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African-American McGoughs in the 1870 Census |
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African-American McGoughs in the 1870 Census |
African American slaves in the United States often assumed the surname of the family that they served at the time of their emancipation. See The Transition from Slavery to Freedom by David Thackery and Researching Slavery by Tony Buroughs. The 1870 census was the first federal census to list African Americans by name. That census shows 77 African-Americans with the surname McGough: 31 in Georgia, 21 in Louisiana, 15 in Louisiana, 9 in Arkansas, and 1 in Mississippi. Without exception, these persons could neither read nor write. In this section, I have bolded the names of African-American McGoughs, and left unbolded the names of white McGoughs. Some black McGues in Tennessee and Texas are also listed.
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Robert McGough, was born in 1725 in county Down, Ireland. He and his family emigrated to North Carolina in about 1773. His oldest son was John McGough, who was born August 21, 1761, in county Down, and who married Elizabeth Carson in Abbeville, South Carolina in no later than 1782. See: McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Robert and Sarah Matilda Carson McGough. The second child, and first son, of John McGough and Elizabeth Carson McGough was Robert McGough, who was born on March 28, 1785, in Abbeville, South Carolina. This Robert McGough married Sandal Cabaniss (born about 1794) on October 11, 1811, in Jones County, Georgia. They settled on a plantation five miles outside of Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia, and raised a family of six boys and four girls there. One of their children, Robert Carson McGough, Sr., married Margaret Hollis on January 10, 1860. They had five children, all of whom were born on the family plantation in Monroe county. The mother, Margaret Hollis McGough, died in Forsyth, Georgia, on April 9, 1871, and Robert Carson McGough did not remarry. Four of their children moved to Seattle, Washington, my home town. The father, Robert Carson McGough, Sr., also moved to Seattle in 1903 or 1904. For more on this family, see my page: A Scots-Irish John McGough—A Seattle Connection—Emigration of Presbyterian McGoughs in 1773.
The 1870 census of Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia lists these white families:
Robert McGough, age 83, a retired farmer with real estate worth $6000 and personal property worth $1600, living with his wife Sandel, age 77, who was "keeping house," Margaret McGough, age 83, who was also "keeping house," Math (perhaps his son Matthew, whom Carolyn Rowe says "never married." A Glimpse of the Past, page 12), age 54, a farmer, and Martha M. McGough, age 48 (possibly a daughter, Martha Elizabeth, who was born on April 5, 1821, and was the widow of Ezekiel Hollis). All residents of the household were born in Georgia.
Robert McGough, age 55, retired farmer, born in Georgia, living alone.
R. C. [Robert Carson] McGough, age 39, farmer; Margaret McGough, age 29, keeping house; Thomas McGough, age 9; Maud McGough, age 7; Nellie McGough, age 5; Robert McGough, age 3; and May McGough, age 10 months. Jesse McGough, below, was living nearby.
Here is a list of African Americans with the surname McGough shown by the 1870 census as living in Georgia. Most of them were at Forsyth, Monroe county, the site of the plantation founded by Robert and Sandal Cabaniss McGough, and later managed by their son and daughter-in-law, Robert Carson and Margaret Hollis McGough.
Andrew McGough, age 17, Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia. A farm laborer born in Georgia. Living in the house of Matilda McCarry, a black domestic servant, age 60, The house was also occupied by Louisa and Amanda Howard, age 15 and 12 respectively, both of whom are listed as domestic servant s.
Annette McGough, age 35, Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia, domestic servant, living with two young children:
Mary McGough, age 7.
Jane McGough, age 6 months.
George McGough, age 18, Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia, packer (?). Living in a rooming house.
Isaac McGough, age 35, Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia, farm laborer, born in Georgia. Lived one house removed from Mary McGough, below. Living with:
Caroline McGough, age 38, also a farm laborer, born in Georgia
Elbert McGough, age 7, born in Georgia.
Jesse McGough, age 19, Johnston's District (Post office - Forsyth), Monroe county, Georgia, farm laborer. He was living with a black family named Melson.
Joe McGough, age 50, Knoxville, Crawford county, Georgia. farm laborer, born in Georgia, living with:
Sarah McGough, age 40 (?), whose occupation was "keeping house," born in Georgia.
John McGough, age 48, Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia, farm laborer. Living with him were his wife and daughter:
Martha McGough, age 35
Taborintha (?) McGough, age 14. .
