Daniel McLaurin, I

• Son of Reverend Mr. JOHN McLARIN, II, (CULLODEN JOHN) and Donovan Bohannon /Buchanan.

SOME OF HIS KIN, Sketches and Genealogy, BY G. G. MCLAURIN

DANIEL MCLAURIN, II

Daniel McLaurin II, my great great grandfather, was born in Argyllshire, Scotland, the oldest of three sons born to John McLaurin II, and his wife "Miss Buchanan". When his father was killed at Culloden and his older half brother, Neill, seriously wounded, he, a lad of some fourteen or fifteen years of age was left with the responsibility of caring for his widowed mother and his two younger brothers, Hugh and Duncan.

His father had been relatively prosperous, his family comfortably situated. His responsibilities would not have been so onerous, the hardships so overwhelming, had the Highlands not been devastated after Culloden. Any one who has a knowledge of Scottish history knows that after Culloden, Cumberland with his legions, under the pretext of disarming the Highlanders, scourged the Highlands with fire and sword, burning, pillaging, killing, leaving the hills and glens a complete wasteland. As one historian recently wrote: "The memory of those months are bitterly held in the Highlands even unto this day." The last half of the eighteenth century, from Culloden until about 1800, the Highlands went through a complete revolution. The social, economic, agricultural, the clan system, all of which had endured and served well for centuries, were completely swept away, and the people of the Highlands were left destitute.

There had been some emigration prior to this time but now, tens of thousands left their country to find homes elsewhere. It was during this period of transition that Daniel McLaurin II., had to struggle for survival. He was probably in his thirties when he married Margaret McLaurine, a sister of Robert McLaurine, an Episcopal minister and the great grandfather of Colonel John S.

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Mosby of Confederate fame. I am indebted to Colonel Mosby and Uncle Daniel (D. W. McLaurin) for the information about this marriage. They became very good friends after the War, and I may add that I had the inestimable privilege of meeting and talking with Col. Mosby on one occasion. See MOSBY, elsewhere.

Daniel McLaurin II, and his wife Margaret McLaurine, were the parents of three sons, Hugh, Daniel, and John. Hugh, known to our family and his descendants as "Piper" Hugh and to John Roy McLaurin as "Captain" Hugh, and his brother Daniel probably came to this country during the early stages of the Revolutionary War, while still in their "teens," Their younger brother, John (great grandfather), was to follow the next year but the war prevented his reaching this country until 1783 or 1784. It is believed that "Piper" Hugh and his brother, Daniel, landed in Charleston and went directly to Richmond County, North Carolina, where their uncle, Duncan McLaurin, had already settled. In referring to Richmond County it should be kept in mind that all of Scotland County was a part of Richmond County until 1890. For additional information about "Piper" Hugh and his brother, Daniel, see "Piper" Hugh McLaurin and Daniel McLaurin, elsewhere.

It is believed that Margaret, the wife of Daniel McLaurin II, died in either 1785 or 1786, and soon thereafter Daniel came to this country. The date of his arrival is not known to me, but all agree that he landed in Wilmington, N. C., went up the Cape Fear River to Fayetteville, then known as Campbelltown or Cross Creek, and from there, eventually, came to Marlboro County and settled near the home of his youngest son, John, (great grandfather).

The Rev. Thomas, in his History of Marlboro County, says

"Daniel, the head of this branch of the family, came to America when his son, John, was about twenty years old (that would have been about 1786) and settled first near Campbelltown, now Fayetteville, North Carolina. After a few years boating on Cape Fear River the old patriarch came to Marlboro and established himself where his grandson, John J. now lives."

John J. was the youngest son of John McLaurin III, a brother of Grandfather L. L. McLaurin. He inherited the old home place on the "White Oak" and lived there all of his life.

