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William McGaughey (1762 - 1829)

William McGaughey aka McGahey
Born in York County, Pennsylvaniamap
Husband of — married 2 Dec 1788 in Kentucky or Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in Blakesburg, Putnam County, Indianamap
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Biography

William “Old Bill” McGaughey was born on February 23, 1762 in York County, Pennsylvania. His brother Andrew was nine years older and he had a younger sister Margaret.

The family story is that the McGaugheys were originally from Scotland where their name was spelled MacGaughey. In the 16th century, the family immigrated to Northern Ireland and then to the colonies in 1732.

William was a wheelwright by trade. It was a respected and important occupation that used the skills of both a carpenter and a blacksmith. It required strength, knowledge of basic geometry and the ability to measure precisely.

William made and repaired wheels for everything from wagons to wheelbarrows. The tools and equipment of the wheelwright cost as much as a laborer could earn in three years, so this was not a business that a poor person could enter without inheriting the tools and equipment or by getting them on credit by taking over a business. Upon the completion of an apprenticeship, most wheelwrights became journeymen who worked for wages. In October of 1778 or September/October of 1779, William enlisted in the Continental Army at Carlisle, Cumberland County, Tuscarora Valley, Pennsylvania. He served as a private in Captain Pratt’s, 4th Company and in Colonel William Butler’s 7th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by General Anthony Wayne. Andrew enlisted in the Continental Army in 1776 and served until the end of the war. He was listed as being at Valley Forge with George Washington.

William’s enlistment papers state: “William McGahey, No. 84, to serve during the war, about 5 feet, 5 inches, about 18 years of age, brown hair, fair complexion, hazel eyes, born in York., last place of residence, Fermanagh Twp., Cumberland Co., PA, by trade of wheelwright”.

At 5’5” tall, William seems fairly short, but the average soldier at this time was between 5’4” and 5’8” which was two to three inches taller that their English counterparts. There were no more than half a dozen men in a regiment of six hundred men who were 6’ tall or over. The soldiers were mostly young like William, but their ages ranged from drummers and fifers as young as 9 to men in their 60’s.

William’s uniform was probably brown since that was the official color for the Continental Army uniform, but due to a shortage of brown cloth, some regiments were dressed in blue or gray. In 1779, Washington made the blue uniform with a white lining the official color for the Continental army. William’s hat was three sided with it turned up on at least one side if not all three and his clothing was made of linen, wool or cotton.

When the Revolutionary War began, General Howe commanded 32,000 troops of the best trained and most well-equipped soldiers in the world plus Britain had a powerful naval fleet.

General George Washington commanded a force of 19,000 men made up of some fairly well-trained Continentals and a group of ragtag militiamen. The militiamen had no formal training or experience and were not used to taking orders. Their fighting experience consisted of fighting Indians in the backcountry. Even the Continentals, which included the McGahey brothers, had, for the most part, come from poor native-born Americans and immigrants who had been convicts or indentured servants. In private, Washington confided to friends that the New England troops would, "I daresay...fight very well (if properly officered), although they are an exceedingly dirty and nasty people.”

As the war dragged on, desertions among the enlisted men increased. The result was that Washington’s army fluctuated from a high of 20,000 men at the beginning of the war to a low of 5,000 during the winter at Valley Forge. In January of 1781, the Pennsylvania Regiments stationed in Morristown, New Jersey, under the command of General Anthony Wayne, mutinied.

The soldiers were angry that they were spending another cold winter after not having been paid for months. A regular soldier made $6.75 a month and many were sending the money back home to their families, so when the pay stopped their families suffered. The regiments were without adequate food or shelter, but more importantly many of the men had been made to serve five years in the war instead of the required three years. Another grievance was that many Pennsylvania men had served for three years for just the initial $20 bounty and yet new recruits from Pennsylvania were getting large bounties. The state of Pennsylvania was noted as being one of the stingiest of all states in paying their recruits. Other states paid hundreds of dollars in bounty with New Jersey paying a bounty of $1,000 which would be close to $20,000 in today’s money.

