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Pvt Columbus Washington McCoy

Male 1834 - 1912  (78 years)

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  • Name Columbus Washington McCoy  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Title Pvt 
    Birth 14 Mar 1834  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  Centre, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1860  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Western Division 
    Military Service 15 Aug 1862  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Residence 1870  Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1880  Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1900  Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial 1912  Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    • Saint Marks Episcopal Church
    Death 22 Apr 1912  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I35314  MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_daughter Martha Montgomery, William Azmon Sample and Esther Garrison
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

    Father Marshall Rodolphus McCoy,   b. 19 Mar 1807, Cecil County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1854, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rebecca Eloisa Alexander,   b. 25 Sep 1803, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1897, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 6 May 1828  Cecil County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 16] 
    Family ID F3368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Caroline Sample,   b. 23 Oct 1836, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1915, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 25 Feb 1855 
    Children 
    >1. John F McCoy,   b. 17 Jan 1856, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1857, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Mary Laura McCoy,   b. 2 Oct 1858, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1938, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. William Lee McCoy,   b. 7 Mar 1862, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1917, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. E Minnie Mc Coy,   b. 1866, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Adeline Agnes McCoy,   b. 29 Sep 1872, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1962, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F4876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Mar 1834 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Centre, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Western Division - 1860 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - 15 Aug 1862 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1912 - Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Apr 1912 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for William Lee McCoy
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=102743764&indiv=try

    2. [S455] Davis, Kimberly Bonta McCoy, Email from Kimberly Davis 2010, July 6, (Name: Date: 6 Jul 2010;;), Kimberly is a descendant of William Azmon Sample.

    3. [S560] Ray, Worth S, The Mecklenburg Signers and Their Neighbors, (Name: Name: Clearfield;; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 2007;), Reference Book with Historical Facts about Mecklenburg, NC a.k.a. The Lost Tribes of North Carolina, 13: 978-0-8063-0286=7.

    4. [S615] Sommerville, Charles William, History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, (Name: Hopewell Presbyterian Church; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1939;), Available on ancestry.com. Has many interesting biographies ofmembers, NCR 285.1756 M43 H791 S.
      Available on ancestry.com. Has many interesting biographies of members
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/
      https://archive.org/details/historyofhopewel01somm

    5. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for Addie Agres Abernethy

    6. [S1752] Ancestry.com, Web: North Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1729-2011, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Database online.
      Record for C W Mc Coy

    7. [S4] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Long Creek, Mecklenburg,North Carolina; Roll: T623_31077_4117834; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0063; FHL microfilm: 1241206.
      Record for C W Mc Coy

    8. [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Long Creek, Mecklenburg,North Carolina; Roll: 972; Family History Film: 1254972; Page: 623A; Enumeration District: 122; Image: 0659.
      Record for W. Columbus Mc Coy

    9. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Centre, Mecklenburg, NorthCarolina; Roll: M432_637; Page: 43B; Image: .
      Record for Columbus McCoy

    10. [S3624] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Division,Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: 74; Image: 147.
      Record for C W Mccoy

    11. [S2519] Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2009;;).

    12. [S3240] Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War Soldiers, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;), Side served: Confederacy; State served: North Carolina; Enlistmentdate: 15 Aug 1862.

    13. [S2937] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina;Roll: M593_1148; Page: 179B; Image: 364; Family History Library Film: 552647.

    14. [S4568] Alexander, John Brevard, MD, Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of the Hopewell Section, (Name: Observer Printing and Publishing House; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1897;), Chapter XI, Pages 56-57 James McCoy.
      Book found at Internet Archive
      https://archive.org/details/sketchesofearlys00alex
      Family Histories, Volume ll
      Book found at CGS
      CS 68 CGS Ser 6 Vol 11
      https://archive.org/details/sketchesofearlys00alex

    15. [S3398] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Creek, Mecklenburg,North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Record for William L McCoy

    16. [S659] Bible Records of Sarah Davidson Alexander, Family Details listed in Bible of Sarah Davidson Alexander.



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