James Monroe McKenzie

Notes:

In the 1850 census, J.M. McKenzie, age 30, born Tennessee, is listed in Carroll County, TN, District 4, #580, along with his wife and children. His mother, Martha, age 75, born Virginia also is listed in that same census record.

A new historical marker resides in the downtown McKenzie park (McKenzie, Tennessee). A Saturday afternoon
ceremony was abbreviated by heavy storms as Mayor Patty Edwards and Martha McKenzie
Carpenter, the great granddaughter of founder James Monroe McKenzie attempted to dedicate
the marker.

Mrs. Carpenter said she pursued the idea of erecting the marker at the urging of Dr.
Howard Smith and wife, Marion.

Last week, crews from the McKenzie Public Works Department and Carroll County Electric
cleared an area for the marker. It is situated just north of the gazebo and west of the
veteran's walk.

Because the inclement weather/forced the ceremony to be cut short, Mrs. Carpenter was not
able to give her prepared speech, but did pass along the contents of that text to The
Banner.

"We are here to dedicate this marker to James Monroe McKenzie for his contribution to the
development of this little town. Some newcomers may have wondered where the town got its
name. James Monroe McKenzie was born February 14,1818 and probably was named for President
James Monroe who came to office about that time. He came to West Tennessee with his
father. Captain John, along with some settlers - Sneads, Gilberts, Pates, Ridleys, Bowdens,
and others. Little communities sprang up where these families staked their claims.

The railroad began coming through in the 1850s taking land for the right-of-way as they
needed it. The Memphis and Ohio line, later the L&N, was the first line with passenger
and freight service from Memphis to Bowling Green, beginning in 1861. The N&W had begun
laying track from Nashville to the west but the Civil War interrupted the construction.

After the war, work continued and eventually the two lines crossed at McKenzie. In March
1861, James Monroe had donated 10 acres of land on the north side of the N&W tracks to
construct a depot. Subsequently a passenger depot was built right at the crossing and a
freight office a little to the west. They called this McKenzie Station. When the town was
incorporated in 1869, the name 'stuck' When scheduled train travel was established, the
railroads had to publish timetables so they had to name the stops. In 1870, a 112' x 20'
freight platform was built on each side of the freight office with rail sidings on each
side. Later a concrete platform was laid between the main line and the freight siding."

The script continued by reading, "James Monroe worked for good schools, churches and
government. He married Martha Louisa Coleman and they had eight children. The two oldest
boys, James Albert and John David practiced medicine in Bradford for many years and came
back here to retire. They build identical houses on Stonewall, one of which was razed two
years ago. Malcolm became an attorney, practicing in McKenzie and Huntingdon before going
to Oklahoma, where he practiced law and was an agent for the Pawnee Indians. Today the
name Malcolm McKenzie is still known in the legal profession in Oklahoma City and Tulsa
through some of Malcolm's children. Clinton Atkin was the youngest son and he too went
west. He was there when the land was opened up for homesteaders so all his life he was
involved in real estate and oil. He is the one who gave McKenzie its first swimming pool
on Stonewall.

My grandfather, George W. (Ed. Note: Washington) was station agent for the railroads in McKenzie and in Dickson
for 55 years, James Monroe also had three daughter, Callie, Sally, and Gussie who marked
local businessmen and lived near the rest of their family.

James Monroe died in 1873 before Mt. Olivet (cemetery) was established. He could have been
buried in the Gilbert Cemetery or on McKenzie land, but it is assumed he was moved to
Mount Olivet where his wife and all the children and spouses are buried.

McKenzie has always been a good place to live. Folks were interested in having good
schools, good churches and keeping an eye on their children. The town has responded to
national emergencies, sending their boys to the service, supporting the Red Cross and War
Bond campaigns. There have always been those planting flowers to make the town pretty,
book clubs to keep up to date on what was going on, and church circle meetings. Many
former McKenzians and their children have excelled in the field of education, military,
athletics and religion. I am sure the young people coming up now will accomplish even more
with the opportunities open to them today. And when they become famous, I hope they will
always mention they got their station in this little town, even if it's through a great
grandfather or grandmother. I hope those who choose to leave McKenzie will always have a
longing to return someday. I honestly believe the happiest people in the world are those
who were born and raised here and never left. I still get home sick sometimes and when I'm
on the way up here, along about Jarrell Switch, the air seems to smell better, the trees
greener, and I drive a little faster."

submitted by Jere R Cox

Inscription on the marker reads. James Monroe McKenzie, entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born in February 12, 1818. In 1860 he donated land for the depot and freight office where the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad crossed the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, resulting in the town being named McKenzie. He gave land for Bethal College in 1872 and for the Masonic Lodge. McKenzie died on October 9, 1873.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 4A 46.)

Location. 36° 7.916' N, 88° 31.07' W. Marker is in McKenzie, Tennessee, in Carroll County. Marker is at the intersection of Cedar Street (Tennessee Route 124) and Broadway Street, on the left when traveling west on Cedar Street. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2331 Cedar Street, Mc Kenzie TN 38201 of America.

Introduction to McKenzie, Tennessee

McKenzie, Tennessee, in Carroll county, is 39 miles NE of Jackson, Tennessee and 96 miles W of Nashville, Tennessee. As of the year 2000 census, 5,295 people lived in McKenzie.

McKenzie History

McKenzie was originally inhabited by the Chickasaw Indian Tribe. The first settlers came to the area in the early 1800’s. The community was organized in 1867 after the completion of the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad tracks. The city was named after James Monroe McKenzie, a local settler who gave property to the Railroad Company. McKenzie was officially incorporated in 1869.

Originally inhabited by the Chickasaw Indian Tribe, the first settlers started moving into this area during the early 1800s.

In the original settling of what is now McKenzie, there were two families here that were "rivals". Each named the part of this towns area that they lived in a different name. One part of McKenzie was named Marrieta and the other part Dundas. It was still like this during the Civil War even though the community had much more to worry about at that time than the "rivalry' between the Sneads and the Gilberts. At that time there was a rather big family of McKenzie's that lived here. (From Joe Stout’s notes on “War Leaflets”, a delightful and emotional chronicle by Annie Cole Hawkins. In it you can read about many more geographical and societal norms of the region).

The city of McKenzie was organized in 1867 when the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad completed its track and intersected with the Memphis and Ohio Railroad. Its name was derived from the family that previously owned the land where the railroads crossed. James Monroe McKenzie gave the property to the railroad company with the stipulation that his son George McKenzie be given the position of station agent for the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad. First known as McKenzie Station, it was soon shortened to McKenzie. The town began to develop rapidly after the tracks were completed and was officially incorporated by the state of Tennessee on January 22, 1869.

The railroad drew many residents from the neighboring communities, among them Caladonia and McLemoresville. By 1870, the population of McKenzie had grown to over 500 residents. In the 1880's the size of the town doubled and business thrived. On October 15, 1887, the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, visited the bustling town and stayed overnight at the McKenzie Hotel. By the turn of the century, a city park was created, public schools were built and roads paved with gravel. The town continued to expand at a steady rate until the Great Depression struck in October of 1929. Banks and businesses closed their doors and the community's labor base evaporated overnight. It would be not until 1936 that conditions began to show economic growth and improvement.

Just prior to the World War 2, the federal government began construction on a munitions plant and arsenal east of Milan. During the war, the plant would hire thousands of laborers and increase the population of McKenzie more than any time in its history. Between 1940 and 1950, the population of the city increased by over 1,300 people and was second to only Oak Ridge in population growth statewide. Following the war the city has kept a steady rate of growth and continues to be a productive and prosperous community (Adapted from RootsWeb.com).

James married Martha Louisa Coleman on 3 Mar 1842. Martha (daughter of David Coleman and Sarah Love) was born on 29 Feb 1820 in North Carolina; died on 15 Oct 1880 in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Narcissa Caroline (Callie) McKenzie was born about 1843; died in 1911.
2. John David McKenzie was born on 1 Nov 1844 in Carroll County, Tennessee; died on 3 Mar 1922.
3. James Albert (Clipper) McKenzie was born on 6 Aug 1846 in Carroll County, Tennessee; died on 7 May 1930 in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee.
4. George Washington McKenzie was born on 26 Aug 1849 in Tennessee; died on 22 Aug 1935 in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee.
5. Malcolm Limertines McKenzie was born on 21 Aug 1851 in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee; died on 23 Dec 1931 in Tennessee.
6. Sarah Martha (Sallie) McKenzie was born on 4 Jul 1853 in Tennessee; died on 17 Aug 1927 in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee.
7. Alice Jackson McKenzie was born on 18 Dec 1854 in Tennessee; died on 18 Dec 1854 in Tennessee.
8. Clinton Atkins McKenzie was born on 29 May 1857 in Tennessee; died on 16 Jun 1951.
9. Mary (Gussie) McKenzie was born on 25 Jul 1864 in Tennessee; died on 29 Jan 1942 in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee.

