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  • Born (15 JAN 1747/48) - Lancaster District, South Carolina
  • Deceased August 22, 1779 - Camden District, South Carolina

 Parents

  • Daniel McDonald, born in 1723 - Inverness, Scotland, deceased May 31, 1756 - Fredericksburg Township, South Carolina (as proven by his will.) aged 33 years old
    Married in 1745, Probably Scotland, to
  • Rebecca Middleton, born in 1724, deceased in 1768 aged 44 years old

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 Siblings

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 Maternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts

 Notes

Individual Note

MARY McDONALD was the daughtor of Donald McDonald and the wite of George Wade. Her home was burned and she, with her baby, was taken prisoner to Charleston by Tarleton in retaliation for aid given by her to Sumter, after he was wounded at King's Mountain. Both she and the child died ot small pox while in prison, contracted while nurslng fellow prlsonors. Her body was afterward interred on the site of her old home, and a monument erected in loving memory by the citizens of Lancaster County. The child had been buried, wlth ten others, in a common grave, so it could not be recognized.
Mary McDonald, having General Sumpter ill at her home at McDonald's Ford, and belng warned of the approach of the butcher, Tarlton, drove by night, with the General and her little daughter, to a place ot safety in the swamps. Returning, she met Tarlton at the ferry landing on her own place. In an effort at delaying him, she possessed herself of his pistol and discharged it in the face of the irate red coat. In the meantime, her little girl had cut the rope holding the ferry. This going adrift, the British were forced to make a detour of several miles to cross the river, swollen by recent ralns. Thus ample opportunity was afforded Gen. Sumpter to make good his escape. As has been before stated, she was taken to Charleston where she died in prison. Undoubtedly she was hated by Tarlton for some good cause, and beloved for like reason by her compatrlots. The spot where she died is marked now only by a stone, as the monument erected by public subscription was destroyed by the Federal troops in 1864.

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  • Birth, Spouse, death:
    - GEDCOM file imported on 13 Dec 2005 - GEDCOM file. Created on 13 DEC 2005. Imported on 13 Dec 2005. - GEDCOM file. - GEDCOM file. Created on 13 DEC 2005. Imported on 13 Dec 2005.
    - GEDCOM file imported on 12 Jan 2008 - GEDCOM file. Created on Jan 12, 2008. Imported on 12 Jan 2008. - GEDCOM file. - GEDCOM file. Created on Jan 12, 2008. Imported on 12 Jan 2008.
    - GEDCOM file imported on 13 Dec 2005 - GEDCOM file. Created on 13 DEC 2005. Imported on 13 Dec 2005. - GEDCOM file. - GEDCOM file. Created on 13 DEC 2005. Imported on 13 Dec 2005.
    - GEDCOM file imported on 12 Jan 2008 - GEDCOM file. Created on Jan 12, 2008. Imported on 12 Jan 2008. - GEDCOM file. - GEDCOM file. Created on Jan 12, 2008. Imported on 12 Jan 2008.
    - GEDCOM file imported on 23 Sep 2009 - GEDCOM file submitted by Cathy Ann Abernathy, Rootsweb.com / weavercat a gmail.com. Created on 17 AUG 2009. Imported on 23 Sep 2009. - GEDCOM file, Cathy Ann Abernathy. - GEDCOM file submitted by Cathy Ann Abernathy, Rootsweb.com / weavercat a gmail.com. Created on 17 AUG 2009. Imported on 23 Sep 2009.
  • Family: ryo-all10.ged -- Archive File -- C A Abernathy (2022)

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Ancestry ChartDescendancy Chart
                                                                             _____|16_John Of Glencoe ca 1675-/1714
                                                   _____|8_Donald Macian (1) McDonald
                                                  /                         ¯¯¯¯¯|17_? ?
                         _____|4_Daniel (Donald Macian - 2?) McDonald 1700-ca 1755
                        /                        \
                       /                          ¯¯¯¯¯|9_? ?
                      /
|2_Daniel McDonald 1723-1756
|                      \
|                       ¯¯¯¯¯|5_Mary ??? ca 1700-
|--1_Mary McDonald †1779
|                       _____|6_Robert Middleton
|                     /
|3_Rebecca Middleton 1724-1768
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