James McCarty
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James McCarty (1736 - bef. 1802)

James McCarty
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died before before age 65 in Grainger County, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

James McCarty was born on July 4, 1736. [1] He was the son of Darby and Hannah McCarty. He passed away before 15 Feb 1802.[2]

Research Notes

The name Sarah Fugate, as the wife of James McCarty, is so common that it’s taken for granted that it’s correct. After years of research I have come to believe that there is no source for this name. About 90% of the people I have asked simply tell me they got the name from another person, online, a book, magazine or LDS records. On the rare occasion when someone gives a source they say it came from Darby McCarty’s Bible; it’s not in the Bible. After much research I have reached the conclusion that the name comes from misreading The Virginia Genealogist January – March 1959 Volume 3, Number 1, pages 23 – 26, which doesn’t give her name. When Mr. Prentiss Price writes his wonderful article “McCarty Bible Records” he makes one tactical error- none of his information is wrong. His error is in the order he presents the information. He starts the article by giving some information about the Bible itself and then says it seems to have been the family Bible of James McCarty. Then when he gives the family information from the Bible he starts with the family of Sarah and James McCarty. If anyone is just looking for the name of James wife then they look no further than this since they have found what they are looking for. Unfortunately this James is the son of the James who once owned the Bible and not the James in question himself. The way it’s written is confusing unless you read the whole article and I understand why this error has occurred. The older James’ wife has been known as Sarah since 1959. I’m really grateful to Mr. Price for doing his article as it was how I learned Darby and Hannah McCarty were my ancestors and it gave me the lead as to where the Bible is now located- thank you Mr. Price. When I learned Sharlie Cope Hill owned Darby and Hannah’s Bible, from Mr. Price’s article, I phoned her to see if she had any additional information. For the most part she didn’t have anything beyond what was in the Bible. She then said she and her brother, Strum Cope, had given the Bible to the Lawson McGhee Library. This was in June 1983. When I asked if she knew the name of James’ wife she said she didn’t know for sure but had been told by a relative that her ancestors Rachel and William McCarty named four of their children in a row after their parents. Rachel was a daughter of Leah and Robert Kyle and William was a son of James and his wife. After their first two children, Elizabeth and Mary, were born, they name their next four children, Leah, Robert Kyle, Martha and James P. McCarty. We know three of the four were named after their parents. If what Sharlie says is true and they deliberately named these four children after their parents then William’s mother is named Martha. It would seem strange to me if William and Rachel named three of their children after their parents and not name one after his mother at that time. They did have a daughter Sarah born some years later. Years later Priscilla L. Vaughn told me this oral family history; Martha Angeline McCarty 1844 – 1923 told her children or at least her son James Hiram Vaughn 1866 - 1958, that she, Martha, was named after her Aunt Martha (McCarty) Satterfield and her mother of the same name. John, she said, names his first daughter after his mother and his second daughter after his wife, Elizabeth (Mayes) McCarty. Both of these two vastly separated descendants of John McCarty, Sharlie a descendant of James’ oldest son, William, and Priscilla a descendant of James’ youngest son, John, believed James’ wife was named Martha. I’m not saying this is proof James’ wife was named Martha, what I am saying is that since I believe the name Sarah is wrong I will use the oral family history given to me until we find proof of her name. Mike McCarty Castro Valley, CA

Sources

  1. [1]From ancestry.com Bible records for the "Darby McCarty" family: From the "Virginia Genealogists" contributed by Prentiss Price of Rogersville Tennessee. Vol. 3 pg 23-26 The following records are taken from a bible printed in Edinburgh by Alexander Kincaid, his Majesty's printer, 1762, which is owned by Mrs. Sharlie Cope Hill of Hawkins Co. Tn. They were copied in 1948. This seems to have been the bible of James McCarty b. 1736 (s/o Darby) and descending through his son William. It names the children of Darby and Hannah's just like it is written down: James McCarty b. July ye 4th 1736 Mary McCarty born December ye 10th 1738 Isaac McCarty born April ye 18 1741 Sarah McCarty born July ye 3d 1743 Rachel McCarty born October ye 28th 1745 Elizabeth McCarty born June ye 18th 1748 Hannah McCarty born December ye 9th 1750 Enoch McCarty born April ye 29th 1753 Jonathon McCarty born April ye 29th 1756 Lydia McCarty born April ye 30th 1756 Benjamin McCarty born December ye 22d 1759
  2. Entered by Mike McCarty, Nov 17, 2011
See also:
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Aug. 2, 2017), "Record of Private James McCarty", Ancestor # A206683.




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McCarty-2782 and McCarty-148 appear to represent the same person because: these were in a rejected match, but they now have same dates & parents, so should be merged. Thanks!
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
McCarty-2782 and McCarty-148 do not represent the same person because: If I merge my tree with the other it will make Darby a son of Timothy McCarty, which he is not, therefor I'm going to reject the match.
posted by Mike McCarty
McCarty-2782 and McCarty-148 appear to represent the same person because: Clear Duplicate. Exact dates and same mother - Father to be merged as well
McCarty-312 and McCarty-148 appear to represent the same person because: These are clearly the same person - the death dates and locations are identical and the birth year is off by one. Same names for father and mother also, so those profiles should be merged after this merge is completed.
posted by Mel Green
Mike, I've added your forum text here and also that of the McCarty Bible which is listed on ancestry.com

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