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Descendants of McCarty

Generation No. 1

1. MCCARTY¹ was born Abt. 1704, and died Unknown.

Notes for MCCARTY:
"The McCarthys In Early American History"

CHAPTER XI - THE FIGHTING RACE

McCarthys fought in every war in which America has been engaged--Many officers of the name in the War of 1812, the Mexican and Civil Wars, and the Spanish-American War--Colonel Daniel E. McCarthy was the first American soldier to set foot on the soil of France in the World War--McCarthys who served their country in the War of the Revolution--14 officers and 335 enlisted men--The Government publication, "A Century of Population Growth," analyzed--McCarthys omitted from the Census of 1790--Conclusion.
No more apt expression has ever been used to describe a distinguishing characteristic of any people than the terse and popular phrase, "The Fighting Race," applied to the Irish by Joseph I.C. Clarke in his famous poem known by that title. The willingness of the Celt to fight in any cause, especially in a just cause, is a byword of time, since it is exemplified by the history of the race all down through the centuries. They have carried on a long fight for the freedom of their own land, and although they have been repulsed and disheartened times out of mind, the spirit of nationality has never been extinguished in Ireland, and to-day there is every indication the the aspirations of her people will soon be realized. They have fought for England on sea and land, and it is a pitiful irony of fate that they have helped by their numbers and their prowess as soldiers to establish English rule under every sun. They have fought for France, Spain and Austria, and on every battlefield in Continental Europe from medićval times down to the recent World War, the
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"Irish Yell" has been heard above the strife and often has brought terror and dismay to the opposing forces. Long before the Revolution the Irish began to come to America, and in the muster-rolls of the troops who fought in the colonial wars against the French and Indians, Irish names stand out prominently. In the War of the Revolution, it has been proved, by a careful and conservative computation from the muster-roll and other records, that the Irish immigrants and their descendants furnished thirty-eight per cent of the fighting men, and this, notwithstanding the fact the the Irish constituted a much smaller proportion of the population of the Colonies. 1 The War of 1812, the Mexican and Civil Wars, and the Spanish-American war, each in turn gave opportunities to the Irish in America, and in the recent World strife they met the test with the same spirit that they have always displayed when the interests of their country were at stake. Their record as a "Fighting Race" stands unchallenged, even by their enemies.
Many officers of the name are listed in the rosters of the armies of the United States at various times. Patrick McCarty served in the "Whiskey Rebellion" in Western Pennsylvania in 1794, and on March 3, 1799, he was appointed Lieutenant of the Third United States Infantry. In the War of 1812, John McCarthey was Lieutenant of the Sixteenth Infantry; Lieutenant John McCartey of the Twenty-Third Infantry was made prisoner at Queenston Heights, Canada, on October 13, 1812, and was promoted to Captain on June 14, 1814, and Captain William McCarthy commanded a New York Volunteer Corps in the War of 1812. In the Mexican War, we find James C. McCarty, Lieutenant of the Fifth
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Tennessee Infantry; John McCarty, Lieutenant of the First Texas Volunteers and later Captain of Texas Rifles; William M. McCarty, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Third Indiana Infantry, and Justus I. McCarty was appointed Captain of New York Infantry on February 27, 1847, and Major of the Tenth United States Infantry on March 3rd of the same year.
In the Civil War, officers of the name served on both sides. Jeremiah McCarthy was Captain of the First Pennsylvania Artillery; Florence L. McCarthy was First Lieutenant of the 59th New York Infantry and was made Captain on May 18, 1865; Rev. Patrick F. McCarthy was Hospital Chaplain of United States Volunteers; Lieutenant Patrick McCarthy served with the 69th New York; Lieutenant Charles McCarthy with the 63rd New York Volunteers; Captain Patrick McCarthy with the Fourth New York, and John McCarthy was First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Third New York, all four of these regiments having been part of Corcoran's Irish Legion, and Captain Charles McCarthey served with the 175th New York Regiment. Among the Virginians in the Confederate Army were: William Page McCarty, Captain of Artillery, who is described in annals of the war as "a very gallant soldier"; Clinton McCarty, Major of Kentucky troops and afterwards Adjutant-General on the staff of General Hawes; William S. McCarty, First Lieutenant of Confederate States Artillery which surrendered at Appomattox in 1865; Daniel McCarty was an officer in the same corps; James Ball McCarty was Captain of the Ninth Virginia Cavalry; Stephen Washington McCarty, a Confederate officer, was killed at the first battle of Manassas; William Thaddeus McCarty was Captain of the "University Volunteers," serving in General Henry A. Wise's Bragade;
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James W. McCarty was Lieutenant and Adjutant of Ashby's Virginia Cavalry; Edward McCarthy, Captain of the Richmond Howitzers, was killed at the battle of Cold Harbor in June, 1864, and John W. McCarty, Adjutant of the Seventh Virginia Cavalry, fought at Gettysburg, "where," a description of him says, "he proved himself, as always, fearless of danger."
Serving in the infantry regiments in the Spanish-American war, we find Captain Daniel McCarthy of the famous 69th New York; Captain Thomas McCarthy of Massachusetts troops; Timothy F. McCarthy, Captain of the Third New Jersey; William W. McCarthy, Lieutenant of the Second Kansas; Jeremiah F. McCarthy, Lieutenant of the First Georgia; John F. McCarthy, Lieutenant, 35th Infantry United States Army; Dr. William D. McCarthy, Major-Surgeon of the First California, and Daniel E. McCarthy, Major and Quartermaster of United States Volunteers.

