McAllister, McNeill, McKethan, Campbell..

Stewart Akerman has submitted a portion of his family genealogy for research here. This material will be extremely helpful to those who are descended from the Cumberland County families of McAllister, McNeill, McKethan, Campbell, McKay, Rogers, McLean, and many others. Please join me in thanking Russell for his generosity. Myrtle Bridges.

Alice Mason's Genealogy Page provides additiona information concerning these families.

COL. ALEXANDER MCALLISTER, THE BLUFF MCNEILLS
& ASSOCIATED FAMILIES

The following is a transcription of a forty-eight page document depicting a segment of my family history. The document was given to me by my mother, Christine Stewart Parrish, of Coats, North Carolina. She was given the document by her mother's sister, Agnes Floyd Collier, sometime between April and October 1949.

This material in large formed the basis for David S. McAllister's later book: Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Col Alexander McAllister of Cumberland County, N.C.; Also of Mary & Isabella McAllister, by Rev. D. S. McAllister, Whitney & Shepperson, Printers Richmond, VA, 1900.

Notes within the document credit David S. McAllister with the genealogy through 1870 and Edwin R. McKethan with updates (which extend to 1898). The document also contains family history notes by Hugh McLean from 1893 to 1895. There are also transcriptions of a Centennial address delivered by James Banks at the Bluff Church October l8th, l858 and a letter from John McKay to Col. Alexander McAlester from 1770. Finally, information was included from applications to join the " Sons of the Revolution" .

In transcribing the document, I have endeavored to be fully faithful to the document as it exists today, preserving all its aspects. The document from which I transcribed this has carbon copy pages on legal sized paper, of a weight between bond and onionskin, tending toward onionskin. The paper is slightly yellowed. The typeface is Courier. The front cover and first five pages are missing. The back of the document is a light blue paper the weight of construction paper but more finely finished. The document is bound by three rivets at the top. On the back of the back cover the following is written, apparently by fountain pen, in script of a style more ornate than today's:

Property of D R McNeill and Carrie Parrish McNeill Jacksonville, Fla 903 Oak St.

I do not know how the document came into Agnes Floyd COLLIER's possession, but it is not difficult to imagine: Agnes Floyd COLLIER's mother, Margaret Isabel McNEILL is the sister of David Richard McNEILL.
Stewart Akerman