Mrs. Jacquelin Flanders Satterfield.

Wiley grew up in McGinty, Alabama, now named Valley, Alabama.  He enrolled at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1928, completing his freshman year in 1929.  In 1930, he moved to Atlanta full time and took a position with Southern Mills, Inc., a textile manufacturer.  His sister, Maye had married George Ray who was already an employee of Southern Mills and helped Wiley get employment there.  From 1935 – 1938, Wiley attended Emory University while also working at Southern Mills.  He graduated in 1938 with honors, including membership in Phi Beta Kappa. From 1938 until 1941 he taught French and English at Technological High School (Tech. High) in Atlanta.  After this, he returned to Southern Mills and worked there until retirement in 1982, with over 45 years total service.  His position at retirement was Vice President and Secretary.  Elisabeth had completed two years at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia and was working at the First National Bank in Atlanta.  Wiley met her at a party held by a friend.  They were married in 1939.  In 1968, Elisabeth died of cancer at the early age of 49.  Elisabeth is remembered by all that knew her as a wonderful person. She was a member of the Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta and devoted much of her time to supporting programs there. Wiley married Jacquelin Flanders Satterfield in 1969.  She had also lost her husband to cancer.  As of this writing, Wiley is 90 years of age and living in Atlanta, Georgia. This information provided to this website by Gerald K. McGinty, Sr. of St. Paul, MN.

228 vii. Philip Leon MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala August 30 ,1912 and died February 14, 1969 in Atlanta, GA. He married Dorothy Louise HURT April 27, 1935. 

Phil also moved to Atlanta from Chambers Co., attended the University of Georgia night school and eventually became President of Irvindale Farms, the largest dairy products company in Atlanta at the time.  He loved to hunt and fish. He was an active Republican and received several letters from and an invitation to John F. Kennedy’s inauguration.  Phil and Dot had two children.  The first was a baby boy that passed away shortly after birth.  Their daughter, Marilyn Hope McGinty Baker currently lives in Atlanta. After Dot passed away he married Betty Cleo Cowart, April 30, 1966.  They had two children, Lisa and Philip Jr.

McGinty Alabama

McGinty’s Crossroads was established in the mid 1800’s after the early McGinty’s settled the area.  This later became known as McGinty, Alabama and according to the State of Alabama archives, it was named after Washington McGinty. It is located near River View. McGinty, Shawmut, Fairfax, Langdale and River View were combined into what has been known as Valley, Alabama since 1980.

117. Andrew Jackson⁵ MCGINTY (William Pitts⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala December 2, 1872. He married Sarah Francis MURPHY. 

Andrew Jackson MCGINTY and Sarah Francis MURPHY had the following children:

229 i. Andrew Wilton⁶ MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala November 26, 1899. He married Essie GRANGER. 

230 ii. Mary E. MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala September 16, 1904. She married John BREWER. 

231 iii. Carey J. MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala September 16, 1904.

232 iv. Sarah MCGINTY was born in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala January 29, 1912.

118. James Alexander⁵ MCGINTY (Robert Alexander⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala April 18, 1846. James died August 8, 1885 in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala, at 39 years of age. He married Mary Francis CHAMBERS in Riverview, Chambers Co., Ala, March 12, 1868.  

James Alexander MCGINTY and Mary Francis CHAMBERS had the following children:

233 i. Thomas Love⁶ MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala April 3, 1870. Thomas died April 24, 1945 in Kelsey, Upshur Co., TX, at 75 years of age. He married three times. He married 1st Alice BREWER. He married 2nd Anna WARE January 25, 1892. He married 3rd Maud MUCKLEROY August 1, 1925. 

234 ii. Minnie Bell MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala April 13, 1872. Minnie died March 17, 1875 at 2 years of age.

235 iii. Louis Alexander MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala December 8, 1873. Louis died September 9, 1885 at 11 years of age.

236 iv. William Hudman MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala December 6, 1875. He married Ariana SMITH December 30, 1908. 

237 v. James Richard MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala October 30, 1878. He married Pearl SHANNON. 

238 vi. Calia May MCGINTY was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala May 26, 1881. She married James Thomas HENDERSON November 4, 1908. 

239 vii. Charles B. MCGINTY was born in Cusseta, Chambers Co., Ala May 15, 1883. Charles died August 5, 1884 at 1 year of age.

240 viii. Mary James MCGINTY was born in Cusseta, Chambers Co., GA September 2, 1885. Mary died February 18,1897 at 11 years of age.

120. Robert W.⁵ MCGINTY (Robert Alexander⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala about 1849. He married Annie. 

Robert W. MCGINTY and Annie had the following children:

241 i. Robert⁶ MCGINTY 

242 ii. Pauline MCGINTY 

243 iii. Paul MCGINTY 

121. Calvin E.⁵ MCGINTY (Robert Alexander⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala April 11, 1851. Calvin died October 19, 1948 in Dadeville, Tallapoosa Co., Ala, at 97 years of age. He married Mary Ann Lucinda LANGLEY December 24, 1884. 

