Joanna Macon

Her husband, John, was born on Mar. 10, 1755, at Macon Manor, Warren Co., North Carolina. He died on Feb. 9, 1829, in Maury Co., Tenn. He married Joanna Tabb in 1775.

She was born in 1757, in Bute Co., No. Carol. She died on Dec 13, 1796, in childbirth having her son, Henry Harrison Macon, her 8th child. She was only 39 years old.

Maj. John and Joanna had the following children. All born in North Carolina. All, or almost all, married in Tenn.

   George Washington. Born in 1776. Married Elizabeth Kimbrell , Oct. 24, 1807.

   Priscilla Jones (Washington ?) Born in 1778.

   Mary Hunt. Born in 1780. She married John M. Goodloe. Her second husband was Thomas Craighead, his family was connected with Craighead County, Arkansas.

   William Henry. Born in 1787. He married Martha, no last name, she was born 1785. I have 3 children for them. Elizabeth, born 1830.Martha, born 1833.Julie Anderson, married, Thomas G. Boyd.

   John Tabb. Born July 8, 1791.Died in 1851 in Tenn. He married Elizabeth R. Willis in 1813, in No. Carol. Much later, he married Mary Burdett Fitzhugh, on July 21, 1842, in Tenn. (Discussed below in the next section).

   Sephronia. Born in 1793. She married Caleb Longley on May 10, 1816, in Tenn.

   Gabriel Long. Born Aug. 6, 1795. Died Sept.23, 1840.He married Burchett T. Jordon on June 22, 1816 in Tenn. She was born on Dec. 25, 1791. Died Sept. 21, 1851. I only have one child for them, Eliza J, Born Nov.8, 1821.Died Jan. 30, 1844.

   Henry Harrison. Born on Dec. 13, 1796. Married Margaret Brooks in 1825 in Tenn. She was born in 1806. (His mother, Elizabeth, died the day of Henry’s birth, in childbirth) Henry and Margaret had 6 children. Joseph K., born 1827. Romulus, born 1831. Nancy, born Jan. 1833. Mary B. born 1835. Harrison, born 1835. John, born 1829.died 1886.Married Martha Ann Ramsey in 1855.

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