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Thank you S. W. Baily, yes this is my McKinney line any help you can contribute would be much appreciated. In return here is a little something someone shared with me, which you may already have but here goes:
Well to start with I have just now been learning about these families. They are my family as far as I know. Here is something that a new found cousin sent me. I am going to try to type it as is. I'm not sure where she found it but it must be a family biography. She is ill at the moment and I don't want to aggravate her often. Here goes:
436. William and Mary McKinney
The two earliest McKinney’s in the Toe River Valley of Western NC appear to have been William and Thomas. They were at the time of the 1790 North Carolina Census (in the 10th Company of Burke County, Morgan Court District): William McKinney: 1 free white male over 16; 6 free white females. Thomas McKinney: 1 free white male over 16; 2 white females. McKinney researchers have been able to ascertain the names of the children of William McKinney and his wife Mary because of an 1817 deed, recorded in Mitchell County on 2/24/1863 (Deed Book VIII, pages 189-193). The deed specifies"...the legal heirs of the said William McKinney, deceased, viz., Thomas McKinney, Sally, Charles, Anna, Samuel, Emelia, Judah, John, Wilson, Ruben, and Elizabeth..." Williams 1790 census entry agrees with the number of females who should have been in the household according to this deed, but it does not perfectly match the list of sons. With Thomas in his own household there should be four (editor: five?) males under 16 in the household. In 1800, Thomas, Charles, Samuel (my grandpa Cadams), and John McKinney are in their own homes; Sally is likewise already married. It appears that still living with William and Mary are: Wilson, Reuben, and the other four daughters. A Burke County deed dated 4/7/1789 reveals that William McKinney secured 400 acres on "Priors Creek of North Tow River, including improvements whereon the dwells." On the same date, Thomas McKinney purchased 200 acres from Simon Ramsey in 1800. A deed of sale indicates that in 1799, William was also granted 200 acres of Honeycutts Creek in the McKinney Cove. It looks as though William purchased another 100 acres from W. Avery: mention is made of the deed in the Burke County Court minutes in April 1793. This accounts for the 450 acres of land which is noted for William in the tax lists. Not located yet is a deed of sale for the other 100 acres it seems Thomas had acquired. {Editor: all these properties are in present Mitchell Co.}
Burke County's 1805 tax list, Captain Jones's Company, reveals: Charles McKinney-250 acres & 1 white poll; John McKinney - 150 acres & 1 white poll; Samuel McKinney - 200 acres & one white poll; Thomas McKinney - 500 acres & 1 white and 2 black polls; William McKinney - 450 acres & 1 white
& 1 black poll.
William McKinney and his sons are mentioned fairly often in the Minutes of the County Courts of Burke, Yancey, and Mitchell, in various road orders, jury lists, etc. One interesting citation is the order in Burke County in April of 1792 for William to oversee the stretch of road "from the fork of the road as Grassy Creek to his Rock Creek," with all hands on the north side of the Toe River to work under his direction. Other road orders assign McKinney's to work ont the road to the Limestone Cove (1793 and 1794) and from Grassy Creek to "the settlement on Cain Creek" (1795).
It has not yet been possible to ascertain exact birth dates for William or Mary McKinney. William was in the over-45 category in the 1800 and 1810 censuses. He was most likely around 20 when his eldest child was born, between 1760 and 1765, so we can "best guess" his birth year as ca. (sorry but what do the intials ca. stand for cadams) 1745. He died prior to April 1814, when his will was presented for probate to the Burk County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Thomas Baker witnessed the will, and Thomas McKinney and Mary McKinney (William widow) were the Executors. There is no more than this mention in the Court Records; the will itself does not, unfortunately, survive.
By 1815, after the death of William, his widow Mary still had the 450 acres, in three separate lots, and the black poll. The list of taxables in Capt. Pitman's Company in Burke County also reveals: Charles McKinney -100 acres on Cane Creek & 1 white poll; Reuben McKinney - 100 acres on Cane Ck., 218 acres on Mine Ck. & 1 White poll; Samuel McKinney - 200 acres on Cane Creek, 350 - acres on Rock Creek & 1 white poll; Thomas McKinney - 400 acres on Cane CK. & 2 black polls; Wilson McKinney 385 acres on Cane CK & 1 white poll.
