Mary Elizabeth (Molly) McKenzie

Notes:

"Molly" was the nickname reported by Frances Greaves.

Family/Spouse: James Lantz. James died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles Often transcription from Cumberland Times - McKenzie 24 Sep 1888 Silas McKenzie of Rawlings died suddenly from heart disease yesterday while reading his newspaper. He was in his 58th year and had worked for Major Alexander Shaw for some years. Born 13 Mar 1830 his wife and 5 children, 1 daughter and 4 sons, all married, survive. The funeral is tomorrow from the ME Church with Rev F G Porter and burial in Dayton's Cemetery, Keyser WV.

The funeral of Silas McKenzie who died suddenly at Rawlings, Sunday, took place Tuesday. The funeral procession went from Rawlings to a point near Keyser by the West Virginia Central Railway. Piedmont Herald, Saturday, September 29, 1888
Died on 23rd, buried on 25th

Both he and his wife are buried at Dayton's Cemetery, Allegany County, Maryland.

Rawlings, September 27, 1888 - This quiet little village has gained considerable notoriety of late, growing out of the rather large number of sudden deaths that have occurred here within the past two years. Last Sunday morning one more name was added to the list - the name of one whose departure was quite different from the ones that have occurred previously. We refer to Silas McKenzie who died last Sunday morning, a few minutes after 11 o’clock. He seemed to be enjoying his usual health—arose on Sunday morning and was found in his accustomed place in the Sabbath school. Returning home he sat down in his chair to read the family paper, and while his wife and daughter and son were chatting with a neighbor just outside the door, he expired without a word or groan. He was born March 13, 1830, and was, consequently, 58 years, 6 months and 10 days old when he died. He leaves a wife, one son and four daughters—the latter all married, the husband of one being dead. “Uncle Silas,” as he was called, was born and spent his life in the immediate neighborhood. He was a man loved best by those who knew him longest. He was employed for several years past on Major Alexander Shaw’s large farm here, and his faithfulness to duty in summer and winter was remarkable. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and filled the position of sexton here ever since the church was built seven years ago. The funeral services were conducted in the M. E. church here. Revs. F. G. Porter and John F. Dayton, of Keyser, paid beautiful tributes to his character. After a few remarks by his pastor, Chas. E. Guthrie, the body was taken on the West Virginia Central train to the Dayton Cemetery, near Keyser, for interment. The funeral was the largest known here for many years. Cumberland Daily Times, September 29, 1888

Silas married Sarah Elizabeth Spencer in 1859 in Allegany County, Maryland. Sarah (daughter of Otha Spencer and Elizabeth Bailey) was born on 7 Apr 1842 in Rawlings, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 4 Jul 1935 in Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Westernport, Md., July 5 - Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth McKenzie, aged 93, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Leese, 221 Rock street, of infirmities of age. She was born at Knobley, W. Va., April 7, 1842, and lived the greater part of her life at Rawlings, Md., after which she moved to Deer Park, Md., where she resided for 28 years. She had made her home with her daughter here for the past seven years. She is survived by one other daughter, Mrs. Fannie Savage, Cumberland. Funeral services will be held from the home of her grandson, Bernard Leese at 325 Vine street, Sunday, at 2:30 p.m. with interment in the cemetery at Twenty-first Bridge, Md. Rev. C. K. Welsh, pastor of the United Brethren Church and Rev. Fred R. Barnes, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, will be in charge. The Cumberland Evening Times, July 5, 1935 {maiden name Spencer, daughter of Otha Spencer and Elizabeth Bailey}.

I. forgot to include this, not that it matters all that much:

I found in the Garrett County news a few mentions about Fannie Savage visiting her sister and aged mother, Susie Dawson and Sarah McKenzie. There was also mention that in 1926 and 1928 Susie was seriously ill. Susie was born Oct. 1862, according to the 1900 census in Rawlings, already widowed; Sarah, Apr 1842 (which is what we have) spelled MacKenzie. In the Garrett Co. 1910 census, still living together. No children with them. Sarah says she bore 6 children, 4 living; Susie says 1 born, 0 living. No obit for any Dawson in 1928. 1930 census, Sarah's living with the Savages. Still have nothing for Mary, but Don says Ancestry has her connected to Joseph Lintz. I did find a Joseph Lintz in the 1880 census, single, living with other than family. Could find neither him nor Mary after that time. Sheryl Kelso October, 2012.

