Born about in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Michajah George Pittman Jr.
and Mary (Trease) Pittman
Wife of
William King McKinney
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
George Madison McKinney, William Logan McKinney, David Richardson McKinney, Elizabeth Louisa McKinney, Rebecca Ellen (McKinney) McCallister, James King McKinney, Sarah Catherine (McKinney) Snyder, Miranda McKinney, Laura Ann (McKinney) Sears, Emily McKinney and Serelda McKinney
Died about
at about age 51
in Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Feb 2015
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Biography
Cyrenia/Cyrena/Serena was born about 1814, the daughter of George Pitman (alternative spelling Pittman) and Mary Trease. She married William King McKinney [1]. She passed away about 1865 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, and she is buried in the David R. McKinney Cemetery, Vanhook, Pulaski County, Kentucky [2] [3].
Research notes
The spelling of her surname may be Pitman or Pittman, both of which are used by related Pittman lines [4].
Sarah is listed as a nickname, but it's not clear why (source needed).
Sources
- ↑ United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 1, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M653_393; Page: 451; Family History Library Film: 803393, household of Wm and Sarena McKinney. Ancestry Sharing Link retrieved 1 May 2023
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/121864100/cyrenia-jane-mckinney: accessed 01 May 2023), memorial page for Cyrenia Jane Pitman McKinney (1814–1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #121864100, citing David R. McKinney Cemetery, Vanhook, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Roy Don Howell (contributor 46847035). Memorial contains a photo of a renewed grave marker with name and date.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by John McKINNEY, Thursday, February 26, 2015.
- ↑ The Pittman DNA Project, Family Tree DNA, project link retrieved 1 May 2023
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65K-VZL : 12 April 2016), Cyrenia Mckinney in household of William K Mckinney, Pulaski county, part of, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States; citing family 514, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarena:
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~3.12%
Brad Wyatt
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23andMe, GEDmatch UJ6137984 [compare], yourDNAportal BRAcd409c47
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WN9257483 [compare], Ancestry member brydgaer
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Carol (Mudd) Fuchs :
23andMe, GEDmatch M694368 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A827370 [compare], Ancestry member muddfoxx
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B435596
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~0.78%
Michelle Everette :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Deborah (Parker) Collard :
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XL8471186 [compare]
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Autosomal DNA Test
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XL8471186 [compare]
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Living DNA, GEDmatch XL8471186 [compare], Ancestry member Collardgreens
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~0.78%
Aurora (Barnhart) Conley :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Johnny Pittman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Linda (Cromer) Dykes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a249193 [compare], Ancestry member LindaDykes57
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