George Washington McAllister and Joannah Clemintina Black

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Husband George Washington McAllister ¹

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           Born: 21 Dec 1781 - Londonderry Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 1
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           Died: 18 Mar 1850 2
         Buried:  - Bryan Co, GA

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         Father: Capt. Archibald McAllister (1756/1756-1831/1832) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Carson (1763-1822) 1 3 4

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       Marriage: 26 Oct 1828 7

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   Other Spouse: Catharine McCleod (      -1807) 7 - 16 Feb 1804 7

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   Other Spouse: Mary Bowman (      -      ) 7 - 7 Apr 1813 7

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   Other Spouse: Charlotte Henry (      -      ) 8 - 21 Jan 1840 8

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Wife Joannah Clemintina Black ⁷

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General Notes: Husband - George Washington McAllister

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He was a student at Princeton College. When nineteen years of age, he left his father's home at Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania, taking with him his portion, and traveled by horse to Georgia, finally decided to settle near Savannah, and bought a large plantation, twenty-five miles below Savannah, called "Strathy Hall." Fort McAllister at the mouth of Ogeechee river was situated on his son Joseph L. McAllister's, plantation and was named for him.
"Strathy Hall" was partially destroyed during "Sherman's march to the sea," together with a number of valuable family documents relating to the early McAllisters, and a very valuable collection of rare books. This library had been sent into the interior of Georgia for safe-keeping, but which proved to be in the direct line of Sherman's troops and were all destroyed. The family Bible, with births and deaths of the McAllisters was one of these books, and even more to be regretted was a Bible bound in calf and brass, in the old black letters, which was one of three extant, one in a nobleman's family in England, one in the British Museum, and this copy, that was inherited from Archibald McAllister. This Bible was much sought after and was advertised for and large amounts offered for it, but the owner preferred his book.
Col. George Washington McAllister died in 1850. His death was caused by a fall from his horse. He was buried in the church yard in Bryan County, Georgia, two miles from "Strathy Hall."

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Notes: Marriage

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1 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 17.

2 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 68.

3 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 592.

4 Samuel T. Wiley & W. Scott Garner, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Gresham Publishing Co., 1892), Pg 443.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 115.

6 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 14.

7 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 69.

8 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 70.