McGUFFIE (McGUFFEE and McGUFFEY)
Special thanks to Yvonne McGlothing for her gift of a lifetime of careful, diligent research.
Note that no McGuffees are shown on the census indexes for 1790, 1800, 1850 or 1860 in NC.
1. _____ McGUFFIE. This may be Edmund McGuffee, who is the only McGuffee in the census index for NC in 1810. There are none listed for 1790 or 1800. This may also be Edard [sic] McGuffee who was removed from the tax rolls of Buncombe Co. in 1809 as having left the state (Bailey(2)). Due to circumstantial evidence, such as naming patterns, places of residence, places of birth, relative ages, etc. the following may be brothers.
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2. a Hardy b. 1780, d. 1815 NC, m. Edith Hunter
3. b. John b. 1785 NC, d. 1852 MS, m2. Nancy Ann Watson
4. c. Alfred b. 1794 NC, d. 1843 MS, m. Avarilla Garner
References: see individual listings for children; Bailey(2)
3. JOHN McGUFFIE born about 1785 near Raleigh, North Carolina and died 5 Apr 1852 in Raymond, Hinds Co., Mississippi. John is presumed to be the brother of Alfred McGuffie. They came to Mississippi Territory and bid for land in Marion Co. in Sep 1811. John served in the War of 1812 as a Major in Colonel George H. Nixon's 13th Regiment of Mississippi Militia. He paid taxes on 515 acres of land in Marion Co. in 1815. John is listed in the 1816 census of Marion Co., MS. In 1819, he moved to Covington Co. and stayed there until 1831. He was a probate judge in Covington Co. in 1823, 1825, and 1826. He was on a commission to choose the county seat in 1826. In 1831, John moved to Hinds Co. He was taxed for 546 acres of land and 12 slaves in 1836. He sold all of this in 1841. He was a member of the Methodist church.
There is no record of John's first wife.
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5. a. William M. b. 1808 NC, d. 1883 MS, m1. Sarah White, m2. Ann Eliza White
6. b. Malinda b. 31 Jul 1810 TN; d. 29 Aug 1867 Utica, MS; m. Charles Slater
John married second on 14 Jan 1814 in Marion Co., MS to Nancy Ann Watson, daughter of William Watson. She was born about 1795 in SC and died after 1860, when she was living with her stepdaughter, Malinda.
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c. Hardy b. 1818 MS
7. d. Calvin b. 1819 MS
8 e. John W. b. 1821 MS
9. f. Elizabeth b. 1822 MS, d. 1886 MS, m1. John A. Spears, m2. C.G. Pittman
10. g. Burwell V. b. 1823 MS, d. 1898 MS, m. Elizabeth J. Cook
h. Sarah Ann b. 1825 MS, m. 9 May 1844 John J. Gaines
i. Joseph b. 1826 MS
j. Amanda b. 1830 MS, m. 11 Oct 1848 Elijah M. Tynes
References: Clontz; Forrest; McGlothing; Obit for John McGuffee; 1820-30 census Covington Co., MS; 1840-60 census Hinds Co., MS
10. BURWELL VICTOR "BUCK" McGUFFIE (John1) son of John McGuffie and Nancy Ann Watson, born about 1822 in Covington Co., Mississippi and died 8 Apr 1898 in Hinds Co., Mississippi. Burwell's will is dated 9 Jun 1897. Buck had about five strokes before he died and carried a cane. In 1850, his brother John W. was living with Burwell's family. Burwell was a farmer.
Burwell married 28 Jul 1842 in Hinds Co., Mississippi to Elizabeth J. Cook, daughter of Gilbert Dalton Cook and Elizabeth Brown. J. McGuffee, Justice of Peace officiated at the wedding. Elizabeth was born 19 Apr 1824 in North Carolina. As she is not mentioned in Burwell's will, it is assumed that she died before 1897.
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20. a. Elizabeth Ann b. 1844 MS, d. 1913 TN, m. John V. Fisher
21. b. Lucretia C. b. 1845, m. Charles L. Johnson
22. c. Mack Albert b. 1846, m1. Sarah Chatham, m2. Theodore James
23. d. Joseph Jeter b. 1847, m. Mary Susannah Hutchings
e. M.M. (m) b. 1849
24. f. Viola Belle b. 1856 MS, m1.11 Dec 1881 J.W. Clark, m2. John J. Sumrall
25. g. Burwell Victor "Vick" b. 1857 MS
26. h. Mary Ethel "Mollie" b. 1861 MS, d. 1947 MS, m1. James Ammon Dillon, m2. Jerry J. Jones
i. Nannie b. 1863 MS, m. 26 Apr 1883 James E. Beasley
j. John Morris b. 1865 MS
22. MACK ALBERT McGUFFIE (Burwell2, John1) son of Burwell McGuffie, born 3 Mar 1842-46 in Mississippi and died 18 Feb 1925. Mack's first name has been reported as MacGregor, Macmager or Macmajor. Mack was a member of the 1st Miss State Troops and later of the 3rd Miss. Cavalry during the War Between the States. His muster record describes him as 5 feet 9 inches tall with blue eyes, sandy hair and fair complexion. Mack may have lied about his age to enter the army.