Notes:

The McKenzie Banner
June 13, 1979

Captain John McKenzie -later Colonel

John McKenzie was a Revolutionary War soldier born in Albemarle County, Virginia
September 17, 1757. He was residing in Halifax County, Virginia in 1776 when he volunteered
for army service. In his six-page declaration made in Carroll County Court (Tennessee) in
1831-32 in applying for a pension, he gave many details of his service in the southern
campaigns of the war in Virginia and the Carolinas. This declaration is in the National
Archives in Washington and a copy is in the library of the Carroll County Historical Society
in McKenzie Tennessee. His declaration mentions many actions and battles in which he took
part in the Carolinas and also states that he was acquainted with some of the well-known off
icers of the American army, including General Nathaniel Greene to whom he serviced as Aide
in the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, in March 1781. John McKenzie stated
that he was given a commission as Captain by General Sumter in 1778 or 1779 and was known in
the army as "The Big Virginia Captain." The pension records show that in 1777 or 1778 he
was Captain in Colonel Thomas Sumter's South Carolina Regiment and was also Contractor for
Salisbury District under General Davidson. He was Captain of Light Dragoons in Colonel
William Hill's South Carolina Regiment and Captain in Colonel Maledy's North Carolina
Regiment and was in the battles of Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Camden (South Carolina),
Rugley's Mills, Ironworks, Torrence's Tavern, Guilford courthouse, New Market, Boattie's
Ford, and Orangeburg, and was discharged in 1782. In his declaration John McKenzie stated
that from 1791 to 1795 he was engaged in building forts for the defense of the country
against the raids of the Creek Indians and in 1792 was in command of the fort at Rock
Landing, Georgia. He was surely a hardy and courageous man and by his own description a
"big" man. There is a record that when some blacks were captured by Indians, John went to
the Indian's camp, confronted the chief, and demanded that the men be handed over to him,
but they had already been transported away.

After the war John McKenzie settled in the State of Georgia near the present town of
Sparta, where he became a member of the General Assembly, a member of the Commission on
Peace and Judge of County Court. He was commissioned a colonel in the militia and was there
after known as Colonel McKenzie. From a declaration made by his wife, Martha (Patsy) Bonner
McKenzie, we learn that she and John married in Washington County, Georgia December 20, 1792
She was 17 and he was 35. The census records show that she too was born in Virginia
(January 8, 1775, thus she was only one year old when John joined the army.) In 1816 or
1817 they moved from Maury County, Tennessee and in about 1828 they moved to Carroll County, Tennessee. In his declaration John McKenzie stated that while he was in the army he met Benjamin
Gilbert who was also a soldier. After the war Benjamin Gilbert married John's sister Emily
McKenzie in Virginia and the Gilberts settled in the same area in Georgia as the McKenzie's.
Later both families resettled in Carroll County, Tennessee, the Gilberts arriving first, in
the early 1820's.

Fifty years after the war, in 1832, John McKenzie then 75 years old, applied for a pension
and Benjamin Gilbert testified for him in Carroll County Court. The pension of Forty
Dollars a month was approved and appears to have been paid for the remaining 10 years of
John McKenzie's life until his death in 1842. Martha survived him and she applied for and
was granted a widow's pension. The pension records show that in 1843 three sons were
living: Jeremiah H. (born 1793); Alexander A (born 1799); and James M. who stated he was
"the youngest son."

A newspaper obituary in 1842 stated that John McKenzie's Masonic funeral was to be "preached
at Caledonia", but no mention was made of the place of burial. Later a marker was placed in
Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McKenzie, Tennessee. The town of McKenzie, formerly called Dundas,
is named for a member of John's family.
A reading of John McKenzie's long declaration will attest to his courage, uprightness, and
devotion to the cause he so strongly believed in. See also The American Revolution In The
South written by the American General Henry Lee, which describes many of the actions and
landmarks and tells of the same officers referred to by John McKenzie in his declaration.
See particularly the account of the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, in
chapter 27 and of Rocky Mount, hanging Rock, Camden, Rudgeley's Mills, and of Thomas Sumter
in Chapter l7.

As another interesting sidelight, the Encyclopedia Britannica states that at Hanging Rock in
August 1780 the boy Andrew Jackson, then 13 years old, participated in the battle. It is
interesting to speculate whether Captain McKenzie was acquainted with the 13-year-old future
president. Certainly no one present would have believed that in a second war with England
35 years later the lad, as a General, would be the hero of the Battle of New Orleans and go
on to the Presidency. A year after Hanging Rock the boy Jackson was captured and mistreated
by the British at nearby Waxaha, near his birth place in Virginia of John McKenzie. See
also the declarations and correspondence in the pension files, Washington D.C. of Benjamin
and Emily Gilbert, Robert Gilbert, Martha Bonner McKenzie, Jeremiah, Alexander, and James
McKenzie, and Samuel Winn; also the military records of South Carolina. This brief summary
only gives a few of the facts about this heroic Revolutionary War veteran who lived out his
last years in Carroll County.

The following is a transcription of Capt. John McKenzie's Declaration, which he submitted to the federal government in the 1830's to obtain a pension for his service during the Revolutionary War. He references in an interrogatory response that he was born 17 Sep 1757 and that he had an older brother, William, who also served in that war. Michael A. McKenzie, October 6, 2012

State of TennesseeDeclaration of John McKenzie
Carroll County

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, on this appeared in open court, Col. John McKenzie, a Resident of the County of Carroll, State of Tennessee, who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration.

This declarant states that in the year 1776, in the County of Halifax, State of Virginia, declarant and between fifteen & twenty other young men, the exact number not now recollected, agreed to volunteer and join the United States troops then employed in the service of the United States. Declarant states that by this company, he was elected their Captain and took up the line of march and went to Portsmouth at which place there was then stationed a number of regiments. This declarant and his young company was attached to the 5th Regiment then commanded by a (ed. note: word hard to read) and attached to the Company of Captain Talbot. This declarant does not now fully recollect the whole of the officers in command or there at that time but recollects that the 6th Regiment was commanded by Col Buckmen and the whole Brigade commanded by General Lewis (ed. note: name a bit unclear). As my Company was not large enough in number to be kept as a separate Company they were principly attached to the Company of Capt Talbot and the General appointed this Declarant (ed. note: word hard to read) commissary to the Company at some time hereinafter. The Army to which declarant was attached was ordered to march from Portsmouth and did so. They marched to Springfield from thence to the (ed. note: word hard to read) from thence to Point Comfort & from thence to Williamsburgh - at this later place declarant became sick after serving a period of twelve months from this point declarant returned home in the year 1777. As well as the declarant now recollects he went into the State of South Carolina and after being there some short time living and superintending the iron works of Hill and Hayne he was in that year again elected Captain of a volunteer Company in which capacity he served two years more. Their Company was commanded by Col. Thomas Sumpter whom this declarant voted for for that office. Colo. Sumpter gave this declarant a commission wrote and signed by Said Col. At this period General Lincoln commanded the Southern Services but during the service of this declarant in the command aforesaid Col Sumpter was elected or promoted to the command and title of General Sumpter and with him and under his command declarant (ed. note: word hard to read) Company of five or six Regiments marched to Rocky Mount where the British and Tories had a strong (ed. note: word hard to read) or fortified fort. This place was attacked by the then command of General Sumpter but without effect as the American troops were repulsed - in this attack Col Neal and many brave men lost their lives. After this repulse the Army crossed the Catawba for the purpose of recruiting. After three or four days rest the line of march was taken up for the purpose of forming at (ed. note: word hard to read) with General Gates and joining his Army. This was in the summer of seventeen hundred and eighty but before we reached him he and his troops were defeated at Camden by the British forces under the command of Lord Cornwallis. In two or three days we were met by the British under the command of Col Tarleton. An engagement took place which resulted in the defeat of the American troops. The American troops then recrossed the Catawba retreating & recruited some forces and returned to the south in marching whereto they had many engagements and skirmishes one at the Hanging Rock one at Ridgeley’s Mills. At the later place the American troops were successful and took many prisoners & in all which tour and service this declarant acted in the capacity of Captain. At these (ed. note: word hard to read) declarant fell in company and got acquainted with Col Wm Washington and other officers of the Continental Army. After this engagement declarant with his Company was ordered by General Sumpter to go and guard the iron works of Hill and Hayne at which place there was a large quantity of cannon shot and other articles necessary and intended for the American Army. While at this station declarant was attacked by a Regiment of the British and Tories commanded by Col Gordon and Capt Hook & who after all the resistance that could be made defeated declarant & his Company and destroyed the works. Declarant marched immediately and joined General Davidson in Mecklenburgh County in the State of North Carolina. Declarant acted under the command of General Davidson as Contractor for Salisbury District and with an express agreement that declarant was to act as Captain in any engagement which the forces under General Davidson might have with the enemy. In a short time after this appointment the forces under General Davidson’s command met the British forces under Lord Cornwallis at Beattysford on the Catawba River at which place an engagement took place which resulted in the defeat of the American Army and the loss of our Genl – who fell in the engagement. In this engagement declarant acted as Captain of a company. After the fall of General Davidson the command devolved upon General Pickins who retreated with the Army to Widow Torences. Seven miles from the battle ground they were pursued by Col Tarleton and overtaken when another engagement took place where we were again compelled to retreat and give way to superior discipline and force. Here we lost about one hundred of our men in killed wounded & prisoners. We then marched and joined the Army under General Nathaniel Green at Dan River. This was some time in the beginning of the year 1781. Declarant continued under the command of general Green from that time until the Battle of Guilford. At this battle the declarant acted as one of the aids of General Green in consequence of some indisposition of one [of] the General’s aids who was unable to act for him on that day. This battle was fought in the month of March 1781 as well as declarant now recollects. From this battle ground the Army under the command of General Green retreated for some miles and again drew up in order to give battle to the British who it was expected were in pursuit of us – but we soon had information that the British Army were in their retreat from the Battle ground. The Army of General Green not then being in a (ed. note: word hard to read) to pursue the British as we were then exhausted and out of military stores. Declarant at that time was known in the American Army by the name of the Big Virginia Captain. General Green then and as soon as it was ascertained that the British were retreating sent for declarant and gave him the command of five volunteer Militia Companys who volunteered their service with instruction to this declarant to keep the British forces under the command of Lord (ed. note: word hard to read) at Camden in check or to anoy their march until the whole American Army could be got in good order to over take them. The next few lines are unreadable. . . . at the state line his men refused to go any further and his pursuit ceased. At the time that this declarant parted from General Green, General Green and his forces with the exception of those sent with declarant were on their line of march after Lord Cornwallis & his troops. This declarant ascertained that the Militia under his command refused to cross their state line. He relinquished the command and immediately went to serve his old friend and acquaintance General Sumpter who at that time was confined in Charlotte by a wound which he had received in the shoulder some short time before General Sumpter gave declarant on his arrival a Captain’s commission in the State Troops of Light Dragoons of South Carolina. Declarant immediately lit out and in about ten days enlisted one hundred men for ten months and immediately joined the main Army under the command of General Sumpter. Then on the Bangar declarant attached his Company to the Regiment then commanded by Col Wm Hill. The Regiment to which this declarant was attached marched in company with the regiments commanded by Col Lea and Washington against the outposts at New Market and had an engagement at Camden and at Orangeburg and other places and took large quantities of stores and munitions of war which was deposited at Camden under the care of Capt Godfrey Adams. In some short time after this declarant was asked by General Sumpter to take command of the stores at Camden at which place declarant continued until the stores were (ed. note: word hard to read) off when declarant returned to camp. Again at this time on account of the number of men killed and many whose term of service had expired what was then called a consolidation took place amongst the officers of the Army. I had then in the Army in which I was in service a brother older than myself holding also the command of Captain then known in the Army by the name of Capt Wm McKenzie. Declarant saw that both himself and brother should not have commands as there were many valiant and brave men equally entitled. Impelled by this motive. Declarant allowed his older brother the command. But declarant at this time being (ed. note: word hard to read) to promote his country’s cause and having been long in the habit of commanding companies and detachments of men declarant then he could in that situation render most benefit he could in company with Captain Robert Tate and some other officers set out from the Army of General Sumpter and again joined the Army of General Green at Jacksonburg and joined a regiment commanded by Col (ed. note: word hard to read) in which declarant continued until the Army of General Green was disbanded or discharged in the year 1782 as well as this declarant now recollects. This declarant states that from the beginning of the year 1776 until the disbanding of the Army of the South to which he was attached in year1782 the whole of this period with the exception of one year and one half was by this declarant spent in the plains and tinted fields with his brothers in arms defending his country’s wrongs. Declarant states that for the space of five years he spent in the service of his country he never was lower ion command than a Captain and when he acted in higher it was only for temporary or urgent purposes. This declarant states that during the whole of his service he acted for his country as a volunteer in her service.

