Neill MURPHY

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 _Robert Forbes MURPHY _|
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|--Neill MURPHY 
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|                        _Hector STEWART _
|_Grisella STEWART _____|
                        |_Mary SHAW ______

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Elizabeth MARTIN

1. Hortense JONES
2. Lyssie JONES
3. Lurline JONES

                         _William B. MARTIN __
 _Ulysses Lewis MARTIN _|
|                       |_Grissella PHILLIPS _
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|--Elizabeth MARTIN 
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|_Sophronia KENDRICK ___|
                        |_____________________

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Ellen MCALLISTER

                    _Alexander MCALLISTER _
 _John MCALLISTER _|
|                  |_Ann WRIGHT ___________
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|--Ellen MCALLISTER 
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|                   _______________________
|_Thetis ADAMS ____|
                   |_______________________

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Margaret BELL

1. Margaret MCLAURINE

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|--Margaret BELL 
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Raleigh HIGHTOWER

                     _Charnal HIGHTOWER _
 _Joshua HIGHTOWER _|
|                   |_Sarah ECHOLS ______
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|--Raleigh HIGHTOWER 
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|                    _Richard DEAN ______
|_Sally DEAN _______|
                    |____________________

James MCNEILL

                         _Duncan MCNEILL _______
 _James MCNEILL ________|
|                       |_Loveday CAMPBELL _____
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|--James MCNEILL 
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|                        _Alexander MCALLISTER _
|_Catharine MCALLISTER _|
                        |_Jane_or_Jean COLVIN __

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Hector McAllister MCKETHAN (Col.)

• BIRTH: 15 SEP 1834, Fayetteville,Cumberland,North Carolina,USA
• DEATH: 6 NOV 1881, Fayetteville,Cumberland,North Carolina,USA
• BURIAL: 7 NOV 1881, Cross Creek Cem.,Fayetteville,Cumberland,North Carolina

                                _ UNKNOWN ___________
 _Alfred Augustus MCKETHAN ____|
|                              |_Christian MCKETHAN _
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|--Hector McAllister MCKETHAN 
|
|                               _Hector MCALLISTER __
|_Loveday Campbell MCALLISTER _|
                               |_Isabella MCNEILL ___

Notes

He was a colonel in the 51st NC Regiment, CSA, badly wounded in the War at Fort Harrison. In AMcA, Rev. Mcallister writes (on p. 140

where it is misplaced under the listing for his nephew of the same name): "Col H. McA. McKethan was a promising young business man in Fayetteville, N. C., with his father, in the great carriage works. At the beginning of the war he entered the service of the Confederacy as on of the lieutenants of the "OLd Independent Company" of Fayetteville, N.C., F.I.L.I. By act of legislature, all the lieutenants of this company ranked as captains, and the captain as major. In the First North Carolina Volunteers this company first saw war. At the close of their six months enlistment, young McKethan enlisted a company for the war, and by unparalled bravery and assiduous attention to duty became the honored colonel of the valiant Fifty-first North Carolina Volunteers distinguished on many a bloody field. His men called him "Old Hec," and he did not know what fear was. With his health wrecked by the vicissitudes of war, he lived with his father in Fayetteville, and there died, without issue. He never got over the disaster at Fort Harrison."

In the Confederate Report from Battery Wagner, July 18, 1863 by Gen. William Booth Taliaferro, CSA (available on the World Wide Web at http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/tall.html) the 51st North Carolina is praised, along with the Charleston Battallion, for "gallantly" maintaining "their positions and" driving "the enemy back quickly from their front, with immense slaughter." Gen. Talliaferro later writes "General McKethan's regiment, Fifty-first North Carolina troops...gallantly sought their position under a heavy shelling, and maintained it during the action. Col. McKethan, Lietenant-colonel [C. R.] Hobson and Major McDonald are the field officers of this regiment and deserve special mention." "The assailants consisted of troops from...the 54th Massachusetts (Negro) Regiment under Col. [R. G.] Shaw who was killed..." This assault on Fort Wagner is the climactic ending of the movie "Glory" which is about the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

We cannot identify "General McKethan" and can only assume that, since Hector was in command of the 51st, Gen. Talliaferro mistook his rand, as well as that of his brother E. T. McKethan.

