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• Birth	Abt 1748	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	Centre County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I2925	McKinney and Stewart of Clarion County, Pennsylvania
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2008 20:24:29
  Family	Mary Llewellyn
  Children	1. Mary McKinney, b. 14 May 1785   2. Samuel McKinney, b. 31 Oct 1786, Haverford, Chester County, Pennsylvania > 3. John McKinney, b. Abt 1788, Haverford, Chester County, Pennsylvania   4. Susan McKinney, b. 13 Apr 1790
  Family ID	F0028	Group Sheet

• Histories	The Search for the Forebear of John McKinney born about 1788. John the father (forebear) born 1748 in Ireland and John the son born about 1788 in Pennsylvania.

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  BACKGROUND The earliest surveys made in the area around present day Walker Township were in November 1770 at which time it was part of Cumberland County that was formed in 1750 from Lancaster County. In 1771 it became part of Bedford County when Bedford was formed from Cumberland. In 1772 it became part of Northumberland County when Northumberland was formed. On February 13, 1800 it became a part of Centre County when it was formed. Mifflin County was formed in 1789 from Northumberland County. It is adjacent to and southwest of Northumberland County and adjacent to and southeast of Centre County. Walker Township, is situated in Nittany valley proper, and is traversed by Little Fishing creek. Its villages are Zion, Hublersburg, Snydertown and Nittany, and it has considerable ore deposits. The township was erected at January sessions, 1810, and called for the then present Judge Jonathan H. Walker. Logans Gap, was built by Judge Isaac McKinney in 1825. At January session 1810, Howard and Walker Townships were erected out of Centre Township and the latter name abolished. Centre was one of the original townships in Centre County. (g) Villages and towns in Walker Township also include Forest, Peck's Store, Huston, Strunktown, Helca Park, also known as present day Mingoville. Hublersburg is about 10 miles Northeast of Bellefonte, the county seat of Centre County. Walker Township lies between Eagle Mountain and Nittany Mountain, which mountain ranges run Southwest to Northeast. THE MCKINNEYS IN NORTHUMBERLAND, MIFFLIN AND CENTRE COUNTIES The 1790 Federal Census for Pennsylvania lists the names of 15 McKinneys. Five in Northumberland County, unknown township, Rebecca, Abram, William, Daniel, and John; one in Mifflin County; William, four in Cumberland County, David, Jean and two Patricks, all in Hopewell, Newton, Tryborn and West Pennsboro Townships, three in Washington County, and one each in Allegheny and Philadelphia Counties. In the Northumberland listing, John is the American Revoultionary Veteran: one free white male 16 years and upward including head of household; two free white males under 16 years of age, Samuel (1786-1871)later married Rachel McKinney, John or Anthony, born 1788, later married Mary Magadelene Emerick; two free white females, daughter Mary, born May 14, 1785, later married John Fulton and Mary Llewellyn, wife. Daughter Susah, born April 13, 1790 is not listed in the census. When John McKinney came to Northumberland County is not known. He is the John McKinney who owned the land adjacent to John Nicholaus Emerick in that area of Northumberland County in what is now Walker Township, Centre County, as more fully discussed and documented below. John McKinney, a volunteer in 1776 in the Continental Army, serving in Capt. Andrew Long's Company, 1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, commanded by Col. Daniel Broadhead. He was born in Ireland, before 1760, died in Centre County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Mary Llewellyn. (j) Mary was the daughter of David Llewellyn who lived in Haverford, Chester County. Colonel Broadhead commanded the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, that was formed in July 1776 of men from Westmoreland and Bedford Counties in western Pennsylvania. Colonel Broadhead's regiment was in the Penn's valley area of Northumberland County, later Centre County on July 15, 1778. Broadhead received the thanks of Congress for his expedition against the Indians who were