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View Tree for William Major MunnWilliam Major Munn (b. 21 Jun 1828, d. 11 Jan 1913)


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William Major Munn (son of James Duncan Munn and Lucinda Johnson)13049, 13050, 13051, 13052 was born 21 Jun 1828 in Carroll, Co., TN13053, 13054, 13055, 13056, and died 11 Jan 1913 in Nimrod, Eastland County, Tx.13057, 13058, 13059, 13060. He married Lovie Emily Henry on 08 Oct 1856 in Hempstead Co, AR.

 Includes NotesNotes for William Major Munn:
Attached Photo The Major Munn Family Photo. Was made at the Pisgah Brush Arbor about 1888. Albert Munn was the father of Patrick Marion Munn (daddy Pat).
From Left to right, seated on ground; 1st row; Grandpa - Grandma Henry, Lovie Munn's Parents and Roxie Munn Anderson. 2nd row; Rosa Munn - Bob Townsed Husband. Parents to Anna and Albert Munn. 3rd row; Tom & Billie Munn Rutherford - Daughter of Effie & John Brown - no relation to family. Lorena & Jim Munn, Son and wife Mae Munn Lovelady - daughter. Marcus & Alma Munn Heavers Daughter. John & Etna Munn Leveradge Daughter.



Was a 1st Sergeant in the Arkansas 19th (Dockery's) Infantry, CSA, and was captured and paroled at the Batle of Vicksburg.
Notes from Robert E. Munn
Nimrod Texas: Southwest of Cisco was founded by William M. Munn. It was destroyed by a cyclone and fires in about 1909. The town and William M. Munn's role are described in "Eastland County Texas, A historical and Biographical Survey", by P. Gromley. I visited Nimrod in 1982 with my father who had memories of being there as a child of about age 4-5. At that time he remembered the old house of William Munn and his wife Lovie was still standing. In 1982 it was not. There was a sign by the roadside that said "Nimrod". The only remaining buildings we saw were a deserted wodden church and a concrete block community hall built in the 1960's. These are located just sout of where the old Munn house stood. The land for the church had been donated by William M. Munn. To find Nimrod, drive south from the west end of Cisco TX. on Hwy #206 until you come to the junction of RD #569. Take #569 west and follow its curves as it meanders west then south. A few miles begore you reach Nimrod you will see the Flagah Cemetery on the right, with the graves of William M. and Lovie E. Munn, and many other Munn, Henry, and Ingram family graves. Continuing south on RD 569 you come to a T intersection and turn right on #2526. You will see the church and community hall building on your right within 100 yrds.

Cisco Texas
My father and I visited one of his first cousins Mrs Cornelia Clinton, daughter of Leroa Munn and William T. Rutherford. She set up a meeting with two of his other cousins still living in the area.

Scranton Texas
Scranton is located a few miles northwest of Nimrod. We visited one of my father's first cousins, Mrs Alene Ray, daughter of Etna Ozora Munn and John F. Leveridge. At the farm she and her husband both still operated. She had prepared a terrific country style chicken dinner for us. She and Mrs Clinton and Willie Williams Cozart of Nimrod, a daughter of Rachel Townsend and granddaughter of Rosa E. Munn, helped identify the names of individuals in the Munn family group hoto taken near Nimrod in the early 1900's. They included William Munn, Lovie Munn, and many of their children and some spouses. She loaned my father the photo, which he had a copy negative, he had several prints made and distributed to his relatives. I have a negative now and some prints mad from it.

Andrews Texas north of Odessa
With my father we visited his first cousin William H. Munn, Jr. and his wife Troy.

Odessa Texas
My father and I visited two more first cousins there: Jack Munn (wife Ruth), and Ava Lou Munn Brownlee. They are children of William H. Munn. We also visited Patrick E. Munn son of William H. Munn, JHr. who had done some Munn family history research while he was in the Army stationed near Washington DC. Also in Odessa we spent some time in the excellent local history/genealogy section of the main library.

Ft. Worth Texas Main Library
We found and copied sections of books describing the history of Eastland County Texas including Nimrod.