Calvin E. MCGINTY and Mary Ann Lucinda LANGLEY had the following children:

244 i. Elexus Eudorus⁶ MCGINTY was born in Dade, Tallapoosa, Ala November 8, 1886. He married Lillie Elizabeth DENNY November 24, 1910. 

245 ii. Thurman Alexander MCGINTY was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Ala June 21, 1888. He married Columbia Ann WEBSTER November 23, 1912. 

246 iii. Valeria Lou MCGINTY was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Ala May 9, 1890.

247 iv. Ottie O. MCGINTY was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Ala October 22, 1891. He married Sarah Gladys SHIVER September 2, 1925. 

248 v. Hosea Langley MCGINTY was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Ala April 27, 1893. Hosea died December 21, 1940 in Tallassee, Tallapoosa, Ala, at 47 years of age. He married Ada Mae CROCKETT in Tallassee, Tallapoosa, Ala, April 16, 1916. 

249 vi. Vanda William MCGINTY was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Ala October 6, 1895. He married Annie Augusta WEBSTER June 30, 1917. 

250 vii. Sarah Jane Vertis MCGINTY was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Ala February 20, 1896. She married John Ewel PEARSON June 3, 1925. 

251 viii. Vinnie V. MCGINTY was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Ala October 31, 1897. She married Ishmal Worth WALKER March 26, 1921. 

126. William Franklin⁵ MCGINTY (Robert Alexander⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala November 16, 1863. William died April 20, 1950 in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa Co., Ala, at 86 years of age. He married Donna Hester HEARD. 

William Franklin MCGINTY and Donna Hester HEARD had the following children:

252 i. Fay⁶ MCGINTY  was born in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa, Ala October 1898. She married R. Barnard GARLINGTON. 

253 ii. Robert Heard MCGINTY  was born in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa, Ala July 6, 1900. He married Sarah HARRISON. 

254 iii. William Ray MCGINTY  was born in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa, Ala December 1, 1905. He married Mynell Crowder MARSH. 

127. George Pickney⁵ MCGINTY (Robert Alexander⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala July 9, 1866. George died February 18, 1891 in Camp Hill, Tallapoosa Co., Ala, at 24 years of age. He married Lenora SYKES December 1, 1887. 

George Pickney MCGINTY and Lenora SYKES had the following child:

255 i. Annie B.⁶ MCGINTY was born in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala December 19, 1889. She married James Bernard LISLE January 30, 1918. 

128. John Lee⁵ MCGINTY (Robert Alexander⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Berlin, Chambers Co., Ala January 9, 1869. He married Emma STANLEY.  

John Lee MCGINTY and Emma STANLEY had the following children:

256 i. Allan Bouldin⁶ MCGINTY was born in Bay City, Matagorda, TX November 23, 1903.

257 ii. Guy Laymond MCGINTY was born in Grand Falls, Ward Co., TX October 6, 1906.

258 iii. Homer Lee MCGINTY  was born in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX March 12, 1909. Homer died November 4, 1921 at 12 years of age.

259 iv. Nanamae MCGINTY was born in Beckville, Panola Co., TX September 27, 1912.

260 v. Edna Blanche MCGINTY was born in Longview, TX April 2, 1914.

261 vi. Pauline Rebecca MCGINTY was born in Longview, TX December 22, 1916.

262 vii. John Lee Jr MCGINTY was born in Houston, Harris Co., TX August 28, 1919.

263 viii. Mildred Louise MCGINTY was born in Houston, Harris Co., TX September 7, 1922.

131. William Washington⁵ MCGINTY (Pickney Harrington⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala December 8, 1871. William died August 15, 1945 in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala, at 73 years of age. He married Leona MURPHY in Chambers Co., Ala, December 2, 1895. 

William Washington MCGINTY and Leona MURPHY had the following children:

264 i. Edna Mary⁶ MCGINTY was born in Beulah, Chambers, Ala December 4, 1896.

265 ii. Thelma O. MCGINTY was born in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala September 23, 1899. She married Chester AUSTIN July 1, 1949. 

266 iii. William Clarence MCGINTY was born in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala May 26, 1902. He married Grace BASS. 

267 iv. Lulu Gertrude MCGINTY was born in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala October 17, 1905. She married Fay Erastus GUYTON. 

268 v. Frances L. MCGINTY was born May 16, 1907. She married Cyril Franklin LLOYD. 

133. Oscar Lee⁵ MCGINTY (Pickney Harrington⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala February 19, 1874. He married Eula Lurine GRIFFIN. 

Oscar Lee MCGINTY and Eula Lurine GRIFFIN had the following children:

269 i. Annie⁶ MCGINTY was born November 29, 1896.

270 ii. Lizzie MCGINTY was born September 25, 1898. She married Walter JACKSON. 

271 iii. Griffin MCGINTY was born July 13, 1900. He married Louise BLANT August 8, 1931. 

272 iv. Bernice MCGINTY was born November 1903. She married Frank BOWLES about 1944. 

