McCORD, Allen A. and Evaline – Allen was a son of William McCord, Sr., who came with his parents to Twin Grove, McLean County, in 1827 and on into Greene Twp. in 1831. (Radford says 1830.)

McCORD, James S. and Zurrilda (Overton County Tennessee) – James came with his father's family to Twin Grove in 1827 and on into Greene Twp. in 1831, and he became the first Treasurer of Woodford County when it was formed in 1841. He served as a Justice of the Peace from 1849 through 1853 and possibly longer.

McCORD, John O. and Rebecca J. – John was a son of William McCord, Sr., who came with his parents from Overton County, Tennessee in 1827 to Twin Grove, and to Greene Twp. in 1831 or shortly thereafter. He patented the NE 1/4 of Section 21 in Greene Twp. on May 10, 1851. He was born March 7, 1818, and died on his 48th birthday in 1864.

McCORD, Melmon W. and Mary A. – Melmon was a son of William McCord Sr. who migrated from Overton County, Tennessee to Twin Grove in 1827 and on into Greene Twp. in 1831. He sold a part of the SE 1/4 of Section 22 in Greene Twp. on January 20, 1851 and bought a "metes and bounds" description in Section 29 on April 4, 1851.

McCORD, Thomas Alfred and Sarah Ann Arnold (Overton County, Tennessee) – Thomas was the son of William McCord, Sr. who came with his father's family to Twin Grove in 1827 and to Greene Twp. in 1831 where he outlived most of his father's family. His old home was on the north center line of Section 19 where the Metamora Road turns west at the sharp curve. He served with Allen Patrick in Captain Robert McClure's Company of Bloomington me n in the Black Hawk War, and told of burying the sixteen victims of the Hall Massacre at Ottawa. He was an active Democratic politician aiding Thomas Bullock to organize the County so it would vote that way. He served on the first Woodford County panel of Grand Jurors at Versailles in 1841. He was alive in 1873. His first land patent was dated September 3, 1836 and was for the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4, Section 7 down in Kansas Twp. On September 4, 1838 he patented the W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 in Section 20 in Greene Twp. Thomas retired in 1877 and moved to Roanoke, Illinois where he died.

McCORD, William M. Jr. and Elizabeth (1816-1879) – William was born in Overton County, Tennessee on July 3, 1815 and died August 26, 1887. He settled in Greene Twp. with his father and mother in 1831 (Radford says 1830) but he moved back to Money Creek Twp. with Young Bilbrey about 1850. He is buried in Hinthorn Cemetery there.

McCORD, William Sr. and Jane McMurtrey (7-6-1789 to 8-6-1870) – William was originally from North Carolina, born Match 27, 1788. He and his wife brought their six sons and three daughters on the trip from Overton County, Tennessee into the Twin Groves of McLean County in 1827, where they apparently remained until moving into Greene Twp. in 1831 (Radford says 1830, but T. A. McCord said he came in 1831). They settled what was surveyed as Sections 18 and 19 of Greene, or parts of them. William's first patent was for the NE quarter of Section 19 in Greene Twp. jointly with a "Thomas McCord" which must have been his son. Eleven of twelve children survived the rigor of pioneer life: James S., Thomas A., Nancy E., Malinda, William M. Jr., Cyrus, Elizabeth, John O., Melmon W., Allen A. and Francis. William McCord, Sr. died June 13, 1852; he is buried in Gabetown Cemetery. (See story of their wagon trip to Illinois in Chapter 2, "Pioneers and Pioneer Living.")

McFADDEN, William and Rebecca (wife) – Lived in the Gabetown area of Greene Twp. in 1855 where Rebecca died, June 29 of that year.

McKEE, Richard – The McKee family settled in Palestine Twp. prior to 1840.

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