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I have been told that Daniel had so many friends and relatives in and around Fayetteville, and in the area between Cape Fear and Pee Dee, that he spent several months visiting before reaching Marlboro and Richmond counties where his brother and sons had settled. After an extended visit in this community he returned to Fayetteville and there, with several relatives or friends, entered into the "boating" business on the River. It is believed that it was around 1790 when Daniel returned to Marlboro County and settled on or near the "White Oak" and remained there the balance of his life.

John McLaurin, III (Big John‑Surly John)

John McLaurin, III married Mary McNair
Dec. 9, 1765‑Oct. 31, 1848 ‑‑‑‑ 1769‑Feb. 4, 1847

John McLaurin III (Great grandfather) was born in the home of his parents in the Highlands of Scotland, where his progenitors had made their homes for centuries. He spent his early years in that community. In 1784, according to the History of Marlboro County, and, as I recall, in 1783 as told to me by Uncle Daniel, when eighteen years of age, he landed in George Town (Georgetown), South Carolina, went up the Little Pee Dee River to what we know as Red Bluff. At one time in history this was a very important trading center and was known as Laurinton.

It is probable that upon his arrival in this country John went directly to Richmond County, North Carolina, where his uncle, Duncan, and his brothers, Hugh and Daniel, had previously settled. There is a span of some nine or ten years after his arrival in this country that I have not been able to follow with any degree of certainty. It is a known fact that he was overseeing a large plantation before he was of age. Uncle Daniel believed that this plantation was in the Shoe Heel (Maxton) section of Richmond County, North Carolina. The public records in Marlboro County show that John McLaurin bought several small tracts of land on Beaver Dam Creek in the seventeen nineties. The descriptions are vague and do not conform to present day known boundaries, but it appears almost certain that at least one of these small farms was purchased by

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our John and it is also possible that he lived there, at least a part of the nine years referred to.

It was during that decade, and the following, that thousands of Scotsmen left their homes in Scotland, came to this country, and settled in North and South Carolina, between the Cape Tear and Pee Dee. Many of them settled in what are now Richmond, Scotland, and Robeson counties in North Carolina, and Marlboro, Marion, and Chesterfield counties in South Carolina. During this time, as is well known, others of our ancestors came into this area and made their homes.

On December 4, 1794, "Piper" Hugh McLaurin bought a tract of land consisting of two hundred acres, lying on the waters of the White Oak from Wm. Powe. He soon sold fifty acres of this land, and it seems to be reasonably certain that Hugh was living in the immediate community at that time. It is also believed that his brother John was living with him, or in the same community. Our beliefs and speculations become facts when, in 1797 "Piper" Hugh McLaurin conveyed to his brother, John McLaurin, this tract of land for seven pounds, and stated in the description, that it was "the plantation on which the said John McLaurin now liveth."

This tract of land lies on both sides of the present highway leading from Clio to McColl (neither town was in existence at that time), and this present highway had not been established. It joins the Eli Willis lands on the North, extends across the creek taking in the lands on which the McColls now live. A portion of this tract of land is still owned by the McColls, descendants of John, and a portion was owned by Charlton McLaurin and his sister, Annie McL. Morrison, until their deaths.

The original house in which John lived at the time of its purchase was a rather large story and a half log house, standing back on the west side of the present highway, probably two hundred yards in the direction of the railroad. Uncle Daniel said that he remembered the house well. When I was a young man there was an old walnut tree back in this field. Uncle Daniel stated that the old house stood near this tree. I believe I could go within a hundred feet of the exact spot where the house stood.

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John lived in this house until about the time he married. He then built a frame dwelling across the creek near the present home of Sara and Jimmy McColl; there he and his wife lived the remainder of their lives.

I have had relatives tell me that they could not "visualize" this ancestor, that he was just a name. I have heard my uncles and aunts, and Grandmother McIntyre talk of him so much until I almost feel as if I knew him. Physically he was about five feet seven or eight inches tall, a broad, heavy‑set man of phenomenal strength. He was a man of great energy, force and drive. It was said of him that he was never idle during daylight hours, that some restless force, some compulsion seemed to drive him relentlessly.

