- Samuel McAliley married Janet Johnson (went to Highlands, IL)
- Richard McAliley, b 1782 Chester Co., SC, d 1854 Gibson, TN married Mary Polly Yongue (Young)
- George McAliley married Unknown Trussell (stayed in Chester Co., SC)
- William McAliley married Mary Wylie (stayed in Chester Co., SC)
- James McAliley (went to Gibson Co., TN)
- Mary McAliley married Unknown Boyd
- Peggy McAliley married Unknown Miller (son Jim)
- Nancy Yongue McAliley b 1803, d Bef. 1854
- John McAliley born 1807
- Richard McAliley born 1809 TN
- Elizabeth McAliley born 1812 TN
- Margaret McAliley born 1815
- George Peter McAliley born 1816
- Unknown McAliley born 1818
- Martha McAliley born 1822
- Mary Jane McAliley born October 1, 1826 TN
- Wilson P. Gray, b Abt. 1822
- John Michael Gray, b. Abt. 1826
- William Y. Gray, b Abt. 1828
- Robert D. Gray, b 1832
- Mary Elizabeth Gray, b Abt. 1836
- Martha Hester Gray, b. 1837 TN, d. July 22, 1936, Stuart, Hughes Co., OK
- George Gray, b. July 26, 1838
- James D. Gray, b. Abt. 1841
- Margaret Gray, b. Abt. 1844
- Nicholas Gray, b. Abt. 1846
- Emily Gray, b. 1869 MO
- Melva A. Gouge, b 1856
- James M. Gouge, b 1857
- Frances Gouge, b. 1859
- Mary Elizabeth Gouge, b. November 9, 1861, Texas Co., TX; d July 22, 1936, Ada, OK.
The surname McAliley apparently derived from the Gaelic surname MacAilghile which is the name of a sept of branch of the clan MacGuire of County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The McAliley family of Chester County, South Carolina, by family tradition, emigrated from County Antrim, Northern Ireland through Boston, Massachusetts; Richmond, Virginia; and Pennsylvania to the vicinity of what now is Chester County, South Carolina.
It is noted that the name "John Mcalily" appears on the 1790 census as the head of a Chester County household and that the only other listing of similar pronounciation is a William McLilley of Halifax County, North Carolina (most likely a brother or other close relation). Every person bearing the surname with spelling as "McAliley" and pronunciation similar to "Mac'-uh-lily" in America appears to have obtained the name through descent from this John McAliley or from a marriage or other association with such a descendant.
The first recorded date involving a McAliley was a recorded survey of land for a John Maclellie which survey is evidenced by a Royal Grant of King George II through his representative Lord Charles Greville Montagu, Captain General, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of South Carolina.
Through this grant, John McAliley was allowed 200 acres of land in Granville County subject to certain rents or taxes, limitation and reversions. No exact legal description of the land is found on the grand, but a Memorial exhibited by the same John Maclellie indicated that the land was on Long Canes, apparently in what is now Abbeville County. It is believed that John McAliley did not keep the Abbeville land for very long, but this cannot be proven since early property records of Abbeville County are now unavailable.
Editors Louise Gill Knox and Anne Pickens Colins.
JOHN MC ALILEY was born Abt. 1756 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and died Bet. 1804-1806 in Chester Co, SC. He married Elizabeth MARTIN. She was born Abt. 1756 in Ireland.
Children of John McAliley and Elizabeth Martin are:
RICHARD MC ALILEY was born 1782 in Chester Co., SC and died 1854 in Gibson, TN. He married Mary Polly Yongue (Young).
Children of Richard McAliley and Mary Yongue are:
NANCY Y. MC ALILEY was born Abt. 1803 in Chester Co, South Carolina and died Bef. 1854 in Stoddard, Missouri. She married John G. GRAY Abt. 1821 in Gibson, Tennessee. He was born Abt. 1800 in Gibson, Tennessee and died April 1847 in Duck Creek, Stoddard, Missouri.
Children of Nancy McAiley and John Gray are:
ROBERT D. GRAY was born 1832 TN. He married Merciler Unknown. She was born 1832 in Tennessee.
July 24, 1860 Census taken in Ozark Township, Carlisle Post Office, Texas County, Missouri.
Living with Martin Gouge and Wife Martha Gray Gouge:
Robert D. Gray 28 TN born male
Merciler Gray 28 TN born female
Emily Gray 9 MO born female
Known child of Robert D. Gray and Merciler Unknown is:
MARTHA HESTER GRAY was born 1837 in Tennessee, and died before 1876 in MO. She married Martin M. GOUGE about 1855 (may be son of Ezekiel Gouge) He was born in 1832 in Missouri and died unk in Stuart, Hughes County, OK.
Notes for Martin M. Gouge:
July 24, 1860 Census taken in Ozark Township, Carlisle Post Office, Texas County, MO
Martin Gouge, age 26, MO born, male, farmer, no real estate owned, literate
Martha Gouge, 23, TN born, female, Illiterate
Malva A. Gouge 4 years MO born
James M. Gouge 3 years, Mo born
Frances Gouge 1 year, MO born
Children of Martha Gray and Martin Gouge are:
