When James Andrew McDaris was born on 16 August 1797, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Rice Medaris, was 50 and his mother, Rachel E McPheeters, was 37. He married Martha Patricia Buckner in 1817, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1850. He died on 1 October 1883, in Blairsville, Union, Georgia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Philadelphia Cemetery, Union, Georgia, United States.
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"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."
Georgia’s first land lottery act was signed by Governor John Milledge. The first drawings for the land lottery were held two years later in 1805.
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhruis ‘son of Dubhros’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + ros ‘wood’. See Doris .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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