The last-mentioned officer is now Colonel, Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army, and had the distinction of being the first American soldier to set foot on the soil of France in the recent World War! In an account of his personal experiences in the war, sent to me by Colonel McCarthy, he states that under "General Orders Number 1, American Expeditionary Force," he was appointed Chief Quartermaster, and on May 28, 1917, he left New York for England accompanied by other officers and enlisted men. On June 10th General Pershing ordered him to France, as President of a Board of Officers to select the ports of debarkation for the American troops, and on the same evening they arrived at Boulogne. "As the commanding officer of the party," writes Colonel McCarthy, "I went down the gang plank first, which gave me the honor of being the
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first man of the American Expeditionary Force to land in France." In his travels through France, Colonel McCarthy says that he "was very much impressed with the number of French people of Irish extraction." "At Bordeaux, when I was introduced to a French Engineer officer, he threw his arms around me and stated that his grand-mother was a McCarthy and invited me out to visit her at her Chateau, some distance from Bordeaux." Other French officers of Irish descent he also mentions in his narrative. Shortly after he arrived in France, he relates that he received a letter from Pol, Comte de Blarney Carty, addressing him as his "dear cousin," and, "as the descendant of one of the Irish patriots who came here centuries ago to fight for France, I welcome you as a worthy representative of the Irish race and as a McCarthy, who has come from America to fight for France and liberty!"
The record of the McCarthys in the service of the patriot forces in the war of the Revolution is one in which people of the name may well take pride. Of the great numbers of Irish names which appear in the muster-rolls of the Revolutionary army and navy, the McCarthys rank third 2 with a total of 14 officers and 335 enlisted men, including those bearing the abbreviated forms of the name, Carty and Cartie. Of the men of the rank and file, 117 enlisted in Pennsylvania, 41 in New York, 37 in Maryland, 32 in Massachusetts, 18 in the Carolinas, 17 in Virginia, 14 each in New Jersey and Connecticut, 13 in New Hampsire and the remaining 37 scattering. A list of these men, with the disignation of the regiments or names of the ships to which they were attached, taken from such of the muster-rolls
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and enlistement papers as I have been able to examine, is appended hereto (appendix), and when the fact is considered that historians of the Revolution usually give no credit to the Irish as participants in the war for American Independence, this large number of Revolutionary soldiers and sailors representing one Irish family alone probably will be a revelation to many people who thought they were acquainted with the details of the history of the Revolution. And, that even this long list is incomplete, is indicated by the occasional references that are made to Revolutionary soldiers named McCarthy who are not listed in the existing muster-rolls.
For example, according to the will of Jeremiah McCarthy of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he served as a private soldier in a Pennsylvania regiment prior to 1782, yet his name does not appear in the rolls which I examined. A copy of the will was reproduced in the American Monthly Magazine, 3 the official organ of the Daughters of the American Revolution, with the explanation that it was neither probated nor recorded but was found some years ago among a lot of miscellaneous papers, the accumulation of the greater part of two centuries, in the basement of the Westmoreland County court house. The will is dated August 17, 1782, and Jeremiah McCarthy described himself therein as "a soldier of Captain Samuel Brady's company in a detachment of the Pennsylvania Line." To his wife, Margaret, and his sons, John, Daniel and Jeremiah, he bequeathed "each one an equal part of my worldly substance consisting of 18 months' pay due me from the late Captain Heath's Independent Company for my services as a private soldier in said Company; likewise all the pay now due me in the Pennsylvania Line." And he em-
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powered "Mr. John Bradley, now an inhabitant of Pittsburg, to receive the aforesaid pay or pays as my just and lawful executor and distribute the aforesaid as before directed." Captain Samuel Brady commanded a company of Colonel Francis Johnston's regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, and while three soldiers named Jeremiah McCarthy are included in the appended list as of the Pennsylvania Line, none of these men served in Captain Brady's company. One was in Captain Thomas Boude's company of the Eighth regiment and was from Lancaster County, one in the Seventh regiment under Colonel William Irvine and the third in the Fifth regiment commanded by Colonel Richard Butler, and it is an interesting historical fact that all three officers, Johnston, Irvine and Butler, were natives of Ireland. There is no Jeremiah McCarthy listed in the copy of the roster which I examined of Captain Heath's Independent Company.
Another example is that of Randolph McCarthy who, according to the Naval Records of the American Revolution published by the Library of Congress, 4 was appointed mate of the Pennsylvania sloop of war, Sally, on December 20, 1781; yet his name is also missing from the list for the reason stated. Still another example is that of Daniel McCarty. He is referred to in Boogher's Gleanings of Virginia History 5 as a private soldier in the First Virginia State Regiment, popularly known as "Gibson's Lambs." They were commanded by Colonel George Gibson and were skilled sharpshooters, and "being distinguished for independence and personal bravery, they assisted in repelling Lord Dunmore's attack on Hampton, Va., on October 25, 1775." Boogher lists Daniel McCarty as "dead," which explains the
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absence of his name from the particular roll that was examined by me and why his name is not included in the appended list of Revolutionary soldiers. Among the officers the name of William McCarthy is not included. In Force's American Archives there is a letter to John Hancock, President of Congress, dated from Montreal, May 17, 1776, from Samuel Chase and Charles Carroll, the American Commissioners in Canada, one passage of which reads: "Necessity has compelled us to desire Mr. William McCarthy to execute the office of Deputy Quarter-Master-General and we hope Congress will send that gentleman a commission of this date. Our Generals here exercise the power of appointing officers, but we have not, nor do we remember that they have any such power." Careful search fails to disclose who this William McCarthy was, but it is evident that he was an officer of the Revolutionary forces and was regarded by the American Commissioners as a man of no little importance and efficiency.
Other instances may also be quoted, that is where men of the name are referred to as having served in the Revolution but who I have not felt justified in including in the accompanying list, because I am unable to find their names in the official rolls. Some of these Revolutionary soldiers receive casual mention in town and county histories, but, as to what part they played in those stirring days, I am entirely without knowledge as I have had no opportunity to investigate their story. But, although there is a great dearth of information on record concerning the individual soldiers of the Revolution, especially of the enlisted men, I believe there must be some data available from the local town records and from the traditions of the families of the descendants from which a more complete history of this family in America may
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be compiled, and if some of the McCarthys would only interest themselves in the work I am sure they would find it a most conjenial employment.
That age did not deter American patriots from serving their country when men were needed to uphold the standard of revolt against the tyranny of England, is seen from the case of John McCarthy of the Pennsylvania Artillery. In the Dockets of the Orphans' Court of the City and County of Philadelphia of the years 1785 and 1786 there are records of a number of applications for pensions, and under date of December 14, 1785, the following interesting entry appears: "The Court having examined and considered the Case of John McCarthy, late a Matross of the Fourth Regiment of Artillery belonging to Pennsylvania, aged about 64 years, find that he was wounded in the Belly at the Battle of Green Springs in the State of Virginia on the sixth day of July, 1781, and afterwards contracted chronic disorders in the service of the United States by reason whereof he is in a great degree disabled of getting livelihood by Labor. The Court do therefore allow him a Pension of three dollars per month." And later, "upon application of John Nicholson, Esqr. Comptroller-General, on behalf of the following Pensioners their Pensions were Augmented to five Dollars per month from this day by the Court, to wit, to John Green, John McCarthy, Garret Fagan, John St. John, James Sheridan and John Lane."