273 v. Paul MCGINTY was born May 11, 1905. He married Nan FREDERICK about 1930. 

274 vi. Mary MCGINTY was born about 1907. She married Fred STONE. 

134. John Luther⁵ MCGINTY (Pickney Harrington⁴, Washington³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Beulah, Chambers Co., Ala, September 26, 1877. He married Tinie Orena MURPHY February 20, 1902.  

John Luther MCGINTY and Tinie Orena MURPHY had the following children:

275 i. Jesse Clyde⁶ MCGINTY was born in Cusseta, Chambers Co., Ala January 4, 1903. He married Ora BORDERS. 

276 ii. John Murphy MCGINTY was born in Cusseta, Chambers Co., Ala June 26, 1904. John died February 2, 1950 at 45 years of age. He married Mary BASS. 

277 iii. William Bryant MCGINTY was born in Cusseta, Chambers Co., Ala February 14, 1906. He married Ruth DUMAS.

278 iv. Mary Alberta MCGINTY was born in Cusseta, Chambers Co., Ala January 5, 1908. She married Herman MILFORD. 

279 v. John Luther Jr. MCGINTY was born in Cusseta, Chambers Co., Ala November 4, 1914. He married Mary Eunice BARROW. 

280 vi. Thomas MCGINTY was born in Cusseta, Chambers Co., Ala August 8, 1918.

281 vii. Louise MCGINTY was born in Cusseta, Chambers Co., Ala August 31, 1920. She married Claude WILLIAMSON.

144. Thomas Asbury⁵ MCGINTY (John Thomas⁴, William³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born January 15, 1868. Thomas died April 12, 1940 at 72 years of age. He married Susan M. HOLLIS. 

Thomas Asbury MCGINTY and Susan M. HOLLIS had the following children:

282 i. Bertha Mae⁶ MCGINTY was born March 18, 1890. Bertha died September 5, 1898 at 8 years of age.

283 ii. Sadie Louise MCGINTY was born April 23, 1899. Sadie died July 6, 1905 at 6 years of age.

284 iii. Thomas Hollis MCGINTY  was born March 25, 1902. Thomas died March 27, 1902 at less than one year of age.

285 iv. Nellie Elizabeth MCGINTY was born May 18, 1904. Nellie died July 10, 1905 at 1 year of age.

Fifth Generation

160. William Preston⁶ MCGINTY (William Marion⁵, William Augustus⁴, Robert³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Goliad, Goliad Co., TX December 23, 1870. William died October 5, 1914 in Clifton, Greenlee, AZ, at 43 years of age. He married Mary Ellen SLOAN. 

William Preston MCGINTY and Mary Ellen SLOAN had the following children:

286 i. Mabel Ruth⁷ MCGINTY was born about 1896.

287 ii. Mary Margaret MCGINTY was born in Guthrie, King Co., TX November 4, 1898. Mary died December 15, 1980 at 82 years of age. She married William Jefferson FARNSWORTH January 30, 1920. 

288 iii. Robert William MCGINTY was born in Guthrie, King Co., TX April 26, 1900. Robert died April 13, 1976 at 75 years of age.

289 iv. Marion Frederick MCGINTY was born in Goodwell, TX March 24, 1903. Marion died June 21, 1957 at 54 years of age.

290 v. George Preston MCGINTY was born in Goodwell, TX June 10, 1905. George died November 1, 1906 at 1 year of age.

161. Marion⁶ MCGINTY (William Marion⁵, William Augustus⁴, Robert³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Goliad, Goliad Co., TX December 30, 1872. He married Harriet Adelaide MORRISON March 6, 1898. 

 Marion MCGINTY and Harriet Adelaide MORRISON had the following children:

291 i. Fred Milton⁷ MCGINTY.  He married Eunice Mable DRAPER. 

292 ii. Oscar Marion MCGINTY was born in Guthrie, King Co., TX February 2, 1899. Oscar died December 1952 at 53 years of age. He married Montie Bell DRAPER. 

293 iii. A. Elwood MCGINTY was born in Post, Garza Co., TX January 20, 1901. He married Lois Irene BLACKWELL.

294 iv. Preston Burke MCGINTY was born in Guthrie, King Co., TX March 7, 1901. Preston died June 5, 1925 at 24 years of age.

295 v. Durwood Belmont MCGINTY was born in Guthrie, King Co., TX December 19, 1902.

296 vi. Rufus Norfleet MCGINTY was born in Aspermont, Stonewall Co., TX Feb 16, 1907. He married Alma Lynn BEAN. 

180. Jackson Walthrop⁶ MCGINTY (Robert Dean⁵, William Jones⁴, Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Ashley, Arkansas October 6, 1870. Jackson died October 28, 1912 in Bienville Parish, LA, at 42 years of age. His body was interred October 1912 in Bienville Parish, LA, Springhill Cemetery. He married Martha Elizabeth WATTS May 25, 1888.  

Jackson Walthrop MCGINTY and Martha Elizabeth WATTS had the following children:

297 i. Thomas Guice⁷ MCGINTY was born February 25, 1893.

