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Jesse 'Ike' McDade

Male Abt 1800 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Jesse 'Ike' McDade 
    Born Abt 1800  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1712  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father James McDADE,   b. 1749, Hampshire County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1833, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Rachel TANNER,   b. Between 1763 and 1768,   d. 27 Sep 1820, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married Bef 1783  [1
    Notes 

    • Hampshire County Census, 1782, Looks like 4, gone in 1784

      Harrison County Court Order Book #1 1784-1792
      Harrison Co Grand Jury Presentments
      5/17/1785
      James McDead & James Meeks for assault & battery on evidence of Obediah Davisson.
      7/19/1785
      James Schoolcraft vs James McDead. Confessed
      8/18/1785
      State vs McDead, Indictment. Not guilty

      Kanawha Co tax list
      James McDade sr 1801, 1 white male over 21

      1805: Mason county financial statement for October 1805 shows James McDade was paid bounty for three wolf scalps.

      Mason Co tax list
      James McDade 1805-06-07-09-10-11-12-13-14

      1810 Mason county census:
      James McDade
      3m under 10 Jesse, Samuel, ?
      2m 16-26
      1m over 45 James
      2f under 10 Margaret, Nancy???
      1f 10-16 Susanna or Seany???
      1f 16-26 Seany??? or Susanna
      1f over 45 Rachel - Grace is already married, Sarah probably is

      1820 Mason Co
      James McDade
      1 male 16-18 ???? Sam if born 1804
      2 males 16-25 Jesse 1800 & Samuel?
      1 male 45+ James
      1 female 10-15 Margaret
      1 female 16-25 Nancy
      1 female 26-44 Seany This would mean Rachel was already dead

      1830 Mason county
      James McDade
      2m 10-15
      1m 20-30
      1m 70-80 [James]
      1f 10-15
      2f 15-20 [dau Margaret]
      1f 40-50 [wife Margaret]

      1831 Jackson Co Personal property tax list
      James McDaid - 2 horses, $.12 tax, 1 white male over 16

      Mcdade, James VA MASON CO. 155 1830

      July 1798, page 97. James & Margaret Tanner, Arnold & Elizabeth (can't see it but he signs later as Cain), George and Nancy Hyde, Jesse & Grace Hewes, James & Rachel McDade, Edward & Wife Tanner, and Samuel & Wife Tanner, all of Harrison co, Virginia, to Alexander Sleeth for $1000.00, 1000 Acres. . in the forks of the west fork of the Little Kanawha River.
      . . signed James Tanner, Edward Tanner, Samuel Tanner, Jesse Hewes, James McDade, Arnold Cain. Recorded January 1799.

      March 1797, page 98. James & Rachel McDade, of Covington Co, Virginia, appoints Alexander Sleeth his attorney, to receive of the heirs of Edward Tanner, deceased, 125 acres of land, his part of 1000 acres just described. Signed James (X) McDade and Rachel (X) McDade, Wit: James and Margaret Tanner. Recorded January 1799
      [There is no Covington Co in VA or WV, therefore this probably should read "Kanawha Co, VA. . . bb]

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      "Jackson County in the Wars"
      Revolutionary Soldiers
      James McDade. Born in 1749 and died on Parchment, Jackson county, July 30, 1833. Enlisted in Hampshire county. . .

      James McDade’s father also named James McDade was legislated out of Northern Ireland prior to 1750 which is how the Catholics got rid of the Scotch Irish Prostestents when they were in control to keep them from owning land. That McDade was a Colonial Soldier and was in the frontier Wars.

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      Early Settlers of Jackson County by O. J. Morrison:
      In the month of May, 1796, William Hannamon, Benjamin Cox and James McDade reared their cabins within the present limits of Union District, and were thus the first to establish civilized homes in what is now Jackson County. The first two became actual settlers and began to fell the forest and cultivate the soil. McDade, who was a soldier in the service of Virginia, selected a site for his future home, but continued to discharge the duties assigned him-that of Indian scout-and many days and nights did he spend in the dreary wilderness between the mouths of the Great and Little Kanawha Rivers, watching to catch a glimpse of the savage foe on the shore of the Old Northwest Territory beyond the Ohio.
      Jackson County was created in 1831, from parts of Mason, Kanawha and Wood, in compliance with an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed March 1st of that year, and named in honor of the hero of New Orleans, who was at that time President of the United States. The present area of the county is 400 square miles.

