Born about 15 Nov 1779 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Lettice (Hudders) McCartney — married about 1800 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1847 at about age 67 in Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Isaiah McCartney is believed to have been born in Scotland , on 15 November 1776 to John and Margaret Clyde McCartney ^[1]

The death date on his stone says he was 67 yrs., 3 mos., 12, days at his passing. Calculation puts his birthdate 15 Nov. 1779.

Problematic Birth Place

Scotland as a birth place is given in Oscar Burtons book The Jackson Family History . I wonder if this is the correct. Oscar states in the genealogy that both Isaiah and his wife Lettice were born on the river Clyde in Scotland. This information was to have come from the bible of Mrs. E.J. Felgers a descendant of Isaiah's.

I am leaning toward the idea that Isaiah was actually born in Pennsylvania and not in Scotland. I don't believe that Lettice was born in Scotland. If John McCartney is the correct parent for Isaiah as the DAR application ^[2] suggests, I believe John was born prior to 1740 in Scotland. There is a John McCartney in 1746 in the Scotch Irish Settlement/Craigs Settlement in Northampton County, Pennsylvania long side Michael Clide/Clyde^[3]. Michael and Bridget Clyde are believed to be Isaiah's grandparents, Margret ? according to the book by Oscar Burton married John McCartney. I beleive this to be Margaret Clyde sister to Lettice's mother Elizabeth Clyde.

Perhaps the the surname Clyde and the River Clyde were mixed up in the translation of the family story. This question needs anwsered- Why would a family who are in the Colonies long before the birth of their son, be in Scotland for that birth?

Marriage

Isaiah McCartney married Lettice Hudders about 1800 by Rev. J.B. Patterson, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, source says Columbia County Pennsylvania, but in 1800 Columbia was not in existance. Lettice is the daughter of James and Eliza Clyde Hudders of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Lettice was born 15 May 1786 in Scotland/Pennsylvania. There will be more in Lettice's profile concerning her problematic birth place.^[4]

Children

• 1. Rev. William D. McCartney (1805-1863)
• 2. Eliza Clyde McCartney (1807)
• 3. John Miller McCartney (1809-1888)
• 4. Margaret Hudders McCartney (1812- )
• 5. James McCartney (1814- )
• 6. Samuel Craig McCartney (1816-1885)
• 7. Mary A. McCartney (1819- )
• 8. Robert McCartney (1821- )
• 9. Isaiah Peterson McCartney (1824- )
• 10. Lettice McCartney (1826- )
• 11. Enos McCartney (1829- )
• 12. Cornealius A. McCartney (1833- )

Military Service

Isaiah McCartney serviced during the War of 1812 in Montgomery's Regiment in the Pennyslyvania Militia, he was a Sergeant.^[5] The next find is a Land Grant that was Isaiah's for service in the war of 1812. In 1866. Lettice and Corneilus are selling the land grant to a Mr. Garret C. Maxwell. It states that Isaiah was a Lieutenant in Captain Bonds Company Pennsylvania Militia Mar 1812. This land was located in Kansas. The rest of the document can be found at Bureau of Land Management^[6]

After the War of 1812, Isaiah and his family are still in Derry, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. ^[7]

In 1814 we find Isaiah and Lettice selling the land in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA, that Lettice was bequeathed her by her grandfather James Hudders.^[8]

Letters of Attorney

Know all me by these present that We Isaiah McCartney of the township of Derry in the County of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania and Lettis his wife one of the Grand daughters and heirs of James Hudders Senr late of Chester County East Nottingham Township deceased made his last will and testament in writing where in and whereby amongst other things he did give and devise a certain track of land unto his son James Hudders, two daughters, Lettis and Mary Now know ye that we Isaiah McCartney and Lettis Hudders now McCartney his wife have made constituted and appoint in our place and stead put and dispute our trusty and loving friend James Wilson Esq^[9] of the town of Oxford Township Chester County and state of Pennsylvania our true and lawful attorney for us and in our names places and steads to grant bargain and sell or rent do anything he should think proper for to do with our part of the messuage or tract of ninety one acres of land situate in Lower Oxford Township Chester County State aforesaid joining land of James Thomas and John Watt and others with the appurtenances and all our estate right title and interest there in unto such person and persons and for such price or prices as shall think proper and also for us and in our names places and heads and as our proper act and deed to sign seal and acknowledge all such deed or deeds of conveyance as shall be necessary for the absolute granting and a signing of the promises into the purchaser or purchasers in for simple giving and granting unto our said attorney by these presents our full and whole powers strength and authority in and about the premises to have use and to have use take all all lawful ways and means in our names for the purposes aforesaid and upon the receipts of the purchase money for the promises acquaintances or other sufficient discharge for us and in our names to make seal and deliver and generally all and every other act or acts things and things devise and (unreadable) the law what so ever needful and making to be done on and about the promises for us and in our names do execute and perform as fully largely and amply to all intents and purposes as if we ourselves might do or could do if personally present and attorneys one or more under him for the purpose aforesaid to make and constitute and again at pleasure to revoke, hereby ratifying allowing and holding firm and effected all and what so ever our said attorney shall lawfully do do in and about the premisses by virtue here of I witness where of we have here unto set our hands and seals this 23 day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen Isaiah McCartney (seal) Lettice McCartney (seal) Witness present Thomas Laird Letty Miller Columbia County be it remembered that on the day of the of the above written route letters of Attorney personally came before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in a and for the County of Columbia the above and within names Isaiah McCartney and Lettis his wife and acknowledge the above as and for their act and deed witness my hand and seal of office date aforesaid Thomas Laird (seal) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Columbia County I George A. Frick Prothonotary for said county do certify that Thomas Laird is duly commissioned as Justice of the Peace for said county witness my hand and seal of Office