Mary McGough, age 28, Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia, domestic servant, born in Georgia. Lived one house removed from Isaac McGough, above. Living with here were:
Fu McGough, age 15, a farm laborer.
Harry McGough, age 5,
Joe McGough, age 3.
Ned McGough, age 1.
Sam McGough, age 20 (could be 70), Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia, day laborer, born in North Carolina. Living with him were:
Lizzie McGough, age 18, a farm laborer, born in Georgia.
Kate McGough, age 12, born in Georgia.
Solomon McGough, age 45, Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia, farm laborer, born in Georgia, living with his family:
Charity McGough, age 35, farm laborer, born in Georgia.
Ruth McGough, age 17, farm laborer, born in Georgia.
Jane McGough, age 15, farm laborer, born in Georgia.
Asbury McGough, age 12, farm laborer, born in Georgia.
Richmond McGough, age 11, born in Georgia.
Coon McGough, female, age 8, born in Georgia.
Thomas McGough, age 61, Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia, farm laborer, born in North Carolina. Living with him was:
Ellen McGough, age 11, domestic servant, born in Georgia.
Edward McGue, age 60, Upson county (Thomaston Post Office), farm hand, born in Georgia, could not read or write (roll M593_179, page 100). Living with him was:
Emeline McGue, age 40, farm hand, born in Georgia, could not read or write.
Cinda McGue (female), age 17, farm hand, born in Georgia, could not read or write.
Joe McGue, age 12, farm hand, born in Georgia, could not read or write.
Stewart County, Georgia
Lumpkin, Town of
(1870) Caroline McGue (black), age 40, keeps house, born in Georgia, could not read or write (roll M593_174, page 3).
Alice McGue (black), age 14, works about, born in Georgia, could not read or write.
Hen McGue (black), age 12, at home, born in Georgia, could not read or write.
Pat McGue (black, male), age 40, well digger, born in Georgia, could not read or write; father of foreign birth, US citizen.
Webster County, Georgia
P. O. Preston
(1870) Loyd McGue (black), age 20, farm laborer, born in Georgia, could not read or write (roll M593_182, page 402).
Mariah McGue (black), age 18, domestic servant, born in Georgia, could not read or write.
In 1870, this family of African-American McGoughs were living in Farmerville, parish of Union (ward number 1), Louisiana. Farmerville is 22 miles northwest of Monroe, Louisiana, and 12 miles south of the Arkansas border.
Alfred McGough, age 35, Farmerville, Louisiana, farm labor, born in Louisiana.
Hannah McGough, age 35, Farmerville, Louisiana, farm labor, born in Alabama.
Henry McGough, age 13, Farmerville, Louisiana, farm labor, born in Alabama.
Amanda McGough, age 12, Farmerville, Louisiana, farm labor, born in Louisiana.
Alfred McGough, age 10, Farmerville, Louisiana, farm labor, born in Louisiana.
Suky McGough, age 5, Farmerville, Louisiana, born in Louisiana.
Fanny McGough, age 3, Farmerville, Louisiana, born in Louisiana.
Robert McGough, age 5 months, Farmerville, Louisiana, born in Louisiana, born in January of 1870..
Also in Farmerville was this African-American family:
Carolin McGough, age 46, Farmerville, Louisiana, farm labor, born in Louisiana.
Stipin McGough, male, age 18, Farmerville, Louisiana, farm labor, born in Louisiana.
Matilda McGough, age 15, Farmerville, Louisiana, farm labor, born in Louisiana.
Jake McGough, age 10, Farmerville, Louisiana, born in Louisiana.
Prip McGough, male, age 2, Farmerville, Louisiana, born in Louisiana.
White families in the same parish included, at Farmerville, that of Josephus McGough, age 46, born in Alabama, farmer, living with his wife, Mary A., age 34, housekeeper, born in Alabama, and six of their children: Elisabeth E., age 17, born in Louisiana; .Robert A., age 16, farm labor; Elisa V., age 14; Sally, age 10; Mary A., age 4; and James M., age 1; and a secodnd family, Elizabeth McGough, age 43, a housekeeper, born in Alabama, who was living with, I assume, five of her children, all born in Louisiana: Saphrona E., age 17; Joseph B., age 15, farm labor; Fanny I., age 14; Nancy, age 11; and George, age 9.
