John Null McClanahan

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Salve Schedule census in 1850 in , Hickman, TN. ¹ John N. McClanahan owned the following slaves in 1850:
Male age 50
Male age 38
Female age 38
Male age 16
Male age 16.

2. Census in 1850 in , Hickman, TN. ² The 1850 census recorded farmer Absolum McClanahan, 50, living with wife Lydia, 42; William, 21; Catherine, 19; Absolum, 16; Robert, 14; and James, 4. All children were born in Tennessee, the father in Kentucky, and mother in North Carolina. His real estate was valued at $2000.

Next door is his son, David, farmer, 23, with his wife, Mary, 24; and Catherine, 2.

Also a neighbor is John McClanahan, farmer, 24, living alone.

On the previous page is Thomas M. McClanahan, 45, living with his wife Frances, 40; Leonidas, 18; Frances, 14; Mortimer, 10; Howell, 6; William, 2; and June, 6 months. Also in the home listed apart as if not their child is John McClanahan, 18. All were born in Tennessee except Thomas in South Carolina.

3. Census in 1860 in Civil District 1, Hickman, TN. ³ John N. McClanahan, farmer, was living alone. His real estate was valued at $3500 and his personal estate at $3745. He was born in Tennessee.

4. Obituary: The Hickman Pioneer on 18 Feb 1887 in , Hickman, TN. McCLANAHAN, JOHN NULL - Died at the residence of his brother, Robert McClanahan, in Council bend, on Friday night, Feb. 11, 1887, of rheumatism, John Null McClanahan, aged about 60 years. The deceased had been for some years a bridge carpenter and lived at Johnsonville. He was brought here by his brothers on Tuesday before his death on Friday.

5. Obituary: The Hickman Pioneer on 25 Feb 1887 in , Hickman, TN. McCLANAHAN, JOHN NULL - Died at the residence of his brother, R. W. McClanahan, in Council's bend, at 8 o'clock a.m. Saturday, February 12, 1887, after a protracted spell of fever and rheumatism, John N. McClanahan. He was the oldest son of the late Absolum N. and Lida McClenahan. He was 61 years, 10 months and 21 days old. Interment on the 13th, at 2 p.m. at the family burial ground in Council's bend, near his old homestead. Rev. W. R. Keathly officiated. He leaves four brothers and one sister and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss, but we hope their loss is his eternal gain. - A Friend.