History, McKinney ANCESTRY OF THE MCKINNEYS DICTATED BY VIRGIL MCKINNEY & WRITTEN BY W. C. MCKINNEY Page 1 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** History, McKinney The following article is a copy of a document found in a cedar chest given to DORIS MCKINNEY RYON by her mother VIOLA MURPHY MCKINNEY in 1969. Doris remembers when her dad, RALPH HENRY MCKINNEY received this document from his brother DOYLE CARAWAY MCKINNEY who obtained the information as remembered and told by relatives in the Carolinas. DOYLE traveled to the Old JOHN MCKINNEY family area north of Chesnee, SC (actually in Rutherford Co, North Carolina) several times while in the service in 1941 and in later years with his wife Faye, brother ROYCE EDGAR MCKINNEY and his wife Zelma. Additional research by JAMES and BETTY MCKINNEY TAYLOR revealed historical information not mentioned in the original document (next two pages). The family tree starting on page 3 will reflect additional information taken from computer genealogy searches and World Family Tree records that do not always agree with the original document which was dictated from memory. Of interest to historians and the TX branch of the MCKINNEY Clan is that a Robert M. MCKINNEY from Ireland died defending the Alamo March 6, 1836. The MCKINNEYs were Scotch-Irish. Tradition says that three brothers came across to this country from Scotland, England or Ireland. We do not know the date when they came. (Came over in 1667 or 1668) JOHN MCKINNEY came from New Jersey to Bullocks Creek in York Co. He came from there to Broad River and settled about two miles above the mouth of MCKINNEY's Creek in 1775. He died in 1808, or was killed by a horse rearing up and falling back on him. He was buried at the old burying ground two miles above the mouth of MCKINNEY's Creek. JOHN was married when he came here. We do not know who his wife was. He had five boys: JIM, JOHN, HENRY, WILLIAM and GEORGE and four girls: DIDAMIE, SALLIE and two we do not know. One of them married a GORE and the other a BEDFORD. DIDAMIE married a SIMMONS and SALLIE a CAMP. Of the boys we do not know who JIM married, but he had one son, ALFRED, who married a MORELAND (sister to W. C. MCKINNEY's grandmother THORN). JIM drank whiskey and went crazy. He dressed himself with flowing ribbons and wanted to preach, but when he quit drinking he became better, sold his property, and moved to Mississippi and died there. JOHN, the second son of old JOHN MCKINNEY, went to Missouri and that's all we know of him. HENRY, the third son, broke himself up betting on a fine horse. He owned a little place one mile southeast from the mouth of MCKINNEY's Creek. He lived, died and was buried on that place. His widow and some of the children went to Georgia. He had a son, HENRY, that settled on Buck Creek who was the father of Martin and Billie MCKINNEY. WILLIAM I, the fourth son, was married twice. His first wife was a HAMPTON. The children from this marriage were JOHNATHAN, JANE, and BETSY. His second wife was NANCY MILLER and their children were CHESTERFIELD, JASON, MILLER, LOUISA, MARY, WILLIAM II, JUBILEE and RUDISIL. Page 2 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** History, McKinney JOHNATHAN married a SMITH of SMITH's Ford on Broad River. They had three boys and one girl, whose name was Sallie. The boys were CHESTERFIELD (called CHES), HAMP and JEFFRIES. The family moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi, where JOHNATHAN died. His widow married again. It is said that his stepfather was so cruel to CHES, her oldest boy, that his mother, when he was only twelve years old, put him on a horse and sent him alone back to South Carolina to her people. He said that he rode so hard the first day that the horse died so he walked and begged