298 ii. Robert Richard MCGINTY was born November 18, 1894.

299 iii. L. B. MCGINTY was born December 27, 1897. L.B. died July 22, 1934 at 36 years of age. His body was interred in Bienville Parish, LA, Springhill Cemetery. He married Lois CREWS 1925. 

300 iv. Benjamin MCGINTY was born December 27, 1897. He married Jessie Mae THORNTON April 1921. 

301 v. Zola Mai MCGINTY was born November 11, 1902.

302 vi. Roy Otis MCGINTY was born October 20, 1904.

303 vii. Emma Geneva MCGINTY was born June 8, 1908.

304 viii. Lucy Maurine MCGINTY was born May 26, 1911.

181. Alonza Eugene⁶ MCGINTY (Robert Dean⁵, William Jones⁴, Thomas⁴, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Arkansas June 17, 1873. Alonza died September 30,1946 in Ringgold, LA, at 73 years of age. He married Maude LESHE December 3, 1893. 

Alonza Eugene MCGINTY and Maude LESHE had the following children:

305 i. Frances Mahalia⁷ MCGINTY was born January 5, 1895. Frances died December 30, 1962 at 67 years of age. She married Oscar Roland LEE October 1915.

306 ii. Arvie Virginia MCGINTY was born July 27,, 1896. She married Joseph Dempse WIMBERLY November 26, 1916. 

307 iii. Arthur Eugene MCGINTY  was born October 30, 1897. Arthur died October 15, 1975 at 77 years of age. He married Ethel WOODWARD December 23, 1921. 

308 iv. Garnie William MCGINTY was born April 5, 1900. He married Zoe HEARD August 6, 1935. Garnie is the author of "A Twig of the McGinty Family Tree", published 1979.

309 v. Pauline Bernice MCGINTY was born October 11, 1901. Pauline died June 15, 1977 at 75 years of age. She married O. D. MADDEN June 11, 1927. 

310 vi. Alonzo MCGINTY was born November 6, 1903. Alonzo died March 5, 1904 at less than one year of age.

311 vii. Frankie Irene MCGINTY was born February 16, 1906. Frankie died January 8, 1955 in Bethesda, MD, at 48 years of age. She married Glenn F. TYNES in Klamath Falls, Oregon, 1934. Glenn was born August 18, 1892. Glenn died April 27, 1955 at 62 years of age.

312 viii. Donald Emmett MCGINTY  was born January 3, 1909. He married Gladys WOMACK April 30, 1932. 

313 ix. Laurice Vernon MCGINTY was born March 8, 1911. He married Marie Elinor BAKER December 9. 1932. 

182. Arthur Levy⁶ MCGINTY (Robert Dean⁵, William Jones⁴, Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Ashley, Arkansas December 20, 1875. Arthur died April 22, 1942 in Shreveport, LA, at 66 years of age. He married Mittie Lou MOORE January 5, 1902. 

Arthur Levy MCGINTY and Mittie Lou MOORE had the following children:

314 i. Clothiel Lucy⁷ MCGINTY was born in Louisiana June 30, 1903. Clothiel died July 1, 1974 at 71 years of age. She married Charlie MCCOY January 11, 1920. 

315 ii. Una Lee MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA December 24, 1904. She married twice. She married Abe RILEY 1921.  She married Marvin Eliza Dever in Snyder, Scurry Co., TX, April 26, 1926. Marvin was born August 5, 1905

316 iii. Beamer Aubry MCGINTY  was born in Poole, LA August 3, 1908. Beamer died November 6, 1914 at 6 years of age.

317 iv. Shadrach MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA July 10, 1910. He married Tommie G. ROGERS in Gustine, TX, February 3, 1934. 

318 v. Beatrice MCGINTY was born January 18, 1912. Beatrice died February 10, 1951 at 39 years of age. Her body was interred in Raotan, New Mexico. She married Sam J. HAMM. 

319 vi. Melton MCGINTY was born in Ringgold, LA. July 9, 1913. He married Elizabeth ALLISON in Snyder, TX, September 27, 1941. 

320 vii. Mittie Ree MCGINTY was born in Poole, LA. July 2, 1918. Mittie died December 10, 1943 in Snyder, TX, at 25 years of age. She married Glenn NICHOLS. 

183. Robert Theodore⁶ MCGINTY (Robert Dean⁵, William Jones⁴, Thomas³, Robert Earl² John¹) was born in Hamburg, Ashley Co., Arkansas November 5, 1878. Robert died May 6, 1954 in Ringgold, LA, at 75 years of age. He married Julia Frances SHEPHARD December 28, 1898. 

Robert Theodore MCGINTY and Julia Frances SHEPHARD had the following children:

321 i. Arnold Reymon⁷ MCGINTY  was born in Ringgold, LA December 20, 1899. Arnold died September 20, 1975 at 75 years of age. His body was interred in Bienville Parish, La., Springhill Cemetery. He married Annie Lee PURDY in Union Co., Arkansas, June 6, 1923.

