Posted by Barbara Bartels
on 3/8/2009, 9:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Marvin McCartney"
207.224.117.150
Dar Marvin and Dawn,
I am a McCartney descendant, too. In the 1950's a letter was passed around among James Boyd Albert McCartney descendants (mostly the female ones),
Each added a story and information on other d been asked about. We called it a round robin letter and it was a gold mine of information. It mentioned William Mansfield McCartney and David Weir McCartney. The latter was a brother to my Great-great-grandfather. Does the material you have look like it could have been part of the letter? I'm not sure I have all of it, as my sister passed it on.
Here is a biography of David Weir McCartney from "The History of Mercer and Henderson Counties" Illinois, p. page 1191, dated 1882:
DAVID WEIR MCCARTNEY
Next to the youngest son of John McCartney, was born July 2. 1926 in McMinn County, Tennessee, and emigrated with his parents when 11 years old to what is now Henderson County, Illinois, and settled in T9, R4. His father was born August 24,1787, and his mother Margaret(Boyd) in 1789. After their marriage they removed from Tennessee in 1840, and after a short residence in Warren and McDounough counties, Illinois, they finally settled in Henderspm cpunty in 1847 As a volunteer under the command of General Jackson, his father served in the war against the Creeks in 1812-1813.and was at the capture of Pensacola, Florida. Four years after his father's death, 1951. Mr. McCartney was married to Miss Rachel Moore, the daughter of Amdrew amd MArgaret (Cleckner) Moore. Of this marriage 5 children have been born. In 1870 the eldest son, John A(ndrew) died at the age of 19, just in tthe beginning of his young manhood. The second son, William M.after marrying Miss Celia Burchell moved to Mills County, Iows. Albert E(nos) and David Ellsworth have also removed to Iowa, and now live in Pottawatamie county. The youngest, Nettie is at home. Of Mr. McCartney's character and worth it is enough to say that he has been three times appointed duputy assessor, besides holding several terms of office in connection with the school. At the organization of this district, Mr. McCartney's father was the secretary, the minutes of that meeting still remaining, and the first school house also was erected by Mr. McCartney. Though he began with nothing, Mr. McCartney has now a beautiful home and farm, and has gained the confidence and esteem of his fellows.
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I added some info in parenthesis to the above, like middle names and maiden names.
Other things that I have note of are that David Weir McCartney, his wife Rachel, John A. and a Don H. McCartney wre all buried in the Kirkwood, Illinois Cemetery. Other info on the children of David Weir are:
John Andrew McCartney was b. 10 June, 1852, and died 26 Dec. 1871, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
For William Mansfield McCartney, I have as you do, except that he lived also in Pottawatomie Co., Iowa, where some of my line of McCartney's also lived.
Albert Enos McCartney was born 25 March 1858, married Cynthia Armstrong, and lived in Henderson co., Illinois.
David Ellsworth McCartney was born 19 Feb., 1861, and in 1911 lived in Red Oak County, Iowa.
Sarah Annetta McCartney (used Nettie M.), was born 31 Aug. 1863, and married Alfred E. Goldsmith. She died 1846 in Chicago, Illinois.
There is a pretty good descendancy chart on the net. I googled "James Boyd McCartney" and found it. I have a descendancy with more personal info and sources in it, but don't know how to post it on the net.
I have pictures of David Weir McCartney and some of his brothers and sisters, and one which is probably his mother.
My great-grandmother, a daughter of James Boyd McCartney went from Illinois to Colorado and Utah for a short time, then to SW Washington State where she has descendants today. She was quite a botanist, and did not like the South Central Utah climate for raising fruit and vegetables. She spoke of the McCartneys as being quite intelligent, and some had beautiful voices. The same story of the shipwreck went through the McCartney Round Robin letter. Mary's surname was always spelled Murry. I don't know if Murray was correct and the McCartney's just didn't know how to spell it.
My sister worked hard on the information to prove whether Lord George McCartney was a brother to the eldest John McCarntey, but never found anything to prove it. She was able to prove a shipwreck story with a Capt. John McCartney, but it was nine years sooner that the round robin letter said, and John did not say he was a captain, only a ship's carpenter. That the McCartney's had kissed the blarney stone is suspected, and it seems they often showed up in the court records of Blount and McMinn County, TN, sometimes as jurors, and just as often defending their use of fists and their honor.
I hope this fills out some of your McCartney family.
Barbara Bartels, Pomeroy, WA.
--Previous Message--
: After locating the letters and doing some
: research, I found that my grandfather Marvin
: MCCARTNEY (b. 1879 Iowa - d. 1951 Lyons, NE)
: had sisters Maud, Lulu, Hazel, and Orpha. He
: had no brothers.
:
: Marvin's father was William Mansfield
: MCCARTNEY (b. 1854 ILL - d. 1925 Burt
: County, NE). He moved to Mills County, Iowa
: after marrying Cecelia BURCHELL; they then
: moved to Lyons, NE and lived there 37 years
: until they retired.
:
: William's father was David Weir MCCARTNEY
: (b. 1826 McMinn Co. TN - d. 1908 Henderson
: Co. ILL). He married Rachel MOORE in 1851.
: They had 5 children, all born in Henderson
: Co. ILL: John Andrew, William Mansfield,
: Albert Enos, David Ellsworth, and Sarah
: Annetta.
:
: David's father was John Newton MCCARTNEY (b.
: 1789 Norfolk, VA - d. 1847 Henderson, ILL).
: He married Margaret "Peggy" BOYD
: in 1815 in Blount Co. TN. They had 7
: children, all born in TN: James Boyd; John
: Newton, Jr; Sarah Aveline; William T.; David
: Weir; Mary Boyd; and Robert Sloan.
:
: John Newton's father was John MCCARTNEY (b.
: abt. 1756 Ireland - d. after 1840 Benton,
: AL). He is the MCCARTNEY whose boat wrecked
: off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, during
: which his first wife and 2 children drowned.
: He rescued his wife's neice, Mary MURRY
: (MURRAY) from drowning, however, and married
: her a year later. They had 15 children.
:
: The reason I have given you so much
: information is that it is very possible that
: we have some of the same relatives. There
: weren't many McCartneys in Nebraska. I am
: wondering if your ancestors may have come
: from Illinois or Tennessee. I will try to
: get some information about yours when I next
: get on www.ancestry.com.
:
: Thank you for your responses. I will
: definitely get back in touch. I have
: verified all of the above information except
: for the story of John MCCARTNEY born in
: Ireland. I am still working on that.
:
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