Mary McKinney maintained her own household in 1820 (census p, 55), but in 1830 she must have been living with a child. She probably would have been over 80 by then, but the only older woman in a McKinney household that year (that of Samuel) is only aged 50/60. The deed mentioned above, and a similar one in Deed Book 4, page 123, says, "William and Mary McKinney, deceased, of the County of Carter County and State of Tennessee." Mary may have lived the last years of her life with one of her children who moved to Tennessee. The 1846 Yancey County Court records gives us a clue about the date for Mary McKinney's death. The Minutes to the Fall session say that "Mary McKinney, widow of Wm McKinney, is dead." Executor of William's will, Thomas McKinney, is described as "feeble and unable to attend to said duty as executor" so William Baker was to act as executor. If she and William were close to the same age, It appears that Mary McKinney may have been nearly 100 years old at her death!
The list of children of William and Mary is as follows.
I. Thomas McKinney, appears to have been born between 1760 & 65, according to census entries. We have no information about the name of Thomas' wife. It is likely that they had no or at least few children. In 1790 there were two white females in the household, so they may have had a daughter who was married by 1800: it was just Thomas and spouse in 1800 (census p. 775) and 1810 (p. 114), except for two slaves. In 1820 (p. 55), a male 16/25 appeared, and there were three slaves. In 1830 (202), a male 15/20 living with them. It looked as though they had a succession of farm hands, perhaps nephews, living with them to help out.
Thomas McKinney died between 3/1/1849, when he purportedly wrote a last will and testament, and 10/17/1849, when it was presented for probate to the Yancey County Court. Thomas named William Baker and Rueben
McKinney as his Executors. However, the will was challenged by Samuel McKinney Sr., Jesse I. Herrell and wife Elizabeth, Sarah Ingram, Wilson Burleson, William Burleson, Charles Burleson, Samuel McKinney Jr., and Joshua Bailey and wife Anna, "all heirs at law of said Thomas McKinney." [editor: for Joshua Bailey see John and Rutha (Ellis) Bailey in Bol. I at child # 2] These individuals were siblings, nephews, and nieces of Thomas. Under NC law, no brothers or sisters, etc., would be legal heirs of Thomas if he had a spouse or child living at the time of his death; so, if he did have a child, he or she died without issue prior to Thomas's own death.
By the next day, the Superior Court ruled that the will was not valid. William Baker and Rueben McKinney became Administrators of Thomas Estate. The judgment also indicated that it was "necessary in settlement of said estate to sell the two Negroes, Joe and Hannah." It is very unfortunate that neither the will nor the Superior Court records are extant. Most of Thomas McKinney's property ended up being owned by Reuben and William Young, sons of Moses Young, Sr.
Between 1838 and 1848, Thomas sold 580 acres to Reuben Young and 100 acres to William Young. Some researchers have speculated about a connection between Moses Young and Thomas McKinney, but nothing definitive has been found.
II. Sarah ("Sally") McKinney, the next child named in the deed, was probably born about 1770. She married William Ingram, about whom we know little at the present. Their family may be found in Burke County in 1800 (census, p. 763), 1810 (p.114), and 1820 (p.57). Sarah Ingram, obviously widowed, appeared in Carter County, in 1830 (p.16) in the 40/50 age category; she is also there in 1840 (p.197). She was in the 80 age bracket with a daughter aged 30/40 and two grandsons. They were also found in Carter County in the 1850 census (District 2, Household # 71). Sarah's age was only 70; the census record showed she was born in Virginia and married in 1800. The age, of course, was wrong by ton or more years (census years have been known to be off that much). Also in the household in 1850 was Millie, 45 (born in TN); Jackson, 22; Kennedy, 19; and Lydia, 17 (probably the spouse of Jackson or Kennedy since she was not with them in 1840).
Census records indicate that there were perhaps seven or eight Ingram children. Those known at present include; (A) Anna, m. Absalom Hill; (B) John C., m. Polly Hall; and (c) Charles, m. Olley Hill (dau. of Swinfield); and (d) Millie (reportedly m. Lodawick Oaks).
III. Now for Charles McKinney, (statment by cadams; I get kind of a kick out of this fellow. Here is a little story I have heard of this man. I don't know the location in this story but it goes like this.
Mr. McKinney goes into the locale merchants store and ask for hats for all of his sons and the merchant replies, how many sons. Mr. McKinney says 18. Merchant says no way can a man have 18 sons. Mr. McKinney says I do. Merchant says you show me 18 sons and I'll give them all hats. So Mr. McKinney said I'll be right back, guess what? LOL Time to get serious now, back to book pages).
Charles McKinney was most likely the one researchers call "Blue Ridge Charles: or "The Forty Charlie." His descendent Estelena McKinney Harper says Charlie was born 1764-1774. His marker in the Charlie McKinney Cemetery on the head of Peppers Creek in McDowell County indicates a birth date of 1773 and a death date of 1852 (of course, the marker was placed much later and be subject to error). The marker echoes the information given by Uncle Jake Carpenter in his "Anthology of Death": he wrote that Charlie McKinney died 5/10/1852 aged 79. Estelena, however, cites an 1858 McDowell County record which indicates he was still living. Family tradition has Charles McKinney with four or more wives. One was Elizabeth Lowery, whom he married on 3/7/1813 in Burke County; she may have been the daughter of John Lowery. His other "wives" were: (2) Margaret ("Peggy") Lowery, also possibly daughter of John Lowery; (3) Sarah ("Sally") Hobson/Hopson, daughter of Benoni; and (4) Nancy Triplett, possibly the daughter of Thomas Triplett.
For his 40-plus children (from other sources I have heard 48, by cadams) we direct you to Estelena's book, Charles McKinney and Related Families. [Editor: see also Charlie McKinney (The Forty McKinney") in Vol I.]
Did charles leave Cane Creek and go to the Blue Ridge because of his "alternate lifestyle"? When did he go there? The 1815 tax list shows him with land on Cane Creek. Is this the 1769 grant of 100 acres to Charles McKinney that Estelena mentions on page 12 of her book? She cites deeds for 1200 acres of land in McDowell County which Charles transmitted to his children.
Charles was in Burke County in 1800 (census, p.773), 1810 (p.21), and 1830 (p.194).
IV. Anna McKinney was likely the Anna who married Wiley Tipton [editor: Willey Sr.]; who was supposedly the son of Major Jonathan Tipton and Keziah Robertson Sevier. [Editor: see Artical No. 651 in Vol. 1, page 429, Col. 1.]
Jonathan Tipton is in Burke County, NC, in 1800, but Wiley is absent from the Toe River Valley, it seems, until the 1840 Yancey County census. One source indicates that the family was in Buncombe County, during these years. Back in Yancey County for the 1840 census, Wiley was in the 70/80 age category; Anna was in the 60/70 category, fixing her birth year between 1771 and 1780. Widowed during the 1840s [Editor; as the result of a fist-fight]; Anna indicated on the 1850 census that she was 74, which would put her birth about 1776--quite feasible. Her birthplace was listed as South Carolina. Would this give us a clue about when her parents, William and Mary, left Virginia and went to Rutherford County? [editor: for an explanation of this enigmatic statement, see the conclusion of the article.] It is awkward, however, because Samuel McKinney, her younger brother, said she was born in Virginia. Anna McKinney Tipton’s children include (a) Keziah, who married Uriah Honeycutt ( in whose household Anna was living in 1850 [editor: Uriah was the son of PIONEER MOSES HONEYCUTT, for whom see vol. 1]) and (b) Wiley Jr., who married Isabel Whitson. Others, according to Toe River Valley Heritage [Vol. I, Article # 651]; may have been (c) John Canada; (d) Jackson; (e) Samuel, who m. Sarah_____; (f) Joseph, who married Anna Bennett; (g) Jonathan;
(h) Rosey; (i) Sally; (j) Dosie; and (k) Anna. [editor: Caswell or Caussic Tipton given in Article #651, is missing here.] Other researchers suggest that some of these children belonged to Wiley, Jr. or to other Tiptons.
V. SAMUEL MCKINNEY (Sarah Emaline’s McKinney Shipley’s Grandfather), was born about 1770, in Virginia according to the 1850 Carter County, TN, census. He was in Burk County in the census year 1800 (p.775), and it is probably he on p. 55 in 1820. Then it appears he was missed in the census until 1840, when he reappeared in Carter County. Various accounts among his descendents indicate that he moved his family to Tennessee in 1822. In 1828, Samuel sold 100 acres of land on Little Rock creek to Gutridge Garland, who was perhaps his son-in-law.
In 1840 (p. 198), Samuel and spouse were in the same age category (60/70), but the 1850 Carter County census (District 3, Household # 36) showed a 20 year age gap between them. A transcript of the census (microfilm has not been examined by the authors of the present article) indicates that Samuel was 80 years old and his wife Catherine was 60; the marriage date given was 1822. A Carter County marriage recorded for Samuel McKinney and Catherine Grindstaff, however, was 3/24/1832.
All of Samuel McKinney’s children were most likely by his first wife, name uncertain, although some researchers say that she was Sarah Grindstaff. They most likely included: (a) Frances (b. ca. 1800) [cadams; can any one tell me what the abbr. ca. stands for] m. Gutridge Garland [see Vol. 1, Article 303, at child # 11. 1.b]; (b) Joseph (b. 1800), m. Elizabeth Adkins; (c) Elizabeth (1804-1844), m. Stephen Garland [Editor: see Vol. 1, Article 303, at child # 11.9, where her year of birth is given as 1805]; (d) Samuel (1812-1887), m. Delila Adkins; (e) Margaret (b. 1819), m. John Berry on 8/10/1837; (f) Wilson (gg-grandpa), (b. 1820), m. Rebecca Herrell; (g) Matilda (b. 1822), m. Alexander Ingram 1845; and (h) John (b. 1825), m. Elizabeth Keener.
Certain researchers have suggested that other children of Samuel might have included: (i) Lucretia (b. 1804), m. Ambrose Morgan on 8/4/1832; (i) Sarah (1808 before 1850), m. John Morgan; and (j) Olly (b. 1826), m. David S. Hilton. We believe, however that these may be daughters of Samuels brother John. [Editor: Not all of these are listed there as possibilities, however: see # VI.] Lastly, an 1830 entry in the Baker Store ledger at Bakersville lists a customer named Thomas McKinney, son of Samuel.
Samuel McKinney died between 1850 and 1860, and his widow Catherin was living with her stepdaughter Margaret Berry in 1860. No estate records or any date about Samuel’s burial have been located.
VI. Emila (Amelia?) McKinney was born about 1775. Her husband was Aaron Burleson III (1768-1851), sometimes called "Big Aaron." He was the son of Thomas Burleson: his mother may have been a Greene. [Editor: see the following article in Vol. 1: No. 215, at child #2 (Thomas); No. 224 at child # 1 (Aaron).]
Burleson researchers have most often called Aaron’s wife "Libby" [as in Vol. 1., Article No. 224] but they have no documentation to support that name except tradition. They do agree that Mrs. Burleson was a McKinney, between 1770 and 1780. There are no "Libby’s" among her grandchildren, but there are many Emelias and Millies. There are claims she may have been the daughter of Wilson McKinney, but obviously not the Wilson who stayed in Toe River Valley, her brother. An older Wilson was mentioned in Burke County deed records [see below]; but he was not her father because her sons are among those who contested their Uncle Thomas McKinney’s will in 1849. Because he died with no surviving issue, his (Thomas) legal heirs were his brothers and sisters (or their children if they pre-deceased him).
Burke County deeds indicate that William McKinney sold acres of land to Aaron Burleson in 1812. Registered in 1823 in Burke Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, the deed not mention the location of the land.