322 ii. Onnie Ronald MCGINTY was born in Red River Parish, LA March 29, 1901. He married twice. He married Carrie KERLIN May 17, 1921. He married Nellie B. POLAND in Bossier Parish, LA., 1944. 

323 iii. Lennie Virl MCGINTY was born in Bienville Parish, LA November 11, 1902.

324 iv. Eva MCGINTY was born in Bienville Parish, LA December 14, 1907. Eva died December 18, 1973 at 66 years of age. She married three times. She married 1st Horace HEMPERLEY December 1929.  She married 2nd  Earl HAYER in Minden, LA, 1940.  She married 3rd Kager MORROW 1953.

325 v. Floyd Miller MCGINTY  was born in Bienville Parish, LA February 13, 1930. He married Jamie Ruth LEE in Coushatta, LA, November 3, 1945. 

JOHN MCGINTY II

When Josiah Martin fled his New Bern office on 31, May 1775, North Carolina attained the distinction of being the first colony to cause a royal governor to run to the British for safety. His departure cleared the way for the Provincial Congress, which was an illegal assembly of patriots, to establish a new government and assume responsibility for affairs of state.

One of their first concerns was the raising of two regiments of 500 men each for the Continental Line. James Moore and Robert Howe were selected as the regiments' colonels. These two continental regiments expanded to ten by 1777, and each of these regiments had eight companies of seventy-six men.

The Provincial Government divided the colony into six military districts, and six battalions of militia were authorized to be raised. All free white males sixteen to fifty were eligible for militia duty, and after 1777, the law provided that militia could be raised by draft.

In addition to Continental Troops and militia, there were many independent companies of irregulars, privately armed and organized. They fought when needed, sometimes under the guidance of a Continental Officer, sometimes under a leader of their own choosing. These irregular soldiers were known as "partisans", and there were many hundreds of them. During the later years of the war, in particular when the fighting had shifted to the South, many small battles and skirmishes took place which involved only partisans and Tories, with not a Britisher in sight.

There are no accurate statistics for North Carolina's soldiers. Estimates run between 5,000 and 8,000 for the Continental Line and another 10,000 militiamen and independents. Many North Carolina men served with other state lines such as South Carolina and Georgia, which caused complaints in North Carolina that the colony was the "recruiting ground for the entire south." Volunteers became more difficult to come by as the war progressed, and the colony had to resort to bounties to attract enlistments and drafts, when that did not bring in sufficient numbers of men. In 1780, the colony was giving a bounty of $500.00 upon enlistment, another $500.00 at the end of each year's service, and 200 acres of land in the Military Reservation in Tennessee.

The North Carolina Continentals were with Washington's army through most of the war, North and South. They fought with the Continental Line in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Nine of their ten regiments spent the long, hard winter of 1776-77 at Valley Forge, where some of them died. Their greatest disaster was at Charleston in May 1780 when over 1,000 North Carolina Continental and militia became prisoners of war.

After the Battle of Camden in 1781, Cornwallis marched his army to Charlotte, which he expected to occupy without any problems, to enlist the aid of the numerous Tories in the area. Josiah Martin, the ousted royal governor, then issued a proclamation on 3, October restoring royal rule. The restoration was short-lived. The British army was subjected to constant harassment by partisan bands, and only a week later, the news was received of the defeat of the Tories at King's Mountain. Cornwallis retreated to South Carolina with his army, leaving behind what he described was "a damned rebellious country."

Our John McGinty² was a member of the Seventh Regiment, Captain Charles Polk's Company, Militia. We have his military papers showing he carried the rank of Sergeant, and took part in several campaigns, among them the Cross Creek expedition of January, 1779. His brother James also served with the unit. We show John serving as early as July, 1776 and as late as 15, January 1779. His older brother, Robert McGinty, served in Georgia with Colonel Elijah Clarke, his neighbor, and joined him on many raids, both in Georgia and up into the Carolinas.

After the war, John settled in Wilkes County, Georgia, along with his older brother Robert, who had received land for his war services. He was registered there in 1785 with a wife and family. Before leaving Mecklenburg County, NC he is found in Court Minutes starting in January 1783, serving on juries. The last record I can find in Mecklenburg is in July of 1784. His name also turns up in the Estate Sale of his fathers property. It is entirely possible that John² was married twice. In the 1830 Pike Co., Ga. census he is listed with 1 female between the age of 10 and 15, 1 female between the age of 20 and 30 and one female of 50 and under 60. If we are to assume that the female of 50 and under 60 is his wife, then this wife would have been only 9 years old when John³ was born about 1779. So we must assume that he was married more than once, though we can find no record of either marriage in North Carolina or Georgia. He was the ancestor of our Georgia Lee McGinty and also the ancestor of the line of Dr. C. Lamar McGinty, one of our outstanding Baptist preachers of the McGinty Family Tree. John had several sons and one daughter that we have documented. He shows up in the Wilkes Co., Ga.- Early Tax List of 1785 along with his brother Robert McGinty and consistently shows up in the Wilkes Co., Ga. Tax Digest for the years 1809 through 1821. In the Georgia 1790 census he is listed in Captain Collier's District in what is now Sharon, Taliaferro County, Georgia. In 1805 he drew land in Wilkes County. Another John also drew land, but I think this was his nephew John, son of his brother Robert. His sons John A., James, and Alexander show up also in these tax digest for the years 1819 through 1821. Many of John's neighbors (Stewarts and Pugh's) also show up in Wilkes Co., Ga. in the same area (Stephens Creek) at this time. In 1791 John is listed as testator along with Daniel Williams, and Jesse Pugh, for Martha Stewart's will. The will was probated 20, September 1793. Martha Richardson Stewart was the wife of Robert Stewart who was born 25, November 1710 in Chester County, PA. John's friend Jesse Pugh served with him under Captain Charles Polk and Jesse was related to the Stewarts.