The family of Josephus McGough is described at page 175 of A Glimpse of the Past by Carolyn McGough Rowe of Pensacola, Florida. Josephus was born on April 6, 1829, in Perry county, Alabama, the fifth child and third son of Robert Joseph McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson. Robert Joseph McGough was the youngest child and third son of Robert McGough and Agnes "Nancy: McWhorter, and was born March 1, 1801 in Greene county, Georgia. Robert's older brother was James McGough (born in 1790 in Fort Augusta, Georgia), the youngest child and third son of Robert McGough and Agnes "Nancy" McWhorter. James and Robert and their families started together in 1844 to move their families to the west from Perry county, Alabama. James settled in Union county Arkansas. Robert settled in Union parish, Louisiana. Although in separate states, the Union parish in Louisiana and the Union county in Arkansas adjoin each other. The families settled fairly close together.
The 1850 census of Union parish (roll 241, page 358) shows the family of Robert and Nancy McGough and their son Josephus (listed as Joseph, age 21):
Robert McGough, 49, Farmer, $600, born in Georgia.
Nancy McGough, 45, born in Kentucky.
Joseph McGough, 21, born in Alabama.
Mary McGough, 15, born in Alabama.
Elizabeth McGough, 15, born in Alabama.
Henry McGough, 13, born in Alabama.
James McGough, 8, born in Alabama.
John McGough, 4, born in Alabama.
S. (?) McGough, 18, Overseer, born in Alabama.
Living next door in the home of Mrs. E. Bufford, age 26, was:
W. Si (?) McGough, 24, overseer , born in Alabama
Mrs. E. Bufford was doubtless the Elizabeth Baker Bufford, who was born on November 23, 1819, daughter of Rebecca Baker. Her mother, age 53, was living with Elizabeth and her four children. Elizabeth was the widow of John Bufford, by whom she had had four children. William Sydney McGough and Elizabeth married in about 1851.
Josephus came with his parents to Union parish, Louisiana, in 1844 and there he met Mary Ann Taylor, who was born in Alabama on September 29, 1835. Josephus and Mary were married on June 25, 1850, in Union parish. Josephus served in the Confederate Army, and was a prisoner when the Civil War ended. Mary died on January 3, 1889, and is buried in Taylor cemetery. Josephus died on July 14, 1914, and is buried beside her.
The Elizabeth McGough shown in the 1870 of Union county was the widow of Josephus McGough's older brother, William Sidney McGough, who was born on June 6, 1826, in Perry county, Alabama. William also moved to Union county, Louisiana, in 1844. There, he met and married Elizabeth Baker Bufford, who was born November 23, 1819, daughter of Rebecca Baker (Rowe's A Glimpse of the Past, at page 174). Elizabeth was the widow of John Bufford, by whom she had had four children. William Sydney McGough and Elizabeth married in about 1851; their first child, Sophronia, was born in 1852. William died on February 24, 1866. The names and ages of her children match those shown for Elizabeth McGough in the census,
At Many, Louisiana, in Sabine parish (ward 7), in 1870, was this African-American family:
Simon McGough, age 35, Many, Louisiana, farm laborer, born in Alabama.
Martha McGough (mulatto), age 30, Many, Louisiana, "farm hand and keeps house," born in Virginia..
Taylor McGough, age 16, Many, Louisiana, farm laborer, born in Louisiana.
George McGough, age 13, Many Louisiana, born in Louisiana.
Peter McGough, age 11, Many Louisiana, born in Louisiana.
Hezekiah McGough, age 9, Many, Louisiana, born in Louisiana.
Martha McGough, age 7, Many, Louisiana, born in Louisiana.
Julia McGough, age 4, Many, Louisiana, born in Louisiana.
AL - Chambers County
New Harmony
(1870) Elijah (?)(indexed by Ancestry.com as Elizabeth) (male, black), age 40, farming, born in Alabama (roll M593_6, page 165).
Hanah McGue (black), age 35, born in Alabama.
Leamea McGue (female, black), age 12, born in Alabama.
Nelson McGue (black), age 10, born in Alabama.
Samul McGue (black), age 7, born in Alabama.
Sanford McGue (black), age 1, born in Alabama.
