Notes for William C McMahan.

Some of this information taken from Maybelle McMahan Biggs, DAR ID 163463, Volume 164, Page 147.
Birth date on this DAR volume reference indicates 1807. 1850 Missouri census, Cooper County, District 23 Being, Family 649 dated 20 Sep 1850 indicates age 47, which would make birth year 1803.

Cooper County, Missouri Marriage Index microfilm indicates marriage:
1819 -1833 - McMahan, William, to Sarah Huston, reference Volume A, Page 56.

Ancestry.com "Missouri Marriages to 1850" database indicates the marriage date to be January 5, 1826 in Cooper County, Missouri. This is the same date as Samuel McMahan to Harriet Riddle.

Must have been a double wedding!

1830 Missouri Census, Cooper County, page 197, 1 from top,

William McMahan

1833, Jun 8, United States of America Sale of Public Land Certificate number 4399 issued to William C McMahan of Cooper County, Missouri:
for the East half of the North East quarter of Section twenty five, in Township forty nine of Range nineteen, West, in the District of land subject to sale at Franklin, Missouri containing eighty acres.

1833, Jun 30, United States of America Sale of Public Land Certificate number 5354 issued to William C McMahan of Cooper County, Missouri:
for the North East quarter of the South East quarter of Section twenty five, in Township forty nine of Range nineteen, West, in the District of land subject to sale at Franklin, Missouri containing forty acres.

1840, Jan 10, United States of America Sale of Public Land Certificate number 12195 issued to William C McMahan of Cooper County, Missouri:
for the South East quarter of the South East quarter of Section twenty five, in Township forty nine North of Range nineteen, West, of the 5th principle meridian in the District of land subject to sale at Fayette, Missouri containing forty acres.

1850 Missouri Census, Cooper County, District 23 Being, Family 649 dated 20 Sep 1850.

Household Listing:

William C McMahan, 47, M, Farmer, born in Ky. Property value of $1,000.
Sarah McMahan, 42, F, born in Va.
Benj T McMahan, 24, M, Farmhand, born in Mo.
Sarah M McMahan, 22, F, born in Mo.
Templeton McMahan, 19, M, born in Mo.
Mary Jane McMahan, 18, F, born in Mo.
William P McMahan, 15, M, born in Mo.
John McMahan, 5, M, born in Mo.

1860 Missouri Census, Cooper County, Lamine Township, Family 1238, dated 27 Aug 1860, page 168.

Household Listing:

William C McMahan, 57, M, Farmer, $3,000 Property Value, $1,000 Personal property, born in Ky.
Sarah McMahan, 52, F, born in Va.
William P McMahan, 25, M, Farmer, born in Mo.
Mary Jane McMahan, 26, F, born in Mo.
John McMahan, 15, M, Farmer, born in Mo., attended school.
Sarah Smith, 77, F, born in Va.
Emily Cambill, 57, F, born in Mo.
Henry Cambill, 13, M, born in Mo., attended school.

James McMahan Family Cemetery
Fray Family Cemetery

Location: T-49-N; R-19-W; of Section: 27: northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the section.

About 1.2 mile north of Blackwater, Missouri on Route K; northeast of the Blackwater River Bridge.

Within this cemetery are buried James and Helena McMahan, his wife. James McMahan was one of the original settlers of Lamine Township. He came to Cooper County, Missouri in 1811. He served in Captain S. Cooper's Militia during the War of 1812. His wife was a daughter of David Jones, a Revolutionary War soldier.
There are about five graves marked with rude limestone markers. The cemetery is enclosed by a beautiful iron fence and on the gate is "R. J. McMahan". This cemetery is in poor condition; many of the stones are broken. The stones for James and Helena McMahan have been broken into three sections. They originally stood about four feet high. Cattle are allowed to roam over the cemetery.
List and historical data supplied by Mr. Jerry Varner of Sedalia, Missouri.
There are unmarked graves and some illegible stones are inscribed with initials as follows: "I. T. M."; "J. M. M."; "M. E. M."; "J. B. W."; "H. R. M."; "J. N. M"; and "J. M." from a list recorded by Mrs. Lloyd Wolfe on November 16, 1968.

McMahan, Infant daughter of W. C. and S. McMahan; born 13 Mar 1848; died 15 Mar 1848
McMahan, Jesse T.; son of W. C. and S. McMahan; died 15 Sep 1845; aged 5 years, 8 months, 3 days
McMahan, John Huston; born 25 Sep 1844; died 12 Jul 1870; son of W. C. and Sallie A. McMahan
McMahan, M. Jane; born 1833; died 1885
McMahan, Sarah A. W.; died 16 Nov 1873; wife of W. C. McMahan
McMahan, William C.; died 20 Feb 18??; stone broken; aged 66 years, 4 months, 5 days

Link to MOGENWEB-Cooper County James McMahan Family Cemetery.

Notes for Sarah Huston:

This information taken from Maybelle McMahan Biggs, DAR ID 163463,Volume 164, Page 147.
Birth date on this DAR volume reference indicates 1811. 1850 Missouri census, Cooper County, District 23 Being, Family 649 dated 20 Sep 1850 indicates age 42, which would make birth year 1808.