Maacha Caroline (Walker) McMahan (1826 - 1895)

Born 1826 in Monroe County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Jackson McMahan — married 13 Oct 1842 (to 4 May 1882) in Monroe, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1895 at about age 69 in Riceville, McMinn, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Maacha was born about 1829. She is the daughter of Caswell Walker and Ann McKinney.

She married Andrew Jackson Walker 13 Oct 1842 in Monroe County, Tennessee.^[1]

Had children for 29 years. She was enumerated with 7 children in 1860.^[2] Enumerated with 8 children in 1870.^[3] Enumerated with 8 children in 1880.^[4]

Strong, proud lady.

Alleged to have rebuilt the family cabin by herself when husband was gone for a Civil War soldier.

Tombstone in Double Springs old cemetery, hard to read. It gives a date in 1894 as her death.^[5] Find A Grave has death date 26 Jul 1894. However, R. D. Flowers has a copy of a letter from her to a son that is dated and postmarked 1895, and a photograph copied from an old tintype. Both these originals were supplied to him by Tennessee Louisa McMahan Trew, Maacha's granddaughter.

In a census extract, she is listed as Mroclah. In another, she is listed as M. C. McMahan.

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-K2VL : 10 March 2021), Andrew I McMahan and M C Walker, 13 Oct 1842; citing Monroe, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 956,229.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TP-TLM : 18 February 2021), Macca C Mc Mahan in entry for A J Mc Mahan, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDV-MH9 : 29 May 2021), Mecca McMahan in entry for A J McMahan, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD75-8YJ : 20 February 2021), M C Mc Mahan in household of A J Mc Mahan, District 11, McMinn, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 67, sheet 384B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,268.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28362585/maacha-caroline-mcmahan

Marriage License: Andrew J McMahan to M C Walker issued 12 October 1862, Married 13 October 1862