Vol VI #2
Summer 1987
ISSN 0736-2420
Newsletter of the McKinney Family Association
CONTENTS
Land and Census Records in Illinois
Miscellaneous Illinois Research
Courthouse Catastrophes in
Indiana
Miscellaneous Indiana Research
10,000 Records of Eastern, Western and Central New York
Cemeteries of Surry Co., North Carolina
The McKinney Family Association & Library was
founded September 1981 as a non-profit, educational association and library,
dedicated to researching, preserving and collecting historical and family
history and data, not necessarily all of lineal or legal families, but all those
interested in the McKinney surname and variants and to assist and instruct in
genealogical research and to publish private and public records and educational
articles. Bylaws and Constitution
adopted October 1981 and granted non profit, incorporation 3 May 1983 by the
State of Oklahoma. Trustees are
Barbara Pannage Stanfield, E. Neil Stanfield and Richard A. Kipf.
Officers:
Barbara Pannage Stanfield, Coordinator
Patricia McKinney Kirkwood, Editor –
Librarian
Willa Sorenson, Associate Editor
Peter Campbell McKinney, Registrar –
Treasurer
Wilma Cook, Indexing
The Editor is not responsible for the errors
of submitted materials, and all such material is placed in the Association
Library. Books received for review
are placed in the library and are available for loan to members.
Indexed in Genealogical Periodical Annual
Index, Laird C. Towle, Editor, Bowie,
MD.
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We have had some interesting correspondence from our
members this period, including one member who suggests that we publish our
annual index as a separate publication so that we can include more material in
each issue. It is a good
suggestion; however, cost would make it difficult to include five issues per
year, rather than four. We will
take the suggestion under advisement, any comments from members?
Congratulations to member, Gene Armistead for
finishing the course in genealogy offered by the National Genealogy
Society. It is an excellent course
for researchers, both novice and experienced.
We have had several requests for assistance with
genealogical problems, and endeavor to help all those who ask; however, please
send an SASE with your request.
Some offer complex and time-consuming problems, and we try to answer
each one. Those who do not send an
SASE generally end up at the bottom of the list.
We received a very nice letter from member Mr. Marion
A. McKinney in Greenville, SC, along with a picture of McKinneyÕs Chapel in
Pickens Co. The accompanying
article from the Greenville News was printed Christmas, 1986 and described the
services held there for the Christmas season. The chapel seats only 100 for inter-denominational services,
and has become a Christmas tradition.
The nearby cemetery contains McKinney, Boone and associated
families. The congregation
continues to work on restoration of the chapel, and support is welcomed.
This quarterly will begin our series on Illinois,
Indiana and Iowa McKinney families, including some research helps. Those who would like to have their
family lineages published for this area, please send to Editor before our next
publication date, August 30, 1876.
Land
and Census Records in Illinois
Many of the Federal land records kept by the ten land districts located in Illinois are kept in the Illinois State Archives. From these districts, land was sold for the first time to individuals. All subsequent sales of these lands by the private owners are recorded only in the county wherein the land lies. Land records are a valuable source for genealogists; however, one must have a working knowledge of the legal descriptions used for land identification and the method that was utilized to survey sections, townships and ranges. There are no name indexes for the Federal Tract Books which record the persons who bought land from the government. The land was entered according to its legal description. It is not possible for the Archives employees to tell a person by mail where an individual located his farm, unless the land description is furnished. The county and township must be known in order to institute a search.
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As a general rule, land entries on the Federal level contain few helps for the genealogist. There seldom appears the name of the wife, unless she was a widow. In the early 1800's, no respectable married woman wanted her name on a land patent or to give the impression that she ÔranÕ her husband, of course, she did give ÔcounselÕ a fact that she rarely admitted in public. The wife's dower interest in the property was protected by law, and she saw no need to claim a joint ownership of land. If her husband decided to sell the land, then her name and signature were included on the deed to protect the purchaser. The Federal entries also do not tell where the land purchaser lived prior to his arrival in Illinois unless he was still living out of state when he made the purchase. Most of these pioneers were in Illinois when they purchased the tract, in fact, many were squatters and had raised at least one crop on the land before purchase. Generally, the out of state buyers were speculators who never moved to the land.
