James Madison McKinney's parents were Daniel (Donald)McKinney and Sarah Weathers. James moved from NC to Grainger County TN. He had children here prior to moving to MS in the Monroe County, MS census of 1820. He married Susan Ellen Sheppard, 1816, of Morgan County, GA. They had known children Josiah (1817-1881),Ellen R (1829-?),Susan A (b 1831-?),and William, dates unknown, John, James Jr., Anazena, Adaline, Articissa. James, Susan and family settle in Monroe Co, MS on sixteenth section land located in the vicinity of what was once known as Parham's store. There is a tradition in the family that many of the people who moved in at this time actually thought that they were locating in Alabama, which is only a few miles away. It is also thought that James was attracted by good spring water to locate where he did. April 1830, James was to select a new county seat for Monroe County. The commission chose the site and named it Athens, thus moving the county seat from Hamilton only to have it located in Aberdeen some 20 years later. James is buried in an unmarked grave, Burdine Cemetery, on the authority of Daniel Butler McKinney, his grandson, who attended the funeral. It is said that, when death was imminent, he called in the Negroes on his place and, in the presence of the family, released them from all indebtedness. (Ref "A History of Monroe County Mississippi,pg F638")
James Madison McKinney's parents were Daniel (Donald)McKinney and Sarah Weathers. James moved from NC to Grainger County TN. He had children here prior to moving to MS in the Monroe County, MS census of 1820. He married Susan Ellen Sheppard, 1816, of Morgan County, GA. They had known children Josiah (1817-1881),Ellen R (1829-?),Susan A (b 1831-?),and William, dates unknown, John, James Jr., Anazena, Adaline, Articissa. James, Susan and family settle in Monroe Co, MS on sixteenth section land located in the vicinity of what was once known as Parham's store. There is a tradition in the family that many of the people who moved in at this time actually thought that they were locating in Alabama, which is only a few miles away. It is also thought that James was attracted by good spring water to locate where he did. April 1830, James was to select a new county seat for Monroe County. The commission chose the site and named it Athens, thus moving the county seat from Hamilton only to have it located in Aberdeen some 20 years later. James is buried in an unmarked grave, Burdine Cemetery, on the authority of Daniel Butler McKinney, his grandson, who attended the funeral. It is said that, when death was imminent, he called in the Negroes on his place and, in the presence of the family, released them from all indebtedness. (Ref "A History of Monroe County Mississippi,pg F638")
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