An article about Archibald in a 1938 Ohio State DAR book gives more information [Note 12]: 

 

1812

[son] “Andrew was born Oct. 8, 1812, in Penn.; died Oct. 18, 1896, Franklin twp.”

 

 

1816

“Archibald McNinch came in 1816 from Allegheny County, Penn., to Ohio, and settled

 

 near Portsmouth, Scioto County;”

 

 

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[Archibald] “later came to Franklin County, and settled near Worthington, Ohio.”

 

 

1832

“Applied for pension from Franklin County, June 7, 1832.” [“Was an Indian fighter”]

 

 

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[Archibald] “Date and place of his death unknown, but thought to be close to Columbus.”

 

“Was survived by widow; and two sons; Archibald; and Andrew J.”

 

“Soldier may be buried in Saunders graveyard, Franklin twp.”

 

 

[and]

“Archibald Jr. was never married; was badly burned when age 4, and had bad feet;

 

 after his father's death he lived with his mother until her death; after her death, lived

 

 with his brother, Andrew J. McNinch.”

 

Despite the “Order book 6, p.133. Applied for pension from Franklin County, June 7, 1832” data,

no record of either a pension application nor a pension grant has been found at the present time.

 

Archibald probably died in the late 1830’s (in his late 60’s or 70’s), probably in Franklin County,

Ohio. It is not clear which wife survived him (“was survived by widow . . .”), since his first wife

was not found on any of the 1820-1830-1840 census records, and there are no other McA/I/Ninch

records in the 1840 census, Franklin County, Ohio.

 

Archibald’s ‘Unknown Male Children’ in western Pennsylvania (?)

 

Looking at Archibald’s ‘family table’ above, based on the various Tax Lists and Census records,

there are two unknown McA/Ninch males that are last seen in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania:

“Unknown male 1” (oldest son?), born 1765-1784, age 32-51 in 1816, and

“Unknown male 3” (third son?), born 1800-1810, age 6-16 in 1816, when Archibald went to Ohio.

 

A “Daniel McNinch” appears on the Allegheny County 1800 Tax List [Note 5], and there is a

‘D[avid?] McA/Ninch’ on the 1800 census in Armstrong County (age 16-26, born 1774-1784)

[NARA M32 Roll 35 pg.199 (also marked 123); MFHN v.IV No.2, May 1996 p.1996-20], and 

on the Armstrong County 1807 Tax List [Note 6]. If ‘David’ or ‘Daniel’ was a transcription error,

this could be the same man, and the age matches Archibald’s “Unknown male.1” (oldest son?).

 

Even though he was an adult in 1800-1807, “Unknown male 1” may have gone to Ohio with

Archibald, since there is no other record of him in Armstrong County. “Unknown male 3” was

only 6-16 in 1816, and would probably have gone to Ohio with Archibald and the rest of the family.

 

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McAninch Family History NL v.XX n.2 / April 2012 / Copyright Frank McAninch / page 2012-14

 

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