John McAninch, son of Daniel, born 1778-1780, (probably) in Pennsylvania. Found in the early |
Commissioner’s Books (Tax and Militia lists) in Lincoln County, Kentucky [Note 3], John is |
first marked “21 and over” in 1801, indicating that he became 21 during the years 1800 to 1801. |
This is consistent with later Tennessee census records, 50-60 in 1830, and 60-70 in 1840 [Note 4]. |
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John would have spent his teen-age years traveling with the family, arriving in Kentucky 1798-99 |
[Lincoln Co., Kentucky, Commissioner’s Books, Note 3]. On October 7, 1801, he married Patsy |
Cooper, daughter of William and Susannah Cooper, in adjacent Pulaski Co., Kentucky [Note 5]. |
John and his family are found in Casey Co. on the 1810 census [Note 6], with two sons and two |
daughters. A short time later, 1811-1812, they move their family south to Giles Co., Tennessee. |
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There is evidence of (at least) two daughters, Peggy (Elizabeth?) and Rhoda, but we can only |
estimate when they might have been born. Peggy married John White, 1814, Pulaski County [7], |
so, she was prob. born 1790-1798, and it would be useful to know exactly where and when. |
Rhoda married Peter Robinson, Casey County, 1817 [Note 8], so, we can estimate Rhoda born |
‘before 1800’, and, both daughters could have been born during the long journey to Kentucky. |
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Samuel, second known son of Daniel, was born ca. 5 Feb. 1789, in Pennsylvania [Note 9]. A small |
child during the long journey, Samuel was only 9 or 10 when the family reached Kentucky. His |
first wife (mar. ca. 1809?) apparently died before the 1810 census, when Samuel is found with his |
first child, daughter Sarah (“Sally”) [Note 10]. Samuel married (second) Polly Skidmore; they had |
twelve more children, and went to Putnam and Hendricks Counties, Indiana, ca. 1830 [Note 11]. |
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George A. McAninch, third son of Daniel, was born ca. 1794, in Virginia [Note 12]. Clearly, |
he was born during the long journey to Kentucky, possibly in the Shenandoah Valley, or in the |
Abingdon-Bristol area of south-western Virginia, along the ‘Old Wagon Road’ on the route to |
eastern Tennessee [Note 13]. George married Mary Elizabeth Ross, 1817, Casey County, where |
they raised 6 sons and a daughter; George is buried at Old Willow Springs Cemetery [Note 14]. |
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Of Daniel’s five sons, George was the only one who remained in Kentucky [John, Daniel himself, |
and youngest son (?)Henry went to Giles County, Tennessee; Samuel and his younger brother |
Daniel (Jr.?) went to Indiana]. Thus, George A. and Mary Elizabeth (Ross) McAninch became |
the founding family ancestors for all of the McAninch lines in Casey County, Kentucky, today. |
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1796 was a significant year for the family, finding them in Greene County, in eastern Tennessee |
(Greeneville is the county seat; Greene Co. set off 1783 from Washington County). Daniel may |
have planned to settle there; on October 14, 1796, he bought 100 acres “on the north side of the |
Nolachukey River” from Jonathan Williams for “fifty-five pounds Virginia currency” [Note 15]. |
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Also in 1796, the new Wilderness Road [Note 20] opened “from the Cumberland Gap to the |
settlements of Kentucky”, rebuilt for “wagons loaded with a ton weight [and] four good horses”. |
Soon, first William, and then Daniel, both took their families through the Gap into Kentucky. |
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Daniel McAninch, Part II: From Pennsylvania, 1790, to Lincoln County, Kentucky (2 of 6) |
McAninch Family History NL, IX -2 April 2001 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2001-12 |
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