Born about in Botetourt, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of William McIlhaney
and Mary (Cunningham) McElhaney
Sister of
James McElhaney, Ann McElhaney, Nancy Agnes Gilmore (McElhaney) McGinnis, Moses McElhaney, Robert McElhaney, Margaret McElhaney, John Moses McElhaney, Rebekah McElhaney, Rachel McElhaney and Jennet McElhaney
Wife of
David Blackburn
— married
18 Jun 1785 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Wife of
Isaac Counts
— married
14 Mar 1803 in Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
George Washington Counts, Nicholas James Counts, James Madison Counts and Sarah (Counts) Henderson
Died
at about age 83
in Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas, United States
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Biography
Martha is referred to in her father William's will as "Martha Blackburn". [1]
Martha moved to Grainger Co, TN along with her sibings James, Ann, Rachel and Nancy Agnes and then later on to Madison Co, Arkansas with her sibling John. Martha passed away about 1845.
Sources
- ↑ William McElhaney's will, dated 1801, transcript available on http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_McElhaney_%284%29 .
- Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. (Blackburn -Mcelhaney)
- Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for P McElheny. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1169&h=4814348&indiv=try.
- 1889 History of Madison County, Arkansas With Biographical Appendix. from "History of Arkansas,". Huntsville, AR, USA: Century Enterprises, n.d.. Reprint. Originally published by Goodspeed, 1889.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Patsy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Patsy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Patsy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Patsy:
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~3.12%
Steve McDonald
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~1.56%
~6.25%
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~1.56%
Lyle McElhaney :
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~0.78%
Thomas Mclehaney :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
C. Kenner :
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~0.78%
Rachael Karr :
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~0.78%
Judy (Burklund) Reed :
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~0.78%
Linda (Alcott) Maples :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alcottmaples
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Tim Campbell :
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~0.78%
Daniel Schmidt :
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MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal DAN908e4409
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~0.78%
Timothy Upton :
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~0.39%
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Possible related to Mary McMurray-93 who married Arthur Bowen-959?
Martha McElhaney daughter of John and Margaret McElhaney was born in 1802 not 1780. Her Parents would have only been 9 and 7 years old when she was born. Removed as parents because of the DOB issue.