What
is usable from the Federal records is the date of the land sale, helping to
place the approximate time the family arrived in Illinois. In addition, the tract can be pinpointed
exactly from the legal description, the same today as it was originally. The serious searcher can follow up the
Federal record with a search in the county deed records, probate court records,
and others held in the county. The
price was generally $1.25 per acre and in the first few years was paid by
specie. Nevertheless, bounty land
was also given to veterans from the War of 1812; a large military tract was
established west of the Illinois River and was surveyed in 160 acre tracts
which were ready for location by 1817. All grants were from Federal authorities. Some confuse the two types of land by
calling them all grants. A grant
in almost every case indicates Federal military service during an actual period
of declared war. The State
Archives maintains a card file and index to this land, and cards will be checked
by mail request. Often the veteran
was well-established in another state, and sold his claim to another person;
others lost the land for failure to pay taxes to the local government. Since Illinois did not become a state
until 1818, there are no records of servicemen's lands for earlier wars.
Illinois
census records are fairly complete, although the period from 1790 to 1850 is
considered the difficult period for research since it was a migration period,
and families were constantly on the move.
Also, records during this time were poorly kept. The State Archives does have a card
index for families mentioned in records up to and including the year 1850,
showing the name of each person mentioned; the name of county of residence, and
digest of the biographical information found in each document. Most of the cards refer to public
offices held by individuals. State
censuses were taken for apportionment of representation under the Constitution
of 1818. The State Archives has
copies of the Territorial and State census records from 1818 to and including
1865. They have been indexed
through 1845 and partially through 1855.
The original schedules for agriculture, manufacturing, social statistics
and mortality for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 are also available. Among war records, the service
information in the Indian War, War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Mexican War and
Civil War are also available.
Counties
following, show the 1818 Census availability for the state:
Bond
Crawford
Edwards
Franklin
Gallatin
Jackson
Johnson
Madison
Monroe
Pope
St. Clair
Union
Washington
White
Territorial Census of 1810
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Counties
following, list the earliest state census available:
Adams, 1840
Alexander, 1820
Boone, 1955
Brown, 1840
Bureau, 1855
Calhoun, 1840
Cass, 1855
Champaign, 1840
Christian, 1855
Clark, 1820
Clay, 1840
Clinton, 1840,
Coles, 1840
Cook, 1840
Crawford, 1820
DeKalb, 1855
Edgar, 1840
Fayette, 1835
Franklin, 1820
Fulton, 1835
Hamilton, 1840
Henry, 1855
(One volume of Henry County is missing)
Jefferson, 1820
Knox, 1840
LaSalle, 1840
Lawrence, 1840
Livingston, 1840
Morgan, 1835
Randolph, 1820
St. Clair, 1820
Tazewell, 1845
Wayne, 1820
Whiteside, 1840
Reference: Indiana Boundaries Territory, State
and County, Pence Armstrong. It covers early territorial records of
Knox Co., which encompassed much of IL and IN. In 1809 all that part of Knox lying west of the Wabash River,
and a direct line drawn north from Post Vincennes, was transferred to the new
territory.
IL
regional archives depositories are at several locations, description and
location noted below:
Northern IL University at DeKalb, Lake Co.
Birth certificates 1916-1977
Death certificates 1916-1977
Marriage licenses, 1916-1977
IL State University, Normal, DeWitt Co.
Inquest records, 1957-1968
Death certificates, 1957-1968
Western IL University, Macomb, Pike Co.
Application for marriage license 1948-1976
Swamp land records, 1852-1854, on microfilm
Eastern IL University, Charleston, Douglas Co.
Jail register 1926-1965, 4 volumes
Sangamon State University, Springfield, Morgan Co.
AssessorÕs books 1845, 1849, 1855, 3 volumes
Southern IL University, Carbondale, Gallatin Co.
Marriage licenses 1813-1896
Perry Co., county commissionerÕs court records 1835-1862
List of taxable lands and lots 1827-1840
Records of marks and brands 1859-1894
Indentures 1832-1881
Probate records 1828-1852
Probate records 1856-1858
Insanity proceedings 1852-1939
Feeble-minded proceedings 1917-1938
District school records 1861-1930
Delinquency and dependency proceedings 1907-1937
Swamp land records 1852-1876
Naturalization records, 1860-1929
Miscellaneous
Illinois Research
Rock
Island naturalizations – 9 Jan 1840, Moses McKinney, Stephenson PO, court
records, 24 Jul 1845, in chancery.