Notes:

Aaron McKenzie

Aaron McKenzie was born in Maryland in 1792. He married Hannah Johnson on 10 MAR 1819 and together they had (at least) five children (and probably seven) (1):

1.Daniel McKenzie
Born 1817
Married Sarah (Sallie) Spencer 27 MAR 1847 in Allegany County
Had children Hannah, Henry, John Franklin, Annette, George and Newton
Died 23 SEPT 1896 in Cresaptown, Maryland

2.Silas (Cyrus) Johnson McKenzie
Born 13 Mar 1830
Married Sarah Elizabeth Spencer in 1859

3.Aaron William McKenzie
Born 16 Dec 1830
Married Margaret Ann Martin
Had children Hannah, George, Percy, Lavina, Taylor, James, Charles Walter and John Burr

4.John Ephriam McKenzie
Born 1835
Married Mary Alice Martin
Had children Aaron B., Charles Winfield, John W. and Horace Russell

5.Samuel McKenzie

Aron McKinsey (actual spelling) first appears in the 1820 census. (3) He is listed as the head of household. His age is given as being between twenty-six and forty-five. His wife is also listed in the same age category. There was one female child in the household, whose age is listed as being less than ten years old.

Aaron McKinsey appears next in the 1830 census. (4) At that time the records reflect that he had two male children under the age of five living at home, one male between the age of five and ten, one female between the age of five and ten and another female between the age of ten and fifteen.

The 1840 census (5) also shows Aaron McKinsey living in Election District 6 in Allegany County. There was one male under the age of five in his household, two males between the age of five and ten, one male between the age of fifteen and twenty, one female between fifteen and twenty and another female between twenty and thirty.

Aaron McKenzie was listed in the 1850 Census for Allegany County. (6) He was fifty-eight at the time his wife, Hannah, was fifty-seven years old. He was working as a laborer. Cyrus (age 21), Aaron (age 20) and John E. (age 18) were still living at home. Susan Baird, age seventeen, and listed as a teacher was living with them along with Emily _______, age 40 and a nineteen year old male. (7)

By the time the 1860 census was taken (8) Aaron and his wife, Hannah and their son, Aaron W. age twenty-four had moved to Hampshire, Virginia (now West Virginia). Aaron was sixty-six years old (which is off by two years if you compare it with the 1850 census and would have meant that he was born in 1794) and was working as a carpenter. Hannah was fifty-six years old (which also does not coincide with the 1850 census, since she was listed as being fifty-seven on that document). Aaron, Hannah and Aaron W. (9) were all born in the State of Maryland.

The 1860 census also provides us with information on Cyrus (Silas) McKenzie, who was two of Aaron’s sons. (10) He was living close by to his parents, was thirty years old and was living with Sarah E., age seventeen. The census reflects that they had been married in the past year. Silas (as it was listed in this census) was born in the State of Maryland.

Interestingly, the author was experimenting one night with the Ancestry.com census search program when he discovered Aaron McKenzie (b. 1792) and his wife Hannah McKenzie living in Jefferson, Noble County, Ohio in 1870. (11). They were listed as being 78 and 77, respectively. They were residing with John Kyles, age 56, his wife, Mary E., age 50, and their seven children. When you compare the 1860 census with the one from 1870, Aaron and Hannah McKenzie are residing with the Kyles in the Western District, Hampshire County, Virginia. The 1880 Jefferson, Noble County, Ohio census reflects that Mary E. Kyles was now widowed and living with her three youngest children. Aaron and Hannah McKenzie are no longer living in the household, which suggests perhaps that they died in the preceding ten years.

Endnotes


1. The census records in 1820, 1830 and 1840 reflect that Aaron and Hannah had two daughters, assuming that the young females actually living in their household were daughters and not simply female relatives who had come to live with them.

2. In another portion of his notes, Col. MacKenzie states as follows: “J.F.G. (referring to J.F. Grant) said Daniel IV had as children Henry, Frank, George J. (Boss Geo.), Newton, Hannah, Isabel (Belle) and Louise.”

3. 1820 Federal Census, LDS film number 0,193,702, Maryland, Allegany County, Election District 6, page 39 and 40.

4. 1830 Federal Census, LDS film number 0,013,176, Maryland, Allegany County, page 40.

