Legacy Report

Descendants of Moses McWhorter



First Generation


1. Moses McWhorter was born in 1700 in Ireland and died in 1756.

Moses married.


Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 M    i. Henry McWhorter was born in 1725 in Ireland.
+ 3 M    ii. George McWhorter was born in 1730 and died in 1805 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

Second Generation (Children)


2. Henry McWhorter was born in 1725 in Ireland.

Henry married Mary Margery Beal.


Children from this marriage were:

+ 4 M    i. Jeremiah McWhorter was born about 1752.
   5 M    ii. George McWhorter was born in 1754.
   6 F    iii. Sarah McWhorter was born in 1756.
+ 7 M    iv. Moses Allen McWhorter was born in 1760.
   8 M    v. Henry McWhorter Jr. was born in 1750.
3. George McWhorter was born in 1730 and died in 1805 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

George married Elizabeth Walkup.


Children from this marriage were:

   9 M    i. George McWhorter was born on 9 Feb 1762 in Virginia and died on 4 Feb 1841 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

Third Generation (Grandchildren)


4. Jeremiah McWhorter was born about 1752.

Jeremiah married Sarah E. Barnett.


Children from this marriage were:

+ 10 F    i. Sarah Friar McWhorter was born on 20 Dec 1790 and died on 1 Sep 1864 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee.
   11 M    ii. Hugh McWhorter was born in 1777.
   12 M    iii. James Barnett McWhorter was born in 1778.
   13 F    iv. Elizabeth McWhorter was born in 1780.
   14 M    v. George McWhorter was born in 1783.
   15 M    vi. Abel McWhorter was born in 1785.
   16 F    vii. Cynthia McWhorter was born in 1787.
   17 F    viii. Louisa McWhorter was born in 1788.
   18 F    ix. Eunice McWhorter was born in 1792.
7. Moses Allen McWhorter was born in 1760.

Moses married Elizabeth Puckett.


Fourth Generation (Great Grandchildren)


10. Sarah Friar McWhorter was born on 20 Dec 1790 and died on 1 Sep 1864 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee.

Sarah married Caleb Abimlick Herron, son of William E. Herron and Mary A. Ablimlick, on 2 Sep 1810 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.


Children from this marriage were:

   19 M    i. George Washington Herron was born on 9 Oct 1823 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee and died in 1891 in Little Zion, Webster County, Kentucky.

George married Sarah (Sally) Crews, daughter of Williamson Crews and Margery Marks, in 1850 in Kentucky.

George next married Elizabeth Thompson Curry about 1872 in Kentucky.

   20 F    ii. Eunice Herron was born on 12 Aug 1811 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
   21 M    iii. James Herron was born on 23 Apr 1815 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
   22 M    iv. Amimeleck Wesley Herron was born on 20 Oct 1819 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee and died in 1865 in Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky.

Amimeleck married Elizabeth Watson, daughter of William A. Watson and Ayra Elizabeth Phipps.

   23 F    v. Mary Ann Herron was born on 26 Aug 1821 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee.
   24 F    vi. Nancy Herron was born on 22 Dec 1825 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee and died on 26 Oct 1896 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee.

Nancy married Abner C. Herron, son of James Elisha Herron and Sarah Rushing, on 3 Sep 1849 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee.

   25 M    vii. Alexander Herron was born on 21 Nov 1829 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee and died in 1836 in Tennessee.
   26 M    viii. William Allen Herron was born on 10 Apr 1832 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee and died on 29 May 1895 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee.

William married Nall Surilda on 8 Dec 1857 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

   27 M    ix. Oliver Herron was born on 18 Jan 1835 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee.
   28 M    x. John D. Herron was born on 6 Jun 1839 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee.
   29 M    xi. Beverly Herron was born on 5 Jan 1813 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee and died on 2 May 1881 in Webster County, Kentucky.

Beverly married Sarah Watson, daughter of William A. Watson and Ayra Elizabeth Phipps, about 1834.

   30 M    xii. Enoch C. Herron was born on 11 Feb 1828 in Rushing Creek, Benton County, Tennessee and died on 5 Jan 1892 in Diamond, Webster County, Kentucky. Another name for Enoch was Eiric.

Enoch married Mary (Polly) Ann Watson, daughter of William A. Watson and Ayra Elizabeth Phipps, about 1858.