Trip to Arkansas, Mississippi, & Tennessee in October 1994
I Went by myself on this trip to try and find the places where the Munn's had lived and possibly been buried. My only information at this time was from the 1850 Census of Hempstead County Arkansas which identified their township (Canuse), first names of all the family members, their ages, occupations, and place of birth and their parents places of birth.

Washington, Hempstead- County, Arkansas:

Washington was the County seat in the mid 1800s and Hempstead County then encompassed all of its present area and other present counties including Nevada county to the east. Old Washington is a few miles northwest of Hope Arkansas which is in the southwest corner of the state and about 30 miles northeast of Texarkana on Interstate 30. Washington has been restored as a historical site and is worth a visit for that reason, in addition to the presence there of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives (SARA) . At the Archives - I was helped by a friendly volunteer and found detailed records of Munn land deeds, tax records, and maps of the area in the mid 1800.It was here I was able to pin down the location of the lands, owned by James Duncan Munn (William's father) and several other Munn families headed by Edward, John, Malcolm, Neill, Samuel and William *. The, volunteer said that these lands are located in what is now Nevada County (pronounced Nevayda), east of Hope and south of the county seat, Prescott. She said the only building she remembered in that area was an old church.

Mount Mariah. Nevada- County Arkansas
I drove over there and found the Mt Moriah Church and graveyard located on State Rte 19 a few miles north of Rosston. It the graveyard I found the graves of Duncan Munn, his son James Duncan Munn and wife Lucinda Johnson Munn, their sons James A. and Neil Munn, and a daughter Mary, C. Munn Alsobrook. The church land here was donated by the Munn family, as it was part of their land holdings in the 1850 time period. Their land extended west from the highway a considerable distance beyond the church. The land around there is farmed or hilly woodlands with some slash timer operations going on.

Hope Arkansas Library,
Hope is the present seat of Hempstead county. The library has a well-, organized genealogy section and I found a book containing submitted information on local families, including Duncan Munn, and his descendants, and identifying his parents as James and Mary Munn of Scotland. These two pages were submitted by Sarah Munn of Pine Bluff Arkansas and indicated she had seen the "Neil Munn family bible in the possession of descendants of William Weaver who had fought, with Duncan Munn, in the War of I812---

State Capitol, Little Rock Arkansas
I spent one day in the State Archives researching and photocopying land deed records of the Munns in Hempstead (later Nevada) County. Also bought topographical maps of the area at the State Geological Commission.

Pine Bluff Arkansas

I was unable to locate Sarah Munn at the address she had given in the family history record I saw in the Hope Library.

* A reference I found later shows the detail's of these land holdings. "Arkansas Land Patents: Nevada County, (granted through 30 June 1908)", Published by Arkansas Research, PO Box 393, Conway AR 72032.

Vicksburg Mississippi
According to Confederate Military records I had seen at the Washington DC National Archives, William M. Munn enlisted and was appointed as a 1St Sgt. in the Arkansas 19th (Dockery's) infantry during the Civil War. He was one of those captured and paroled by the Union Army at the conclusion of the long battle and siege of Vicksburg. His name is now entered in the records of the National Military Battlefield Visitor Center, and if you go there they can show you where his unit fought.

Memphis, Tennessee
At the Main Library I researched Tennessee land records and tried to pin down the location of the Munn's location in Carroll County where James Duncan Munn and wife and one small child are shown in the 1830 Census.

Nashville, Tennessee
At the State Capitol I researched Munn land deeds in the State archives and got descriptions of the location by "Meets and Bounds", i.e. by local landmarks such as streams and trees. I bought topographical maps of the area near Huntingdon in Carroll County at the State Geological Office in downtown Nashville.