The mutiny started in the new 11th Pennsylvania Regiment. William’s 7th Regiment was among the first to join but all the Pennsylvania regiments became involved. There were four Pennsylvania Regiments who did not want to participate, which included Andrew McGaughey’s 2nd Regiment, but they joined quickly when threatened with bayonets and then canon fire over their heads.

When General Wayne was warned of the mutiny, he grabbed two pistols and rushed out of his tent to confront the soldiers. He was immediately surrounded with sabers pointed at his chest as one of the leaders said, “General Wayne, we love you and respect you. You have led us often on the field of battle, but you do not command us any longer. We warn you to be on your guard. If you fire your pistol you are a dead man.” Ignoring General Wayne’s protest, over 1,000 soldiers from the Pennsylvania line fell out of uniform on New Year’s Day and began to march to Philadelphia to have their grievances addressed by the Continental Congress. When they camped for the night near Princeton, two British Ambassadors entered the camp and proposed to give the men their back pay if they would join the British. It was not that it was not common for the Loyalist soldier or the Continental soldier to switch sides during the war, but the British did not understand that the soldiers were not protesting the war, they just wanted their grievances satisfied. The ambassadors were taken into custody.

General Washington had been worried about the possibility of a mutiny for some time and had written, “it is with extreme anxiety, and pain of mind, I find myself constrained to inform Your Excellency that the event I apprehended would be the consequence of this complicated distresses of the Army, has at length taken place.”

By describing the conditions that led to the mutiny, Washington hoped that Congress would act to correct these problems. He wrote in the same letter, “the aggravated calamities and distresses that have resulted, from the total want of pay for nearly twelve months, for want of cloathing, at a severe season, and not unfrequently the want of provisions; are beyond description.”

The negotiations between the soldiers and the representative of the 1780 Congress, Mr. Reed, proceeded rapidly. The main thing the soldiers wanted was to be discharged and then to be given the opportunity to reenlist for a new bounty if they had enlisted for a $20 bounty in 1776 or 1777. Reed heard testimony to the effect that officers had forced soldiers to stay in the army or reenlist with unfavorable terms. Reed agreed to their terms on January 10th, even allowing many soldiers who could not produce enlistment papers to simply swear an oath that they were “twenty dollar men” and be discharged. An Honorable Discharge and General Amnesty was given to all the Pennsylvania Regiments.

The discharge process began on January 12th and when it ended, on January 29th, only 1,150 of the 2,400 men remained in the Pennsylvania Line. The two British ambassadors were turned over to General Anthony Wayne and he had them hanged as British spies. In the aftermath of the mutiny, the Pennsylvania Line underwent a re-organization. The 7th, [William’s Regiment] 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Pennsylvania Regiments were disbanded and their remaining soldiers reassigned to the senior units.

A feared second mutiny occurred just two weeks later. Two hundred New Jersey Continentals mutinied and began marching to Morristown in hope that other troops would join them. Washington knew he could show no leniency if he were to keep control of his army. He immediately sent troops after the mutineers and by the end of January, they had surrendered unconditionally. The majority of the troops were pardoned, but he made an example of the New Jersey mutineers by ordering these troops to execute two ring leaders. There were no more mutinies.

In the fall of 1781, William was discharged from the army at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 1786, William was living in Franklin, York, Pennsylvania.


William was 36 when he married 17-year-old Prepare Clark in Cumberland, Pennsylvania on December 2, 1788. Prepare was of Dutch descent and was born in Calf Creek, Augusta, Virginia in 1771 to John Gridley Clark and Frances McClintic.

The Clark family ancestry has been documented as far back as John Clark, 1420. Prepare was a second cousin of the famous explorer William Rogers Clark through her grandfather James Clark. His nephew John Clark was the father of the explorer William Rogers Clark.

William and Prepares daughter Francis was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1789 so they must have migrated to Kentucky shortly after they were married. Prepares mother was living in Fayette County, Kentucky which adjoins Bourbon County.

The preferred route to Kentucky by migrants from Maryland and Pennsylvania was the Ohio River so it is very likely that this is how William, Prepare, Andrew and his wife, Mary traveled. The river flows westward so they probably used a very crude raft which they guided with long poles. Andrew and Mary would have left William and Prepare in Louisville as they traveled downstream to Vincennes which is located on the banks of the Wabash River in Indian Territory. In 1789 or 1790, while working on his farm, Andrew was killed by the Indians.