rides the rest of the way until he reached his destination. He lived with the SMITH's, his mother's brother, and fell in love with his cousin, DORKAS SMITH, but as she loved another, he never married. Jane married her first cousin JIM MCKINNEY who was a son of GEORGE MCKINNEY. They went to Holly Springs, MS We do not know how many children they had, but they had one called Devil JIM who visited in this section of the country. It is said that one time he visited MILLER MCKINNEY, who had several cowhides in the process of tanning. One of these hides was stolen and the thief was traced by the ooze from the hide to his home. Devil JIM helped play detective and engaged in a violet flirtation with the lady of the house (BILLIE HENDERSON) while the others searched for the hide. MILLER and his son TOM played their parts by going to a fortune teller (HENRY ROBBINS) who consoled them by telling them that more than one was connected with the stealing. The hide was finally found whether through the fortune teller or the efforts of Devil JIM, tradition sayeth not. Betsy, daughter of WILLIAM I, married Willis or JOHN Bradley of Rutherfordton, NC They had one son, JOHN. CHESTERFIELD, son of WILLIAM I, married LUCINDA MEEK of York Co and moved to Holly Springs, MS. JASON married MARY MORELAND. Their children are NANCY, who married Dr. EDGERTON and lived and died in Spartanburg, SC. SALLIE who married a TAYLOR and went west, probably Texas. JANE who married a PATTERSON and lived at Greer, SC. LUCINDA who married Rev. BELK and lived at the old JASON MCKINNEY place, LIZZIE who married Squire PARKER first and then after his death married Captain YEAGER of Texas. EMILY and WILLIAM (Bud) who died single, LAURA married JOHN ABRAMS. MALINA died single. MILLER, fourth son of WILLIAM MCKINNEY I, married MARY CAMP. Their children were THOMAS, NANCY, JOSEPH, JIM, MARY, SUE and JOHN. THOMAS married twice, his first wife being LOUISE ADELINE THORNE. Their children were EDGAR, who married BELLE SCOTT, JOSEPH VERT (J. V.) , who married MOLLY CARAWAY of Texas first and then MAY BELLE BROWN of Texas. NELLIE who married WHITNEY (KROLL or BRELL). WILL C. who married CLARA MCKINNEY. MARY SUE who married JIM HOLLIFIELD. CORRIE ELLEN who first married CLAUD CRAWFORD and then B. T. (THEODORE) HICKS. TOM who married LILLIAN HOLLIFIELD. SALLIE who married WILL CRAWFORD and ALPHONZO who married NAOMI HORTON. THOMAS MCKINNEY's second wife was MARY PURCHASE THORNE and his children by her were BEULAH who married CLYDE HOLLIFIELD and EULA who married RALPH HORD. NANCY, daughter of MILLER MCKINNEY, married WILLIAM WILKINS. Their children were JESSE, SAMIE, WILL, ANNIE and BEATRICE (Bee). Page 3 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** History, McKinney JOSEPH, son of MILLER MCKINNEY, married MARTHA (KITT) FOSTER and their children were CARRIE, who married KEASLER C. TANNER. MILLER II who married NANNIE DODD. FOSTER who late in life married DALLA COLE and MATTIE who married TOM CRAWFORD. JIM, son of MILLER MCKINNEY married ELLEN WHITESIDES. Their children were GEORGE who married BELLE LOGAN and ANNIE LEE who married JUDSON WALKER. MARY and SUE, daughters of MILLER MCKINNEY, died unmarried. JOHN, son of MILLER MCKINNEY, married MINNIE OWENS. They had one child, MARY WILLIE, who married ALTON HINES. LOUISA MCKINNEY, daughter of WILLIAM MCKINNEY I, married JIM WEBSTER. Their children were WILLIAM, CHARLES, MARY and LIZZIE. MARY MCKINNEY, daughter of WILLIAM MCKINNEY I, married DAVID CRAWFORD. Their children were JOHN who married LAURA MCKINNEY (daughter of TOM MCKINNEY), NANCY who married WILLIAM WILKINS, and SALLIE who died unmarried. WILLIAM II, son of WILLIAM MCKINNEY I, married LOUISA CAMP. They had nine children: VIRGIL who married MATTIE MCKINNEY, WILLIAM and EARNEST who died single, ELLA who married GEORGE O. PIKE, EDGAR who died when he was eight years old, LOU who married JUBILEE LOVELACE, Nan who married ZENO HICKS, LEILA who married B. T. (THEODORE) HICKS and CLARA who married WILL C. MCKINNEY. JUBILEE, son of WILLIAM MCKINNEY I, went to Mississippi and was murdered for his property. His murderers escaped punishment for lack of proof. RUDISILL, son of WILLIAM MCKINNEY I was killed by a runaway horse when he was just a young man, hardly grown. GEORGE MCKINNEY, youngest son of old JOHN, married but we do not know his wife's name. He had two sons, TOM and MATT. TOM lived at MCKINNEY's Bridge on Broad River and married MARY ANN FORD. Their children were LAURA who married JOHN CRAWFORD, MATTIE who married VIRGIL MCKINNEY, JENNIE who married TUCK MCGRAW and MOLLIE who married GUS MILLER. MATT, son of GEORGE MCKINNEY, lived at what we call the old Tanner Place. He had one boy and one girl, BOL and ANN, I think their names were. When they were small or perhaps before Matt was married, he probably went west, for we know very little of him or his family. Page 4 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** History, McKinney JOHN SR NEIL is a vigil member of the Order of the Arrow, earned the E. Urner Goodman award, is a Three Bead Woodbadger (Fox Patrol) and has been honored with the District Award of Merit and Silver Beaver Award by the Heart O' Texas Council BSA. NEIL was also honored by being selected Nut #12 (alias "Shavetail") in the Order of the Nuts. CHRIS was honored by being selected Lockwasher #29 in the Order of the Nuts. NEIL and JANICE reside at camp Tahuaya. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MARY KATHRYN WORD, daughter of HAROLD GENE WORD and MARY ELIZABETH MCKINNEY B. 7/31/58 at Dallas, TX JOHNNY VINCENT HASH BRANDI MICHELE B. 3/25/75 at Sherman, TX ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MARY KATHRYN WORD HASH RICHARD STRACENER Married: 9/76 TODD B. 10/13/70 at Sherman, TX (Richard's son from prior marriage) JOHN MICHAEL B. 11/29/77 at Sherman, TX ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 5 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** History, McKinney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSAN MARIE MCKINNEY daughter of NOEL DEE MCKINNEY and LINDA LUCILLE MINTON PETER ANTHONY VASQUEZ United: 6/88 at Sierra Vista, AZ B. 7/29/70 at Benson, AZ Children: Two DANIEL JOSEPH B. 9/4/88 at Fort Huachuca, AZ D. 11/3/88 at Sierra Vista, AZ Bur. Tombstone Cemetery-Tombstone, AZ ANGELA MICHELLE B. 5/11/90 at Chandler, AZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSAN MARIE MCKINNEY ROBERT ALAN HUNKINS son of ______ and BARBARA HUNKINS B. 3/2/63 at Syracuse, NY Married: 11/12/93 at Bisbee, AZ Children: One KACIE MARIE B. 7/11/95 at Chandler, AZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSAN and PETER first lived in Sierra Vista where DANIEL was born and died. They later moved to Chandler, AZ where ANGELA was born. SUSAN left PETER when ANGELA was two years old. SUSAN was employed by IMPRA where she met and married ROBERT a research & development Engineering Technician. In 1993 SUSAN moved to the IPE Manufacturing Company working in administration. KACIE was born in 1995 at Chandler, AZ. When SUSAN left IPE in March 1997 she was the Administration Manager. SUSAN is presently employed by PKS Company as Administration Assistant of the Year 2000 Project for Motorola. ROBERT is still employed with IMPRA. SUSAN and ROBERT are buying a home in home in Mesa, AZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 6 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** History, McKinney ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 7 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK **