John
McKenney
Sr
Born in Amelia, Virginia, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Son of Travis McKinney
and Ann (Gresham) Mckinney
Brother of
Mary McKinney, William (McKinney) McKenney, William (McKinney) McKenney, William Mckenney [half] and Ann McKinney
Husband of
Katherine (Rolen) McKinney
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Nancy Kizy (McKinney) McCord, George McKinney, Travis McKenney, John Mckenney, William McKinney, Zachariah McKinney, Katherine (McKenney) Woods, Nelly Roe McKenney, Joshua Mckenney, Eli McKinney, Matilda (Mckenney) Snelson, Simeon Mckenney, Jeremiah McKinney and Eliza McKenney
Died
at age 77
in Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
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Biography
John Mckenney was born on December 15, 1759, in Amelia, Virginia. His father was Travis McKinney, and his mother was Ann Gresham. He married Katherine Eaves Rolen somewhere between 1785 and 1810. John Mckenney passed away August 25, 1837, in Lincoln, Georgia, having lived a long life of 77 years.[1][2][3][4]
US Revolutionary War Rolls
- Name John Mckenney
- Event Type Military Service
- Event Date May 1778
- Event Place United States
- Military Rank Private[5]
Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index
- Name: John Sr. Mc Kenney
- State: GA
- County: Lincoln County
- Township: No Township Listed
- Year: 1818
- Record Type: Tax List
- Page: 082
- Database: GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index[6]
1820 US Federal Census
- Name: John Mckenny Senior
- Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Lincoln, Georgia
- Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
- Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
- Slaves - Females - Under 14: 1
- Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
- Slaves - Females - 45 and over: 1
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 5
- Free White Persons - Under 16: 4
- Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 6
- Total Slaves: 4
- Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 10[7]
US Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
- Name: John Mckenney
- Pension Year: 1834
- Application State: Georgia
- Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File
- Archive Publication Number: M804
- Archive Roll Number: 1689
- Total Pages in Packet: 42[8]
US Pension Roll of 1835
- Name: John McKenney
- Rank: Private and Lieutenant
- Age: 75
- Birth Year: abt 1756
- Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831
- Residence Place: Lincoln, Georgia, USA
- Service Description: S. Carolina militia[9]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6HH-HY8
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/29547852/person/12471204177/facts
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/29265767/person/12168577141/facts
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/88761539/person/83009802068/facts
- ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-W56H : 21 December 2016), John Mckenney, 1778.
- ↑ ackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Georgia Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
- ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lincoln, Georgia; Page: 153; NARA Roll: M33_7; Image: 159
- ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- ↑ United States Senate.The Pension Roll of 1835.4 vols. 1968 Reprint, with index. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992.
- The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Se
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AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) - John McKinney :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M170, FTDNA kit #359294
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~1.56%
Ronald McKinney :
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Robert Phillips :
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~0.78%
John Satterwhite :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Richard Noegel :
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Kurt Driver
Valerie Willis
Sharon Casteel
McKenney-293 and McKenney-76 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth and death dates, though 293's daughter Nelly doesn't appear with 76's children.
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by Sharon Casteel
Kurt Driver
His Last name at birth is spelled incorrectly. His dad and son's spell McKinney.
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by Kurt Driver
Valerie Willis
McKinney-1790 and McKenney-76 appear to represent the same person because: same name, dates & spouse
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by Valerie Willis
Rejected matches › Jonathan McKenney (1761-)
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