John Martin McGilvary

b. 20 December 1812, d. 18 May 1878
  • John Martin McGilvary was born on 20 December 1812 in Moore County, North Carolina.
  • He married Eleanor McIver on 19 October 1837 in Chatham County, North Carolina, probably cousins.
  • 176 acres in the Joseph Lindley survey sold by John M. McGilvary to R. M. Powell in 1852 were deeded to McGilvary by Thomas W. Hoy and his wife Elizabeth Ann on 8 May 1849, recorded 23 May 1849.
  • John Martin McGilvary and Eleanor McIver appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Thomas McGilvary, Elizabeth Ann McGilvary, Alexander Murdock McGilvary, John Clinton McGilvary, Angus Tyson McGilvary, Theodora Louisa McGilvary, Elizabeth Antoinette Nichols and Caroline Malinda Boyd.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
  • On Wednesday, 23 October 1850, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Bought a Dark mouse coloured mare Mule of Mr McGilvery at 55 dollars."
  • John M. McGilvary and his wife Ellen sold 176 acres in the Joseph Lindley survey to R. M. Powell, by deed dated 17 January 1852, recorded 28 May 1852.
  • By deed dated 27 January 1852 in Montgomery County, Texas, John Martin McGilvary and his wife Ellen McGilvary of Montgomery County sold to Robert Micajah Powell for the sum of $880.00, 176 acres (deeded to them by Thomas W. and Elizabeth Hoy), in the Joseph Lindley headright league in Montgomery County. Witnessed by W. W. Robert and Thomas W. Hoy, recorded 28 May 1852, notary public Jonathan Stark Collard.
  • John Martin McGilvary became a widower at the 21 August 1852 death of his wife Eleanor McIver.
  • At the death of J. M. McGilvary's wife Eleanor, he brought his sister Mary to Texas to help raise his eight children. When she married Abram Helm in 1854 and moved to Navarro County, she took baby Eleanor to raise. Following Abram's death in 1860, John Martin and his remaining seven children went to Navarro County to live with her.
  • John Martin McGilvary died on 18 May 1878 at age 65 in Navarro County, Texas.
  • He was interred at Birdston Cemetery, Streetman, Navarro County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 16 Oct 2011

Family: Eleanor McIver b. 27 October 1817, d. 21 August 1852