At this time, less than ten percent of the nation’s population lived west of the Appalachian Mountains. Early Kentucky settlers were from Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia. William and Prepare were among 70,000 settlers who were already in Kentucky when it became a state in 1792.

Shortly after the birth of Frances in 1789, they moved to what would become Fleming County, Kentucky. It was a dangerous move since Kentucky settlers had been attacked by the Cherokee Indians throughout the Revolutionary war. When the British stopped fighting they, unfortunately, forgot to tell the Cherokee who continued to attack settlers in the region. There were three forts built in the Flemingsburg area as protection for the settlers – the first was Stockton’s Station in 1787, Cassidy’s Station in 1788 and Colonel John Fleming’s Station in 1788 or 1790 in Flemingsburg.

The McGahey family settled in the heart of the Indian hunting territory and must have had some encounters with the Cherokee over the next four years, but the only record we have of the McGahey’s and the Indians was later when William and Prepare’s son William and three other friends were trapped by Indians in a silver mine. One man did not make it out alive.

The Indians maintained a bloody warfare against the frontier settlements until April of 1794 when General Anthony Wayne's victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers effectively ended Native American resistance in Kentucky.

The 1790 and the 1800 Federal Census for Kentucky and for a number of other states was destroyed by the British during the Revolutionary War. The Internet site Ancestry has come up with a substitute for 1800 and there are a number of McGahey’s on the census, but none of the ages match either McGahey.

In 1805, while living in Kentucky, Prepare is mentioned in her brother James Clark’s will. He was living in Montgomery County, Kentucky at the time. His mother, Frances, is also mentioned as are his brothers John and Samuel and his sisters Martha who married James Butcher, Margaret who married John Dougherty, Francis who married Bartholomew Correll, and Elizabeth who married Issac Butcher. The Clark sisters and their families often migrated with the McGaughey’s.

The Ten Children of William and Prepare:

Frances McGahey (1789-Bourbon County, KY): Married Zadock Conner March 10, 1829 in Putnam, IN John C. McGahey (1791 - ): Married Polly Boyd, February 3, 1822, in Bath County, KY Andrew McGahey (1793 -) William C. McGahuey (1796-1872) m. Margery Norman 1815; Mariah Davis, 1845 Margaret McGaughey Hendrix (1800-1874) Martha McGahey Conner (1803-1864) Samuel G. McGahey (1805-1875) James McGaughey (1808 - 1848) Michael McGaughey (1812 – 1864) + Sarah Lane September 23, 1837

The McGahey’s are difficult to trace between 1805 and 1815. 30% percent of the nation’s population is living west of the Appalachia Mountains. The first official record we could find was in 1815 when William and Prepare’s son William married Margery Norman, daughter of John and Rebecca Norman, in Fleming County, Kentucky.

On June 17, 1818, while living in Bath County, Kentucky, William applied for a $20 a year pension for his service in the Revolutionary War. He signed the application as William McGahey which was also the spelling used for his name when he enlisted. He had to prove that they had been enlisted and that they needed the money.

William appeared in court and swore that he had enlisted in September or October of 1779 in Captain Pratt’s 4th company of the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Richard Butler. He said that over the years he had lost his discharge papers, but claimed he served two years and was discharged in 1781 by General Butler. John Gorrel appeared as a witness and collaborated William’s testimony by stating that he had been in the same company with William for more than two years.

Testimony of William McGaughey

“In one thousand seven hundred seventy nine in the month of September or October 1 enlisted with recruiting sarg. Belonging to Captain Pratt’s Company by the name of Wm. Gibb. I was [ ] in Captain Pratt’s company at Carlisle [ ] State of Pennsylvania Regiment of the company commanded by Colonel William Butler of the 7th Pennsylvania regiment of the company commanded by Captain Pratt was the 4th company in the 7th Regiment. I continued in the 7th company until discharge at Carlisle one thousand seven hundred and eighty one.

