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Welcome to my McDonald family genealogy webpage! I am rather new at this, but plan on posting transferable files in the future. It was a bit of a scavenger hunt finding McDonald information, but I do believe I have a good base now to work with. My information is not checked for accuracy, so please do not take it as the final truth! Please email me if you have a McDonald connection! ~Amber McDonald 5/14/2004
What's in a name? We've been documented as...McDannold, McDannald, MacDonald, McDaniel, and a few more! Spouses names have also been shownwith various spellings I have encountered.
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My Genealogical Links
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My McDonald Line
Alexander McDannold/McDannald b. in Aberdeen, Scotland
married to Isabelle McLaughlin on 12 Dec 1720 in Scotland
Son- (6th child of 8 children)
John McDonald/McDannald b. 1733 in Scotland d. 1812 Hazel River, VA
married circa 1762 to Susan Corbin b. 1735 in Culpeper County, VA d. 1812 Hazel River, Lakota County,VA
Son- (4th child of 7children)
Osborn/Osburn/Osborne McDonald b. 05 Sep 1778 Culpeper, VA d. 04 Mar 1863 in Culpepper Co, VA
married 27 May 1798 to Elizabeth Murphy/Murfey b. 1781 in VA d. before 1810?
Son- ( 7th child of 10 children)
Charles McDonald b. 1799 Culpeper, VA d. 12 Nov. 1877/76? in Franklin Co., KY
married 28 Nov 1822 in Franklin Co, KY to Lucy/Lucinda McAndre/w/McEndree b. 10 Sep 1801 d. 8 Jul 1887 in Franklin Co., KY
Son- ( th child of children)
McDonald-more information soon to come on my great great grandfather!
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History of Culpeper County, Virginia
CULPEPER COUNTY, chartered in 1749, was named for Lord Thomas Culpeper, Colonial Governor of Virginia, 1680-1683. The Town of Culpeper was chartered in 1759 as the Town of Fairfax, which was named after Lord Culpeper's grandson, Lord Fairfax the sixth. The early 27-acre courthouse village was developed on land included in a 1754 purchase by Robert Coleman. Coleman purchased the land from the eldest son of Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood, who had received the land in a grant from the British Crown.
At age 17, George Washington was commissioned in 1759 to survey and plot the Town and the County of Culpeper. Young Washington liked what he saw and recorded that the Town occupied a "high and pleasant situation."
During the American Revolution, a group of local residents, evoking the stirring words of Patrick Henry, organized themselves as the Culpeper Minutemen. The group rallied under a flag which depicts a rattlesnake with 13 rattles and the motto, "Liberty or Death - Don’t Tread on Me."
With the outbreak of the Civil War, the Town's strategic railroad location made it a significant supply station for Confederate and Union troops. The Culpeper area witnessed more than one hundred battles and skirmishes during the war. Most houses in town were used for military lodging and hospitals. The Civil War caused great devastation in the Culpeper vicinity with heavy loss of life, firearms, houses, buildings and historical artifacts.
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This page was last updated on May 15, 2004. Please contact me with any information you might have regarding the McDonald family!
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