Interrogatories Put by the Court to the Declarant

1st – Where were you born and in what year

Answer: I was born in the State of Virginia in Albemarle (hard to read) County in the year 1757 on the 17th day of September.

2nd – Have you any record of your age and if so where is it

Answer: I have had a book in which my age was written for the purpose of proving the same but it was burnt by accident many years ago.

3rd – Where were you living when called into the Army or service. Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you live now.

Answer: In 1776 when the cause of my country required my service I lived in Halifax County in the State of Virginia from which place I volunteered. After the Army was discharged I settled in the State of Georgia and continued to live there until 1816 or 1817 at which time I removed to Maury County, Tennessee where I continued to live with my family until 1828 when I moved into the County of Carroll and State of Tennessee where I now live.

4th – How were you called into service. Were you drafted. Did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.

Answer: I volunteered and at no period during the war did I wait either for a call or draft but attended and rendered my services then as now believing that my life could not be spent in a better course.

5th – State the names of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your servie.

Answer: I was acquainted with Generals Marion – Pickins, Col DeMalmady. I was well acquainted with General Green commander of the regular forces and was also well acquainted with General Sumpter. I was also well acquainted with Col Wm Washington commander of the (ed. note: word hard to read) and with all the foregoing officers I have at different times served during the Southern Campaign and as to the general circumstances of my service that is answered by my declaration. Except services rendered from 1790 to 1795 for upwards of three years of this time, I was employed in building forts defending the country against the incursions & (ed. note: word hard to read) of the Creek Indians at the United States Fort Rock Landing. (ed. note: word hard to read) a fort built by myself and the men then under my command. The Rock Landing Fort was then 1791 commanded by Col Gaither (?) in the year 1792. I was by Col Gaither put in command of the Rock Landing Fort against the Creek Indians in this service and building forts & and other service I (ed. note: word hard to read) from the year 1791 until 1795 making the (remainder is at bottom of page and unreadable).

6th – Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so what has become of it.

Answer: We had agreed to meet at New Market within State of South Carolina and at the time appointed I was the oldest officer belonging to the Regiment of Col Hill to which I was then attached (ed. note: not readable)

7th – Did you ever receive a commission and if so what has become of it.

Answer: I received two commissions one from General Sumpter for the command of Captain of a volunteer company in the year 1778 or 1779. This commission I lost. The other I received in the year 1781 and is herewith transmitted marked D. This is all the documentary evidence of service which I now have of my service in the Revolutionary War. But I herewith produce the depositions of four honourable and respectable men each of whom are personally known to this Court To wit the deposition of Col Edward Green taken before Samuel Ingram Esquire the chairman of this court on the 16th day of September 1831.

The deposition of Jasper Greer taken before W. W. Foreman Esquire of Carroll County on the 16th day of September 1832.

The deposition of James Fergus taken in open court September 13, 1832.

The deposition of Capt Benjamin Gilbert taken before Edward Given (?) one of the acting justices of the peace for this county bearing the date 12th of January 1832. The foregoing named gentlemen declarant and (ed. note: word hard to read) at different places during his tour in the Southern Army of the Revolution and as their standing and character is known to this Court and the (ed. note: word hard to read) generally it is hoped the Court will certify their opinion of the declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or territory.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court .

John McKenzie

We Robert Baker clergyman residing in the County of Carroll and State of Tennessee and Edward W. Gee and Edward Given living in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John McKenzie who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be of the age of seventy five years that he is generally respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been an officer of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to in open court the day and year here written.

Robert Baker

Edward W. Gee

Edward Given

Transcribed on March 19, 2011
Michael A. McKenzie
Marietta, Georgia
macmck@bellsouth.net
Posted on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site
www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com

Subject: Benjamin Gilbert affidavit
War, Rev, Pension, JOHN MCKENZIE W1049
12th of January 1832
State Tennessee
County of Carroll
Personally came Capt. BENJAMIN GILBERT of Weakley County and State aforesaid & being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and saith that he, this deponent, was at a general muster in Campbell County in the State of Virginia some time in the old Revolutionary War and then and there saw Col. JOHN MCKENZIE, whom I had no acquaintance with nor had ever seen him before. I understood he was a recruiting officer from the South and on the recruiting service and appeared very [illegible] on that subject and was dressed in a military uniform and wore a sword, I recollect, and bore the title of Capt. There he met with some gentlemen of his acquaintance that was from Portsmouth, or some place in that quarter where our Army lay, and they appeared to meet with great satisfaction and had formerly been in the Army together and report said that MCKENZIE been in the service of his
country most all the Revolutionary War. I heard my brother Capt. MICHAEL GILBERT say after the Battle at Guilford that he saw Capt. MCKENZIE in that Battle And that he had got badly [illegible] there in the battle and lost his Negro boy and portmanteau and all his clothes & horse worth thousand dollars, he said. Then I recollect when the war was over this deponent removed to the state of Georgia and resided in the same County where Col. MCKENZIE lived, who was a member to the General Assembly and acted in the Commission of the peace and as Col. of a regiment of militia, and then a judge of a County Court, and a man of worth and of good property, and of late, it is said, by his being security he has got nearly broke but, the great length of time and not ever expecting to be called on in a case where I am in no wise interested has obliterated from my recollection a number of circumstances that might be more pertinent to the case. And this Deponent further saith not.
Sworn to before me the day and date above.
BENJAMIN GILBERT EDMUND W. GEE, JP

John married Martha (Patsey) Bonner on 20 Dec 1792 in Washington County, Georgia. Martha was born on 8 Jan 1775 in Virginia; died on 18 Oct 1851 in Carroll County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Patsy Bonner created a sampler reflecting her marriage to Capt. John McKenzie. A photo/copy of it is appended to this site. It is currently in the National Archives as a result of having been sent to the War Department in the early 1840's in order for Batsy Bonner McKenzie to prove that she was the widow of Capt. John McKenzie so that she could secure a federal Revolutionary War pension.