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      Excerpts from the first four pages of Anna Herbertson's book: Some Descendants of Uriah Sr., and Susannah Gandy/Gandee
      More About JAMES MCDADE:
      Fact 1: Rev War Pension App VA S38193
      Fact 2: was receiving pension 1819 Mason Co, VA
      Fact 3: died 1833

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      "They Went Thataway" Hamlin GEN 929 HAM POM
      Rev War Size Roll (after 9/1/1780 - age probably about 1780)
      James McDade, 21, born Hampshire (WV) resided Hampshire

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      West Virgininas in the American Revolution
      Assembled and Edited by Ross B. Johnson
      The sources of this material are from the files of the Pension Office at Washinton from various county records, from notes of patriotic societies, principally the DAR, SAR, Sons of the Revolution and from a large miscellaneous group of published and private sources.
      pp 187, 188
      McDade, James
      Service - Virginia Va. No 7181 No. S 38193

      Born, 1749, and died July 30, 1833. Enlisted from Hampshire County, Virginia, Captain William Voss of the Twelfth Virginia Regiment under Colonel Wood in General Scott's Brigade. Took part in the engagements at Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Eutaw Springs and Camden. At Eutaw Springs received a bayonet thrust through the body and a sword wound on the wrist. At Camden he received a bullet wound in his ankle which rendered him unfit for service. Served three years. Substituted for Uriah Gandee for eighteen months. Received pension in Mason County.
      His will, filed in Jackson County, mentions his wife, Margaret, and daughter Sally Greathouse, and other children. They were probably Edward, Samuel and Margaret.

      U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
      Va. McDade, James # S.38193

      U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
      Name: James McDade
      Rank - Induction: Privt
      Roll Box: 111
      Roll State: VA

      U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
      Virginia
      James McDade
      Rank: Pvt
      Monthly allowance: $8
      Allowance for 1-2 years:$48
      Commentement: 19 August 1818

      American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
      Name: James McDade
      Birth Date: 1750
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Volume: 113
      Page Number: 508
      Reference: Heads of Fams. at the first U.S. census. Va. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (189p.): 26
    Family ID F558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Casto,   b. 1805, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 3 Nov 1825  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record - transcribed from record
      Date: 11/3/1825
      Place: Mason, West Virginia, United States
      Jesse McDade to Sarah Casto

      Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850
      Name: Ike McDADE [is this a mistake in transcription or is there another record - bond??]
      Gender: Male
      Spouse Name: Sarah Casto
      Spouse Gender: Female
      Marriage Date: 3 Nov 1825
      County: Mason
      State: Virginia

      1830 Mason Co, VA
      Jesse McDade
      2m under 5
      1m 20-30
      1f 20-30

      1840 Jackson Co, VA
      Jessee McDade
      1m 0-5 George?
      2m 5-10 Alex
      2m 10-15 Ben & Wm
      1m 40-50
      2f 0-5 Susanna & Gracey
      1f 30-40

      1850 Jackson County census, page 68, # 480-485
      McDade Jessy 50 M Farmer Va Idiotic
      McDade Sarah 45 F Va
      McDade Benjamin 25 M Farmer Va
      McDade William 23 M Farmer Va McDade Alexander 20 M Farmer Va
      McDade Susanna 17 F Va
      McDade Gracey 14 F Va
      McDade George 9 M Va
      McDade Ellizabeth 6 F Va
      McDade Jonna 2 F Va

      1870 Cologne, Mason, WV #27
      Rhodes, Elizabeth 27 VA
      George 10 VA
      Lewis A 8 VA
      Sallie A 5 WV
      Jacob W 3 WV
      McDade, Lavina 24 VA [Joanna or was she missed in 1850?]
      King, Lewis 20 VA

      Land Grant:
      Jesse McDade, 50 acres on Kessel's Run, 1846, Book 1 page 213
      Kessel Run is just north of Given, and partially follows CR 15 - 7. There is also a Kissel Run just north of it.
    Children 
     1. Benjamin McDade,   b. Abt 1825, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1856, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years)
     2. Jackson McDade,   b. 20 Mar 1825, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1898, Mason County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. William McDade,   b. Abt 1827, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Alexander W McDade,   b. Abt 1830, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1882 and 1890  (Age ~ 52 years)
     5. Boy McDade,   b. Between 1830 and 1835,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Susanna McDade,   b. Abt 1833, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Gracey McDade,   b. Abt 1836, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. George McDade,   b. Abt 1840, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1916  (Age ~ 76 years)
     9. Elizabeth McDade,   b. Abt 1844, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Lavina Janna McDade,   b. Abt 1848, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S118] Probate Records (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV.