Randal McGavock

Randal McGavock
Born June 20, 1766
Rockbridge County, Virginia
Died September 1843
Davidson County, Tennessee
Resting place Mount Olivet Cemetery
Residence Carnton
Nationality American
Occupation Politician
Planter
Spouse(s) Sarah Dougherty Rodgers
Children James R. McGavock
William McGavock
John McGavock
unnamed infant son
Elizabeth McGavock
Mary Cloyd McGavock
unnamed infant daughter
Relatives Felix Grundy (brother-in-law)
William Giles Harding (son-in-law)
Randal William McGavock (great-nephew)

Randal McGavock (1766–1843) was an American Jeffersonian Republican politician and Southern planter.[1][2][3] He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1824 to 1825.[1][2][3]

Early life

Randal McGavock was born on June 20, 1766 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.[1] His father was James McGavock, Sr., and his mother, Mary (Cloyd) McGavock.[1]

Career

McGavock served as Mayor of Nashville from 1824 to 1825.[1][2][3]

In 1826, McGavock built Carnton, a Southern plantation in Franklin, Tennessee.[3] During the American Civil War, Carnton was damaged by the Battle of Franklin and served as a hospital for the Confederacy.[3] On December 1, 1864, four Confederate Generals lay dead at Carnton: Patrick R. Cleburne, Hiram B. Granbury, John Adams, and Otho F. Strahl.[3]

Personal life

In February 1811, McGavock married Sarah Dougherty Rodgers, whose brother was Felix Grundy (1775–1840), U.S. Congressman from Tennessee from 1829 to 1838 and 13th United States Attorney General from 1838 to 1840.[1][4] They also had four sons, James R., William, John, an unnamed infant son, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Mary Cloyd and an unnamed infant daughter.[1] In 1840, their daughter Elizabeth married Gen. William Giles Harding, heir and later owned of the Belle Meade Plantation.[1] Their son John McGavock (1815–1893), who married Carrie Elizabeth Winder (1829–1905) in December 1848, inherited the Carnton plantation.[3] His great-nephew, the grandson of his brother Hugh, Randal William McGavock (1826–1863), served as Mayor of Nashville from 1858 to 1859, and died as a Confederate Lt. Col. in the Battle of Raymond.[4]

His nephew, James McGavock, built Blue Fountain, now known as the McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House in East Nashville.

Death

McGavock died in September 1843. He is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[1]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Robert Brownlee Currey
Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1824–1825
Succeeded by
Wilkins F. Tannehill
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