John McKinney vs Abner C. Harding, estate contest, 1845.
Vermillion
Co., 1863-1865 marriages
Malinda D. McKinney, Andrew J. James, Feb 5, 1863 (Iliana, p 60, Vol.
13 – 2)
William McKinney, Catherine Evans, Apr 29, 1864
Thomas McKinney, Evaline Deal, Feb 20, 1845, Hiram Johnson, JP
Union
Co.
Nancy McKinney, John Spence, 3 Dec 1839
John McKinney, Miss Marquette Knight, 30 Oct 1839, Addison Reese of
Williamson Co., IL
Sangamon
Co., Cemetery records, recorded from gravestones at Brush Creek (Divernon)
Cemetery:
Sarah Ethel McKinney, Feb 8, 1889 – May 2, 1968
Alexander McKinney, Jul 28, 1841 – Dec 10, 1898
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Mary McKinney, Mar 19, 1845 – Jul 25, 1887
Mary L. McKinney, Jan 27, 1850 – May 5, 1920
Nora O. McKinney, dau of A. and M., 3 mos 22 days, Mar 9, 1881
Infant son, 1 day, Oct 29, 1881 (no other data)
Infant daughter, age 7 days, Nov 5, 1881 (no other data)
Claude J. McKinney, Husband, 1883 – 1933
Nanie J. McKinney, Wife, May 6, 1884 – Jul 15, 1971
Claudine McKinney, Daughter, 1920 – 1927
Etta McKinney, 1877 – 1952
Lewis B. McKinney, son of Alexander and Mary, 5 mos 20 days, Sep 22,
1887
Boyd McKinney, 1870 – 1943
Myrtle D. McKinney, 1873 – 1936
Woodford
Co.
Mary Louisa McKinney, Joshua Staples, Dec 23, 1860
Peoria
Co.
1838 delinquent taxes, John McKinney
1860 Farmers and Landowners, A. C. McKinney, Sec. 35, Richwoods
John E. McKinney
William McKinney
Pekin,
1861, Thomas McKinney, Teamster, Business Directory
Baptism,
St. MaryÕs Roman Catholic Church
Charles McKinney, b Nov 30, 1861, son of William and Frances Quinn
McKinney
Woodford
Co., Spring Bay Cemetery
Mary A. McKinney, wife of Isaac McKinney, dau of W. K. McKinney and C.
Burt, d Sep 1852, age 24-5-26
Thomas McKinney, served in 1812 militia under Capt. Hargrove
Peoria
Marriages
No. 1927, Alfred McKinney, Louisa Proctor, 14 Sep 1851
No. 1989, Hannah McKinney, Geo. Whitman, Nov 21, 18??, Joel Sweet,
Elder
No. 776, 17 Oct 1844, Nancy McKinney, Thomas Turbott, Isaac Keller, MG
Madison
Co.
James McKinney, Nancy Lockhart, 29 Jan 1813
Hampton McKinney, Polly B. Clark, 21 Jun 1817
Bond
Co.
Marriage Book I, Wm. McKinney, Peggy Diamond, 3 Dec 1822
Springfield
1840 list, Battle of Tippacanoe, 1811, David McKinney, James McKinney
of Champaign
Peoria
Co., Book I
Messer McKinney, witness to marriage of Richard Apperson and Mary
Campbell, 4 Nov 1836
Messer McKinney, Ann C. Campbell, 4 Jul 1846, witness, Richard
Apperson
Vermillion
Co.
Sarah McKinney, Elijah Adams, 13 Jul 1853
Melinda D. McKinney, Andrew Jones, 5 Feb 1863 (See p41)
Peoria
Co.
No. 1056, Apr 8, 1847, John McKinney, Eliza Stratton
Thomas Cottingham, MP
David McKinney, Bathsheba Fuller, 11 Aug 1846
Calhoun
Co.
Osborn McKinney, born in Beaufort, NC, Aug 26, 1828, third son of John
and Sarah (Bates) McKinney, removed to Knox Co., KY in
1842, then to Calhoun d 1860.
Married secondly, Sarah Huff, at Calhoun, 11 Jan 1859
Logan
Co.
Daniel F. McKinney, ca 1780-1790, d 1840Õs. Wife, Hethy, issue Abraham, b 1822, William, b 1825 KY,
Abraham had wives, Rebecca and Sarah; William mar Pamelia Birks and had issue
Rhonda b 1847, son b 1850, Abraham b 1851.
