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Title: Daniel McPherson & Marian McNeill

Chart 1a

Sources: Research of Jay Edgerton, Dot Edgerton and Steve Edgerton; Robeson Co. estate settlements of John McPherson, Colin McPherson and Hugh McPherson; Cumberland Co. estate settlements of Colin McPherson and John McPherson; Research of Ruth McArthur;1789 Robeson Co. will of John McPherson; Robeson Co. court minutes.

HUSBAND

Daniel McPherson

Note: Erroneously referred to as "Rev. Daniel McPherson" for several decades, however, he was not a minister. He was an active Tory during the Revolution under command of Col. Hector McNeill.
Birth

c. 1740

Place

Scotland or Bladen County, NC

Chr

Place

Death

Dec 1803

Place

Raft Swamp, Robeson County, NC

Burial

Place

Neill McNeill burial ground at Greenbriar, just west of Red Springs, Robeson Co., NC

Father

John McPherson (Argyll Colony)

Mother

unknown

Marriage

Place

probably Bladen County, NC

#2 spouse

info

WIFE

Marian McNeill

Notes: Erroneously referred to as 'Sarah' in local tradition. Records show her name was Marian.
Birth
c.1755-60
Place
Bladen County, NC
Chr
Place
Death
1819
Place
Raft Swamp, Robeson County, NC?
Burial
Place
Neill McNeill burial ground at Greenbriar, just west of Red Springs, Robeson Co., NC
Father
"Shoemaker John" McNeill
Mother
Mary Peterson
#2 spouse
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CHILDREN
Birth
Death
Spouse
Chart #
1. Flora McPherson
1775
1859
Daniel Buie, son of Malcolm Buie and Ann McCrainie
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2. Archibald McPherson
?
Dec 1790
never married; died as a child on the McPherson plantation on Raft Swamp
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3. Neill McPherson
?
Feb/Mar 1791
never married; died as a child on the McPherson plantation on Raft Swamp
1a3
4. Mary McPherson
c.1784
alive 1845
Archibald Gilchrist, in 1802; son of John Gilchrist and Effie McMillan
1a4
5. Catherine McPherson
c.1787
1868
Rev. Daniel Brown, son of "Tory Neil" Brown and Sarah McPhaul
1a5
6. Nancy McPherson
c. 1790
c.1823
Gilbert Gilchrist, son of John Gilchrist and Effie McMillan
1a6
7. Hugh McPherson
1793
1818
Christian Ferguson, c.1815. Hugh died in
Richmond Co., NC in 1818 leaving two children Daniel and Sarah Ann.
1a7
8. Colin McPherson
1795
1823
never married; Colin died about same time as sister Nancy on the McPherson plantation on Raft Swamp
1a8
9. Alexander McPherson
1798
1879
Nancy Dallas, c.1817; daughter of Peter or Hugh Dallas of Robeson Co., NC
1a9