Mack Family and an Ox-Cart Incident, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Submitted and prepared for the Archives by Carolyn Mack Taylor
                                           carotaylor1@juno.com



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A cousin tells me that his father told him that John Christopher
MACK fought in the Battle of New Orleans.  After that he went
back to his family in Alabama.  In the late 1840's, they moved
from Mobile, AL by ox-cart.  One of the oxen broke it's leg, a
meeting was held and it was put to a vote to pool their money
and buy another ox or to settle where they were --- it was voted
to settle where they were.  We can only assume that was near
the Mack Cemtery No. 1 in Livingston Parish, LA.

The horns of that oxen were saved, one it is said was carved
with fancy designs, the other was carved with the initials:

        JC      =       John Christopher Mack
        GCM     =       George Christopher Mack
        WHM     =       William Hudson Mack
        AFM     =       Arthur Fulton Mack

Before he died 1951, Arthur Fulton Mack was visiting in LA
and saw the carved horn which was in the possession of a
distant cousin.  No one today knows who that cousin was, or
who might be in possession of the horn today.  Wouldn't it
be neat to be able to take pictures of both horns together.

Since George Christopher Mack was not the oldest son of John,
I think it is possible the other horn was given to the oldest son,
John Bishop Mack.  The William Hudson Mack homeplace, in St
Helena Parish,  was inherited by his second oldest son, Earl
Christopher Mack.  Earl gave the old ox horn to his younger
brother Fulton.  The horn is today in the possession of Fulton's
son, Fulton Jr.

I would love to communicate with descendants of the MACK
family of Livingston and St Helena Parishes, LA

Carolyn (Mack) Taylor   carotaylor1@juno.com