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Sangamon
Co.
Early settlers –
Eleanor, Elizabeth Lewis, Andrew, Gunnell McKinney. Gunnell had issue Sarah, Nancy, Mary,
Thomas R.
Burials (Cemetery not given)
Thomas McKinney d 1858
W. L. McKinney d 1894
Lewis M. McKinney d 1841 age 43
Nancy, his wife 9Lewis) d 1843 age 72
Gunnell M. McKinney d 1875 age 78
Elizabeth McKinney, his wife, d 1869 age 31
Samuel, son, d 1860 age 25
Morgan
Co.
Early settlers –
John A. McKinney, Justice of the Peace, 1831
J. M. McKinney, Recorder, 1835
Peoria
1860 Farmers and Landowners, A. C. McKinney, Richwoods
Washington
Co.
Land entry, 1834-4-29, Oakdale, Samuel McKinney
Peoria
Co.
1838, John McKinney, delinquent taxes to Ben Crombie again in 1840
6 Feb 1845, Wm. McKinney, disclaimer for son George
1857 Poll Book D. McKinney, Cairo, IL
Green
Co. Marriages
Ann McKinney, Wm. Dennis, 3 Jun 1822
James McKinney, Mary Ann Crain, 8 Jun 1828
Melinda McKinney, John Gurterman (Gunterman), 28 Apr 1828
Olive McKinney, Jacob Cope, 9 Jun 1831
Joseph McKinney, Nancy Thornton, 11 Sep 1832
Madison
Co. Marriages
George McKinney, Betsey Sanders, 2 Oct 1848
Polly McKinney, Wm. Gillham, 13 Mar 1823
Madison
Co., 1818 Census
708F, Hampton McKinney, 1 wh m, 1 wh other
407F, Abiram McKinney, 1 wh m., 6 white other
138FS, John McKinney, 1 white m, 8 white other, 1 servant
Woodford
Taxpayers
A. S. McKinney and Co., 1840
Williamson
Co. (Near the line separating it from Jackson Co.)
McKinney Hill Cemetery, NW ¼ Sec. 7, Carterville Township:
McKinney, Cleth, b 1907 d 1963
McKinney, Roscoe A., b 12 Oct 1893, d 26 Jul 1971
McKinney, Silas H., 1861-1937
McKinney, Martha E., 1870-1958
McKinney, Mary Ethel, 1905-1906
McKinney, Delbert, son of O. T. and N. J., d 21 Apr 1899, age 2 yrs 9
mos 1 day
McKinney, Sam, son of O. T. and N. J., d 15 Oct 1917, age 36 yrs, 10
mos 5 days
McKinney, Owen T., b 17 Dec 18?5, d 12 Jan 1927
McKinney, Jane Y., b 21 Apr 1860, d 17 Sep 1945
McKinney, Alice b 1878, d 1964
McKinney, Roy A., b 188?, d 1945
McKinney, Maude, b 1889, d 1912
McKinney, Noble, b 1891, d 1942
McKinney, Lee E., b 14 May 1890, d 9 Aug 1962
McKinney, Josie M. Thomas, 1890-1921
McKinney, Silas, b 3 Sep 1897 –
McKinney, Edith, b 26 Mar 1906 –
McKinney, Carl Silas, son of Marion and Betty, b 23 Feb 1946, d 21 Feb
1948
Adjacent surnames:
Winget, Collie, Sargent, Griffith, McCormack.
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Sangamon
Co., IL - 1881 History
p1026,
Thomas,
William P. McKinney listed.
T.
L. McKinney, b 1808 Fleming Co., KY son of Lewis and Nancy Saunders McKinney,
to IL in 1826, mar 1840, Sarah A. M. Jones. Issue: Mary E.
(Helveter), Wm L., Henry H., Columbus A., Julia F. (Farmer).
William
McKinney, b 1810 KY to Sangamon 1826, d 1841. Mar 1839, Sarah J. Threlkeld, b 1848 KY, d 1848 (?) had
issue Mary (Montameu), Thomas L. S., Lucy J. (Judd), Sarah E. (Corbin), William
A., Virgil W., Vaney E. (Taylor), Harriet (Hazlette), Charles E.