Patsey Bonner's Sampler, 1792

Martha Bonner, nicknamed Patsey, submitted her sampler later in life as a
widow in 1846 to prove her marriage to her husband. She made the sampler in
1792 when she was about seventeen years old, shortly before she married John
McKenzie. The identity of her parents is not known. She apparently lived in
Washington County, Georgia at the time she made the sampler. (19) She likely
was related to George Bonner and Sherwood Bonner, who held 250-acre land
warrants each in the county. (20) Washington County was rural and not
particularly prosperous. It is possible that Patsey learned needlework
further east in a coastal area. (21) According to the 1850 population census
schedule, she was born in Virginia, and perhaps she learned there the skills
to make her sampler "worked with a needle in letters and figures." (22)

Several things about Patsey's sampler are striking, beginning with its place
of origin. Compared to New England and elsewhere in the North, relatively
few samplers have survived from the South. Scholars have developed some
theories surrounding this gap, focusing on the South's agrarian economy and
its effect on education. Most of the samplers in the North were made in
urban or well - settled areas that could support educating children in
groups. The Southern population that could afford to educate its children
generally sought private tutors instead, and these often were men, rather
than women who could teach needlework along with academic subjects. Another
potential factor is Southern weather. The very humid climate in many parts
of the South is thought to be incompatible with the long - term survival of
many samplers that may have been made but whose existence is not known. (23)

More intriguing about Patsey's sampler is its design. Her work appears very
unstructured for a girl in her upper teens, displaying an apparent
preference for the letter "w." It is unlikely that this sampler was made
under the watchful eye of a demanding teacher, but not all the stitching is
of a simple nature. The repeated use of letters in contrasting stitches is
unusual, as is the uneven spacing of the text. The mysterious combination of
letters and numbers in the middle, the wavy bands below them, the name of
her brother, and the relatively monochromatic color scheme in the silk
thread are other surprising touches. Shortly after she married, Patsey added
the information at the bottom about her marriage and started to stitch her
brother James Bonner's birth date, but she never quite completed her work.

Not surprisingly, John McKenzie had some slaves before his marriage. In 1791
or 1792, "he had two negros to run away from him when he lived in . . .
Georgia and went to the Creek Indians and were lost to him entirely." For
his loss, Congress compensated John with one thousand dollars. (24) After
Martha married John, they moved from Georgia and lived in Murray County and
Carroll County, Tennessee. They had children of their own and were well
known in their vicinity. When John died in 1842, the former captain had been
a pensioner for nine years. His death notice noted his Revolutionary War
service and lamented his passing as one of "those who achieved our glorious
Independence." (25) The Pension Office awarded his widow increasingly generous
pensions in 1846, 1849, and 1851, the last in the amount of six hundred
dollars annually. In her later years, Martha lived with her son James M.
McKenzie and his family. (26) The town of McKenzie, Tennessee, in Carroll
County is named for the family.

Compliments of Bobbie Holt McKenzie 2011.

The following are the footnotes and the references to the article written above. Michael A. McKenzie, Roswell, Georgia located these references during a search in 2011.

(19) Deposition of Martha McKenzie, Oct. 3, 1843; pension file of John McKenzie, North Carolina/South Carolina/Virginia, W1049; M804, roll 1690.

(20) Mary Bondurant Warren and Jack Moreland Jones, comps., Washington County, Georgia Land Warrants, 1784 - 1787 (1992), p. 12.

(21) Ella Mitchell, History of Washington County (1924; reprint, 2000), pp. 11 - 12.

(22) Deposition of Martha McKenzie, Oct. 26, 1846; pension file of John McKenzie, M804, roll 1690.

(23) Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, pp. 532 - 538. Kimberly Smith Ivey's In the Neatest Manner is an expansive exhibit catalog focusing on Virginia samplers. Ivey's work demonstrates that there were, at least in Virginia, many young girls making samplers as part of their education (see pp. 49 - 52).

(24) J.A.N. Murray to J. L. Edwards, n.d., pension file of John McKenzie, M804, roll 1690.

(25) A copy of John McKenzie's November 11, 1842, death notice appears in his pension file.

(26) Martha is enumerated with her son and his family in the 1850 federal population census.

Notes:

From the notes of Philip J. Dietz, Jr.

Aaron moved to Hampshire Co., Va. (now W. Va.).

Children of Aaron McKenzie are:
  i.   William McKenzie.
ii.   David McKenzie, born 1778 in Anne Arundel Co., Md..
iii.   Sarah McKenzie, born 1765 in Hampshire Co., Va.; died April 15, 1845; married Moses McKenzie,Jr. December 1784 in Hampshire Co., Va

Aaron + Jemimah Something. Jemimah was born about 1725; died after 4 Jul 1815 in Jones County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jemimah is the spelling used in the Will of Aaron McKenzie.

Jemimah is listed in the Jones County, Georgia Tax Digest in 1811 and her age is given as being 86 years old. Her name also appears in a Sheriff's Deed on 4 Jul 1815 where the Sheriff has seized her property because of the failure to pay taxes. Jones County Records Deed Book K, Page 156. The assumption is that Jemimah was still alive since the deed did not reflect that the proerty was being seized from her estate.

Notes:

The following information has been supplanted by a book entitled "The McKenzies/MacKenzies of Maryland" which will soon be available on line. Ed. Note by Michael A. McKenzie November 15, 2013

McKenzies of Early Maryland-The First Generation

Ed. Note: John's name was spelled "MacKinzie" in his Will dated 1758. For ease of access to this portion of the web site, I have used the Spelling"McKenzie". Michael A. McKenzie, November, 2012.

By: Bobbie McKenzie, Dick MacKenzie, Michael McKenzie and Ann McKenzie Stansbarger (1) – the numbers in parentheses in this document coincide with the endnotes.

This document currently is a “work in progress”. It contains the known historical data with respect to John and Katherine MacKinzie. The authors goal was to separate fact from lore. The authors currently are reviewing all available historical information to make certain that the data presented is accurate. If you are aware of data that conflicts with any of the current citations, please bring it to the attention of Michael A. McKenzie, macmck@bellsouth.net.

John MacKinzie (2) was born in abt. 1687. (3) The location of his birth is not known. He married Katherine, last name unknown, in circa 1714. (4) Katherine’s birth date and the location of her birth likewise are unknown. (5) John and Katherine had six children:

1.Gabriel McKenzie (6) (7)
Born circa 1715, Hopson’s Choice, MD
Married Sarah Durbin 1742, Baltimore MD (8)
Had children Samuel, Daniel, John, Aaron, Sarah and Gabriel, Jr.(9)
Died 1793, Allegany Co, MD

2.Daniel MacKinzie
Born 7 Feb 1716/17 in Hopsons Choice, MD
Married 1738 Mary (Molly) Porter (9.5)
Had children Henry, Daniel, Eli, Honor, Mary, Eleanor, Orphay and Aaron (10)
Died 1783

3.Moses McKenzie
Born about 1720 in Hopson's Choice, MD
Married Rachel _______, who was his wife at the time of his death in 1767
Had children Nancy Ann, Moses, Jesse, Joshua, and (possibly), John (11)(12) (13);
Died circa 1767, in Unknown, MD

4.Anne McKenzie
Born circa 1725, Hopson’s Choice, MD
Married John Mattox before 1750
Had children Michael (Michael McKenzie Mattox) and John. Michael McKenzie Mattox moved to Georgia and died in Tattnall County. (14)

5.Aaron McKenzie
Born circa 1725-1730, Hopson's Choice, MD
Married Jemima Unknown.
Had children William, John, Aaron, Amelia (Millie), Nancy and Margaret (15)
Died 1797, Hancock County, Georgia

6.Michael McKenzie
Born circa 1727, Hopson’s Choice, MD
Had children Aaron, Daniel, William, Michael, Jr, and (possibly) Samuel (16)
Died circa 1810



John MacKinzie/MacKenzie was a planter/farmer in Baltimore County. The area in which his plantation was located eventually became part of Anne Arundel County. In 1840, the area became known as the Howard section of Anne Arundel County and in 1851 Howard County became an official county of Maryland.

In January, 1716, John obtained a Warrant for 100 acres of land in (then) Baltimore County. The warrant referenced that the property was called “Hopson’s Choice” and was located “on the south side of the main falls of the Patapsco River.” (17) The property was resurveyed in 1741 and reflected that it contained 172 acres of land. (18) Between 1718 and 1721, he obtained a warrant for an additional 100 acres of land also located in (then) Baltimore County known as “Addition to Hopson’s Choice”. The warrant likewise stated that the property lay “on south side of the main falls of the Patapsco River.” (19)

In March 1719, John MacKenzie and nine other inhabitants “of both sides of the Main Falls of Potapsco” petitioned the court “that . . . Christopher Randall may allow us our common and ancient road” allowing them access to the “mill and church.” (20)

He added to his property in 1726, when he acquired another 138 acres of land known as MacKinsey’s Discovery. (21) The survey of the property once again refers to land located south of the Main Falls of the Patapsco River, which is a reference point associated with all of John’s property.

