Re: Share your McKinney stories and characters
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Share your McKinney stories and characters
Don La Fon 10/14/07
HERE IS SOME DOCUMENTED MCKINNEY MEMORIES I AM 81 YR.OLD
Noticed your Post,Here is a Limestone County Geneology that is connected to
Moses and Amanda , The Isenhowers, and Wilkersons
These folks was all kinfolk of mine, and The McKinneys
Erbie,akaHerbie Meeks
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The following is a noticepublished in a local newspaper
some of it is hard to read but here is the context of it
Non Resident
The State of Alabama---Limestone
County
Notice
In chancery at Athens sixteenth district Western Chancery Division
John J. Turrentine, as the administrator
with the will annexed,of John Mckinney,deceased
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John Mckinney , et als.
In this cause it is made to appear to the Register, by the affidavid
of the complanant that the defendants ,Polly Wilkerson, William McKinney of Missouri,
William McKinney of Arkansas,Samuel McKinney, George Mckinney, Bettie McKinney,
John Mckinney,of Arkansas,Reuben McKinney, Sarah A. Meeks, William Meeks,
( Reubens g.kids ) Emanuel Sutherland, Pulcherry Fulton , Daniel Fulton )
William McKinney of Texas ,Sallie McKinney, Thomas Mckinney,Frank Mckinney,
Mat McKinney,Mary Berry,Coleman Le??y,Coleman Mckinney, William Legg,
Edward Legg,Harrison Legg,H.W. McKinney, Sarah A. Martin,Thomas Martin,
Nancy M. Morrison, G.D Morrison, Edward Mckinney, Martha McKinney,
William P. Berry. James F Berry,Nancy D. Berry, Susan A.Jones , Champ Jones,
Josephine Sims, William Sims,and Andrew J.Berry,and further that in the belief
of said affiant, The defendants are all over the age of twenty one years
except Nancy D. Berry, who is twenty years of age.
It is therefore enteredby the Register that publication be made in the Alabama Courier.
A newspaper published in Athens, Alabama, once a week, for 4 consecutive weeks
requiring them, the said defendants. to plead answer or demur to the bill of complaint
in cause by the18th day of July , 1885, Done this16th Day of June , 1885
R Davis Register
James McKinney 1777-1865 and wife Delia had at least nine children as shown in his probate in Limestone County, Alabama. James Tobe McKinney, July 23, 1821 - January 3, 1879, buried in Berry Cemetery in Angelina County, Texas with his wife Rhoda Ann Brookshire was a son of the above. Roland McKinney 1824 - 1878, also a son of James and Delia, married Martha Blythe Brookshire and they were living in Angelina County, Texas in the 1860 Census with their children.
Nancy Ann McKinney, August 26, 1829 - September 7, 1882, married Andrew Berry. Nancy is a daughter of James and Delia McKinney and is buried in the Berry Cemetery in Angelina County, Texas.
Rhoda Ann Brookshire, Martha Ann Brookshire and Jessie Wright Brookshire are children of Mannering and Sarah Shelton Brookshire. Mannering is a son of James and Martha Wright Brookshire. Both Mannering and Sarah are buried in a lost cemetery in Angelina County, Texas.
Several descendants of the Berry,Brookshire and McKinney families live in the city of Lufkin and Angelina County, Texas.
Pulcherry ( Crabtree) McKinney, Definintly, of Cherokee Indian Decent, This, Reuben, McK. And His wife Pulcherry ( Crabtree)McKinney, were both on record in Limestone County,Alabama, With James and Deliliah McKinney, Reuben Listed along with their Kids
as an heir to James estate, also found in in court records.
(( Welcome to pass this on to anyone intrested ))
Hope this will have some clues that might help some McKinney researchers
But very hard to trace some of the family lines
All these in this following list of McKinneys / Meeks, are related to the early Texas bunch. that went to Texas
Some lived inHempstead County, Arkansas, Old Washington, Where, Daniel Mck, His Mom, Mercy Blatchley, and wife, all died of a sickness in summer of 1825
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Reuben,b.1805. and Pulcherry ( Crabtree) McKinney,b.1815
Was,My Dad, Lee Meeks,Grandparents
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James, and Delilih Mckinney,of Limestone County, Alabama
Listed as Parents Of,Reuben McKinney b.1805, in Tenn
They were my Dad, Lee Monroe Meeks, g. grandparents, By the way, I am 81 yrs of age,
at this writing,
May account for the big, years gap, as My Dad, b.1894,was next to the youngest of 12 kids, Whowere Reuben, and Pulcherry ( Crabtree) McKinney's , Grandkids. By Their Youngest Girl. Sarah Ann (McKinney) Meeks. My Grandmother.