When people of the name are mentioned in the prosaic official records of the Colonies, and such numbers and in such stations in life as are indicated herein, it is clear that the McCarthys were not as unimportant a factor in contributing to the work of nation-building as is generally supposed of people of Irish blood in this country.
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It is a singular circumstance that the government publication, A Century of Population Growth, which purports to be a compendium of the First Census of the United States, shows only 625 McCarthys all told in the United States in 1790, and when a comparison of the census figures in made by States with the number of persons of the name mentioned in the muster-rolls of the Colonial and Revolutionary wars and in other eighteeth century records, the discrepancy becomes still more surprising.
Careful analysis of the figures furnished to us through A Century of Population Growth proves the utter untrustworthiness of this publication. For example, the government statisticians show there were only 125 people named McCarthy of both sexes and of all ages and conditions in the State of Pennsylvania in 1790. Yet, there where 117 McCarthys who enlisted in the Revolutionary forces in that State. In the average case, reliable statistics indicate that that number of soldiers of any one name would mean that there must have been at least twice the number of men of the same name in the State, and when we add the same conservative figure to represent the women and children, the total would reach approximantely 560. Then, when we consider the number mentioned in the text and in the incomplete list at page 309 to 317 of the McCarthys appearing in the Pennsylvania marriage records, we can safely assume that seven years after the war the number of McCarthys in the State could not have been far short of 800. So that, the McCarthys in the Pennsylvania census returns represent hardly more than fifteen per cent of the total number of people of the name in the State in 1790.

