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James Nixon McDill^1,2,3,4,5,6

Facts and Notes

• Name:⁷
• Birth: 22 November 1844; Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO^{8,7,3,1,2,6,5,4}
• Residence: 1850; Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 5⁹
• Residence: 1860; Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 16; He is residing with his uncle, David Moffet, and his family¹⁰
• Military: Between 1861 and 1864; Served in Civil War. Co. K., 17th Reg. S.C. Vol. When he enlisted, he was only 16 years old, too young to carry a rifle so was made letter carrier for his company, Longstreet's Corps, Jenkins Brigade. Also served in 6th SC Inf^11,8
• Marriage: 1870; Mary M Wylie^1,8
• Occupation: 1870; York County, South Carolina, USABGO; Dry goods merchant³
• Residence: 1870; Division 2, York, York County, South Carolina, USABG; Age: 25; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 2500; Occupation: Dry Goods Merchant³
• Residence: 1880; Broad River, York, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 35; Occupation: Dealer In Gen. Mdse.; EnumerationDistrict: 163; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Self⁵
• Residence: 1900; Broad River, York, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 55; Occupation: Merchant; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0084; HomeMortgaged: F; HomeOwnership: O; OwnsFarm: F; YearsMarried: 30; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head¹
• Occupation: Before 1910; He was a merchant in 1900, but listed his occupation as "farmer" in 1910; he had retired by the time of the 1920 census^7,4,1
• Residence: 1910; Broad River, York, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 66; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head²
• Occupation: 1910; Farmer²
• Residence: 1920; Broad River, York, South Carolina, USABGO; StreetAddress: York Street; Age: 75; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 101; HomeMortgaged: Free; HomeOwnership: Own; RelationToHead: Head; MaritalStatus: Married⁴
• Death: 24 December 1922; Hickory Grove, York County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 78^8,7
• Burial: 25 December 1922; Hickory Grove Cemetery, Hickory Grove, York County, South Carolina, USABG⁷

• Note: 6th and 17th Regiments, South Carolina Infantry, Confederate States of America

• Related Pages: Hickory Grove Cemetery List of People

Citations

1. [S449] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=59600949&indiv=try, Year: 1900; Census Place: Broad River, York, South Carolina; Roll: 1545; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0084; FHL microfilm: 1241545, Record for J Nixon Mcdill
2. [S393] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=26665461&indiv=try, Year: 1910; Census Place: Broad River, York, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1468; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1375481, Record for James W Mcdill
3. [S354] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=11882525&indiv=try, Year: 1870; Census Place: Division 2, York, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1512; Page: 240A; Family History Library Film: 553011, Record for James N Mcdill
4. [S377] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=43291191&indiv=try, Year: 1920; Census Place: Broad River, York, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1709; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 101, Record for James N Mcdill
5. [S397] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=42573500&indiv=try, Year: 1880; Census Place: Broad River, York, South Carolina; Roll: 1243; Family History Film: 1255243; Page: 375C; Enumeration District: 163, Record for J. Nixon Mc Dill
6. [S356] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=18688691&indiv=try, Year: 1860; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1217; Page: 38; Family History Library Film: 805217, Record for J N McDill
7. [S359] Ancestry.com, South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1960, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8741&h=142484&indiv=try, South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina; South Carolina Death Records; Year Range: 1900-1924; Death County or Certificate Range: York, Record for James N McDill
8. [S260] Robert McDill Woods and Iva Godfrey Woods, McDills in America: A History of the Descendents of John McDill and Janet Leslie of County Antrim, Ireland, page 8
9. [S398] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=5718024&indiv=try, Year: 1850; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Roll: M432_851; Page: 2A; Image: 9, Record for Thomas McDill
10. [S356] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=18688688&indiv=try, Year: 1860; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1217; Page: 37; Family History Library Film: 805217, Record for David Moffat
11. [S262] National Archives and Records Administration, "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)", National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Soldiers and Sailors Database, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=14C4D7B7-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A, Record for J. Nixon McDill (https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=14C4D7B7-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A; accessed 26 Sep 2017)