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Daniel McAninch first appears in Lincoln County records on the 1799 tax list, listed as

1 White Male over 21, 1 White Male over 16, 3 Horses and Mares (no land, no Blacks) [Note 3.a].

As discussed above, his son John McAninch is 1 White Male 16-21, for 1799 and 1800 [Note 3.b].

The Second Census of the United States was taken in 1800, but the Kentucky records have been

lost, burned by the British in the War of 1812. In 1801, both Daniel and John appear on the list;

this is John’s first listing, 1 White Male over 21, and allows us to estimate date of birth [Note 3].

Pulaski County, Kentucky, was established in 1799, set off from Green and Lincoln counties,

and William McAninch had land along the county line between Lincoln and Pulaski counties.

All three men, Daniel, John and William McAninch, are found in the same “Fishing Creek”

watershed, in the Lincoln County Commissioner’s Books for the next four years, 1802-1805,

often enumerated on the same day, and entered on successive lines in the tax lists [Note 23].

Beginning with the 1802 tax list, Daniel has another ‘Male 16-21’ in the family [Note 23]. There

are at least three possibilities: 1. Samuel, age 13, if he was a big lad who wanted to pass as 16;

2. another son (James?), not previously documented, born ca. 1785-1786, prob. in Penn., or

3. it could be a different person, possibly un-related, his wife’s nephew, or a hired hand, whatever.

Both “James McAninch” and “John McAninch” are on the 1812 Tax List in Giles County, Tenn.

[Note 24], and it is possible that this James McAninch is yet another son of Daniel McAninch.

In 1807, Casey County was set off from Lincoln Co., with its own Commissioners and Tax Books.

The three McAninch families continued to live on the same land, now Casey County. In the early

Casey County years, the older sons grew up, married, and began to leave the area. John McAninch

moved south, to Giles County, Tenn., and Daniel and his wife are found there in the 1820 census.

Of Daniel’s five (known) sons, only one, George A., remained in Kentucky [John, Daniel

himself, and youngest son (?)Henry went to Giles Co., Tenn.; Samuel and his younger brother

Daniel went to Indiana]. After William died, in 1813, his widow married (2nd) James Harrell,

1 Apr. 1815, in Pulaski Co., and eventually all of William’s sons left the area (Jonathan went to

Cass County, Missouri; William and Samuel went to Giles Co., Tenn. first, and then farther west,

to Mississippi and Missouri, respectively; and, Jesse went to Carrollton, Greene Co., Illinois].

But, that’s Part III, Part IV, etc., and those are stories for another time.

Source Notes:

[1] Daniel McAninch, born 1750-1755: "45 & over" in both 1810 (Casey Co., KY; NARA

M252 Roll 9 pg.42) and 1820 (Giles Co., TN; M33 Roll 124 pg. 8), so, born before 1765;

with two other males “16 & over” in 1790 (b. bef. 1775), so, Daniel probably born before 1755.

[2] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in Year 1790, Pennsylvania,

1908, Government Printing Office, re-print 1970, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore; p.268.

[3] John McAninch, son of Daniel, (believed) born Pennsylvania; in Lincoln County Tax Records,

Daniel shows 1 white male 16-21 in both 1799 and 1800, and not 1801; in 1801 John is listed

as 1 White Male Over 21 Years, so John turned 21 between 21 June 1800 and 12 July 1801:

a. McNinch [sic], Daniel 1 White Male Over 21, 1 Over 16 [May 16, 1799; Bk3: p13: #8]

b. McAninch, Daniel 1 White Male Over 21, 1 Over 16 [June 21, 1800; Bk3: p18: #15]

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Daniel McAninch, Part II: From Pennsylvania, 1790, to Lincoln County, Kentucky (4 of 6)

McAninch Family History NL, IX -2 April 2001 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2001-14