Juniata-Cumberland-Lancaster County PA Archives Biographies.....McGinty, John 1700-20 - 1782 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gerald McGinty mcgintyboy@aol.com October 22, 2007, 4:15 pm Author: Gerald K. McGinty, Sr. John McGinty, I (Sr)., b. unknown, but assumed to be between 1700 and 1720 in County Donegal, Northern Ireland, d., ca. 1782, Mecklenburg Co., NC. Land transactions in both PA and NC, show that he was married to Rebecca (also spelled Rebeka), maiden name unknown. Her name is included with his on deeds in both states. Children of John McGinty I and Rebecca: Robert McGinty, b. ca. 1750-60, probably in PA, but possibly in Ireland, d. ca. 1840, in Monroe Co., GA. Married Deborah Jackson, ca. 1770. Robert's life is covered in detail. James McGinty, b. before 1755, probably in PA, because his father was living there by 1755, d. unknown, but thought to be before 1816, in Clairborne Co, MS, because his wife, Lydia, is listed in the 1816 census as head-of -house. He married Lydia Hood, daughter of Tunis Hood from Mecklenburg Co., NC, by 1783. Their known children were Reuben, Elizabeth, Mary, Lydia, Robert J., and possibly a Bertram G., John, Abner F. and others. He shows in Mecklenburg Co. court records in 1778 and 1779. During the Revolutionary War, James served as a private in Capt. Charles Polk's Company of NC militia foot soldiers, which was organized in Mecklenburg Co., NC. Records show that he received payment in July 1776, for twenty-five days service, and again on June 15, 1779 (Halifax), for twenty-six days service. His brother, John was the sergeant in this group of about forty men. They were involved in several campaigns including Cross Creek and Brunswick from 1776 until 1779. An article in the Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 15, number 1, "Germans in Mecklenburg", published in 1997, shows that James was among 534 NC Militia captured at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse (Greensboro, NC), March 15, 1781, and after the British victory, were paroled by Lord Cornwallis the British commander. This was one of the last battles in the Revolutionary War. After the sale of his father's land in NC, he accompanied his brother, Robert and mother, Rebecka to Wilkes Co., GA. He show as James McGintee in the "remnant" tax list of 1785 in Capt. Karr's dist., Wilkes Co., with one poll. No land ownership is shown (Early Records of Georgia, vol. II, pg. 25, by Grace Gillam Davidson). He is shown in the substitute census of 1790, by Frank Parker Hudson, located in the GA Archives, as having land, or a land grant, in Wilkes Co., GA, in what is now Taliaferro Co., west of Crawfordville, GA. There is a footnote saying that he may not have actually been living there in 1790, but that he did pay taxes there in 1787. His brothers, Robert and John also show in this document. Sometime around this time, he relocated back to NC. In 1793 he had received state land grant #1583 in Mecklenburg Co. for 100 acres on the waters of Stewart's Fork and Richardson's Creek. He actually purchased this grant on April 3, 1800. He shows in the 1790 census in the Salisbury District (#15), Mecklenburg Co. (since 1842, this is part of Union Co.) below Goose Creek. At this time his family consisted of wife Lydia with three males and three other females. This census also shows her Hood family (Tunis, Sr., Tunis, Jr. And Reuben) living in the same District #15. He shows as a witness to the deed of William Robinson, July 20, 1793. He is also seen as a purchaser of several bushels of corn and a wagon at the estate sale of Robert Walker that was held in Mecklenburg Co. in 1794. Capt. McGinty's company was already formed by 1794. In the minutes of the April 1796 session, Mecklenburg Co. N.C. Court of Common Pleas and Quarters, Book 3, Capt. McGinty's Company is shown as a political district. We can assume that James was Capt. McGinty since his other brothers were no longer in NC at this time. The Phillips Mill Baptist Church conference record of July 8 1797, show that James, who had been excommunicated at an earlier date, was to be reinstated. The church minutes say " Bro. Robert McGinty from the Mount Pelia Church informed this conference that James McGinty who was formerly a member of this church and excommunicated for certain crimes committed among them, had of late given full satisfaction to the aggrieved members of said church, whereupon this church agreed to give up this matter to said church and their satisfaction should be ours. Dismissed by letter." James had already left Phillips Mill Church and was a member of a new church by 1797. He was living in NC by this date. James is shown as a juror from McGinty's Company in 1795. He is shown in the 1800 land valuations for taxes in Iredell Co., NC (formed from Rowan Co. in 1788) as owning one tract of 510 acres of land on 3rd Creek and another tract of 200 acres on 4th Creek along with a barn that measured twenty-six by fifty feet. He shows in the 1800 census of Iredell