P502,
Lewis
McKinnie was b Oct 11, 1767 in VA, prob Culpeper Co. His father was born on board ship in the Atlantic while his
parents were on way from Scotland to America. Nancy Saunders b Oct 12, 1771 in Loudon Co., VA mar Lewis in
Fayette Co., KY. Nine living
children born there, some married in KY and preceded father to Sangamon
Co. He came to visit in 1820 and
moved his own family there Nov 15, 1826, near Springfield. Issue, Elizabeth1, b 30 Jun
1793 in Fayette, mar John Lanterman, to Sangamon, 1819. Andrew2, b Feb 2, 1795,
Fayette, married there, Martha Tomlinson.
To IL with Capt. Jonathan Saunders in 1824, settling four miles NW of
Springfield. Issue, one child b
KY, eight in Sangamon, two d young; Elizabeth A. b KY mar Wm. B. Jones, Rebecca
mar John Morgan, Andrew was unm, Thomas mar Nancy Little and d 1873 in Leroy. Charles A. mar Elizabeth Land, lived
Farmer City. Martha, d age 18
years; Sarah M. mar Wm. Morgan and Andrew died in Jun, 1855. Gunnell3 b Mar 26, 1797 in
Fayette, mar 1824, Elizabeth Little.
Known issue, five children.
Further
material submitted by Barbara Dehle identifies the families from and 1876 work
as follows:
William A. McKinnie, wife, Emma, d Nov 22, 1876
George W. Baker, b Jun 10, 1849 mar Mollie McKinney, reside near Berry
Station
Mrs. Mary Humphries, nee McKinnie had two ch, Minnie, John L. Uriah
Callerman, b 1798 Fleming Co., KY, mar Eleanor McKinnie, daughter of Lewis
McKinnie.
James Cass, b Aug 12, 1797 in Clark Co., KY, mar 1817, Ann Hood. Eight ch, removed to Sangamon Co. 1829,
mar secondly, Amanda McKinney.
Sarah J. Threlkeld McKinney was the dau of Mary Churchill and Wm.
Threlkeld, mar William P. McKinnie.
Mary A. Alexander and John L. Drennan of Caldwell Co., KY had son,
Thomas H., who mar Mary McKinnie, lived Ball Township.
Mary McKinnie mar John D. Humphries, b Oct 2, 1809, Bath Co., KY, mar
Nov 8, 1832 in Sangamon.
Sarah A. M. Jones, b Oct 16, 1819 VA, mar in Sangamon, Thos. McKinnie.
John Lanterman b Oct 18, 1784, prob MD, mar Nov 28, 1811, Fleming Co.,
KY to Elizabeth McKinnie, who was b 30 Jun, 1793. Five ch b Fleming Co., to Sangamon in 1819, where another
eight ch were born.
Dau of Thomas Lillard, liv Wisconsin, is Burrill McKinneyÕs wife, (no
dates)
Jonathan W. Taylor b Aug 10, 1842, mar Margaret Stevenson. Jonathan mar secondly, Nancy E.
McKinnie, 1874.
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Elizabeth Thomlinson, whose maiden name was McKinnie, was b Orange
Co., VA on the Shenandoah River. A
dau Martha, mar Andrew McKinnie.
Sangamon
Co. Marriages
Daniel McKinsey, Matilda Gray, 3 Nov 1826
Gabriel McKenzie, Elizabeth Gray, 9 Nov 1827
John McKinzie, Judy Gray, 25 Dec 1827
Samuel McKinzie, Drady Bennett, 6 Jun 1833
Amanda McKinney, James Cast, 19 Aug 1838
Judith McKinney, George Wade, 7 Nov 1831
Nancy McKinney, Hiram Duncan, 8 Dec 1831
Temperance McKinney, Elijah Duncan, 12 Mar 1835
Charles McKenney, Sally Laughlin, 26 Feb 1835
John McKenney, Mary Stout, 23 Apr 1835
Thomas L. McKenney, Sarah Ann M. Jones, 27 Aug 1840
Joseph McKenzie, Louisa Jane Walker, 5 Dec 1840
Sally McKinney, William Jackson, 9 Aug 1838
Mary McKinnie, John D. Humphries, 8 Nov 1832
Mary Humphreys, John Branson, Jr., 8 Nov 1840
Sangamon
Co.
