Travis McClendon (1758 - bef. 1831)

Born 9 Oct 1758 in Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Edmonds) McClendon — married 1780 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died before 1831 before age 72 in Georgia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

There is a lot of suspect information online regarding the latter part of Travis McClendon's life and the scarcity of records to verify his whereabouts after appearing on the 1801 Tax List for Jackson County, GA. He was taxed on 60 acres there in 1801.

A Travis McClendon was listed on the 1809 Oglethorpe County, GA tax list as a defaulter in Captain Robert Pope's District.

His year of death is often listed as 1835, and is repeated on many online trees. Yet, his wife Sarah was on the Pike County, GA tax list as of 1831, as Sally McClendon, with Dennis McClendon as agent, which indicates her husband was deceased by that year (if not many years before).

As of 2022, he's not been found on the 2 existing Georgia census records (1820, 1830) prior to the time of his supposed death in the 1830s. Unless his name is creatively misspelled, he doesn't even appear in any digitized Georgia newspaper, which is very unusual, unless he left the state of Georgia for many years.

Online trees provide him a death location of Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pike County, Mississippi, and even Wilkes County, GA (where a memorial marker has his name on it - which is not actually a grave.) IF he died in any of the other locations, it's very unlikely that he was sent over 125 miles to be buried at that time in history, as none of these other locations are anywhere near Wilkes County. Pickens County, which was listed here as of Feb 2023, is impossible, as the county was not formed until 1863.

As of the 1834 Tax List for Pike County, GA, Jacob McClendon served as the agent for Sarah McClendon, and did so in 1835, 1836, 1837, and 1838. This provides circumstantial evidence that Travis McClendon was deceased at some time prior to 1834.

If anyone finds an actual record after 1800, please provide the source info on this site and/or FamilySearch. (DAR records are not reliable unless sourced with verifiable documents, as some of them are loaded with creative fiction).

Name

Name: Travis McClendon^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 9 Oct 1758

Place: Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States^[6][7][8][9]

Death

Death:

Date: 1835 ^[10]

Place: Pickens, Georgia, United States^{[11][12][13][14]}

Residence

Residence:

Place: United States^[15]

Residence:

Place: United States^[16]

Residence:

Place: United States^[17]

Residence:

Place: United States^[18]

Residence:

Place: United States^[19]

Residence:

Place: United States^[20]

Note

Note: McClendon, Travis Obit

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=07e010c9-d8bf-4fd9-a144-bf60e915b844&tid=33546185&pid=271

Note: McClendon, Travis 1758

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=a7b98660-9be2-460b-b846-c96eb571357c&tid=33546185&pid=271

• Fact: Residence (1794) Hancock, Georgia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1801) Jackson, Georgia, United States
• Fact?: Burial (1835) Washington, Wilkes, Georgia, United States??
• Fact: Military Captain
• Fact: Military Service Revolutionary War Veteran Georgia, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=750477&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1756 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::750477
2. ↑ Source: #S-1460367701 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=index1&h=6644&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: APID: 1,3467::6644
3. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=729565&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::729565
4. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=902591&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::902591
5. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=1194017&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1768 Birth place: Death date: 1835 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::1194017
6. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=750477&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1756 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::750477
7. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=729565&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::729565
8. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=902591&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::902591
9. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=1194017&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1768 Birth place: Death date: 1835 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::1194017
10. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 April 2019), memorial page for Travis McLendon (1758–1835), Find A Grave: Memorial #37156051, citing Kettle Creek Battlefield Cemetery, Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Michael Dover (contributor 46924123) .
11. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=750477&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1756 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::750477
12. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=729565&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::729565
13. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=902591&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::902591
14. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=1194017&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1768 Birth place: Death date: 1835 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::1194017
15. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=750477&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1756 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::750477
16. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=1194017&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1768 Birth place: Death date: 1835 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::1194017
17. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=902591&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::902591
18. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=729565&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::729565
19. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=729565&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1755 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::729565
20. ↑ Source: #S-1461847661 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=750477&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1756 Birth place: Cumberland, North Carolina Death date: 1835 Death place: Wilkes, Georgia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::750477

* 1809 Oglethorpe County, GA Tax List "Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-J5N8?cc=4130006 : 18 July 2022)

• SARAH (or Sally) McClendon - Pike County, GA Tax List; 1831, with Dennis McClendon as agent; Jacob McLendon was agent in later years.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 August 2021, 09:57), entry for Captain Travis McClendon (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWV7-3WY ); contributed by various users.
• Source: S-1460367701 Repository: #R-1589442529 Title: Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799 Author: Jeffery, Alice Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Note: APID: 1,3467::0
• Repository: R-1589442529 Name: FamilySearch Address: https://familysearch.org Note:
• Source: S-1461847661 Repository: #R-1589442529 Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls Note: APID: 1,2204::0
• Source: S-1462508456 Repository: #R-1589442529 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=33546185&pid=271

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile McClendon-316 created through the import of Lee, McClendon, Morris, Dean, .ged on Oct 2, 2012 by Jennifer Kelly.

  This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.