West Virginia Pioneers

Family: James McDADE / Rachel TANNER (F558)

m. Bef 1783


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  • Father | Male
    James McDADE

    Born  1749  Hampshire County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jul 1833  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  Bef 1783  [1]   
    Other Spouse  Margaret Deneal [Darnell] | F906 
    Married  17 Mar 1825  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James McDADE | F1716 Group Sheet 
    Mother   

    Mother | Female
    Rachel TANNER

    Born  Between 1763 and 1768   
    Died  27 Sep 1820  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father  Edward TANNER | F992 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Rachel [Tanner] | F992 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Sarah McDade

    Born  23 May 1783  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jun 1863  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  John D Greathouse | F910 
    Married  17 Sep 1806  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    Edward McDade

    Born  7 Jul 1792  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Hannah Sayre | F907 
    Married  22 Jan 1815  Gallia County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Grace McDADE

    Born  1794  Harrison County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Mar 1862  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  John J CASTO | F151 
    Married  1816   

    Child 4 | Female
    Susanna McDade

    Born  1796   
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  John D Casto | F909 
    Married  20 Oct 1819  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  William Edmunds | F7244 
    Married  23 Mar 1838  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Male
    Jesse 'Ike' McDade

    Born  Abt 1800  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Sarah Casto | F602 
    Married  3 Nov 1825  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Female
    Seany McDade

    Born  Est 1798–1805   
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  John Mann | F1416 
    Married  11 Apr 1821  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Male
    Samuel McDade

    Born  Between 1804 and 1808  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Mary Stewart\Stuart | F1331 
    Married  18 Dec 1828  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Boggess | F1342 
    Married  5 Sep 1856  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Female
    Nancy McDade

    Born     
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Thomas Casto | F603 
    Married  29 Nov 1825  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Female
    Margaret McDade

    Born     
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Lewis Garner | F1417 
    Married  23 Jul 1835  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 

    • Hampshire County Census, 1782, Looks like 4, gone in 1784

      Harrison County Court Order Book #1 1784-1792
      Harrison Co Grand Jury Presentments
      5/17/1785
      James McDead & James Meeks for assault & battery on evidence of Obediah Davisson.
      7/19/1785
      James Schoolcraft vs James McDead. Confessed
      8/18/1785
      State vs McDead, Indictment. Not guilty

      Kanawha Co tax list
      James McDade sr 1801, 1 white male over 21

      1805: Mason county financial statement for October 1805 shows James McDade was paid bounty for three wolf scalps.

      Mason Co tax list
      James McDade 1805-06-07-09-10-11-12-13-14

      1810 Mason county census:
      James McDade
      3m under 10 Jesse, Samuel, ?
      2m 16-26
      1m over 45 James
      2f under 10 Margaret, Nancy???
      1f 10-16 Susanna or Seany???
      1f 16-26 Seany??? or Susanna
      1f over 45 Rachel - Grace is already married, Sarah probably is

      1820 Mason Co
      James McDade
      1 male 16-18 ???? Sam if born 1804
      2 males 16-25 Jesse 1800 & Samuel?
      1 male 45+ James
      1 female 10-15 Margaret
      1 female 16-25 Nancy
      1 female 26-44 Seany This would mean Rachel was already dead

      1830 Mason county
      James McDade
      2m 10-15
      1m 20-30
      1m 70-80 [James]
      1f 10-15
      2f 15-20 [dau Margaret]
      1f 40-50 [wife Margaret]

      1831 Jackson Co Personal property tax list
      James McDaid - 2 horses, $.12 tax, 1 white male over 16

      Mcdade, James VA MASON CO. 155 1830

      July 1798, page 97. James & Margaret Tanner, Arnold & Elizabeth (can't see it but he signs later as Cain), George and Nancy Hyde, Jesse & Grace Hewes, James & Rachel McDade, Edward & Wife Tanner, and Samuel & Wife Tanner, all of Harrison co, Virginia, to Alexander Sleeth for $1000.00, 1000 Acres. . in the forks of the west fork of the Little Kanawha River.
      . . signed James Tanner, Edward Tanner, Samuel Tanner, Jesse Hewes, James McDade, Arnold Cain. Recorded January 1799.

