McGOUGH of Monroe County, Georgia

The McGoughs are Scotch-Irish. Their ancestors were colonized in the north of Ireland during the protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. About 1760, Matilda Carson McGough, a widow, having five or six children, came to America with relatives and neighbors, settling in North Carolina.

John McGouch was born 1761 and enlisted in the patriot army under Colonel William Washington and participated in the Battles of Brandywine, Eutaw Springs and Saratoga. He saw Burgoyne surrender to General Gates. He was wounded twice, once on the head by a saber in the hands of a British officer, and once by a gunshot. After the revolution, he married Miss Margaret Mill, settling in Edgefield District, South Carolina. From there, the family removed to White Plains, in Greene County, Georgia, where he died in 1847. Issue:

• Robert McGough was born 1787 and married in 1810, Jones County, Miss Sandal Cabaniss, born 1792. The family settled in Jones County. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and drew a pension for his services. He removed to Monroe County in 1823, clearing a road on Little Tobesofkee Creek for his plantation. He died on March 10, 1882. Issue:
  1. Mathew O. McGough b. 1814 Georgia, never married.
  2. Matilda McGough b. 1815 Georgia, never married.
  3. Columbus McGough b. 1833 Georgia.
  4. John McGough, merchant in Columbus.
  5. Sarah B. McGough married Jacob A. Clements, resided at Buena Vista.
  6. Elizabeth McGough married Ezekiel Hollis, resided Brundidge, Alabama.
  7. William T. McGough killed at the battle of New Hope Church, died in Atlanta, July 1864.
  8. George L. McGough, merchant, resided at Columbus.
  9. Mary A. McGough married Robert Minten, resided Buena Vista.
  10. Robert C. McGough, farmer, resided Marion County. He was born September 24, 1831. In 1856 he taught school at Brownwood Academy. He married January 10, 1860 to Miss Maggie Hollis, the daughter of a Monroe County farmer. She died April 9, 1871. They had five children, viz:

      1. Thomas H. McGough, merchant at Leavenworth, Washington.
      2. Maud McGough.
      3. Nelly McGough.
      4. Robert McGough.
      5. May McGough married Dr. F. L. Cato.

  11. C. C. McGough served in the First Georgia Regiment, 1861, then joined 45th Georgia, made First Lieut. for gallantry on the field of battle in 1862. He was killed leading a forlorn hope at Gerrysburg on July 3, 1863.