Tillman W. McCarty Family.

This website was created to further the research of the McCarty clan - espcially those of us descended from Tillman (Till) Watson McCarty (b.7 Nov 1824, Edgefield County, SC d.24 Oct 1893, Fannin, MS) and his wife Sarah Jane Lovelace/Loveless (b.14 Mar 1831 Georgia d.2 Jan 1892 Fannin, MS). It is believed that Tillman is descended from Philip Michael McCarty (b.21 Jul 1791, Edgefield County, SC d.16 Jul 1879, Dale County, AL), Michael McCarty [II] (b.1754 d. 1843), Michael McCarty [I] (b.1732). It is believed that Michael I came from Cork County, Ireland, although we have not been able to confirm that.

Several in our family have collaborated together to create our database which you can view. Please keep in mind that this database contains MUCH more than just McCarty family kin - but the McCarty kin are in here. You may want to start by clicking the link for TWMcCarty at the top of the page once it loads.

Family Reunion

A meeting was held in 1961 in Philadelphia, Mississippi to discuss the possibility of holding a reunion, and the first one was held in 1962 and there has been one every year since that time (with the exception of 2020 when it was cancelled due to Covid). For many years, the reunion was held in Monroe, Louisiana - being a mid-way point between the Texas branch and the Mississippi one. Since most of the Mississippi folks stopped coming, the reunion now is typically held somewhere in Texas. We elect a vice-president each year to assist the president the first year and then be in complete charge of the reunion the following year. Our president is Jason Lansford and our vice-president is Megan Bruner .

As this site grows, we hope to include various pictues from past reunions, as well as some of the MANY stories that abound about our ancestors. Please let us know if there is anything specific that you would like to see here. After all - this is YOUR page too!

I had a major site crash a while back and am trying to get the full site back up and running. Please bear with me ...

Most of the rest of this page does not work ...

• Pictures from the 2014 Reunion in Waxahatchie
• Pictures from the 2008 Reunion in ???
• Pictures from the 2002 Reunion in Shreveport
• Pictures from the 2001 Reunion in Grand Prarie
• Pictures from the 1998 Reunion in San Antonio
• Pictures from LaVerne Marsh's collection
• Pictures of our ancestors
• Averett McCarty Cemetery - where Philip is buried

If you are a descendant of Tillman, please feel free to join our e-mail mailing list mccartys@yahoogroups.com.

• Family Stories & Legends
• Biographical sketch of Tillman and Sarah (Lovelace) McCarty written by F. M. Wiggins.
• 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment (Tillman was in Company A)
• Poems about Uncle John Parkes written by Mary Ann Rector and F. M. Wiggins.
• Autobiographical sketch by F. M. Wiggins.
• Biographical sketch of Gershom and Lucile (McCarty) Lansford.
• Biographical sketch of the Sadler Family.
• Biographical sketch of the Dr. William Dawson McCarty Family.
• Unpublished McCarty family manuscript researched and written by Minnie Eva McCarty Tipton between 1944 and 1964. Special thanks to Bill Bateman for giving us a computerized copy.
• Desperado - Billy the Kid

• Descendents of Michael McCarty in SC, MS, and LA (esp. Edward McCarty - brother of Philip)
• Descendants of Edward McCarty, Jr. (Edward McCarty, Sr. is a brother of our Philip - Tillman's father)

For more information, you may e-mail us at info@twmccarty.com.

This page is maintained by Bruce Reeves. All information on this site is copyrighted (©1998-2021) by myself or the various submitters of the information and cannot be reproduced in any form without our express permission. We welcome submissions by other members of our family and look forward to meeting you someday at the reunion. Bruce (b.13 Apr 1959, Jackson, MS) is descended from Nancy Sue Freeny (b.24 Mar 1937, Freeny, MS), Leola Lovelace Parkes (b.24 Apr 1905, Plymouth, MS d.12 May 1990, Carthage, MS), Rev. William McCarty (Mack) Parkes (b.30 Jun 1879, Neshoba Co, MS d.24 Feb 1924, Leake Co, MS), Nancy Alvenia (Venie) McCarty (b. 21 May 1854, Alabama d.6 Aug 1928, Leake Co, MS), daughter of Tillman.

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