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Descendants of William McBRIDE

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN² MCBRIDE (WILLIAM¹) was born June 7, 1779 in MD ², and died February 26, 1874 in Noble Co., OH ³. He married CHRISTINA CROW, daughter of JACOB CROW and SUSANNAH SECHRIST.

Notes for JOHN MCBRIDE:
Deed, Heirs of Wm McBride to Wm. McBride: This indenture made the seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand and eight hundred and twenty-five between John McBride and Tener his wife, Henry Bane and his wife Jane, Alexander and his wife Susannah and Thomas Scott and his wife Ann of the one part, and William McBride of the other part, which are all heirs of William McBride, deceased of Greene County, and State of Pennsylvania, Witnesseth, that the said John and Christiana, Henry Bane and his wife Jane, Alexander and his wife Susanna, and Thomas Scott and his wife Ann, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and twenty dollars to them in hand paid by the said William McBride the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do grant bargain sell, __________, and confirms unto the said William McBride his heirs Executors administrators and assigns, all our right, title, interest and claim, whatsoever of in and to a certain estate real which belonged to the said William McBride deceased, viz, one tract which the said William deceased lived on now occupied by his son William of the second part, of this indenture, situated on the waters of Wheeling Creek adjoining lands of Dunsmore, Braddock and Dicky, containing one hundred and fifty acres, more or less, it is part of the same tract of land which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania did grant to the said William McBride deceased by patent bearing date the thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, in pursuance of a warrant granted to Jos Anthony 21st October 1784 and an other part or parcel of land adjoining the said tract at a corner between McBride, Phillips and Richardson. Thence west one hundred and thirty paces to ___________ a corner of said McBride, Dunsmores and the line of Barnet and Philips thence south thirty paces to a dogwood thence East one hundred and thirty paces to a White Walnut tree Noth thirty paces to the place of beginning containing twenty four acres and sixty _________ be the same more or less it is a part of the same tract of land which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania did grant to Hugh Williams by patent bearing date the twenty-second of April in one thousand seven hundred and ninety six which was conveyed to said Williams to John Braddock and said Braddock to said William McBride deceased to have and to hold all the above described tracts of land with the appurtenances to the said William McBride his heairs and assigns forever, to the only proper use and behoof of the said William McBride his heirs and assigns forever and the said John and Christiana his wife and Henry Band and Jane his wife, Alexander and Susannah his wife, and Tho Scott and Ann his wife do hereby covenant and agree to warrant and defend the titles of the said lands against all and every persons lawfully claiming the same in by or through them, in witness where of the said John McBride and Christiana his wife, Henry Band and Jane his wife, and Alexander and Susannah his wife, and Thomas Scott and Ann his wife, have here unto set their hands and seals the day and date above written.

Attest:                            John McBride       (Seal)
Thomas Lazear                     Christiana McBride (Seal)
J. Mellon                            (her X mark)
Ellis Gray                     Henry Bane       (Seal)
                            (his X mark)
                            Jane Bane       (Seal)
                            (her X mark)
                            Alexander McBride       (Seal)
                            Susannah McBride       (Seal)
                            (her X mark)
                            Thomas Scott       (Seal)
                            (his X mark)
                            Ann Scott              (Seal)
                            (her X mark)

Greene County (ss)
On the seventeenth day of October, AD, one thousand eight hundred and twenty five before me one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Greene, came the above named John McBride and Christiana his wife, Henry Bane and Jane his wife, Alexander McBride and his wife Susannah McBride, Thomas Scott and Ann his wife, and severally acknowledged the within written indenture as and for their act and deed and desired that the same might be recorded as such according to law, and they the said Christiana, Jane and Ann being of full age separate and apart from their said husbands by me examined and the full containes there of being made known to them they voluntarily consenting thereto in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid.
Thomas Lazier (Seal)
Accorded 26th Nov 1825 Examd
Kenner S. Roseman, Recorder

