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Miscellaneous info, and Nuggets from recent letters (by States, alphabetical order) |
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Indiana: 1852, Morgan County [south of Hendricks County] – Elisha McAninch, son of Samuel |
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and Polly (Skidmore) McAninch, grand-son of Daniel McA. of Kentucky, named Executor in Will: |
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“Edmond Worley. ... Son, James Lewis Worley, a minor; ... Ex: Elisha McAmick [sic]. Witn: |
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Abraham Wood and William Alexander. ... Aug. 12, 1852, A/P [actual probate] Oct. 14, 1852”. |
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Morgan County, Indiana, Will Abstracts, Books 1 and 2, 1847-1887, compiled by Noble K. Littell, |
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Former Judge, Morgan Superior Court, Martinsville, IN; McDowell Publications, Utica, KY; p.39. |
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Pennsylvania: 1790’s: Archibald McCall, two McAninch land records in early Armstrong County: |
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1. William McIninch [sic] to Mordekiah McDonald; recorded 29 Jan. 1808 (Vol. I, pg. 168-169); |
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“. . . north west of Allegheny River . . . agreement made with Archd. McCall Merchant of the City |
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of Philadelphia . . . twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety six” |
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2. Henry McAninch to Abraham Parkison, 1807 (Vol. I, pg. 123); “, . . on the West side of the |
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Allegheny River opposite Pine Creek . . . Purchased by Archibald McCall . . . made over to . . . |
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Henry McAninch by article of agreement of the said Archibald McCall the actual settlement |
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whereof was legally proved in Greensburgh [Westmoreland County] by the said McAninch ...” |
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[but, no records in Westmoreland Co.; McAninch F.H.NL, Vol. IV, No. 3, Aug. 1996, pg. 5-8] |
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Archibald McCall was instrumental in starting the Philadelphia Stock Exchange -- |
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“Led by Robert Morris, Thomas Willing, Archibald McCall and Teach Francis, over |
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two hundred Philadelphia merchants subscribed 348 Pounds to finance the opening of the |
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London Coffee House in 1754 by William Bradford, a printer. The London Coffee House |
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soon became the center of Philadelphia's business and political life. Sea captains, merchants, |
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auctioneers, slave-traders and soldiers congregated here to do business and to talk politics. |
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For many years, a portrait of King George hung on the Coffee House wall. |
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As English tax policies grew more oppressive, Philadelphia's merchants mobilized. |
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Talk in the London Coffee House turned to politics and strategy. John Adams met here with |
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Dr. Benjamin Rush and other advisors. The King's portrait came down. When the Declaration |
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of Independence was signed a few blocks away, the business of the city changed to revolution. |
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William Bradford left to serve in General Washington's army. Robert Morris, the "Financier |
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of the American Revolution", made sure that Washington had funds to feed and arm his troops. |
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“A Blueprint for America's Free Markets, The History of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange”, |
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found by Liz Watson, tracing Henry McAninch: <http://www.phlx.com/exchange/history.html> |
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Other Archibald McCall references can be found in early Armstrong County land records, including |
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“About 1807 Rosanna [Quigley, widow of Samuel Mateer] ... acquired the improvement on a tract |
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of 429 acres 58 perches... in District #8 northwest of the Alleghany River on a branch of Limestone |
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Creek, near West Mosgrove in what is now [1975] Franklin Township, Armstrong County. . . . |
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improvement on this property had been begun 16 November 1793 by William Todd Esquire, . . . |
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the final land survey and patent to Archibald McCall and Jonathan H. Sloan . . . ” |
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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, by Frances Davis McTeer, |
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pub. 1975, pg. 42; found by Liz Watson <http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f000/f72/a0007201> |
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Tennessee: 1836, Giles County, Tax List -- “Dist. No. 6 Begins at the northwest corner of No. 2 ...” |
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“McAninch, John [A/TL] 1500” [Acres, Taxable Land?]; page 27, top of 2nd column; re-printed |
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in Giles County Historical Society Bulletin, Pulaski, Tenn., Vol. 24, No. 3, July 1997, pages 26-27. |
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McAninch Family History NL, VI-3 July, 1998 Copyright Frank McAninch page 1998-29 |