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In the same month, on October 7, 1796, and the same place (Greene Co.), William McNinch [sic]

married Doshea Dosey [Note 16]. This is believed to be the William McAninch who first appears

in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on the 1797 Tax Book [Note 17]. William lived in Casey County,

set off from Lincoln Co. in 1807, and died there in 1813. His will, dated 15 Feb. 1813, transcribed

by the court clerk [Note 18], gives her name as “Ladosha” and “Ladisha”, with “Laodieca” added

by the clerk. In the will, he names his five sons: James, Jonathan, William, Samuel, and Jesse.

One of the three witnesses is Samuel McAninch, believed to be Daniel’s son Samuel [born 1789].

The birth dates for William McAninch’s five sons support the link from Greene County,

Tennessee, since the children were all born 1797 or subsequent, after the 1796 marriage:

1. James, born 1797-1800; 10-16, 1810 census, implies b.1794-1800, prob. 1797-1800 [Note 19] Forward Reference: James McAninch, MFHN v.XXX n.2 p.12 (Nov. 2022 /fm)

2. Jonathan, born 1799-1800; 0-10, 1810 census; 30-40, in 1830; 51, in 1850; 70, in 1870 census

3. William, born ca. 1805; 20-30, 1830 census; age 45, b.Kentucky, in 1850, DeSoto Co., Miss.

4. Samuel, born 10 Apr. 1807; not 1805; 43 in 1850, 63 in 1870; “six when his father died” (1813)

5. Jesse [not “Isaac”], born ca. 1812; age 37, b.Ky, 1850; age 47, b.Ky, 1860; age 69, b.Ky, 1880

Winter was the season when most settlers migrated; before the spring thaw; roads were passable,

arriving in time to make the ground ready for planting and harvesting the first crop late summer

or fall. William McAninch and his new bride (Ladosha? Doshea?) probably left soon after the

wedding, and traveled through the winter, since he is on the June 1797 Tax List in Lincoln Co.,

Kentucky [Note 21], listed as 1 White Male over 21, 3 Horses and Mares (No White Males 16-21,

No Blacks). The same tax list shows that William had just arrived in the area of “Fishing Creek”

watercourse, since he did not pay Lincoln County taxes in any of the five previous years.

In early Kentucky, each county Commissioner was responsible for a specific area, often serving

as militia captain for the same area (which is why they counted ‘Males over 16’ on the records).

Joseph Skidmore and family (with daughter Mary “Polly” Skidmore) are already there, same area

(James Berry, Commissioner), listed in 1797 as 1 White Male over 21, 2 Horses and Mares, and

100 acres, and, Joseph paid Lincoln County taxes in all five prior years, 1792-1796 [Note 21].

Meanwhile, back in Greene County, eastern Tennessee, Daniel McAninch was selling his land in

the “Little Sinking Creek” area, getting ready to come through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky

also. No doubt, William had sent word back to Daniel about the land available in Kentucky. So,

a year later, October, 1797, Daniel sold his 100 acres “on the North side of the Nolachukey River”

to Melon Haworth for “sixty pounds Virginia currency” [Note 22]. Daniel signed with his mark ‘x’

and probably left for Kentucky that same month. Haworth did not record the deed in Greene Co.

until December 1808, probably part of another Haworth transaction (not with Daniel McAninch).

At that time, Lincoln County was a very large area, over a quarter of the present-day state of

Kentucky. The main migration trail ran north-west from the Cumberland Gap to the Ohio River,

through Hazel Patch, Crab Orchard, across Dicks River to St. Asaph / Logan’s Fort (Stanford,

county seat of Lincoln Co.), Danville, and Harrodsburg. We may never know why William chose

the “Fishing Creek” area south-west of Stanford, but we know that Daniel went to the same area.

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Daniel McAninch, Part II: From Pennsylvania, 1790, to Lincoln County, Kentucky (3 of 6)

McAninch Family History NL, IX -2 April 2001 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2001-13

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