Daniel McAninch first appears in Lincoln County records on the 1799 tax list, listed as |
1 White Male over 21, 1 White Male over 16, 3 Horses and Mares (no land, no Blacks) [Note 3.a]. |
As discussed above, his son John McAninch is 1 White Male 16-21, for 1799 and 1800 [Note 3.b]. |
The Second Census of the United States was taken in 1800, but the Kentucky records have been |
lost, burned by the British in the War of 1812. In 1801, both Daniel and John appear on the list; |
this is John’s first listing, 1 White Male over 21, and allows us to estimate date of birth [Note 3]. |
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Pulaski County, Kentucky, was established in 1799, set off from Green and Lincoln counties, |
and William McAninch had land along the county line between Lincoln and Pulaski counties. |
All three men, Daniel, John and William McAninch, are found in the same “Fishing Creek” |
watershed, in the Lincoln County Commissioner’s Books for the next four years, 1802-1805, |
often enumerated on the same day, and entered on successive lines in the tax lists [Note 23]. |
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Beginning with the 1802 tax list, Daniel has another ‘Male 16-21’ in the family [Note 23]. There |
are at least three possibilities: 1. Samuel, age 13, if he was a big lad who wanted to pass as 16; |
2. another son (James?), not previously documented, born ca. 1785-1786, prob. in Penn., or |
3. it could be a different person, possibly un-related, his wife’s nephew, or a hired hand, whatever. |
Both “James McAninch” and “John McAninch” are on the 1812 Tax List in Giles County, Tenn. |
[Note 24], and it is possible that this James McAninch is yet another son of Daniel McAninch. |
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In 1807, Casey County was set off from Lincoln Co., with its own Commissioners and Tax Books. |
The three McAninch families continued to live on the same land, now Casey County. In the early |
Casey County years, the older sons grew up, married, and began to leave the area. John McAninch |
moved south, to Giles County, Tenn., and Daniel and his wife are found there in the 1820 census. |
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Of Daniel’s five (known) sons, only one, George A., remained in Kentucky [John, Daniel |
himself, and youngest son (?)Henry went to Giles Co., Tenn.; Samuel and his younger brother |
Daniel went to Indiana]. After William died, in 1813, his widow married (2nd) James Harrell, |
1 Apr. 1815, in Pulaski Co., and eventually all of William’s sons left the area (Jonathan went to |
Cass County, Missouri; William and Samuel went to Giles Co., Tenn. first, and then farther west, |
to Mississippi and Missouri, respectively; and, Jesse went to Carrollton, Greene Co., Illinois]. |
But, that’s Part III, Part IV, etc., and those are stories for another time. |
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Source Notes: |
[1] Daniel McAninch, born 1750-1755: "45 & over" in both 1810 (Casey Co., KY; NARA |
M252 Roll 9 pg.42) and 1820 (Giles Co., TN; M33 Roll 124 pg. 8), so, born before 1765; |
with two other males “16 & over” in 1790 (b. bef. 1775), so, Daniel probably born before 1755. |
[2] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in Year 1790, Pennsylvania, |
1908, Government Printing Office, re-print 1970, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore; p.268. |
[3] John McAninch, son of Daniel, (believed) born Pennsylvania; in Lincoln County Tax Records, |
Daniel shows 1 white male 16-21 in both 1799 and 1800, and not 1801; in 1801 John is listed |
as 1 White Male Over 21 Years, so John turned 21 between 21 June 1800 and 12 July 1801: |
a. McNinch [sic], Daniel 1 White Male Over 21, 1 Over 16 [May 16, 1799; Bk3: p13: #8] |
b. McAninch, Daniel 1 White Male Over 21, 1 Over 16 [June 21, 1800; Bk3: p18: #15] |
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Daniel McAninch, Part II: From Pennsylvania, 1790, to Lincoln County, Kentucky (4 of 6) |
McAninch Family History NL, IX -2 April 2001 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2001-14 |
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