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IV. Samuel McAninch (1789-1859), Hendricks County Pioneer |
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Samuel McAninch was the second of five (known) sons of Daniel McAninch, who was one of the early pioneers in Lincoln County, Kentucky (the land is now in Casey County, Kentucky, set off in 1807); the name of Samuel’s mother is not known. Samuel McAninch was born (circa) 5 Feb. 1789 (not 1783), in Pennsylvania (probably Westmoreland County) [Note 10] [11] [12]. |
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Daniel McAninch was born 1750-1755, (northern) Ireland (probably County Antrim, Ulster province). Daniel and his family followed the classic Scots-Irish migration route, western Pennsylvania in the 1790 census [13], down the Great Valley of the Shenandoah, son George A. born in Virginia, then stopped for a short time in Greene County, eastern Tennessee, and then over the new Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, arriving in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in the late 1790’s [6]. |
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Daniel McAninch, pioneer in Lincoln County, Kentucky, had five (known) sons: |
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John McAninch, b.ca.1778-1780 (probably in Pennsylvania), married Patsy Cooper, 7 Oct. 1801, Pulaski County, Kentucky, and they went to Giles County, Tennessee; |
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Samuel McAninch, b.ca.5 Feb. 1789, in Pennsylvania, married (second) (Mary) Polly Skidmore, 5 July 1813, Lincoln County, Kentucky, and went to Hendricks County, Indiana; |
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George A. McAninch, b.ca.1794, in Virginia; married Mary Elizabeth Ross, 27 Feb. 1817, in Casey County, Kentucky, and they remained in Kentucky; |
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Daniel McAninch (Jr.?), b.ca.1798, in Kentucky; married Dorcas Burks, 8 Jan. 1822, in Mercer County, Kentucky, and they went to Putnam County, Indiana; |
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Henry (?) McAninch, b.1802-1804, in Kentucky; went to Giles County, Tennessee, with his father, Daniel (senior), and his older brother, John McAninch; |
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Samuel McAninch married (second) (Mary) Polly Skidmore, 5 July 1813, in Lincoln County, Kentucky. (Mary) Polly Skidmore is the daughter of Joseph and Hannah (McKinney) Skidmore. Joseph Skidmore is a veteran of the Revolutionary War; he was a Private in the Virginia Line, and lived in Botetourt County, Virginia, at the time of his enlistment. In 1788, Joseph moved to Lincoln County (still part of Virginia at that time), and also served from there during the Indian War of 1791. Joseph Skidmore married Hannah McKinney, on 8 Aug. 1791, in Lincoln County (Kentucky territory), the year before Kentucky became the 15th state in the Union in 1792. |
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“Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery”, Copyright 2003, by Frank McAninch page 15 of 68 |
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