McMinn of Buncombe County, North Carolina;
Cherokee & Cobb Counties, Georgia;
Alabama & Texas

Robert McMinn was born ca 1770 in Buncombe County, North Carolina and had two known sons, viz: Jesse (born 1795) and Absalom (born ca 1804). Absalom McMinn married Ruth (born 1806 in South Carolina). They apparently removed to Marshall County, Alabama where Ruth died after 1900. The family were residents of Cobb County, Georgia in 1850. Issue:[1]

• Mary Ann McMinn, born 1834 in Cherokee County.
• Robert W. McMinn, born 1834 in Cherokee County.
• W. C. McMinn, born 1838 in Cherokee County.
• Louisa McMinn, born 1842 in Cherokee County.
• Absalom McMinn, born February 1845 in Cherokee County. He was married on 6 October 1872 in Marshall County, Alabama to Martha Jane Hunkapiller (born 1854). Issue:
  1. W. Monroe McMinn, born 1874 in Marshall County, Alabama.
  2. James R. McMinn, born 1876 in Marshall County, Alabama.
  3. Green L. McMinn, born 1880 in Marshall County, Alabama.
  4. Thomas L. McMinn, born March 1891 in Marshall County, Alabama.
  5. Joseph E. McMinn, born September 1885 in Marshall County, Alabama.
  6. Tempie J. McMinn, born November 1883 in Marshall County, Alabama.
• Joseph Henry McMinn, born 27 July 1847 in Cherokee County, died 25 September 1900 in Bullard, Smith County, Texas. He was married on 2 August 1873 in Marshall County, Alabama to Levina Elizabeth Neeley, a daughter of Absalom Neeley. Levinia was born 4 September 1850 in Marshall County, Alabama, died 26 July 1936 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery in Palo Pinto. Issue:

1. Roland Oscar McMinn, born 2 March 1884 in Bullard, Smith County, Texas, died 22 February 1943 in Mineral Wells, Palo Alto, Texas, buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery.
2. Absalom Merideth ("Abb") McMinn, born 6 April 1886 in Bullard, Smith County, Texas, died 26 January in Mineral Wells, Palo Alto, Texas, buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery. He was married to Laura Belle Davis on 16 January 1910 in Whitt, Parker County, Texas. Laura was born on 12 March 1883 in Whitt, Texas and died 26 December 1987 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery. Known issue:

1. Dumas Russell McMinn, born 23 December 1910 Palo Pinto, Texas, died 2 October 1970 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, buried in the Sturdivant Cemetery.
2. Edith Lucille McMinn, born 9 October 1917 in Kirkland, Childress County, Texas, died 14 May 1994 in Mineral Wells, Texas, buried in Holders Chapel Cemetery, Parker County, Texas.

Sources: [1] 1850 Cobb County, Georgia Census; Sturdivant Cemetery, Palo Pinto County, Texas.