      March 1797, page 98. James & Rachel McDade, of Covington Co, Virginia, appoints Alexander Sleeth his attorney, to receive of the heirs of Edward Tanner, deceased, 125 acres of land, his part of 1000 acres just described. Signed James (X) McDade and Rachel (X) McDade, Wit: James and Margaret Tanner. Recorded January 1799
      [There is no Covington Co in VA or WV, therefore this probably should read "Kanawha Co, VA. . . bb]

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      "Jackson County in the Wars"
      Revolutionary Soldiers
      James McDade. Born in 1749 and died on Parchment, Jackson county, July 30, 1833. Enlisted in Hampshire county. . .

      James McDade’s father also named James McDade was legislated out of Northern Ireland prior to 1750 which is how the Catholics got rid of the Scotch Irish Prostestents when they were in control to keep them from owning land. That McDade was a Colonial Soldier and was in the frontier Wars.

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      Early Settlers of Jackson County by O. J. Morrison:
      In the month of May, 1796, William Hannamon, Benjamin Cox and James McDade reared their cabins within the present limits of Union District, and were thus the first to establish civilized homes in what is now Jackson County. The first two became actual settlers and began to fell the forest and cultivate the soil. McDade, who was a soldier in the service of Virginia, selected a site for his future home, but continued to discharge the duties assigned him-that of Indian scout-and many days and nights did he spend in the dreary wilderness between the mouths of the Great and Little Kanawha Rivers, watching to catch a glimpse of the savage foe on the shore of the Old Northwest Territory beyond the Ohio.
      Jackson County was created in 1831, from parts of Mason, Kanawha and Wood, in compliance with an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed March 1st of that year, and named in honor of the hero of New Orleans, who was at that time President of the United States. The present area of the county is 400 square miles.

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      Excerpts from the first four pages of Anna Herbertson's book: Some Descendants of Uriah Sr., and Susannah Gandy/Gandee
      More About JAMES MCDADE:
      Fact 1: Rev War Pension App VA S38193
      Fact 2: was receiving pension 1819 Mason Co, VA
      Fact 3: died 1833

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      "They Went Thataway" Hamlin GEN 929 HAM POM
      Rev War Size Roll (after 9/1/1780 - age probably about 1780)
      James McDade, 21, born Hampshire (WV) resided Hampshire

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      West Virgininas in the American Revolution
      Assembled and Edited by Ross B. Johnson
      The sources of this material are from the files of the Pension Office at Washinton from various county records, from notes of patriotic societies, principally the DAR, SAR, Sons of the Revolution and from a large miscellaneous group of published and private sources.
      pp 187, 188
      McDade, James
      Service - Virginia Va. No 7181 No. S 38193

      Born, 1749, and died July 30, 1833. Enlisted from Hampshire County, Virginia, Captain William Voss of the Twelfth Virginia Regiment under Colonel Wood in General Scott's Brigade. Took part in the engagements at Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Eutaw Springs and Camden. At Eutaw Springs received a bayonet thrust through the body and a sword wound on the wrist. At Camden he received a bullet wound in his ankle which rendered him unfit for service. Served three years. Substituted for Uriah Gandee for eighteen months. Received pension in Mason County.
      His will, filed in Jackson County, mentions his wife, Margaret, and daughter Sally Greathouse, and other children. They were probably Edward, Samuel and Margaret.

      U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
      Va. McDade, James # S.38193

      U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
      Name: James McDade
      Rank - Induction: Privt
      Roll Box: 111
      Roll State: VA

      U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
      Virginia
      James McDade
      Rank: Pvt
      Monthly allowance: $8
      Allowance for 1-2 years:$48
      Commentement: 19 August 1818

      American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
      Name: James McDade
      Birth Date: 1750
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Volume: 113
      Page Number: 508
      Reference: Heads of Fams. at the first U.S. census. Va. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (189p.): 26

  • Sources 
    1. [S118] Probate Records (Reliability: 3).