27 Sep 2007 Colorado State Archives, Denver, Colorado
Case 245, Estate of John Mcafee. Petition to Sell Real Estate 2/7/1890. Decree of Discharge 9/24/1897, Alice Higgins, formerly McAfee. Note to Judge from Alice McAfee dated May 6, 1889, saying she was going to Syracuse, Kansas, for two months to care for her sister who is in poor health. (Another note says Lida Higgins lives in Syracuse, Kansas.) Notice of Final Settlement in the Evans Courier. Settlement date to be 14 April 1890. Farm to be sold on 5 April 1890 (north half of southwest quarter of section 12) to Ferdinand H. Cook for $2150. Guardian paperwork for John James McAfee and Ed McKinley was executed by E. M. Martin.
Case 287, Regarding Guardianship for John James McAfee. Alice McAfee appointed. Request for guardianship 20 Mar 1890. Guardian Bond 5 April 1890, with Alice McAfee, principal, and James McAfee, surety. Petition for Discharge because John McAfee estate was insolvent, 18 September 1897, before Judge E. V. Higgins.
1 October 2007 Evans Historical Museum, Evans, Colorado
Schoolhouse built in 1874 at 3720 South Golden Street. McAfee home (later Kohler) was at 3502 South Empire Street. Old map shows landowner for the N ½ of SW ¼ of section 12 as H. J. Blake. Some records are now kept in the missile silo.
1 October 2007 City of Greeley Museum, Greeley, Colorado
Biography of Sam McAfee contains information on John McAfee. I made a photocopy. It is filed under McAfee Holdings. Also found information on Ila McAfee, daughter of George McAfee, born 21 October 1897. She married Elmer Page Turner on 17 Oct 1926. She grew up in Gunnison, Colorado, I think. I have not found a tie between her or her father and our McAfees. Looked in Greeley Tribune for Marjory McAfee death Nov 1884. NIL. Looked in Colorado Sun for Margaret McKinley. Found death listed as Mrs. James McKinley on 15 Apr 1880. Found birth of her son listed as 31 Mar 1880. Looked in Greeley Tribune for obituary for John McAfee. NIL.
2 October 2007 Centennial Park Branch Library, Greeley, Colorado
Looking at the Weld County Genealogical Society Quarterlies.
Vol. 9, #4, May 1983, page 25: 1912 telephone directory Greeley and Evans; two entries: (1) McAfee, S. J., residence, 918 9th (Street), and (2) McAfee and Bovard, ranch, East of Kersey.
Vol. 3, #1, Feb 1977, page 6: Weld County Marriage Records 1871-1881; Higgins, W. C. of Osborn, MO, Amanda J. McAfee of Evans, 3 May 1880 (Todd).
Vol. 3, #2, Aug 1977, page 10: Weld County Marriage Records 1871-1881; Amanda J. McAfee – W. C. Higgins, 3 May 1880.
Vol. 18, #1, Aug 1991, page 21: School Census Records District #6 – 1886 (Source: Microfilm located in the office of the Weld County Clerk and Recorder, Greeley, CO.) Annie M__fe (W/N) age 18, Lizzie M___fe (W/N) age 14, Eliza McAfee age 17, Nannie McAfee age 11.
Vol. 18, #2, Nov 1991, page 101: District #6 Corrections: Annie M___fe corrected to Annie McFie (also McAfee) and Lizzie M___fe corrected to Lizzie McFie (also McAfee).
Vol. 8, #3, Feb 1982, page 9: Greeley Directory, 1871: McAfee, J., farmer. (My note – is this James or John.)
Vol. 10, #2, Nov 1983, page 20: 1885 Weld County CO State Census, Schedule 2, Production of Agriculture in County of Weld, Enumeration District 2: McAfee, John owns 80 ac, 6 ac permanent meadow, orchards, pasture or vineyard, 8 ac unimproved.
Vol. 33, #4, May 2007, page 176: Extraction from Wed, Oct 8, 1890, Greeley Tribune: Evans: Katie McAfee, sister of S. J. Mc____ died in Salt Lake City Oct 4 ____.