During the June term of Court in 1735 in Anne Arundel County, John MacKinsie obligated himself to raise two orphan boys, Thomas Lants, age 5 and Francis Gallahors, age 3 until they reached the age of twenty-one years. In exchange for their servitude, John was charged by the Court with the responsibility of feeding and clothing the children and making certain that the boys learned how “to read write and cast up accounts.” (22)

In 1744 in Anne Arundel County a survey was conducted for John MacKenzie of “MacKinzie’s Discovery” Enlarged, 162 acres and a Patent was issued for the land. (23) Once again, it referenced that the property was located “on the south side of the main falls of Patapsco River.” (24) A map from Hopkin’s Atlas of 1878 shows property belonging to both Aaron McKenzie and David McKenzie located on the south side of the Patapsco River. (25)

John MacKinzie’s six children were born on his plantation S. of the Great Falls of the Patapsco River. (26)

John MacKinzie/MacKenzie signed his will on 17 MAR 1758. (27) He died sometime between March, 1758 and 17 JUL 1758, when his widow Katherine, and his children Daniel, Moses and Michael (and Aquila Randall) posted bond as sureties to inventory his estate. (28)(29) In his will, John Mackinzie bequeathed to his son Daniel 96 acres out of two tracts called “Hopson’s Choice” (30), and “Addition to Hopson’s Choice”, to his son Moses, 96 acres, part of a tract called “McKenzie’s Discovery”, to his grandson Michael McKenzie Mattocks, son of John Mattocks and Ann McKenzie Mattocks, his wife, 50 acres, part of a tract called “Hopson’s Choice”, to his grandson William McKenzie, son of Aaron McKenzie, 96 Acres of “McKenzie’s Discovery” with the remainder of his land, 96 acres, to his son, Michael. The will mentions by name five children only, with no reference to Gabriel. Item six, however, provides that all personal property to go to his wife Katherine during her life and then to be sold and the money divided equally between his six (31) (6) children, viz. five sons and one daughter.

On 2 APR 1776 John’s grandson, William McKenzie, son of Aaron, sold to Greenbury Randall 96 acres of “McKenzie’s Discovery”. (32) The parties agreed that 1/4 acre “at the head of the great falls on the Petapsico River where John MacKenzie and his wife are buried” will be reserved. Obviously, by 1776, Katherine MacKinzie also had died. This property is now in Howard County MD, across the river from Baltimore County. (33).



Endnotes

1.The four individuals listed have collaborated on drafting the information set forth in this “Source”. They have a combined 74 years of experience researching McKenzie genealogy, as follows as of February, 2011: Bobbie Holt McKenzie, 42 years, Dick MacKenzie, 7 years, Michael McKenzie, 13 years and Ann McKenzie Stansbarger, 12 years.

2.“MacKinzie” is the actual spelling of John’s name in his will drafted in 1758. The spelling of the family name has varied quite substantially over the course of the last three centuries. Primarily, the authors have chosen to use the spelling “McKenzie” because it currently seems to be the one most prevalently used throughout the country. The author recognizes that one branch of the McKenzies has continued to spell its name “MacKenzie”. This branch descends from John McKenzie’s son, Daniel, and remained in the vicinity of Baltimore for several hundred years. (information provided by Richard Lee “Dick” MacKenzie of Pennsylvania). Finally, yet another branch of McKenzie’s currently spell their name “McKinzie”. In order to properly reflect everyone’s heritage, the current spellings of various individual’s names are reflected on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site, www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com.

In July, 2010, one of the authors of this “Source”, Michael McKenzie, received documents from the Maryland State Archives relating to the will, bond and inventory of the Estate of John MacKinzie that showed the McKenzie name to be spelled both “MacKinzie” as well as “MacKenzie”. The “MacKenzie” iteration was clearly set forth on the sleeve that held the sheaf of papers, although in various places in the documents the spelling “MacKinzie” was used. It is clear that by the early 1800’s, at least in connection with the western Maryland McKenzies, the “a” had been dropped following the “M” and the spelling eventually became “McKenzie”.

There have been numerous iterations of the spelling of the family name. Alan MacKenzie sent the following e-mail to the Clan MacKenzie web site on March 7, 2000:

The name Mackenzie was pronounced often like McKinsey hence that spelling. I once mentioned that when researching my gggrandfather in the parish of Tarbat in Easter Ross the Parish Clerk listed all Mackenzies as McKinzie. Once that parish clerk was replaced some 20 years later the name was spelled as McKenzie. So spelling from the 18th or even 19th century could be whatever people felt like. Most of the Mackenzies were farmers of one sort or another and were mostly unable to read and write. Their name was in the hands of the parish clerk. I suspect that your McKimsey is just another mis-spelling of Mackenzie. Probably a US version! When Highlanders went to England it was not uncommon to drop the Mac so they did not appear to be Highlanders from their name. Highlanders were not popular - at least not until Queen Victoria came along, or when George IV visited Scotland in 1823 or thereabouts and had a highland parade in Edinburgh. The other factor that changed the southern view of the Highlander was the large number that joined the British Army via the kilted Highland Regiments. After that we were good guys - saving the empire and all that!!! Vast numbers also served as soldiers in India with the East India Company and some of them made a lot of money doing that. A lot died too. The fact that your ancestor fought at Culloden on the Jacobite side suggest that he was a Highlander and with one of the Clans. Other than Mackenzie the only other name that sounds remotely like MacKimsey is MacKim mie (son of Simon) a Fraser Clan name. My best guess is that it is a variation of Mackenzie. By the way, the 1841 census shows no one in Ross-shire of that name MacKimsey or any variant. Alan McKenzie, Clan MacKenzie Society, Canada.


Alan MacKenzie sent the following e-mail to the Clan MacKenzie web site on March 10, 2000:

Now look at the variations of the way Mackenzie was spelled over the years in Scottish documents: Makcainze 1570; Makcanze 1571; M'Canzeoch 1551; M'Cenzie 1560; MkEnzie 1678; M'Einzie 1549; McHinzie, McHingzie, M'Hunzie, McKinzie 1684; M'Kainzie, M'Kenzoch 1586; McKanye 1590; McKanyee 1629; M'Kanze 1544; Mackeanche, Makkanchy 1499; M'Keanzie 1662; Makeinny 1629; Makeinzie 1597; McKenyee 1642; McKenyie 1650; Makenze 1528; Makkangze, McKangzie1569; Makkanze 1573; Makkeeinzey 1649; M'Kenezie, M'Keinezie 1620; McKeinzie 1633; M'Kenich 1532; Makkeny 1663; Makkenych 1567; Makkennych 1545; Makkenze 1509; McKenzocht 1546; McKenzy 1721; M'Kinze 1530; Makkinze 1513; M'Kynich 1718. Dr George Fraser Black who compiled this massive piece of valuable research was born 1866 and died 1948. He was a historical scholar on the staff of The New York Public Library from 1896-1931 and spent half a century on the research for his book "The Surnames of Scotland – Their Origin, Meaning and History".

3.Ann McKenzie Stansbarger located a deposition in the Maryland Archives given by John MacKinney (actual spelling) in 1745 in which he stated his age as being 58. His testimony reflects that he was born in 1687, not 1694 as stated on many genealogy web sites. The document is indexed in More Maryland Deponents 1716-1799 by Henry C. Peden, Jr., as follows: “MacKinney, John, age 58 in 1745 (AA 2:233). The document has been posted on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site. You can access the document by searching for “McKenzie, John” on the home page and then scrolling through the “Johns” until you reach McKenzie/MacKenzie, John born 1687. Go to John’s home page and scroll until you locate the document.

4.The authors cannot locate any written reference that substantiates that Katherine’s maiden name was “Gabriel”, which is the last name reflected on many McKenzie genealogy web site listings. If anyone knows of a written reference for her last name, please contact Michael McKenzie at macmck@bellsouth.net so that the information can be posted on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site.

5.The authors have not been able to locate a document that reflects Katherine’s birthdate as being 1692, nor have they located any document to substantiate that she was born in Ireland, which is a “fact” that has permeated the Internet for at least the last dozen years. If you have documentation to substantiate a birth date for Katherine , please contact the Michael McKenzie at macmck@bellsouth.net.

6.IMPORTANT PIECE OF CONNECTING GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE: Per the handwritten research notes of Gabriel T. McKenzie, U.S. Army (ret.), Gabriel McKenzie was designated as the person to make an inventory of John MacKinzie’s personal effects after John’s death in 1758. Gabriel was designated as the “nearest next-of-kin” to make the accounting. One of the authors, Michael A. McKenzie secured this document from the Maryland State Archives in July, 2010. It is the personal property inventory of John MacKinzie’s estate. At the end of it, Gabriel McKenzie is listed as the “nearest relation”. The document is located at Perogative Court (Inventories) Box 68, pp. 54-56, at p. 56, John MacKenzie, 1758 [MSA S534-69]. This document proves conclusively that Gabriel was the “sixth” and unnamed child in John MacKinzie’s will. The document has been posted on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site.

7.More detailed information pertaining to John’s six children is set forth in “Source #3” in the “Sources” section of the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site.

8.The authors have searched for the written record that reflects Gabriel’s marriage to Sarah Durbin, but have never located it. If you have a copy or know where it is located, please contact Michael McKenzie at macmck@bellsouth.net.

