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Harriet E. (Gaillard) McKinney (abt. 1803 - 1874)

Harriet E. McKinney formerly Gaillard
Born about in Charleston, South Carolinamap
Daughter of [father unknown] and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 71 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

US Black Heritage Project
Harriet (Gaillard) McKinney is a part of US Black heritage.

Harriet Gaillard was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Her mother was likely Daphne Gaillard (1776-1734), as the two of them are living on the same street and are listed next to each other in Tax Records in 1821, 1822, and 1823.

They may have been enslaved before 1820.

Marriage

In the 1872 city directories in Cleveland, Ohio, Harriet McKinney is listed as a widow of William. On a marriage license, her son William McKinney lists his parents as Harriet and William.

Harriet and William McKinney had five children who reached the age of 15 and paid the Capitation Tax in Charleston: William, Catherine, Robert, Christopher, and Harriet.

Tax and Census Records

1821, 1822[1], 1823[2] - Harriet Gaillard and Daphne Gaillard were both living on Boundary Street in Charleston, South Carolina, and have paid the Capitation Tax levied on Free People of Color.

In 1830, a William McKinney (could be Harriet's husband or her father-in-law or grandfather-in-law) lived in Charleston Neck, Charleston County, South Carolina. [3]The household had 15 people. [Names are possible but not proven] Five of the people are the family unit (William + Harriet and three children: William Jr., Catherine, Robert). There may be three older M/F couples

  • Free Colored Males - Under 10 - possibly Robert McKinney, newborn
  • Free Colored Males - Under 10 [William McKinney (age 4)
  • Free Colored Males - 24 thru 35 [William McKinney?]
  • Free Colored Males - 36 thru 54
  • Free Colored Males - 55 thru 99
  • Free Colored Males - 55 thru 99
  • Free Colored Females - Under 10 - [Catherine McKinney]
  • Free Colored Females - 24 thru 35 - [Harriet McKinney]
  • Free Colored Persons - Females - 36 thru 54
  • Free Colored Persons - Females - 36 thru 54
  • Free Colored Persons - Females - 55 thru 99
  • Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35
  • Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35
  • Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35
  • Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54
  • In 1855, the Free Negro Capitation Books show three of her children (William, Christopher, Harriet) and a daughter-in-law (Eslanda) lived at N. Wragg Square in Charleston, South Carolina: 3 siblings Wm G. McKinney [#24], Christopher B McKinney'[#25], Harriet E McKinney [#26], and Christopher's wife, Eslander [#27]. The numbers in brackets are their reference number in the tax record.[4] Harriet (age 52) probably lived with them, but women over the age of 50 did not have to pay the tax, so she doesn't appear in the records.

In June 1858, Harriet and her children left South Carolina. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio.

In 1860, Harriet (age 57) was living in Cleveland with her son, William McKinney, her daughter Harriet Lee (age 24), and her son-in-law, William Lee.[5] Also living in Cleveland are her son Christopher and his wife, Eslanda, and their children, and Catherine McKinney and her husband, William Cardozo, and their children.

In 1870, Harriet McKinney (age 67) is living in Cleveland, Ohio, with her daughter Harriet, her daughter's 2nd husband Stephen Wright, and her granddaughter Otitia Lee (age 9).[6]

In 1872, Harriet McKinney, widow of William, is listed in the City Directory for Cleveland, Ohio.

Death

She died in Columbia SC in January,1874. [7]

By 1870, her son Christopher, his wife Eslanda, and their children had gone back to South Carolina and were living in Columbia, the state capitol. (Eslanda's brother was Secretary of State). [8] Harriet probably went to South Carolina to be near them, either as a permanent move or to visit them.

Sources

  1. "South Carolina, Charleston, Free Negro Capitation Books, 1811-1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41YL-Z2ZM : Tue Oct 10 09:03:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Harriet Garlland.
  2. "South Carolina, Charleston, Free Negro Capitation Books, 1811-1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41W4-HX6Z : Tue Oct 10 08:35:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Daphnie Gaillard.
  3. Year: 1830; Census Place: Charleston Neck, Charleston, South Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 170; Page: 120; Family History Library Film: 0022504
  4. "South Carolina, Charleston, Free Negro Capitation Books, 1811-1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-13CM-6JF4?cc=3405101 : 5 February 2020), > image 584 of 765; South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
  5. Year: 1860; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 4, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Page: 494; Family History Library Film: 803952
  6. Year: 1870; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 6, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M593_1190; Page: 139B; Family History Library Film: 552689
  7. United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011
  8. Year: 1870; Census Place: Columbia, Richland, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1507; Page: 134B; Family History Library Film: 553006




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