robertmackayclan

It will not be until next year before I can think about ordering land deeds filed in Frederick Co. MD. The index for deeds earliest 1749 John Mackey sold land in the county.

The surname spelled as Mackey, McCoy, McCoy, McKee & McKay in the county records. I see no way related to the group started by Robert Mackay in Shenandoah Valley, VA.

I now know the information supplied to Ralph D. Shipp page 230, that my John Shipp married Elizabeth her parents being Garland S. & Anna (McCauley) Lewis was false.

John Ship (sic) was married in Shenandoah Co. VA to Elizabeth LEWIN date of bond 17 Aug 1818, her parents Samuel & Mable Lewin.

Since 1975 I have been trying to find a couple Garland S. & Anna (McCauley) Lewis who most likely never existed.

The said book does not really state which information came from which researcher: Maria Arrington (supplied some of the information about my John) or the descendants of Louise Becks family: "Earl Becks, Mrs. Ben Coates, John W. James & others". I do not know any of these researchers.

Any case, Elizabeth's family will be found in VA not Frederick Co. MD.

I would say look for Harriet in MO starting 1833 down to 1839. If the record exist in MO in land deeds or will books there should be an entry as when and from whom your James M. McKay purchased Harriet.

I am guessing but I think Harriet about the same generation as Jane (Asa & Edith) slave. If Harriet was their slave in VA, she should have been listed with that group.

At the moment I am reading Frederick Co. VA Land Deed Book 60 year 1832, so only a year until Edith McKay in 1833 married in MO. I hope to start to read books 61 & 62 in December, but my work will stop at the library end of that month.

Now we might luck out and find an attorney appointment by said Edith, which would yield I hope additional information.

Just a note in passing, in case you are unware, Asa McKay had a sister named Edith, so I think we can assume he named his daughter after his sister.

In any case, your line from Robert Sr. to oldest son Robert Jr. to his son Jacob Sr. to Asa McKay is fully documented and with your DNA test we should all be so lucky to have such a well documented blood line.

You and Michael taking the DNA test did also help me in my research. I hope you can find additional cousins on your branch of the tree who might be interested in helping "us" out by taking the test.

I will post any additonal information I find on your line on Michael's web page.

Keep up the good work.

I have an ancestress Sarah "S" Bumpass. She made her mark with "S" and researchers have assumed she had a middle initial of "S". When you look at the actual document it was plain she was making her mark with "S"

I wonder if your James McKay was just using a mark "M".

In any case in record I have found in VA he had no middle name.

Found in John Vogt's Marriage Book Rockbridge Co. Marriage 1778-1850 your

Robert Miller & Magdalene Simonds 20 Nov 1823, d. John dec'd, minister V.M. Mason, Baptist. It would appear was the same couple listed on later MO census.

According to earlier John Vogt's marriage book & coupled with earlier census for Rockbridge households which had a male right age group for your Robert Miller born 1795, would be Andrew, Catherine, Samuel & Wm.

The only marriages I can find for that location would be for:

Samuel Miller & Margaret Lackey (sic) 29th Dec 1787, daughter of Thomas and

Wm. Miller & Elizabeth Lecky (sic) 24th Jun 1785, daughter of Thomas, son of Henry.

Now IF we can believe the information found in L.D.S. family search given by

Alan Newton Miller
1225 West Grauwyler Road
Irving, TX 75061-2206

he has placed the pedigree chart for the above Samuel Miller born 1 Nov 1760 in Lancaster Co. PA, died 26 Apr 1846 in Rockbridge Co. VA, married 1 Jan 1787 in Rockbridge to Margaret Lackey. His father Henry Miller born 1726 Londonderry Ireland, died Sep 1797 Rockbridge Co. VA, married @1755 in Londonderry, Ireland to Rebecca Beggs born 1736 Londonderry, Ireland died 1816 in Rockbridge Co. VA.

It would appear then said Samuel & Wm. Miller were brothers. My guess is that said Margaret & Elizabeth were also sisters. I did not check to see if their parentage was placed in the system.

Of course, the big question was your Robert the son of one of the above men. I do not think the compiled books at Fairfax Public Library will be helpful. We need land deeds & wills for the location.

If your problem were mine, which it is not.

I would write to Alan Miller. You might check the Family Tree D.N.A. project to see if test samples have been send in to the project. I do not know anything about the female surname Lackey, Leckey etc....might be the same family or two different families. Might Google the surname or check L.D.S. listing of films.

I did find on 1850 Rockbridge Co. VA census these Miller living next to Michael's Smith family of Rockbridge. You-all can exchange information about this county. He might know of records on line.

I think Wm. also died before 1850 census. Stated that Samuel Miller died 1846. I can get the wills for the county through State of VA library system. I just order some film, so it will have to wait for a few weeks. Just depends how fast they send my my film.

Hope all this works out for you. I do not "do Ireland".

Your Taggart/Tagart I see all over the map (MD, VA, NC). I need additional information about the James Tagart, do you know where he was born and when he entered MO?.