David Mahan

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for Pittsylvania Co., Va. records David (51-VA) and Suan (48) Mahan with children John (24), Catherine (22), Mary (20), Rebecca (16), Susan (14), Alexander (13), Martha (11), and Tabitha (8). Nearby are his older sons and their families: Vaden G. (24) and Elizabeth [Mitchell] (20) Mahan with children James (3) and Samuel (4/12) and William T. (26) and Janetta [Reynolds] (21) Mahan with daughter Elizabeth (2).

The 1860 Federal Census for Pittsylvania Co., Va. records David Mahan (61-VA) with children Catherine A. (31), Alexander (22), and Tabitha (19). Next door is son John Mahan (33) with his wife Susan (25) and children Francis (3) and Susan F. (8/12). A few doors away is a nepew, Preston A. Mahan (29) with his wife Mary J. (30) with children Celistia A. (5) and William D. (2).

David married Susan Giles on 18 Mar 1823 in Pittsylavania Co., VA. (Susan Giles was born circa 1802 in Virginia and died circa 1855 in Pittsylvania Co., VA..)