devastating the western frontier. He was born in Ulster County, New York and died in Milford, Pennsylvania. A 'Captain Lee' was in the area of Sunbury in 1778 ......... Included were some military warrants, one in the name of John McKinney, late a soldier in the Pennsylvania Line, for 100 acres, No. 10113. (k) This may be John McKinney above, who came to Northumberland County after 1786 and before 1790. It may be that he came to Northumberland County as a result of his military service. A 'John McKinney' was a surety on the Estate of Felix McClaskey in Northumberland County on August 26, 1794. Whether this is the same individual referred to in the preceding paragraphs, I do not know. The McKinneys have been in Venango County for the better part of a century. Their first ancestor in America came from the North of Ireland and settled in Haverford, Chester County where he reared his family. He served on the American side in the Revolution. His son Samuel McKinney, was born in Chester county, October 31, 1786 and when the War of 1812 broke out was living in Centre County. He was awarded a silver medal by the legislature in 1819 (while a resident of the Nittany Valley in Centre County where he farmed and operated a fulling mill). He died on September 20, 1871. He married Rachel McKinney (1799-1895) from Sunbury on May 23, 1816. She died after 1871. He brought his family to Venango County in 1832-33, securing two hundred acres near Salem City. (f) Samuel McKinney (fulling mill) is listed as an inhabitant of Walker Township in 1810 at which time, Samuel, son of John McKinney would have been 24 years of age. In 1828 this fulling mill is listed as being owned by George McCormick. CENSUS RECORDS FOR THE YEARS 1800, 1810, 1820 AND 1830 The 1800 Federal Census for Centre County, Pennsylvania - None Available The 1810 Federal Census for Walker Township, Centre County, lists: Samuel McKinney appears eleven lines below the listing for John McKinney, his brother, maried to Mary Magadelene Emerick. Two free white males 16 through 25, Samuel - October 31, 1786, (one unknown); one free white female 16 thru 25 (one unknown) and one free white female over 45, probably Mary Llewellyn, widow of John McKinney and mother of Samuel. It would appear that John McKinney, the father, died prior to 1810 and that Samuel inherited the property. The 1820 Federal Census for Walker Township, Centre County, lists: Samuel McKinney: one free white male under 10, one free white male twenty six and under forty five, Samuel October 31, 1786; one free white female of sixteen and under twenty six, Rachel - 1799. Mary McKinney: one free white female twenty six and under forty five, this is Susan who never married, and one free white female of forty five and upwards, Mary Llewellyn McKinney, mother of Samuel. The 1830 Federal Census for Walker Township, Centre County, lists: Samuel McKinney: one male of five and under ten, one male of ten and under fifteen, one male of forty and under fifty, two females under five years of age, one female of five and under ten, one female of ten and under fifteen, one female of thirty and under forty. In a HISTORY OF VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, published 1890, it states that John McKinney was a soldier in the American Revolution, emigrated from the North of Ireland and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania where he reared a family. From an application to the Daughters of the American Revolution, dated 1966, information states that John McKinney was a volunteer in the Continental Army as a private. He was on the payroll of Captain Andrew Long's Company of the first Battalion of the Rifle Regiment in the service of the Province of Pennsylvania commanded by Daniel Broadhead. He enlisted on April 1776 and was quartered in camp near King's Bridge in the militia, 5th class of 4th Battalion, Chester County Militia, Capt. John T. Rowland.The application papers lists his children as Anthony, Samuel, Mary and Susan. The PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES THIRD SERIES contains the following information on the John McKinneys of the American Revolution. 1769 Philadelphia County, Gurnedth Town 1773 Bedford County. Ary Township 1773 Bedford County, Bedford Township 1779 Cumberland County. Peter Township 1780 Cumberland County. Peter Township 1782 Cumberland County. Letterkenny Township 1782 Bucks County. Bedminster Township 1784 Bedford County. Providence Township (Family of nine) 1786 Westmoreland County. Huntington Township The service records of the various John McKinney's as found in the archives and other records are as follows: 1. Ensign 9th Pennsylvania, 15th November 1776; 21 April 1777, 1st Lt. 18th March 1778. Transfer Pennsylvania 17th January 1781; Transferred Pennsylvania 1st January 1783 and served to June 3, 1783; Deputy Commissary of Purchase, U.S.A. April 25, 1812. Honorably Discharged June 1, 1821. Married Sara Taliferro; died November 25, 1833 at the age of 85. Pension - s clf 196 BLWT - 1438 200 Lt. 2/4/1795 2. Pvt. 4th Pennsylvania 1/30/1776 Capt.James Taylor Co. of Col. Wayne 3. Pvt. 5th Pennsylvania Escaped or sick January Capt Beatty Co. also listed in January 3, 1777. 4. Pvt. Pennsylvania Rifle Reg. April 10, 1 Pennsylvania. Sick December 1776, Capt. Longs Company. Received pension per act of March 14, 1818. Died Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1820 at age 73. The Pennsylvania Lineage books has this same McKinney dying in Centre County, Pennsylvania 5. Pvt. 3rd Pennsylvania Received Pension March 15, 1820 Died in Bucks county, Pennsylvania June 10 1833 at age of 85. 6. Pvt. 2nd Pennsylvania March 25, 1776 Sick in LancasterMay 25,1776 Capt. Marshall Co. August 1778 and September 1778. Capt. Tolberts Co. 1781 Capt. Ashmead Co. 1779 7. Pvt. 5th Battalion Pennsylvania Capt. Samuel Patten Co. July 1778 8. Pvt. 8th Pennsylvania S. Miller Co. Enlisted March 1171 9. Pvt. Cumberland County Militia 8th. Co. 1782 10. Pvt. Chester County Militia Capt. Mordecai Morgan's Company. On furlough June 27, 1777 11. Pvt. York County Militia 1781 - 1782 Deserted November 15, 1781 SOURCE (unless otherwise noted above) f. Commemorative Record of Pennsylvania, Venango County, Pennsylvania, pages 825 to 827. g. Eleventh Census of the Population of the United States Published by Boroughs and Townships, in Connection with a Business Directory of the Same, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 1890. k. Excerpt from miscellaneous papers furnished by the descendants of Captain Andrew Lee of the American Revolution which appeared in Egle's Notes and Queries-1885, Volume I, pages 167-176. (Note to File - JP Rhein) DAR references to John McKinney the American Revolutionary Veteran follow. ________________________________________ The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 115 page 132 Mrs. Jane Louisa Mckinney Bacon. DAR ID Number: 114430 Born in Enterprise, Pa. Wife of Louis Henry Bacon. Descendant of John McKinney, as follows: 1. Bruce Charles McKinney (b. 1837) m. 1870 Louisa Anne Brandon (b. 1849). 2. Samuel McKinney (1787-1871) m. 1817 Rachel McKinney (1799-1895). 3. John McKinney m. Mary Llewellyn (parents of Samuel). John McKinney was a volunteer, 1776, in the Continental Army, serving in Capt. Andrew Long's company, 1st battalion, Pennsylvania rifle regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Broadhead. He was born in North Ireland; died in Centre County, Pa. Also No. 81726. The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 82 page 274 Miss Carrie May Gosser. DAR ID Number: 81726 Born in Venango County, Pa. Descendant of John McKinney. Daughter of Jacob J. Gosser (b. 1842) and Priscilla Anna Chambers (b. 1845), his wife, m. 1870. Granddaughter of Joseph Chambers (1816-85) and Margaret Ann McKinney (1826-1902), his wife, m. 1843. See No. 81725. The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 82 page 274 The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 82 page 274 Mrs. Priscilla Anna Gosser. DAR ID Number: 81725 Born in Franklin, Pa. Wife of Jacob J. Gosser. Descendant of John McKinney. Daughter of Joseph Chambers (1816-85) and Margaret Ann McKinney (1826-1902), his wife, m. 1843. Granddaughter of Samuel McKinney (1787-1871) and Rachel McKinney (1799-1895), his wife, m. 1817. Gr-granddaughter of John McKinney and Mary Llewellyn, his wife (parents of Samuel). John McKinney was a volunteer, 1776, in the Continental Army, serving in Capt. Andrew Long's company, 1st battalion, Pennsylvania Rifle regiment, commanded by Col. Daniel Broadhead. He was born in Ireland; died in Center County, Pa.