1850 census, Stephen is 70, Blanchey is 60. Levi and Riley are young adults living in Yancey, NC Stephen died around 1863 according to estate papers, so he would be alive in 1850. This makes sense right now. He has sons named Riley and Levi. And estate mentions Levi and Jemimi.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Michael McMahan :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT208209, Ancestry member mcmahanmr, FTDNA kit #B96581
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stephen:
Hello, I have no idea if there are any additional records. I pulled up the North Carolina estate info (https://www.ncgenealogy.org/north-carolina-estate-files-jackson-county-index/ ) for Stephen McMahon (1863), which is tied into Family Search. There are just those two estate inventory pages if that is all that shows up in FamilySearch. There are notes for the counties that many records were lost, or destroyed during the 1860’s by Union soldiers. I was using the record to establish Jemina McMahan Bradley, as early census records are very poor on giving out female names and info.
That record establishes a *connection*, but it doesn't establish a *familial relationship*.
I'm somewhat familiar with Jackson Co., NC. Records for that county are fairly intact. The Register of Deeds has an extensive filing-drawer section containing loose records, for example, and the deeds also seem to be intact.
Have you checked the county's deeds and court minutes for records related to this family and Stephen's estate?
That linked record is a record of the *sale* of items attached to the estate, not its settling. It lists items inventoried as part of the estate, the people who purchased those items, and the amounts they paid.
Are there any other records pertaining to Stephen's estate?
McMahan-937 and McMahan-916 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate fathers of duplicated daughters Jemina and Rose McMahan. Please merge.
I'm somewhat familiar with Jackson Co., NC. Records for that county are fairly intact. The Register of Deeds has an extensive filing-drawer section containing loose records, for example, and the deeds also seem to be intact.
Have you checked the county's deeds and court minutes for records related to this family and Stephen's estate?
That linked record is a record of the *sale* of items attached to the estate, not its settling. It lists items inventoried as part of the estate, the people who purchased those items, and the amounts they paid.
Are there any other records pertaining to Stephen's estate?