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Daniel McAninch, Cumberland County, Rye Township, 1785-1786

(1785, 1786) Daniel McAninch and his family were living in Rye Township, Cumberland County

(north-eastern part of the county), on multiple tax lists, assessed "Rye Rates" in 1785 and 1786

on 100 acres and 2 horses, and assessed a separate State Tax in 1785 "-" "3" "9" (e.g. £0:3s:9d?).

(1785) ("Acres") "100" "McAninch" (sic, correct) "--" (no given name) ("Rye Rates 1785") "20"

(and, on the second line) "2 horses" (tax) "10" ("Total" tax) "30" (30 what? U.S. 30 cents?), and

(1786) ("Acres") "100" "McAninch" (sic, correct) "--" (no given name) ("Rye Rates 1786") "20"

(and, on the second line) "2 horses" (tax) "10" ("Total" tax) "30" [Notes 10, 10.d, 11]

(1785) Franklin County, created 9 Sept. 1784, from Cumberland County, when Antrim, Peters,

Hamilton, and seven other townships were transferred to the new Franklin County [7, p.114].

However, Rye Township remained in Cumberland Co. until 1820 (now in present-day Perry Co.).

(1787) Huntington County was created 20 Sept. 1787, from Bedford County [Note 7, p.119].

(1788) Allegheny County was created 24 Sept. 1788, from Northumberland, Washington, and

Westmoreland (with the Forks of the Ohio, and all of north-western Pennsylvania) [Note 7, p.22]

Daniel McAninch in western Pennsylvania, 1788-1790

(1788) Allegheny County: Sat., 6 Dec. 1788, in the Pittsburgh Gazette newspaper (at the Forks

of the Ohio), in the List of Letters remaining in the Post Office, Pittsburgh, November 24, 1788;

alphabetical list, the last name under 'M' is "Daniel McAninch", spelled correctly [Note 25].

(1789) Westmoreland County: Washington Township, formed 1789, from Salem Township;

Salem Township, incorporated "about 1788", from Hempfield Township; Hempfield Township

incorporated Apr. 6, 1773, an original township in Westmoreland County (1773) [Note 26]

Daniel’s son Samuel McAninch born 1789

(1789) Daniel McAninch’s second-oldest (known) son, Samuel McAninch, was born in 1789

(ca. 5 Feb. 1789), in Pennsylvania (so, Samuel was probably born in Westmoreland County).

Samuel McAninch would have been only 1 year old in 1790 (First Census of the United States,

Westmoreland County), and Samuel would have spent the first ten years of his life traveling

with the family, through the Great Valley of Virginia, into Greene County, eastern Tennessee,

and through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, arriving in Kentucky ca.1798-1799 [Note 27]

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McAninch Family History Newsletter v.XXVII n.1 June 2019 p.2019-08