FIRST GENERATION

NEHEMIAH McASHAN/McSHAN, son of Richard McAshan, born before 1755, died after 1800. He lived in Buckingham County from at least 1769 to 1787, according to surveyor's plats, tithable and tax lists. It appears he then moved to Montgomery County, North Carolina, where he is listed in court records, the 1790 and 1800 census records. According to Col. John Agee Booker of Cumberland, Virginia (1839-1925), there were eleven children in the family, however, at this point only the names of ten are known. He married
KEZIAH (possibly Elizabeth) CHAMBERS, daughter of William Chambers, born before 1755, died after 1800.
A-2 Hundley McShan, b.c.1770; d.11-1830.
B-2 Nancy McAshan, b.3-15-1773; d.5-5-1857.
C-2 Sarah McShan, b.1774
D-2 Keziah McAshan, b.4-17-1775; d.7-5-1867.
E-2 Mary "Polly" McShan, b.c.1777; d.1852.
F-2 William P. McShan, b.c.1778; d.1824.
G-2 John McShan, b.c. 1780; d.12-3-1855.
H-2 Cecelia McShan, b.1-17-1782; d.7-11-1840.
I-2 Nehemiah McAshan, Jr., b.12-1-1784; d.6-23-1846.
J-2 James Chambers McAshan, b.c.1787; d.1-1860.

NOTE: The 1782 Buckingham County personal property tax list has Nehemiah with 8 slaves, 3 horses, and 11 cattle. The slaves were Peter, Isaac, Patrick, Phillip, Dick, Sarah, Mage, and Sam. In 1783 he had 2 horses, 15 cattle, and 6 slaves - Patrick, Jane, Leth, Magge, Dick, and Sam.

NOTE: In Our Southern Ancestors, by Thelma Faye Cain Prince, she quotes the family Bible of Robert Moore (son of Keziah McAshan). According to this Bible, Nehemiah's wife was named Keziah. It gives Richard McAshan as the father of Nehemiah McAshan, Sr., and William Chambers as the father of Keziah Chambers McAshan. Also listed is Betsy Watkins, but it is unclear whether she was the wife of Richard McAshan or William Chambers.

There was a Richard McShan/McAshan in Buckingham County, who died there in 1804. In 1764 Richard witnessed a deed in Albemarle County. From 1750-1757 he owned land in Amelia County. Richard McAshan lost 199 lbs of tobacco in the Eastermost River Warehouse, Gloucester County, in 1749.

Early tax records of Buckingham County also show a William Chambers from at least 1773. On December 10, 1782, 125 acres on Arthur's Creek, a branch of the Slate River, was surveyed for him. He died before 1787, as the land tax for that year was paid by his estate.

SECOND GENERATION

A-1
HUNDLEY McSHAN, son of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McShan, born around 1770 (1791 Montgomery County tax list) in Buckingham County, Virginia, died in November 1830, Union County, South Carolina. He received a land grant in South Carolina in 1799. In 1803 he was in Fairfield County, South Carolina, where he helped appraise an estate. Census records show him in Union County, South Carolina in 1810 and 1830. He married
ALICE FEASTER, daughter of Margaret Fry and Andrew Feaster, born 1781, died before 1830.
A-3-1 Elizabeth Groves (Glover) McShan, b.1800/1804; d.1867.
A-3-2 Ferdinand H. McShan, b.1-12-1802; d.10-2-1847.
A-3-3 Nancy S. McShan, b.10-12-1806; 3-18-1887.
A-3-4 Susan (Mary) McShan, b.1810
A-3-5 Feaster McShan, b.5-1-1811; d.9-31-1896.
A-3-6 Judith McShan, b.1818; d.1870-1880.
A-3-7 John McShan, b.
A-3-8 Andrew J. McShan, b.1822; d.1866
Sometime between 1822 and 1830, Hundley married again to
MARY ? On December 30, 1830, Union County, she relinquished her rights to the estate in exchange for a negro boy, a feather bed and furniture.

B-2
NANCY McSHAN, daughter of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McAshan, born March 15, 1773, Virginia, died May 5, 1857, Jones County, Georgia.
She married on August 7, 1788, in Montgomery County, North Carolina,
JEREMIAH DUMAS, son of Sarah Moorman and David Dumas, born September 10, 1767, Anson County, North Carolina, died October 4, 1841, Jones County, Georgia.
Edmund Dumas, b.5-21-1791; d.6-29-1808.
B-3-1 John Dumas, b.8-15-1793; d.8-4-1834.