9.Ann Stansbarger’s analysis of the children of Gabriel, with which the other authors agree, flows as follows: Gabriel MacKenzie (actual spelling – Ann, is this correct?) was listed along with three other McKinseys --Samuel, Daniel and Aaron -- in the 1778 Washington County Oaths of Fidelity. A man had to be 18 years of age or older to take the Oath, so this is an indication that Samuel, Daniel and Aaron were all born prior to 1760. By the time of the 1783 Maryland Tax Assessment, Gabriel McKinsey was listed in Wills Town and Sandy Creek Hundred, Washington County, with five other McKinseys: Samuel, Daniel, Aaron, plus John and Gabriel Jr. Gabriel (Sr.) and four others of the name were listed together on page 17, while Gabriel Jr., also of Wills Town and Sandy Creek Hundred, was listed separately on page 64 under the heading of “Bachelors.” Gabriel, Jr. was most likely the youngest. In 1793 Gabriel “Jr.” sold his father’s land (Military Lot 3365) to Peter Majors. Maryland State Archives [MSA S1188-1536 From SL 40,162] Allegany County. This strongly suggests that Gabriel Sr. was deceased by that time. . On 1 April 1802 "John McKinsey of Gabriel" sold to Wm Stidger Military Lot 3683 west of Fort Cumberland and a tract called Mathews Addition. (Allegany Co Deed Bk C, p 475, April 1802). On 31st of March 1802 came Linday McKensey, wife of John, to relinguish her dower right.. Gabriel Jr. and John are linked to Gabriel through contemporary land documents. Based on their close physical proximity during the above period and the fact that Gabriel was the only Generation Two McKenzie male in Western Maryland at the time, the logical inference that can be drawn from the physical evidence is that, in addition to John and Gabriel Jr., the other three McKinseys -- Samuel, Daniel, and Aaron -- were also sons of Gabriel b 1715.

Gabriel Sr. may have had a will but, but if so, it has not survived.

Identifying the female children of Gabriel McKenzie and his wife Sarah has been more difficult than identifying the male children. Sarah McKenzie married Moses McKenzie, the Revolutionary War soldier in December 1784 in Hampshire VA (now West Virginia) on the other side of the Potomac River from Allegany Co MD. Lucy M. Vicker of Allegany Co. MD aged 69 submitted an affidavit stating that she was present at the marriage of Moses McKenzie and Sarah McKenzie the latter also being named McKenzie. We know that Gabriel Sr’s brother, Aaron, son of John of Hopson’s Choice, moved to VA and later to GA, with his family. None of the other siblings of Gabriel Sr. moved their families to western Maryland. For this reason the logical inference that can be drawn from the factual record is that Sarah McKenzie was a daughter of Gabriel McKenzie and Sarah Durbin. That would have meant that Sarah was a first cousin to Moses the RW soldier at the time they married.

As Bobbie Holt McKenzie further pointed out in February, 2011, “the old Scottish naming pattern supports this: first son for husband's father; in our cases i.e. John. First daughter for wife's mother. Second son for wife's father. Second daughter for husband's mother. Doesn't always work, but it can help. Actually Moses and Sarah were married by a traveling Catholic priest Rev. Frumbaugh at the home of Jacob Slagle, who also owned property in Allegany County. Probably married there (Hampshire Co.) because he was closest priest at the time. Usually a priest would only marry if both parties were Catholic. So both Moses and Sarah must have been Catholic. If both Catholic and related i.e. first cousins (first degree of consanguinity) they would need a special dispensation to marry. That's been my only hesitation in saying Sarah is daughter of Gabriel. But "frontier" marriages may not have observed this rule. We know that they did at St. Patrick's in early 1800 McKenzie marriages.”

9.5.To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there is no documentation extant that supports that Daniel married Mary (Molly) Porter in 1738. (Check this with Bobbie)

10.Bobbie Holt McKenzie wrote the following e-mail to Michael McKenzie in 1999:

There should be no confusion over the children of Daniel and his brother Gabriel. Daniel's children are detailed in his will and in subsequent land dealings selling their inherited land.

Liber BC & GS folio 215.
1783 3 Sept. Anne Arundel County Will of Daniel, aged 66 on 7 Feb 1783, divides [700?] acres of "Molly's Fancy," other land and personal property among wife Mary and eight children. Henry, Daniel, Eli, Honor [Mrs. Thomas Johnston], Mary [later Mrs. William Jones], Eleanor [later Mrs. Joshua Harp], and Orphay [Mrs. Joshua Young] receive 100 A each (of "Molly's Fancy") in Dist. #6, Frederick Co. Son Aaron is given all land owned in Anne Arundel co. upon the death of Daniel's widow Mary.

11.The authors currently have no documentation of Nancy Ann as daughter of Moses except a statement in Samuel Doak Porter's book. Per the research and analysis of Bobbie Holt McKenzie, Moses b. 1760 was probably the first-born of a second marriage. In 1783 he is listed as "Moses of Anne Arundel Co." when he sells the remainder of the property left to his father by John 1758. The right of primogeniture was still honored then, so Moses 1760 as the oldest son would inherit the right to his father's property. It also is clear from records at the National Archives that Moses, Jesse and Joshua were three brothers who served in the same battalion in the RW and all are considered to be sons of Moses b. abt. 1720..

Most probably there were other older children besides John d. 1792. At the time of Moses' death in 1767 if Rachael were responsible for children other than Moses, Jesse and Joshua, she most likely would have apprenticed any under 18 (she did apprentice her son Joshua) or had herself or someone appointed guardians.

12.A “John” died ca 1792 in Allegany Co. Moses, Daniel and Gabriel signed bond as administrators on March 12, 1792. Bond says John was very old and very poor. Inventory shows it. Adm Accounts Allegany Co.

22 March 1792 John McKinsy, estate appraisers: Daniel & Moses McKenzie, Wm Shaw, Evan Gwynne

11 Oct 1796 John McKinsy estate. Moses McKensy, adm. Accounts paid to Robert Sinclair & I King, John Willuts, Daniel McKinsey, Evan Gwynne, Ezekial Whiteman

The Moses referenced in the preceding paragraph is most probably Moses RW b. 1760, son of Moses of John. There are no other Generation 3 Moses old enough to have served in this capacity. The “Gabriel” referenced several paragraphs above is probably the Uncle of John and Moses. We know Gabriel was the oldest son of John MacKinzie based upon the records of the administration of John MacKinzie’s estate in the late 1750’s. Gabriel died 1793 so he does not appear in any subsequent records pertaining to the estate of John McKenzie, died circa 1792 in Allegheny County, Maryland. The “Daniel” referenced above is probably cousin to John and Moses, and son of their Uncle Gabriel. Gabriel’s son, Daniel, was born circa 1752 and is known to have been residing in western Maryland in the 1790’s.

This John d. 1792 is probably one of the first born children of Moses 1720. Taking into consideration the Scottish naming pattern, surely Moses would have had a son John. This John d. 1792 is considered by the county recorder as being "old." If he were born 1740-45, he would be ca 50, a healthy life span in the 1790s. According to a study done in Philadelphia in 1790, life expectancy in 1790 for the US population was 34.5 years for males and 36.5 years for females.

13.It is generally accepted that Moses McKenzie b. abt. 1720 had three sons who served in the RW. Through historical records and process of elimination, those three sons were Moses, b. 1760, Jesse, b. 1762 and Joshua, b. abt. 1764.

Moses McKenzie b. 1760 served as a drummer boy in Revolutionary War beginning at age 18. He enlisted at Frederick Town, Maryland and was discharged at Annapolis. He fought in the Battle of White Plains 1778, the Battle of Monmouth, and the Siege of Yorktown. He was a member of the Maryland Line. Moses served as a drummer in Lt. Col. Ludwig Weltner's German Battalion. Muster Rolls of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution , Baltimore Maryland Historical Society 1900 He received a Federal Land Warrant on April 8, 1793 for 100 acres of land (that being Federal Warrant Number 11,514) for his service in the Revolutionary War. Revolutionary Records, Harry Wright Newman, Genealogical Publishing Company (1993), page 72, originally published 1938. Ed. Note:
The name was spelled McKinsey at the time. In addition to Moses McKenzie's Federal Land Warrant, his brothers also applied for and received land warrants of their own. Jesse McKinsey received Federal Land Warrant 11,513 and Joshua McKinsey received Federal Land Warrant 11, 514. In view of the sequential numbering of these warrants, it appears that the brothers applied for them at the same time which suggests a family relationship between the three.

Moses McKenzie b. 1760 was a new recruit on September 5, 1778 at White Plains. Muster Rolls of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution , Baltimore Maryland Historical Society 1900. All of the Muster Rolls reflect that his brother, Joshua McKenzie was in the same battalion and also served as a drummer boy. The records further reflect that Moses and Joshua served in Lt. Col. Weltner's battalion from 1 August 1780 until 15 November 1783. During that period of time they served as Privates.

Moses’ Federal Land Warrant reads as follows:

To the GEOGRAPHER of the UNITED STATES, or to the Surveyors appointed by him to survey the Military Lands. YOU are hereby required to Survey for MOSES MCKINSEY, a soldier in the Maryland Line during the late war - - - One Hundred Acres of Land, in any of the Districts appropriated for satisfying the Bounties of Land, due to the late Army of the United States, and return this Warrant to the Board of Treasury, agreeably to the Act of Congress of the ninth Day of July, 1788.

Given at the War Office, this
Eight Day of April One
Thousand. Seven Hundred and Ninetysix.

James McHenry
Sec. of War


Registered

(on back)

For value received I hereby assign
all my right and claim to the
within warrant unto Samuel Arnold, Senr.
as Witness my hand and seal
this fourth day of November
1796
his
Moses X McKinsey
Mark (6)

By an Act of the Maryland Legislature in 1777, it was ordered that a bounty of 50 acres of land should be given to each able-bodied recruit who enlisted and served in the American Army for a period of three years. An additional Act was passed in 1781 directing that these lands should be chosen from the territory of the State of Maryland lying West of Fort Cumberland. History of Cumberland by Loudermilk.

