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James McDill^1,2,3,4

Life Events

• Title: Colonel^1,5
• Birth: 4 June 1806; South Carolina, USABGO; Robert McDill Woods and Iva Godfrey Woods in McDills in America indicate he was born in 1804^{3,1,5,2,6,4,7}
• Residence: 1810; Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 4⁸
• Residence: 1820; Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 14⁹
• Residence: 1830; Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 24¹⁰
• Marriage: 1836; Sarah Jane (Jennie) Moffatt; South Carolina, USABGO^3,1,5
• Residence: 1840; Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 68. He is residing with his wife (age 50-59), two daughters (age 15-19), one son (age 10-15), one daughter (age 16-25), one son and one unidentified male (age 20-29), and one unidentified male (age 50-59). He does not own any slaves.¹¹
• Residence: 1850; Chester, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 43²
• Residence: 1860; Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 52⁶
• Residence: 1870; Hazelwood, Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 63; FatherForeignBirth: Y; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; MotherForeignBirth: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 612; RealEstateValue: 1150; Occupation: Farmer⁴
• Residence: 1880; Hazelwood, Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 74; Occupation: Farmer; EnumerationDistrict: 040; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Self⁷
• Death: 14 December 1883; Chester County, South Carolina, USABGO^1,5
• Burial: After 14 December 1883; Moffatt-Strong-McDill Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina, USABG^1,5

• Related Pages: Moffatt-Strong-McDill Cemetery List of People

Citations

1. 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 14, Digital copy in the personal collection of Rob Reyes.
2. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=5718081&indiv=try, Year: 1850; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Roll: M432_851; Page: 2B; Image: 10, Record for Jas McDill
3. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7836&h=807115&indiv=try, Source number: 628.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MOF, Record for James Mcdill
4. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=9932700&indiv=try, Year: 1870; Census Place: Hazlewood, Chester, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1490; Page: 93A; Family History Library Film: 552989, Record for James Mc dill
5. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55349051, database and images, memorial page for Col James McDill (4 June 1806 - 14 December 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55349051, citing Moffatt-Strong-McDill Cemetery, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by GMG (contributor 47391530). Accessed 4 July 2025.
6. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=18688751&indiv=try, Year: 1860; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1217; Page: 38; Family History Library Film: 805217, Record for James McDill
7. 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=42401810&indiv=try, Year: 1880; Census Place: Hazlewood, Chester, South Carolina; Roll: 1224; Family History Film: 1255224; Page: 150A; Enumeration District: 040, Record for James Mcdill
8. Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1810usfedcenancestry&h=576935&indiv=try, Year: 1810; Census Place: Chester, Chester, South Carolina; Roll: 60; Page: 500; Image: 00281; Family History Library Film: 0181419, Record for John McDill
9. Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1820usfedcenancestry&h=967112&indiv=try, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Chester, Chester, South Carolina; Page: 4; NARA Roll: M33_120; Image: 90, Record for John Mcdill
10. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1830usfedcenancestry&h=633124&indiv=try, 1830; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 169; Page: 330; Family History Library Film: 0022503, Record for M Mc Dill
11. Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=3154414&indiv=try, Year: 1840; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Roll: 510; Page: 284; Image: 1183; Family History Library Film: 0022508, Record for James McDill