5. 1840 Federal Census, LDS film number 0,013,182, Maryland, Allegany County, Election District 6.

6. 1850 Federal Census, LDS film number 013, 194, Maryland, Allegany County, Election District 6, page 130 of the book.

7. The names are not readable on the microfilm because it appears that someone placed some scotch tape on the record at some time causing the information to be illegible.

8. 1860 Federal Census, LDS film number 805, 350, Virginia, Hampshire County, New Creek Station, Western District, page 296 and 297 of the book.

9. Aaron W. McKenzie appears in the 1900 Census at Maryland, Allegany County, Rawlings Election District No. 7, Supervisor District 4, Enumeration District No. 102. If you do a search on Ancestry.com in the 1900 Federal Census for “Saras” McKenzie, the reference to Aaron and his wife, Margaret, will pop up. The transcriber simply misread the name.

10. 1860 Federal Census, LDS film number 805, 350, Virginia, Hampshire County, New Creek Station, Western District, page 298 of the book.

11. 1870 Census, Ohio, Noble County, Jefferson Township, page 22, lines 17 and 18, July 6, 1870.

Note from Don Kagle in November, 2014:

Dick and Mike:

Back to Aaron William McK for a sec. I don't have a daughter Susan as a result of the following: 1850 Census for Alleg. Co. Md. Dist 6, has a Susan Baird, 17 b.abt 1833, teacher living with Aaron & Hannah. 1840 census has the total in the household at 9 people. There are no females indicated that would have been seven.

Don

Aaron Mckenzie
United States Census, 1870
Name:Aaron Mckenzie
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1870
Event Place:Ohio, United States
Gender:Male
Age:78
Race:White
Race (Original):W
Birth Year (Estimated):1791-1792
Birthplace:Maryland
Page Number:22
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
John KylesM56Virginia
Mary E KylesF50Maryland
Emily KylesF18Maryland
Loyd KylesM16Maryland
Mary G KylesF14Maryland
Sarah C KylesF12Virginia
John A KylesM8Virginia
William J KylesM5Ohio
Emily E KylesF2Ohio
Aaron MckenzieM78Maryland
Hannah MckenzieF77Maryland
Household ID: 155 , Line Number: 17 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M593 , GS Film number: 000552751 , Digital Folder Number: 004093993 , Image Number: 00271

Aaron Mc Kenzie
United States Census, 1860
Name:Aaron Mc Kenzie
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1860
Event Place:Western District, Hampshire, Virginia, United States
Gender:Male
Age:66
Race:White
Race (Original):White
Birth Year (Estimated):1794
Birthplace:Maryland
Page:296
Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number:M653
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
John KilesM48Virginia
Mary E KilesF37Maryland
Frederick KilesM15Maryland
Hannah E KilesF13Maryland
Nelson KilesM12Maryland
Emily R KilesF9Maryland
Loyd KilesM7Maryland
Mary G KilesF5Maryland
Kate KilesF2Virginia
Aaron Mc KenzieM66Maryland
Hannah Mc KenzieF56Maryland
Aaron W Mc KenzieM24Maryland
Martha DawsonF18Virginia
Household ID: 5 , GS Film Number: 805350 , Digital Folder Number: 004297379 , Image Number: 00252

Aaron Mckenzee
United States Census, 1850
Name:Aaron Mckenzee
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1850
Event Place:Allegany county, part of, Allegany, Maryland, United States
Gender:Male
Age:58
Race:White
Birth Year (Estimated):1792
House Number:1886
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
Aaron MckenzeeM58
Hannah MckenzeeF57
Cyrus MckenzeeM21
Aaron MckenzeeM20
John E MckenzeeM18
Susan BairdF17Pennsylvania
EmilyF40Maryland
N*M19
Household ID: 1910 , Line Number: 21 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 277 , GS Film Number: 13194 , Digital Folder Number: 004193973 , Image Number: 00281
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"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4S-89N : accessed 21 April 2015), Aaron Mckenzee, Allegany county, part of, Allegany, Maryland, United States; citing family 1910, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Aaron married Hannah Johnson on 10 Mar 1819 in Allegany County, Maryland. Hannah (daughter of Thomas Johnson) was born about 1793; died before 1880 in Poss. Jefferson, Noble County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Otha + Elizabeth Bailey. Elizabeth died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daniel McKenzie

