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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Private
Author: Thomas Roy King
James McBride, [g6grandfather] grandfather of MY Revolutionary soldier-g4grandfather (Pvt. James McBride), was born in Ireland in 1700.
His son, John McBride, g5g, was born in County Down, Ireland in ca. 1721, sailed to America, and died in Guilford Co., NC (Greensboro, NC area today) in 1806. Being in his 50’s when the revolution started, John did not enlist, BUT his two sons, Pvt. James McBride, g4g (1751-1836) and brother, Pvt. John McBride g4Uncle (1752-1826) did. The entire family had sailed from Ireland, lived first in Lancaster Co., PA, then Guilford Co., NC in 1771, where the brothers enlisted, served under Capt. George Davidson, and fought for the 1st NC. regiment. The McBrides also served under Col. Francis Nahs. James was captured by the British, escaped, became a captain (sic?) and led a volunteer Co. in NC. By the 1780’s he lived in Williamson Co., Lincoln Co. (modern day Tennessee counties) and finally Marshall Co., TN.
How did soldiers James g4g and John g4U and their families from North Carolina get to Tennessee to settle and farm and ultimately be buried at Round Hill Cemetery in Belfast, Tennessee (in Marshall Co., ca. 16 mi. east of I-65)
In 1783, the state of North Carolina set aside land in what is now middle Tennessee as payment for militia and Continental Line soldiers of the American Revolution. Military warrants for land were awarded, with the size of the grant varying from 640 to 12,000 acres, depending on the individual’s rank.
Both James g4g and John and their families traveled to Tennessee and spent their remaining years farming. Subsequent generations of the McBride clan, Jacob McBride g3g (1798 – 1841) born in White Co., TN, moved to Boone Co., MO and was buried there. Joel H. McBride g2g (1827 – 1876) lived in Boone Co., his entire life, as did my grandmother, Sarah Margaret McBride (King) (1868-1927). My father, Roy T. King, was born in 1904 in Boone Co., moved to St. Louis, MO and died in St. Louis in 1990.
Family Tree MCBRIDE relationships to Thomas Roy King James McBride, g6grandfather, Ireland-Ireland John McBride, g5grandfather, Ireland-North Carolina James McBride, g4grandfather, Ireland-Tennessee REV. soldier Jacob McBride, g3 grandfather Tennessee-Missouri Joel H. McBride, g2grandfather, Missouri-Missouri Sarah Margaret McBride (King), grandmother, Missouri-Missouri Roy T. King, father, Missouri-Missouri
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