Martha (Orr) Mackey grave
Martha (Orr) Mackey grave
Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, NC.


Joel Mackey grave
Joel Mackey grave
Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, NC.


Martha (Orr) Mackey

      MARTHA ORR, b. June 21, 1796 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. February 1, 1884 Transylvania County, NC; md. JOEL MACKEY, JR., b. February 11, 1789, d. October 7, 1872 Transylvania County, NC, son of JOEL MACKEY, SR. and SARAH JOYCE. Martha and Joel Mackey are buried at Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, NC. Issue:

  1. JOHN JACKSON MACKEY, b. January 22, 1815 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. May 26, 1854; md. August 25, 1839, MAHALA ANTONETTE AUBREY. He removed to Cherokee County, AL. John J. Mackey served in Captain James Killian’s Company of the North Carolina Volunteers during the Cherokee Indian Removal of 1836.

  2. ANNA CAROLINE MACKEY, b. December 21, 1816 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. February 24, 1900 Transylvania County, NC; md. her first cousin, ELIZIER PATTON, b. February 28, 1811 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. October 24, 1884 Transylvania County, NC, s/o JOSEPH PATTON and JANNETTE "JANE" ORR. Elizier and Anna Caroline (Mackey) Patton are buried at Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

  3. WILLIAM H. MACKEY, b. July 31, 1819 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. April 1, 1846; md. MARY ECHOLS. He removed to Cherokee County, Alabama. He served in the North Carolina Volunteers during the Cherokee Indian Removal of 1836.

  4. ALEXANDER HAMILTON MACKEY, b. March 8, 1822 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. January 7, 1895; md. June 19, 1845, MARY AUBREY, b. September 15, 1826, d. March 12, 1905. He resided in Collinsville, DeKalb County, AL.

  5. ROBERT LESTER MACKEY, b. November 18, 1824 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. September 2, 1873; md. ELVIRA ELIZABETH HALE, b. 1836, d. 1867 buried Summerville, Georgia; 2md. June 18, 1868, HARRIET L. HENDERSON, b. September 10, 1837 Cherokee County, AL. Robert Lester Mackey removed to Cherokee County, AL and later Gregg County, TX. He is buried in Summerfield Cemetery, Gregg County, TX.

  6. JOEL ELLIOT MACKEY, b. February 27, 1827 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. June 10, 1914 Transylvania County, NC; md. December 8, 1867, SARAH MARGARET OSBORNE, b. March 20, 1847, d. February 6, 1909. Joel Elliot and Sarah Margaret (Osborne) Mackey are buried in the Osborne Family Cemetery, Little River, Transylvania County, NC.

  7. SARAH JANE MACKEY, b. September 26, 1829 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. September 27, 1910 Transylvania County, NC; md. LAMBERT C. NEILL, b. November 24, 1829, d. November 25, 1909. Lambert C. Neill served as a Captain in the Confederacy during the Civil War. He and his wife are buried at Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, NC.

  8. JANE MARGARET MACKEY, b. July 31, 1832 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. September 13, 1882 Transylvania County, NC; md. ISAAC S. LYDAY, b. 1832, d. 1896. Isaac S. Lyday served in Company E, 25th Regiment, CSA during the Civil War. He and his wife are buried at Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, NC.

  9. JULIA A. MACKEY, b. June 11, 1835 Buncombe (Transylvania) County, NC, d. May 6, 1908/09 Transylvania County, NC; md. JAMES CLIFFORD LYON, b. December 10, 1815, d. January 17, 1892. Julia A. (Mackey) Lyon is buried at Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina. James Clifford Lyon is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Brevard, Transylvania County, NC.

  10. COLUMBUS MARION MACKEY, b. 1838 Henderson (Transylvania) County, NC, d. ca. 1861-1865. He removed to Texas.

  11. MARTHA ELIZABETH MACKEY, b. April 23, 1841 Henderson (Transylvania) County, NC, d. July 9, 1881 Transylvania County, NC; md. J. B. GASH. She is buried at Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, NC.


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