James
McKinney
Born in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Thomas McKinney, Son One McKinney, Son Two McKinney [half], Son Three McKinney, Charles McKinney Jr., William McKinney, Joseph McKinney, Stephen McKinney, Josiah McKinney, Elizabeth (McKinney) Lawrence, Peter McKinney, Rane Chastain McKinney, Abraham McKinney, Judith (McKinney) Lawrence and Daniel Fuquay McKinney
Husband of
Levisa (Whitley) McKinney
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Madison Mckinney
Died
at age 67
in Callaway County, Missouri, United States
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James McKinney served for Kentucky in the War of 1812
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Biography
James McKinney followed in the family tradition of fighting for his country. A short synopsis of his military life can be found in The Cornstalk Militia of Kentucky 1792-1811 by G. Glenn Clift. On page 112, Captain James McKinney is noted in the 6th Regiment - 13 Sep 1802. On page 186, he is found as a Major in the 2nd Battalion 63rd Regiment - 31 Dec 1811. It is written of his many battles against the "Red Man." Following the wars he removed to Missouri, from 1827 to 1832, he served as a Judge for Calloway County, Missouri.
- Obituary
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At his residence in this Co. on the 2d inst., in the sixty ninth year of his age, Maj. James McKenney one of our oldest and best citizens. He lived a long and irreproachable life -- He was proverbial in his piety, independence, hospitality and all the qualities which mark the character of his native state, as well as that of the one in wich he so long resided.
- He was born in Virginia, emigrated to Kentucky in the year 1778, and from thence to this state and county in 1819. He has left a most affectionate family, as well as a long list of friends and acquaintances to deplore and regret his loss.[1]
Multiple unsourced family trees claim he married Levisa Whitley on 10 July 1798 at Lincoln Co, Kentucky, and they had 9 children.
Named in father's will.[2]
Birth
- Date: 15 DEC 1778
- Place: Charlotte Co, Virginia
Baptism
- Date: 1818
- Place: Big Spring Church, Woodford Co, Kentucky by Elder S. M. Noel
Census
- Date: 1830
- Place: Callaway Co, Missouri
Residence
- Date: 1818
- Place: St. Charles, Missouri
Death
- Date: 3 JUN 1846
- Place: Callaway Co, Missouri
Name: James L McKinney. Given Name: James L. Surname: McKinney. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.
Sources
- ↑ Theodorick Boulware, Obituary of James McKinney
- ↑ Transcription of Will
- History of Callaway County Missouri Repository
- Find A Grave: Memorial #38317476
See Also
- Pioneer Families of Missouri, Wm. S. Bryan & Robert Rose, 1876
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) - John McKinney :
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~0.78%
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