From the History of Noble Co., OH, p. 439 Stock Township: John McBride who settled where Carslile now is was an early settler (of Stock Township). His sons were William and John (better known as "Jack"). The latter went to California where he was killed when a well caved in upon him.
p. 444: John McBride was one of the earliest settles and erected one of the earliest mills in the settlement. His wife was Tenah Crow, sister of Martin Crow the hunter.
p. 454: The village of Carslile was laid in the year 1838 on lands of John McBride and Enoch Archer.
p. 459: Abraham Enochs (Elisha, Capt. Enoch) m. Mary McBride whose mother was one of the Crow girls who were attacked by Indians on Wheeling Creek and her two sisters slain. The children of John McBride were: William, John, Martin, Jacob, Michael, George, Susan, Nancy, Christine, Mary and Elizabeth.

Monroe Co. Records - vol.6, p. 81
John McBride and Tena Crow were married between 1804 and 1805 and are listed in the 1820 census for Monroe Co. in Union Twp a few families away from her brother, Martin Crow. In 1820 the census shows that the McBrides were the parents of 8 children, 4 of whom were born between 1820 and 1804 (sic) and 5 of whom were born between 1810 and 1820. According to Watkins children were: Martin, Jacob, Michael, Susan, Nancy, Christine, Elizabeth, Mary and George. According to 1850 census of Monroe Co., OH John probably eldest b. about 1804 and William b. about 1806, George b. 1824. Mary m. Abraham Enochs. Mary born about 1816 in OH according to the 1850 census. John and Christina Crow McBride are buried in Carslile Methodist Cemetery. Christina died 1853 and John in 1874.
Monroe Co., OH 1821 Tax records - resident proprietors names comp. by Esther Powell, 36 N. Highland Ave, Akron, OH, 1971: McBride, Samuel.
16/79: Susannah McBride m. John Wells. See 16/79 - "I have the newspaper obituary of their son Wm (son of John and Susannah McBride) which states that John and Susannah are his parents. Also a few of their other children buried in Lucas Co., IA, show on their tombstones they are children of John and Susannah Wells.
From CF Fedorak quoting 1820 Census, Monroe Co., OH - Union Twp (filed 8/79), John McBride 2-2-0-0-1-0//3-1-0-1-0
119/119
John McBride       69       Farmer       $1500       MD
Christina              66                     PA
Nancy Wells       14                     OH

124/124
George McBride       26       OH
Margaret              22       OH
Alvin E.              3       OH

Information taken from a paper included in information provided by Walter Williams, no author given: "You asked for documentary evidence that Michael, George, Susan and Leander were the children of John and Christina McBride. I got my information from two sources. The History of Noble County, page 459 lists John McBrides children: William, John, Martin, Jacob, Michael, George, Susan, Nancy, Christine, Mary and Elizabeth. Homer Crow lists the same names in same order in his "Fireside Stories of the Jacob Crow Family."
However, I found Leander listed as a son of John McBride's son, John II "Jack", who was born in 1804 and was reported killed in California when a well he was digging caved in upon him. The 1860 census of Stock Township, Noble Co., OH lists: Rachel McBride - 49 - domestic, William 21, Owen 19, Elizabeth 18, Jane 15, John 12, Leander 10, George 9. Homer Crow lists a John McBride, son of Christina, born 1804 as marrying Rachel ________ (?). He lists Leander, too, among ten children but admits "most are not proven," but he omits Owen and George. I don't know where he got that information. That's the way it is until I find out otherwise. I won't have access to the microfilm until I get back to Canton, OH in June, at the Public Library. I will do somemore searching but not for my Carslile Story. I want to get it to the publisher by March or April - no later I hope.