In Connecticut and New Hampshire it is observed that, according to A Century of Population Growth,
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there was not one person named McCarthy in 1790, which is obviously an error since twenty-seven soldiers of the name enlisted in the Revolutionary army from those States (exclusive of those appearing in the land, court and church records); and surely some of these soldiers must have returned to their homes after the war and had children or relatives of the name. In Massachusetts we are told there were only seventy-two McCarthys of both sexes in 1790; but, as will be noted, one man of the name alone, Thaddeus of Worcester, was the father of fifteen children all born at Worcester, between 1744 and 1763, only three of whom died within that period, and of the twelve who survived until 1790, eight were males and were the fathers of many children. When we add to these the numerous descendants in the male line of Thomas, Thaddeus and Florence MacCarty of Boston and of the McCarthys who are recorded as residing in various other places in Massachusetts during the eighteenth century, more than 200 in all, again we have a striking illustration of the worthlessness of the figures given to us in A Century of Population Growth.
Only 116 McCarthys are shown by the census returns to have resided in the State of New York in 1790, but on going over the list of McCarthys whose names appear in New York records of the eighteenth century, we find a total of 142. And this is far short of the actual total, because the records examined were only those of the land office, a few of the church registers, the muster-rolls of the Colonial and Revolutionary troops, probate records and others of that class. And as many other records were inaccessible to me or were not consulted, in which people of the name undoubtedly appear, the total number obviously was far greater than 142. It is safe to say that the descendants of these 142 McCarthys
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living in the State of New York in 1790 must have numbered several hundreds.
In Maryland, if we are to accept A Century of Population Growth, only thirty-five McCarthys, male and female, resided in 1790, although thirty-seven men and boys of the name are recorded in the muster-rolls of the Revolutionary troops organized in that State, in addition to which I have given some details concerning fifty other McCarthys whose names appear in the Colonial records. On the conservative basis of calculation before described, and taking into consideration the probability that many of the eighty-seven McCarthys married and brought up families, who, or whose children, were living in Maryland in 1790, we are warranted in assuming that at least 160 of the McCarthys in Maryland were not included in the census enumerators' lists from which the total of thirty-five was compiled. In the adjoining State of Virginia the census shows 140 McCarthys in 1790, and, without making any analysis of the figures, I leave it to the judgement of the readers of this book to form their own conclusions as to how nearly correct the government statisticians are, when the fact is taken into consideration that there are 243 McCarthys mentioned in the Virginia land and probate records alone prior to 1790, many of whom married and brought up families and had descendants in the male line.

