An American Family History

McCormack Family

also spelled McCormick

East Tennessee is part of Appalachia. At the end of the French and Indian War, colonists began drifting into the area. In 1769, they first settled along the Watauga River. During the Revolution, the Overmountain Men defeated British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The State of Franklin was formed in the 1780s, but never admitted to the Union.

William McCormack was born about 1765. His parents were James McCormick and Mercy Lupton. He was born in Virginia in an area that became West Virginia.

He married Nancy Hendricks in 1782 in

Elizabeth McCormack (1786, married George Christian)

William was a Revolutionary War soldier. He was with General Morgan and his riflemen.

William signed the 1777 Petition of Holston Men.

In 1780 he was at Kings Mountain.

In 1783 and 1789 William received warrants for land in Sullivan County, Tennessee. At that time it was in North Carolina.

In 1790, William served as a captain in Sullivan County militia.

In 1790 and 1791, William was deputy sheriff of Sullivan County and from 1792-1794, he was sheriff.

In 1795, William joined Michael Montgomery in leasing the old Publick House at Kingsport.

In 1800, the family moved Blount County, Tennessee.

By 1804 he moved to Greene County, Tennesse. From there they went to Wythe County, Virginia, to Burke County, North Carolina, and to Overton County, Tennessee.

In 1818, William left Overton County to visit his daughter in North Alabama. From there he traveled to Fort Massac, Illinois to visit another daughter. He started south with a load of mules when he was taken ill of a fever and died somewhere along the Mississippi River.

Appalachia was the 18th century backcountry and many settlers were Scots-Irish. It includes southern New York, western Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia, West Virginia, eastern Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee and northern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

The Holston River flows from Kingsport to Knoxville.

map by Kmusser

divider

H O M E	Colonial Maryland	Colonial New England	Colonial Virginia & North Carolina	Colonial Virginia & West Virginia	Quakers & Mennonites	New Jersey Baptists
German Lutherans	Ontario Settlers	Ohio Pioneers	Watauga Settlement	Pennsylvania Pioneers	Midwest Pioneers	Californians	Jewish Immigrants

©Roberta Tuller 2026
tuller.roberta@gmail.com
An American Family History is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program,
an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.