James Jonathan Mackey
| ID: | I847 |
| Last: | Mackey |
| First: | James |
| Middle: | Jonathan |
| Birth: | 26 Jan 1817 at New York 1 |
| Death: | AFT 1870 at Grove Station, Greenville, South Carolina 2 |
| Burial: | |
| Sex: | M |
| Notes: | James J. Mackey (Mackay) was a New York-born gunsmith in Columbia, SC. By 1859, James J. Mackay was listed in the Columbia SC City Directory as a clerk (furniture store) with his house located: "south side Taylor between Sumter and Marion", about 4 blocks from the State capitol building. This home was on same block as Benjamin F. Rawls, a prominent man and grandfather of Mackey's wife. After the disruption of the Civil War and the destruction in Columbia, the Mackey family settled in Grove Station in rural Greenville Co., SC. Mackey's mother-in-law, Mary Rawls Bullard, lived with the family in 1850 and 1870. |
| Sources: | 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
| Mother: | UNKNOWN |
| Father: | UNKNOWN |
| Marriage 1 | Sarah S. Bullard b: 27 Feb 1822 d: 26 Jan 1897 |
| Children: | |
| 1 William Mackey b: ABT 1863 South Carolina | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Repository: --Name: South Caroliniana Library - Univ. So. Carolina --Address: University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29208 --Phone: (803) 777-3132 Title: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, SCMAR Publication: Brent H. Holcomb, ed., P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, S.C., 29221 Call Number: 929.205 So8s Page: Vol XIV(3):p.179 - Summer 1986 Note: Birth date and location given in inquiry on RAWLS-BULLARD-MACKEY by Mrs. Margaret Cox (3900 Dana Street, Ft. Worth, TX 76117). Text: She married James Jonathan Mackey b. 26 Jan 1817 in NY and d. at Grove Station. They lived in Columbia, SC until the Civil War. |
| 2 | Repository: --Name: South Caroliniana Library - Univ. So. Carolina --Address: University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29208 --Phone: (803) 777-3132 Title: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, SCMAR Publication: Brent H. Holcomb, ed., P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, S.C., 29221 Call Number: 929.205 So8s Page: Vol XIV(3):p.179 - Summer 1986 Note: Death location given in inquiry on RAWLS-BULLARD-MACKEY by Mrs. Margaret Cox (3900 Dana Street, Ft. Worth, TX 76117). Grove Station Church and cemetery are located less than 3 miles northeast of Piedmont, South Carolina. |
| 3 | Repository: --Name: South Caroliniana Library - Univ. So. Carolina --Address: University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29208 --Phone: (803) 777-3132 Title: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, SCMAR Publication: Brent H. Holcomb, ed., P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, S.C., 29221 Call Number: 929.205 So8s Page: Vol XIV(3):p.179 - Summer 1986 Note: This is our source of most specific dates for James Jonathan Mackey/Mackay. Text: RAWLS-BULLARD-MACKEY. Mrs. Margaret Cox (3900 Dana Street, Ft. Worth, TX 76117) need ancestors of Benjamin Franklin Rawls b. 19 Oct 1772 Halifax Co. VA d. 9 May 1866 Columbia, SC. His wife Susannah was b. 8 Aug 1771 SC and d. 21 Dec 1856. Wish to know her maiden name and ancestors. Their children: Mary S. Rawls b. 25 Aug 1805 Columbia d. 29 May 1874 Columbia, SC m. Moses Clark Bullard 20 Apr 1821. Need information on the Bullard family. He was b. Needham, Mass. 24 July 1795. How many children did they have? I only know of one, Sarah S. Bullard b. 27 Feb 1822 in Columbia, SC and d. 26 Jan 1897 Grove Station, SC. She married James Jonathan Mackey b. 26 Jan 1817 in NY and d. at Grove Station. They lived in Columbia, SC until the Civil War. Need ancestors of James Jonathan Mackey. Will exchange information. |
| 4 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Richland Co., South Carolina Publication: M432_858 Date: 16 Oct 1850 Page: p. 23-b Note: James J. Mackey, age 32, gunsmith living with wife Sarah (Bullard) in HN410/FN421 in Columbia, SC. Mary S. Bullard age 44 in same household is believed to be his mother-in-law, nee Mary S. Rawls. Text: HN410/FN421 Name Age Sex Col James J. Mackey 32 M w NY Gunsmith Sarah S. 26 F w Mary C. 8 F w Alice S. 6 F w Sarah L. 4 F w James J. 1 M w Mary S. Bullard 44 F w [Transcriber CMB] |
| 5 | Title: 1860 U.S. Census, Richland Co., South Carolina Publication: M653_1227 Date: 14 Jul 1860 Page: image 41 of 194 Note: Neighbors: Allan J. Green, 40, physician; Sarah Boyce, Peter G. McGregor, druggist; W. Sepford, merchant. Text: HN354/FN363 Name Age Sex Col Occup Value Born James J. Mackay 40 M w Furniture store 3500/5000 NY Sarah " 37 F SC Mary C. " 18 F SC Alice " 16 F SC Louisa " 13 F SC At school James P. " 11 M SC At school Lizzie " 8 F SC At school Ella " 5 F SC Annie " 1 F SC [Transcriber CMB] |
| 6 | Title: 1870 U.S. Census, Greenville Co., South Carolina Publication: M593_1498 Date: 10 Aug 1870 Page: p. 595 (image 22 of 22) Note: Entire family was recorded as born in SC; but James Mackey, 54, was born in New York, a fact they may have suppressed in post-Civil War South Carolina. The family was in Columbia, SC in 1860. Gantt Township, Post Office: Grove Station (about midway between Piedmont and Gantt) Neighbors of Mackey/Bullard family: Jamison, Johnson, Hornsby, West. Text: HN154- FN149 Name Age Sex Col Occup Value Born James Mackey 54 M w Gunsmith 800 300 SC* Sarah 45 F w Keep house SC Mary 25 F w No occup SC Louisa 22 F w No occup SC Z. F. 21 M w Laborer SC Lizzie 18 F w No occup SC Anna 11 F w At home SC (cannot read/write) Willie 7 M w SC Mary Bullard 60 F w No occup -- 160 SC [Transcriber CMB] |
| 7 | Title: 1880 U.S. Census, Greenville Co., South Carolina Publication: T9_1230 (1255230) Page: p. 104-C Note: Family of J. J. Mackey, 62, in Gantt Twp., approx 4 miles soutt-sw of center of Greenville, SC. Home in previous census was in Grove Station, apparently ca. 4 miles south-sw of town of Gantt. Neighbors: HN165 John P. Cox with wife Frances and 4 sons. Text: HN164/FN164 Name Reln Mar Sex Col Age Born-Fa-Mo Occup J. J. Mackey Self Md M w 62 NY-Ireland-Ireland Farmer Sarah Mackey Wife Md F w 48 SC-Mass-SC Keeping house / Lou Mcelroy Dau Wid F w 26 SC-NY-SC House Keeping J. Conner Mcelroy GSon Sgl M w 5 SC-Ireland-SC Wm. Mackey Son Sgl M w 17 SC-Ireland-SC |
| 8 | Title: City Directory for Columbia, South Carolina - 1859 Publication: Internet: http://www.distantcousin.com/Directories/SC/Columbia/1859/ Note: Note - - location of home of James J. Mackey is adjacent to Benjamin Rawls, maternal grandfather of Mrs. Mackey, nee Sarah S. Bullard. Text: Mackay, James J. - clerk - House south side Taylor between Sumter and Marion |
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