The figures for these six States will suffice for the purposes of this comparison and probably will make the point clear, namely that a very large number of the McCarthys are not included in A Century of Population Growth. What the reason for the omission may be I am unable to say, but it may be that it was because many of them resided in sections of the country not
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reached by the census enumerators. The statement, therefore, that the figures in this publication, official though it is, are unreliable is not merely a generalization nor a mere inference, since it is fully substantiated by analysis of the factors which form the basis of the publication. And it can be said that the same identical remarks apply to many other Irish family names which I selected for a similar analysis. And yet, A Century of Population Growth is the basis upon which is built the theory that people of Irish descent constituted only one and six-tenth per cent of the population of the United States in 1790, and, as a logical inference, that they contributed little or nothing to the work of building up the country and to the achievement of American independence! It is the "authority" usually quoted by shallow commentators on the racial origins of the American people; it is used in the schools, colleges and libraries of the country; with the result that a deep rooted impression prevails that the American people are almost wholly of the "Anglo-Saxon," i.e. the "English," race, and that the contributions of people of other races to the glory and development of our country have been so negligible as to be altogether unworthy of serious consideration! That this is so, is clear from the opinions on the subject which are expressed from time to time by editorial writers, in the speeches of public men and by contributors to the magazines and the correspondence columns of the newspapers. But, as stated before, in so far as the American Irish and their descendants are concerned, all this is the inevitable result of the neglect of the Irish themselves, who have given practically no attention to the important work of investigating their history in America, while at the same time they look
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on complacently at the constant undermining of their influence in a country to whose developement their people contributed so much.
It will be noted that in writing this account of the McCarthys, I have confined myself solely to facts, gleaned from authoritative sources, but if the traditions of the time were drawn upon to embellish the story, as one would be perfectly justified in doing, it would make a much more extensive and interesting historical narrative. There is every reason to believe that an exhaustive search of the records would bring to light much other valuable data relating to people of this name in Colonial and Revolutionary times, if some one with the time and the taste for such work would devote himself to the task. A comparison of an early map of the United States with the places where the McCarthys are located, at once shows that many of them settled on the frontiers, or at any rate in outlying sections far removed from the centers of population.

It is shown that they were among the pioneers in various places, as owners and tillers of the soil, defenders of the homes and firesides of the early settlers, builders of the highways, laborers and artisans, tradesmen and millers, and that, in common with other pioneers of those days, they contributed their share to the laying of the foundations of the country's future greatness.

In the towns and settlements along the seaboard they are found among the merchants and shipbuilders, and in no case do they appear among the "drones of society," but that in every respect the early McCarthys in America measured up to the standard of those pioneer settlers to whom the country owes so much and whose story has been told, in many cases with great detail, by American historians.
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APPENDIX
Enlisted men, from the muster-rolls and enlistment papers of the Revolutionary army and navy and the Provincial Militia.

