McADOO, John, Jr.
born 6 Feb 1757 Augusta Co., VAdied 26 Dec 1830 Anderson Co., TN (will dated 18 Aug 1829)buried at the Old McAdoo Family Cemetery near Clinton, Anderson Co., TNson of John McADOO and Ann ______married 4 Sep 1787 in New River, Washington Co., NC to
GRILLS, Martha
born 27 Nov 1758 New River, VAdied 18 Jan 1838 Clinton, Anderson Co., TNburied at the Old McAdoo Family Cemeterydaughter of John GRILLS and Philadelphia _______As early as 1778, John McADOO, Jr. was living in the Watauga Settlement during the Revolutionary War and served under Gen. John SEVIER, a resident of Holston area, in the Battle of Kings Mountain. His parents-in-law were also from Augusta Co. and Botetourt Co. in VA where the McADOOS lived. Philadelphia GRILLS wrote her will in Hawkins Co., NC in 1789 naming among her heirs, daughter Martha McADOW. By 1796, TN was created and the McADOOs found themselves in this new state. In 1802, John had 152 acres in Anderson Co., TN. Later in 1810 he received a NC land grant for 200 acres. He died at his home, 3-1/2 miles from Clinton in the vicinty of the old Watauga Settlement, from an injury received in a fall from his horse. John and Martha were said to have had five children, but John's will only named four. It is possible that one child died without leaving any children prior to when John wrote his will.
Children:
1. William Grills McADOO
b: 28 May 1788 NC (now TN)d: 27 Apr 1853bu: Old McAdoo Family Cemeterym: [Nothing is known of his marriage, wife or children, if any. He was a school teacher then later alawyer. He moved to Knoxville, TN and was elected as an Attorney General in 1852.]2. John McAdoo, (Jr. / III)
b: 21 Jun 1780 Jefferson Co., NC (now TN)d: 11 Oct 1854 Clinton, Anderson Co., TNm: Mary Ann "Polly" GIBBS, 10 Aug 1815 in Anderson Co., TNJohn served as a soldier under Gen. Andrew JACKSON during the Creek War. One of his grandsonswas William Gibbs McADOO who served as a Secretary of Treasury during Woodrow WILSONadministration.3. Myra Lewis McADOO
b: 24 Nov 1792 TNd: 12 Jan 1838m: Hon. Aaron FINCH4. Eliza(beth) McADOO
b: 18 Jan 1798 TNd: single on 16 Dec 1865bu: Old McAdoo Family CemeteryRef: John McAdoo of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky by Nova A. Lemons (1991), pp. 38-39.