I [can’t read] state that I am much debilitated by age and infirmity and am not able to support my family by my labour and no land [certain?] and my personal estate amounting to not more than two hundred dollars and have never recv’s [received] any pension from the United States or any individual state I have much need of assistance. I further state that I had a discharge which I obtained at Carlisle but is lost many years past. I was a soldier in the Continental Army during the time before [can’t read – looks like States].

Signature: William McGahey

John Gorrel states that he served in the Continental Army with the above named William McGahee and belonged to the same company for two years.”

William McGahey Court Proceedings on Revolutionary Pension Application

State of Kentucky Set August [can’t read] Bath County }

William, McGahey produced and made oath to his schedule and statement is a United States pensioner which was enumuerated by Mr. Carrol and Andrew to be certified as follows to wit. “On this the 14th day of August 1820 personally appeared William McGahey a resident citizen of the county of Bath before the honorourable Justices of the county court of Bath in Aurrysville in open court the same being a court of record who being duly sworn according to [can’t read] of his oath declares that he is about fifty seven years old. That he served in the revolutionary war as follows about two years in the Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col William Butler and he was enlisted in Oct. 1778 by Sargent Gibb who was attached to the company commanded by Capt. Pratt. The number of his pension certificate is 9111i [may be 911th] and his Original application was made May 17th , 1818 and he solemnly swears he was a resident citizen Of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any way dispersed of his property or any [can’t read] money with an intent merely so to diminished as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of [can’t read] enlisted an [can’t read] to provide for certain persons engaged in the [can’t read] and manual services of the United States in the Revolutionary war [can’t read] on the 18th day of March 1818 That he has not now nor any person in trust for him any property or services ties contracts or debts due to him [can’t read] the only income [can’t read] is contained in the schedule he [can’t read] to answer [can’t read] and by his subscribed.

I William M Luddeth [spelling of name in question] clerk of the court of the county aforementioned Do certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records of said court and I personally certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total value of the property --- in said schedule is seventy five dollars fifty cents.”

William stated that he was a farmer and that he and his wife were in extremely poor health. There are four children still living at home who range in age from 7 to 17 and he claimed that he could not support his family by his “labour.” His pension was immediately granted.”

A bronze plaque on the Putnam County, Indiana Courthouse lists those who fought in the Revolutionary War and were buried in Putnam County. William and your five times great grandfather John Norman are listed on the plaque.

In 1820, there are 7, 961 people in Bath County, Kentucky. Old Bill and Prepare are living in Bloomfield, Bath, Kentucky near their son, William, and his wife, Marjorie. “Old Bill” is about 68 and his wife, Prepare, 49. They have four children still at home – Patsy, 17, Samuel, 13, James, 11, and Michael 7. This is a good example of a census taker doing a very poor job of correctly reporting the information concerning the family.

We know that this is William and Prepare due to his son William living next door plus Prepare’s mother, Francis Clark, is nearby with many of Prepare’s sister’s families – the Boyd’s and Butchers. There is a discrepancy in the reporting of the children’s and parents ages on the census compared to what was reported in 1818 when William applied for his pension.

On December 6, 1821, “Old Bill” was issued 100 acres of bounty land in Kentucky for his service on Warrant No. 10004. There were 16,720 land warrants issued for the war.

In 1825, in preparation for their move to Indiana with the Wilson family, William sold 125 acres of land near Moffit Creek in Bath County, Kentucky. He received $600 in silver.

We do not know why the McGaughey families chose to move to Putnam, Indiana but three-fourths of the original settlers of the county were from Kentucky. There were also a large number of veterans from the Revolutionary War who settled in Indiana. A list of Revolutionary War Pensioners was made in 1835 – 810 veterans were receiving Federal pensions as residents in Indiana at that time. John Norman and William “McGahey” were included.

It is interesting to note that a number of Bath County, Kentucky families moved to Putnam County around the same time as William and Prepare. The Wilson’s traveled with them and Joel Thomas and his wife, Mary, moved to Clinton Township in 1825. Joel’s father, William and his wife, Fanny Butcher, arrived in 1828. The Clodfelters, Evans, Clarks and Butchers were all living in Russell Township which was among the first townships settled in Putnam County and they are all considered to be an Indiana pioneers.

