McDowell, Davison, 1784-1842.

Native of Newry, Ireland; following completion of his studies ca. 1810, McDowell joined other members of his family in Georgetown District, S.C. His father, James McDowell, had settled in South Carolina in 1786, and died on the Pee Dee in 1787. His mother, Agnes Davison McDowell, arrived shortly after her husband's death and later married Robert Kirkpatrick. In 1822, Davison McDowell married Mary Moore, who died shortly thereafter. In 1827, he m. Catherine DuBose McCrea Witherspoon (1799 1887), widow of Robert Sidney Witherspoon. He d. in 1842, and was buried at All Saints Episcopal Church, Waccamaw.

Planter of Georgetown County, S.C.; native of Newry, Ireland; following completion of his studies ca. 1810, McDowell joined other members of his family in Georgetown District, S.C. His father, James McDowell, had settled in South Carolina in 1786, and died on the Pee Dee in 1787. His mother, Agnes Davison McDowell, arrived shortly after her husband's death and later married Robert Kirkpatrick. In 1822, Davison McDowell married Mary Moore, who died shortly thereafter. In 1827, he married Catherine DuBose McCrea Witherspoon (1799 1887), who was the widow of Robert Sidney Witherspoon. McDowell died in 1842, and was buried at All Saints Episcopal Church, Waccamaw.

Rice planter of Georgetown District, S.C.