Co., NC (pg. 640), with a large family consisting of two males under 10; two males 10-16; one male 16- 26; one male over forty-five (him), two females under ten, one female, 10-16; one female, 16-26; and one female, 26-45 (wife). His age bracket here is 'Over 45,' meaning that he was born before 1755. Beginning in 1798, he shows as a juror in Iredell Co. several times through 1804. On November 3, 1801, James purchased the 510 acres on the waters of 3rd Creek from Adam Kerrell (Iredell Co. Deed Book D, p. 387). On February 3, 1802, he sold some of the land on 3rd Creek to William Astin. This was part of the same 510 acres (Iredell Co. Deed Book E, p. 393). His daughter, Elizabeth, also witnessed this deed. On February 26, 1802, he sold another 335 acres on 3rd Creek to Butler Stonestreet for $750. This sale was witnessed by his son, Reuben McGinty (Iredell Co. Deed Book E, pg.1). James relocated to LA/MS before 1804. According to census records, one of his sons, Robert J. McGinty, is shown as being born in MS in 1804. Robert J. went on to become the first mayor of Vicksburg, MS in 1836. The Louisiana Purchase was in 1803 and the opening of the Mississippi River brought in many new settlers to the area. James and his family seem to have been part of this movement. However, his legacy lived on in NC and in 1810, there is a court document concerning the responsible party for road maintenance and Nathaniel Bagwell was appointed overseer of the road from "McGinty's to Concord Meeting House." In 1811 and 1813, we see this same road mentioned again. In 1814, Ross McLelland was appointed overseer of the road "from opposite William Stevenson's to McGinty's old place." He shows in the Federal census of 1810, living in Concordia Parish, LA. At this time, Concordia Parish was quite large and took in what is now Tensas Parish. In 1810, the McGintys lived in LA, just across the Mississippi River from the mouth of Bayou Pierre, Clairborne Co., MS. Today, that area is in Tensas Parish. His family is shown as three males under ten, two males, 10-16; one male, 16-26; one male over forty-five (him), two females, 16-26; one female over forty-five (wife) and no slaves. He is listed in the 1816 tax roll for Clairborne Co., MS, but is then missing from a later 1816 federal census where his wife, Lydia is shown as the head of the household. This census shows Lydia with one male over twenty-one, two males under twenty-one, two females over twenty-one and one female under twenty-one. Based on this, James could have died in 1816. Lydia is not found in the 1820 census, so she could have died before then. A member of the Tunis Hood family, Dellmann Hood, wrote a book titled The Tunis Hood Family: Its Lineage and Traditions. It mistakenly shows that Lydia Hood married Alexander McGinty, Jr., when in fact, she married James McGinty. John McGinty, II, b. ca. 1760, probably in PA, d. unknown, but after 1830. Name of wife unknown but based on having seven children by 1820; their marriage would have been before 1813. During the Revolutionary War, John was a member of Capt. Charles Polk's NC militia foot soldiers. He was the company's first sergeant. The unit was organized in Mecklenburg Co., NC, and consisted of about forty men. They fought in several campaigns including Cross Creek and Brunswick. Records show that he received payment for twenty-five days service (undated), fifty-three days service from March to May 1776 in Polk's "light horse" to Brunswick, and twenty-six days at Cross Creek, January 15, 1779 (Halifax). Before leaving Mecklenburg Co., NC, we see his name in court minutes beginning in 1783, serving on juries. He was present at the 1785 estate sale of his father in NC, and purchased several items. Around 1785, John moved to Wilkes Co., GA. He show as John McGintee in the 1785 "remnant" tax list of Wilkes Co., with one poll. No property ownership is shown (Early Records of Georgia, vol. II, pg. 25, by Grace Gillam Davidson). In the 1790 and 1791 tax lists of Wilkes Co., he is shown in what is now Taliaferro Co., in Capt. Callier's military district (172), just east of Sharon, GA. He shows as part of a Pugh 1811 sale of 240 acres, on the "waters of Reedy Creek." His wife's name is unknown. He shows in the Wilkes Co., GA tax list for most of the years between 1785 and 1821. He shows as a witness to the will of Martha Stewart that was written in Wilkes Co., March 27, 1791, and probated, September 20, 1793. The land mentioned in the will was on Harden's Creek. In 1805, he drew in the Wilkes Co. land lottery. We think, though not yet confirmed, that he had at least three sons, John A., James and Alexander and they fit into the 1820 census age brackets. A Nancy McGinty also shows in the Wilkes Co. marriages, Grace Davidson book (pg. 84), marrying John Rhodes, July 30, 1818. She could have been one of his daughters, but more research is needed on her. All of the sons show in the local tax records from 1819-1821. Alexander married Margaret Person, July 2, 1818, in Wilkes Co., GA (page 49) and then moved to AL and purchased land in Perry Co., as early as 1823. John II, shows in the 1820 census of Wilkes Co., GA, pg. 254, with three male and four female children along with four slaves. His possible son, John A. also shows in this census, pg. 282. There is also a record in the Peugh (Pugh) family research that show that John II had four daughters and this is confirmed by the 1820 census. Olive "Ollie" is said to have married Asa Peugh, before 1838. The 1787 tax digest of Wilkes Co., Capt. Heard's district, shows John II, living next door to Elijah Pugh. John does not show owning any property here, and might be actually living with Pugh. The 1830 census of Pike Co., shows Asa Peugh, living near John II. His wife is age 20- 30. Martha, born ca. 1809 in GA, married Benjamin Borders in Pike Co., in 1832. They show in later census records in Carroll Co., GA. Catherine married Lewis Charles Borders in Pike Co., in 1828. They show in the 1830 and 1850 census of Pike Co. Mary is said to have married William D. Pender. John A. (b., ca. 1778) shows as living in the 34th Battalion, Warren Co., GA in 1845, and died in that county, April 16, 1853, at age seventy-five. His epitaph in the Christian Index reads, "John A. McGinty, having been a member of the Baptist church sixty odd years. He died in the triumph of faith. Blessed are the dead which die unto the Lord." His first wife was Nancy (maiden name unknown). She was the mother of all his children. His second wife was Jincy "Jane" Culverhouse, who died March 13, 1856, at about age sixty-five. Note: Possible son, John A. was born, ca. 1778. Some of the tax records and deeds, after he became of age in 1800, could be him and not John II. However, we do see several entries, which are definitely him, because the A is shown in his name. Entries include, 1815 Wilkes County, No. 5, Captain John Hendrick's District, John A. McGinty, 1 slave, 100 acres type #2 land, 242 acres type #3 land, 50 acres pine land, Wilkes County, on Rocky Creek, adjoining J. Hendricks, originally granted to McCarty, plus one stud horse, Goliah, $6, with taxes $7.21. 1819 Wilkes County, Captain Anderson Bates' District, John A. McGinty - 1 slave, 200 acres type #2 land, 125 acres type #3 land, 50 acres pine land, Wilkes County, on Rocky Creek, adjoining J. Hendricks, originally granted to McCarty, taxes $1.31, and 1821 Wilkes County, Captain Archibald Harry's District, John A. McGinty - 250 acres type #3 land, 50 acres pine land, Wilkes County, on Rocky Creek, adjoining J. Hendricks, originally granted to McCarty. 490 acres pine land in Irwin County, 10th District, Lot # 279. One two wheel carriage. Total taxes $1.75. John A. lived in Wilkes Co., from 1785 until 1820, and then moved to Warren Co. In 1799, we see a John II living in Wilkes Co., Capt. Patterson's District and listed as a "tax defaulter." In 1800, he purchased 220 acres of land on Steven's Creek. The 1801 tax digest shows him as having land in William Ogletree's District and in 1806, he is listed as drawing in the land lottery in Capt. Gumm's District. He had two draws in this lottery along with his brothers, Robert and James, and also Robert, Jr., and Thomas, sons of Robert. The land given here was known as the Ocmulgee Lands and was in Hancock Co., GA. We see John in the 1809 tax list, still on Stephen's Creek. In 1813, he shows in Hiram William's district with three slaves. We find John selling his land on Stephen's Creek to Archibald Gresham. As noted above, in 1820, John II is shown in the Wilkes Co. census (pg. 254), living in John Bryant's district on Hardin's Creek. In this census, he has three male and four female children. His age is shown as 'Over 45,' meaning that he was born before 1775. He shows drawing in other land lotteries during this period. By 1827, he was living in Pike Co., GA, and had been there for at least three years because he was included in the 1827-28 "free land lottery" in Pike Co., and a three year residence in the county was required. He was eligible for this draw because of his Revolutionary War service. In 1832, he successfully drew two lots located in Cherokee Co., GA. He was living in Bustin's district, Pike Co., and is shown as a Revolutionary War veteran. He is still shown in the 1830 Pike Co. census, pg. 124 (pg. 37 on Ancestry.com). His age bracket is 60-70, showing a birth date of 1760 - 1770. He had to have been born in the early 1760s, because he is shown serving in the Revolutionary War and then on juries by 1784. If his son, John A. was born in 1778, then John II would have been born closer to 1760. His wife is also shown in age bracket, 50-60. We do not know when he died. No will has yet been found. The last record we have of John are these land lottery draws in Cherokee Co., that he made while living in Pike Co., GA, one of which was granted in 1838. We do not know if he ever actually lived on this land in Cherokee Co. Many draws in this north GA area were later sold. The Life of John McGinty Recent