Vol. 26, #3, Feb 2000, page 113, 114: January 29, 1884 Lida McAfee present and member of the Greeley High School Literary Society.
Vol. 7, #1, Aug 1980, page 13: Sallie McAfee sells land 18 Feb 1873 to John Payton, Book 6, page 274.
Vol. 11, #1, Aug 1984, page 19: Bounty paid to Ed Higgins for 7 coyotes on July 1, 1892. PO Address listed as Windsor.
Vol. 12, #3, Feb 1986, page 26: James McKinley sat on a jury.
Helper at Centennial Park Branch Library, Linda, has researched in Illinois. Suggested cyberdriveillinois.com and/or ilsos.gov/Genealogy.
Weld County Colorado Marriages 1864 – 1930, published by the WCGS. GenRef 929.3788, Weld County shows Amanda J. McAfee WC Higgins May 3 1880 and SS McAfee & Sallie M. Bovard Oct 21 1884.
Weld County Colorado Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. I, published by the Genealogical Society of Weld County, Colorado, 1982: page 140, Evans: McAfee, James – 1892? Lot 1 Block 1 and McAfee, John – Oct 1888 Lot 2 Block 1. Linda called City of Evans town clerk, Janice, 1100 37th St, Evans, CO 80620-2036, 970-475-1100. She said no one is buried in Lot 1. It is still owned by the original purchaser. Only three burials in Lot 2, Sam, Sallie, and Blair McAfee.
15 Dec 2009 Letter
Wrote Washington County Circuit Clerk, 101 E. St. Louis Street, Nashville, IL 62263 asking for naturalization records or probate records for James McAfee or any of his family members. They responded that, “we have no records of any naturalization or probate records.” They also said that, “Per Washington County Clerk’s Office death certificate records start in 1877.”
15 Jan 2010 Phonecall
Called the Randolph County Circuit Clerk’s office, Chester, IL, 618-826-3116. They can search for $4.00 per year (I think). They suggested contacting the Randolph County Genealogical Society at 618-826-3807.
31 Jan 2010 New FamilySearch
Looking in the New FamilySearch (NFS), there is a marriage for James McAfee with a wife’s name of Margaret Todd. The birth year listed, 1784, is the same that I have from the 1860 Census in Washington County Illinois. The descendants in NFS go through Mary McAfee, married to Robert Ramsey. I found one contributor entry with an email address. I sent him a request. The email address is jbcowley@rmci.net. There are two clues that support this name. One is a daughter of Mary McAfee Ramsey named Margaret Todd Ramsey. The other is the surname of the minister, A. C. Todd. Sister Cowley responded that she has only limited information. She gave me information on Lillie McAfee and Nan McAfee in southern Illinois.
I registered at the Irish Family History Foundation, http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/index.php. I registered with my email address and my usual password. I did not find anything for James McAfee or for Margaret Todd.
15 Feb 2010 Reading the Ireland Research Outline
I should look at 941.5 K27rj Ryan, James G , 1950-. (Added Author) Irish church records : their history, availability and use in family and local history research. Mesa RFHC has a copy. Also 941.5 D4m Matheson, Sir Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1845-1926. (Main Author) Special report on surnames in Ireland : together with varieties and synonymes of surnames and Christian names in Ireland. Also 941.5 D4mc MacLysaght, Edward , 1887-1986. (Main Author) The surnames of Ireland. Also 941.5 E7m Mitchell, Brian (Main Author) A new genealogical atlas of Ireland. This includes parish boundaries for each county. Also 941.5 D27gj Grenham, John (Main Author) Tracing your Irish ancestors : the complete guide.
24 Feb 2010 At Mesa Regional Family History Centere
941.5 K27rj: This book has a good section talking about the records that exist for the Presbyterians in Northern Ireland. I need to reread it a few times.
I looked at several surname books. It looks like the McAfees are known as M’Afee, McAfee, MacAfee, MacAffee, McHaffey, and Mahaffey. They are largely in County Antrim with some in County Donegal.
I looked in the Ireland Census of 1659 (a book) and found no McAfees.
I started to look at the book Heads and Hearths from 1669 (941.61 R4hh) and did not find any McAfees. I need to finish looking at this book. Perhaps this says that the McAfees came to Ireland between 1659 and 1780.
