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The McKinley Family |
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William McKinley was born about 1740 in Maryland. William married Mary Lockhart about 1756. William and Mary's children included: Mary McKinley King (1757, married John King), The McKinleys were early settlers in Piney Flats (The Fork), Sullivan County, Tennessee. Samuel Massengill wrote that
In 1783, Samuel received a warrant for land in Sullivan County, Tennessee. At that time it was in North Carolina. On September 8 1785, William bought some land beginning above the Good Gap and crossing Hogan's Branch for 50 pounds from William Scott. On October 3, 1785, William purchased 75 acres in Sullivan County from Samuel Smith for 30 pounds. The deed was witnessed by John Scott and Samuel McKinley. In 1796 and 1797, William was on the Sullivan County tax list. He had 375 acres. In 1812, William was shown on the Sullivan County tax list with 145 acres. In 1820, Isaac McKinley witnessed Henry Smith's will. William died about 1824 in Piney Flats.
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Samuel McKinley obtained 150 acres at Sullivan County, North Carolina, for 50 shillings per 100 acres on Land Grant No. 175 on 10 October 1783. In 1796, Samuel was shown on the tax list at Sullivan County, Tennessee. He was shown as 1 white with 150 acres on the poll list. He was shown on the same poll list in 1797.3 Samuel sold land in Sullivan County, Tennessee to Isaac McKinley on 23 February 1803. |
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William McKinley, Jr. was born on June 5, 1767 in Carroll County, Maryland. William married Sarah Davidson about 1795 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Sarah McKinley (1800) William moved to Putnam County, Indiana in 1822. |
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