William McCune FLACK^{[1, 2, 3]}

1838 - 1907  (69 years)

• Name	William McCune FLACK
  Birth	14 Aug 1838	Spartanburg, Spartanburgh County, South Carolina, USA   [1, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Oct 1907	Morgan County, Alabama, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	16 Nov 1907	Old New Canaan Cemetery, Morgan County, Alabama, USA
  Person ID	I1886	Tree660J
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	James E FLACK,   b. 27 Apr 1794, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 9 Nov 1849, Greenville, South Carolina, USA (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary 'Polly' Howertain WATSON,   b. 14 Feb 1800, Person County, North Carolina, USA d. 1875, Marshall County, Alabama, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	13 Mar 1822	Person County, North Carolina, USA
  Notes	North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Name: James E Flack Gender: Male Spouse: Mary Watson Spouse Gender: Female Bond Date: 13 Mar 1822 Bond #: 000107536 Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum: 008400 County: Person Record #: 01 058 Bondsman: Charles Watson Witness: Wm McKissack Source: Ancestry.com - 20 Jan 2015
  Family ID	F778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Elenor MCCLURE,   b. 1 Oct 1841, Morgan County, Alabama, USA d. 16 Mar 1928, Morgan County, Alabama, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1860	Morgan County, Alabama, USA
  Notes	Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950, Page 5. Name: William Flack Spouse's Name: Susan E Mcclure ~ Licence Granted: 3 Jul 1860 Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1860 Marriage Place: Morgan, Alabama, United States Officiator: Thomas Ryan, JP. ~ GS Film number: 2257938 Digital Folder Number: 004704574 Image Number: 00022 Source: Image@ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVC-H6X - 1 Dec 2014
  Children	1. Willie Ann FLACK,   b. 3 Jun 1862, Morgan County, Alabama, USA d. 16 Mar 1928, Morgan County, Alabama, USA (Age 65 years)   2. James Young FLACK, Snr,   b. 30 Mar 1866, Morgan County, Alabama, USA d. 25 May 1945, Morgan County, Alabama, USA (Age 79 years)   3. Hazel Gilford FLACK,   b. 17 Mar 1869, Morgan County, Alabama, USA d. 25 Feb 1944, Morgan County, Alabama, USA (Age 74 years)   4. Leander Gustavius FLACK,   b. Aug 1872, Morgan County, Alabama, USA   5. Theodore Robert FLACK,   b. 27 Oct 1874, Morgan County, Alabama, USA d. 27 Sep 1962, Arab, Marshall County, Alabama, USA (Arab Hospital) (Age 87 years)   6. Walter FLACK,   b. 4 Sep 1877, Morgan County, Alabama, USA d. 22 Mar 1907, Morgan County, Alabama, USA (Age 29 years)   7. Lora Eula FLACK,   b. 26 Apr 1883, Morgan County, Alabama, USA d. 19 Jun 1970, Morgan County, Alabama, USA (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: ".....Family legend tells of a quarrel, which caused a split among the formerly close knit Comptons, Watsons, and Flacks. The nature and cause of the quarrel are unknown to us today, but it is probable that there was a dispute over religious matters. One theory states that Monroe's conversion to the Church of Christ angered Norris and caused a bitter argument. Whatever the reason for the quarrel, it caused the widowed Mary Howertain (or Polly) Watson Flack to decide to leave the Greenville-Spartanburgh area. In 1852 Polly Flack, her unmarried children John G., Frances Caroline, Matilda Clark, Susan Katharine, and William McCune, and her daughters and sons-in-law Mary Ann and Moses Watson and Elizabeth and Monroe Compton left South Carolina and traveled by wagon train across Georgia into Alabama. They settled in Marshall County, then after a year Monroe and Moses and their families moved into nearby Morgan County, where they settled on Brindley Mountain in the eastern section of the county. Polly remained in Marshall County until her death in 1875, but visits back and forth were common." Source - Flack-Watson-Compton Religious Heritage by David Cofield. DEATH: Although the headstone shows died 14 Oct 1907 - Wife Susan gives his Death date as 18 Oct 1907 in her Pension Application. BURIAL: Old New Canaan Cemetery, Morgan County, Alabama, USA "Wm M Flack: Born - 14 Aug 1838: Died - 14 Oct 1907. Susan E Flack: Born - 1 Oct 1841: Died - 16 Mar 1928." (headstone image onsite) Source: Phyllis J. K. "Sis" Owens@findagrave - 1 Dec 2014 Memorial# 12406203 MILITARY: Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 (* From this image on Ancestry you can scroll though a dozen documents related to the Pension Application *) Name: Wm M Flack Service: Pvt Co.D, 5th Ala Cav. Application Date: 22 May 1922 Application Place: Morgan Spouse: Susan E Flack Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1860 Death Date: 18 Oct 1907 Death Place: Morgan County Pension File Number: 6286 Application Type: Widow Source: Ancestry.com - 1 Dec 2014.

  
  

• Sources

  [S714] Information from David Cofield, (Personal Research). [S715] FLACK JA, Information from Phyllis J K Owens, (Gedcom - Ancestry Worldconnect 30/1/2005). [S11] 1850 US Federal Census., 1 Dec 2014, South Carolina, Greenville, (not stated), Page 329B. *[6 Aug 1850]*. William Flack age 12 born South Carolina. [S715] FLACK JA, Information from Phyllis J K Owens, (Gedcom - Ancestry Worldconnect 30/1/2005). Birth date is recorded in the 'Family Bible' (passed down through Mary "Polly" WATSON Flack) ........ this Bible is in the possession of MAPLES Kennedy of Birmingham, Alabama.