McCarthy, Bartholomew, Cumberland County, Penna. Militia.
McCarthy, Bartholomew, Colonel Brooks' Regiment of Mass. Guards.
McCarthy, Charles, Philadelphia County, Penna. Militia.
McCarthy, Charles, Philadelphia City, Penna. Artillery.
McCarthy, Daniel, Philadelphia City, Penna. Militia.
McCarthy, Daniel, Philadelphia City, Penna. Militia.
McCarthy, Daniel, Pennsylvania Navy.
McCarthy, Daniel, First Regiment New York Line.
McCarthy, Daniel, Continental frigate, Confederacy.
McCarthy, Daniel, Grayson's Maryland Continental Regiment.
McCarthy, Daniel, Colonel Greaton's Massachusetts Regiment.
McCarthy, Daniel, Colonel McIntosh's Suffolk County, Mass. Regiment.
McCarthy, Daniel, Dutchess County, New York troops.
McCarthy, Daniel, Jr., Colonel Greaton's Massachusetts Regiment.
McCarthy, Daniel, Frigate Hague, Massachusetts Navy.
McCarthy, Dennis, Philadelphia City, Penna. Militia.
McCarthy, Dennis, Third Regiment, New York Line.
McCarthy, Dennis, First Regiment, New York Line.
McCarthy, Dennis, Colonel Gansevoort's New York Regiment.
McCarthy, Ewen, First Pennsylvania Artillery.
McCarthy, Felix, Berks County, Penna. Militia.
McCarthy, Francis, Ship Mars, Massachusetts Navy.
McCarthy, Florence, Fourth Regiment, North Carolina Line.
McCarthy, Florence, North Carolina troops (regiment unknown).
McCarthy, George, Colonel Warner's Regiment, Connecticut Line.
McCarthy, Jeremiah, Frigate Boston, Massachusetts Navy.
McCarthy, James, Crane's Massachusetts Artillery.
McCarthy, James, Pennsylvania Navy.
McCarthy, James, Colonel Greaton's Massachusetts Regiment.
McCarthy, James, Tenth Regiment, North Carolina Line.
McCarthy, John, Philadelphia City, Penna. Militia.
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McCarthy, John, Colonel Elliott's Rhode Island Regiment.
McCarthy, John, Colonel Ruggles' Massachusetts Regiment.
McCarthy, John, Colonel Ruggles' Massachusetts Regiment.
McCarthy, John, Thirteenth Regiment, Albany County, N.Y. Militia
McCarthy, John, Philadelphia City Volunteers.
McCarthy, John, York County, Penna. Militia.
McCarthy, John, Pennsylvania Navy.
McCarthy, John, Invalid Guards (Pennsylvania).
McCarthy, John, Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion.
McCarthy, John, Proctor's Pennsylvania Artillery.
McCarthy, John, Fourth Pennsylvania Artillery.
McCarthy, Justin, Atlee's Pennsylvania Musketry Battalion.
McCarthy, Mathias, First Regiment, Provincial troos of S.C.
McCarthy, Moses, Thirteenth Regiment, Albany County, N.Y. Militia.
McCarthy, Michael, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Line.
McCarthy, Owen, Proctor's Pennsylvania Artillery.
McCarthy, Owen, Independent Pennsylvania Artillery Regiment.
McCarthy, Owen, Knox's Artillery Corps.
McCarthy, Peter, Virginia Continental Line.
McCarthy, Peter, Rawlings' Regiment, Maryland Line.
McCarthy, Richard, Virginia State Line (regiment unknown).
McCarthy, Roger, Georgia Continental Line (regiment unknown).
McCarthy, Stephen, NOrth Carolina Line (regiment unknown).
McCarthy, Thomas, Philadelphia County, Penna. Militia.
McCarthy, Timothy, Frederick County, Maryland troops.
McCarthy, Timothy, Atlee's Pennsylvania Musketry Battalion.
McCarthy, Thomas, Philadelphia City, Penna. Militia.
McCarthy, Timothy, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Regiment.
McCarthy, Timothy, Ship Protector, Massachusetts Navy.
McCarthy, William, Fairfield, Connecticut Volunteers.
McCarthy, William, North Carolina Line (regiment unknown).
McCarty, Alexander, Third Regiment, South Carolina Line.
McCarty, Andrew, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Militia.
McCarty, Andrew, Frigate Hague, Massachusetts Navy.
McCarty, Andrew, Captain Stephenson's Company of West Va. Rifelmen.
McCarty, Benjamin, Northhampton County, Penna. Militia.
McCarty, Charles, Chester County, Penna. Militia.
McCarty, Charles, Cumberland County, Penna. Militia.
McCarty, Charles, Virginia State Line.
McCarty, Charles, Richmond County, Virginia Militia.
McCarty, Charles, Third Regiment, New Hampshire Line.
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McCarty, Charles, Stark's New Hampshire Regiment.
McCarty, Charles, Stark's New Hampshire Regiment.
McCarty, Charles, Seammell's New Hampshire Regiment.
McCarty, Charles, Colonel Malcom's Regiment, New York Line.
McCarty, Cornelius, Second Regiment, South Carolina Line.
McCarty, Cornelius, Prince William Parish, S.C. Volunteer Company.
McCarty, Daniel, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Line.
McCarty, Daniel, Georgia Continental Line (regiment unknown).
McCarty, Daniel, Bedford County, Penna. Militia.
McCarty, Daniel, Northampton County, Penna. Militia.
McCarty, Daniel, York County, Penna. Militia.
McCarty, Daniel, Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion.
McCarty, Daniel, Moylan's Fourth Pennsylvania Dragoons.
McCarty, Daniel, Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Line.
McCarty, Daniel, Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Line.
McCarty, Daniel, Fifth Regiment, Maryland Line.
McCarty, Daniel, Second Regiment, Virginia State Line.
McCarty, Daniel, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Lin
McCarty, Daniel, Georgia Continental Line (regiment unknown).
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Children of MCCARTY are:

2.	i.		DANIEL² MCCARTY, b. 1725, Granville County, NC; d. Abt. 1782, Lincoln Co., [was called Tyron] North Carolina.
	ii.		CORNELIUS MCCARTY^1,^2,^3,^3,⁴, b. Abt. 1727, Virginia; d. Bef. 1786⁴; Stepchild.