Moses came from Pennsylvania to Maryland around 1794. He purchased Lot 3416 in Allegany County on December 13, 1795. He then sold that lot to Daniel Lawrence Speelman in 1798 Allegany County, Maryland real estate records, Deed Book “A”, page ___. and signed the deed as Moses of Bedford County, Pennsylvania with Sarah, his wife, relinquishing her dower rights. The Cumberland area was not very populated at the time Moses McKenzie moved to the area. There were settlements in an area called Old Town as well as in Cumberland. Moses McKenzie along with Gabriel McKenzie, Joshua McKenzie, Daniel McKenzie and Samuel McKenzie were listed as being some of the settlers living on land lying West of Fort Cumberland. (History of Allegany County, Maryland by Thomas & Wilson page 3; Scharf’s History of Western Maryland, Volume 2, page 13439).

In April, 1818, Moses McKenzie, a resident of Allegany County, State of Maryland, applied for a pension by right of his services during the American Revolution. Revolutionary Pension of Moses McKenzie, W 4288, National Archives, Washington, D.C. He swore before the Circuit Court of that county that he was aged 58 years, and had enlisted at Frederick Town, Maryland in the German Regiment as a drummer boy - date of enlistment not given. He was assigned to the company of Captain Baltzell, and participated in the Battles of Monmouth and Yorktown.

Moses’ pension ultimately was approved but he died on March 3, 1824.

In October, 1841, his widow, Sarah McKenzie, of Cresaptown, Maryland, aged 76 years, applied for a widow’s pension by rights of her deceased husband’s service in the Revolutionary War. She the said Sarah McKenzie swore that she married Moses McKenzie sometime in the month of December, 1784. John Durbin of Knox County, Ohio, made an affidavit that he was present at the wedding which took place at the residence of Jacob Slagle in Hampshire County, Virginia, and that the ceremony was performed by a Catholic priest. Lucy M. Vicker, of Allegany County, Maryland, aged 69, submitted an affidavit stating that she was present at the marriage of Moses McKenzie and Sarah McKenzie, the latter also being named McKenzie. The claim of the widow, Sarah McKenzie, likewise was approved by the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Revolutionary Pension of Moses McKenzie, W 4288, National Archives, Washington, D.C..

Moses’ pension for his service in the Revolutionary War reads as follows: “ a sum of money, annually during life, quarterly, equal to half pay of a drummer in the rev. war." Maryland Records, Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, M.S., M.D., Volume II, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1985. The pension paid to Moses’ widow, Sarah reads as follows: “during life, half yearly, half pay of a private, for her husband, Moses McKinsey's”services during the Rev. War." Id.

Moses McKenzie died on 24 MAR 1824 in Cresaptown, Maryland.

14.Based upon the research of Anna Brown of Virginia, March, 2000. (Note: I’m not sure where I got this information. Does anyone have any more information?)

15.To be completed re: the accuracy of this listing of children.

16.This Samuel is listed as a possible son of Michael because there is a 'Samuel' listed with Aaron and Daniel Mackenzie in the 1778 Anne Arundel Oath of Fidelity. By the time of the 1783 tax assessment, he no longer appears and is not listed in any subsequent census. (I’m confused by this one. I don’t see a Samuel listed in the Oath document that Don circulated last week. Am I just missing it?)

17.Maryland State Archives, Patented Certificate No. 2396, MSA S1190-2506, pages 1-3 From SL 21,637. The index to this document is a bit misleading since it references “Hopson’s Choice – Joseph MacKinsey”. If you look closely at the document it becomes obvious that the owner is John McKenzie. The document is located on the www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com web site linked to John McKenzie (b. 1687).

18.Maryland State Archives Patented Certificate 747, MSA S1189-789, From SL 21,537 pages 1-3.

19.Maryland State Archives Patented Certificate 141, MSA S1190-227, pages 1-3, From SL 21, 558. Also available at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com in the Media section linked to John McKenzie (b. abt. 1694).

20.Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 16, page 244, Maryland Historical Society: In the proceedings of the Baltimore County Court (Liber I, No. B, 1708-1715, Folio 276-277, we find a petition of the inhabitants “of both sides of the Potapsco”, presented in March 1719, in which the petitioners set forth that they “are very much agreeved by Xpher Randall of the place aforesaid by refusing the inhabitants of the place aforesaid their common and ancient road to the mill and church and oblige the said inhabitants to goe and uncommon road through bushes and mires soe that the poor inhabitants cannot go about their lawfull occasions without indangering both horse and man”, and they request the court “that the said Christopher Randall may allow us our common and ancient road”. This petition is signed by Jos. Shewell, Joseph Harp, John Boden, Philip Sewell, James Gaskin, John Yeat, Edward Teale, John MacKinze, John Whipps and William Tucker or Tuckner.

21.Maryland State Archives Patented Certificate 3096, MSA S1190-3217, pages 1-4, From SL 21,647, storage location 01/25/02/28. Also available at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com in the Media section linked to John McKenzie (b. 1687).

22.(MSA Judgment Court A.A. Co., Book IB 1, 1735 Jun. Court, p.238 Location: 1/1/8/28). The entire document reads as follows: “June Court 1735. The Court binds Thomas Lants aged five years old the 21st day of March last and Francis Gallahors aged three years old the sixteenth day of August next unto John MacKinsie his heirs, administrators and assignes until they arrive to the age of Twenty one years. In consideration whereof of the said John MacKinsie obliges himself to find the said Thomas and Francis sufficient meat drink washing cloathing and lodging during the term of and also to learn the said Thomas and Francis to read write and cast up accounts until the expiration of their term of servitude to give to each of them a suit of cloaths and such other necessary cloathing as is usually giv unto orphans bound out by this court. Wherefore it is considered by the Justices here this 10th day of June Anno Dom 1735 that the said Thomas and Francis Serve the Said John McKinsie the full term aforesaid accordingly.”

23.Maryland State Archives Patented Certificate 939 MSA S1189-994, From SL 21,540 pages 1-5.

24.Maryland State Archives, Patented Certificate 939, MSA S1189-994 From SL 21,540 pages 1-5. According to the land patent for MacKinzie’s Discovery Enlarged, “Improvements” [included] one tobacco house 40 foot long 22 foot wide”. Also available at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com in the Media section linked to John McKenzie (b. abt. 1687).

25.Hopkins Atlas of 1878 located at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com in the Media section linked to John McKenzie (b. abt. 1687).

26.Ed. Note: This footnote was originally written in 1999 after Ann Stansbarger wrote an e-mail to Michael A. McKenzie. Since the time it was composed, the authors have done additional research that refines some of the information reflected in it. For a more detailed and more accurate explanation of John MacKinzie’s original land holdings on the Patapsco River, see “Source # __” authored by Richard Lee “Dick” MacKenzie located in the “Sources” section of the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site. The following is the original e-mail:

“Ann Stansbarger located the site of John MacKinzie's plantation during a trip to Baltimore, Maryland in June, 1999. She wrote the following e-mail to fellow McKenzie researchers following her trip (Ed. Note: some of the information in this letter has been proven to be incorrect – see the

Speaking of John and Katherine Gabriel McKenzie, I had a very unexpected surprise this week. I was in Baltimore for a two-day conference. I had hoped to be able to take a day and go to Annapolis, to the Hall of Records, but my schedule didn't work out that way. Anyway, I got lost trying to get to my hotel and I found myself on the new expressway ("100") leading to Ellicott City. Ellicott City is along the Patapsco River, very close to the original plantation belonging to John and Katherine. One thing lead to another, and I ended up finding what's left of the old plantation site (which dates back to 1716 and is made up of McKenzie's Discovery, Hopson's Choice and a number of other land patents), and meeting the people who live there now. Their names were Phil and Jean and they were incredibly nice people. Fortunately they are very interested in preserving history so they have done an excellent job of preserving the property. The main house is a lovely white colonial, built by Aaron and John McKenzie in 1890 on the site of a much older home. The house is surrounded by very old "out buildings," including a log cabin smoke house and a stable/blacksmith's shop. It was very exciting and I came away with lots of good information. Jean and Philip gave me a copy of an article that was written in the Central Maryland News newspaper about their property. I'm planning to include a copy of it in the Quest notebook (which she never produced for the other McKenzie Quest researchers), but here are some of the highlights:

The home stands on land that was once part of two tracts, "Addition to Hopson's Choice" and "McKenzie's Neglect." McKenzie's Neglect was a piece of land that was incorporated into "McKenzie's Discovery." The earliest home of record on the site was a log cabin built by Aaron McKenzie in 1817. Aaron eventually erected a smokehouse in 1830, also made of logs, and an old log barn that was inscribed "Built by Aaron McKenzie February 1860." A third building, this one of stone, served as a blacksmith shop. The brick chimney and hearth as well as the huge wood and leather bellows are still there. A carriage house built in 1880 completes the group of out buildings, while the retaining wall of an old corn crib now serves as a lovely rock garden. Most of the buildings are still complete with hardware made at the forge. At the southeast corner of the original survey a small cemetery can be found. Three crude carved granite headstones mark the graves of three of the early McKenzie residents. They read: D:M -- B 1798, D 1885; S.D:M -- B 1811, D 1894; Ruth:M -- B 1838, D 1891. The main house, built in 1890, sits on the site of the original log cabin. It has eight rooms and two baths. The foundation stones were cut from the granite quarry on the property. An unusual feature of the cellar is the arched construction under the kitchen fireplace, a feature commonly found only in much older homes. Ash and chestnut beams were used in the construction. The plaster is of the old type, with cow or horse hair mixed in it to give it strength. The floors are pine. (The article goes on to describe the house in more detail.)