Huntingdon, Carroll County Tennessee
At the Courthouse in the Town Square I looked at the original Marriage, records of the County for the 1800s, written in longhand in a large red leather-covered ledger. Didn't find any Munns who married in that county in the time period of interest. With the maps I had, and a county map of modern roads, I found and photographed the general area of rich farmland where the Munn's had owned property in the 1830 period. This land is being farmed today and looks prosperous-

National Archives, Washington D.C.
During the years I worked for the TJ.S. Navy as a civilian Electrical Engineer, I made many trips to Washington D.C. I discovered the National Archives research floor was often open on weeknights until 9:00-PM, and I sometimes was able to spend time there. I was able to locate and get a printed copy of Duncan Munn's military service in the War of 1812, and of.
William Munn's Civil War service in the Arkansas 19th Infantry.
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Trip to Scotland

My wife Marcia and I traveled to England and Scotland in July 1995. We rented a car in York, England and I drove (left side of roads!) to Edinburgh, where we stayed-three days. I spent about four hours there at New Register House where all the archival records of Scotland are kept. I reviewed and copied microfilm records of the (handwritten) old Parish Registers of Scotland. I found a few pockets of Munns in areas such as Kilfinan Parish and Kilmodan Parish, in the Argyll region.

We then drove west to Oban, a port and resort city on the Highland coast. -The only ship passenger records 1 had found of Munns going to North, America in the time period of interest showed a family, (John Munn), of the Island of Colonsay departing from Oban for Prince Edward Island (Canada). We stayed in Oban two days and I found and recorded a sizeable list of Munn names from the telephone directory, which covers a large region of western Scotland from Glasgow to the Hebrides Islands, I also used the Oban library far additional review of Argyll Parish Records. We took a car ferry ride, to the island of Mull and drove to Tobermory, then back to Oban. We drove down the Knapdale Peninsula from Oban and took a ferry from Tarbert across to Portavadie on the Cowal Peninsula. North of there we found the tiny village of Kilfinan, and in the parish church graveyard located one very old, grave of a "Dugald Munn" who had died in 1786, age 52. This area is just north of the Isle of Bute. !'I am aware that books on Tartans of ScotIand identify the Munn and MacMunn family name as being tied to the "Stuart of Bute clan and/or the "Lamont" Clan, which also was, located close by.

At the time we were in Scotland I was looking for specific proof of the marriage of a James Hi-inn and Mary (McAlpin Daniel?) and the birth in 1774 of a son named Duncan. I have since learned that they emigrated to North Carolina by 1771, so Duncan must have been born, in America ' According to some records, Duncan's older siblings John (b. ca 1765) and Catherine (b.ca 1767) were probably born in Scotland, so I plan to again review the Old Parish Records to see if this information will help to identify the specific place and family from which they came.

My present belief is that the Munns I have been tracing probably came from the region around Kilfinan on the Cowal Peninsula. The place name "Kilmun" is also a Possibility. I need to research it further. It is located adjacent to Holy Loch, west of Glascow, near DUNCON.

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Trip to North Carolina in April 1946

This was the missing gap in my search for the path of these ancestors. I flew to Raleigh, the state capital and spent two days there reviewing records at the State Library and State Archives, both in the same building. I photocopied Land Grant records and Deeds for James and Mary Munn, and several of James's brothers. These were in two areas, Cumberland County, near Fayetteville, and Montgomery County near Troy.

I also found, in the files of the State Library, copies of three pages of Genealogy research notes made by Malcolm Fowler, a local historian who had done research on the Munn family for Irvan Munn in 1970. Irvan used some of this research in his book "The Munn Family of Tennessee". Fowler-l-a notes included some interesting insights, such as his interview with an Arkansas grandson of Duncan Munn who said that the grave markers at Mt Moriah are not the original ones, and were placed there many years after Duncan's death, by a relative. Fowler believed that the information on the, markers was obviously flawed as it showed Duncan being born in Scotland, and James Munn having fought (with Andrew Jackson) at the Battle of New Orleans, even though James's birthdate indicated he would have been only six years old! Fowler believed that some of the family history had been mistakenly shifted from a previous generation. Malcolm Fowler has passed away, but T believe his son is living in the Fayetteville area and may have, access to his old records.

I went to Fayetteville, in Cumberland' County for two days. This was, the main destination of thousands of Highland Scots who came to America, landed at Cape Fear (now Wilmington), and were carried by flatboats up the Cape Fear River. They came with the promise of being able to stake out claims to receive land grants. I checked marriage records at the county clerk's office and found some old map records of the county at the main library local history section. I was able to locate the creeks and river names referenced on the James Munn and Neil Munn land Grant records, as being several miles east of Fayetteville and a few miles north of Steadman. I drove out, there and found that the original low-lying and swampy wooded area is becoming populated with many new houses on 1-2 acre plots, and stream courses have been changed by grading.

