Robert Shinn McKay, born: 17 12mo 1795; Cedarville, Frederick (now Warren) Co. VA; died: 10 6mo 1862; buried: Crooked Run (Nineveh) Cem., Warren Co. VA in an unmarked grave;

Robert, married: 18 12mo 1819; Frederick Co. VA; Virginia Grubbs, died: ca. 1827;

See Robert's Last Will and Testament.

On the back of Moses and Abigails marriage certificate is the births of all their children and the death of their son James at age 4. They gave his name as Robert Aaron Shinn but then marked through the Aaron. He always signed his legal documents in Virginia as 'Robert S. McKay'.

His parents and brothers and sister were members of the pioneer movement into the State of Ohio, he alone remained at Cedarville, Va on the banks of the Crooked Run his home being located about three quarters of a mile above the village, on the Winchester-Front Royal Pike and on the east bank of the run. This was a substantial gray stone house which for several generations was the homes- stead of the McKays, and was the home of his grandfather, Andrew McKay. This house, unfortunately, burned in 1928, the chimneys and parts of the walls alone remaining. Robert S. McKay was one of the most prosperous farmers of the county, his estate being valued at $60,000 in 1860, and was held in high esteem for his integrity and industry. His death occurred just two week after the engagement between Jackson's forces and those of Gen. Banke during the retreat of the latter from Front Royal to Winchester between the 23rd and 25th of May 1862. During this engagement at Cedar- ville his house as well as that of Thomas Buck McKay was used as a first aid station for wounded soldiers. Robert S. McKay was first buried in the private family burying ground, that was formerly located across the Pike and almost directly opposite the house, but when this plot was abandoned, he was reinterred in the Nineveh Cemetery, there is no marker at his grave. His will was probated 20 Oct 1862, Front Royal, Warren Co. Va.

All children of above were born in Cedarville, Frederick (now Warren, formed in 1836) Co. VA.

Issue: McKay

• William F., born: 1820; died: 1865; MO; Continued elsewhere.
• Henry Clay, born: ca. 1822; died: 17 4mo 1845;
• Robert Perry, born: ca. 1823; died: 7 8mo 1844;

Robert, married 2nd: 14 2mo 1828; Frederick Co. VA by Rev. Thomas Buck; Nancy Antrim McKay, born: 1809; Nineveh, Frederick (now Warren) Co. VA; died: 3 5mo 1852; Cedarville, Warren Co. VA;

All chn. of above were born in Cedarville, Frederick (now Warren, formed in 1836) Co. VA.

Issue: McKay

• Ann Elizabeth, born: 22 12mo 1828; died: 24 7mo 1890; Cedarville, Warren Co. VA; buried: Crooked Run (Nineveh) Cem., Warren Co. VA;
• Moses Horace, born: 4 1mo 1831; died: 10 10mo 1836; Cedarville, Warren Co. VA;
• James Edwin, born: 6 4mo 1833; died: 7 1mo 1871; Warren Co. VA; Continued elsewhere.
• Amanda Shackleford, born: 10 2mo 1835; died: 7 8mo 1854; Crooked Run, Warren Co. VA of the measles;
• Jesse Clay, born: 15 12mo 1836; died: 19 6mo 1873; VA; Continued elsewhere.
• Lucy Virginia, born: 27 2mo 1841; died: 19 8mo 1949; Cedarville, Warren Co. VA;
• Kathleen, born: 25 5mo 1844; died: 25 4mo 1871; Continued elsewhere.
• Jacob Francis, born: 20 3mo 1847; died: 26 11mo 1917; Warren Co. VA; buried: Crooked Run (Nineveh) Cem., Warren Co. VA;
• Robert, born: 1 9mo 1849; died: 9 12mo 1915; Warren Co. VA; buried: Crooked Run (Nineveh) Cem., Warren Co. VA;
• Helen, born: ca. 1851; died: most likely as a child;

Robert, married 3rd: 8 6mo 1853; Winchester, Frederick Co. VA by Rev. William F. Graves; Jane Reddice Carson, born: 5 4mo 1801; died: 10 3mo 1863; buried: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cem., Stephens City, Frederick Co. VA; dau. of Simon Carson & Martha Williams; See her Find A Grave entry. (Jane, married 1st: Richard Wells, Their record continues here.)

Jane's brother Jared Williams Carson is the husband of Mary Harriet McKay.

No issue.

Source info: A Tabulated Genealogy of the Family of Robert & Ann (Brown) Mackay Sr. (by Dee Ann Buck) (name recorded as Robert S. McKay there), p. 42, 43-44; Possible Moses McKay Bible record from Katherine (Hackney) Luby (this is the source for the middle names 'Shinn');