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Daniel McAninch, Part II: From Pennsylvania, 1790, to Lincoln County, Kentucky |
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by Frank McAninch |
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During the 1790’s, Daniel McAninch [Note 1] and family moved from south-western Pennsylvania to |
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southern Kentucky, along the classic Scots-Irish migration trail down the great Shenandoah Valley of. |
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western Virginia, and then through the Cumberland Gap on the new Wilderness Road into Kentucky. |
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Before 1790, there is some evidence for Daniel, in Pennsylvania, but “Part I” has not been written yet. |
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This article attempts to trace Daniel’s journey down to Kentucky, and to show the various connections |
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between Daniel and his family at both ends, and along the way. |
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In the 1790 First Census of the United States, there are only two McAninch’s enumerated in the entire |
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country: Daniel McAninch, and John McAninch, and both in Westmoreland County, Penn. [Note 2]. |
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“McAninch, Daniel |
3 1 4 0 0” |
Washington Township [and probable composition of family] |
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3 Males |
>= 16 [Daniel, 35-40; son John, 11-12, mis-counted?; third man?] |
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1 Male |
< 16 years [presumably, Samuel, age 1 (born 1789, Penn.)] |
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4 Females |
[wife and three daughters? Peggy and Rhoda not born yet?] |
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0 0 |
0, No other free persons, and 0, no Slaves |
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“McAninch, John |
1 1 3 0 0” |
Derry Township [John, son William, wife and two daughters?] |
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There is no evidence (yet) of any relationship between Daniel and this John. Later, after 1790, there |
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is evidence of this John and his family in Armstrong County, Penn., which will not be discussed here. |
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Daniel had five (known) sons, some born in Pennsylvania, one in Virginia, the last two in Kentucky: |
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John, and Samuel, born in Pennsylvania; George, in Virginia; Daniel (Jr.?) and (?) Henry, Kentucky. |
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In the standard Scots pattern, the eldest son (John) is named after the paternal grandfather, the second |
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son (Samuel) for the maternal grandfather, and the third son after the father. In this family, the fourth |
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son was apparently named for the father (Daniel), so, who was the third son (George A.) named for? |
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Also, in Daniel’s family, in 1790, the identity of the third male over 16 is not known (yet). This could |
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be a younger brother (William?), who was not married yet, and all traveling together. Or, did Daniel |
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have another, older son? (Archibald? James? William?). If so, estimated date of birth circa 1770-1775 |
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(assume Daniel early 20’s, yet born before 1775, he’s ‘16 & over’ in 1790), and, prob. born in Penn. |
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John McAninch, son of Daniel, was born 1778-1780, (probably) in Pennsylvania. Found in the early |
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Commissioner’s Books (Tax and Militia lists) in Lincoln County, Kentucky [Note 3], John is first |
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marked “21 and over” on the 1801 list, indicating that he became 21 during the period 1800 to 1801. |
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This is consistent with later census records, in Tennessee, 50-60 in 1830, and 60-70 in 1840 [Note 4]. |
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John would have spent his teen-age years traveling with the family, arriving in Kentucky ca. 1798-99 |
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[Lincoln County, Kentucky, Commissioner’s Books, Note 3]. On October 7, 1801, he married Patsy |
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Cooper, daughter of William and Susannah Cooper, in adjacent Pulaski County, Kentucky [Note 5]. |
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John and his family are found in Casey County on the 1810 census [Note 6], with two sons and two |
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daughters. A short time later, 1811-1812, they move their family south to Giles County, Tennessee. |
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Daniel McAninch, Part II: From Pennsylvania, 1790, to Lincoln County, Kentucky (1 of 6) |
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McAninch Family History NL, IX -2 April 2001 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2001-11 |