Then I drove to Bluff, a town about 10 miles north of Fayetteville, where I Located Bluff Presbyterian Church, in a new building in the small town. It was too early on a Sunday morning to find anyone there. This church is a successor to the original church attended by many members of the Scottish immigrant Munn families, according to Fowler's history. The old church is near the town but I did not see it.

I then drove to the central part of the state to Montgomery County, and its county seat of Troy. At the county clerks office I was referred to Mrs. Rosemary Huntley, President of the Montgomery County Historical Society.
She operates the Troy Flowers & Gift shop at 120 Byrd St. Troy NC, 27371, phone (910) 576-0951. She was very helpful and I was able to purchase a copy of a historical map of-the county, made for their bicentennial, and showing locations of families in 1796, including James, John, and Daniel Munn, and a Munn Plantation. These were all a few miles east and southeast of Troy. She also put me in touch with her mother, Mrs. Mary King who had a hobby of researching cemetery markers in the county.

Mrs. King said she had collected data on about 20,000 graves, but had not published anything yet. She said, I know where all the Munns are buried! and insisted I accompany her and her grandson Todd to a wooded area southeast of Troy. She headed off into the woods on foot with T-odd, and I following. She and Todd took me to two old cemeteries containing Munn graves, and she also found the remains of a Munn house, she had seen about 70 years earlier in a visit at the age of 10. Her memory of these difficult to find places in the woods was incredible. The first cemetery had only two graves and is located on land still owned by descendants of the Munns. The other cemetery contained more than 100 graves, of which
one forth were of Munns. Many of the markers were too deteriorated to read. She called this the
McCallum Cemetery and referred me to a Mr. Robert McCallum of Candor NC (910)974-4273. I talked
with him on the phone and he clarified the connection between the two, families, linked long ago by
marriage. I took many photos of the graves and also obtained an up to date topographic map of the area
from the US Forest Service office, in Troy.

My last stop in the Troy area was at the Macedonia Church, just north of the location on the historical map indicating "1796 James Munn". I looked at old grave markers but was unable to identify any with the Munn name. Many of these had deteriorated and were unreadable. On returning to Raleigh I went again to the State Library and looked at the collection of old maps, I found one of Montgomery County showing Macedonia Church with an adjacent notation "Yarbros, Munns & McCallums, (illegible)". Apparently these were prominent families in the church when the map was made.

Other sources of Information
Family correspondence, photos, and 8mm movies saved by my parents
San Diego LDS family history center
US National Archives Washington DC research section
Univ. of VA main library, Charlottesville, VA
US National Archives Branch, Laguna Niguel CA
San Diego CA Main Library, Genealogy section and california room
Forth Worth Tx main library
Odessa Tx main library
Pine Bluff AR main library
Carlsbad CA Library Genealogy section
Raleigh NC LDS Family history center

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Was a 1st Sergeant in the Arkansas 19th (Dockery's) Infantry, CSA, and was captured and paroled at the Batle of Vicksburg.
Notes from Robert E. Munn
Nimrod Texas: Southwest of Cisco was founded by William M. Munn. It was destroyed by a cyclone and fires in about 1909. The town and William M. Munn's role are described in "Eastland County Texas, A historical and Biographical Survey", by P. Gromley. I visited Nimrod in 1982 with my father who had memories of being there as a child of about age 4-5. At that time he remembered the old house of William Munn and his wife Lovie was still standing. In 1982 it was not. There was a sign by the roadside that said "Nimrod". The only remaining buildings we saw were a deserted wodden church and a concrete block community hall built in the 1960's. These are located just sout of where the old Munn house stood. The land for the church had been donated by William M. Munn. To find Nimrod, drive south from the west end of Cisco TX. on Hwy #206 until you come to the junction of RD #569. Take #569 west and follow its curves as it meanders west then south. A few miles begore you reach Nimrod you will see the Flagah Cemetery on the right, with the graves of William M. and Lovie E. Munn, and many other Munn, Henry, and Ingram family graves. Continuing south on RD 569 you come to a T intersection and turn right on #2526. You will see the church and community hall building on your right within 100 yrds.