Prepare’s mother, Frances Clark died on August 16, 1826 and left over 6,000 acres of land in Virginia to Prepare’s two older brothers. Prepare inherited her mother’s Dutch oven. A Dutch oven consists of a heavy cast iron pot with a rimmed lid which is flanged so that hot coals will stay on it while food is cooking. Prepare would have placed her prized Dutch oven directly into the open campfire to prepare meals while traveling to Indiana. Since it was recorded that the Dutch oven was carried on horseback from Kentucky to Indiana, we know that they left after August 16, 1826 and were recorded as residents in Putnam, Indiana that year.

It was recorded that upon reaching Indiana, the McGahey’s changed the spelling of their name to McGaughey. “Old Bill” used the McGahey spelling in his 1824 Bible.

“Old Bill” died on September 2, 1829 at the age of 67.

A glimpse into how William and Prepare lived is provided by the inventory of their estate when William died. They own very little furniture – a dining table with six chairs appraised at $6 which proves that they sat on chairs, as opposed to benches when they ate their meals. Four beds and bedding are listed although as far as we know, they were lived alone. There is one arm chair worth 75 cents, a cupboard plus “the furniture belonging” which was appraised at $20.

Kitchen equipment is sparse. Prepare cooks the meals using a pot and “one pot oven and hooks” which means she does not have a stove and cooks in the fireplace. We assume that the pot oven is the Dutch Oven Prepare inherited from her mother. There is a coffee pot, five tin cups, and two tea boards, but no mention of plates, eating or cooking utensils so we assume that “Cupboard furniture” covers those items.

Lamps or lanterns are not mentioned, which suggests that William and Prepare probably lighted their home with candles. A loom is listed which would be expected since Prepare probably made most of her family’s clothing. Further evidence of Prepare making the family clothes is given by the notation of 17 lbs. of wool rolls.

There are two saddles listed – a man’s saddle and a side saddle with a bridle. It is very likely that these were the saddles used by William and Prepare when they rode from Kentucky to Indiana.

There are two sugar kettles and a sugar desk worth $10.00. In 2015 dollars, the sugar kettles and desk are worth $256. The scarcity and high cost of sugar on the frontier led to the development of the sugar chest. The primary purpose of this unique piece of furniture, invented by cabinet makers in Kentucky, was to store white and brown sugar. Other chests were used for spices, coffee, and jugs. Generally, they would be divided into two or Kentucky Walnut Sugar Desk/Chest more compartments with drawers. They were used in Kentucky in the 18th century and appear on probate inventories as early as the mid-1790’s. The sugar chest was a practical piece of furniture as well as a status symbol. It showed visitors that the owner possessed the resources to purchase, store, and serve sugar.

There is no mention of William owning a gun. We know that he did when he lived in Kentucky, but it may have been passed on to his sons years ago. Two looking glasses and a Bible account for the remainder of the household items owned by William and Prepare. William purchased the Bible in Kentucky in 1824 for $8.25 which in today’s money would be $201.

The most valuable part of Williams’ estate is the grain and the livestock. William’s livestock was listed as four horses, eighty-five head of hogs, one bull, four cows, five heifers, three calves and ten head of sheep. The sheep, no doubt, provided the wool needed to weave the cloth to make their clothing.

The crops that William grew were rye, oats, corn, flax, wheat and potatoes. Corn is by far the largest of his crops with 50 bushels on hand and 400 bushels of corn in the field. The rye and the wheat were used to make bread and the corn is used to feed his livestock and for making corn meal for their own use. The 25 bushels of potatoes, worth $5, is probably intended to feed the two of them throughout the winter. The flax was used to make linen.

William’s tombstone records his death date as “Sep 2, 1829”. The marker placed by the DAR has his birth date as 1760, but the Family Bible, which is still in existence, is inscribed as follows:

This Bible was bought the sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and twenty-four; bought by William McGahey, Price: Eight Dollars and Twenty five cents.

William McGahey and Preppar Clark was married on the Second Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty Eight.

William McGahey was born in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and …” [---]eligible, but looks like fifty two.]

Prepare Clark was born in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one.”

William McGahey deceased this life the twenty second day of September 1829.