Known children of "Big Aaron" and Emelia (McKinney) Burleson were: (a) Wilson Burleson (1805-1876), m. Frances Davis [see Article No. 253 in Vol. child #6]: (b) John Burleson (ca. 1805-184?), m. Jemima Young; (c) Thomas Burleson (1809-1896), m. Hannah Poore; and (1st) an unknown wife and (2nd) Lydia Eliza Wiseman: (d) William Burleson (1813-1880), m. Hannah Poore; and (e) Charles Burleson (1814-1888), m. Nancy Malinda Erwin. There was also (f) a daughter born between 1804 and 1810. The last of these may be Lucinda (or Senia) Burleson who married Reverend "Wolf" John Buchanan, son of William Buchanan and Elizabeth Jones, in Burke County, on 3/9/1822. The bondsman was John Buchanan. Some Burleson researchers and think she was the daughter of Thomas Buchanan and therefore Aaron’s sister rather than his and Emelia’s daughter. Emelia McKinney Burleson may have been alive in 1848 when the afore-mentioned deed listed her among the heirs of William and Mary, but she was not living in 1849 when her brother Thomas died. In the 1850 census, Aaron Burleson, 82, is living with his son William. Aaron and Emelia were reportedly buried in the Burleson Cemetery at Hawk on Cane Creek.
VII. Judith ("Judah’’) McKinney, happily, has also been located in the family tree: in a book entitled Ervin (by Viola Swingle), we found reference of William Baker who married "Judith McKinney, daughter of William and Judith McKinney,’’ The book said that according to a Baker Family Bible, William Baker was born 4/20/1784 and died in 1868. Judith (McKinney) Baker was born 2/20/1782 and died 1/3/1864. It is certain that this is our Judith, despite the discrepancy with her mother’s name (Judith, rather than Mary) William Baker, son of David Baker and Mary Webb, was executor of William McKinney’s will and other McKinney siblings certainly moved to Carter County. {See DAVID BAKER, SOLDIER IN THE REVOLUTION, IN Vol. 1.}
Judah and William married in 1811 according to the 1850 Carter County census, but they are in the 1810 Burke census with two daughters under 10.
William and Judah (McKinney) Baker were still in Carter County in 1850 (District 4, Household # 19): he was 63 and she was 65. Others in the household are: Thomas J. Irvin, 8; David E. H. Irvin, 4; and Mary Garland, 18. The two Ervin (Irvin) boys were sons of Judith’s daughter (a) Anny, who died in 1845, and her husband William Ervin, who died in 1850. Other children of William and Judah (McKinney) Baker were: (b) Mary, m. Ezekiah {=Hezekiah?} Birchfield [Editor: Mary’s dates are 6/7/1807-5/1/1874; married on 2/19/1829; and lived in the Greasy Cove of Washington Co. TN; see obituary in Jonesboro Herald-Tribune for 8/20/1874]: (c) Wilson, m. Bridget Garland [see Vol. I, Article 300, at child # 6]: (d) David, m. Rebecca ____: and perhaps three daughters.
It appears that yet another son (# h) died before 1848, when his widow, Nancy, married (2nd) Samuel Smith. Samuel and Nancy Smith are in Carter County in 1850 (District 4, Household # 17) with a 9-month old daughter and five Baker children, ages 5 to 10.
VIII. John McKinney was born between 1775 and 1780 according to the census entries. He is in Burke County in 1800 (census p. 775); 1810 (p. 114), 1820 (p. 55). Burke County deeds also reveal the sale of 150 acres of land by John McKinney to Thomas Burleson on 1/18/1814. Registered in Burke County court in 1819, the deed did not specify the location of the land. There was also mention in Burke records of a John McKinney who purchased town lots in Morganton in 1796, but it is not clear whether this is our John McKinney. John McKinney was missing from the Burke census, but reappeared in 1840 in Carter County, TN (p. 173), when both he and his spouse were aged 60/70. That is the last census in which we have found the couple, but Mima McKinney, age 77, living with Reuben McKinney (Household # 416 in the 1850 Yancey County census) was most likely John’s widow. The evidence is only circumstantial, but nothing has be found that contradicts it. Jemima McKinney, whose census record said she was born in VA, was also with Reuben in 1860, age 83.