I printed out the Householder List of McAfees in County Antrim from Ancestry.com. There are 28 families. One of them is George McAfee who could be James McAfee Sr.’s father if you believe the un-sourced information in New FamilySearch. The place name is listed as Turnarobert. Google says Turnarobert is in Armoy, Cary, Antrim, Ireland. http://www.logainm.ie/Do.aspx?parentID=61250&typeID=BF&placeID=61764
25 Feb 2010 At home
Sent an email to Jerry McAfee, mcafee_clan@hotmail.com, since he is listed in Pedigree Resource File as having submitted information on John McAfee, born 12 June 1814, in West Park, Dunluce Parish, County Antrim, Ireland. He replied and said that the Ohio McAfees and the Illinois McAfees are different branches of the family. I worked with Erwin Berry, eeberry1@msn.com, to undo some of the confusion he had created in New Family Search by connecting the Ohio and Illinois McAfees.
3 Mar 2010 At Mesa Regional Family History Center
Started working through the “Patron Class Handout for Ireland Immigration.” This included www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname, www.seanruad.com, et.al. The MRFHC had film 994098, so I searched Item 4, “A Roll of Graduates of the University of Glascow from 31st December 1727 to 31st December 1897,” looking for Reverend Todd, either A.C. Todd or someone who could be his father. NIL.
17 Mar 2010 At Denver Stake Family History Center, Found two useful books: A Guide to IRISH Parish Registers, by Brian Mitchell, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore, 1988; and Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research, by Margaret Dickson Falley, B.S., privately published. The first has a good description of what Presbyterian churches were in northern Ireland with starting dates for each one. The second is a very extensive textbook on searching Irish and Scotch-Irish records.
4 Jun 2010 NARA Land Records
I ordered the homestead record file for John McAfee in Weld County Colorado. They say it takes 60 to 90 days to get me the information.
10 Jun 2010 Mesa Family History Center, Rita McAfee Conley, Nannie Jane McAfee’s granddaughter, said she found an article that listed James McAfee Jr. as James W. McAfee. I asked her to let me know where she had found it. She also found a death notice for James McAfee in the Denver Post, 23 Feb 1893, saying he had died in Denver the previous Sunday and that his body was being sent to Greeley for burial.
I now believe that John McAfee, Marjorie McAfee, and several of their children must be buried in or near Evans. The children might include Nancy Jane, Margaret T., S. A., and Elizabeth.
I found out that there was an 1865 State Census for Illinois. The Mesa FHC has the microfilm for Washington County. I searched the film, but could not find our family. The microfilm was so light that is was almost totally unreadable. When in SLC, I will see if their copy is as bad. The film number is 972768. There are 105 pages for Washington County. Pages 1,2, & 2A are summary pages. Pages 3 thru 58 do not list a precinct within Washington County. Pages 59, 64-66, and 69 show a precinct of Lively Grove. Page 60 is something like Venity. Pages 61-63, 70, 80, 86, 88-93, and 99-101 show Nashville. Page 67-68 and 97-98 show Elkton. Pages 71-79, 81-83, and 87 show Bridgeport. Page 84 and 85 show Covington (possibly Casington). Pages 94-96 show Pilot Knob. Pages 102-105 do not list a precinct.
Hi John,
ReplyDeleteI am actually the granddaughter of William George McAfee, who was the adopted son of James McAfee. Nannie Jane was his sister. Her granddaughter is still alive. Her name is Pauline Bundgaard. I think you already contacted her as she got us together.
Sincerely,
Rita McAfee Conley
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI was just researching and came across this page. I buy old houses and restore them. I just bought 3502 empire st. in evens colorado.
Im sure there is some great history about this family and home. I like to bring back some of the charm or history of the people who lived in these homes. From quick research I believe the family has Irish roots? What was his profession when he lived in evens?
Id love any history or great stories that may revolve around the family or the house in evens particularly.
If anyone has a photo of the home or even of james, Id love to frame it and hang it in the home when I complete it.
Thank you
Chris Bennett
cbennett19d@gmail.com
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI was just researching and came across this page. I buy old houses and restore them. I just bought 3502 empire st. in evens colorado.
