Jesse
McLain
aka McLane
Born about in Guildford County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of John McLean IV
and Dorcus (McComb) McLean
Brother of
Joseph McLean and Dorcus (McClain) McAdams
Husband of
Nancy (Payton) McLain
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Flora (Patterson) Norman
— married
after 1826 in Marshall County, Tennessee
Descendants 
Father of
Dorcus McLain, Levina (McLain) McAdams, Nancy (McLain) Stewart, Henry M McLain, James McLain, Matilda (McLain) Neill, Jesse Jasper McLain, Joseph G McLain, William M McLain, Augustus Adolphus McLane, Erwin McLain, Martha J (McLain) Bills and Mary Emaline (McLain) Craig
Died about
at about age 65
in Marshall County, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Apr 2015
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Biography
From Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, Marshall Co. Profile of G.A. McLane
"[G.A. McLane] is a son of Jesse and Flora (Patterson) McLane, natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Virginia. They came to Tennessee at an early day, and were married in Marshall County, and there reared their family of seven children. Previous to this union the father had been married to Nancy Paton, by whom he had nine children. He was a Whig in politics. His ancestors were of Irish descent and his wife was of Scotch lineage."
G.A. = Augustus Adolphus AKA "Gus"
Awarded (at least) two Land Grants:
- Grant # 5065: Middle Tennessee Land Grant Book 6, page 288
- Grant # 5064: Middle Tennessee Land Grant Book 6, page 387
- Ran a tavern on Fishing Ford Road.
- Early member/elder of Head Springs Presbyterian Church
- Known children by first wife, Nancy:
- Levina
- James
- Matilda (b 1818)
- Jasper Jesse
- Known children by Flora
- Joseph G
- William (b. 1834)
- Augustus Adolphus (b. 1834)
- Irvin (b. 1836)
- Martha (b. 1838)
- Emeline (b. 1845)
RESEARCH NOTES:
- Living in or went to Davidson Co., in 1811 - re: birth of Nancy (see bio of her husband)
- Was Johnie BIllers McClain a son? Other researcher says no. John, a son of Jesse, married a Jane Neil and moved to Arkansas.
- Was he a brother of John McClain ?
- Was Aaron McLane a son?
1850: Marshall Co., Tennessee
- Flory Mclain 47 North Carolina
- Joseph G Mclain 19 Tennessee
- William Mclain 16 Tennessee
- Augustus Mclain 16 Tennessee
- Irvin Mclain 14 Tennessee
- Martha S Mclain 12 Tennessee
- Emeline Mclain 5 Tennessee
- Demps Cochran 4 Tennessee
Burial: McLain, Belfast, Marshall County, Tennessee:
Find A Grave: Memorial #135699046
Sources
Land Grants transcribed at http://www.tngenweb.org/marshall/land/ accessed 06 July 2015
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD5-M64 : accessed 21 May 2016), Joseph G Mclain in household of Flory Mclain, Marshall county, Marshall, Tennessee, United States; citing family 93, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
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~1.56%
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