In 1870, this family of African-Americans was living in Eufaula, Barbour county (township 28, range 28), Alabama. Eufaula is on the eastern boundary of Alabama, just across the Mississippi River from Georgia, about 40 miles south of Columbus, Georgia. See: 1870 Federal Census— Black and Mulatto Households—Barbour County, AL
House 951 (Roll 2 Book 1, Page 125b)
James McGough, age 99, Eufaula, Georgia, farm hand, born in Georgia.
Mason McGough, age 68, Eufaula, Georgia, farm hand, born in Virginia.
Pleaurant McGough, male, age 24, Eufaula, Georgia, farm hand, born in Georgia.
Armstead McGough, male, age 22, Eufaula, Georgia, farm hand, born in Georgia.
Lizzie McGough, age 27, Eufaula, Georgia, washer, born in Georgia.
James McGough, age 21, Eufaula, Alabama, farm hand, born in Georgia.
Betsey McGough, age 20, Eufaula, Alabama, washer, born in Georgia
Living next to each other in three separate homes nearby these McGoughs were:
House 953
Dilly McGough, age 20, Eufaula, Alabama, farm hand, born in Alabama.
Martha McGough, age 4 months, Eufaula, Alabama, born in Alabama.
House 954
Nancy McGough, age 20, Eufaula, Alabama, farm hand, born in Alabama.
Louisa McGough, age 2, Eufaula, Alabama, born in Alabama.
House 955
Peter McGough, age 36, Eufaula, Alabama, farm hand, born in Virginia.
Hannah McGough, age 8, Eufaula, Alabama, born in Alabama.
Vinah McGough, age 6, Eufaula, Alabama, born in Alabama.
Anna McGough, age 4, Eufaula, Alabama, born in Alabama.
These African Americans in Eufaula, Alabama, had been slaves on the plantation at Eufaula owned by the wealthy John McGough. John was born on September 15, 1812, at White Plains, Jones county, Georgia. He was the oldest child of Robert McGough and Sandal Cabaniss. When he was about 2 years, he moved with his family to a plantation in Monroe county Georgia. He started his own business in Columbus, Georgia, at an early age and by the age of 40, he had amassed a fortune of $75,000, and turned his thoughts to marriage. As Carolyn McGough Rowe explains it at page 13 of A Glimpse of the Past:
"On 27 Jul 1852, he married Mary Elizabeth Dawson, a young belle of Columbus, GA who was nineteen years his junior. ... They lived in Columbus until the start of the Civil War. At that time he felt his family would be safer on one of his plantations, so he sold his business to his brother Lafayette ..., who had worked with him as a clerk, and moved his family to Eufaula, AL. ...
"He owned three plantations encompassing six thousand acres, When he purchased the plantation on the River Road, five miles outside of Eufaula, from Bob Howard, he paid $147,560 for a handsome ten-roomed house, the land, negroes, and stock. He paid by a check drawn on a Columbus GA bank which was the largest single check that had ever been drawn at that time. He sold this plantation after the war and in 1868 purchased 'Oakland Plantation' near Glennville, AL, where two fine schools were located for his nine children. ...
"His slaves loved him devotedly, always referring to him as 'Marse Mac'. He helped his slaves adjust even after their freedom.
"He was stricken with paralysis and suffered greatly during the last three years of his life. He died 13 Dec 1888 and is buried in the old church yard at Glennville, AL with his wife and most of his children."
In 1860, John Mcgough held 84 slaves. See Barbour County, Alabama—Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Schedules and Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census, transcribed by Tom Blake, October 2001.
The plantation that John McGough purchased in 1868 was at Glenville in Russell county, immediately north of Barbour county. Glenville is about about 17 road miles north of Eufaula. The 1870 census of Russell county shows John McGough with real estate valued at $65,000, and personal property valued at $35,000. Here is the family as listed, followed in brackets by information from Rowe's A Glimpse of the Past.:
John McGough, age 57, farmer, born in Georgia.
Mary E. McGough, age 38, keeps house, born in Georgia.
Anni B. McGough, age 15, born in Georgia. [Annie Blair McGough born on December 19, 1854.]
Robert McGough, age 13, born in Georgia. [Robert Carson McGough born on January 10, 1857.]
Thomas D. McGough, age 11, born in Georgia. [Thomas Dawson McGough born on July 1, 1859.]
George L. McGough, age 8, born in Georgia. [George Lafayette McGough born on September 8, 1881.]
Hugh B. McGough, age 8, born in Georgia. [Hugh Blair McGough born on September 8, 1861.]