From the Civil War Online WWW site (http://web2.airmail.net/mbusby/scharles.htm): The Confederate Army Engaged at Charleston

Garrison Brig. General William B. Taliaferro 32nd Ga. Col. George P. Harrison, Jr. 31st N.C. Lieut. Colonel C. W. Knight 51st N.C. Colonel Hector McKethan Charlestown (S.C.) Battalion Lieut Colonel P. C. Gaillard (w) 7th S. C. Battalion Major J. H. Rion

The 51st N.C. under Col. H. McKethan was engaged in the siege operations at Charleston S.C. August - September, 1863. (This is listed on the same web site).

Other files at Civil War Online include

The Confederate Forces Engaged In The Richmond Campaign, listing the 51st NC under the command of Col. Hector McKethan in the Richmond and Petersburg Defenses.

Entry in the A. A. McKethan family Bible: "Died at home Nov. 6, 1881 at 10 minutes to 4 P.M. Sunday. 'Hector McA McKethan'. Funeral from the Presbyterian Church Nov. 7th at 3 P.M. buried with 'Masonic & military' honors. Hymns 616 & 635. Scripture 90th Psalm & 1st Corinthians part of 15th Chapter. The services conducted by 'Rev J. R. Brooks'."

Obituary from the Laurinburg, N.C. Enterprise, Wed. Nov. 9, 1881: "Death of Co. McKethan. Col Hector McKethan, the brave commander of the 51st N. C. Regiment, during the rebellion, died at the residence of his father in Fayetteville last Sunday afternoon. Col McKethan, at the beginning of the war, entered the service of his country as first-lieutenant of Co. H, Fayetteville volunteers, and at the expiration of the first six months, the term for which his company enlisted, he returned home with the remnant of the Fayetteville battalion who had not yet re-enlisted, but not to remain. Shortly after his return, cooperating with others, Col McKethan succeeded in organizing the 51st regiment and again entered the army. He was soon thereafter elected Colonel, and from that date to the close of the struggle proved himself worthy of the distinguished honor he enjoyed. He was a brave soldier, a discreet and valiant commander, and distinguished himself on many a bloody battle field. Having the esteem of his soldiers, they followed his lead and obeyed his command with a readiness which fully attested their devotion to him as a comrade and their confidence in his skill as their leader. More than once did he return from bloody contests with but a small number of those courageous fellows who entered with him. Just before the close of the war Col. McKethan was called to act as Brigadeer-General (sic) during the temporary absence of that officer, and was wearing the epauletts (sic) of that office when the conflict ended. Brave and generous as he was, he's gone. Peace to his ashes; and may his surviving comrades, who laid him to rest at the tomb with military honors, see that his grave's kept green!"

David Sloan GRAHAM

                     _Archibald GRAHAM _
 _Alexander GRAHAM _|
|                   |_Ann MCLEAN _______
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|--David Sloan GRAHAM 
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|                    ___________________
|_Katie SLOAN ______|
                    |___________________

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Willie ARNOLD

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 _William M. ARNOLD _|
|                    |_________________________
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|--Willie ARNOLD 
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|                     _William James CLEMENTS _
|_Cora CLEMENTS _____|
                     |_Nedgelena STEWART ______

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Neill MCALLISTER

• DEATH: 1779

                         _Coll MCALESTER ____
 _Alexander MCALLISTER _|
|                       |_Janet MCNEILL _____
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|--Neill MCALLISTER 
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|                        _Alexander COLVIN __
|_Jane_or_Jean COLVIN __|
                        |_Margaret ROBINSON _

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Elaine TIEMAN

• DIVORCE: Y

1. Fredrich Tieman Crawford CURRIE

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|--Elaine TIEMAN 
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William Henry ELLIOTT

• BIRTH: 7 FEB 1893
• DEATH: 28 NOV 1968
• BURIAL: Sardis Cem,Cumberland,North Carolina,USA

                           _Alexander ELLIOTT _
 _Jonathan Evans ELLIOTT _|
|                         |_Jane Smith EVANS __
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|--William Henry ELLIOTT 
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|                          ____________________
|_Alice HALL _____________|
                          |____________________

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