Prepair [Clark] McGahey deceased this life the 16th of May 1835. ”

William’s Will left all the inventoried items to Prepare, but the eight children inherited the land. It appears that two sons, James and Michael, receive $100 to be taken from the sale of the land. William, then, instructs that the money from the sale of “plantation” shall be then divided among all of his children. A plantation in the North was not a plantation as we know it in the South. It was considered to be a relatively large farm. The heirs each sold their 1/8 share to James and Michael for $250 per share.

Last Will and Testament of William McGaughey

The following is the transcribed will and inventory of William McGaughey which was taken from the Probate Records in the Putnam County Court House, Indiana.

State of Indiana } Putnam County }

Please held before the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court of Putnam County Indiana at the Court House in Greencastle on the 2nd day of January 1830. Wm. McGaughey, deceased-Be it known theretofore to wit on the 2nd day of November 1829, in open court, William Sutherland produced and proved the following which is in the words and figures to wit:

In the name of God Amen, I William McGaughey, of the County of Putnam and State of Indiana, being weak and frail in body, but perfect in mind and memory, thanks be given unto God, calling into mind the mortality of my body and knowing that is appointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all, I give recommend my soul into the hands of the almighty God that give it, and my body I recommend to the earth , to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executor, nothing doubting that at the General resurrection, I shall revive the same again by the Mighty Power of God, and as touching such worldly estate, wherewith it pleased God to bless me in this life, give, dismiss, and dispose of the same in the manner and form following list.

I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, all my household goods and movable effects. 2nd, I give and bequeath to my well beloved sons James and Michael McGahey, the sum of one hundred dollars, out of the money received from the sale of the plantation, that I now live on, when sold and the remainder to be divided among my children, namely, Fanny, John, Andrew, Margaret, Patsy, William, Samuel, James and Michael McGaughey. Know ye that I constitute, make and ordain William Sutherlin the sole executor of this my last will and testament, and I do hereby disallow and disannul all & every other former Testament and will and legacies bequested, and Execute by me in anyway before named will and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.

In witness whereof, I have herewith set my hand and seal this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.

Signed sealed published pronounced and declared} Signed William X McGaughey


By William McGaughey as his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence did in the presence of each other have herewith subscribed our names, Andrew Robinson & James Bracheu and after to wit at Probate Court met and held for said County on the 3rd day of November 1829, the said Wiliam Sutherlin appeared in open Court and approved the above will. And took the oath required by law and entered into bond as executor in the words and figures following to wit. Known, all men by these presents that we William Sutherlin and Joseph Orr both of Putnam County, Indiana are held and firmly bound unto the State of Indiana in the penal sum of two thousand lawful money of the State of Indiana to the payment of which will and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators formally by these present sealed with our seals and dated this 3rd day of November 1829. The Conditions of this obligation is such that if the above mentioned William Sutherlin shall will and truly execute the duties of Executor of the estate of William McGaughey and do all things faithfully According to Law in relation to his said trust. As such executor thru this obligation to be void otherwise to be in full force in law signed William Sutherlin (seal) and Joseph Orr (seal).

Test G. F. Waterman and afterward to wit at a Probate Court held for said County on the 1st day of March 1830, the said executor filed her inventory in the words and figures following to wit. We William Sutherlin, Fendle Sutherlin, and James Bracheu do certify that we have found the following property and appraised the as her below set down as the property of the late William McGaughey deceased.