discoveries from my research in PA have proven that John I and his family moved from PA to Mecklenburg Co., NC, in about 1766. Previous research, done up until the 1950's by Gertrude Harris Cook, who was the great, great granddaughter of Robert McGinty, and research done by my grandfather, Wiley P. McGinty, Sr., the son of William Pitts McGinty, had shown that John I moved his family to NC from VA. This was based on all of the research they had at the time. However, recent documentation has shown that the VA family was actually named McKinney (sometimes spelled McCinney) and not McGinty. It is interesting to note that the spelling of McGinty was the same on several documents we have from PA back in the 1700's as it is today. The current, official spelling, has not changed in over 260 years. However, up until the time that I was a child, the "c" in Mc had two small lines or dots under it (= or ..). This is no longer done but it shows on some old gravestones and documents. The earliest record we have of John McGinty I is from the book, History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys, edited by F. Ellis and A.N. Hungerford, published in 1886. It recounts the history of Mifflinburg (also called Taylorstown) which was three quarters of a mile below today's Mifflintown, PA. We see that 278 acres of property near to where this town was located was warranted to Robert Campbell on September 8, 1755. It was described as being bounded on the west by the Juniata River, on the north by Alexander Lafferty's land and on the east by John McGinty's land. This area of PA had been purchased from the Indians, 6 July 1754, and he was granted a warrant in the new territory. In 1755, this area of PA was in Cumberland Co. and this property was in Fermanagh Township, east of the Juniata River. A few months later there is a warrant #112, for fifty acres of land that John received December 16, 1755 (photo). This land was located adjoining William Henderson on a run northward of (the) Juniata (river) in Cumberland Co., PA. John also shows in a deed as having adjoining property in the sale of Alexander and Robert Campbell, dated 1757. This land was described as being on the north side of the Juniata River, in Cumberland Co. At this time, John actually lived in Donegal Township, Lancaster Co. The tax list of both 1758 and 1759 show John paying taxes in Donegal township (formed before 1741), which was in Lancaster Co. Donegal township was named for County Donegal, Ireland where the McGinty originated. It was formed in 1716-19. The part of Donegal where John lived became Mt. Joy Township in 1759. John shows here as a witness to a deed dated 28 October 1761, (Vanlear to Nisly, deed book M-444). A warrant #199, for 100 acres was issued to him on July 29, 1762, also on the north side of Juniata in Cumberland Co., and bounded by land of Campbell and Corran. Later subdivisions of this land are shown in Mifflin Co., which was formed out of Cumberland Co. in 1789. Juniata Co. was then formed from Mifflin in 1831. This was well after John had relocated to NC, so the references are relating to the later county names rather than the original ones. Other records show this property, originally granted to John. It was subdivided several times in the 1800's, and John's original warrant is always cited in these documents. On August 5, 1762, we see him selling 250 acres of land, located on the north side of Juniata in Cumberland Co., to John Wilkins for fifty pounds (Cumberland Co. deeds, 1-C- 35). There is no warrant referenced in this deed, and I do not know how he obtained it. No deed has yet been located. His wife, Rebecka is shown with him in this deed. This deed shows John and Rebecka then living in Mt. Joy Township, Lancaster Co., PA. This deed confirms the name of his wife and she later shows with him on documents in NC. Sometime between 1762 and 1766, John and family relocated to this land in Cumberland Co. There were problems with the Indians in this area, and two of John's immediate neighbors, the White and Campbell families were massacred by them. This probably influenced John to move to NC, ca. 1767. John's land was also very close to the Lost Creek Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church meeting place that was founded in 1763. He, no doubt, was also a Presbyterian, and continued to be one in NC. The last document that has been located placing John I in PA is a deed dated September 29, 1766. In this deed, he is shown as being from Cumberland Co. He sold the 100 acres of 1762 warranted property on the north side of Juniata, mentioned above, to John Bayly of Donegal Township for fifty pounds (Cumberland Co., I-D-270). This deed shows that the land included structures, improvements, etc. Note: Research is currently underway to determine when John I arrived in PA. Many sources have already been examined by professional researchers in Lancaster, Cumberland and Chester Counties, PA, with only the results cited here. Quaker records in the area have also been