Notes for Thomas McMahan Jr.

Some of this information taken from Nadine E Neff Roberts, DAR ID Number 161725, Volume 162, Page 222.

Some of this information taken from Louise J Bingham Neff, DAR ID Number 163456, Volume 164, Page 144.

1831, January 1, United States of America Sale of Public Land Certificate number 3492 issued to Thomas McMahan of Cooper County, Missouri:
for the East half of the North West quarter of Section Fourteen, in Township forty nine, of range nineteen West, in the District of lands subject to sale at Franklin Missouri, containing eighty acres.

1837, November 2, United States of America Sale of Public Land Certificate number 8200 issued to Thomas McMahan of Cooper County, Missouri:
for the South West quarter of the South East quarter of Section Eleven, in Township forty nine North, of range nineteen West of the fifth principal meridian, in the District of lands subject to sale at Fayette Missouri, containing forty acres.

1840, January 10, United States of America Sale of Public Land Certificate number 11639 issued to Thomas McMahan of Cooper County, Missouri:
for the West half of the South West quarter and the South East quarter of the South West quarter of Section twelve, in Township forty nine, of range nineteen, in the District of lands subject to sale at Fayette Missouri, containing one hundred and twenty acres.

1840, January 10, United States of America Sale of Public Land Certificate number 11705 issued to Thomas McMahan of Cooper County, Missouri:
for the South East quarter of Section twelve, in Township forty nine, of range nineteen, in the District of lands subject to sale at Fayette Missouri, containing one hundred sixty acres.

1850 Missouri Census, Cooper County, District 23 Being, Family 637, dated 20 Sep 1850. No page numbers.

Household listing:

Thomas McMahan, 64, M, Farmer, born in Va. Property valued at $10,000.
Margaret McMahan, 54, F, Born in Va.
Genetta McMahan, 30, F, born in Mo.
William H C McMahan, 24, M, Farmer, born in Mo. Property valued at $1,500.
Susan Brown, 22, F, born in Mo.
James B McMahan, 20, M, born in Mo.
Louisa McMahan, 18, F, born in Mo.
George W McMahan, 16, M, born in Mo.
Jesse A McMahan, 12, M, born in Mo.
Margaret I McMahan, 8, F, born in Mo.
Thomas McMahan, 3, M, born in Mo.
Jennetta McMahan, 3/12, F, born in Mo.
George Johnson, 16, M, born in Mo.

It is my opinion (HAE) that George W (16), Thomas (3), and Jennetta (3/12) are not children of this marriage.  Please see biography of William Henry Clay McMahan for a list of his siblings.
 
Thomas McMahan JR Cemetery

Location: T-49-N; R-19-W; of Section: 13: Northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the section.
"About four miles south of Arrow Rock, Missouri on the west side of Highway 41, on land owned by Lee Adams (1975)."
This cemetery is enclosed by a stone wall and an iron fence.

Thomas McMahan, Jr. was one of the original settlers in Lamine Township, coming in 1811. He served in Captain S Cooper's Militia during the War of 1812.

This list and historical data recorded by Mr. Jerry Varner in 1975.

McMahan, Margaret nee' Jones; born 24 Aug 1794; died 22 Jun 1875; daughter of David Jones, Revolutionary War Soldier; wife of Thomas McMahan, Jr.
McMahan , Thomas, Jr.; born 29 May 1786; died 14 Aug 1855; a Masonic Marker; son of Thomas, Sr. and Diana McMahan

Link to MOGENWEB - Cooper County Thomas McMahan Jr Cemetery.