John
McMullan was born in Tralee, Ireland in 1740. This city is on the west
coast of Ireland, sixteen miles south of Galway City. It is a small seaport
with most of the people either farming 
or
living from the sea. During the period of John McMullan's early life there
was much work in the small ship construction at Tralee and Galway. John
was the son of Patrick Joseph McMullan and brother to Frank (Francis),
Sinclair, Patrick and Daniel who had gone to the city of Dublin to work
as ship builders, carpenters, caulkers or repairmen to sailing vessels.
John followed them there when he was eighteen years of age and worked
as an apprentice at the same trade or as a tailor. When John McMullan
was twenty years of age, he got employment on a large sailing vessel bound
for the new world and Virginia.
Some say that John worked as a tailor for several years when he came to Orange, Virginia. This writer has never verified this, and it seems to me that he was mostly a planter and farmer as you can see by his will upon death that he owned several slaves and had so for many years.
John McMullan's grave was marked in 1896 as follows:
In Memory of John McMullan
Born in Ireland 1740
Emigrated to Virginia in 1760
Was a Soldier in the War of 1776 (Revolution)
Moved to Georgia in 1797
Died December 1817
John
McMullan married, the first time, Theodosia Beasely, in Orange County,
Virginia about 1766 or 1767; they had five children by this union. John
McMullan later married Elizabeth Stowers in Orange County, Virginia 1786.
She was born in Orange County, Virginia 1763 and died in Clayton County,
Georgia in 1848. She was the daughter of Mark Stowers, a revolutionary
war soldier. Elizabeth Stowers, wife of John McMullan, remarried years
after his death to James Prather, January 24, 1839.
After
the War was over, John McMullan was granted 400 acres of land on Swift
Run Creek or River in Orange County, Virginia for his services in the
Continental Army by the Commonwealth of Virgina.
From the land records of Elbert County, Georgia, 1791 - 1823, in the land lottery of 1806, John McMullan and twelve in his family received two draws, or about 1240 acres in Captain Isaac Barret's district. John McMullan was a testator to the will of William Alexander which was registered in June 1806, in Elbert County, Georgia.
From the book, "History of the McMullan and Allied Families" by Captain Albert McMullan, USNR Ret.
More articles about John McMullan: John McMullan, Soldier, Continental Line in the American Revolution by Gale McDonnell Fuller "Leaving Virginia - 1797. John McMullan's Trek to Georgia" by Emily Williams
Last Will and Testament of John McMullan Inventory of John McMullan's Estate John McMullan's Military Muster Cards Timeline for John McMullan's life This is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet from Gale Fuller and Beverly Adams. If you meet Gale or Beverly, please let them know how much you appreciate all of their hard work on our family's history! |
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