In 1799 we find John² listed in Capt. Patterson's District as a tax defaulter. In 1800 he purchases 220 acres of land on Stephen's Creek, which joined his friend Stewarts land, from Lunsford Traweek. The 1801 Wilkes Co. Tax Digest lists him in William Ogletree's District and in 1806 he is listed in John Young's District and in the 1806 Lottery he had two draws. The land given out in this lottery was obtained from the Creek Nation, in a treaty concluded at the City of Washington, 14 November 1805, and was added to the counties of Baldwin and Wilkinson. These lots consisted of 202 1/2 acres. We can continue to track John² through the Wilkes Co. Tax Digest next in John Little's District, 1809, still on Stephens Creek, and again in this same District, but not listed with any land in 1812, and in Capt. Hiram Williams District in 1813. He is listed at this time showing three slaves and having land in Twiggs Co., GA, 28th District.

In November of 1815, in the town of Milledgeville, 100 acres of land was taken away from John, to satisfy an execution in favor of James Thomas, Administrator of the estate of William Ryan, deceased.

We find John selling his land on Stephens Creek, Wilkes County, in 1810, to Archibald Gresham. He is still living in Wilkes County when the 1820 census was taken in Capt. John Bryant's District on Hardin's Creek. In 1820, Georgia had another land lottery. The 1805, 1807 and 1821 Land Lotteries were not held for the purpose of granting land to Revolutionary War veterans. In fact those lotteries did not even mention military veterans. Only the 1820, 1827 and 1832 lotteries gave any special consideration to veterans of wars. The Lottery of 1820 was the first of six which did recognize Revolutionary Soldiers, but only if they were invalid or indigent. Those who had had a fortunate draw, as a citizen of Georgia, in the 1805 and 1807 lotteries, were entitled to one extra draw in the 1820 lottery. If they had not had an extra draw, they were entitled to two extra draws in this land lottery. John², his son, Alexander, and John's brother Robert McGinty drew land in Early County. John's son John A. McGinty drew land in Irwin County. We find John² in Wilkes County in Capt. John Bryant's District in 1821. We do not have the date of his death, but after leaving Wilkes County he is found in the Pike County, Georgia U.S. Census in 1830. Though John's son James had land in Pike County we have been unable to find any land transactions for John² in Pike County. Unfortunately we have not found a will for John or any other papers indicating the names of his children. In 1832 there was another land lottery and our John was listed in Bustins Military District, in Pike County. This Land Lottery made available for distribution and settlement that part of the Cherokee Indian Nation which was in Georgia. This land was generally north of the Chattahoochee River in the north west and north central parts of the state. Georgia's western and northern boundary had been established in 1802 by the cession of her western territory, from the Chattahoochee River to the Mississippi, to the United States. Although this cession had provided for the peaceful removal of the Cherokee Indians, some still remained in the area. Despite the fact that they were a peaceful and agricultural people, Georgia extended her jurisdiction over them and named the area Cherokee County. In 1832 the surveyors laid off the area in four sections, into land districts about nine miles square, and the land districts into land lots of 40 and 160 acres respectively. The 1832 Land Lottery is the last record I have been able to locate on John. In 1832 John would have been about 72 years old.

Children of John² McGinty:

1. John A.³ McGinty (John² John¹) born about 1779 probably in Mecklenburg Co., NC and died April 16, 1853 Warren Co., GA.  He married Jincey CULVERHOUSE in Georgia, August 5, 1844. First wife's name and mother of his children is unknown. He was about 39 years old when his son Joel T. was born. The probability that he had other children that did not survive to adulthood is high. The children below are mentioned in his will.

John A. McGinty served in the War of 1812 and turns up in Warren County, GA in April of 1823. Court Minutes of Warren County show him serving jury duty.

John A. MCGINTY had the following children:

+ 2 i. Joel T.⁴ MCGINTY was born about 1818.

3 ii. Rabun E. MCGINTY was born in Wilkes Co., GA about 1821. 

+ 4 iii. Richard Rhodes MCGINTY was born November 8, 1825 probably in Warren County, GA..

2. Joel T.⁴ MCGINTY (John A.³ John² John¹) was born in Wilkes Co., GA about 1818. Joel died about 1880 in Warren Co., GA.  He married Frances HORNABERGER.  Joel's occupation: Teacher. 