In his young, and middle years, he was, what we of this day would call a "loner" in that he attended to his own affairs, strictly and exclusively, and with equal fervor let the affairs of his friends and neighbors alone. He was direct and abrupt in speech and action, usually civil but quite often rude and seldom friendly. He was an opinionated man, firm, stubborn and unbending in his convictions. He never learned to trim a sail to catch the breeze of popularity. He who wrote:

"Obstinancy is a very Celtic trait; with the McLaurins it is predominate"

may have had in mind such men as this our John.

He was just recently out of the Highlands of Scotland where the scars of Cumberland's torch and sword were everywhere visible, where hardships and deprivation were the way of life for his people. He came to America seeking a new life in a new world. He elected to settle in what was then a primitive and sparsely settled area of the country. History records that fifty years before his arrival not one white person lived within the boundaries of what is now Marlboro County. Life to him was very real and very serious. He knew that he and he alone could shape his destiny, and determine the measure of his success. Like many of his countrymen he was almost fanatically independent. His early environment and the experiences of his childhood and early manhood no doubt contributed to his conduct in the association with his fellow men. His habit of "minding his own business" and remaining aloof from acquaint-

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ances, his abrupt manner of speech and action, did not increase his popularity with casual acquaintances. So it is easy to see why he became known as "surly" John. Uncle Daniel said that this sobriquet followed him through life, but self preservation prevented anyone from so addressing him in his presence.

In later years he "mellowed", became more socially inclined, joined in community activities and became, as one put it, "a tower of strength upon which his friends and neighbors leaned in their hours of adversity." His abundant common sense and sound judgment was made use of by his friends. Thomas, in his History of Marlboro County, spoke of him as "a kindly old man of great worth." So we may assume that in his old age the "surliness" of his youth and young manhood was no longer evident. Then, too, he had become stout, corpulent, and relatively prosperous. While these things may have contributed to his better nature, we believe that he was inherently a decent, sensitive human being, and changes always come with age.

Many stories were told of his almost Herculean strength. He was a great favorite at "house or barn raisings" (erecting log barns or houses). These were festive occasions. Al1 of the people in a community would gather to assist some neighbor in building a house or barn. The women would prepare and serve refreshments while the men worked, ate, and drank. There was much hard work, but there was also leisure time in which all enjoyed the pleasures of that day. A demonstration of John's great strength was always of tremendous interest. It is said that he would pick up a large log singlehanded, and put it in place while two other husky men struggled with a log of similar size.

Uncle Daniel enjoyed telling of our John's fist encounter with a Hickory bush. It was soon after he had bought his farm. He went to Fayetteville and purchased all of the tools usually used in clearing new ground. He started digging in a Shumac thicket. He noticed immediately that nearly all of the roots of these plants are near the surface of the ground, so he threw down his tools and started jerking them out of the ground with both hands. It was then that he encountered a Hickory. He knew nothing of the Hickory's habit of sending a tap root into the earth as deep as

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or deeper than the height of the plant above ground. He pulled but nothing happened. He braced himself and pulled again, but the Hickory failed to cooperate. He squatted, took a new hold and applied all of his powerful strength ‑and probably used language suitable to the occasion ‑ the Hickory gave way and came out of the ground. He examined it closely and muttering threw it aside. But it is said that he always recognized a Hickory after that and paid it the respect that it demanded.

I have been told that throughout his long life he never had occasion to consult a doctor. On that cool fall day, which was to be his last, he displayed his usual energy in pursuing his accustomed activities. At the close of the day he ate supper, and to all outward appearances was in perfect health. Soon thereafter he sat down before the fire, and in a matter of seconds was dead. John the immigrant boy; John the pioneer; the John of phenomenal strength; "Big" John; "Surly" John; John "the tower of strength"; John the kindly old man of great worth", was gone ‑ the book closed.