Daniel McKenzie (1) was born in Frederick County, Maryland about 1752. He married Mary Ann Chapman 2 DEC 1779 in Washington County, Maryland. Together they had seven children:

1.William McKenzie (2)
Born 1782
Had children George, Edward, Taylor, Perry, Walter and John

2.Richard McKenzie
Born 1784
Married Elizabeth Spealman 16 JUN 1810
Had children William, Dennis and Levi

3.Samuel McKenzie
Born 1785
Married Rachel Durbin
Had children Henry, Grant, Aaron and Albert

4.Mary Ann McKenzie
Born 1787
Married William Myers

5.Daniel McKenzie
Born 1790
Married Elizabeth Hackrette

6.Aaron (Aron) (3) McKenzie
Born 1792
Married Hannah Johnson 10 MAR 1819
Had children Daniel, Silas, Aaron W., John Ephriam and Samuel (4)

7.James Moses McKenzie
Born 1795
Married Margaret Agnes Porter 3 May 1823
Had children Mary Ann, Josiah, Gabriel Thornton, Eliza Jane, Daniel Richard, Margaret Amelia, Elizabeth, Anna Mary and Charles Moses
Died 10 JAN 1873

Daniel McKenzie and Mary Ann Chapman moved to Allegany County before 1792 and settled on land south of Cumberland. Daniel received a Patent for the land from the State of Maryland (5) in 1795. According to information contained in the Patent, he was able to purchase the land from the State at that time because he had originally settled on it. Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly, he was given a preference to purchase the land before it was offered for sale to anyone else. Ultimately, he purchased Lots No. 3552, 3554 and 3569. Michael McKenzie of Mt. Savage, Maryland provided the author with more information concerning Daniel’s patent in November, 2010. There is a compilation of Military Lot Patents on record in the Maryland State Archives. (5.1) Daniel’s patents are set forth on pages 0348 and 0349. There also is a map that reflects all of the Military Lots, Tracts and Escheats that were awarded or sold to individuals in the late 1700’s and which contains Daniel’s patented lots 3552, 3554 and 3569. located south of Cresaptown. Daniel sold some of his land (50 acres) to William Shaw (6) in 1797.(7) On January 26, 1805, John Logsdon and Daniel McKinsy sold portions of lots 3568 and 3569 to Emanual Custer. (8) Then, in 1810, Daniel McKinzie reacquired from William Shaw the same parcel of land Daniel had sold to him in 1797 (50 acres). (9)

The Cumberland area was sparsely populated at the time Daniel McKenzie moved there. There were settlements in an area called Old Town as well as in Cumberland. (10) Daniel McKenzie along with Gabriel McKenzie, Josiah McKenzie, Moses McKenzie and Samuel McKenzie were listed as being some of the settlers living on land lying West of Fort Cumberland. (11)

Per information supplied to the author by Michael McKenzie of Mt. Savage, Maryland in November, 2010, Daniel McKenzie was quite active in the years immediately after his relocation to the area west of Cumberland. According to a 1974 issue of the Heritage Press newsletter, the following was the bond contract for replacing a bridge in the Cumberland area: ?”Pursuant to an order of the Levy Court the following bond as recorded this 2nd August 1796: Know all men by these presents that we, William Logsdon, John Logsdon, Ralph Logsdon and Daniel McKinzy are bound unto David Huffman, John Graham and Patrick Murdock for 747 pounds current money of the State. The condition: William Logsdon shall do and will and truly build and finish on or before 1st September, next, a good and sufficient wagon bridge over Wills Creektown of Cumberland at the place where the bridge lately stood, the said Bridge to be at least five feet higher than the late bridge, 16 feet wide with railing three feet high; he also to keep the same in good and sufficient repair for term of seven years and to rebuilt the same if carried away or destroyed, at his own cost except he not to replace, if the water rises over the bridge.” The Daniel McKinzy referenced was the son of Gabriel McKenzie (b. abt. 1715) . Gabriel lived in the Bald Knob area near Mount Savage, Maryland, where Earl Lepley’s property/residence currently is located as of November, 2010. Per the various maps referenced earlier, the Leplays currently live on the same 50 acres which Gabriel McKenzie owned in the 1790’s.

