Anna (Millar) McKay (1770 - 1856)

Born 1770 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 1856 at about age 86 in Giles County, TN

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Biography

Anna McKay was born in Ireland on 24 Aug 1770.^{[1] [2]} Her surname is sometimes given as Millar, but no records have yet been cited to confirm this. She passed away in 1856, and is buried in the Garrett/McKay Cemetery, south of Pulaski, TN.^[3]

She and her husband had the following children: William, Elizabeth, and Mary J. (who married a John A. Brown). Only Mary lived to be included in census records in the years 1850 and up, where her birthplace is consistently given as Tennessee. Her father, Henry, aged 90, is living with Mary in 1860. If the census records are correct about Mary's birthplace, Henry and Anna came to the US before 1810, as Mary's birthdate is approximately 1809-1810 by the census.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Jim Tipton, Find-A-Grave, online collection (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2017), Anna McKay, 24 Aug 1770-Dec. 18, 1856, Garrett-McKay Cemetery, Giles Co., TN; Find A Grave: Memorial #172185419.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com Operations Inc., "1850 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 March 2017), entry for Henry McCay; Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Giles, Tennessee; Roll: M432_879; Page: 471B; Image: 333; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C..
3. ↑ Jim Tipton, Find-A-Grave, online collection (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2017), Anna McKay, 24 Aug 1770-Dec. 18, 1856, Garrett-McKay Cemetery, Giles Co., TN; Find A Grave: Memorial #172185419.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com, "1860 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 March 2017), household of John Brown, Year: 1860, Census Place: Southern Subdivision Giles, Tennessee, Roll: M653_1251, Page: 130, and Family History Library Film: 805251; Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

• Personal family notesGarrett-4589 08:12, 12 June 2016 (EDT)

• Book: The Heritage of Giles County, TN 1809-2005

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• Anna's dates of birth and death are confirmed by a photograph of her tombstone, provided on Find-A-Grave by "Patricia."