Notes for CORNELIUS MCCARTY:
He died intestate and his nephew Cornelius was given his land.

Will of Daniel McCarty, By Linda Essary
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[lWill of Daniel McCarty.]
Richmond Co., GA Book I, 1777-1798, Drawer 48, Box 72.

I also leave to my sons John McCarty and Jacob McCarty & Son in laws David Tomlinson John Kelly and Samuel Johnston and my widowed daughter Ann Bennet the whole of the Estate of Cornelius McCarty Deceased formerly living on Santilena [St. Helena] Island to be Equally divided by the Executors of my Will

1790 LINCOLN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CENSUS
Fields:
NAME -- Head of the household
1 -- Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families
2 -- Free white males under 16 years
3 -- Free white females including heads of familes
4 -- All other free persons
5 -- Slaves
Order of entry -- Order in which the names were transcribed
"FIKES, Mal" 2 1 4 0 0 0011

"McCARTEY, Cornl" 2 [males over 16] - 1[male under 16] - 3 [white females] 0 0 0740
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New York Births and Baptisms, Southeast Region, 1660-1916
Cornelius Mccarty in United States from 1700-1785
About this database Collection of birth and baptism records taken from church records between 1660 and 1916
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Child: Petrus Reference ID: 389
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1751
Bapt. Date: 6 Oct 1751
Parents: Nil, Cornelius, M'Carty; Mary
Sponsors: Timothy Connor; Elisabeth Schadowih
Source: Baptismal Record of St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Rhinebeck: 1733-1899 [known as Stone Ch]
St Peter’s Lutheran Church at Rhinebeck (Stone Church): 1733-1899
Location: Town of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County --- Denomination: Lutheran
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Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages
Cornelius Mccarty in United States from 1700-1785
Collection of some Lutheran Church records from southeastern Pennsylvania before 1896.
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ID: I6447
Name: Cornelius MCCARTY
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1726 in Virginia
Death: ABT 1782 in South Carolina
Burial: South Carolina

Father: Dennis MCCARTY b: 1704 in Richmond Co., Virginia
Mother: Sarah BALL b: 1704 in Virginia
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Marriage Date: 07 May 1749
Groom: Cornelius Macarty
Bride: Elisabeth Codougan
Location: Nantmeal
Early Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages in Southeastern Pennsylvania
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Name: Cornelius McCarty
Event: Lived
Year: 1774
Province: New York
Source title: Force, Peter
Source: American Archives (Series), 1774-1777 - Excerpts
Page: 354
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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Cornelius Mccarty in United States from 1700-1785
The largest and most comprehensive index of US passenger and immigration information available. Particularly valuable for those with ancestors who arrived in America before 1820. More information below

Name: Cornelius McCurtin
Year: 1781
Place: Alabama
Source Publication Code: 1974.10
Primary Immigrant: McCurtin, Cornelius
Annotation: Date and place of census or date and place of settlement. Place of origin, ethnicity, religion, occupation, military rank, and other family data may also be provided. Other historical information is also provided.
Source Bibliography: FELDMAN, LAWRENCE H. Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives, Lists of Anglo-American Settlers in the Spanish Colonies of America, A Finding Aid. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991. 349p.
Page: 34
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Name: Mccarty, Cornelius
Father: Mccarty , James
Mother: Boseley , Nancy Ann
Birth Date: 1766
City: Prince
County: William
State: CO
Country: USA
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Marguerite Leflau- Cornelius Mccurtain Mobile, AL 6 July 1760
Daniel Mccarthy -Richmond, Rockingham, NC 1746 Rockingham, Richmond, NC 1782
Cornelius Mccarty - Prince William Co, VA 1766 Meade Co, KY 1830
Edmond Mccurtain -Mobile, AL 1784
Jackson Mccurtain - Mobile, AL 1782
Cornelius Mccarty- Susannah Hardwick- William, Prince CO 1766 Meade, Co, KY 1830
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Name: Cornelius Mccarty
Spouse: Susannah Hardwick
Parents: James Mccarty , Nancy Ann Boseley
Birth Place: William, Prince, CO
Birth Date: 1766
Marriage Place: Fauquier, Co, VA
Marriage Date: 12 December 1787
Death Place: Meade, Co, KY
Death Date: 1830
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Name: Marguerite Leflau
Spouse: Cornelius Mccurtain
Parents: Jean Baptiste Leflau , Marie Jeanne Girard
Birth Place: Mobile, AL
Birth Date: 6 July 1760
Marriage Place: Mobile, AL
Marriage Date: 24 November 1778
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ID: I3999
Name: FRANCES
Sex: F
Marriage 1 Cornelius MCCARTY

