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I am searching for parents of my Nancy Wood McClain. I think her father was Michael but not sure. Need help.Virginia Tuttle Gintut@aol.com
Descendants ofNancy Ann Wood McClain/McLain
Generation No. 1
1. Nancy Ann Wood, born 26 Aug 1790 in ??Virginia; died 26 Nov 1867 in Cobb County, Georgia. She was the daughter of ??Michael Wood and Ann Mayfield. She married (1) Josiah McClain Abt. 1808 in Spartanburg, S.C.. He was born 01 Dec 1788 in South Carolina, and died 21 Jul 1883 in Cobb County, Georgia. He was the son of Charles McClain and Elizabeth Lurine Moon.
Notes for Nancy Ann Wood:
Nancy is probably the daughter of Michael Wood. Abraham and Thomas witnessed Charles McClain's Will in Spartanburg, S.C. Were they Nancy's brothers?
John H. Wood, b. S.C. age 60 on the 1870 Cobb Co., Acworth Dist., census is probably Nancy's brother or nephew. Research is continuing.....
Lots of research done on the Moon and Wood lineage by Susan Brock Booker, 527 Chalmers Mt. Rd., Walhalla, SC 29691, Email: SBrockBooker@aol.com
Some researchers show this Nancy's parents as William Wood and Martha Glenn. (no proof).
Notes: From Sherman's Generals during the Civil War show that one of the Generals was fed a meal cooked by Nancy McClain (this was probably General Thomas) who camped at the Peter's house nearby. Neither of the two houses were burned by Sherman's forces. War raged around both houses and thousands were killed in the battle for Kennesaw Mountain.
More About Nancy Ann Wood:
Burial: Buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia
Notes for Josiah McClain:
Descendants of this Josiah McLain spell their name several different ways, including McLane. They descend from the Scottish Clan of McLean. Josiah's father back in Spartanburg, S.C. spelled his name McClain so for the sake of indexing and generation linking, your compiler is continuining on with the name spelled "McClain". The McClains are of Scotch/Irish descent probably came to America from Ulster(Upper), Ireland where many Scots lived for about one hundred years, One particular clan of the McClane family went to Sweden where they made their fortune and a name for themselves. Charles McClain, Josiah's father could have moved to America from Sweden. This is being checked out.
Josiah and Nancy Wood McClain married before leaving South Carolina. They are listed on the 1820 S.C. cenus. They came into Georgia before 1830. They were in Franklin County, Ga. in 1837 when their son Charles P. married there. The 1830 census for Dekalb county, Ga. shows Josiah McLain-age 40-50 and with him 1 male under 5, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 female under 5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 30-40 (probably wife Nancy). Josiah and Nancy moved to Cobb (then Cherokee County) about 1833 to the Acworth settlement which was largely Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. Josiah remained in the Acworth area until his death at age 95. He and Nancy share a joint tombstone in Mars Hill Cemetery, Acworth. Your Compiler puts flowers on their graves yearly.
Gen. Sherman burned the Cobb County Courthouse records so the deeds prior to 1865 can not be viewed to show how Josiah obtained his land in Cobb. There are two McClains, with initials of J. who had lucky draws in Ga.'s Gold Lottery Drawing in 1832. One of these could have been Josiah. One drew land located in Section 2, Dist. 1, Lot 0651. This land is located in Cobb County, Ga. The other J. McClain drew Sect drew land in Section 15, Dist. 1, Lot 01113. Not sure where this land is located, could be Cobb County.
This means that all the marriage records were also destroyed for the family in Cobb County. The maiden name of "Wood"for Nancy Ann was given by R. H. McCleskey, son of Malinda McCleskey Davenport, as his Grandmother's maiden name on Malinda (McLain) Davenport's death certificate in 1924. Several military maps of 1864 show the correct location of the McClain and Peters houses. There is a McLain Road in the Mars Hill vicinity. Official military records indicate that the McClain house and plantation was occupied by elements of the 2nd and 3rd divisions of the 20th Army (Federal) of the Army of the Cumberland between June 2 and 6, 1864. Family legend states that Nancy McClain cooked a meal for a Union General. This could have been General Thomas. They did not burn her house. It was taken apart in the 1950's.