C-2
SARAH McSHAN, daughter of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McAshan, born around 1774. She married around 1790 in Randolph County, North Carolina,
WILLIAM DENTON. Nothing further is known about this family.

D-2
KEZIAH McASHAN, daughter of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McAshan, born April 17, 1775, Virginia, died July 5, 1867, Walton County, Georgia. According to Moore family tradition, she married three times. First to
? ANDERSON, then to
? STEADBY. By one of these two men she had a daughter.
D-3-1 Nancy Anderson/Steadby
Last, she married
JOHN MOORE, son of Betsy Ashcraft and Robert Moore, born June 3, 1776, died May 22, 1845, Walton County, Georgia. Nancy and John lived in South Carolina for a time, and moved to Georgia by the early 1830's. They are buried at the root of the big oak tree at the front of the old Robert Moore family cemetery, Bethlehem, Georgia.
D-3-2 Mary "Polley" Moore, b.1806; d.aft 1870.
D-3-3 Elizabeth "Betsy" Moore, b.4-9-1808; d.5-21-1893.
D-3-4 Sally Moore
D-3-5 Robert Moore, b.4-25-1813; d.10-9-1904.

E-2
MARY "POLLY" McASHAN, daughter of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McAshan, born around 1776 in Buckingham County, Virginia, died in 1852 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She married
JOHN BENNING MOORE, son of William Moore, born 1771 in Virginia, died November 15, 1857 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He was a Baptist clergyman. They are buried at the Moore Cemetery, McCalla, Jefferson County, Alabama.
E-3-1 William B. Moore, b.1797; d.8-7-1872.
E-3-2 James Bonaparte Moore, b.1799; d.1884
E-3-3 Manerva Moore,b.1804; d. before 1849.
E-3-4 Matilda Moore, b.1806; d.
E-3-5 Malinda Moore, b.1-3-1808; d.6-14-1890.

F-2
WILLIAM P. McSHAN, son of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McAshan, born around 1778 in Buckingham County, Virginia, was killed in 1821-25 in Jefferson County, Alabama by William Riley. He married March 31, 1807, in Christian County, Kentucky,
ANNA GOODWIN, daughter of Robert Goodwin, born in 1780, South Carolina, died October 22, 1855, Itawamba County, Mississippi. She gave the land for the Union Methodist Church Cemetery in Lee County, and is buried there.
F-3-1 Leonora D. McShan, b.6-3-1808; d.10-25-1851.
F-3-2 Elizabeth S. McShan, b.1810; d.
F-3-3 Matura Ann McShan, b. ; d.
F-3-4 William B. McShan, b.1817; d.
F-3-5 Melzor B. McShan, b.1819; d. after 1880

G-2
JOHN McSHAN, son of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McAshan, born 1780, Buckingham County, Virginia, died December 2, 1855, Greene County, Alabama. The 1810 census lists him in Christian County, Kentucky. By the 1850 census they are in Greene County, Alabama. He is listed as a planter in the 1855-56 Greene County Directory. He married
FRANCES ?, born May 14, 1783, North Carolina, died August 8, 1871, Greene County, Alabama. They are buried at the Salem M.E. Cemetery, Greene County, Alabama.
G-3-1 Miles McShan, b.1807; d.5-26-1854.
G-3-2 Pernelia McShan, b.1808; d.bef 1870.
G-3-3 Matilda McShan, b.1810; d bef 1864.
G-3-4 John Wesley McShan, b.9-25-1811; d.12-8-1903.
Nancy G. McShan, b.18 ; d
G-3-5 Allen McShan, b.4-14-1817; d. after 1900
G-3-6 Francis Asbury McShan, b.4-14-1817; d.2-22-1906.
G-3-7 Johnson McShan, b.1818 ; d.
G-3-8 Greene Lee McShan, b.3-8-1819; d.10-6-1892.
G-3-9 Malissa McShan, b.4-1821; d. after 1900
G-3-10 Nehemiah Burroughs McShan, b.1824; d.