Very well documented,You can find records at, Montgomery County, Arkansas, Also at Limestone County Alabama,to bear this out, Also, My grandparents, William Wesley Meeks, and Sarah Ann (Mckinney ) Meeks, are listed as heirs ofJames and Deliliah McKinney
in some court action in Limestone County,Alabama
Reuben and Pulcherry , on record Montgomery Co. as Rasing, their oldest,Daughter, Mary's Kids. As Marys Husband, Issac Southerland,died of a sickness in a Hospital while serving in the Civil War.Hospital I believe was in KY.
and I can not find what happened to Mary,
Here is the First generation ,in Montgomery County, Arkansas,
Census Records,also books in the Library, at Mt.Ida, Arkansas
Here is a rundown, ( Decendants of these are now living all over the USA.)
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Reuben McKinney, and Pulcherry ( Crabtree) McKinney, came to Montgomery County Arkansas. in 1830's ,from Tennessee,VIA, Missouri ,KY,TN, where the Ferryboat crossed the Mississippi River.at least a couple of their Kids was born in Missouri,
Some moved on to Fannin , and Collin Countys in Texas after growing up
Reuben listed in willof ,James, and DelilahMcKinney, of Limestone County Alabama, as an heir, with their other Kids,listed as ,b in Tenn. 1805.
William Wesley Meeks, and wife Sarah Ann (Mckinney ) Meeks, can be found in court documents there, as heirs , ofJames & Deliliah McKinney some kind of court settlement.
By checking early census records, marriage records.etc. Reuben was born 1805, in Tenn., and Pulcherry was born, 1815, in Tenn. the folks said Pulcherry was a Cherokee Girl, also Reuben wasof Cherokee blood.The Cherokee features still stand out in the descendants to this day, ( Legend has it, Reuben was an only child of,James Collin McKinney,or one of His Boys, and a Cherokee Girl named Blue Bird,who died shortly after Reuben, was born,1805 ))))
((( speculation,,,James and Deliliah McKinney of Limestone County Alabama, raised Reuben with their Kids.)))
Ten of Reuben and Pulcherry's Kids have been identified through census records,and the family, here in Montgomery County,AR,
(1)They Are,Mary, b.1834
(2) Napoleon Bonaparte, b, 1836
(3)Elizabeth,b. 1840
(4)William,b. 1842
(5)Nancy,b.1843
(6)Johnnyb. 1845
(7)Georgeb.1847
(8)Reuben, jr.b. 1850
(9)Samuel,b.1853
(10)Sarah Ann, b.1854--Sarah, was my grandma, My Dad Lee Meeks, Mom
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(1) Mary, married Isaac Southerland, about 1850's
Issac died in a hospital I think in KY, while serving in Civil War, Mary disappeared from records. no trace of Mary found,
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(2)Napolien Bonapart McK. ( Uncle Boney ) was killed in a train wreck, near Chattanoogh, Tennesses, on their way home when The Civil War ended, His Brother, William, was with Him, also an Old Doctor from Montgomery County,AR. who stated He attended both Boys, in a document when William applied for a pension from the injury He sustained in the Train wreck. The train wreck was the result of a bridge collapsing,
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William married,Martha Cockburn, March 20 -1867
Nancy married , W.T. Fulton. July-23-1878.Records indicate , Nancy was previously married to a man named, :Hill:
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(6) Johnny married , Cisily Meeks, ( sister of Sarah Ann's Husband , William Wesley Meeks)
A Company of Confederate Cavalry, Came to Grandpa Reubens Farm, during the Civil War,
(6) Johnny was in His Teen Years,The Cavalry camped out at Reubens Farm, Butchered one of Reubens Steers, and cooked it in The Old Round bottom wash pot, when they left traveling west,they took Johnny with them, as a Camp Boy,I think Johnny's Bro. Inlaw, Issac Southerland,Mary's Husband,was a member of this Cavalry Company, Unit.
