Gen. William McAlevy and Margaret Harris

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Husband Gen. William McAlevy ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1728 - County Down, Ireland 1
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           Died: 1822 - McAlevy's Fort, Huntingdon Co, PA 1
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   Other Spouse: Mary Hays (      -      ) 1

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   Other Spouse: Margaret [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Wife Margaret Harris ¹

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Children

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1 M William McAlevy ^{1 3}

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           Born: 1772
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         Spouse: Ruth Allen (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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2 F Jane McAlevy ¹

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         Spouse: James Reed (      -      ) 4

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3 M George McAlevy ¹

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4 F Margaret McAlevy ¹

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5 F Elizabeth McAlevy ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Gen. William McAlevy

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His parents were of Scottish descent. About the middle of the 1700s he emigrated to America and settled in the neighborhood of Carlisle, in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania. Some time prior to 1770 he came to Huntingdon County, and with the aid of an assistant put up a cabin and made a small clearing in the upper part of Stone Valley where the village of McAlevy's Fort was later located, upon which he planted some of the common vegetables. Having done this, he felled a large tree on the bank of the creek near his home, from the trunk of which he fashioned a large canoe, which he floated down Standing Stone Creek into the Juniata and so on down that stream into the Susquehanna, landing at a point nearest to his old home. After making the necessary arrangements he embarked with his wife and children and what goods he had, and after days of arduous toil he reached his forest home. Most of the way the boat was propelled by means of poles, but where he could do so he hitched a horse to the boat, leading him along the banks of the streams.

The early generations of this family resided in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and were actively associated with the affairs of their day, the name being perpetuated there in McAlevy Fort, which commemorates the site of the old fort held by Gen. William McAlevy to afford the settlers protection from the Indians. It was one of a line of border forts and was erected by General McAlevy, who was sent there by Washington, with whom he had served as colonel at the Brandywine. The right of the army at Valley Forge was reorganized from three divisions, each having a colonel, and given but two such officers, Colonel McAlevy being made a brigadier general and put in charge of the construction of this fort and in guarding the border against Indians.

He was a colonel in the Colonial forces in the War of the American Revolution and later was a general in the Pennsylvania State Militia. He was a native of Ireland, who came to America in 1743, settling in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, at a place called McAlevy Fort, named after him.

He was interred on the high hill on his farm, which he had set aside for a cemetery.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Harris

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She was supposed to be a sister of John Harris, the founder of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 293.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 664, 1083.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 664.

4 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 294.