Charles E. McKinney, stockholder of the Sangamon Co. Agricultural
Board, 1871
Israel McKinney, private, 48th Infantry, IL volunteers
Jarrett McKinney, corp., Capt. MofferrÕs Co., 1832, Black Hawk War
Joseph McKinney, Justice of the Peace, Auburn Township
Nancy E. McKinney, wife of Ebenezer Powell, b PA (nd)
Thomas McKinney, pvt., Capt. Japhet A. BallÕs Co., Black Hawk War,
1832
Thomas L. S., pvt., Co. G., 10th Cav. Civil War
Springfield,
IL
1850 City census, gives No. 169-178, a Francis family, printers, with
employees living on premises, include Edward McKinney, age 18, b IL, printer.


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Courthouse
Catastrophes in Indiana
A
lack of early records may be found in many IN counties due to natural
catastrophes. Some of these are
listed below:
Boone
Organized 1830, fire in 1856 destroyed the RecorderÕs office. Nine volumes of deeds replace some of
those lost.
Brown
Organized 1836, fire in 1873.
ClerkÕs office survived, records in other offices have gaps.
Clay
Organized 1825, fire in 1851.
Only the recorderÕs office survived.
Daviess
Organized 1817, fire in 1879.
Will books prior to 1854 seem to be the most serious loss.
Dearborn
Organized 1803, fire in 1826.
A few record series begin as early as 1824, some of these survive only
on microfilm due to a flood in 1937.
DeKalb
Organized 1837, Fire, 1913.
Probate records prior to 1850 appear to be the worst loss.
DuBois
Organized 1830, fire, 1839.
No record books appear to have survived, however, an inventory made in
1937 is listed in the ClerkÕs office; 225 files pertaining to the civil cases
dated from 1816; 98 files of papers pertaining to criminal cases from 1816.
Jasper
Organized 1838, fire in 1864 destroyed all records except those in the
RecorderÕs office.
Johnson
Organized 1823, fire in 1849 and 1874. Marriages prior to 1830 are missing. Probate order books prior to 1830 are lost,
but complete probate record books exist from 1823.
Knox
Organized 1790, fire in 1814.
Records of the RecorderÕs office are lacking prior to that date. Several early deeds were re-recorded. Marriages from 1807, wills from 1808,
some records from 1790Õs.
Madison
Organized 1823, fire 1880.
RecorderÕs office not damaged, clerkÕs office, marriages, wills, etc.,
destroyed.
Miami
Organized 1834, fire, 1843.
Deeds have survived as well as Minute Book of the county commissioners,
dating from 1834.
Morgan
Organized 1822, fire 1876.
Most destroyed. Partial
probate and marriage records.
Noble
Organized 1836, fire 1843, 1859.
Deeds intact. No clerkÕs
office records seen prior to 1859.
Parke
Organized 1821, fire 1833.
All destroyed. Some deed records
were restored as far as possible.
Spencer
Organized 1818, fire 1833.
Deeds and marriages survived.
Sullivan
Organized 1817, fire 1850.
Deeds and marriages survived.
ÔRecord of Destroyed DeedsÕ.
There are records of sale bills dating from 1837, showing records of
deceased persons by the executor showing articles, amount of sale, to whom
sold, etc.
Tipton
Organized 1844, fire 1857.
RecorderÕs office intact.
Some losses in probate records.
Wayne
Organized 1811, has had no fire, marriages exist from 1811, wills from
1812 and CommissionerÕs records from 1811, yet no other records are known to
exist prior to 1818.
White
Organized 1834, tornado damage in 1974, record loss minimal.
There
have been many more court house fires than listed here, but the damage to
records, if any, was slight. The
greatest menace to public records is not fire or flood, but people. Probably more IN records are hauled off
to the dump in a year, than have burned since 1814!
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No
state census for the State of IN has ever been taken; however, the Federal
Census records are available. The
1820 Census has been published by the Indiana Historical Society. Indiana State Library has a
Genealogical Division, and an index containing the heads of families from the
1820, 1830 and 1850 census records.
Birth
and death records started in 1882 but were not required by law until 1907. These are usually found in the County
Board of Health in Indianapolis.
Some are indexed and are available at the State Library. Marriage records are available from the
clerk of the circuit or superior court in the county where issued. Divorce records are available from the
county clerk in the county were granted.
Wills and probate proceedings are in the custody of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court.
Deeds
are recorded in each county.