Joel T. MCGINTY and Frances HORNABERGER had the following children:

+ 5 i. Flavius H.⁵ MCGINTY was born September 23, 1842.

6 ii. Valerius A. MCGINTY was born in Warren Co., GA September 10, 1844. Valerius died December 25, 1908 at 64 years of age. He married Mary E. 

7 iii. Victoria Helen MCGINTY was born in Warren Co., GA about 1847.

4. Richard Rhodes⁴ MCGINTY (John A.² John² John¹) was born in Georgia November 8, 1825. Richard died August 16, 1893 in Warren Co., GA, at 67 years of age. He married Mary Ann Elizabeth MCCRARY in Wilkes Co. Baptist Church, Wilkes Co. GA, November 11, 1842. 

Richard Rhodes MCGINTY and Mary Ann Elizabeth MCCRARY had the following children:

+ 8 i. Nancy P.⁵ MCGINTY was born October 19, 1843.

9 ii. Joel G. MCGINTY was born in Warren Co., GA about 1845.

10 iii. John E. MCGINTY was born in Warren Co., GA about 1847.

+ 11 iv. Jasper Newton MCGINTY was born about 1850.

+ 12 v. Cornelius Stephen MCGINTY was born July 3, 1855.

5. Flavius H.⁵ MCGINTY (Joel T.⁴, John A.³ John² John¹) was born in Warren Co., GA September 23, 1842. Flavius died September 10, 1891 in Warren Co., GA, at 48 years of age. He married Mary Jane ELLIOTT. 

Flavius H. MCGINTY and Mary Jane ELLIOTT had the following children:

13 i. Pliny L.⁶ MCGINTY was born in Norwood, Warren Co., GA.

14 ii. Daisy MCGINTY was born in Norwood, Warren Co., GA.

15 iii. Dahlia MCGINTY was born in Norwood, Warren Co., GA. She married Robert Ben HEATH. 

16 iv. Myrtle MCGINTY was born in Norwood, Warren Co., GA. She married William H. MCFALL. 

8. Nancy P.⁵ MCGINTY (Richard Rhodes³, John A.² John² John¹) was born in Warren Co., GA October 19, 1843. Nancy died August 1925 in Norwood, GA, at 81 years of age. She married Virgil A. GHEESLING. 

Nancy P. MCGINTY and Virgil A. GHEESLING had the following children:

17 i. Richard A.⁶ GHEESLING was born in Decatur, GA January 1867.

18 ii. Allie GHEESLING was born December 1867.

19 iii. Ida GHEESLING was born January 23, 1871.

+ 20 iv. Ollie GHEESLING was born January 20, 1873.

21 v. Betty GHEESLING was born October 1874.

22 vi. Patrick Mel GHEESLING was born September 1876.

23 vii. John B. GHEESLING was born August 16, 1878.

24 viii. Burmer D. GHEESLING was born March 1882.

25 ix. Horace GHEESLING was born April 1884.

26 x. Vernon A. GHEESLING was born September 23, 1886.

11. Jasper Newton⁵ MCGINTY (Richard Rhodes⁴, John A.³ John² John¹) was born in Warren Co., GA about 1850. He married Nellie CASON. 

Jasper Newton MCGINTY and Nellie CASON had the following children:

27 i. Eula Pearl⁶ MCGINTY. She married Herbert GRAHAM. 

28 ii. M. Eleanor MCGINTY. She married Asbury TODD. 

+ 29 iii. Charles Cornelius MCGINTY.

12. Cornelius Stephen⁵ MCGINTY (Richard Rhodes⁴, John A.³ John² John¹) was born in Warren Co., GA July 3, 1855. Cornelius died June 25, 1921 in Warren Co., GA, at 65 years of age. He married Lucy Ann ELLIOT about 1878. 

Cornelius Stephen MCGINTY and Lucy Ann ELLIOT had the following children:

30 i. Lillian May⁶ MCGINTY was born February 18, 1879.

31 ii. Newton Elliot MCGINTY was born in Warren Co., GA February 24, 1881. Newton died April 4, 1937 in Norwood, Warren Co., GA, at 56 years of age. He married Susie VEASEY in Warren Co., GA, April 26, 1905.

+ 32 iii. Claude Lamar MCGINTY was born February 9, 1885.

20. Ollie⁶ GHEESLING (Nancy P.⁵ MCGINTY, Richard Rhodes⁴, John A.³ John² John¹) (#51) was born in Augusta, Richmond Co., VA January 20, 1873. Ollie died January 1, 1934 at 60 years of age. She married Lawson JOHNSON.

Ollie GHEESLING and Lawson JOHNSON had the following children:

33 i. Ruby⁷ JOHNSON 

34 ii. Virgil A. JOHNSON

35 iii. Herbert JOHNSON 

29. Charles Cornelius⁶ MCGINTY (Jasper Newton⁵, Richard Rhodes⁴, John A.³ John² John¹) He married Elizabeth BOHLER. 

Charles Cornelius MCGINTY and Elizabeth BOHLER had the following children:

36 i. Howard⁷ MCGINTY 

37 ii. Herbert MCGINTY 

32. Claude Lamar⁶ MCGINTY (Cornelius Stephen⁵, Richard Rhodes⁴, John A.³ John² John¹) was born in Warren Co., GA February 9, 1885. Claude died December 10, 1958 at 73 years of age. He married Ruby Ann HERNDON in Crawford, Oglethorpe, GA, September 8, 1909.