The 1800 census lists (12) Daniel McKinzie living in the Upper Old Town, (13) Georges Creek section of the county. His age was recorded as being in excess of 45 years as was his wife. There were three males at home under the age of ten, two males between ten and sixteen, one female between ten and sixteen and another female between the age of sixteen and twenty-six. (14)

The 1810 census lists Daniel McKinsey still living in the Upper Old Town, Georges Creek area. His age once again is listed as being in excess of 45. His wife was still alive. There was one male under the age of ten living with him, two males between ten and sixteen and one male between sixteen and twenty-six. There was one female between the age of sixteen and twenty-six residing in his household. (15)

The 1820 census lists Daniel McKinsey and his wife and two males, ages between sixteen and twenty-six residing in the Election District Number 6. (16) There is no record of Daniel in the 1830 census, which coincides with the fact he died in 1825. There also is no mention of his wife, Mary, as being a head of household at the time that census was taken. (17)

On June 9, 1812 Thomas Pollard conveyed 45 acres of property to Daniel McKenzie, which was referenced on plats at the time as “Allegany Republican”. That property later became the subject of an Equity Case in Allegany County after Daniel died without leaving a will. (18) The property was later sold by order of the Court sitting in Equity and was acquired by (James) Moses McKenzie, Daniel’s youngest son. (19) It remained in the (James) Moses McKenzie branch of the family until approximately 1900 when it was sold to Daniel Annan and later became a dairy. Unfortunately, on approximately December 8, 1935 a fire destroyed the log cabin situated on the property that was constructed by Daniel McKenzie in the early 1800's. An article about the fire and the history surrounding the cabin appeared in the Cumberland Times on December 15, 1935. (20)

In 1819, Daniel McKenzie and his wife, Ann McKenzie, were the sponsors at the Baptism of William McKenzie, born February 15, 1818 to parents, Samuel McKenzie and Rachel Durbin. The Baptism was held at St. Ignatius, the Roman Catholic Church in the Mt. Savage area, West of Cumberland, Maryland. (21) According to material compiled by Col. Gabriel T. McKenzie, the first McKenzies to emigrate to America were Catholic and came from Scotland. Maryland was a perfect choice for their new home since following the passage of the Act of Toleration in 1649, Maryland eventually became known as being a safe haven for Catholics.

Daniel McKenzie died without a will in 1825. His estate was submitted for administration shortly thereafter. The administrator was his eldest son, William. The Inventory of the personal property of Daniel McKinzie was filed on 13 SEPT 1825. (22) The First Account reflects the names of the individuals who were owed money by Daniel at the time of his death. (23) The Second and Final Account reflects that the following individuals received money from the estate after the personal property was sold: Ann McKinsey, her one third (24) share totalling $29.17, and dividends of $8.33 were paid to Richard McKinsey, Samuel McKinsey, Daniel McKinsey, Aaron McKinsey, Moses McKinsey, William McKinsey and Mary Myers, wife of William Myers. (25) Interestingly, the shares were not precisely divisable. One share for $8.34 (one cent more) was given to the eldest son, William, who was serving as the administrator. Seven children were listed as having received dividends.

Daniel McKenzie died before 7 SEPT 1825. Both he and Mary Ann Chapman were buried in the cemetery of St. Michael’s Church. (26)

Endnotes

1. In the handwritten notes of Col. Gabriel T. McKenzie, U.S. Army, Retired, he states on a page relating to James Moses McKenzie “There is a family record filed with the estate and will of the above, James Moses McKenzie, in the Allegheny Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland. Col. Gabriel T. McKenzie U.S. Army retired, great grandson of Moses filed said family record with Moses’ will but mistakenly said Daniel, father of Moses, was son of Daniel, instead of correctly stating Moses was son of Daniel, son of Gabriel, son of John of AA County.” (Ed. Note: This passage appears on page 221 of the notes of Gabriel T. McKenzie, U.S. Army Retired in Volume 3 of the author, Michael A. McKenzie’s genealogical source documents). (Ed. Note: James Moses was one of Daniel McKenzie’s sons, see supra).

2. The children of Daniel from this point through the end of the list were referenced in Equity Case #292, Allegany County Chancery Court records.

3. In the 1820 census Aaron McKenzie was listed as "Aron McKinsey". It's quite possible the census taker did not know how to spell.

