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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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Categories: 1840 US Census, Charleston County, South Carolina | 1870 US Census, Richland County, Ohio | 1860 US Census, Richland County, Ohio | Charleston, South Carolina | South Carolina, Free People of Color