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Josiah Marion McClain of Georgia, son of James and Anna,
was in the Alabama Infantry of the Civil War, leaving behind a wife, Julia King, and
children.
He met Elizabeth Broadway in Montgomery and may have married her, but no record is
found, having a daughter, Mary, in 1870 and another daughter,
both dying in their youth.
Julia filed for divorce in 1872.
Elizabeth had his son in 1886, Charles Allen McClain. Charles married Lorena Bozeman in 1908 and
had
Alice. and
Katy
Upon the death of Josiah, Elizabeth filed for widow's
pension in Montgomery County Alabama.
She remarried to John Gardner and appears with him on the
1910 census with Charles, Lorena, and their new baby Lillie Mae.
Much of the old farms in that area are now covered with
woods and we may never find their graves nor tombstones.
Charlie died in 1949, hit by a car, while walking to the
store for milk. There are many familiar names in his funeral memorial book.
http://www/hometown.aol.com/sunny01225/MCCLAIN.html
Charlie was very spiritual and likely native american with
his small dark features, possibly having indian blood from both parents. Josiah's mother was
only known as Anna, so this may be a clue. Josiah's father, James, is buried at Indian Creek
Cemetery in Georgia.
While visiting Ramer cemeteries I found some indian names
on tombstones so we know they were here, one was Ootcha Broadway, and I wonder if there is a
connection to our Elizabeth. Ramer is a small shady peaceful community far from the big city of
Montgomery, with woods, ponds, and farms - farms with headstones of the families who once lived there
and fences with cow skulls on the posts. The main highway leading to Ramer is called Warrior Hill
and many roads named like Deer Run or Rising Sun, etc. so I feel that we are on the right track
saying the McClains were of native american blood.
Josiah was named after his grandfather, Josiah McClain of
South Carolina who was married to Nancy Ann Wood, and they had migrated into Georgia in the
early 1800s, long before the Trail of Tears and are buried at Mars Hill Cemetery in Ackworth GA. Josiah's
brother John McClain also moved to Georgia:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcclain/messages/1769.html
http://www.genealogy.com/users/f/a/m/Mclain-Family/
His grandfather's parents were Charles and
Elizabeth Moon McClain who married in Virginia in the
1700s and died in South Carolina. The
Moons had been in Virginia for many years and some migrated into Georgia and Alabama.
Charlie and Lorena had several children, one called Alice
who married a Carter and had very dark complected children
http://www.hometown.aol.com/sunny01225/CecilKids.html
Charlie's sons were also very dark, told by a bus driver
to sit in the back.
.
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Will of Charles McClain
State of South Carolina, Spartanburg
Dist,,
I Charles McClain being at this time in good and perfect
memory threw the mercies of God but weak and sickley in body do make this my last will and
testament in manner following that is to say I consign my body to the dust and my soal to God who gave it
unto me it is my will and desire that all my just debts shall first be paid at all funerial
exspences to be paid it furthermy will and desire that
my beloved wife Elizabeth McClain shall have
full pofsefsion of all my property & plantation during
of her life to do & act with it as she seeth proper
and at her death for all to be sold exsept the land and
plantation which i give and bequith unto my
son James McClain It is further my will and desire that
at the death of my beloved wife Elizabeth McClain that
all of my properities shall be sold except the land befor observed for my son James McClain and to be
equally to be devided between the proper ares & legateas that is to say Josiah McClain, Nancy
Leonard, John McClain, Elizabeth Ward, Polley Mayfield, James McClain & Jenney Brockman and last of
all I
placeing the confidence & trust in my Two beloved
friends James McClain and George Mayfield as executors of my last will and testament in witnefs of the
same I have set my hand & seal July 16th 1821 signed in the presence of us :
Test. Abraham Wood his
mark Charles X McClain
Samuel X Floyed mark
his
Thos Wood
Recorded in will book B, page 17
box 21, package 3
Recorded 11th day of October 1821
??? Lancaster o.s.D.
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One Choctaw McClain family in Alabama adds to my
theory.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?josiah::mcclain::1668.html
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Lineage of McClain
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Charles Allen McClain's funeral memorial book of 1949 had a few
errors but due to the situation and lack of education it is quite
understandable.
Date of his birth was inverted
grandchild was Linda not Lorena
mrs Robinson was Annie Carter's first
marriage.
grandma's numbers are wrong again, they married in 1908
and she was 16 while grandpa was 22 and census records verify that.
wedding photo
friends who called - no McClains at all
http://www.angelfire.com/blog/pioneers/
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?josiah::mcclain::2647.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kc90853
http://www.hometown.aol.com/kc90853/page80.html
Email: KathyCochran@juno.com
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