4. In the Col. Gabriel T. MacKenzie genealogical research, a letter was written by J. F. Grant to Col. MacKenzie on December 13, 1929. In that letter J.F. Grant (who was born in 1854) recounts for Col. MacKenzie the names of the various sons of Daniel McKenzie (b. 1752). He starts by stating that the sons of Daniel (Ed. Note, b. 1752) were Aaron, Samuel, Richard, William, Moses (Ed.Note, actually James Moses) and Daniel, Jr.. He then lists the sons of each of the aforementioned individuals, as follows: “Aaron’s (our Aaron McKenzie b. 1792) sons were: Daniel, (Ed.Note This Daniel is in our family’s line. This Daniel is referred to as Daniel IV in Col. MacKenzie’s notes so as to distinguish him from other Daniels born during the preceding and succeeding generations) William, Silas (sic), Samuel and John Ephriam. Samuel’s sons were Henry, Grant, Aaron and Albert. Richard’s sons were William, Dennis and Levi. William’s sons were George, Edward, Taylor, Perry, Walter and John. Moses’ sons were Josiah, Thornton, Richard and Charles. Daniel, Jr. only had one son that I know of and his name was Henry.” The census records reflect that Aaron had two daughters. The author has not yet been able to determine their identity.

In addition to the foregoing letter, J.F. Grant wrote another letter to Col. McKenzie on October 7, 1929, wherein he states: (James) Moses McKenzie, your great-grandfather, was not the son of Moses the revolutionary soldier but was a son of Daniel McKenzie.”


5. Patent from the State of Maryland to Daniel McKinsey dated November 14, 1792. Maryland State Archives. Volume IC #L, page 72. A partial transcription of the patent follows:

Daniel McKinsey, his patent)The State of Maryland know ye that
Lots No. 3552, 3554 & 3569)Whereas there were laid out and
Each containing 50 acres)surveyed amongst the lots in Allegany

County to the westward of Fort Cumberland pursuant to a resolution of the General Assembly passed at April session in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven, the following lying contiguous to each other Lots No. 3552, 3554 & 3569 each containing fifty acres. And Whereas the said lots were by the Commissioners appointed in virtue of an Act passed at November session seventeen hundred and eighty eight "to dispose of the referenced lands westward of Fort Cumberland allotted and awarded to Daniel McKinsey as settler on and having a preference in the purchase of same and it appearing by the account of the transferor of the western acres that the purchase money hath been fully paid, the State of Maryland doth hereby grant unto him the said Daniel McKinsey the said lots No. 3552, 3554 & 3569 lying in Allegany County aforesaid
. . .
(legal descriptions follow)
. . .

according to the record ______to, and now remaining in the land office: together with all rights, profits, benefits and privileges thereunto belonging. To have and to hold the same unto him the said Daniel McKinsey, his heirs and assigns forever. Given under the Great Seal of the State of Maryland this fourteenth day of November seventeen hundred and ninety two.

Witness the Honorable Alexander Hanson, Esquire, Chancellor

I.T.G. StoneGreatA.C. Hanson
SealChancellor

5.1. Maryland State Archives, MSA SE1-1, Images 020745-0001 to 020745-0409.

5.2 Map of 1874 Military Lots, Tracts and Escheats, see Land Patent Location Daniel McKenzie (b. 1752) in the “Media” section of the www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com web site.

6 The Reverend William Shaw was a Methodist minister who settled on the site of Barton, Maryland in 1794. He amassed an estate of 1200 acres before he died. Allegany County, A History, Stegmaier, Dean, Kershaw and Wiseman, McClain Printing Company (1976)

7. Deed from Daniel McKinsey to William Shaw dated March 16, 1797 recorded in Deed Book "B", page 300, Allegany County records.

8. Deed from Daniel McKinsy and John Logsdon to Emanual Custer dated January 26, 1805 recorded in Deed Book "D", page 285, Allegany County records.

9. Deed from William Shaw to Daniel McKinzie dated July 17, 1810 recorded in Deed Book "F", page 129, Allegany County records.

