Capt John McKinley

Not the same as John “the Wagonmaster“ McKinley

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor #: A077755

Service Description: 1) Also Sgt, Capt Stephen Ashby, Col James Wood, 12th Regt; Second Lieutenant, Capt John Lemen,

2) Col William Russell, 13th Regt, VA Line; Capt, Col William Crawford's Expedition against the Indians

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ID: I45280 RIN: MH:I45280 _UID: 40B7B91A-DA05-4247-AC5B-4B85AC82F259 _UPD: 3 FEB 2017 23:27:18 GMT-6 Name: John (of IRE>MD VA KY) MCKINLEY Given Name: John (of IRE>MD/VA/KY) Surname: McKinley Sex: M Death: _UID: D97C32BB-6764-4DEF-94F4-A0DB0E659643 RIN: MH:IF39277 11 JUN 1782 in Wyandot County, Ohio of In service - Revolutionary War Birth: _UID: 21AFFAFE-600E-4F8F-B00D-4470FFEE8134 RIN: MH:IF106215 10 OCT 1740 in Ireland RIN: MH:SC19005 1 RIN: MH:SC19022 2 Note: CAUTION!!! Conflicting Sources!!! Parents and siblings unconfimed!!! Most presidential historians list John "the Wagonmaster" McKinley as child of David "the Weaver" McKinley -- not this John McKin ley.

John McKinley and Mary Connelly first lived in Maryland and then removed to Virginia/Kentucky.

• ** Some sources list James McKinley born 1778 as a son of John McKinley and Mary Connelly ***
  • * Some sources list John McKinley who married Mary Connelly as the son of David "the Weaver' McKinley and Esther ***
    • Some sources list John McKinley who married Margaret Morton as the son of David "the Weaver" McKinley and Esther ***

One family historian states - " After the battle of Culloden the Scottish Clans were scattered. Some of the McKinley Clan goint to Ameerica, others to the north of Ireland My great-grea t-great-grandfather escaped to Ireland where he afterwards married Mary Conelly Oct 10, 1763, in the City of Cork.

My great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth, was born in Dublin Apr 25, 1767; and in 1768 John McKinley with his wife and child came to America, settleing at Mt. Royal Forge, Md., in what was then Freder ick County not far from the present dity of Washington. About 1773 he moved to Wheeling creek in Ohio County, West Va., where he was living at the time of his death.

John McKinley was a captain in the 13th Virginia Regimnet (Col. John Gibson), and served throught the war. In the summer of 1782 Wm. Crawford, a Revolutionary colonel, was sent from Penn. to Ohio against the Delaware Indians on the Sandusky River. Crawford met with disastrous defeat, he and most of his followers inclucing Capt, John McKinley being killed."

John and Mary came to America from Ireland and settled in Mt Royal, Maryland before May 1769. Sometime late they moved to mouth of Wheeling Creek, Virginia. John was from a Scotch Irish family and a Protestant. Mary Connelly (Conley) was Irish and a Catholic.

From www.kentuckydar.org

"John McKinley entered the Revolutionary Army as a Sergeant in Col. John Gibson's 13th Virginia Regiment. He was promoted to Lieutenant and then to Captain. He served throughout the period of the w ar and resigned his commission after the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781 and joined Col. William Crawford's ill-fated expedition against the Indians. He was captured and killed.

While Capt. John McKinley was waiting his turn to be fearfully tortured and burned at the stake, an eyewitness to the tragic fate of the Col. Crawford expedition saw an Indian woman slip up behind him and bury her tomahawk in his brain. Afterwards his head was cut off and kicked about the Indian camp by the Indian children. His death occurred in 1782.

The State of Ohio has erected a monument to Col. William Crawford and the brave men of this expedition who were massacred by the Indians."

Colonel Crawford Burn Site Monument is in rural Wyandot County, Ohio. Placed in the 1870's. It commenomorates the death by burning of Colonel William Crawford during the concluding year s of the American Revolution.

In 1782, a regiment of Virginia soldiers was sent to destroy Indian villages on the Sandusky River under William Crawford's command. William Crawford was a friend of General Ge orge Washington. The Crawford expedition ended on June 4, 1782 when the Americans retreated. Colonel Crawford was captured and seven days later he was tortured and burned at the stake on t he banks of Tymochtee Creek in present-day Wyandot County.

The Crawford expedition, also known as the Sandusky expedition and Crawford's Defeat. The campaign's goal was to destroy enemy american Indian towns and hopefull end Indian attacks on America n settlers. Crawford led about 500 volunteer militiamen, mostly from Pennsylvania, deep into American Indian territory, with the intention of surprising the Indians. The Indians and their Britis h allies from Detroit had already learned of the expedition and gatthered a force to oppose the Americans. After a day of futile fighting the Americans found themselves surrounded and attempted to ret reat. Most of the Americans managed to find their way back to Pennsylvania. About 70 Americans were killed. During the retreat, Crawford and an unknown number of his men were capture d. The Indians executed many of these captives in retaliation for the Gnadenhutten massacre that occurred earlier in the year, in which 100 peaceful Indians were murdered by Pennsylvanian militi amen. Crawford was tortured for at least two hours before being burned at the stake. His execution was widely publicized in the United States, worsening the already strained relationship b etween the European Americans and the natives.

Known children are: Pvt Alexander McKinley, Elizabeth McKinley, Thomas McKinley, Harriet McKinley, Frances McKinley

Father: (of IRE) MCKINLEY

Marriage 1 Mary CONNELLY (CONLEY) b: ABT 1740 Note: Alternate date of marriage: Oct 10 1763, Oct 19 1763

Married: 10 OCT 1763 in City of Cork, Ireland Children Has Children Alexander MCKINLEY b: ABT 1764 in Hardy County, Virginia Has Children Elizabeth MCKINLEY b: 25 APR 1767 in Gravel Walks, Dublin, Ireland Has Children Thomas MCKINLEY b: 6 MAY 1769 in Mount Royal Forge, Maryland Has Children Harriet MCKINLEY b: 29 JUN 1771 in Mount Royal Forge, Maryland Has No Children Francis MCKINLEY b: 1 OCT 1773 in Mouth of Wheeling Creek, Virginia Has No Children John MCKINLEY b: 25 MAY 1776 in Mouth of Wheeling Creek, Virginia

Sources: Author: Daughters of the American Revolution Title: Lineage Book, Volume 25 Repository:

Quality: 0 Author: Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 Title: Clan Mackinlay Publication: https://archive.org Repository:page 141