examined because, as we have seen, John's son Robert married Deborah Jackson, a Quaker girl whose family was originally from PA. Nothing has been located to date showing the exact date that he arrived in PA from Ireland. Around 1766-67, John I, Rebecka and their family relocated to NC, joining hundreds of Cumberland Co. families that had already trekked down the "Great Philadelphia Wagon Road", as it was called in the north, or "The Great Wagon Road from the Yadkin River through Virginia to Philadelphia distant 435 miles," as Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson meticulously labeled it on their "Map of the most settled Parts of Virginia" in 1775. This heavily traveled road came through Cabarrus, Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, close to where John acquired his initial property. Through the 1750's and 1760's, the stream of Scotch-Irish immigrants into these areas grew larger. As PA's population steadily increased, both from immigration and a high birth rate, the demand for land drove prices to a point where a move to areas where land was still low cost and plentiful was appealing. John's probable brother, Alexander, had also traveled to this area in his trading business with the Catawba Indians. This Indian tribes largest village was in SC. The violence of Indian disturbances in PA and VA, were also reasons for the immigrations. Three NC governors had enthusiastically encouraged the immigration from the north of Scottish families. They were needed to expand the population and create economic development. Arthur Dobbs, governor of NC just prior to John's relocation (1754- 1765), was born on Ireland and was himself an Ulsterman. John and Rebecka were among the later arrivals, along with the parents of President Andrew Jackson who settled in the Waxhaw community a few miles to the south in present day NC. Almost to a man, they were Presbyterians, but to date we have not obtained any actual church records from this period on John and his family. The first evidence we have of John in NC is a deed dated January 4, 1767, showing John, the planter, purchasing 321 acres of land on Sugaw (Sugar) and McCalpin's Creek in Mecklenburg Co. It is very interesting to note in this deed that the land that John purchased was adjacent to land already owned by his brother, Alexander. We know that Alexander purchased land here as early as 1763. This land was near today's Pineville, N.C. Over time, these "bottom lands" along Sugaw Creek, became known as some of the most productive in the country and no less an authority than President George Washington, who visited there in 1791, noted their "very rich look." John purchased this land from George Augustus Selwyn for thirty-two Pounds. Thomas Polk, who witnessed this deed, had arrived in this area in 1753 from Cumberland Co., PA, and was one of the Mecklenburg Signers, a document dated May 20, 1775, declaring independence from Great Britain, prior to the official Declaration of Independence in 1776. George Augustus Selwyn, who sold this land to John I, had inherited the land from his father who was a British Lord who had been granted vast tracts of land in Mecklenburg by King George II in 1737. He was granted this land under the condition that he would settle 6,000 persons on the land and collect taxes from them. He was given until 1756 to fulfill this obligation. Because of the Cherokee uprisings, the time was extended until 1760, and when it became impossible for him to meet this date, a compromise was worked out whereby he could keep his land if he brought in one settler for every 200 acres. John I purchased one of these tracts. There were incentives offered to PA settlers like John, including a very attractive land cost. Prior to John's purchase, hundreds of Scotch-Irish settlers had already come to the area and settled on this land based on some promises from the colonial government in the Carolinas. Selwyn asked a young Henry McCulloh, whose name also appears on the deed of John I, to serve as his agent and to collect taxes that were due to him from the people who had settled on his property. McCulloh did not want to do this because he knew the reputation of the people with whom he would be dealing. He reluctantly consented. However, by 1762 there were over 150 families already settled on Selwyn's land, and they were not about to move or agree to pay taxes. In fact, they threatened to fire on any surveyor seen in the area. Thomas Polk who was the "head and chief" of these families finally agreed to a cease-fire if McCulloh would agree to make Polk's frame house the center of the new settlement. This was agreed and commissioners were appointed to build a new town. The date was around 1760. One of these commissioners was John Frohock, a very prominent citizen of the day, who also witnessed the deed of John I. Polk also wanted the new town to be the county seat and this sparked a seven-year political debate. Finally, in 1767, the same year that John I purchased his land, Polk and