More About JOHN MCBRIDE:
Burial: Carslile Methodist Cemetery, Noble Co., OH ⁴
Interesting Notes: 1870, Living with Son Jacob McBride ⁵
Residence: 1860, Living with Daughter Mary Enochs ⁶
Census Info: 1850, Census Stock Twp., Monroe Co., OH

Notes for CHRISTINA CROW:
The following article is found on page 689 and 690 of the Book "The Indian Wars of Pennsylvania" by C. Hale Sipe, of Butler and Pittsburgh bar.
"The Crow family also lived in what is now Richill Township, Greene County (PA). One of the daughters worked for the family of James Davis, whose murder we have just related, and came home every Saturday evening to spend Sunday with her parents. On the afternoon of the day of the murder of the Davis family, this girl, accompanied by her four sisters, started for the Davis home. They sat down under a tree, not far from the mouth of Wharton Run, to crack nuts, when their brother, Michael, who had been searching for a strayed colt and found it, passed them and told them not to delay as it was getting late. Two of the girls then started up Wheeling Creek and the other three started down the stream. Presently two rifle shots broke the stillness of the autumn afternoon, and two of the girls fell mortally wounded, while the other three fled with the Indians in pursuit. One of the girls named Taner, was knocked down with a tomahawk, and the Indians thinking she was dead, pressed on after the others, one of whom was captured. The youngest girl, Mary, outran her pursuers, and was taken up behind her brother, Michael, on the horse. She and the surviving children, except Taner and Michael, fled to Ryerson's Station. Michael was too young to run that distance and too large to be carried. His father concealed him under the floor of the cabin and told him to remain there until help arrived. In a short time the Indians pillaged the cabin but did not find the boy. He remained hidden for three days without food or water, before he was rescued. Tanner Crowe, after being knocked down, crawled into the brush and concealed herself beyond discovery. She recovered from the sound, and lived to raise a large family."
NOTE: Taner was a nickname for Christina Crowe, who recovered from her experience and married John McBride and raised a family of ten children, one of them, her son William, became my grandfather. Ira F. Archer, Sr. (6/9/1967).

From an article dated 3/25/1955 entitled "My maternal ancestors - the McBride Family." by Ira F. Archer Sr.
My great-grandfather, John McBride was born in Ireland June 26, 1779, and came to this country while a very young man, and there is nothing known by me of his ancestors however the family evidently settled in Virginia or Maryland and later emigrated westward. Our next information of John is that he had found a home in the near neighborhood of what is now Wheeling, West Virginia. There he met Christina Crow, the daughter of Martin Crow the 1st, and married her. Martin Crow had three daughters Susan, Mary and Christina, all were captured by the Indians one Sunday afternoon while out walking near their home on Wheeling Creek, about one mile above the mouth of Dunkard, or lower fork of the creek. The Indians promptly tomahawked Susan and Mary, and Christina broke away from the Indian holding her and tried to escape. She was shot and wounded and reports differ as to her escape, however my mother has often told me that the Indians tomahawked and scalped Christina, her grandmother, and that she hid herself in the leaves beside a log after the Indians had left her for dead, and remained there until found next day. She fully recovered and became the mother of ten children, one of whom was my Grandfather William McBride. Other known children were Jack, Mike, George, John, Jacob, Polly, Elizabeth, Amy and Nancy.
       My great grandfather John McBride and his wife Christina, together with a large number of others from the Wheeling settlements emigrated Southwest into Monroe County, OH. They settled at a place named Carslile, in Monroe County. Sometimes this location was called Berne, and the population was almost equally divided between the Catholics and Protestants, Methodists principally. Each denomination established its church which is surrounded by a burial ground. These churches still exist, however many of the earlier graves are unmarked. Mother often told me of visiting her grandfather John McBride and his wife Nancy's grave in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery, some three or four miles distant on top the highest elevation in all that county. I have visited this cemetery but so far unable to locate the graves. Some unknown friend or relative has erected a memorial to John McBride and his wife in the Churchard Cemetery at Carslile, in which of course he was not buried. The settlement at Carslile was made shortly after the year 1800.
       Grandfather William McBride first married Nancy Crow, and to this marriage was born four children: John, Martin, Mary Ann and Samuel. The second marriage was to Letha Cissel, and to this marriage were born the following children: Jacob, born December 2, 1844, Peter born May 1, 1846, Lydia born February 20, 1848, Margaret born June 20, 1850, Christina born July 1, 1852, Nancy Jane (my mother) born September 10, 1854, Morilla born February 1, 1857, Lewis born March 5, 1859, Amanda born July 14, 1861. Grandfather William McBride was born April 5, 1806 and died in 1871, and is buried in the Carslile Cemetery. The grave is well kept but the markers are in poor condition and will be replaced by myself, if I live, later in this year.
       Of the first set of children, John died in __________ and is buried at __________.
       Martin, born __________ and is buried at __________.
       Mary Ann
       Samuel born __________ died __________ and is buried at Jackson, MI.
       Of the second set of children I give the following which is the only information known to me:
       Jacob spent his lifetime in Noble County, near the town of Caldwell, OH. He died __________.
       Peter, a Union soldier in the Civil War was killed at the battle of Atlanta.
       Lydia, married Rob Thompson and is buried in the Carslile Churchyard cemetery.
       Margaret - no particulars are known.
       Christina (named for her grandmother) did not marry and died from tuberculosis Apriil 10, 1875 and is buried in the Churchyard Cemetery at Limestone Hill, Wood County, West Virginia. She was my mother's favorite sister and died at age 22.
       Nancy Jane, my dear mother, lived to age 98 and had she lived another month would have been 99 years old. She spent her last years at Parkersburg, WV, and following her death August 15, 1953, she was buried in the IOOF Cemetery, where she rests beside her husband Stephen B. Archer, my father, who preceded her June 27, 1933, Age 82. My brothers Harold and Glen rest beside her.
       Rilla married Rector Dye, died and was buried at Baden, PA on __________.
       Lewis lived at Dresden, OH or near there, and was a retired farmer at his death November 29, 1948. It seems he was a native of Fulda, Noble Co., OH. He is buried at Dresden. He also was a catholic.
       Amanda married Scott Franklin, and is buried at Carslile. Date of death unknown, and my first effort to locate grave was not successful.

