Agnes (Gwin) McGlaughlin (abt. 1809 - abt. 1842)

Born about 1809 in Bath, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh McGlaughlin — married 20 Dec 1825 in Bath County, VA

Descendants

Died about 1842 at about age 33 in Pocahontas County, VA (now WV)

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Biography

Agnes was born 1809

She is listed as Agnes Nancy Gwin, Nancy Agnes Gwin Nancy M.C. Gwin on one record, will & probate records list her as Nancy. Nancy was a nickname during that time period for Agnes, therefore I believe her full name was Agnes Nancy Gwin certainly not Nancy M.C. Gwin.

1. Nancy McLaughlin (Gwin) Gender: Female Birth: 1809 Death: 1842 (32) Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Gwin, Sr. Wife of Hugh McLaughlin Mother of Margaret McLaughlin; (died young) Elizabeth C. Rowan; George Henry McLaughlin; William Jacob McLaughlin and John Calvin McLaughlin

Nancy married Squire Hugh McGlaughlin/McLaughlin 12-20-1825 according to Bath County records. They had 5 children. Nancy likely died in childbirth with George Henry McGlaughlin or shortly after. Her husband Hugh remarried in 1844.

There has been a great amount of confusion regarding the Hugh MGLaughlin claimed here to be the husband of Agnes Gwin. Hopefully the following quote of official government documents will prove to viewers' satisfaction that the person named here as the husband of Agnes Gwin is NOT the Hugh McGloughlin who married Agnes Nancy Gwin 18 Aug, 1789 in Pendelton, County, Virginia: "On this seventh day of July in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Bath in the state of Virginia, Agnes Wiley alias Nancy Wiley, a resident of said county of Bath, aged seventy five years upon the eighteenth day of August eighteen hundred and forty five, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838, March 3 1843, June 17, 1844 and the 23 August 1842, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Hugh McGloughlin, who was a soldier in the regular service that enlisted in the County of Augusta Virginia in a company of infantry. The name of the Captain is not recollected, nor is the precise period at which he enlisted known. The declarant believes that he was appointed Corporal and acted in that capacity, and also that he served in the Continental Line. The declarant recollects having heard her husband say that he was taken prisoner at Charleston, when that city was captured by the British, and was detained in prison for a year or two, that whilst he was a prisoner he learned the tailoring trade, and was finally discharged. The said McGloughlin enlisted for the period of five years. The declarant is unable to give the details of her husband’s services from the fact that he has been dead a great many years, and she has therefore forgotten them. She also declares that she was married to the said Hugh McGloughlin on the 18th day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine, that the marriage ceremony was performed by Parson Hinkler in Pendleton County, Virginia and that license for the marriage was obtained out of the Clerks office of said County of Pendleton. That her husband the said Hugh McGloughlin died June 5th 1798, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving service, but that her marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninely four, she further declares that Jane Kirkpatrick a daughter of herself and the said McGloughlin knew the bounty land which was due him in account of his revolutionary services, she further declares that after the death of the husband aforesaid she was married to James Wiley, that he died on the 14th day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, and that she is a widow. (signed) Agnes Wiley [her mark] laughlin who married Agnes Gwin:"

Sources

• Ancestry.com, Family Search.org,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187074694/nancy-mclaughlin Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: Agnes Wiley, former widow of Hugh McGloughlin Certificate #7349 Issued October 14, 1845 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844 Virginia Agency

A.D. Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator.