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| GEORGE WASHINGTON McGOWAN (1748 ~ 1810) MARRIED TO ELIZABETH ? IN BATH, N. C. THEY HAD AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: GEORGE WASHINGTON, JR. (1775 ~ ? JOHN ~ (BIRTHDATE UNKNOWN) |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON McGOWAN, JR. (1775 ~ JUNE 26, 1857) MARRIED ALLIE ? (1770 ~ JAN. 19, 1852) THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: LOUISA ~ JAN. 1, 1807 GUILFORD ~ JUNE 3, 1815 BURTON ~ ? FRANKLIN ~ ? LAMUEL ~ 1818 ON SEPT 8 1820, CHARLES AND MARY SMITH SOLD 200 ACRES OF LAND ON LAUREL SWAMP, NEXT TO DAVID WILLIAMS' OLD PLANTATION, FOR 100 POUNDS TO GEORGE McGOWAN. THEY OWNED ONE SLAVE: WILLIAM TISON. GEORGE WAS ORDAINED AS A DEACON IN 1833 AT REDBANKS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH. PROPERTY OWNED ACCORDING TO 1850 PITT COUNT CENSUS ~ 300 ACRES OF IMPROVED LAND, 905 ACRES UNIMPROVED. 2 HOUSES, 6 MILK COWS, 8 CATTLE, 9 SHEEP AND 30 SWINE. |
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| GUILFORD McGOWAN (JUNE 3, 1815 ~ APR. 25, 1862) ~ MARRIED LEZINA IRENE CHERRY (DEC. 10, 1813 ~ MAY 9 1862 THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: MARY ANNE ~ 1837 PATIENCE ~ 1838 JOSEPH JOHN ~ APR. 27, 1840 NANCY ~ 1842 LAWRENCE ~ 1843 GEORGE WASHINGTON ~ 1844 AMLETA ~ SEPT. 28, 1847 McDONALD ~ OCT. 11, 1848 MARGARET ~ 1849 HERBERT ~ SEPT. 15, 1851 PENELOPE MALISSA ~ JULY 17, 1856 NOAH ~ ? JAMES H. ~ ? HARRIET ~ ? LAWRENCE WAS KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR. GUILFORD'S TOMBSTONE READS: "FATHER WE CHERISH THY MEMORY" BURIED IN EVANS/McGOWAN CEMETERY, LOCATED ON WHAT IS KNOWN NOW AS HWY 43, GREENVILLE, N. C. FEB.1, 1849 ~ GUILFORD BOUGHT LAND AT HARDEE'S RUN. $1000 FOR 500 ACRES. PURCHASED FROM HIS FATHER. |
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| McDONALD "MAC" McGOWAN ( OCT. 11 ~ DEC. 15, 1924) ~ MARRIED QUILLIE MILLS (DEC. 19, 1856 ~ NOV. 21, 1909) THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: JAMES GUILFORD ~ APRIL 15, 1878 NANCY E. ~ FEB. 2, 1879 MITTIE L. ~ NOV. 25, 1881 NOAH ~ MAY 2, 1883 FLOSSIE V. ~ DEC. 17, 1884 CORA LEE ~ JULY 5, 1887 DAISY ZORA ~ OCT. 4, 1888 MATTHEW ~ JAN. 3, 1891 **LEVI ~ APRIL 24, 1893 (OUR GRANDFATHER) LONNIE ~ AUG. 16, 1898 MAC AND QUILLIE WERE MARRIED IN CHICOD ON NOV. 26, 1876. MAC'S PARENTS GAVE HIM 23 1/2 ACRES IN 1882. MAC WAS A LARGE LAND OWNER, SCHOOL TEACHER AND A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. 1880 PITT COUNTY CENSUS: MAC ~ "FARMING" QUILLIE ~ "KEEPING HOUSE" MITTIE WAS BURNED TO DEATH WHEN HER CLOTHES CAUGHT FIRE. MATTHEW DIED WITH FLU DURING THE EPICEMIC OF 1918. DUE TO AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN McDONALD AND HIS BROTHER, HERBER, MAC REFUSED TO BE BURIED IN THE SAME CEMETERY WITH HIS BROTHER. THEREFORE, HE AND HIS WIFE QUILLE WERE BURIED ON HIS OWN LAND. SOMEWHERE ON PORTERTOWN ROAD. |
| McGOWAN FAMILY HISTORY for LEVI ( GRANDFATHER) |
| OUR GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER AND MOTHER |
| GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER AND MOTHER |
| GREAT GRANDFATHER AND MOTHER |
| LEVI McGOWAN (APRIL 24, 1893 ~ MAY 2, 1981) AND NORA MAYO (JUNE 9, 1896 - FEB. 23 1999 THEY WERE MARRIED ON JANUARY 28, 1914. THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN IRMA LEE ~ JAN 17, 1915 NANCY G. ~ JAN 2, 1917 VERNA MAE ~ JAN. 6, 1920 QUILLIE LOUISE ~ APRIL 23, 1923 MELVIN RUTH ~ NOV. 30, 1925 LEVI, JR. ~ JULY 5, 1928 |
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| LEFT TO RIGHT MELVIN, VERNA MAE, NANCY, IRMA LEE |
| LEFT TO RIGHT: LOUISE, MELVIN, AND GRANDMA, SITTING |
| LEFT TO RIGHT: IRMA LEE VERNA MAE LOUISE LEVI, JR MELVIN |
| LEVI AND NORA OUT IN BACK YARD "70'S |
| SADLY, THERE IS ONLY ONE LIVING CHILD OF NORA AND LEVI, ALL BUT SHE HAVE GONE TO BE WITH JESUS |
| update: I am sad to say that the last living child of Grandma Nora and Papa Levi , Melvin Roebuck, Passed away on January 23, 2005. |
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| First Row L to R: Dennis & Melvin Roebuck, Grandma Nora and Grandpa Levi, Margie & Levi McGowan, Jr. Second Row L to R: Duke and Louise Duke, Jesse & Nancy Woolard, Sam and Verna Mae Woolard, and Irma and C.G. Paramore, Sr. |
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