In the 1900 census, he stated that he was born in 1842. He also stated that both his parents were born in Ireland. In his Confederate pension application of 1903, he gives his age as 59 (born 1844). In his Confederate pension application of 1916, he gives his age as 72 (born 1844). Some early census data gives his birth as late as 1846.
Mack married first on 19 Feb 1873 in Claiborne Co., Mississippi to Sarah Chatham. She was born about 1855 in MS. The 1880 census shows a Margaret Williams, age 16, sister, in the household.
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a. Joseph J. b. 1879
b. Mary b. Apr 1883 MS (She was the niece of Joe Chatham and living with him in 1900 in Washington Co., MS.)
Mack married second on 8 Jun 1893 in Warren Co., Misissippi to Theodore "Dutch" James. She was born Feb 1877 in MS and was still living in Jul 1924, when she applied for a CSA widow's pension. Dutch said that she was of German origin, though it is believed that she may have been of Indian descent. Both of her parents were born in MS.
In 1900 a Catherine Pomzer, born Jan 1826 in Germany, was living with Mack and Dutch. Catherine had 8 children, none living in 1900, and had immigrated to America in 1860. John Panzer married 3 Nov 1851 in Warren Co., MS to Catharine Schwab. The 1850 census for Warren Co. (Vicksburg) has: Philip Schwab, 29, Ger, cordwainer at one house and Henry Schwab, 42, Ger, merchant; Eliza Schwab, 38, Ger; Caroline Stifell, 12, MS; and Getta Gilhouse, 19, Ger at another house. Of interest in the search for Dutch's German connection, see the family from Prussia living with Mac's uncle Alfred.
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35. b. Goldsboro "Buck" b. May 1893 MS, m. Nellie Fuller
36. c. Nancy b. Feb 1895 MS, m. Dennis Dillon
37. d. Robert Barnes b. 1896 MS, m. Gwinette Dillon
38. e. Maggie b. 1897 MS, m. Bismark Ervin
39. f. Minnie b. 1900 MS, m1. Francis Marion Logue, Jr., m2. John O'Keefe
40. g. James K. Vardaman b. 1901, m. Katie Bell Skinner
41. h. Mollie "Tad" b. 1903, d. 1967, m. Eugene Clifton Ervin
42. i. Lula b. 1905, m. William Hopkins
j. Charley Scott b. 1908, m. Martha O'Bannon
43. k. Susie Elizabeth b. 1911, d. 1982, m. Harvey Dillon
l. Johnnie Viola "Tootsie" b. 3 Nov 1913
44. m. Harry Lee b. 1915, d. 1981, m. Gertrude Westbrook
41. MOLLIE "TAD" McGUFFEE (Mack3, Burwell2, John1) daughter of Mack Albert McGuffie and Theodora James, born 24 May 1903 in MS. She was originally named Nina Adelle but her name was changed to Mollie, when she started school. Her nick name as a child was "Tadpole".
Mollie married 1 Jun 1918 in Warren Co., MS to Eugene Clifton Ervin, son of Eugene Griffin Ervin and Martha Ann Sumrall. He was born 17 Dec 1897 in Mississippi and died 22 Nov 1954.
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a. Eugene Albert Ervin b. 21 Apr 1919 MS, m1. Pat _____, m2. 1958 Jom Soon Lee
b. Juanita Ervin b. & d. 1921
c. Bernice Maxie Ervin b. 17 Feb 1924, m. Reginald Knox Brannan
d. Otto Guy Ervin b. 28 Aug 1926, m. Mary Nell Sanders
e. Thomas Joseph Ervin b. 25 Nov 1929, m1. Amber Pearl Ford, m2. Juanita _____
f. Mary Marlene Ervin b. 4 Apr 1931, m. Boyd Jackson Lee
g. Cecil Louis Ervin b. 25 Apr 1933, m. Lou Alice Keen
h. Charlie Melvin Ervin b. 24 Jun 1935, m. Theresa Edwards
i. Sidney Knox Ervin b. 6 Jul 1937, m1. Ann Hearn, m2. Lonnie Ray Mallott
j. Peggy LaVerne Ervin b. 11 Nov 1939, m. William Earl Guthrie
k. James Elmer Ervin b. 22 Oct 1942, m. Beverly Armstrong
l. Walter Lee Ervin b. 1945, d. infant
m. Don Wayne Ervin b. 4 Jun 1949, m. Christine Ruth Bass
References: Bible of Mollie Ervin; Ervin(1); MS Soundex; 1910-20 census Warren Co., MS
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