Thanks for your reply and questions. It makes me take some time to think about it all.
Here is the way I am connected to the McCarty family—you were almost correct. These are all from my mother’s side of the family.
Thomas J. McCarty and Sarah Eliza Jane LeForce
Catherine Cerilda McCarty and John William Newcomb
Ellen Alvaretta "Alvie" Newcomb and Clad Bradford
Lydia Mae Bradford and Joseph Benjamin Rich
Jewel Etha Rich and Walter James Stephenson
William Jenkins (Jenk) Stephenson (me)
Thomas Andrew McCarty was the grandson of Thomas J. McCarty and not in my direct line. So I am not a descendant of Thomas A. McCarty.
I do not know of any McCarty descendant that has been DNA tested.
Malinda Ann Ewing and Robert Jones were my 3 rd great grandparents.
John Newton Jones was the son of Malinda Ewing and Robert Jones
John Newton Jones married Mary Elizabeth Ann Campbell – my 2 nd great grandparents
Wilson Campbell and Elizabeth Ann (unknown) were the parents of Mary Elizabeth Ann Campbell
Malinda Ann Jones was the daughter of John Newton Jones and Mary Elizabeth Ann Campbell
Malinda Ann Jones married William Clinton Garrett
So it goes like this for me:
Robert Jones and Malinda Ann Ewing
John Newton Jones and Mary Elizabeth Ann Campbell
William Clinton Garrett and Malinda Ann Jones
Samuel Walter Stephenson and Annie Marinda Elizabeth Garrett
William Jenkins Stephenson (me)
I do not have much information for the Osborne Dillard family, but I know he is connected to me through the Dillard, Jones, and Ewing line. I think Oran Dillard and Robert Jones married two Ewing sisters, but that is all I know.
I do not know the name Joe Wright, but if he is connected to the Lafferty family look at this relationship—
Thomas J McCarty
Janetta Angeline McCarty married Joseph Alansing Browning
Janetta Bell “Mettie” Browning married James Annis Lafferty
Mettie and James had the following children—don’t know if any of these match yours
Joseph Cole Lafferty
Mary Jeanettie Lafferty
Vera Louise Lafferty
Idella Patricia Lafferty
James Edwin Lafferty
Johnny Albert Lafferty
Walter Franklin Lafferty
Phillip Harold Lafferty
William Lafferty
Marley Herbert Lafferty
Jeannette “Jo” DeGraffenreid married my first cousin Larry Don Tull. Larry died of cancer in 2012. Jo still lives in Texas, I think.
I have a David McCarty as the son of Sterling McCarty and Millie A (unknown). David was born about 1875 in Indiana. I really don’t have any other info other than the names of his brothers and sister. This David is not in my direct line.
When I type McCarty in the box on Family Finder, I get zero results.
Have you heard of GEDmatch.com? You can place your raw DNA there and search for matches.
Let’s stay in touch until we solve this.
Take care.
Jenk