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I believe I have found a major breakthrough on the parents of the McGuire men who were living in Monroe Co.,TN in 1830.
These men were Nicholas b. 1770-1780; Henry b. 1782 MD; Thomas b. 1785 MD; Josiah b. 1794 TN; Michael b. 1800 TN
We have no concrete evidence that these men were brothers but circumstantial evidence is very high:
1. They are all born in the same time frame--1770 to 1800
2. The older men born in MD and younger in TN
3. They all lived in the same area.
4. They all named their children the same names: Nicholas, Henry, Thomas, Josiah, Michael, etc.
5. The children of these men tended to live near the uncles: Son of Michael lived in McMinn where Henry lived. Son of Nicholas lived in Dade Co., MO where Thomas lived.
6. Three of them appear to have married sisters: McManus girls of NC.
Now for the connection to a parent.
In 1845 William Stevenson of Washington Co., TN had a will probated in which he gave his land to Jesse Crouch who "married my relation Jemima McGuire"
This Jemima McGuire who married Jesse Crouch was the daughter of Nicholas and Amy McManus McGuire.
So how is William Stevenson related to Jemima McGuire? I believe he is her great uncle on her father's side. William Stevenson b. 1750-1760 according to 1830 Washington Co., TN census seems to have been the younger brother of Mary Stevenson who married Thomas McGuire in MD in 1779. Their parents were Henry and Jemima Stevenson of MD.
So I believe Thomas and Mary Stevenson McGuire of MD moved to TN around 1790-1795 in the company of brother William Stevenson and friend Henry Butler Bond. They settled in Blount Co., TN and lived there at least until Michael was born in 1800. They named their children for relatives: Nicholas for an Uncle Nicholas McGuire; Henry for grandfather Henry Stevenson; Thomas for daddy; Josiah for Uncle Josiah Stevenson; and Michael for grandfather Michael McGuire of Frederick Co. MD.
We do still need some verification on some of this!! We need a copy of the 1830 Washington Co., TN census as well as the 1840. We need a copy of William Stevenson's will of1845. We need copies of deed involving the land transfer to Jesse Crouch and later when Jesse dies in 1878. These deed might give further confirmation on the exact relationship of William Stevenson to Jemima McGuire Crouch.
Brenda
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