other commissioners named the village Charlotte Town, in honor of King George III's new bride. In 1774, it became the county seat. It was in this area that John I settled. His property was actually a little south of Charlotte, near Pineville, N.C. Mecklenburg Co. was cut from Anson Co. in 1762. It was named for the German birthplace of the new queen of England. If the land that John purchased had not been yet cleared and had a cabin, then his first priority after arriving was to build one, and then to plant a crop. Typically, families "camped out" in a sapling lean-to until a permanent log cabin could be erected. On these lots, settlers like John built log houses, usually one room, twenty feet square. Few houses had more than a single window, and only the most prosperous used brick for their chimneys. Both the hipped clapboard roofs and the wooden window shutters were fastened with iron spikes. As protection against fire and cooking odors, the kitchen was usually in a separate building near the cabin. As improvements were made, other out buildings included the smokehouse, well and outhouse. Getting established also included the backbreaking work of clearing land in preparation for the first crop. It is said that in pre-Revolutionary Charlotte, only Thomas Polk's house was distinguished by a coat of white paint. The indispensable equipment of every pioneer consisted of rifle, pouches, powder horn, axe and hoe. The cow was the most valuable domestic animal. Pigs were found on every farm, pork being the preferred meat on the frontier. The forests teemed with game, wild fruits, nuts, and berries, and the streams with fish. Even before the first harvest, families could survive off the land. The domestic economy depended on the women: cooking, baking, the making of clothes, washing, milking cows, making butter, spinning, weaving, pickling, and all the other duties of a housewife. Many were also mothers to large families of eight or ten children, which were nursed and cared for through illness without a doctor. If no school was available, their mother taught the children. Marriages were early, as no man who chose farming as his profession could survive without a good woman. The next land transaction we see for John I was dated January 11, 1767. In this transaction, he mortgaged the same property purchased above to Henry E. McCulloh for 87.4 Pounds. There are no other land records of John I until April 10, 1779, when he purchased 230 acres of land on McCalpin's and Reedy Creek from Thomas and Susannah Polk. This land was bordered by other property, including improvements that John already owned. By 1775, John was shown living near the current Mint Hill, NC, on the land that was sold after his death. In 1782 or 1784 (all records don't agree), we see that his wife, Rebecka and son James were asked by the governor of NC to present an inventory of his estate meaning that John I was deceased by then. This 1782 date, which appears on the original document, is also shown as October 1784 in other court records. The 1784 sounds more realistic because the estate sale of John I in 1784/85, is documented. We see purchases of items made by his brother, Alexander Sr. and his grandson, Alexander, Jr. Also John's sons, James and John II, were there. Over the years, there were other friends and neighbors that show as witnesses on his deeds, etc., such as James Finney who married Alexander, Sr.'s daughter and William Kenedy, who purchased John's property in 1785. Kenedy also married Mary Ann McGinty, one of Alexander Sr.'s granddaughters. Studying the various items in his estate sale gives us a good picture of the environment where John I and his family were living in 1780's. As I mentioned earlier, the land that they settled was very fertile, and we know by the items sold that he was a farmer. There were many farm implements and several bushels of corn sold from his estate. In 1785, John's son, Robert, who then lived in Wilkes Co., GA, sold his father's remaining 122 acres on McCalpin's Creek, (which had been purchased from the Polk's in 1779) to William Kenedy for sixty Pounds. His mother, Rebecka, came to Wilkes Co. to live the rest of her life with his family. His brothers, James and John II accompanied him back to GA. Note: The deeds cited here were collected over the years by the author from many sources. In 2001, the recorded McGinty deeds in Mecklenburg Co. were published in the Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 19, Number 3, Pages 17-29. This society is located at P.O. Box 32453, Charlotte, NC 28232-2453. John I had, which is thought to be a brother, Alexander. Records show that they were together in PA and moved together to NC. John I is also thought to have had another brother, James, who went to KY and settled in Harrodsburg. This submission is from "Our McGinty Family in America" by Gerald K. McGinty, Sr. Additional Comments: Please correspond with the author on any related topics. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 30.6 Kb