Rachel McFadden
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jul 13, 1774 - South Carolina
Death: Sep 3, 1846 - Ackerman, Choctaw County, MS
Burial: in Enon Cemetery, Ackerman, MS
Parents
Father: William McFadden
Mother: Anne Muse
Spouses and Children
1. *Moses Ayers Jr.
Marriage: Abt 1793 - South Carolina
Children:
1. Selah Ayers
2. William Ayers
3. David B. Ayers
4. Samuel Ayers
5. Jacob Ayers
6. John Ayers
7. Thomas Eli Ayers
8. Anna Ayers
9. Allen Ayers
10. Rachel Ayers
11. Miriah Ayers
Notes
General:
Of Jesse McFadden's siblings I have only found significant information on his sister Rachel. Rachel McFadden Ayers and her husband Moses Ayers, Jr. went to Mississippi in 1840.
Name: MOSES AYRES , Jr.
Sex: M
Birth: 1 MAY 1774 in Halifax, Virginia
Death: 2 SEP 1841 in Choctaw County, Mississippi
Burial: 1841 Hickory Flat, Mississippi
Somewhere along about the first part of the nineteenth century, the Ayers family members began to spell their surname as "Ayres" rather than the traditional "Ayers."
"Letters from Mrs. A. B. Horn, Regent of James Blair Chapter, DAR, Corsicana, Texas: She was searching for these names for a friend, Nov 3, 1942. Moses Ayres married Rachel (McFadden(i)n); they moved from Tennessee and she is buried in Ackerman, Mississippi with her children. Rachel died 3 Sept 1846 and she had a daughter, Selah born (1789) and died 5 Nov (1862), married Obed Childress while living in Tennessee. Their son (Obed-Selah) Obed died 1878 in Arp, Texas. He married Jemima Barron. The mother of Obed (senior) was either a Mrs. Snow or married a Snow after his father died, for he has a half brother, Eli Snow buried where he is buried."
"Note: One Rachel Ayers married Eli Crum in Jefferson County, Alabama, 1827, and Moses Ayers consented to marriage. Deed from Eli Snow and wife Sally to Moses Ayres, Jefferson County, Alabama, 11 Aug 1827, Wit: John Ayers, Allen Ayres. Deed from Moses Ayres and Wife Rachel of Jefferson County, Alabama, to Robert Patterson of Madison County, Alabama, 3 Oct 1827. Celia Childress, wife of Obed Childress relinquished right to dower in certain land in Jefferson County, Alabama in 1837."
"Letter from James Addison Ayres, 790 John Adams Parkway, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401, February 15, 1969: I have records showing Moses Ayres was granted 4 tracts of land in the Camden District of Fairfield County, S.C. between 1784-1758. He lived in Tennessee and Mississippi before moving to Jefferson County, Alabama, where he died in 1829 or 1830. His wife was Rachel McFadden. Children: John, b. ca. 1801; Eli, b. Nov 21, 1803; Allen, b. ca. 1809, Rachel; Moses, Jr. Perhaps Selah(or Celia) and several other children - one daughter married a Bibb and they had a son, Eli Bibb. My grandfather, William Eli Ayres was grandson of Moses Ayres. Thomas Eli was father of William Eli Ayres."
SALE OF LAND, 1826
Alabama, Jefferson Co. Deed Books, Vol. 1 -4, Book 3, p. 121
Moses Ayres and wife Rachel Ayres sell land to George L. Green, August 21, 1826.
Rachel McFadden, grantor; Moses Ayres, grantor; William Childress, witness
PURCHASE OF LAND, 1827
Alabama, Jefferson Co., Vol. 5, Book 2, pages 84 - 85
Moses Ayres buys land from Eli Snow and wife Sarah (Sally) Ayres, August 27, 1827
Eli Snow, grantor; Sarah (Sally) Ares, grantor; Moses Ayres II, grantee; William Childress, witness
SALE OF LAND, 1827
Alabama, Jefferson Co. Deed Books, Book 3, p. 86
Moses Ayres and wife Rachel Ayres (her mark) sell land to Robert Patterson of Madison Co., AL., land in District of Tuscaloosa containing 160 acres, October 3, 1827.
Rachel McFadden, grantor; Moses Ayres, grantor
BURIAL WITH FAMILY MEMBERS
In a letter from Lucille Vann Cohen dated 26 AUG 1993 to J.P. Childress, she stated that there is documentation to suggest that Moses Ayres died in 1841 and is buried in Hickory Flat, MS, not in Ackerman with the rest of the family. The documentation was a note from a Mrs. West, who wrote: "You notice there is no record of Moses being buried here (Enon Cemetery in Ackerman, Mississippi). I have a copy of a 5 X 8 piece of paper known by a cousin to be the handwriting of her father, who was Judge C. Lee Crum of Hickory Flat, Mississippi, and a grandson of William Allen Crum. He stated that the grandparents of W.A. Crum were Moses and Rachel, that Moses died in 1841 and is buried in Hickory Flat. Perhaps that is why Rachel went back to Ackerman, to live with Selah."