Brief Life History of John
When John Kinney was born in 1815, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Harrison Newsom I, was 41 and his mother, Polly Kinney, was 22. He married Mary Branham on 19 June 1834, in Pike, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died after 1880, in Pike, Kentucky, United States.
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- John Kinnery, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Kinney, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- John Kinney in entry for Drew Kinney, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"
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1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: from a shortened form of McKinney .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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