Jane MCDOWELL

Jane was born in 1761. Jane's father was Gen. William is there 2 of these men? MCDOWELL and her mother was Ellen. Her paternal grandparents were Col Samuel Mercer (Judge) MCDOWELL and Mary McClung. She was an only child. She died at the age of 92 in 1853.

General Notes
- Our Valiant Men, Louise Lynch, page 189
  
  "About 1792, the sons of Robert and Eleanor (Wilson) moved to Tennessee. Robert Wilson II was said to have been the first man to cross the Cumberland Mountains with a wagon. He married Jane McDowell, daughter of William and Ellen McDowell of York County, South Carolina. Both Jane and her mother went to King's Mountain after the battle and remained several days caring for the wounded soldier. It was said that William McDowell gave his only daughter in marriage because of the bravery that Robert Wilson displayed at King's Mountain. Jane McDowell was a very courageous woman, also molding bullets for Gen. McDowell and his men for the Battle of King's Mountain. Robert Wilson #2 , was born in 1760 and died in 1819. Jane Wilson was born in 1761 and died in 1853. They are buried in a family graveard in the part of the county that is now Rutherford County, between Allisona and Eagleville. Their children were (8): Eleanor, Jane, Mary, Asenath, Cynthia, Martha, Louise, Matilda.