From the 1830 Baker Store Ledger, we know that John had sons (a) John, Jr.
(b) Samuel, and (c) Reuben.
John, Jr. (John R.?, # VIII. a) was married to Mary ("Polly") Street [see STREET FAMILY # 11]; Samuels (# VIII. b) wife was Margaret Burleson; and Reuben’s
(# VIII. c) wife was Sarah Ledford. Charles McKinney who married Martha ("Patty") Poore may also have been a son of John (Sr.).
There is no evidence about the identity of daughters of John, unless they include:
(d) Mary, wife of Moses Peterson [see REV. MOSES AND MARY (McKinney) PETERSON]; (e) Flora, wife of Wiley Phillips; and (f) Anna, wife of Joshua Bailey, were his daughters [see above for identification of Joshua Bailey]. Mary Peterson’s (# d) descendants record her birth year as 1799, and John had a daughter under 10 in that census. An article in the Buncombe County Heritage stated that Mary was the "daughter" of William Albert and Mary McKinney," and that data was repeated in Vol. 1 of the Toe River Valley Heritage volume (Article No. 197). However, there was no Mary--and no heirs of a Mary (McKinney) Peterson--listed among William McKinney’s heirs. She was certainly not a daughter but rather a grand-daughter.
There were also a couple of marriages in Carter County which were possibly for daughters of John McKinney rather than Samuel McKinney (see at # V. above): (g) Lucretia McKinney, m. Ambrose Morgan on 8/4/1832, and (h) Sally McKinney m. John Morgan on 10/27/1835. One other candidate for a McKinney was (i) Emelia (b. 1794), the wife of Ben Mosley (b. 1773). Found in Carter County, TN in the 1850 census, the names of her children suggest that she had a connection to John ( or perhaps Judith or Sarah).
IX. Wilson McKinney was born between 1780 and 1784 according to census entries. He also married a woman named Jemima and had children who included: (a) William, m. Nancy Baker [Editor: daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Wiseman) Baker, she later m. HODGE RAYBURN GARLAND for whom see Vol. 1], (b) Samuel, m. Anna Burleson:
(c) Elizabeth, m. Greenberry Young [see Vol. 1, Article No. 733]; and perhaps (d) Wilson, m. Rachel Burleson Gage. Census records indicate that there were three other daughters and one other son.
Wilson seems to have died in early 1840, since his estate was entered for probate 2/3/1840 in Yancey County. Samuel McKinney his son, and Reuben McKinney, most likely his brother, wee administrators of the estate. Surviving Yancey County deeds reveal Wilson’s transfer in 1834 of 48 acres on Cane Creek to his son Samuel and 46 1/2 acres to his son William.
X. Reuben McKinney was born ca. 1785 according to the 1850 census. We do not think Reuben (middle initial "M" according to his grave monument) could have been born later than 1790. One troublesome detail is that there were only three sons in William’s household in 1790--Charles, Samuel, and John?
Reuben McKinney acquired property in the "McKinney Cove" on Medlock Mountain in 1817. In 1848 Reuben McKinney bought from his parents’ estate 200 acres of land of Honeycutts Creek (in the McKinney Cove) which had been "granted William McKinney in the year 1799." Reuben McKinney married (1st), in Burke County on 10/12/1809, Mary Baker, daughter of David Baker and Mary Webb, and thus sister to Reuben’s brother-in-law William (see # VII). Their children were (a) Elizabeth m. David Baker (her first cousin; [Editor: this David is the son of Thomas and Susannah, and hence is the grandson of David who m. Mary Webb]): (b) Thomas, m. Sarah Buchanan; (c) John, m. Nancy Greene {see Vol. 1, Article No 358, at child # 5 ? }: (d) William B., m. Nancy Hoppes; and (e) Charles R., m. Margaret Buchanan. Some researchers suggest that other daughters might be (f) Sarah, wife of James Greene, and (g) Mary, wife of Tobias Ledford [see Vol. 1, Article No. 461, at child # 5].
