Samuel M McKinney Sr.

Brief Life History of Samuel M

When Samuel M McKinney Sr. was born in June 1766, in Burke, North Carolina, United States, his father, Sgt. William Albert McKinney, was 21 and his mother, Mary Ann Carter, was 19. He married Sarah Catherine Grindstaff in 1799, in Carter, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Carter, Carter, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 29 September 1859, in Carter, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 93.

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Samuel M McKinney Sr.
1766–1859
Sarah Catherine Grindstaff
1770–1864
Marriage: 1799
Joseph D. McKinney
1800–1880
Samuel M. McKinney , Jr.
1806–1887
Sarah McKinney
1808–1850
Sally McKinney
1810–
Frances "Fannie" McKinney
1802–1880
Margaret McKinney
1817–1900
Matilda McKenney
1820–
Wilson E. McKinney
1820–1887
Mary Olly McKinney
1832–1869

Sources (18)

  • Samuel McKinney, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850-1880"
  • Birth dates for Samuel and his siblings.
  • Samuel McKinny, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

North Carolina is the 12th state.

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionaoith ‘son of ç’, an early Gaelic personal name popular from the ninth century and possibly derived from Pictish.

Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnigh ‘son of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name, borne by a Christian saint and Anglicized in Ireland as Canice, which was treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth . This surname was usually Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie , but is otherwise hard to distinguish from sense 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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