Marriage 2 John DISKIN
Married: 19 JUN 1755
ID: I2735
Name: John DISKIN
Sex: M

Father: Daniel DISKIN
Mother: Joanna (-?-) (LYON)

Marriage 1 Elizabeth CLARK
Married: 2 APR 1724
Children
Ann DISKIN b: BET 1725 AND 1730 in St. Paul;Stafford County;Virginia
Margaret DISKIN
Rachel DISKIN
Joanna DISKIN
Ruth DISKIN

Marriage 2 FRANCES
Married: 19 JUN 1755

Marriage 3 Agathy (Agnes) AYRES
Married: 14 NOV 1763
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TRYON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS 1769-1779
April term 1774

A Deed of Sale from Cornelius McCarty to Thomas Hawkins for 100 Acres of Land Dated the 14th Day of January 1774 proved by George Lamkin Evidence thereto. Ord'd to be Registered.
TRYON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS 1769-1779
April term 1778
Jacob Rine a claim of 150 acres of Land in Tryon County on the waters of big Long Creek joining land of John Hoyl, Vincent Wyatt and his own land. 26 Jan'y 1778. No. 22. A claim set up for the same land by Cornelius McCarty 21st April.
TRYON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS 1769-1779
April term 1778

Ordered that Wm. Armstrong Sen, Garret Vanzant Sen, George Lamkin, Hugh Shannon, Saml Dunaway, Wm. Vernor, John Ashley, Jeremiah Smith, Wm. Hamilton, Wm. Massey, James Hillhouse, Wm. Smith Sen. be a Jury to try a disputed claim between Cornelius McCarty and Jacob Rine and they be summoned by the Sheriff for that purpose.

TRYON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS 1769-1779
October term 1778

Cornelius McCarty vs Jacob Rine. Claim to 150 acres, 2 Courts. Ex'd. R. Allison. Verdict that Cornelius McCarty is to have the said Land in Dispute that is to say so on Hills & Rhines Lands westerly between Roads & John Hoyle for Compliment. Fifa vs Rine for Costs. Copy made out.

Names in South Carolina (Volume V, page 18) confirmed that St. Helena Island "received its name from one of the captains in the party of the Spanish explorer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon. This captain called it Punta de Santa Helena". In English, this "Punta de Santa Helena" is "St. Helena Point" or "St. Helena's Point".

Beaufort County lies in the southeastern corner of the state along the Atlantic Coast and the Inland Waterway. It is the heart of the area known as the Lowcountry and the Sea Islands. Beaufort County's 637 square miles encompass 64 large- to moderate-sized islands, about 2,000 smaller ones, and a portion of the mainland. The mean average elevation is 21 feet above sea level, with elevations ranging from sea level to 42 feet above at the highest point. The Broad River divides the county into two major segments, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Port Royal Sound at about the mid-point of its coast. The Coosaw River empties into the Atlantic at St. Helena Sound at the county's northern border, which is shared with Colleton County. Beaufort County also borders Hampton County on the Northwest and Jasper County on the West and Southwest. Marshes, creeks, inlets and swamps are the geographical features of Beaufort County along with the islands, rivers and beaches.

St. Helena Island (including Dataw Island): 44.7 square miles

St. Helena Island (Frogmore):
Longitude: 80 degrees 33' 39"W
Latitude: 32 degrees 23' 12" N

Penn Community Services of the Sea Islands (Saint Helena Island): formerly Penn School, site of the earliest education facility for freed slaves (1862). On the National Register of Historic Places.
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THE MCCARTHYS IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
CHAPTER IV
THE MC CARTHYS IN MARYLAND, THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA

Land records of Maryland in the seventeenth century--Large settlements of Irish colonists--Numerous land grants called after towns and cities in Ireland and by Irish family names--The "County of New Ireland" comprised New Connaught, New Leinster and New Munster--McCartys as Revolutionary patriots --Extracts from the Colonial Records of the Carolinas and Georgia--James McCarthy an early Schoolmaster in North Carolina--How Cornelius McCarthy "surrounded" and captured the English soldiers.

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