When about forty years of age our John married Miss Mary McNair of Richmond County, N. C., a young lady then in her thirties. When I was only a boy I heard uncles, aunts, and other relatives, say that our family was related to the John F. McNair family of Laurinburg. I gave the matter little, if any thought at that time, but somehow I got the impression, though I cannot say how, that the father of this our Mary was Neill McNair, and that she came to this country with other members of her family sometime in the seventeen eighties.

In my research I found that someone had written a history of the John F. McNair family. It began with two brothers, Neill and Alex, who settled in Richmond County (now Scotland) "some time prior to 1790." There is no mention of a father or other members of the family. As a pure speculation it might be suggested that Mary could have been a sister of these two brothers and came to this country with them or with other members of the family. Known pertinent dates make this hypothesis possible, but when we examine the Probate records in Richmond County we find that there are several other possibilities. There are four McNair Wills,

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all dated within a few years of each other, and all having one thing in common. Each of them had a daughter, Mary.

EDWARD McNAIR, Book 1, page 30, date 1789. He named as his heirs his wife, Mary McNair, and five children, among them a daughter, MARY.

NEILL McNAIR, Book 1, page 124‑125, dated 1805. He names his wife, Mary McNair and five children, among them a daughter, MARY.

ROGER McNAIR, Book 1, page 33‑34, dated 1796. He lists his heirs as two children, a son and a daughter, MARY.

GILBERT McNAIR, Book 1, page 205‑206, dated 1809. He names as his heirs his wife, Mary, and fourteen children, among them a daughter MARY McLAURIN. One paragraph of this Will reads as follows: "Next I bequeath to my daughter, Mary McLaurin, ten dollars and to my daughter, Margaret McKay, ten dollars."

Two of these Wills were dated some years before John and Mary were married, one about the time of their marriage, and the other some four years after their marriage. The only significance that I see in the dates of these Wills is that either of these men could have been the father of Mary. The bequest by Gilbert McNair to his daughter, MARY McLAURIN, is very persuasive that Gilbert was the father of our Mary, but it is not conclusive. There were other McLaurins in that community at that time. A case, perhaps, of equal persuasion could be made for Neill McNair. John and Mary named their first child Daniel N. I have never known what the "N" stood for, but certainly it was for Neill or Nair. If it stood for Neill it seems logical to assume that John and Mary named their first born for their fathers ‑ DANIEL for John's father NEILL for Mary's father ‑ DANIEL N. Perhaps two other straws in this wind of confusion should be mentioned. While in Florida my brother Oscar did considerable timber cruisins and land appraising for Mr. John F. McNair. On one occasion, in a general conversation, and in the presence of several other persons, Mr. McNair stated that he and Oscar were related. I gather that there was no elaboration, and Oscar made no comment. A short time before his death Clarence McLaurin stated that in a conversation with one of the descendants of Mr. John F. McNair, he was told that

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this McNair family had always known of a relationship with our family. These facts and speculations are mentioned for whatever they may be worth. I am not, and I repeat, I am not trying to tie our Mary to either of the families mentioned. She could have been a part of either of them, or, of an entirely different family. Regretfully I must admit that I don't know who her parents were. I had hoped to do additional research but have put it off too long. I must leave that to others.

I have been told that Mary was a very handsome woman of medium size, a bright mind, energetic, and domestically inclined, devoted to her home and family. It is also said that she and John lived in harmony, which would indicate that she was also "adapta�ble" if we are to believe all that we are told about John's disposition in his younger years.

John McLaurin III, (Big John-Surly John) and his wife Mary McNair, were the parents of four children, three boys and one girl.