John D. McGough, age 5, born in Alabama. [John Lee Welch McGough born on January 21, 1864.]
Mary E. McGough, age 4, born in Alabama. [Mary Elizabeth McGough born August 16, 1866.]
Susan S. McGough, age 1, born in Alabama. [Susie Sandal McGough born August 16, 1866.]
[Another child, Henry Dawson McGough, was born on December 19, 1873, in Glennville, Alabama.]
William McGough, mulatto, age 54, Glennville P.O., Russell county, Alabama (roll 38, book 1, page 204b), minister of the gospel, with personal property worth $700, born in Virginia, who could read but not not write, living with his black wife, Ann McGough, age 43, born in Georgia, and their son Junius McGough, age 3, born in Alabama.
In 1870, these African-American families resided in the township of Wilmington, Union county, Arkansas:
House 29
Caroline McGough, age 19, Union county, Wilmington township, Arkansas, domestic servant, born in Arkansas, living with a large family of white McGoughs headed by James D. McGough, age 49, a farmer born in Alabama, and his wife, Margaret McGough, age 40, keeping house, born in Kentucky. Living with James and Margaret were 8 of their children, ranging in age from 18 to 1, all of whom were born in Arkansas. (Roll 65 Book 1, Page 603b )
Sarah McGough, age 3 months, Union county, Wilmington township, Arkansas, born in Arkansas in March of 1870.
House 40
Charles McGough, age 27, Wilmington, Arkansas, farm laborer, born in Arkansas.
Laura McGough, age 18, Wilmington, Arkansas, keeping house, born in Georgia.
Florence McGough, age 6, Wilmington, Arkansas, born in Arkansas.
Hattie McGough, age 4 months, Wilmington, Arkansas, born in March, 1870, in Arkansas.
In 1870, also in Wilmington, Union county, Arkansas (house 5), residing with the white family of Miles H. McGough*, age 32, farmer born in Alabama, and Sarah A. McGough, age 41, keeping house, born in Alabama, were:
Nelson McGough, age 15, Wilmington, Arkansas, domestic servant, born in Arkansas.
Wallace McGough, age 12, Wilmington, Arkansas, domestic servant, born in Arkansas.
In 1870, at Johnson township, Hillsboro, Union county, Arkansas, were:
Henry McGough, white, age 26, Hillsboro, Arkansas, farm laborer born in Arkansas.
Lucy McGough, black, age 20, Hillsboro, Arkansas, keeping house, born in Arkansas.
*Miles H. McGough was born in in Dallas county, Alabama, in 1826. According to Rowe's A Glimpse of the Past, at page 146–7, he was the 10th and last child, and 6th son, of James McGough and Sarah "Sally" Hollowell, daughter of Miles Hollowell. James and Sarah were married on February 16, 1812, in Christian county, Kentucky. The records of Kentucky marriages (on Genealogy.com) show the marriage of James Megough and Cally Holliwell on February 7, 1812,with Charles Kenady as a witness. Their first three children were born in Kentucky. They they moved to Dallas county, Alabama in 1821 or 1822, where their other 7 children were born. James moved his family to Union county, Arkansas before 1844. James died in October of 1846 in Union county, Arkansas. He had accumulated a fair amount of wealth, including several slaves. all of whom he left to his wife Sarah. Sarah died in 1855. Her estate records indicated that nineteen slaves she had owned were being divided among the children in 1857.
Miles' father, James, was born in 1790 at Fort Augusta, Richmond county, Georgia, the second son of Robert McGough and Agnes "Nancy" McWhorter. (This Robert McGough was the third child and second son of Robert McGough and Matilda Carson who emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina, from county Down, in 1773, and the brother of the John McGough who is featured in my page: A Scots-Irish John McGough—A Seattle Connection; Emigration of Presbyterian McGoughs in 1773.) James' younger brother was Robert Joseph McGough (born on March 4, 1801, in Greene county, Georgia), the youngest child and third son of Robert McGough and Agnes "Nancy" McWhorter. James and Robert and their families started together to move their families to the west from Perry county, Alabama, in 1844. Robert settled in Union parish, Louisiana. James settled in Union county Arkansas. Although in separate states, the Union parish and Union county adjoin each other.