$ cts $ cts one sorrel mare 55 00 1 log chain 3 00 One Bay mare 35 00 1 pair of chains and harness 1 87 ½ $ cts one Brown filly 40 00 1 pot oven & hooks 2 00 one sorrel mare 55 00 1 fire shovel 0 25 eighty five head of hogs 56 50 1 flat iron 0 62 ½ one red & white bull 15 00 1 hammer & pincher 0 62 ½ one pided Cow 19 00 fifty bushels of corn 11 00 one red & white heifer 6 00 400 bushels of corn in field 60 00 1 red heifer 7 40 100 “ “ 20 00 1 black & white heifer 2 00 1 pot 0 50 1 red and white cow 9 00 1 tubs 0 50 1 red cow 10 00 1 shovel plow 1 25 1 pided calf 2 50 20 lbs Iron 2 00 1 brindle calf 2 50 2 bells 1 50 10 head of sheep 8 50 1 calf 2 00 2 sugar kettles 7 00 1 red cow & calf 12 00 3 heifers 17 00 25 bushels of potatoes 5 00 1 pair of doubletrees 1 00 1 bar share plow 6 00 several pieces of casting 5 00 1 shovel plow 2 00 50 bushels of wheat 25 00 1 axe 0 50 30 bushels of rye 15 00 1 dining table 4 00 10 Bushels of oats 2 50 4 beds and bedding 50 00 1 pitch fork 0 50 2 looking glasses 1 00 1 loom 6 00 1 bible 3 00 1 side saddle & bridle 15 00 17 lbs of wool rolls 6 37 ½ 1 little wheel pr swifts & warping bars 1 00 lot plank 2 50 1 mans saddle 2 00 1 pair sheep shears 0 00 1 little wheel 1 00 1 pr chains & harness 2 00 1 big wheel 2 00 1 red & white heifer 3 50 1 sugar desk 3 00 4 water troughs 2 00 1 Cupboard & the Furniture belonging 20 00 lot of flax 0 50 1 coffee pot 5 tin cups 2 tea boards 0 75 300 bundles of blades 3 00 1 check reel 0 75 3 reeds 0 50 6 chairs 3 00 2 pair cords 0 50 1 bridle 0 62 2 pair cords 0 50 1 armed Chair 0 75 3 weeding hoes 1 75 1 pad lock & 1 pr scissors 0 25 1 iron strn and tin 1 grind stone 0 50 trumpell 4 baskets 1 75

I Prepare McGaughey widow of said deceased do Acknowledge the receipt of the within property. Witness my hand and seal this 4th day of January 1830.

Test G F Waterman Prepare X McGaughey

Heirs Deed to William McGaughey (Deed of Conveyance)

This indenture made this 16th day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Five between Samuel McGaughey and Aby McGaughey his wife, John C McGaughey and Polly McGaughey his wife, William McGaughey and Margary McGaughey his wife, and Martha Hart, of the County of Putnam and State of Indiana. Heirs at Law of William McGaughey Deceased late of said County of the one part and James McGaughey and Michael McGaughey of the County aforesaid of the other part. With faith that the parties of the First part for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. To them in hand paid the receipt where of They hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold their eight tithe, interest, claim and revision, of, in and to the South west quarter of section twenty three, in Township Number Sixteen North of Range number Five, West, lying and being in the County aforesaid, as such heirs at law whereof he the said William McGaughey deceased, did seized and possessed. To have and to hold, the said revisionary interest and all the right, tithe and interest of the said parties of the first part, unto the said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns Forever. And the said parties of the first part, will, and their heirs, executors, and administrators shall warrant and defend the quiet and peaceable possession of their said rights, tithe, and interest, of, in and to the above described premises to the said parties of the second part. Their heirs and assigns forever. In testimony whereof the said parties of the First part, have hereto set their hands and seals, the day & year above written.

Signed Sealed & delivered} Samuel McGahey (seal) In presence of } Aby X McGahey (seal) William Allaseander } John McGahey (seal) Jane X Allaseander } Polly X McGahey (seal) William McGahey (seal) Margery X McGahey (seal) Martha X Hart (seal)

William was the first Revolutionary War soldier to be buried in the Blakesburg Cemetery in Russell Township, Putnam County. Prepare died on May 16, 1835 and is buried near William. Her headstone reads Preppar, Wife of Wm McGaughey, Died May 16, 1835, Aged 64. All of the other records spell her name as Prepare.

The Blakesburg cemetery is located about eleven miles from Greencastle, Indiana. It is in the middle of farm country, located just off the road, and has a number of recent burials. There are many generations of McCGaughey’s buried here.

Sources

  • https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LHKZ-8SK
  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 July 2020), memorial page for William McGaughey (1762–22 Sep 1829), Find A Grave: Memorial #8117861, citing Blakesburg Cemetery, Fincastle, Putnam County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Robert W. McGahuey (contributor 47116839) .
  • Copy of the enlistment papers, 1779 included in Pension Claim S.36696 of William McGahey, based on his military service in the Revolutionary War.