DANIEL N. McLAURIN, Oct. 15,1808-April 10, 1886 married Anne Elizabeth Buie MARGARET McLAURIN, April 28,1811- Died when about two years old.
LAUCHLIN LEROY McLAURIN, April 14, 1813-Sept. 25, 1888 married Effie Ellen McColl, Nov. 10, 1816-Jan. 14, 1897

JOHN J. McLAURIN, Jan. 19, 1816-July 17, 1892 married Belinda McLaurin, Apr. 5, 1828-Nov. 15, 1878

I shall continue this narrative with our direct ancestral line. Such information as I have relating to the families of Daniel N. McLaurin and John J. McLaurin will appear under Collateral Lines.
LAUCHLIN LEROY McLAURIN (Grandfather), the third child and second son of John McLaurin III, and his wife, Mary McNair, was born in the farm home of his parents on the White Oak, on April 14, 1813.

He was about sixteen or seventeen years of age when his older brother, Daniel N., left home and settled in Mississippi near the

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home of his uncle, "Piper" Hugh McLaurin. He remained with his parents until he was grown, possibly until he was married. But it is that interval of some ten or more years, from the time of his marriage until he bought the 495 1/2 acre tract of land from Sharide Leget, that no living person can say with assurance just where he made his home.

The public records indicate that his father, John McLaurin, owned a small farm on Beaver Dam Creek at that time. It would be reasonable to assume that he settled on this farm soon after his marriage and possibly remained there until he bought the Leget place. It is also quite possible that during these years, or at least some of them, he may have lived on the Leget place, above referred to, under a lease or contract to purchase. Of course all of this is pure speculation, but it seems to be generally believed and quite often asserted that all ten of his children were born on the McLaurin's Mill plantation, and this claim is tenable only on the hypothesis that he actually lived on one of these tracts of land before he bought the Leget place in 1846, as five of his children were born before that date.

These two contiguous tracts of land, the Leget place and the small farm on Beaver Dam Creek became the heart of the McLau�rin's Mill plantation, and proved to be the most important of his many land acquisitions, for it was here that he "put down roots" and began the creation of a small empire that expanded in many directions and brought him wealth and recognition as one of the most successful and progressive planters in Marlboro County.

It was probably more than half a century before he bought this Leget place that an ancestor of Sharide Leget had thrown a low dam across a spreading shallow stream, impounding a small pond of water. On this site he bad built a grist mill. The dam was low, the pond small, the power that could be generated so inadequate that the mill could operate for only a short time when the water level would fall and operations had to be discontinued until another head of water accumulated. This was the condition of the mill and its surroundings when the legal title passed from Sharide Leget to L. L. McLaurin.

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This old mill site is about a mile southwest of the Town of McColl (at that time, not in existence), and this was to become the central point, the operational headquarters for a plantation that, from this comparatively modest beginning was, over the years, to encompass many hundreds of acres, and become one of the most widely known plantations in Marlboro County. The next two de�cades were a period of growth and expansion. Adjoining farms were bought, outlying lands were purchased. Progressively this expansion continued until the War halted all such activities. For a decade or more after the War the problem was not one of buying but of holding on to that already owned. But the Captain was not one who could resist, or long ignore, that inherent compulsion that drove him into new adventures, nor was he one to permit "golden opportunities" pass him by. So, "time and chance", the urge and the opportunity, combined to push the boundaries of the plantation farther and farther from the old mill, and from the Manor House on the hill.
I was told by an uncle that after his father bought this land he devoted the greater part of his time to clearing more land and improving that already under cultivation. But it was not long before the demands on his grist mill became so great he felt that he should explore the possibility of making the improvements that would let him take care of the requirements of the community. He knew that this could be done only by raising the dam at least four feet that sufficient water might be impounded to keep the mill in opera�tion as the demands might require. This would entail backing water far up on the lands of his closest neighbor and friend, Archibald McIntyre. This problem was resolved by an agreement in which he contracted to grind all of the grain of the McIntyre plantation, so long as it was operated as a plantation as compensation for the use of the land to be covered by water. This agreement is on record in the office of the Clerk of Court of Marlboro County.

The dam was raised. Equipment was installed on the upper floor that would permit the grinding of wheat into flour. The lower floor was used entirely for grinding corn. This was the only grist mill within a radius of many miles and even with all of the ex-

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panded and improved facilities, much of the time it could not meet the demands.