April 29 1814 George A. Frick

Recorded Aug 11 1815

Transcribed by Hogston-23 McCartney-1062

The Move West

Sometime after the 1820 Census, Isaiah picked up his bags, lock, stock and barrel and moved his family to Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio. The first mention of the family being in Ohio is found in The Harrison Telegraph ^[10]

Information Wanted Of James HUDDERS who left his place of abode in Chester County, lower Oxford township PA a number of years ago and has not been heard of, by any of his relations. As a report has lately prevailed that he now resides in the eastern side of the state of Ohio near Wheeling. Any person having any knowledge of said HUDDERS, dead or alive, will confer a favor by addressing a few lines to Isaiah MCCARNEY, Wayne Co., Salt Creek T. Ohio or to the Rev. Archibald HANNA, near Paintsville in the County aforesaid." The family is next found in the 1830 census. They are still in Salt Creek Township in Wayne County, Ohio.^[11]

In the 1840 the family is again on the move, somewhere between 1830 and 1840 they have moved about 15 miles down the road to Prairie Township, Holmes County Ohio. ^[12]

Death and Burial

On the 27th day of Feburary in 1847, in Prairie Township, Holmes County, Ohio, Isaiah McCartney passed away. According to his headstone he was 67 yrs., 3 mos., 21 days old at his passing. He is buried in Fredericksburg West Side Cemetery, Knox, Co. Ohio, USA. ^[13]

Research Notes

Abstract of Probate for Isaiah McCartney/MCartney to be added Hogston-23 McCartney-1062 McCartney-1062 18:09, 24 July 2017 (EDT)

Sources

1. ↑ Isaiah McCartney, in Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951), pg 76
2. ↑ “Membership application of Michele Tozer Kenaga (655990) on John McCartney ancestor number (A074754)” approved 4-21-1981; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Office of the Registrar General, Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ John McCartney and Michael Clide in W. W. H. Davis, A.M.,THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER XXXVII, SMITHFIELD; ALLEN; MOUNT BETHEL; MOORE; EASTON; 1746 TO 1750 Bucks County PA
4. ↑ Isaiah McCartney, in Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951), pg 76
5. ↑ McCartney, Isaiah in National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812, "War of 1812 Service Records," database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jan 2015), Isaiah McCartney; citing compiled.
6. ↑ Bureau of Land Management, “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records Bureau of Land Management : accessed [13 JUNE 2023), [Isaiah McCartney] ([Woodson], [KS]), homestead patent no. [MW-0263-215].
7. ↑ Isaiah McCartney, in United States. Bureau of the Census. 4th census, 1820. Pennsylvania, 1820 federal census : soundex and population schedules. (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, 19--?)1820 U S Census; Census Place: Derry, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Page: 19; NARA Roll: M33_101; Image: 30
8. ↑ Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 Record about Lettice Hudders Name: Lettice Hudders Description: Granddaughter Date: 28 May 1795 Prove Date: 19 Jun 1795.Lineages, Inc., comp.. Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 Ancestry. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data: Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Records Service.
9. ↑ https://www.chescobar.org/?pg=History "Chester County Bar Association"
10. ↑ The Harrison Telegraph, Cadiz, Ohio, Saturday, May 28, 1825
11. ↑ Ohio. Wayne. 1830 U.S. census. Digital images. Ancestry. Ancestry
12. ↑ 1840 U.S. census, Holmes County, Ohio, Prairie Township, p. 222, Isaiah McCartney; digital images, Ancestry [ancestry.com/ Ancestry] : accessed 28 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 404; Name: Isaiah Weartney/ Transcription Error, McCartney on the film[Isaiah Mccartney] Home in 1840
13. ↑ McCartney, Isaih, died Feb. 27, 1847 age 67 yrs., 3 mos., 21 days in Ohio Burial Records, Compiled by the Genealogical Section of the Wayne County Historical Society, Wayne County, Ohio. (Unigraphic, Incorporated Evansville, Indiana 1980), page 587