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I think it’s always interesting when I discover a relative that leaves his mark on the landscape. Since I don’t have many “famous” ancestors to speak of (except my one connection to Abraham Lincoln - my relative was his mother’s step-father), it’s always nice to find visible remnants of my relatives.

While looking on Google Maps I found a road called “Tinnin Ford Road”. This road is named after my relative Hugh Tinnin who purchased 500 acres of Colorado River frontage land (land now that would be included almost entirely in Austin City limits) in the 1850’s. His daughter - Lucy Jane Tinnin - from his first wife Betsy Rutherford was my third great grandmother.

Here’s a small history on him:

Hugh Tinnin
Born in 1800, died in Burleson County, Texas 13 December 1869.

HISTORY: Hugh Tinnin moved with his family from Mississippi to Washington County, Arkansas in about 1836. When his first wife Betsy Rutherford died, he married her sister Fanny Rutherford. Betsy probably died while the family still lived in Mississippi. Fanny died in Washington County where he met his third wife, Helen Mary Kirkpatrick, whose family had moved from Kentucky to Fayetteville, Arkansas. Letters addressed to him were addressed to Mr. Hugh Tinnin, Esquire, Boonsboro, Arkansas. Federal Census shows his residence in Mountain Township.

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James Ewell McCall (J.E.) is the grandfather of my great-grandfather Robert Lee McCall who married Etoyl Montgomery through his son John Keener McCall (J.K.) You can find him listed on previous posts of the Clan Cholla charts that I’ve updated. Here’s the timeline of his life that I’ve put together thus far:

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I wrote about the Clan Cholla Sheets in a previous post, and had links to all of them (15 total charts). Below is a transcribed version of sheet S.C. 10 labeled “John of Mountain Creek” that I posted online a few years ago. In the next month I hope to post the most updated version as a pedigree chart for easier searchability. (I’m currently transfering my genealogy from an old PC laptop to my Mac.) You’ll also find this version has a lot more information. PLEASE NOTE: All edits or additions to the original chart from my research (or for ease of use) appear in GREEN.

(The transcription was last updated 9/13/2002)

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CLAN CHOLLA GENEOLOGIES SC 10

MACCOLLS of MOUNTAIN CREEK, N.C.
Traced from original by Hugh G. McColl - Scotland
Circa 1930

By O.J. McColl August 1970
S.C. 10 (2 SHEETS)

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In review of the McColl Family Papers, I found an old letter (scans of it to come soon), that was written in 1846 by the Chief of the Clan McColl at that time to an unknown person. The name is written so I can’t quite read it, but looks to be similar to “Kul”? McColl. Perhaps someone could help me determine the origins of this letter, and verify its contents. The letter outlines the history and traditions of the Clan McColl of Appin. (Please note that any misspellings or missing information are original, or due to the difficulty of transcribing this old document)

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This is the first of many timelines I’ll post about several key members of my family, in order for search engines to pick up and possibly connect with other family members. I call this a “Historical Timeline” and have found putting together these charts extremely helpful in doing my genealogical research. I simply start by putting the information I know in 3 columns - Year, Location and Event. (Events include birth, death, marriage, children, etc.) I also include a line for each year of the census. This helps me to quickly see what information I’m missing in a particular timeline, and gives me insight on where to look. (For example, if I know one child was born in one state, then a census occurred, and then another child was born in another state - I will look on the census records for both states.)

Steve Guthrie Nees is the father of my great-grandmother Minnie Bell Nees who married William Ingram.

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So it was a chart from my Great-grandmother Etoyl Montgomery McCall, that was given to her by someone passing through town asking about the McCall surname, and then copied by my mother before I was born that got me started on the genealogy trail of the McCall / McColl family line.

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This single photocopy pushed me on to find the rest of the charts, because it looked like it was part of a much larger charting of the McCall family line. I couldn’t find any of these charts in the Genealogy Library in Salt Lake City, UT, so I posted a note online at genealogy.com in search for them. I also began researching the names on the piece of the chart I had in my possession and posted some of my research online. While researching I discovered a link to the inventory of the Manuscripts Department at the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This link outlined an inventory of the McCall Family Papers that contained genealogy for the McColl family of Marlboro County, SC. I called the library and ordered the collection in on microfilm.

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