Leander or Lee Andrew McCrary?
I'm helping a friend with some family research and I've hit a brick wall.I've found two different families that could be the next step in his family history:
WILLIAM McCRARY
William McCroy (McCrary) was born about 1805 in South Carolina and married Catherine (born about 1811).They had these children:
Lee Andrew (1836 - bef. 1880)
William (1848)
Emily (1850)
James (1853)
Margaret (1854)
and...
JAMES McCRARY
James McCrary was born about 1813 in North Carolina and married Bersheba (born about 1815).They lived in Union County, Georgia, in 1850 with these children:
Mitchel19
George16
James13
John11
Leander8
Andrew6
Sarah3
Also living in the household was Elizabeth Segler, age 22.
The 1860 census of Union County shows James, Barhubee, Geo W, Leander, and John W in the household.
NOW for the interesting part, a family tree I found shows this information:
LEE ANDREW (or LEANDER) McCRARY
Lee Andrew McCrary was born about 1836 and died before 1880.Lee Andrew married Sarah L. Townsend, born about 1844.Their children were:
John Wesley McCrary 1861-1896 (m. Xantippe Jane McAlister,1863-1932)
William Andrew McCrary 1862-1942 (m. Nancy Jane McElroy,1861-1932)
James McCrary 1865 -
Thomas G McCrary 1875 -
WILLIAM ANDREW McCRARY
William Andrew McCrary and Nancy Jane McElroy had these children:
Jessie Lee McCrary1884 - 1944(m. Hattie May McDaniel 1888 - 1962)
Elbert Cleveland McCrary (b. April 12, 1886, in Georgia; d. March 12, 1964, in Tift Co., GA) m. Ada Leola Thomas (b. November 9, 1893, in Gilmer Co., GA; d. June 5, 1985, in Tift Co., GA)
Mary Ellen McCrary 1888 -
Thomas Ira McCrary 1889 -
Mack Allen McCrary 1892 -
Charlie M. McCrary 1894 -
Olivia Belle McCrary 1896 - married Robert Emory Gaydon
Dock Woods McCrary 1898 -
William Henry McCrary 1900 -
Cecil McCrary 1903 -
Note:The 1860 census lists this family as McCroy in Pickens County, Georgia.
QUESTION:Is Leander or Lee Andrew the correct ancestor for this line of the McCrary family?