Reuben McKinney married (2nd) Frances Mosley [ 1811 - after 1900, see MCKINNEY - MOSELY in the Carter Co., TN. Heritage Volume]. Their children were:
(a) Anna (died unmarried): (b) Susan, , William J. Wilson; (c) Johnson, m. Susan Young;
(d) Judith, m. Marvel Buchanan; (e) Samuel, m. Polly Pitman; (f) Emelia, m. Ephraim Buchanan; (g) Reuben, Jr. (died unmarried); (h) James H., m. Harriet Byrd; and (i) Frances Jane, m. Marion Wilson.
Reuben M. McKinney died in 1863 according to deed and cout records, although one of his descendants, Lee Dryden, has a death date of 10/31/1861 for him. [see DR. MARGARET LEE (GARLAND) DRYDEN in Vol. 1.] Reuben and Francis are buried in the Wilson Cemetery in the McKinney Cove.
XI. Elizabeth McKinney was born between 1784 and 1790. She was still in the household in 1810, but married Jesse I. Herrell in Burke County on 8/6/1812. Jesse was possibly the son of Hugh Herrell, who in 1810 is a close neighbor (census p. 114) of William McKinney in Burke County. The bondsman were Charles McKinney and James Erwin. Her age in the 1850 Census 50, was obviously in error (unless she married at age 12!). In 1860, it was "70" and in 1870, it was "85," either of which is better.
Children of Jesse and Elizabeth Herrell include: (a) Samuel H., m. Jane Stanley [see Vol. 1, Article No. 385]; (b) William, m. Olivia Atkins; (c) Judith, m. Charles Burleson: and (d) Emilia, m. Jonathan Buchanan.
Having established the McKinney line in the Toe River Valley, we next hope to be able to trace a story back in time. When did the McKinney’s come to America? Did William’s family actually come from Virginia? Various clues indicate links to Washington County, VA, and a possible Revolutionary role for William McKinney. Was he connected to the McKinney’s in Rutherford County, NC? There is a Rutherford County deed, dated
3/7/1777, by which William and Mary McKinney sold 200 acres "on first Broad River including his own improvement." Is this our "William and Mary, and was this sale in preparation for a move into the Toe River Valley?
The census record also reveals a Willis McKinney (1820) in Toe River Valley. He married Martha Buchanan, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jones ) Buchanan; he also married Pheobe McKinney (1830), probably a widow, who later married Aaron Greene.
Who can help us with these individuals? We also want to learn more about the Wilson McKinney who was granted 200 acres of land on Honeycutt Creek at the same time as William and Thomas McKinney received their grants on Priors Creek. Wilson, son of William, would be too young for a land grant in 1799. One hundred acres of this land acquired by Reuben McKinney (William’s son) in 1848. The elder Wilson McKinney left Burke County, but it may be he who is found in the Buncombe County census record. Was he the brother of William McKinney? Anyone with further information is asked to contact one of the researchers listed below.
Submitted by Rhonda Gunter, 491 Beaver Creek Road, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 (704-765-2908): Charlotte Slagle, 416 Rovan Drive, Johnson City, TN 37601 (423-282-6928): Margaret Timbs, 3154 Antioch Road, Johnson City, TN 37601 (423-926-5010). Sources: census, deed, state, tax, marriage, death, and cemetery records in North Carolina and Tennessee: research by Lloyd Bailey, Kathy Sullivan, and Craig Emerson. The Toe River Valley Heritage, Volume 1, was also utilized, as well as the authors’ family traditions.
Notation from Me Carolyn: Samuel is the father of Wilson McKinney b. 1820 m. Rebecca Herrell. I think Sarah Emaline is
Wilson & Rebecca's daughter suggested by S. W. Bailey. If any of this looks familiar would you please notify me. Thank
you, Carolyn Anne Hulse Adams
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