10. Daniel McKenzie was taxed on his property in the early 1800's after the legislature passed the enabling legislation for the tax to be levied.
The legislature . . . passed an act appointing Andrew Bruce, Even Gywnn and Joseph Cresap a board of commissioners for Allegany County, and directed the commissioners of Washington County to transmit to them a list of all the real and personal properties in the new county. (1789).
The distance to Cumberland, the only voting place provided for in the Act constituting Allegany County, from Sideling Hill Creek on the east, and the Fairfax Stone on the west, was too great for the convenience of the people residing in those remote sections, and in 1799 the General Assembly passed an Act for laying Allegany County off into districts. The commissioners appointed were John B. Baell, David Hoffman, Thomas Stewart, William Shaw, George Robinette and Jesse Tomlinson, and the county was divided into six election districts, known as Glades, Selbyport, Westernport, Musselanes, Cumberland and Old Town.
The levy court was composed of the justices of the peace of the county. Those who signed the first levy made for Allegany County, 1791, were Daniel Cresap, Jr., Thomas Beall of Samuel, James Prather, Samuel Barritt and John Bayard, . . . the total amount of the levy was 286 pounds, 7 shillings, 7 pence. The rate of taxation was fixed at 7 shillings, 3 pence on every 100 pounds of property in the county . . . In 1804 the levy was 22 s. 11 pence per hundred pounds of property . . . It is also worthy of note that this was the last instance in which the old English money designation was used in the levy court of Allegany County. From that time on the new order of dollars and cents was followed. Thomas and Williams, History of Allegany County, V.1, page 3-8.

11. History of Allegany County, Maryland by Thomas & Wilson page 3; Scharf’s History of Western Maryland, Volume 2, page 1343.

12. The author wishes to acknowledge and thank Joy Rowe, 5386 Glenda Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33417-1072 for the immense amount of work she performed in gathering the census information on the branch of the McKenzies currently being discussed.

13. Upper Old Town was located thirteen miles south of Cumberland on the Potomac River.

14. 1800 Federal Census, LDS film number 0,193,662, page 33, Maryland, Allegany County, Upper Old Town, Georges Creek.

15. 1810 Federal Census, LDS film number 0,193,667, page 38, Maryland, Allegany County, Georges Creek.

16. 1820 Federal Census, LDS film number 0,193,702, page 39, Maryland, Allegany County, Election District 6.

17. Census research of Joy Rowe, 5386 Glenda Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33417-1072.

18. Equity Case # 292, Allegany Court Records.

19. Deed from Thomas Perry, Trustee, to (James) Moses McKinsie dated December 4, 1851 recorded in Deed Book 6, page 580, Allegany County records. The property included land located in lot 3552, 3554 and 3569 in Allegany County. These lots "being the same lots described and mentioned in a Patent to Daniel McKinsey bearing date on the 14th day of November, 1795". It also included that tract or parcel of land known as Allegany Republican containing 45 acres described in a deed from Thomas Pollard to Daniel McKinsey.dated June 9, 1812.

20. The article read as follows:
Settler Log Home Prey to Flames
The above is a picture of the McKenzie log house on Winchester Road, near Annan Knolls, destroyed a week ago by fire. It is known that the building was erected before 1800 by Daniel McKenzie, a pioneer settler. The county land records show that the large tract now comprises the former Daniel Annan Farm was patented to McKenzie in 1795 by the State of Maryland.
McKenzie, it is thought, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and received military lots, as large tracts in the county were shown on the rough surveys. The farm was earlier known as the Moses McKenzie farm and comprised 435 acres from Cresaptown to the present Winchester railroad bridge. Moses McKenzie was a noted fox hunter and maintained a large pack of hunting dogs.
The land records show one part of the acreage termed as “Allegany Republican”, and two others, “Contest” and “Timberland”. Great stands of white pine and oak covered it. Josiah P. McKenzie, a grandson of Moses McKenzie, held title to the property until 1900 when the late Daniel Annan purchased it and improved the property and established a dairy. It was later laid out as a realty development.

21. Davidson, Phyllis and Koch, Richard, St. Ignatius (now St. Patrick), Mt. Savage, MD, St. Mary, Cumberland, Maryland Parishioners, Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths 1819-1844, (apparently self-published) at page 16. St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church (now St. Patrick’s) was the original Catholic Church in the Mt. Savage area, west of Cumberland, Maryland. The records of St. Ignatius were compiled by Phyllis Davidson and Richard T. Koch. Their task was made easier since the records were maintained in English and not Latin, as were the records of St. Luke’s. Mr. Gary E. Hindes of Wilmington, Delaware had hired a professional genealogist, Ms. Jane W. McWilliams (Annapolis, MD) to do research on his Logsdon ancestors. Material from the Maryland State Archives (MSA) that she sent Hindes identified the source as MSA M3461-St. Patrick Church, 201 North Centre Street, Cumberland, Maryland, but included only pages with Logsdon entries. Gary shared those pages with other Logsdon researchers, including Mr. Jim Logsdon of Columbus, Ohio who forwarded copies to Davidson and Koch. Subsequently, additional pages were obtained from the MSA to complete the first 50 pages, and some selected additional pages. The compilers advise in the forward that they have not exhausted the material at the MSA. They hoped that someday this particular manuscript would be expanded through 1863, when the cornerstone for the current church was laid and St. Ignatius was renamed St. Patrick (of Mt. Savage, MD).

