Amanda McDowell

1839 -

• Name	Amanda McDowell
  Born	5 Jun 1839	DeKalb County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I6172	Eskew Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Curtis McDowell,   b. 1812, Kentucky ,   d. 1882, White County, Tennessee  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Jadwin,   b. Abt 1811, Wilson County, Tennessee ,   d. 1848, DeKalb County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hazel H. Burns,   b. Mar 1837, Georgia or South Carolina
  Married	28 Nov 1869	White County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Amy Burns,   b. 1870, White County, Tennessee  [natural]   2. Charles H. Burns,   b. Aug 1873, White County, Tennessee  [natural]   3. Ida M. Burns,   b. May 1875, White County, Tennessee  [natural]   4. Lula Ada Burns,   b. Feb 1877, White County, Tennessee  [natural]
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  They lived in White Co., Tenn., but moved to Coffee Co., Tenn. by 1900. Amanda kept a diary during the Civil War telling of their trials at the time. Since both brothers fought in the Civil War, Lafayette for the South & Andrew Jackson for the North, the diary is most interesting. It was published by her niece, Lela McDowell Blankenship and is titled, Fiddles in the Cumberlands. Source: The Van Hoose, Van Hooser, Van Huss Family in the United States, Joyce Lindstrom, 1993, page 556.