Probably why Johnny went along,They came back to the farm a few months later, repeated the Camp out at Reubens Farm, Then traveled East to KY.gone another few months, Came back through,and this time they let Johnny stay home,( Never knew why,) But Johnny promptly traveled to Little Rock,AR,90 miles from here,swam the Arkansas River to North LittleRock, where the Union Army had already captured that area,Johnny Joined The Yankee 5th Cavalry there.as a Bugle Boy, This unit later traveled to, Montgomery, and Garland Countys,searching for ,Bush Whackers, Johnny led a charge down Central Ave, In Hot Springs,( Also on record ) and captured a bunch of Bush Whacker gangsters,
Later years Johnny and Cisily, had a family here,Johnny turned into an alcoholic, and a renegade, He killed a man at a square dance, who threatened to kill johnny, A realitive of the man that Johnny killed,shot and Killed Johnny some time after that incident, At a Turkey shoot,at, Silver, Arkansas,also many wild stories about My g. Uncle Johnny McK.
Johmmy's eldest son, Coleman McKinney,took care of the family, and My g.Aunt Cisily , Colemans Mom, until she passed away in 1925, buried beside Husband Johnny in the Old McKinney Cemetary, Montgomery County AR.
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(8)Reuben,jr. married , Narcisis Cockburn, ( Sister of William's wife Martha Cockburn)
Samuel married,Francis West, on June 6-1882
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Sarah Ann, married, William Wesley Meeks,on October 5-1869
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Reuben and Pulcherry,along with many of their descendants,, Are Buried in
The McKinney Cemetery
Which is about seven miles from , Mt Ida, Arkansas, off Highway 27. north
On The Old South Fork Road, alongside the South Fork of the Ouachita River,
Where the McKinney Clan once owned over 2.000 acre of farm land.
Most of which is now under water of the, Man made Lake ,Ouachita
Here is a Web,link to the McKinneyCemetery and other history
http://www.rootsweb.com/~armontgo/mckinney.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~armontgo/mckinney.htm
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by, Erbie Meeks. Grandson of William Wes.Meeksand Sarah Ann ( McKinney) Meeks.
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Sarah Ann, and William, Meekshad 13 Kids , 10 Girls, 2 Boys, that lived.
The two Boys who live to a ripe old age were
John Wesley Meeks.b.1884,and .Lee Monroe Meeks,b 1894,There was another Boy that died in infancy,William Riley Meeks,this would have been 13 Kids.
The Girls most married into families here,and relatives with all kinds of names,
I will not try to remember and list here.now but I can furnish a list of these,
Herbie ( AKA ) Erbie Lee Meeks,( Lee , and,Fannie MeeksOldest Kid -- born 1926, Here in the woods , of Montgomery County, Arkansas. )
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Some Double first cousins.,,Here is how the McKinney's, and, Meeks got mixed up
Johnny McKinney married,Cisily Meeks
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William Wesly Meeks married, Sarah Ann Mckinney
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Johnny,McK. and Sarah Ann Mck. were Bro. and Sis.
William Wes Meeks,and Cisily Meeks, were Bro. and Sis.
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Here is a list of ,Sarah Ann ( McKinney) Meeks,and William Wesly Meeks
Kids,All born in Arkansas,Montgomery County,alsoSome of these Kids were born
In,Johnson County, Arkansas, Near Clarksville,at Horse Head Creek.
( these namesare not in the order of birth, but)
(TheodoshiaMeeks,)was the eldest, married.Gus Pope
( Rellie Meeks )married(?)
( Lilly Meeks,) Married Tom Standridge
( Nellie Meeks ) married John Mayberry
( Elizabeth Meeks ) Married Wiley Scrimshire
( Mary Jane Meeks ) married, Melton Bates
(Etta Meeks ) married(?)
( Nancy Ann Meeks ) married , J W Taylor
( Haney Meeks ) marriedHarvey McKelroy
Boys
John Wesley Meeks,Married Davie Pope at Purcell, OK, 1930'snot related to Gus Pope, John W.raised a family in OK, spent rest of his life in OK
Lee Monroe Meeks married Fannie Ellen ( Greene) Meeks
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(((That is eleven kids,There is one, Meeks girl, I forgot her name )))
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