James
McMahon
Born in Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of John Blair McMahon
and Margaret (Curley) McMahon
Brother of
William McMahon, John McMahon, Richard I McMahon, Harvey McMahon, John Blair McMahon Jr., Nancy (McMahon) Hardin and Samuel Doak McMahon
Husband of
Mary McMahon
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 26
in Battle of New Orleans
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Oct 2013
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Biography
James McMahon1
M, b. 12 July 1788, d. 26 December 1814
James was born on 12 July 1788 at Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee.2 He was the son of John Blair(Brooks?) McMahon and Margaret Curley. James registered to pay taxes in 1800 at Logan County, Kentucky.3 He married Mary (Polly) McMahon circa 1804.4 He was given property by John Blair(Brooks?) McMahon on 20 May 1805 at Logan County, Kentucky, Deed Book A, Page 307.5 James served in the military on 18 December 1813 at Tennessee in the Mounted Gunmen under Col Perkins.6 James died on 26 December 1814 at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 26.7 James's will was probated on 20 February 1815 at Maury County, Tennessee.[1]
Sources
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~margaretsimpson/meyer-o/p55.htm#i1646
Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Allan Thomas.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 James:
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~1.56%
Richard McKean
:
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Allan Thomas :
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