The compliers drew partially drew from A Century of Growth, Volume 1, the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Maryland, a book by Rev. Thomas J. Stanton. A copy of this book allegedly is available in the Frostburg Branch of the Allegany County, MD library. The Family History Center (LDS) in Salt Lake City also has a copy of the book. According to the compilers, because St. Mary’s Church in Cumberland was served co-jointly with St. Ignatius in Mt. Savage, they could not separate the history of the two churches. A quote from the Stanton’s book appears in the introduction of the compilation, as follows: “St. Mary’s Church of Cumberland may truthfully be called the mother of all Churches of Allegany County. It is historically certain that Catholicity had an existence in Cumberland, although very shadowy at the beginning, as far back as the French and Indian War. . . . As far back as 1770, Joseph [Josiah] Frost must be added to the pioneer Catholics; and ten years later the Arnolds, the Porters and the Logsdons were dwelling at what became Arnold’s Settlement (later called Mt. Savage). . . . It was not until 1819 that the first resident pastor, Rev. James Redmond, was appointed to Cumberland. “ Various other pastors followed thereafter. Their initials appear next to many of the entries.

22. Inventories, Allegany County Probate Records, filed 13 SEPT 1825. The total value of his personal property came to $185.14. The appraisers were Joseph P. Hillsay and George Seass. The appraisal was conducted on 7 SEPT 1825. Items mentioned in the Inventory include: one auld (old) wagon, $25.00, one bee hive, $1.25, one brown mare, $12.00, 5 hoggs (sic), $11.00, 5 shoates, $5.00, one 2 year auld steer, $4.50, wheat in the straw supposed to be 25 bushels, $15.62, rye in the stack, $3.00, one acre of buckwheat, $1.00, one stack of hay, $4.50, one feather bead, beadsted and furniture, $10.00, one shot gunn and shot pouch, $6.00, etc.

23. Inventories, Estate Book No. 1, page 335, November 14, 1826, Allegany County, Maryland.

24. It was the law of the State of Maryland at the time of this distribution that the surviving wife receive one third of the estate.

25. Second and Final Return, Estate Book No. 1, page 343, Allegany County, Maryland, filed 13 MAR 1827.

26. In a letter from Col. Gabriel MacKenzie to Mrs. Richard M. White dated August 28, 1961 (contained on Col. MacKenzie microfilm), Col. MacKenzie states: "Joseph P. Grant, deceased 1931, said in 1929 when I started the family research that Daniel was buried in the old Catholic Church cemetery in Frostburg, in walking distance of Mt. Savage. I went to Frostburg in 1957 and was told by the priest that the old church with all records had been destroyed or lost; a new church had been erected and the old graveyard had been cleared away for a playground for the church parochial school children. I could learn nothing relative to Daniel’s grave.

Additional information from Allegany County Probate Records:

McKINSEY, Daniel (distribution)

Amount due estate $106.79 3/4
Debts paid $ 19.52
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Balance $ 87.52 3/4
To Mary McKinsey her third $ 29.17
To: Richard, Samuel Daniel, Aaron, Moses, WilliamMcKinsey, & Mary Myer wife of Wm. Myer (each) $8.33

March 10th 1827
Test: C. Heck Reg.

Daniel married Mary Ann Chapman on 2 Dec 1779 in Washington County, Maryland. Mary was born on 16 Feb 1754; died in UNKNOWN in Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per research of Don Kagle in October 2013, he located a document (linked to Mary Ann Chapman on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site) that reflects the birthdates of Mary Ann Chapman and her siblings. The information gleaned from Ancestry by Don stated "William [Chapman] added this record of his sibling's births to a page in the book "Heavens Opened" of 1665.