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 1796 - 1871 (74 years)
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| Name |
Morgan Magness |
| Title |
Colonel |
| Birth |
18 Dec 1796 |
Davidson County, Tennessee  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1 Sep 1871 |
Big Bottom Township, Independence County, Arkansas [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Magness Cemetery, Magness, Independence County, Arkansas [2, 3] |
- There are a total of about 50 tombstones in the Magness Cemetery, plus the Col.'s slaves are buried just outside the cemetery proper.
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| Person ID |
I32162 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
11 Jul 2014 |
| Father |
Jonathan Magness, b. 1757, Prince George's County, Maryland d. 1834, Magness, Independence County, Arkansas (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Martha "Patsy" (Nowlin), b. 0___ 1758, Tennessee d. 8 Mar 1832, Magness, Independence County, Arkansas (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Marriage |
1779 [1, 4] |
| Family ID |
F10386 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Susan Dunnigan, b. 21 Feb 1815, Dickson County, Tennessee d. 16 Mar 1877, Big Bottom Township, Independence County, Arkansas (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Jun 1845 |
Independence County, Arkansas [1, 2] |
| Children |
| | 1. William D. Magness, b. Big Bottom Township, Independence County, Arkansas |
| | 2. D. P. Walker Magness, b. 15 Feb 1850, Big Bottom Township, Independence County, Arkansas d. 24 Nov 1875, Independence County, Arkansas (Age 25 years) |
| | 3. Elizabeth F. Magness, b. Big Bottom Township, Independence County, Arkansas |
| | 4. Morgan J. Magness, b. 0___ 1855, Big Bottom Township, Independence County, Arkansas d. 2 Dec 1882, Independence County, Arkansas (Age ~ 27 years) |
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| Family ID |
F11724 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- 1870 census, Big Bottom Township, Independence Co, p 024.
Col. Morgan Magness (deceased) was one of the earliest settlers and most prominent residents of the State of Arkansas. He was a son of Jonathan Magness, and was born in Davidson County, Tenn., December 18, 1796, his death occurring in Independence County, Ark., September 1, 1871.
When sixteen years of age he removed with his parents from Tennessee to Independence County, Ark., locating on Miller's Creek, northwest of Batesville; one year later the family removed to a point six miles southeast of Batesville, and subsequently settled in Big Bottom Township, where they entered land, and from that time were most prosperous.
Col. Magness won very distinguished success as a farmer, and at the time of his death was one of the most substantial men in the State; he was also extensively interested in stock raising and planting.
He represented Independence County in the lower house of the State legislature several years, and his honorable service in that capacity will long be remembered by his constituents.
His first wife was Keziah Elliott, a native of North Carolina, who died in Independence County, Ark., leaving no children.
In 1845 Col. Magness married Susan Dunnigan, who was born in Dickson County, Tenn., in 1815. To this union were born five children, four of whom grew to maturity, viz.: William D., D. P. W. (a planter and stock raiser, died in November, 1875, at about the age of twenty-five years), Elizabeth F. (now the wife of Joseph J. Waldrop, a prominent farmer of Independence County, Ark.), and Morgan J. (who was born in 1855, and died December 2, 1882).
Mrs. Magness died March 16, 1877. William D. Magness was born in Big Bottom Township, Independence County, August 1, 1846. He received the advantages of a common-school education, and remained at home the greater part of the time until his father's death, having spent some time with him in Texas during the latter part of the war. He then began farming for himself, and is now the owner of about 1,000 acres of fine land. February 5, 1879, he married Mary E. Edgar, a native of Jefferson County, East Tenn., who was born March 15, 1852. They have one son, Morgan E.
Politically, Mr. Magness is a Democrat; his father was formerly a Whig, and during the latter part of his life sympathized with the Democratic party. [2]
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