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The following biography of John McMullan was posted anonymously at findagrave.com:

It is believed John [McMullan] is the son of Patrick Joseph and Mary Sinclair McMullen who lived in Tralee Ireland from 1738 through 1743, then moved their family to Dublin, Ireland. So John may have been born in Tralee, Ireland - not Dublin. His parents and five brothers, Andrew, Francis, Sinclair, Patrick and Daniel remained in Ireland. They all had jobs in Dublin in the ship building industry. John made sails for ships in Dublin before getting a job on a ship bound to Virginia in 1760.

He first married Theodosia Beck Beasley; their 5 children: James, Patrick, Mary (Powell), John Jr., Katherine (Shiflett). These children are named in Will of John McMullen(spelled McMullin) recorded Will Book L Elbert County, GA, Miscellaneous Inferior Court Records 1816 - 1820, page 123

John McMullen married Elizabeth Stowers (2nd wife)1786 Orange County, VA; their 10 children: Nail/Neil married Mary "Polly" Thornton; Jeremiah married Sarah Harper; Lewis married Frances Stowers; Thomas married Sarah "Sallie" Gaines; Fielding married Polly Dollar; Nancy married James Mills; Sinclair(fag mem #84322423)who married Clarissa Richardson; Elizabeth married John William Allen; Daniel married Sally Wilson; Levinia married Archibald D. Smith. These children are named in Will of John McMullen(spelled McMullin) recorded Will Book L Elbert County, GA, Miscellaneous Inferior Court Records 1816-1820, page 123

Note: found name to be spelled McMullen, McMullan, McMullin, McMullien, McMullian. NSDAR records show McMullen.

Reported in Haynes-McDonald, Heritage Quest, Haynes and Allied Families, John McMullen page 169:

John McMullen sold his land in Swift Run Gap in 1797 and moved to Elbert County, GA (that part of Elbert Co. became Hart Co. in 1853). John and his sons received 1240 acres of land in the Land Lottery of 1806. He lived within the territory of Sardis Baptist Church which was organized in 1811 and was later pastored by his grandson, Rev. James H. McMullen, son of Sinclair McMullen.

John McMullen is listed as A078359 on NSDAR Patriot Index at DAR website. John McMullen is listed in DAR Partiotic Index Centennial Edition Part II on page 1981 as having served as Pvt. from VA, and in Index to Rev. War Service Records Vol. III: L-R on page 1834 as serving as Pvt in 7th VA Reg.,(this is also known as 11th VA Reg). He served in 1777 as an Infantry Pvt. in Captain William Johnson's Company, 11th Virginia Regiment, under Col. Daniel Morgan. The February 1778 pay roll shows John McMullin in the company of Lt. Lamme of the 10th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Major Samueal Hawes. This 10th company was renamed the 6th, but then the 14th became the 10th, and care must be taken when reading these records to avoid error. A footnote on the pay card and muster card states that this company was designated at various times as Capt. David Laird's and Lt. Nathan Lamme's Company. For the first time, in March of 1778, we find a location given on the muster card and lists John as being in the hospital It states that Lt. Nathan Lamme's Company was at Valley Forge (PA). John also is listed on two more muster cards April and May 1778 as being at Valley Forge but is out of the hospital at this time.(National Archives - Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers. Virginia: 6th Regiment Mc-My). Thus, our John McMullen, soldier of the American Revolution, was a soldier with George Washington at Valley Forge during that terrible winter, although he is listed as in the hospital one month. The hospital at that time most likely was a tent and thus he would have suffered as greatly as any soldier in Pennsylvania during that terrible winter. Some say that he attained the rank of Lt. The fact that John McMullen was at Valley Forge with General George Washington for three months, has been confirmed by The Society of Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge, Ancestor's page M-R.

Documented with NSDAR on Ancestor List as A078359 by Barbara Ann Pilgrim Sams

John McMullan is said to be the son of Patrick McMullan and Mary Sinclair. He is said to have been born in Tralee, Ireland, by one source and Dublin, Ireland in others. He is said to have immigrated in about 1760. He married Theodosia Beasley a few years later and had 5 children before they "divorced", either legally or practically. During this time, he served in the Revolutionary War in the 11th VA Regiment. He then married Elizabeth Stowers and had 10 more children. He resided near Swift Run Creek in Orange Co., VA, until Dec. 1797. He had received a land grant for military service by that time and moved to Elbert Co., GA, to take advantage of it. This land is now in Hart Co. Some 80 years after his death, some descendants had a new monument erected for him which is still present today.

One of his granddaughters, Nancy G. (McMullan) McCurley, is #48118025. She was the daughter of Lewis McMullan and Frances Stowers. Lewis was the son of John McMullan and Elizabeth Stowers.

One of his great-granddaughters, Millie (Shiflet) McCurley, is #49270680. She was the daughter of James Shiflet, son of Powell Shiflet and Catherine McMullan. Catherine was the daughter of John McMullan and Theodosia Beasley.

 

Headstone Inscription

IN MEMORY OF JOHN MCMULLAN

BORN IN IRELAND IN 1740

EMIGRATED TO VA. IN 1760

WAS A SOLDIER IN THE WAR OF 1776

MOVED TO GA. IN 1797 DIED IN DEC., 1817

Gravesite Details Grave marker is 6 miles south of Hartwell off Liberty Hill Rd(CR20) to CR 19. Cemetery near bottom of hill on left in farm yard.

 

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 September 2019), memorial page for John McMullan (1740–16 Dec 1817), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24881481, citing McMullen Family Cemetery, Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Barbara Pilgrim Sams (contributor 46601293) .

 

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