1840 Census for Cobb County - Josiah McLain - age 40-50 and with him 1 male 5-10, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 50-60 (probably wife Nancy). On the same page of this census there is a James W. McLain which is thought to be the one born in 1814. There were two James W. McLains(McClains) in Dekalb County in 1840. The one born in 1811 stayed there and he is not presumed to be the son of this Josiah and Nancy. There was also a William S. McLain in Dekalb whose parents cannot be identified. The reason that the James W. McLain, born 1814 is thought to be the son of this Josiah is because he named his first son Josiah. There was a family naming tradition back then that the first son was named for the father's father.
Josiah can not be found in any census in 1850. However, he was found in the 1860 census of Cobb County, Ga., page 126 (Acworth):
Josiah McLain, head of house, age 72 farmer, born in S.C.
Ann, wife, age 69 keeping house, born ?
W.G.B. age 29, farmer, b. Georgia
Pamelia, age 29, keeping house, born Ga.
J.P. age 9, b.Ga.
Z.E. age 8, b. Ga.
Sarah, age 6, b. Ga.
P.A.M., age 3, b. Ga.
Infant, age 1, b. Ga.
1870 census of Cobb Co., Ga. page 230, Acworth township is as follows:
Josiah McLain, age 83, b. S.C. Nearby is his daughter Malinda McCleskey and family, as well as Pamelia (Permelia McLain and family.
1880, District 27, Acworth, Cobb, Georgia (Film T9-0141, page 13D) reads as follows:
Josiah McLain, age 91, b. Ga, fa GA, mo.b. GA (this is not true). They were born in S.C.
Homer McLeskey, gdson, age 3 months, b. GA
Emaline McLain, daugL., age 50, b. GA
David P. McLain, son, age 20, b. GA
John McLain, son, age 18, b. GA.
After Nancy died in 1867, his daughter-in-law Emaline (widow of William Greenberry McLain) moved in the house with Josiah. Cobb Co. Court records show that Josiah gave his home and 160 acres in 1866 to Permelia Emaline McLain and her six children. Living next door in 1880, is his daughter Malinda McCleskey Davenport and her children.
No will or estate settlement can be found in Cobb County for Josiah. He gave his daughter Melinda McClain McCleskey (before she remarried) 80 acres of land and some mules. And then he gave to his widowed daughter-in-law Permelia 160 acres of land, so evidently he had nothing left at his death.
Josiah and Nancy probably had more children than is shown here. It is possible that they had a Robert and a John as well as Silas and T. T. McClain. Several people have contributed to this McClain research, namely Jean McClain Barton of Cobb County, John Reese of Uram, Utah and Jimmie Howard, , Canyon, Texas. LaJaun Lee from Woodstock, Ga. has been researching John McClain, for about four years and has contributed also. Her "John" is a brother of this Josiah (both sons of Charles of Spartanburg, S.C.) It would be nice if we could find our immigrant ancestor.
There are many McLain(McClains) buried in the Mars Hill Church Cemetery, Acworth, Ga. Your compiler, is a descendant of a Jesse Peter,Sr (Rev.Sol.) who won the land in the 1832 Ga. Lottery where the cemetery is located in the 1832 Ga. Lottery. Jesse Peters, Sr. gave it to his grandson Dr. James Peters who was the first dentist in Cobb County, Ga. in 1850. James Peters gave the land where the old Mars Hill Church and Cemetery is located for the purpose of building the church, etc(old church now gone). Jesse Peters and the McLains were neighbors, but not related. The Peters family had their own private cemetery near their home and none of their descendants are buried at Mars Hill. The Minutes of the church from 1837-1874 have survived though Sherman's Armies destroyed the courthouse records. These microfilm can be found at the Georgia Room, Marietta Library, Marietta, Ga.which verify my statements here. See these minutes below.