Cisco Texas
My father and I visited one of his first cousins Mrs Cornelia Clinton, daughter of Leroa Munn and William T. Rutherford. She set up a meeting with two of his other cousins still living in the area.

Scranton Texas
Scranton is located a few miles northwest of Nimrod. We visited one of my father's first cousins, Mrs Alene Ray, daughter of Etna Ozora Munn and John F. Leveridge. At the farm she and her husband both still operated. She had prepared a terrific country style chicken dinner for us. She and Mrs Clinton and Willie Williams Cozart of Nimrod, a daughter of Rachel Townsend and granddaughter of Rosa E. Munn, helped identify the names of individuals in the Munn family group hoto taken near Nimrod in the early 1900's. They included William Munn, Lovie Munn, and many of their children and some spouses. She loaned my father the photo, which he had a copy negative, he had several prints made and distributed to his relatives. I have a negative now and some prints mad from it.

Andrews Texas north of Odessa
With my father we visited his first cousin William H. Munn, Jr. and his wife Troy.

Odessa Texas
My father and I visited two more first cousins there: Jack Munn (wife Ruth), and Ava Lou Munn Brownlee. They are children of William H. Munn. We also visited Patrick E. Munn son of William H. Munn, JHr. who had done some Munn family history research while he was in the Army stationed near Washington DC. Also in Odessa we spent some time in the excellent local history/genealogy section of the main library.

Ft. Worth Texas Main Library
We found and copied sections of books describing the history of Eastland County Texas including Nimrod.

Trip to Arkansas, Mississippi, & Tennessee in October 1994
I Went by myself on this trip to try and find the places where the Munn's had lived and possibly been buried. My only information at this time was from the 1850 Census of Hempstead County Arkansas which identified their township (Canuse), first names of all the family members, their ages, occupations, and place of birth and their parents places of birth.

Washington, Hempstead- County, Arkansas:

Washington was the County seat in the mid 1800s and Hempstead County then encompassed all of its present area and other present counties including Nevada county to the east. Old Washington is a few miles northwest of Hope Arkansas which is in the southwest corner of the state and about 30 miles northeast of Texarkana on Interstate 30. Washington has been restored as a historical site and is worth a visit for that reason, in addition to the presence there of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives (SARA) . At the Archives - I was helped by a friendly volunteer and found detailed records of Munn land deeds, tax records, and maps of the area in the mid 1800.It was here I was able to pin down the location of the lands, owned by James Duncan Munn (William's father) and several other Munn families headed by Edward, John, Malcolm, Neill, Samuel and William *. The, volunteer said that these lands are located in what is now Nevada County (pronounced Nevayda), east of Hope and south of the county seat, Prescott. She said the only building she remembered in that area was an old church.

Mount Mariah. Nevada- County Arkansas
I drove over there and found the Mt Moriah Church and graveyard located on State Rte 19 a few miles north of Rosston. It the graveyard I found the graves of Duncan Munn, his son James Duncan Munn and wife Lucinda Johnson Munn, their sons James A. and Neil Munn, and a daughter Mary, C. Munn Alsobrook. The church land here was donated by the Munn family, as it was part of their land holdings in the 1850 time period. Their land extended west from the highway a considerable distance beyond the church. The land around there is farmed or hilly woodlands with some slash timer operations going on.

Hope Arkansas Library,
Hope is the present seat of Hempstead county. The library has a well-, organized genealogy section and I found a book containing submitted information on local families, including Duncan Munn, and his descendants, and identifying his parents as James and Mary Munn of Scotland. These two pages were submitted by Sarah Munn of Pine Bluff Arkansas and indicated she had seen the "Neil Munn family bible in the possession of descendants of William Weaver who had fought, with Duncan Munn, in the War of I812---

State Capitol, Little Rock Arkansas
I spent one day in the State Archives researching and photocopying land deed records of the Munns in Hempstead (later Nevada) County. Also bought topographical maps of the area at the State Geological Commission.

Pine Bluff Arkansas

I was unable to locate Sarah Munn at the address she had given in the family history record I saw in the Hope Library.