The property remained in McKenzie hands until 1900, when a portion of it was sold to Susannah Keyes. The remaining land was sold to Dolly Madison MacLean in 1930. It is this second portion (40 acres) that eventually found its way into the hands of the current owners.

Back to Mike McKenzie's e-mail: I was curious about the waterfall as well (John and Katherine were supposedly buried beside the "main falls of the Patapsco River"). I asked everyone I could find about it, including Jean and Phil, and the lady in the Tavern in Ellicott City. No one knew what I was talking about. They did say that the Patapsco River used to be much, much bigger and that it has since become almost completely "silted in." I did find a reference in one book to a falls at Elk Ridge Landing, which is within a few miles of the old plantation site, so I went there as well on Wednesday. The river apparently used to be navigable up to this point by ocean-going ships (hence the name Elk Ridge LANDING). This is where the plantation owners took their hogsheads of tobacco for shipment to Europe. Today the area is a park, but the river is so silted-in that there is nothing left but a shallow creek. No sign of a waterfall there either.”

Ed. Note: In J. Thomas Scharf, The History of Baltimore City and County, the author states at page 15, (referring to the Patapsco River, “It has been in former times the avenue into the heart of the country, through which large schooners passed to points nearly as far as the Relay House. This, however, is no longer possible. The great flood of July, 1868, tore away such quantities of sand, soil and other materials from the country above as to fill up the channel for about four miles, leaving only two or three feet of water in places where it was formerly ten or twelve feet deep”.

Today I talked to the director of the Howard Co. Historical Society. (The area is no longer part of Ann Arundel Co.) She said she would help me research the family and the history of the river. Hopefully I'll have more information in the future on this. Lastly, with regard to directions, I'd like to handle it "off line" for reasons of privacy. Before I left Jean and Phil's house, I mentioned our McKenzie Quest project. I asked for their permission to tell the other members of our group about them. I said that that would probably mean that they would have more visitors in the future. (Amazingly they have only had THREE McKenzies come calling since Jean's family bought the place in 1955!) At first she hesitated, but then she said "Why not. McKenzies are such nice people." (How nice of her to notice!) If anyone else would like to visit the place I would suggest that you contact me and I'll give you Jean and Phil's phone number, and directions. I talked to Phil today on the phone to thank them again for their hospitality. He said that Jean had just mailed off a package containing copies of all the information they have on the property -- for the Quest notebook. I was touched. I thought that was so sweet.

27.Will found in Anne Arundel County, Box M Folder 13, with copy in Maryland Hall of Records, Liber 30, pp. 521-522.

A transcription of the will reads as follows:

In the Name of God Amen. I John MacKinzie of Anarindale County being very sick and weak but of sound and perfect memory praised be to Almighty God for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following. First I revoke all wills by me formerly made and do acknowledge this my last will and testament.

Imprimis I bequeath my soul to Almighty God that gave it and my body to be buried in decent and Christian manner and as for my temporal estate that the Lord in his great mercy hath bestowed upon me my will is that my well beloved wife Katherine MacKinzie after my just debts and legacies mentioned in the following will are paid all my personal estate to be by her possessed during her natural life.

Item I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel MacKinzie ninety six acres of land out of two tracts the one called Hopson’s Choice, the other called the Addition to Hopson’s Choice as it was devised to him in my lifetime to him the said Daniel and his heirs for ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my son Moses MacKinzie ninety six acres of land being part of a tract of land called MacKinzie’s Discovery to be laid out as it was in my lifetime to suit his plantation he now dwells on to him the said Moses and his heirs for ever.

Item I give and bequeath to my grandson Michael MacKinzie Mattocks the son of John Mattocks and Anne MacKinzie his wife 50 acres of land being part of a tract of land called Hopson’s Choice to be laid out as it was in my lifetime to him the said Michael MacKinzie and his heirs for ever.

Item I give and bequeath to my grandson William MacKinzie son of Aaron MacKinzie ninety six acres of land as it was formerly laid out in my lifetime to him the said William MacKinzie and his heirs foe ever.

Item I give and bequeath to my son Michael MacKinzie the remaining part of my land being ninety six acres of land to him the said Michael and his heirs for ever.

It is my will and desire whatever part of my estate my children have received hitherto or shall receive before my death shall not after my decease be deemed or appraised as part thereof.

Item I do hereby appoint my loving wife Katherine MacKinzie together with my son Daniel as the executors of this my last will and testament and what shall be remaining of my personal estate in my wife’s possession my will is that after her decease it be equally divided amongst my six children, viz. five sons and one daughter hereby revoking all other wills heretofore by me made. Qualifying and confirming this only as my last will and testament.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this seventeen day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight.


Signed, sealed, acknowledged his
Published and pronounced
In the presence of us John x Mackinzie

John Sellman
Aquila Naneallmark
Robert Davis
John Arnold

The last name of Aquila is usually deciphered as “Randall”, as is suspected as being John’s lawyer.

28.Anne Arundel County, Box 60, folder 9, John MacKenzie, 1758, [MSA S541-69]

29.Account of John McKenzie’s estate can be found at Anne Arundel County Liber 37, folio 185; Liber 37, p. 226 [MSA S529-55]; Liber 68, folio 54; Debt Book F, pg. 62; Liber 38, folio 279; Liber 38, folio 466; Liber 40, folio 332; Liber 40 [MSA S529-58]; Folio 340; Liber 41, pp. 27, 60, 108, 113, 140, 175, 201, 354, and 404.

30.The author has seen "Hopson's" Choice spelled both "Hopson's" and "Hobson's" in various references to the McKenzies of Early Maryland. The correct piece of property is “Hopson’s Choice”. The original Will of John McKenzie refers to it as "Hopson's" Choice. Also, the original patent from the 1718-21 era refers to it as Hopson’s Choice. There was a patent for a piece of property known as Hobson’s Choice, but it is an altogether different piece of property and has nothing to do with the McKenzies of Early Maryland.


31.It is generally accepted among researchers of this McKenzie line that the sixth child referenced in John MacKenzie's will is Gabriel McKenzie. The similarity of names of his offspring, when compared with his brothers and sisters suggests that he was the unnamed child in the will. Also, since he was the oldest, and based upon existing land records, he was already an established farmer with hundreds of acres of land of his own at the time his father died in 1758. As noted in his “Source” on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site, the extent of his property holdings is borne out in the deed records from various counties in Maryland. Finally, in addition to the foregoing, in July, 2010, Michael A. McKenzie, one of the authors of this “Source” located a document in the Maryland State Archives that unequivocally proves that Gabriel McKenzie was the son of John MacKenzie. In Perogative Court (Inventories) Box 68, pp. 54-56 John MacKenzie, 1759 [MSA S534-69] on page 56 following the itemization of John MacKenzie’s personal property is the notation “Gabriel MacKenzie. Nearest relation.” To the best of the author’s knowledge, there were no other Gabriel McKenzies living in Maryland from 1700-1750. Consequently, the aforementioned document is written proof that links together John and Gabriel and legitimizes earlier researchers’ “beliefs” that the two were father and son, respectively.

32.Deed Book IB 5 page 317, Anne Arundel records.

33.As of December 2010, with the assistance of Google Maps and Ann Stansbarger, the property was located north-northwest of Ellicott City, Maryland. See also the map entitled McKenzie’s Discovery Enlarged, Hopkins Atlas of 1878 Howard County, Maryland which depicts the general area where the land was located. The location on the map coincides with the references in all of the various early deeds which stated that the land was located south of the main falls of the Patapsco River. There also is a document prepared by Dr. Caleb Dorsey that Ann Stansbarger located at the Howard County Historical Society that shows how all of the various parcels of McKenzie property fit together just south of the Patapsco River. That map is located on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site, www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com.

Translation added by Don Kagle:

Nov 1737 Anne Arundel Co., Maryland

John Mackensie brings into Court his servant woman named Mary Johnson & informs the Justices thereof that she has abase born child, whereupon the said Mary being demanded whether she is guilty of having abase born child or not, confesses that she is guilty thereof & submits her self to the Judgement of the court & offers the sum of thirty shillings as a fine for the offence aforesaid wherefore it is considered by the Court here that the said Mary Johnson be fined to his Lordship the sum of thirty shillings which is ordered & immediately paid to Zachariah Maccubbin Gentleman Sherriff for the use of the County aforesaid & the said Zach. Maccubbin being present acknowledges the reciept thereof & it is further considered by the Justices here that the said Mary Johnson serve John Mackensie her Master twelve months for the trouble of his house occasioned by the bastard child aforesaid thereupon she is discharged her Master being lieable for fees.

John + Katherine Unknown. Katherine was born in Unknown; died before 1776 in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpt from McKenzies of Early Maryland by: Michael A. McKenzie:

On 2 APR 1776 John’s grandson, William McKenzie, son of Aaron, sold to Greenbury Randall 96 acres of “McKenzie’s Discovery”. The parties agreed that 1/4 acre “at the head of the great falls on the Petapsico (sic) River where John MacKenzie and his wife are buried” will be reserved. Obviously, by 1776, Katherine McKenzie also had died. This property is now in Howard County, Maryland, across the river from Baltimore County.