H-2
CECELIA McASHAN, daughter of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McAshan, born January 17, 1782, Buckingham County, Virginia, died July 11, 1840, Jefferson County, Alabama. She is buried at the McAdory Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama. She married first,
THOMAS McADORY, born September 10, 1776, South Carolina, died July 8, 1820, Jefferson County, Alabama. They lived in South Carolina and Kentucky before moving to Alabama.
He is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery near Bessemer, Alabama.
H-3-1 James McAdory, b.9-14-1802; d.12-2-1871.
H-3-2 Robert McAdory, b.11-6-1808; d.12-10-1837.
Chambers McAdory, b.10-5-1810; d.4-14-1834.
Mary McAdory, b.12-17-1812; d.9- -1835.
H-3-3 Thomas McAdory, Jr., b.6-15-1817; d.6-28-1879.
She remarried on April 6, 1823, Jefferson County, Alabama,
WILLIAM I. PRUDE, born October 15, 1774, died January 8, 1833, Alabama. He is buried at Big Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, 6 miles west of Northport, Alabama.
His first wife was Sarah Garrett, they had eight children.
H-3-4 William Wellington Prude, b.1-31-1824; d.10-14-1895.

I-2
NEHEMIAH M. McASHAN, Jr., son of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McAshan, born December 15, 1784, Buckingham County, Virginia, died June 23, 1846, Texas. They lived in Cumberland (1810-1813) and Buckingham County, Virginia. His property from 1819 -38 was on the New Canton Road. In the 1840 Buckingham County census, the household numbered 37, including 28 slaves. The household was occupied in agriculture, manufacture and trade, with one person who had been trained as a professional engineer. At that time five of the eight children were in school. Between 1840 and 1845, Nehemiah left Virginia for Texas. He is listed in the Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas as a pioneer and an Indian fighter.
He married on January 18, 1807,
ELIZABETH AGEE, daughter of Sicily Ann Hall and John Agee, born March 5, 1791, Buckingham County, died November 28, 1872, in Houston, at the home of her son-in-law, C.S. Longcope. She is buried in the McAshan family plot at LaGrange. Family legend says that when Elizabeth did not hear from Nehemiah, she packed her things and left with her children and slaves to come to Texas. She arrived to find he had been killed at Quanah, Texas, by the Indians. By 1846 she was in LaGrange, where she paid property tax on 19 slaves, and purchased abut 12 acres on February 14, 1848. Her grandson, Maurice Longcope McAshan, spoke of her as a small, sweet, pious person, who never raised her voice but spoke in a quiet manner of authority against which no one ever thought of saying a word.
I-3-1 William Spencer McAshan, b.2-25-1808; d.7-10-1856.
Sallie Agee McAshan, b.1-14-1810; d.2-25-1810.
I-3-2 John Thomas McAshan, b.4-15-1811; d.11-5-1864.
I-3-3 Ann (Nancy) Watkins McAshan, b.9-9-1813; d.7-26-1878.
I-3-4 Elizabeth Chambers McAshan, b.3-1-1815; d.7-9-1884.
I-3-5 Nehemiah Jerome McAshan, b.10-15-1816; d.9-10-1860.
I-3-6 Mary Bondurant McAshan, b.5-24-1818; d.6-15-1844.
I-3-7 Louise Hubbard McAshan, b.12-13-1819; d.9-13-1869.
I-3-8 Virginia Sicily McAshan, b.9-30-1821; d.3-25-1852.
I-3-9 Martha (Patty) Keziah McAshan, b.6-2-1823; d.10-18-1890.
Robert Poythress McAshan, b.12-26-1824; d.12-18-1827.
I-3-10 Paul Yancy McAshan, b.3-6-1827; d.3-12-1885.
I-3-11 Samuel Maurice McAshan, b.3-11-1829; d.1-6-1904.
I-3-12 Edmond Vernon McAshan, b.10-19-1830; d.11-29-1857.
I-3-13 Courtney Wellington McAshan, b.3-19-1833; d.6-20-1883.
I-3-14 Judith Catherine Carter McAshan, b.1-22-1835; d.5-21-1885.

J-2
JAMES CHAMBERS McASHAN, son of Elizabeth/Keziah Chambers and Nehemiah McAshan, born 1787, possibly in North Carolina, died January 1860, Calhoun County, Arkansas. In 1809 he as listed in the Personal Property list of Buckingham County, Virginia, with one tithable. The 1840 and 1850 census list him in Ashley County, Arkansas.
He married on January 6, 1820 in Lawrence County, Mississippi,
SUSANNAH SLAUGHTER, daughter of Susannah Webb and Walter Slaughter, born 1792, North Carolina, died after 1850.
J-3-1 George Washington McShan, b.9-13-1824; d.10-31-1908.
J-3-2 Nancy Jamenia McShan, b.2-2-1829; d.6-8-1907.
J-3-3 Carolina McShan, b.1830
J-3-4 Robert Francis McShan, b.9-7-1833; d.2-26-1886.
J-3-5 James Chambers McShan, Jr., b.1835; d. after 5-1914