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1. 1850 GA. Census, Pulaski co., 31 August 1850, Dist. 69, pg.249,316/316: Meachern, Peter, 64, Farmer, 200, Scotland; Molsey, 50f, NC.; Caroline,20; Elizabeth, 18; Dunkin, 13; John, 11; Nancy, 9. All others born inGA. 2. 1860 GA. Census, Pulaski Co. 756 McEachin, Peter, 74, 1200/1338, Scotland; Polly, 56, NC; Nancy, 18,GA. 3. 1860 Slave Schedule: 1 slave, age 52, M, B, w/ 1 slave house. [studstill1.FTW]time) witnessed will of Hugh Maloy 17Nov1856(Pulaski Dispatch) Origin of MacEachern; Gaelic for "son of the horse-lord. "AlanMacEacheern was chief of the clan in 1499, the name is commemorated inthe place name Kilkerran in Kintyre, the heart of the clan-lands(CollinsPocket Reference: "Scottish Surnames") Migration to US in several wavesincluding to NY in 1738-40, Cape Fear area of North Carolina in late 16th& 17th centuries. A small band settled in Rocky River area ofN.C.(Cabarrus Co, which was in Mecklenberg, NC until 1790), apparentlyfrom the PA area. The name is sometimes spelled McCachren or McCachern aswell as McEachern..in NC. Some of the early Cabarrus McE's migrated on toGA> MISS. TEX, TN. by Hoyt McCachren
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