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which memorable spot is on the border
of n. and S. Carolina, Cleaveiand Co.
It extends from east to west, and ii
summit is 500 yards long and 50 wide
On this summit Ferguson was posted
McDoweiFs men under his brother
then Major Joseph Mcdowell, Col. Sc
/ vier. and Major Winston, formed til
right wing; Campbell and Shelby th
centre, and Colonels cleveland an
Williams the left. The officers her
were all of equal rank, but as they wer
in Col. Charles McDowell's district h
was entitled to the command. In tn
council of war just before the battle, tn
historian says :-"Col. Cbas. Mcdowell
was the commanding officer Of the dis
trict we were in, was brave and patri
otic man, but we considered him too ia
.adVanc:l in life and. too inactive TO-
such an enterprise as we were then en-
gagged in. It was decided to send Il
headquarters for some general officer
Col. Chas. Mcdowell accordingly start
ed Immediately leaving his men under
command of his brother, Major Jos
Mcdowell, &c.
Gen. Chas. Mcdowell was member
Of the Senate and State Leg. in 1856, 'S7
and 'SS. Col. afterwards Gen. JOSEPH
Mcdowell was a member of the House
of Commons of n. c.. from 1852 to 'S8
and of Congress from 1913 to '95. and '91
to '99. In 1886 all three of the members
of the Gen. Assembly were of this
Mcdowell family, which shows theil
great usefulness and worth.
Gen. Joseph Mcdowell was :. member
of the State Court which met at Hills
baro', Dist Of July, 17SS, to consider the
Fed. Court. One of his speeches deIiv-
cred on 3lsj Of July, 'SS, is quoted 8!
much length. He lived on johns Riv.
er and died there. His family returned
to Virginia. One OF his sons Hugh
Harvey, settled on Messy Creek in Au-
gusta. after marrying a daughter of the
late Capt. Samuel Miller, whose fathe,
Henry Miller, with his kinsman Dan
iel Boone, made several trading excur
sions to Va. from Bucks county, Pa,
with the Indians in the Valley. On
one of these he discovered the rrofusion
of iron ore-that prompted him to settle
and build on Messy Creek the first fur.
mace built in the Valley of Va-referred
to by Jefferson in his Notes on Va
His son Samuel married Winters, a
sister Of Abraham Lincoln's mother,
and they being q long lived race-Mrs.
Potter-the last of q large family, died
three years ago, over 80 years Of age
Z. H. Mcdowell removed in 1882, with
a large family of blooming, beautiful
daughters, eight in number and three
sons, and settling in the county OF Sa-
line, Mo, then unhealthy, they died off
rapidly-tw0 daughters having been
buried in one grave
The second son, Gen. Joseph J. Nc
Doweil, married Sarah, the youngest
child of the Rev. John AIcCue, on
the Long Meadows in Augusta. He re-
moved to Highland county. Ohio, in
1925, and studied law, after he had a
family of several children, rose rapidly
in bis profession, went 20 the Legisia-
ture and Congress several sessions. He
left large family. His widow sur
vived. His son, VIM. II. Mcdowell, .
talented, rising young lawyer, at the
time az Fort Leaven worth, was thrown
froIl all omnibus in St. Louis some
years ago. and killed.
Gen. Chas. Mcdowell married Grace
Greeniee widow OF Cant. Jno Bowman.
who fell at the battle Of Ramsen's Mill.
June Goth, 1850, by whom he had sever
al children, of whoIn Capt. Charles
Mcdowell now resides on his fathers
late plantation on the Catawba River
near to MorgantOn. Gen. Charles Efc-
DoWell died the 3lst of March, 1915.
ADDENDUM.
The writer of 1.-THE McDowells and
their connections, SAYS :-"John Me-
Dowell and Magdaiene Wood (the name
is Woods had three children, Samuel,
James and Sarah" OF Sarah's de-
scendants, the writer is more es oecialiv
interested, being one of them
John Mcdowell, (son of Ephrain, J
who married Maydalene Woods. was
killed by the iedians near Balcony
Falls about 1912. His widow married
Ben Borden, .'r., by whom she bad one
daughter. After i5orden's death, she
married john Bowyer Of Rockbridge.
The said Sarah Mcdowell, only
daughter of John Mcdowell and Magda-
lene Woods, married Col. George Mof-
felt mot MOffItt) distinguished in Judi-
an warfare-in the Revolutionary war
was one of the founders Of Washing
ton college. and one of its first Trustees
He was at the battle Of Point Pleasant
and greatly distinguished himself as
Guilford and the Cowpens. The mar
riage of Col. Mofiett and Sarah Mellow
ell occurred at the "Old Red House -
near Fairfield, in Rockbridge Co., Va.
Their children were-first, John. who
died young; second, Margaret, who
married Gen. Joseph Mcdowell. Of n.
c.; third. James Mcdowell Mofatt
married Hannah Miller, whose father
was founder of Miller's Iron Works i'm
Augusta county; fourth, George. mar
ried Miss GiI6erson and removed to
hayette Co, Ky; fifth. William mar.
ried q McChesney and Jones: sixth.
Mary, married DR.. Joseph Mcdowell,
and It his death Col. John Carson. by
each of whom she had several children,
her son Sam'l p. Carson was IL Con-
gress from n. G ; seventh, Magdalene,
married James Cochran of Staunton,
who was the father of Csc. NJ Cochran,
OF same city, and John Cochran Of Char
lottesville, and the late Mrs. Benjamin
Crawford; eighth, Martha, married
Cap. Ro. Kirk Of the United States Ar.
my; ninth, Elizabeth, married James
Miller OF Messy Creek.
Gen. Joseph Mcdowell, husband Of
Margaret Moffatt, was one of the heroes
OF Kings mountain. and was in Con
gress from North Carolina. His son
Gen. Joseph j. Mcdowell married Sal
lie McCue, daughter OF Rev. John lie
Cue OF Long Meadows, Augusta county,
oiotSA Va tciih, " allies a., jCI. fAH XIII,
Dr.. William, and Cyrus McCue,-ali
dead, and was distinguished member
Of Congress from Ohio, and eminent
as 3 lawyer.
James Mcdowell AToffett. the third
child of Col George NIoflett and Sarah
Mcdowell, his wife, who married Ham
nah Miller as above stated, had the fol-
lowing children first, Hannah Win
ters, who married John McCue, of the
Long Meadows, mother and father of
of Mrs. Col. David S. Bell, Judge John
Howard McCne, Mrs. Decatur Hedges,
Capt. James NJ. AIcCue. OF Mercer w.
Va, Mrs. Col. VIM. 3. Dorman. OF Tex
as. Miss Hannah NJ. McCue, and Capt.
VIM. =. McCGe Of Stanton: second,
Mrs. oallie GatewOod; third, Col. Hen
ry M. Mofiett of Pocahontas Co, w.
Va, father Of the present speaker Of the
House OF Delegates of w. Va; fourth,
Mrs. W. w. King; fifth, Mrs. Dr.. Da-
vid S Moore; sixth, Mrs. Col. G. w.
McChesney of Texas; seventh, Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller; eighth. Mrs David
Hutcheson of Texas; ninth, Col James
Mcdowell NIoffett of California; tenth,
Mrs. David Taylor; eleventh, DR.. Gee
Boone Moffett of w. Va.
Col. Geo. Mofett and Sarah McD0w-
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