"McLain, McClain, and Some McCleskey Info., August 13, 1866, Mars Hill Church Minutes: (on microfilm)
Mr. P. McClain
Mrs. Lora McClain
Mr. James McClain
Mr. William McClain
Miss M. McClain
Mrs. Jane McLain
William and Mrs. M. J. McClain, baptised child Charles Fuller, April 1868.
James and Mrs. Lora McClain baptised child Nancy Nov. 1865.
William and Mrs. M. J. McClain baptised George Milton 14 April 18??
James and E. McClain baptised John Franklin 14 April 18??.
William M. McCleskey baptised Daniel Sterges 9 July 1848
William A. ? McCleskey baptised Mary Ann 7 June 1850
James and Lora McClain baptised Lora Ellen Aug. 1873
Mrs. A. P. McLain received certificate 14 April 18? - deceased ?
Mr. A.P. McClain deceased 29 May 1920.
Homer McLeskey received cert. 17 Aug. 1893, deceased 19?
Mrs. Alice McLain, deceased 29 May 1920
Hariett McLeskey received cert. 12 Aug. 1894 - deceased ?
Mrs. D. F. McLain - Dec. 11, 1904 - dismissed to Presby. Church at Acwoth
Warren McLain - 14 Aug. 1902 - left church for Baptist.
Virgie McLain 19 Aug. 1904 - deceased 9 June ?
Walter McLain, 19 Aug. 1904 - deceased 9 June ?
Miss Odessia McLain 21 Aug. 1904 - retired ?
T. H. McLeskey, Jan. 14, 1906, received certificate
Mrs. T. H. McLeskey Jan. 14, 1906 " "
W. D. McLeskey Jan. 14, 1906 " "
J. C. McLeskey, Jan. 14, 1906 " "
Mrs. T. H. McLain, died 20 Aug. 1927
J. C. McLeskey, left for Atlanta 11 July 1915
Miss Alice McLain 12 Aug. 19087 examination - went to Mississippi.
Leroy McLeskey, 17 Aug. 1907 dismissed by letter Feb. ?
Miss Julia mcLeskey 10 Aug. 1908 left in 1929
Hollis McCleskey 10 Aug. 1908 left for Atlanta 10 Aug 1909 went to Atlanta
Mrs. Lillian McCleskey 19 Aug. 1909 went to Atlanta
Miss Bertha McLain -14 Aug. 1909 received certificate
Earnet McClain received cert. 14 Aug. 1909
Miss Cora McLain, received cert. 20 Aug. 1910, dismissed for ?
Mr. Horace McLain received cert. 16 Aug. 1912
Agnes McLain received cert. 21 Aug. 1914
David Brewster mcLain examination 9 May 1915
John B. McLain, 14 Aug. 1915
Mrs. " "
William and Mary Jane McLain baptised Milton Smith McLain d13 Dec. 1874.
James and Lora McLain baptised Lula Jane McLain 6 June 1874
A.P. McLain and Hettie McLain baptised Alice Elizabeth McClain 14 Feb . ?
Ima Lois McLain, 11 Sept. 1921 gone to Baptist Church
B. McLain, 17 Aug. 1922 gone to Baptist Church
P. McLain 13 Aug. 1866 - gone to Baptist
James McLain, 18? dismissed to Methodist Church
Miss M.M. McLain deceased 20 Dec. 1881
Jane McLain 29 May 1899 deceased
Sally McLain - exam. 5 Jan. 1875 - retired
C.P. McLain, examination 5 Jan. 1875
Elizabeth McClain - 10 Nov. 1877 received cert. 1882 gone to Baptist.
T. H. McCleskey, 9 April 1905 - went to Texas
Homer M. McLain - 1903 (went to Ark) - ordained as Minister
David F. McLain, examination 17 Aug. 1993 - deceased ?
Edward McLain, examination 16 Aug. 1896 - went to Ark.
Mamie McLain, 19?? dismissed to Methodist
Warren McClain, 1902 dismissed to Acworth"
As you can see from above, our McClains have contributed greatly to the development of Cobb County, as well as Carroll County, Ga. where some still reside. They are still upright citizens of the communities in which they live.
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