Claude Lamar MCGINTY and Ruby Ann HERNDON had the following child:

38 i. Marion Lamar⁷ MCGINTY.  She married Carey Truett VINZENT. 

2. James McGinty

3. Alexander McGinty born about 1794 and died possibly in Mississippi. Married 1st Margaret Person/Pearson in Wilkes Co., GA 1818.

4. Nancy McGinty married John Rhoades.

Alexander McGinty (John², John¹), born about 1794 most probably in Wilkes County, Georgia. Mother's name is unknown. Alexander married first July 1818, Margaret Pearson in Wilkes County, Georgia and second Elizabeth Ann Wright in Perry County, Alabama 15 September, 1823.

Our first record of Alexander, after his marriage, is found in Wilkes County, GA. in the 1819 Tax Digest. He is next found in the Greene County, GA. census for 1820. He is listed with 1 female under 10 years of age and 1 female between 16 and 26 years and 3 slaves. Even though we find him in the 1820 Greene County census we also find him listed in the 1821 Wilkes County Tax Digest paying taxes on land that he drew in the 1820 Land Lottery. This land was listed on lot 9 section 13 in Early County, GA. Alexander did not claim this bounty until 1837. At that time he was living in Perry County, Alabama and had purchased land during the same year.

Apparently sometime between 1821 and 1822 Alexander left Greene County, Georgia and moved to Perry County, Alabama. It is unknown what happened to his wife, Margaret Pearson and their daughter. They could have traveled to Alabama with him, but we have been unable to locate divorce or death records. Tax records for Greene County, GA. are missing for the years 1820-1821. Land records have been checked and the only McGinty having land in Pike County was James McGinty (possibly the older brother of Alexander). This James McGinty was listed in the tax records for 1822 in Capt. William L. Astens District.

It is possible that Alexander was familiar with his second wife's family. The Wright family is found in Greene County, GA. in the early 1800's, but moved on to Perry County, GA. around the same time as Alexander. They are both found in the 1830 Perry County, AL. census. Elizabeth was the daughter of Michael and Mariam (Royal) Wright, the granddaughter of Robert and Mary Perrin (Fitzpatrick) Wright, the great granddaughter of Joseph and Mary Perrin (Woodson) Wright, and the great, great granddaughter of Benjamin and Frances (Napier) Woodson. She was born in Greene County, GA. 15 March, 1808. and died in Gonzales County, TX. 20 March, 1886.

There has been some question on the parentage of Alexander McGinty. We have found no birth record for him, but it is stated in the Panola County, MS 1850 and 1860 census that his birth state is Georgia. His age in the 1850 census was listed at 56 and in the 1860 census as 66. The consistency, in regards to age, of these two census' lead us to believe that he gave the information to the census taker himself, therefore we conclude that his birth was about 1794 and that he was born in Georgia. At the time of his birth, there were only two McGinty's in Georgia on record. One being John², who we believe to be his father, and Robert McGinty, the older brother of John. There has been no estate record or will found for John², but a will has been recorded for Robert. In Robert's will he names all of his twelve children. Alexander is not mentioned and neither is Robert's brother John². If Alexander was Robert's son, I think he would have mentioned him in his will, as he mentions all of his other children, even those who had moved on to Alabama and Mississippi.

After leaving Georgia, Alexander traveled to Alabama and we find him in the Alabama 1821-1829 Decennary Census Index. He is found in the Perry County, AL. 1830 census with 1 male under 5 years of age, two females under 5 years of age, one female of 5 and under 10, and 1 female of 20 under 30. In May of 1837, Alexander obtains 160 acres of land in Perry County. This land was in section 15, township 20 of range 9. In 1840 he is still living in Perry County and according to the census of that date he is listed with one male under 5 years of age, two males of 5 and under 10, one female under 5 years of age, one female of 5 and under 10, two females of 10 and under 15, and one female of 20 and under 30. Obviously Elizabeth stretched the truth a little about her age for at that time she would have been 32 years old.

By 1842 Alexander, Elizabeth and the children moved on to Panola County, Mississippi. Their son Jesse Greene McGinty (is this a hint to the birth place of Elizabeth) was born in Panola Co, MS in 1842. In the 1850 census Alexander is listed with Elizabeth his wife and five children. Three more children were born in Panola County, before the 1860 census. By 1860, Alexander was 66 years old as the 1860 census indicates. Apparently before the Civil War began Alexander’s wife and children removed to Texas as is indicated by the 1870 Gonzales County, Texas Census. One of their sons, Littleberry had relocated to Gonzales Co., TX in 1859. No other mention of Alexander is made and I have not found any of his descendants who know where he died, either in Mississippi or Texas.