It may seem strange to this, or some future generation, that a plantation of such size and renown should take its name from a lowly grist mill, but so it did. McLAURIN'S MILL plantation
became widely known, even beyond the boundaries of this state. It became, not only the hub of L. L. McLaurin's little world, but the center of community activities for several decades.

One uncle said that circumstances forced his father to keep expanding; that "one thing led to another". In the beginning the grist mill was of secondary importance, but the demands of the community forced its expansion. Building materials were necessary for plantation purposes so he bought and put into operation a saw�mill. His neighbors and friends began making use of the sawmill until it became necessary to expand that facility. Distance from the markets and unsatisfactory transportation induced him to build and stock a commissary with necessary supplies for the plantation. His neighbors took advantage of this convenience, so he expanded it into a well stocked store. And then came the Post Office. His son, Luther McLaurin, then a very young man, became Post Master and continued to serve in that capacity as long as the Post Office remained, McLaurin's Mill, and for several decades after it was moved to McColl.

I never knew Grandfather McLaurin. He died when I was an infant. But I have been told that he was a well built man of about five feet seven inches in height, black hair and blue eyes. At a very early age it was evident that he had inherited from his father much of that restless, driving energy that was so patent in later life, and when yet a young man he began displaying a canny sense of business judgment and enterprise.

In his younger years, he was, like most of our people, hot tem�pered, quick to resent an insult, and violent in his reaction to an attack on his person or honor. As he grew older he was calm, soft�spoken, gentle, unassuming and deliberate in speech and action. But it is said that even when past middle life no one insulted him with impunity.

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To illustrate this point I will tell what was told to me by Charlton McLaurin, and to him by his father, John D. McLaurin. It was during "reconstruction". There were malcontents and trouble makers among the former slaves. One, a big mulatto, seemed to have some grievance against the Captain. He went to the house and was standing, leaning against the corner of the kitchen. Grand�father was grinding an axe a short distance away. The mulatto made some remark that the Captain resented. He threw the axe at the Negro's head and would have hit the target had the 'Mulatto not ducked. The axe stuck in the corner board of the kitchen. The scar remained until the old kitchen was moved or torn down some fifty years later.

Captain Thomas, in his History of Marlboro County, says that he was :
". .. a man of uncommon energy and push, of fine mind, good judgment, and modest worth."

The following is taken from a newspaper clipping, written about the time of his death:
"He was a man of tremendous energy, unusually sound business judgment, and one of the best minds in Marlboro County, ... He was one of the most successful and progressive farmers
in the county; always trying out new methods and practices, and was one of the first in the county to experiment extensively with commercial fertilizers."

A letter shown to me by Uncle Daniel, written by a Wilmington, North Carolina firm, contained the following:
"We have done extensive business with Capt. McLaurin for many years. Some of these transactions ran into very large amounts. We have never demanded of him any note or bond. His word is all that we have ever felt the necessity of having."

The following is one paragraph taken from an article that ap�peared about the time of the death of Grandmother -McLaurin.
"I had the pleasure, and it is still a fragrant and refreshing memory, of visiting in this home a number of times in those happy days before the War. Here was a home in which elegance, refinement, gentility were so evident and yet so subdued and unobtrusive, so combined and fused into the ordinary and accustomed activities of everyday life, that the visitor was made

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to feel, not only welcome, but that he was doing his host and hostess a favor by being their guest."

I asked Uncle Daniel where Grandfather got the title, "Cap�tain." He said that almost immediately after Fort Sumter was fired upon, his father, who was forty-eight years of age at that time, went to Charleston and offered his services. He was commissioned "Captain" and assigned to the "Home Guard," which Uncle Daniel thought existed only on paper at that time. He was not sure just what happened after that. But his father, a restless man given to quick decisions and prompt actions, probably could not reconcile himself to the thought of spending months or years around Charles�ton assisting in organizing and training old men and misfits that would never see any action. He resigned his commission as Captain and returned home. Uncle Daniel said that in later years he had searched Confederate Archives but found no record of this commis�sion. But since its issuance and probably the resignation occurred prior to the time that South Carolina actually became a part of the Confederacy, this record, like many others in those early days, was either lost or destroyed.