This year 1955, if I live, will see my further effort to locate graves and get further information.
       I might add that my father who married Nancy Jane McBride, was son of Henry Archer, a merchant during Civil War, at the nearby town of East Union, Noble County. About 6 miles from Carslile. I visited East Union in 1953 and found the former old brick home of my grandfather still standing, but the town of East Union is almost gone. All the young folks gone it seemed, and only a few families remain. I plan to visit this location during 1955.

More About CHRISTINA CROW:
Burial: Carslile Methodist Cemetery, Noble Co., OH ⁷

Children of JOHN MCBRIDE and CHRISTINA CROW are:

CHRISTINA³ MCBRIDE.

ii.

ELIZABETH MCBRIDE.

More About ELIZABETH MCBRIDE:
Burial: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Noble Co., OH

iii.

NANCY MCBRIDE, m. ENOCH GRANDON.

iv.

SUSANNAH MCBRIDE.

JOHN "JACK" MCBRIDE, b. 1804, PA; d. Bef. 1860, OH.

vi.

WILLIAM H. MCBRIDE, b. March 17, 1806, Noble Co., OH; d. April 8, 1871, Noble Co., OH.

vii.

MICHAEL MCBRIDE, b. 1813; m. AMY ARCHER.

viii.

JACOB MCBRIDE, b. 1814, PA; d. March 2, 1874.

ix.

MARY "POLLY" MCBRIDE, b. 1816.

GEORGE MCBRIDE, b. 1824, OH.

xi.

MARTIN MCBRIDE, b. 1836, OH; m. JANE UNKNOWN.

Notes for MARTIN MCBRIDE:
Noble Co., OH History (1887), Watkins, p. 231. Co. I, 20th Reg. OVI, Union Army: McBride, Martin., enlisted 25 Dec 1861; promoted to Corporal, mustered out 27 Dec 1864 at expiration of term.

More About MARTIN MCBRIDE:
Military Service: December 25, 1861, Enlisted in Co. I, 20th Reg OVI, Union Army.

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