The History of Putnam County by Jesse W. Weiks https://archive.org/stream/weikshistoryofpu00weik#page/600/mode/2up McGaughey: Family History of William and Prepare 1762-1990; Family Bible, p. 24 Picture of Tombstone with dates. McGaughey: Family History of William and Prepare 1762-1990; Family Bible Tombstone Inscription: Blakesburg Cemetery, Russell Township, Putnam County, Indiana Copy of the enlistment papers, 1779 included in Pension Claim S.36696 of William McGahey, based on his military service in the Revolutionary War Descendants of William and Margaret McGaughey by Polly Rachel McGaughey Sutton www.familysearch.org, North America Region, entry for Prepare Clark and William McGaughey, individual record, United States: citing FHL microfilm 787342-0313100132946, batch no.7923407, reference no.1260593 http://www.history.org/almanack/life/trades/tradewhe.cfm Ibid: 3 http://www.davidwebbfowler.com/2012/08/colonial-occupation-wheelwright.html Ibid Copy of the Application for a Revolutionary War Pension Claim, 1820 Ibid 2 Ibid: 3 http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/courts/cmstephjones3.htm American Amnesia by Jacob S. Hakcer and Paul Pierson http://hjalti12.wix.com/revolutionary#!about1/c1ev1 http://www.shmoop.com/american-revolution/war.html Ibid http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/muster.asp Ibid http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=srhonors_theses, p. 3 http://www.motherbedford.com/Mutiny.htm http://www.davemanuel.com/inflation-calculator.php Ibid http://www.jstor.org/stable/20084588?seq=2 http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/mutiny.html Ibid: 20 http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=srhonors_theses, p. 33 Ibid http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/digital/pahistory/folder_2.html Ibid Ibid: 9 Ibid: 15 Willam McGahey Revolutionary War Service fold3.com/image/#24331759 Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Septenniaal Census, 1779-1863 https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Kentucky_Emigration_and_Immigration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River Ibid: 1 Ibid: 1 http://www/connerprairie.org/Learn-And--Do/Indiana-History/America-1800-1860/Western-Immigration.aspx http://www.ket.org/kentuckystory/program3.htm McGaughey Family Bible, p. 677 http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MCGAUGHEY/2007-12/1197341446 Ibid: 1 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46075306 Fayette County, Kentucky Tax List for 1788 – Francis Clark Ibid: 34 www.danielboonetrail.com/historicalsites.php?id=91until http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/kyeast.html#stat http://kentuckyexplorer.com/nonmembers/01-04020.html Ibid: 1 http://www.mcgahuey.com/william1762htm.htm#_Toc195543216 www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=117027310 History of Putnam County, Indiana by Jesse Weiks Ibid: 28 Ibid: 39 Dodd, Jordan: Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 (data base online) Provo, Utah – Ancestry.com Ibid: 20 Fold3.com; copy of original court appearance of William McGaughey in file; Pension claim S 36696. Penn. Archives Fifth series, vol 11 pp 153 and 1005; Penn. Archives Third series, vol 23 page 596 Ibid: 1 https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Bath_County,_Kentucky_Genealogy#Record_Loss Ibid: 46 Ibid: 42 1820 U. S. Census: Bloomfield, Bath, Kentucky; page 184, NARA Roll M33_16; Image 102 Ibid: 1 Ibid: 34 http://www.genealogycenter.info/military/revolution/viewpage_insar1908.php Ibid: 1 Ibid: 1 http://y2kchaos.entrewave.com/view/y2kchaos/s35p644.htm Ibid: 1 http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalhist00marl/biographicalhist00marl_djvu.txt p. 233 Ibid: 45 www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/kentucky-walnut-sugar-desk Ibid https://speedweb.speedmuseum.org/Docent%20Web/labels%20exhibitions/For%20Safekeeping.htm Ibid: 17 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8117861 Ibid: 1 Ibid: 65





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I am a distant cousin of yours than. I am descended from William's brother, Andrew. Whose widow moved back to VA and married a Baker.
posted by Denise (Hypes) Freeman
Mcgaughey-36 and McGaughey-425 appear to represent the same person because: McGaughey on find a grave and the McGaughey-425 profile is sourced. same find a grave on both profiles.
posted by Teresa Downey

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