They came through Alabama on the Tuscumbia Road.
They lived in the Oak Hill community where they built the home with the help of the Milams,Dillards,Goggans,and relatives who also came from South Carolina.
The men cut logs with a axe tied chains to them and pulled them with horses to the cleared home site.
With broad axes they hewed the logs and notched the corners to fit together.
The house was a two room stucture with a 'Dog Trot' between.
September 16,1862 he joined the Civil War and fought in Capt.Cole's company of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry.
He raised thoroughbred horses which he sold to the Confederacy.
William was a Master Mason.
He was a member of Cherry Creek Baptist Church and is buried in their cemetery along with many members of his family.
Parents:Nathaniel Born 25 Aug 1791 Laurens Co.SC.
Dicy Goggans McCoy B.9 Nov 1798 Abbeville Dist.SC.
Wife:Emily Caroline Spruell.
Children:Mary R,Permelia Frances,
Simon S,George Washington,
Nancy Ann Elizabeth,Hannah Ward,
Emily Caroline,Carrie A,
William Nathaniel,John Teague,
Samuel Pickney,Martha Josephine,Ida Belle.
They came through Alabama on the Tuscumbia Road.
They lived in the Oak Hill community where they built the home with the help of the Milams,Dillards,Goggans,and relatives who also came from South Carolina.
The men cut logs with a axe tied chains to them and pulled them with horses to the cleared home site.
With broad axes they hewed the logs and notched the corners to fit together.
The house was a two room stucture with a 'Dog Trot' between.
September 16,1862 he joined the Civil War and fought in Capt.Cole's company of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry.
He raised thoroughbred horses which he sold to the Confederacy.
William was a Master Mason.
He was a member of Cherry Creek Baptist Church and is buried in their cemetery along with many members of his family.
Parents:Nathaniel Born 25 Aug 1791 Laurens Co.SC.
Dicy Goggans McCoy B.9 Nov 1798 Abbeville Dist.SC.
Wife:Emily Caroline Spruell.
Children:Mary R,Permelia Frances,
Simon S,George Washington,
Nancy Ann Elizabeth,Hannah Ward,
Emily Caroline,Carrie A,
William Nathaniel,John Teague,
Samuel Pickney,Martha Josephine,Ida Belle.
Family Members
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Parmelia Frances McCoy Vaughn
1847–1911
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Simeon S. McCoy
1849–1914
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George Washington McCoy
1852–1926
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Hannah Ward McCoy Pitts
1855–1915
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Emma Caroline McCoy Campbell
1857–1918
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Corra A McCoy Campbell
1859–1920
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William N. McCoy
1861–1918
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John Teague McCoy Sr
1865–1921
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Samuel Pinkney McCoy
1866–1926
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Martha Josephine "Josie" McCoy Sudduth
1868–1943
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Ida Belle McCoy Caldwell
1871–1932
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