To his friends he was Lauch or Lock. To all others he was either Captain McLaurin or Captain Lauch.

Effie Ellen McColl McLaurin, wife of Capt. L. L. McLaurin, I am told, was a woman of great charm and of many accomplish�ments. She had a bright inquiring mind, was a student of the Bible, and read all of the literature that was available. She was interested in civic matters, but outside of her home and family her greatest interest was the Presbyterian Church. I was about ten years of age when she died. My clearest recollection of her is that of a rather small woman sitting deep in an over-sized buggy, such as were in common use in those days, driving her aged buggy horse, "Old Brag". When she would see me she would stop, call me to the side of the buggy and talk to me for five or ten minutes in�quiring about all of the family.

She knew much of the history of Marlboro County, and espe�cially of its early settlers. She knew more of the history and gen�ealogy of the McColl and McLaurin families than any other of her generation and her knowledge reached out into the families

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of her friends and neighbors. It was from her, supplemented of course by his own research, that her son, D. W. McLaurin (Uncle Daniel) received such a broad knowledge of the family and family connections. Uncle Luther told me that any time his mother began talking about members of the family, living or dead, Uncle Daniel was "all ears". He would pull up a chair and listen with rapt atten�tion to every word spoken, while he, Uncle Luther, being only mildly interested in such matters entertained himself otherwise.
Look under MISCELLANEOUS for an article written by Mr. Brown about this Grandmother, soon after her death.
Captain Lauchlin LeRoy McLaurin and his wife, Effie Ellen McColl McLaurin, were the parents of ten children. All of them lived until maturity, all married, and all except one was a parent of one or more children.
MARY JANE McLAURIN, June 5, 1840-Apr. 29, 1869 married Capt. John R. Parker

• JOHN FRANKLIN McLAURIN, Oct. 17,1841-Nov. 26, 1906 married Kittie Hubbard, May 22, 1849-June 26, 1931
• HUGH LAUCHLIN McLAURIN, Dec. 16, 1843-Nov. 18, 1926 married Flora Jane Calhoun, June 6, 1845-Apr. 1, 1914
• DANIEL WASHINGTON McLAURIN, Dec. 16, 1843-July 13, 1928 married Martha Colin (Mattie ) McLucas, Feb. 15, 1846�-March 15, 1924
• MARGARET ANN ( Maggie ) McLAURIN, Dec. 10, 1845-Aug. 6, 1869 married John C. McCaskill
• JAMES ALEXANDER McLAURIN, March 11, 1848-Jan. 9, 1889 married Nancy Della McIntyre, Dec. 9, 1855-Sept. 3, 1933
• ALBINA McLAURIN, Jan. 27,1850-Sept. 16, 1898 married J. Furman Willis, March 17, 1849-Dec. 14, 1920
• EFFIE ELLEN McLAURIN, Feb. 11, 1857-Apr. 10, 1904 married Roderick S. McLucas, March 10, 1842-March 23, 1902
• LUTHER McLAURIN, Aug. 20,1857-Apr. 1, 1933 married, first - Annie McKinnon, Dec. 25, 1862-June 17, 1896

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married, second - Elizabeth ( Liza ) Covington, Oct. 11, 1872-Sept. 14, 1956

• WALTER BISHOP McLAURIN, Dec. 10, 1859-Apr. 18, 1925 married Julia A. Terry, Sept. 12, 1863-July 19, 1920

I shall continue this narrative with my immediate family. I shall follow this with such history and genealogy as I have of each of the children of Capt. L. L. McLaurin and his wife, Effie Ellen McColl McLaurin.