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Descendants of David McCalister
Generation No. 1
1. David1 McCalister was born Bet. 1780
- 1790 in Georgia2, and died 1842 in Van Buren Co,
AR3,4. He married (1) Molly Nall Abt. 1817
probably in Dickson Co, TN, thought to be the daughter of William
Nall. She was born Abt. 1804 in Georgia5, and died
1822 in Lawrence Co, MS6,7,8. He married (2)
Dicy Nall 15 May 1822 in Lawrence Co, MS8,9,10,
daughter of William Nall. She was born Abt. 1797 in Prob. Jackson
Co, GA11,12, and died 1852 in Van Buren Co, AR13.
1833 Holmes Co, MS Tax List: Wm. McAlister, John M.
McAlister, Archibald McAlister, David McCalister, Michael McCalister,
R & B Nall, William Nall, Eldrige Nall, Alfred Nall, William C. Nall,
James Nall, Humphrey Scroggin, Levi Scroggin, Hinson Scroggin,
George Scroggin, Wilburn Scroggin
Captain Cuthbert Hudson's Company, Dickson Co, TN Militia
In 1813 a Creek Indian war party attacked Fort Mims, near Mobile,
Alabama, massacring some 250 white men, women, and children.
Tennessee frontiersmen responded when a call for troops went out.
Andrew Jackson received command of the Middle Tennessee contingent.
In a series of battles culminating with the decisive battle at
Horseshoe Bend in Alabama, the strength of the Creek nation's
warriors was broken, bringint to an end the Creek War. As the Creek
War was fought during the War of 1812, veterans of this Indian war
are considered soldiers in the War of 1812. Captain Cuthbert
Hudson's Company, Dickson Co, TN Militia: The following are the men
who served under his company from 28 Sept. 1814 until 28 March 1815:
....David McAllister corporal, John McCallister corporal, John
McAlister private. Note: Many of these men lived in the Turnbull
Creek and Beaverdam Creek areas of Dickson County, near the Hickman
County line.
Dickson Co, TN Minute Book, Wednesday Morning October 8th 1817.
Jurors to County Court January Term 1818: David Bibb, John Gaston,
David McCallister, John Nesbitt, James Douglass, Thomas Drummond.
Oleazor Smith, James Connway, William Johnson, Benjamin Epperson,
James Tatom, William Thedford, Isaac Hedges, Alexander Rose, Charles
Winsted, Jesse Lumsden, Thomas Hunter, James Larkins, Isaac Walker,
John Walker, John Spencer, John W. Lee, Matthias Kean, Samuel Self,
Martin H. Burton, Marble Stone.
Dickson Co, TN Minute Book, At a court of please and quarter
sessions begun and held for the county of Dickson at the Court House
in Charlotte on the first Monday & fifth day of January 1818.
Present the worshipfull.....David McCallister.
Moved from MS to AR with the Scroggin family. History of Conway
County, AR 1880.
Sold their Holmes Co, MS farm in Sept. 1835 and moved to Van
Buren Co, AR. (per J.A. McAlister)
Children of David McCalister and Molly Nall are:
2 i. Mary Polly2 McAlister, born 1818
in Tennessee 14;
died 08 Feb 1882 in Collin Co, TX. She married
William G. Walker Abt. 1835.
3 ii. Dica McAlister, born 19 Feb 1820 in
Mississippi15,16; died 29 Mar 1847
in Conway Co, AR17. She married
John Cheney Scroggin 01 Mar 1838 in Van Buren Co, AR17;
born 02 Jan 1817 in Georgia17,18,19;
died 28 Mar 1864 in Conway Co, AR20.
1850 Dallas Co, AR Census, Jackson Township,
Farmer, p. 13 #182
1860 Conway Co, AR Census, p. 469 #196-196
4 iii. Lovicey McAlister, born 12 Jan 1822 in
Lawrence Co, MS21; died 13 Dec
1877 in Van Buren Co, AR21. She
married William Pate Bef. 1841 in Van Buren Co, AR;
born in Georgia; died 1854 in Conway Co, AR22.
Children of David McCalister and Dicy Nall are:
5 i. John Franklin2 McAlister, born
Abt. 1824 in MS23,24; died Mar 189425.
He married Nancy Bradley; born 1828 in TN26.
6 ii. Sara Ann McAlister, born 1826 in Yazoo Co,
MS27; died 1863. She married
Elisha Williams.
7 iii. James McAlister, born 1828 in Yazoo Co, MS27,28.
He married Melinda; born 1833 in AR28.
8 iv. Michael O. McAlister, born 19 Aug 1829 in
Yazoo Co, MS29,30,31; died 27 Apr
1921 in Valley Springs, AR. He married (1) Elizabeth
Griggs. He married (2) Nancy McAlister 03 Jan 1867
in Van Buren Co, AR32; born 1833
in AR33.
9 v. William B. McAlister, born 1832 in Holmes
Co, MS34,35; died 06 Sep 1862 in
AR. He married Celia.
10 vi. Joseph McAlister, born 1834 in MS35.
He married Nancy A..
Endnotes
1. 1830 Yazoo Co, MS Census, 307.
2. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
3. Hugh Park, Editor, Historical Reminiscences & Biographical
Memoirs of Conway County, Arkansas, (Arkansas Historical Publishing
Company, 1890).
4. J.A.McAlister e-mail 10-29-97.
5. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
6. Hugh Park, Editor, Historical Reminiscences & Biographical
Memoirs of Conway County, Arkansas, (Arkansas Historical Publishing
Company, 1890).
7. J.A.McAlister e-mail 10-29-97.
8. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
9. Maxie Ruth Hedgepeth Brake, Lawrence County Mississippi Marriages
1818 - 1879, (Norman E. Gillis, Shreveport, LA), 32.
10. Lawrence Co, MS Marriage Book I-105.
11. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
12. 1850 Van Buren Co, AR Census Independence twp., p. 320.
13. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
14. J.A.McAlister e-mail 10-29-97.
15. Hugh Park, Editor, Historical Reminiscences & Biographical
Memoirs of Conway County, Arkansas, (Arkansas Historical Publishing
Company, 1890), 106.
16. Family Bible.
17. Hugh Park, Editor, Historical Reminiscences & Biographical
Memoirs of Conway County, Arkansas, (Arkansas Historical Publishing
Company, 1890), 106.
18. Family Bible.
19. 1860 Dallas Co, AR Census.
20. Hugh Park, Editor, Historical Reminiscences & Biographical
Memoirs of Conway County, Arkansas, (Arkansas Historical Publishing
Company, 1890), 106.
21. J.A.McAlister e-mail 10-29-97.
22. A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, (Goodspeed
Publishing), 61.
23. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
24. 1850 Van Buren Co, AR Census Independence twp., pg. 320.
25. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
26. 1850 Van Buren Co, AR Census Independence twp., #320.
27. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
28. 1850 Van Buren Co, AR Census Independence twp., p. 320.
29. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
30. AR Census of Confederate Veterans.
31. 1850 Van Buren Co, AR Census Independence twp., p. 320.
32. AR Census of Confederate Veterans.
33. 1850 Van Buren Co, AR Census Independence twp., p. 320.
34. Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall, Nall Families of
America, (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho).
35. 1850 Van Buren Co, AR Census Independence twp., p. 320. |