Indiana was one of the Public Domain States, and was surveyed using the
quadrangle method of survey.
Military records are available from the Adjutant GeneralÕs Office,
Archives Division, Indiana State Library.
The Genealogical Division has indexes to pensions from 1812, 1813, 1818,
1835 and the 1840 census enumeration of pensioners.
Miscellaneous
Indiana Research
Simon
Feeler
B 1834 Washington Co., IN, d 1920, mar Jane McKinney, 1877 in
Washington Co.
Owen
Co., 1830 Census
Shadrick McKinney:
2 Males under 5
1 male 5-10
1 male 30-40
1 female under 5
1 female 5-10
1 female 30-40
Washington
Co.
Samuel McKinney, b 6 May 1863, d 5 Jun 1938, son of Isaac and Marty
Baker McKinney
Martha McKinney, b 22 Jun 1857, d Aug 10 1938 Campbellsburg, widow of
David McKinney
William
H. McKinney
B 8 Dec 1843, KY, d 1 Apr 1913, Vernon, husband of Matilda and son of
George W. McKinney of KY and Louisa Grider McKinney of VA
Estel
F. McKinney
Dau of George McKinney and Alice Doan, bur at Livonia, 1915
Lance
McKinney
B 21 Nov 1856, d 17 Jul 1918, son of Samuel McKinney and Ida Strange
Phoebe
Jane McKinney
B 6 Apr 1846, d 5 Jul 1918, wife of George W., and dau of Robin Lee
and Lucinda Owens. (Another note
gives her death date as 5 Jul 1920)
Matilda
McKinney
B 18 Jan 1862, d 8 Sep 1924 Madison, dau of Francis Linder and Martha
Dewey. Informant, John McKinney of
Omaha, NB
Harry
McKinney
1917-1928, son of Jason and Helen Heit McKinney
Mary
E. McKinney
Of Livonia, b KY, d Oct 31, 1903 age 82
D.
C. McKinney, b 24 May 1887, KY, d Livonia, age 81
Washington
Co. Marriages, Book A150
Jane Orchard, John McKinney, 27 Aug 1825
Lucinda Lee, John McKinney, 110357, 17 Aug 1871
Polly Sluder, John McKinney, 10 Feb 187?
John McKinney, Oralty Sweaney, 13 Apr 1889, M-25-13
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Washington
Co. Census notes
John Vernon McKinney, son of M. Kinchen McKinney of GA, p293, 1840
Federal census 1811 militia, Washington Co., James McKinney
Orange
Co., NSDAR Supplement to Lineage Index:
Alexander McKinney Sr., and David McKinney. Alexander b 1753, Augusta Co., VA, served as private in
Capt. Ambrose MadisonÕs Company in VA regiment of guards at Albemarle Barracks,
commanded by Col. Francis Taylor. His
name appears on a payroll for Apr and May 1799, two monthÕs service. Also listed as a sergeant of VA Cavalry. Buried, Trimble Cemetery, Stone
Township. Wife, Mary McClure. Children listed as Alexander, Polly,
Elizabeth.
Washington
Co., Early Land Grants
Alexander McKinney, 16 acres, Section 10, 30 Jun 1815
David McKinney, 140 acres, Section 3, 15 Jul 1830
Fountain
Co. – Troy Township
A. L. McKinney, teacher at Covington School, 1881.
P. T. McKinney, clerk of sessions from Nov 6, 1841 until he died, Sep
8, 1874, Richland Township
Frank McKinney, elected deacon of Coal Creek Church, Apr 1875
Charles R. McKinney, elder Coal Creek Church, Mar 1879
Washington
Co. Cemetery records
Samuel McKinney, b 1863, d 5 Jun 1938, son of Isaac and Mary Baker,
buried at Livonia
Clark
Co.
Griffin McKinney, mar Mary William, 10 Mar 1852
Thomas McKinney, mar Mary P. Houston, 23 Mar 1843
Wayne
Co.
Milford MM Hicksite Quakers – 1846
William McKinney, mar Mary Cyrus, removed to Fall Creek MM
William McKinney appointed to commission, 20 May 1829
William McKinney appointed elder, 1833
Cyrus McKinney, b 7 Sep 1844, son of William and Mary McKinney
Fountain
Co.
Frank McKinney, soldier in Mexican War under Capt. R. M. Evans
J. W. McKinney ran for State representative (nd)