The 1870 census lists an African-American McGough in Lamar, Marshall county, Mississippi. Marshall county is on the north edge of Mississippi on the boundary with Tennessee. The present town of Lamar is on Highway 7 about 6 miles south of the Tennessee state line, and 12 or so miles north by northeast of Holly Springs. It is now in Benton county,which adjoins Marshall county to the east. In 1870, the old town was about 2 miles west of the present town, and in Marshall county. Tradition says that the town took its name from L.Q.C. Lamar, an attorney who lived in Holly Springs and later became a U.S. Supreme Court Judge.
Peter McGough, age 40, Lamar, Marshall county, Mississippi, farmer, born in Georgia.
In the 1870 census, there was a white McGough family in DeSoto county, which is the county to the immediate west of Marshall county. DeSoto county forms the northwest corner of the state of Mississippi. Horn Lake is almost on the Tennessee boundary, about 40 miles west of the old town of Lamar.
Nancy McGough, age 54, Nesbitt sation (just south of Horn Lake) (township 2, range 8), DeSoto county, Mississippi, farming, born in Georgia.
Mary McGough, age 28, keeping house, born in Mississippi.
George McGough, age 24, farm laborer, born in Mississippi.
Tibothea, age 22, "at home," born in Mississippi. [Tabitha in 1850 census, Tabbitha in 1860 census.]
Cotton, male, age 21, farm laborer, born in Mississippi. [Holland in 1850 and 1860 census.]
Samuel McGough, age 17, farm laborer, born in Mississippi.
Robert McGough, age 16, farm laborer, born in Mississippi.
Matilda McGough, age 13, born in Mississippi.
This same Nancy McGough is shown by the 1860 census living in Belle Fontaine (spelled Belfontain on the census form), Choctaw county, with the children listed above, and older sons James, then age 21, farmer, born in Alabama, and Andrew, then age 17, farm laborer, born in Mississippi. Nancy Childers had married James Madison McGough (his second marriage) in Talledega county, Alabama, on July 8, 1836, according to Carolyn McGough Rowe's A Glimpse of the Past, pages 79 and 140. James Madison McGough had been born in Christian county, Kentucky, in 1810, to John McGough and Elizabeth "Polly" Brooks. John McGough was the oldest son of Robert McGough and Agnes "Nancy" McWhorter, who moved their family from Alabama to Hopkinsville, Christian county, Kentucky, in about 1809, and back to Dallas county, Alabama, in about 1819.
John McGough married Elizabeth "Polly" Brooks on June 22 1810, in Christian county, Kentucky. (The marriage records spell his surname McGue.) Their son. James Madison McGough, was born there in 1810. This James McGough is shown in the 1850 census of Choctaw county, Mississippi as age 40, a mechanic, living with his wife Nancy, age 34, born in Kentucky. Children were: John, 18, a farmer (the product of James McGough's first marriage to Mary Ann "Polly" Rasberry on October 15, 1832, in Bibb county, Alabama. Polly died in 1832, probably in childbirth.); Thomas, 14; James, 10 (James Lamar McGough, born August 13, 1838; in Talladega county, Alabama; died September 21, 1923, in the Confederate Home in Austin, Texas); Mary, 8; Andrew, 6; George, 5; Tabitha, 2; and Holland, 6 months. John, Thomas, and James , were born in Alabama, the younger children in Mississippi. This indicates the family moved from Alabama to Mississippi around 1841 or 1842. Nancy McGough who was listed in the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Choctaw county is the same Nancy Childers McGough who is listed in the 1970 censuses of DeSoto county. James Madison McGough died before the end of 1860, and sometime after fathering his youngest child, Matilda, who was born in 1857.
Knox County
Knoxville, Ward 5
(1870) Malinda McGue (black), age 30, housekeeping, real estate $175, personal property, $100, born in Tennessee (roll M593_1541, page 408).
Rachel McGue (black), age 11, born in Tennessee.
James McGue (black), age 14, born in Tennessee.
Eroline McGue (black), age 59, born in Tennessee.
Shelby County
Memphis, 11th District
(1870) Henry McGue, age 17, farm laborer, born in Georgia (Roll 1561 Book 1, Page 307a).
Smith County
Tyler (Beat No. 1)
(1870) Eddie McGue (female), age 50, domestic servant, born in North Carolina, could neither read nor write (Roll M593_1605, page 402b).
George McGue (mulatto), age 4, born in Texas.
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