Charles McBride (1793 - abt. 1866)

Born 1 May 1793 in Henry County ,Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Toombs) McBride — married 11 Apr 1816 in Rutherford County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died about 1 Jul 1866 at about age 73 in Henry County, Tennessee

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Biography

Charles McBride ,only son and eldest child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Howell)McBride, was born in Virginia between May and November of 1793. It is probable that Charles was born in Henry County,Virginia, adjoining Rockingham County,North Carolina,the residence of his parents' families in 1790.The censuses of 1850 and 1860 indicate Virginia as his birthplace.The year of his birth-1793-was so given by him in two separate depositions. On September 28,1814,while a resident of Williamson Co. Charles enlisted at Versailles (then Williamson, now Rutherford Co.) in Captain William Tate's Company of the 2nd (Williamson's) Regiment of mounted Gunmen. He served in the War of 1812 for a period of seven months and was honorably discharged at Nashville on April 27,1815.

Some info about Charles and the war of 1812 : COLONEL THOMAS WILLIAMSON DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen DATES: September 1814 - April 1815 MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams BRIEF HISTORY: Along with Colonel Robert Dyer's unit, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's brigade that fought at Pensacola and New Orleans. Marching from Fayetteville to Camp Gaines (30 miles from Fort Montgomery), they helped Jackson take the port of Pensacola from the Spanish on 7 November 1814. Williamson's men then participated in all of the engagements at New Orleans, where they were part of the left line of Jackson's breastworks. In March 1815 they returned to Tennessee via the Natchez Trace.

Name: Charles McBride Company: 2 REG'T MOUNTED GUNMEN (WILLIAMSON'S), TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS. Rank - Induction: PRIVATE Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE Roll Box: 135 Microfilm Publication: M602

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Sources

• The McBride Family of

Rutherford County, Tennessee compiled by Robert Martin McBride, Nashville, 1963 National Archives ,file No. BtLW#25760-80-55

Source: U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.