John Cox McDonald, Columbia Co, AR

A Question from L. MC. Asks for information on John Cox McDonald from
Columbia county around 1800.

Dear L. Mc,

I first find John C. McDonald on the 1860 census in Columbia County
Mississippi Township Federal Population Schedule in the AR 1860 Federal
Census Index ID#AR126218260 Page 258. He is listed again in Mississippi
Township 1870 Census page 444.

In a quick search I found a David McDonald family in Mecklenburg County, NC
(this is in the Charlotte North Carolina area) who witnessed a will for
Susannah Emerson in February 1826. She named one of her sons David McDonald
Emerson who moved to Floyd County Georgia. Others of David’s brothers moved
to Tuscaloosa Co., Al., then to Floyd Co., Ga., and Chatooga Co., Ga., and
finally to Columbia Co., Arkansas. I believe there could be a connection to
your John Cox McDonald and the Emerson family the founders of the town.
*(This is strictly a supposition without substantial proof and only
electronic information).

In a survey of Periodical sources the Southwest Arkansas Genealogical
Magazine published an article on McDonalds. The Periodical Title: So-We-Ar
Volume 10 issue 1 spring 1986. Another periodical on Southwestern Arkansas,
Lafayette County Lookback, volume 8 issue 2 fall 1991. The History and
Genealogy section at the Magnolia library will have these issues.

Aunt Ludie