* A reference I found later shows the detail's of these land holdings. "Arkansas Land Patents: Nevada County, (granted through 30 June 1908)", Published by Arkansas Research, PO Box 393, Conway AR 72032.

Vicksburg Mississippi
According to Confederate Military records I had seen at the Washington DC National Archives, William M. Munn enlisted and was appointed as a 1St Sgt. in the Arkansas 19th (Dockery's) infantry during the Civil War. He was one of those captured and paroled by the Union Army at the conclusion of the long battle and siege of Vicksburg. His name is now entered in the records of the National Military Battlefield Visitor Center, and if you go there they can show you where his unit fought.

Memphis, Tennessee
At the Main Library I researched Tennessee land records and tried to pin down the location of the Munn's location in Carroll County where James Duncan Munn and wife and one small child are shown in the 1830 Census.

Nashville, Tennessee
At the State Capitol I researched Munn land deeds in the State archives and got descriptions of the location by "Meets and Bounds", i.e. by local landmarks such as streams and trees. I bought topographical maps of the area near Huntingdon in Carroll County at the State Geological Office in downtown Nashville.

Huntingdon, Carroll County Tennessee
At the Courthouse in the Town Square I looked at the original Marriage, records of the County for the 1800s, written in longhand in a large red leather-covered ledger. Didn't find any Munns who married in that county in the time period of interest. With the maps I had, and a county map of modern roads, I found and photographed the general area of rich farmland where the Munn's had owned property in the 1830 period. This land is being farmed today and looks prosperous-

National Archives, Washington D.C.
During the years I worked for the TJ.S. Navy as a civilian Electrical Engineer, I made many trips to Washington D.C. I discovered the National Archives research floor was often open on weeknights until 9:00-PM, and I sometimes was able to spend time there. I was able to locate and get a printed copy of Duncan Munn's military service in the War of 1812, and of.
William Munn's Civil War service in the Arkansas 19th Infantry.
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Trip to Scotland

My wife Marcia and I traveled to England and Scotland in July 1995. We rented a car in York, England and I drove (left side of roads!) to Edinburgh, where we stayed-three days. I spent about four hours there at New Register House where all the archival records of Scotland are kept. I reviewed and copied microfilm records of the (handwritten) old Parish Registers of Scotland. I found a few pockets of Munns in areas such as Kilfinan Parish and Kilmodan Parish, in the Argyll region.

We then drove west to Oban, a port and resort city on the Highland coast. -The only ship passenger records 1 had found of Munns going to North, America in the time period of interest showed a family, (John Munn), of the Island of Colonsay departing from Oban for Prince Edward Island (Canada). We stayed in Oban two days and I found and recorded a sizeable list of Munn names from the telephone directory, which covers a large region of western Scotland from Glasgow to the Hebrides Islands, I also used the Oban library far additional review of Argyll Parish Records. We took a car ferry ride, to the island of Mull and drove to Tobermory, then back to Oban. We drove down the Knapdale Peninsula from Oban and took a ferry from Tarbert across to Portavadie on the Cowal Peninsula. North of there we found the tiny village of Kilfinan, and in the parish church graveyard located one very old, grave of a "Dugald Munn" who had died in 1786, age 52. This area is just north of the Isle of Bute. !'I am aware that books on Tartans of ScotIand identify the Munn and MacMunn family name as being tied to the "Stuart of Bute clan and/or the "Lamont" Clan, which also was, located close by.

At the time we were in Scotland I was looking for specific proof of the marriage of a James Hi-inn and Mary (McAlpin Daniel?) and the birth in 1774 of a son named Duncan. I have since learned that they emigrated to North Carolina by 1771, so Duncan must have been born, in America ' According to some records, Duncan's older siblings John (b. ca 1765) and Catherine (b.ca 1767) were probably born in Scotland, so I plan to again review the Old Parish Records to see if this information will help to identify the specific place and family from which they came.

My present belief is that the Munns I have been tracing probably came from the region around Kilfinan on the Cowal Peninsula. The place name "Kilmun" is also a Possibility. I need to research it further. It is located adjacent to Holy Loch, west of Glascow, near DUNCON.

