John McWaters Sr. (1746 - 1828)

Born 1746 in Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1828 at about age 82 in Gladdens Grove, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA

Biography

Name: Sgt John McWaters
Birth Date: 1746
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 30 Aug 1828
Death Place: South Carolina, USA
Cemetery: Catholic Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Blackstock, Chester County, South Carolina, USA ^[1]

Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Fairfield, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Slaves: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 10^[2]

Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Fairfield, South Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 May 2022), memorial page for Sgt John McWaters (1746–30 Aug 1828), Find A Grave: Memorial #65742734, citing Catholic Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Blackstock, Chester County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Zoe Tom (contributor 47000374) .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : accessed 27 May 2022, John Mcwaters, Fairfield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 240A, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 181,42
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : accessed 27 May 2022, John McWaters, Senior, Fairfield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

John Mcwaters

in the Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 Name: John Mcwaters Side: Confederate Roll: M598_113 Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 Source Information

Ancestry.com. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Original data:

Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1303, 6 rolls); Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Record Group 249; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M598, 145 rolls); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M2072, 1 roll); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Name: John McWaters Residence Date: 1776 Residence Place: Orange, New York, United States Comments: Fourth Regiment

Source Citation

New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I - Extracts; Publication Place: Albany, New York; Publisher: J. B. Lyon Co.; Publication Year: 1904; Page Number: 165

Name: John Mcwaters Application Year: 1836 Application State: South Carolina Applicant Designation: Rejected Pension Application File Second Applicant Name: Priscilla Mcwatters Second Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File Archive Publication Number: M804 Archive Roll Number: 1701 Total Pages in Packet: 22

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Name: John McWatters Birth Date: 1746 Birth Place: Ireland Death Date: 30 Aug 1828 Death Place: Gladdens Grove, Fairfield, South Carolina SAR Membership: 92906 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 14 Oct 1965 Spouse: Celia Lott Children: John McWatters

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. 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.

Name: John McWaters Archive Roll: 187 Original data:

Union Provost Marshals' File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians, 1861–1867. Microfilm publication M0345, 300 rolls. War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109. National Records and Archives Administration, Washington, D.C.