Im sure there is some great history about this family and home. I like to bring back some of the charm or history of the people who lived in these homes. From quick research I believe the family has Irish roots? What was his profession when he lived in evens?
Id love any history or great stories that may revolve around the family or the house in evens particularly.
If anyone has a photo of the home or even of james, Id love to frame it and hang it in the home when I complete it.
Thank you
Chris Bennett
cbennett19d@gmail.com
John, I am Nanny Jane McAfee Patterson's granddaughter. Rita Connoly is the granddaughter of Will, Nanny Janes brother. My mother was Marjory Sarah Patterson, and she was named after relatives. She did not like the name and always went by the name "Pat." It seems that the family keeps repeating names. I do not know much about Nanny Jane's background other than that she was adopted along with her brother Will by the McAfee family, so there must be adoption papers or she would have kept her birthname of Smith. Her Family was supposed to be from Tenn and I believe her birth father and uncle were around the children for a short time before they were taken in by the McAfee family, but I don't think she ever spoke much about her birth father)
ReplyDeleteI have a few pictures that I shared of Nanny's birth father and birth Uncle and I think they were employed by the Brickworks and may have gone on to work at other brickworks after Nanny and wills mother died on the way west.
ReplyDeleteI heard stories but have vague recollections of a picture of a woman sitting on a porch in front of a rustic looking cabin in the hills, that I thought was my adopted great great grandmother smoking a pipe, probably in Evans.(She looked like Calamity Jane) I know there was a family connection to Evans as my mother talked about going to a ranch there of a relative, and helping take people up in the hills on trail rides when she was young. I also have a picture somewhere of Nanny Jane and Robert on their honeymoon, riding burros up in the hills...supposedly around Evans. I do not remember my mother ever talking much about the McAfee grandparents, other than to tell tales of How "The Indians came down on the town and people were afraid of a massacre..or of stories of people sitting on their rooftops waiting for the "final coming." I had a feeling that the McAfee family had a very strict religious background as Nanny did not believe in dancing, wearing bright colors etc and that became an issue with my mother. Her mother took her to various revivals..(Amy McFerson etc) .had her sing out in front of Denver bars and ask various patrons to sign the pledge etc which may have been covered in papers),
I also remember my mother talking about donating family pictures of the McAfees to a museum which I thought was in Greeley but might have been in Evans. I believed from what mom said that the McAfees had ties to the brick works and from reading other accounts this seems to be true. I can remember going somewhere out West as a child and mother commenting on the stamping of various bricks that could have been made at the brickworks. The McAfees must have helped Nanny Jane financially become a nurse, maybe with the idea that she would be able to care for them as they aged and it was interesting to see Nanny's adopted mother died in Denver...where Nanny lived, although mom never mentioned her grandmother McAfee. I am not sure where she did her nurses training, but Nanny worked as a nurse in Denver and was one of the only nurses that worked in China town. I think my mother donated her uniform to another museum but I don't remember where. I never knew Nanny as she died before I was born and I lived in MN so there was not a connection to Denver and I rebelled about geneology when I was young. I am sure Nanny was buried in Denver rather than Greeley since she had an infant son that was also buried there. (Roger gray Patterson had a twin brother that died at birth) There may be articles on Nanny in the Denver Post because she was involved in a number of causes...including the temperance Union. Nanny married Robert Wyley Patterson ( relative of Abraham and Sarah Gourley Patterson...Of County Down Ireland, Logan OH and there appears to be a link between the Patterson's and the McAfees coming from the same area of Ireland. There also may have been a medical link as the Patterson family were in medical careers. My grandfather was the black sheep in the family. He refused to follow the family tradition and become a doctor and instead had a greenhouse. (The story was that his mother died and his father remarried. My grandfather was unhappy and split with the family over this.) There certainly is a religious link with the Pres.church. I do not remember how my grandparents met, but Robert came from Ohio ( Logan county) where most of the Patterson's lived.(.Or in PA) and took a job in Denver which was unusual, so I assume he must have been visiting family members in Greeley and met Nanny. So I believe the McAfees and the Pattersons were linked in many ways.