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Trip to North Carolina in April 1946

This was the missing gap in my search for the path of these ancestors. I flew to Raleigh, the state capital and spent two days there reviewing records at the State Library and State Archives, both in the same building. I photocopied Land Grant records and Deeds for James and Mary Munn, and several of James's brothers. These were in two areas, Cumberland County, near Fayetteville, and Montgomery County near Troy.

I also found, in the files of the State Library, copies of three pages of Genealogy research notes made by Malcolm Fowler, a local historian who had done research on the Munn family for Irvan Munn in 1970. Irvan used some of this research in his book "The Munn Family of Tennessee". Fowler-l-a notes included some interesting insights, such as his interview with an Arkansas grandson of Duncan Munn who said that the grave markers at Mt Moriah are not the original ones, and were placed there many years after Duncan's death, by a relative. Fowler believed that the information on the, markers was obviously flawed as it showed Duncan being born in Scotland, and James Munn having fought (with Andrew Jackson) at the Battle of New Orleans, even though James's birthdate indicated he would have been only six years old! Fowler believed that some of the family history had been mistakenly shifted from a previous generation. Malcolm Fowler has passed away, but T believe his son is living in the Fayetteville area and may have, access to his old records.

I went to Fayetteville, in Cumberland' County for two days. This was, the main destination of thousands of Highland Scots who came to America, landed at Cape Fear (now Wilmington), and were carried by flatboats up the Cape Fear River. They came with the promise of being able to

More About William Major Munn:
Burial: Pisgah cemetery.13061, 13062, 13063, 13064
Military service: Arkansas 19th Dockery's Infaantry, CSA.13065, 13066, 13067, 13068

More About William Major Munn and Lovie Emily Henry:
Marriage: 08 Oct 1856, Hempstead Co, AR.

Children of William Major Munn and Lovie Emily Henry are:
  1. +Albert Lafayett Munn, b. 05 Jan 1858, Hempstead Co, AR13069, 13070, 13071, 13072.
  2. +Rosa Estella Munn, b. 14 Oct 1859, Mt. Moriah, Hempstead, Arkansas13073, 13074, 13075, 13076, d. 194313077, 13078, 13079, 13080.
  3. +Roxie Tenella Munn, b. 18 Sep 1861, Mt. Moriah, Hempstead, Arkansas13081, 13082, 13083, 13084, d. 1934, Pisgah Cemetery, Nimrod, Eastland, TX13085, 13086, 13087, 13088.
  4. Robert E. Lee Munn, b. 29 Apr 1864, Mt. Moriah, Hempstead, Arkansas13089, 13090, 13091, 13092, d. 26 Jul 1881, Nimrod, TX13093, 13094, 13095, 13096.
  5. +Lela Norvelle Munn, b. 07 Jan 1867, Mt. Moriah, Hempstead, Arkansas13097, 13098, 13099, 13100.
  6. Leroa W. Munn, b. 23 Aug 1869, Mt. Moriah, Hempstead, Arkansas13101, 13102, 13103, 13104, d. 02 Aug 195613105, 13106, 13107, 13108.
  7. +Etna Ozora Munn, b. 07 Jan 1873, Johnson Co., TX13109, 13110, 13111, 13112, d. Abt. 195713113, 13114, 13115, 13116.
  8. +Alma Arabella Munn, b. 02 Mar 1875, Johnson Co., TX13117, 13118, 13119, 13120.
  9. +William Henry Munn, b. 09 Sep 1877, Nimrod, Eastland, TX13121, 13122, 13123, 13124, d. 17 Apr 195113125, 13126, 13127, 13128.
  10. +James Addison Munn, b. 14 Dec 1879, Nimrod, Eastland Co., TX13129, 13130, 13131, 13132, d. 23 Nov 1943, Boulevard, San Diego County, CA13133, 13134, 13135, 13136.
  11. +Mahala Lucinda Munn, b. 06 Sep 1882, Nimrod, Eastland Co., TX13137, 13138, 13139, 13140, d. 25 Aug 196913141, 13142, 13143, 13144.
  12. Infant Munn, b. 1890, Nimrod, Eastland Co., TX13145, 13146, 13147, 13148, d. 1890, Nimrod, Eastland Co., TX13149, 13150, 13151, 13152.
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