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About John Andrew McMinn
John A. McMinn, son of Robert McMinn and Jane Kuykendall was born circa
1776 in Rutherford county, North Carolina. He came to the Henderson area
before 1800. John married Elizabeth Robinson of Beaufort. He traveled to
White County, Tennessee in 1806. It is oral tradition that he was a surveyor.
A descendant of his who died in 1929 had surveying tools that went back four
generations, and believed to belong to John A.
John A. and Elizabeth were the parents of four sons, Robert 18 June 1799-1860
in Kerr County, Texas, who married Sara Kuykendall. Their children, born
1821-1843 were Elizabeth, who married John Roland Corn; Jean, who married
Edward Osteen; Sara Affa, who married Riley R. Porter; Cynthia, who married
John C. Anthony; Didema A.; John J.; Jesse T.; Francis Marion; Valintine; and
Mary, who married Joseph Treadway. Descendants of Jean and Edward Osteen
still reside in Henderson County. Robert moved to Georgia, but was back in
Henderson County around 1840. He served as Deacon of Crab Creek Baptist Church.
Robert and wife are buried at Mountain View Church in Kerrville, Texas.
The second son, James R. McMinn 1802, the last record of him was in 1880. Yell
County, Arkansas. He married Sara Corn in 1846 in Buncombe County, North
Carolina. His children, born 1846-1859 were James P., who married Lucinda;
John M.; Elizabeth; Adelia A.; Elisa Jane; Jesse M.; Robert and Sarah McMinn.
James P. and John M. were in McMinnville, Oregon in 1900. James R. lived in the
Green River township in 1850. He owned land in the Clear Creek Section on Rocky
Mountain, on which a rock quarry was located in 1840. He co-owned land with his
brother Jesse, at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Family lore is that they donated part
of this land for the McMinn Cemetery Plot. Tombstone inscriptions indicate that
relatives were in this area in 1812.
The third son, John M. McMinn 6 July 1803-1867 in Henderson County. At one time
he lived in the Green River Township on McMinn Creek. John M. had nine children
born 1825-1840, James who married Elizabeth Freeman; George, who married first
Elizabeth England and second Mary England; John L. Jefferson who married E. Jane
Freeman, and their descendants still live in Henderson County; Margaret Cora
who married William Welsey Wolfe; Elizabeth M., who married John Heatherly and
whose descendants settled in the Green River area; Nathan Van Buren, who married
Lizzie England, and their descendants live in Brevard, North Carolina:
Jessie L.; Mary E., who married David Noe; and Sara(Sarah Jane McMinn),
who married James "Jack" Downing.
The fourth son, Jesse McMinn 26 February-1806 - 5 February 1862 in Henderson
County, North Carolina, married Zilpha Shipman. Jesse settled in the Clear Creek
area. He is buried in the Scottish custom of having the tallest Altar Tomb for
the elder member of the family. His children were James N. 1827-1873, who
married Malinda Maxwell of Chestnut Gap; Andrew Jesse May 1828 - December 1848;
John J. 1829, who married Elizabeth, and they had one daughter named Zilpha. He
sold his land which included a Government Still, and left Henderson County to
go west in 1867.
John A. McMinn was my great great great grandfather.
Sources: 1800-1830 census Buncombe County North Carolina, 1850 census Kerr
County, Texas. 1800 census Yell County, Arkansas. McMinn's of America by V.
Britton, family Bibles of Elizabeth Vogler, and Ellen Smith, family lore,
deeds, and church records.
--Kenneth McMinn
John A. (Andrew) Mc Minn [Parents] was born in 1776 in Tyron, Pope, North Carolina. He died in Jul 1808 in , Buncombe, North Carolina. He was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery, Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina. He was sealed to his parents on 21 Nov 1986 in the Los Angeles California temple. He was baptized on 16 Sep 1986 in the Los Angeles California temple. He was endowed on 15 Nov 1986 in the Los Angeles California temple. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Jane Robinson in 1798.
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Jane Robinson [Parents] was born in 1780 in Beaufort, Carteret, North Carolina. She died on 25 Jul 1858 in Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina. She was buried in Ebenezer Church Cemetery, Henderson, North Carolina. She was sealed to her parents on 21 Oct 1998 in the Manti Utah temple. She was baptized on 3 Apr 1998 in the Manti Utah temple. She was endowed on 18 Aug 1998 in the Manti Utah temple. She married John A. (Andrew) Mc Minn in 1798.
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They had the following children:
M i Robert W. Mc Minn
M ii James R. Mc Minn
M iii John Mitchell Mc Minn
M iv Esq. Jesse Andrew Mc Minn
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John Andrew McMinn's Timeline
| 1776 |
1776
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Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
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| 1799 |
June 18, 1799
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Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
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1802
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North Carolina, United States
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1803
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February 26, 1806
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Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
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July 1808
Age 32
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Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina, United States
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Ebenezer Cemetery, Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States
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