Although indexed as "McNinch", his full name "William McAninch" was actually written on

the October 7th, 1796, Marriage License Bond. Image files of the original marriage record are

available online from multiple sources, along with our verbatim transcriptions of the originals

(see Appendix I. William McAninch’s Marriage, 7 Oct. 1796, Greene County, Tennessee).

John Newman was a Justice of the Peace / Magistrate in Greene County, and Col. Daniel Kennedy

was the first Clerk of the County Court, 1783-1802, in Greene County, Tennessee. [Note 9]

In 1796, the Wilderness Road, (Daniel) Boone’s Road in Kentucky, was upgraded by the two

Colonels Joseph Crockett and James Knox, opened "from the Cumberland Gap to the settlements

of Kentucky", rebuilt for "wagons loaded with a ton weight (and) four good horses" [Note 22]

There are no court records, land records, nor tax records for William McAninch in Tennessee.

A week after William McAninch’s marriage in October 1796, Daniel McAninch purchased

100 acres of land in Greene County, so, probably Daniel and his wife Mary, William and his new

wife Doshia / Ladosha / Ladisha / Ladieca, their children and families lived together on this land

(see Appendix II. Daniel McAninch’s Land Records, 1796 Purchase and 1797 Sale).

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 in late summer

or fall. William and his family probably left shortly after the wedding, traveling through the winter,

north-west through the Cumberland Gap and down the Wilderness Road into Kentucky, where the

pioneer William McAninch appears on the June 1797 tax list in Lincoln County, Kentucky [Note 6]

Daniel McAninch’s Land Records 1796 and 1797 (see Appendix II)

Daniel McAninch, age 45-46, purchased 100 acres of land in Greene County in October 1796,

"on the north side of the Nolachukey River" "on Little Sinking Creek" from Jonathan Williams

for "fifty-five pounds Virginia currency". Image files of the original deed records are available

online from multiple sources, along with our verbatim transcriptions of the original documents

(see Appendix II. Daniel McAninch’s Land Records 1796 Purchase and 1797 Sale).

A year later, Daniel McAninch sold this land "on Little Sinking Creek", getting ready to follow

William through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky. William probably sent word back to Daniel

about land available in Kentucky, and, in October, 1797, Daniel sold the same 100 acres "on the

North side of the Nolachukey River to Melon Haworth for "sixty pounds Virginia currency".

The 1797 deed shows that Daniel signed with his mark ‘x’, and Daniel and his family probably left

Greene County for Kentucky that same month, starting in the fall and traveling through the winter.

McAninch and McAmish Court Records in Greene County 1796-1799

Two relevant items can be found in the Greene County Court Minutes, 1796-1799: Wm McAmish

and Jas McAmish on a jury list, and a reference to Daniel McAninch’s land purchase [Note 24].

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Daniel McAninch and William McAninch, 1796-1797, Greene County, Tennessee

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