George McKinney is one of seven known children of Augustus McKinney (1825-1863) and Mary Elizabeth Tucker McKinney. He is one of a family of McKinney pioneers to settle Cleveland County, AR in the mid nineteenth century. His father died in the civil war, leaving his widow to raise her young children during the hardships of reconstruction. He was four years old at his father's death, and the oldest son in the family.
* Augustus McKinney enlisted with other men from Bradley County, AR on February 15, 1863 as a private in 26th Arkansas Infantry, Co. D. He was an advanced age 38 with a wife and seven children at the time he entered the war. (The confederate conscription law had been amended in September, 1862 to draft all able bodied men between ages 17 and 45.)
He died in a confederate camp near Little Rock on March 23, 1863.
Reference http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/26thcod.html
The McKinney family was never officially notified of the death of their husband and father, Augustus McKinney. They never knew how, when, nor where he died.
* Some researchers confuse Augustus McKinney's civil war records with those of a different Augustus McKinney who lived in Pulaski County at the same time, and also served as a confederate soldier.
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What follows is George Samuel McKinney's obituary
CLEVELAND COUNTY HERALD – January 3, 1901
GEORGE McKINNEY
Died at his home near McKinney, Ark., Monday morning at one o'clock Dec. 31st 1900, Mr. George McKinney. He leaves a wife and children, one brother, Mr. N.A. McKinney, of this place, and a number of friends. He had not been sick but had a hard time when that dreadful disease swamp fever did it's work. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved relatives in this their sad hour.
* Augustus McKinney enlisted with other men from Bradley County, AR on February 15, 1863 as a private in 26th Arkansas Infantry, Co. D. He was an advanced age 38 with a wife and seven children at the time he entered the war. (The confederate conscription law had been amended in September, 1862 to draft all able bodied men between ages 17 and 45.)
He died in a confederate camp near Little Rock on March 23, 1863.
Reference http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/26thcod.html
The McKinney family was never officially notified of the death of their husband and father, Augustus McKinney. They never knew how, when, nor where he died.
* Some researchers confuse Augustus McKinney's civil war records with those of a different Augustus McKinney who lived in Pulaski County at the same time, and also served as a confederate soldier.
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What follows is George Samuel McKinney's obituary
CLEVELAND COUNTY HERALD – January 3, 1901
GEORGE McKINNEY
Died at his home near McKinney, Ark., Monday morning at one o'clock Dec. 31st 1900, Mr. George McKinney. He leaves a wife and children, one brother, Mr. N.A. McKinney, of this place, and a number of friends. He had not been sick but had a hard time when that dreadful disease swamp fever did it's work. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved relatives in this their sad hour.
George McKinney is one of seven known children of Augustus McKinney (1825-1863) and Mary Elizabeth Tucker McKinney. He is one of a family of McKinney pioneers to settle Cleveland County, AR in the mid nineteenth century. His father died in the civil war, leaving his widow to raise her young children during the hardships of reconstruction. He was four years old at his father's death, and the oldest son in the family.
* Augustus McKinney enlisted with other men from Bradley County, AR on February 15, 1863 as a private in 26th Arkansas Infantry, Co. D. He was an advanced age 38 with a wife and seven children at the time he entered the war. (The confederate conscription law had been amended in September, 1862 to draft all able bodied men between ages 17 and 45.)
He died in a confederate camp near Little Rock on March 23, 1863.
Reference http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/26thcod.html
The McKinney family was never officially notified of the death of their husband and father, Augustus McKinney. They never knew how, when, nor where he died.
* Some researchers confuse Augustus McKinney's civil war records with those of a different Augustus McKinney who lived in Pulaski County at the same time, and also served as a confederate soldier.
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What follows is George Samuel McKinney's obituary
CLEVELAND COUNTY HERALD – January 3, 1901
GEORGE McKINNEY
Died at his home near McKinney, Ark., Monday morning at one o'clock Dec. 31st 1900, Mr. George McKinney. He leaves a wife and children, one brother, Mr. N.A. McKinney, of this place, and a number of friends. He had not been sick but had a hard time when that dreadful disease swamp fever did it's work. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved relatives in this their sad hour.
* Augustus McKinney enlisted with other men from Bradley County, AR on February 15, 1863 as a private in 26th Arkansas Infantry, Co. D. He was an advanced age 38 with a wife and seven children at the time he entered the war. (The confederate conscription law had been amended in September, 1862 to draft all able bodied men between ages 17 and 45.)
He died in a confederate camp near Little Rock on March 23, 1863.
Reference http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/26thcod.html
The McKinney family was never officially notified of the death of their husband and father, Augustus McKinney. They never knew how, when, nor where he died.
* Some researchers confuse Augustus McKinney's civil war records with those of a different Augustus McKinney who lived in Pulaski County at the same time, and also served as a confederate soldier.
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What follows is George Samuel McKinney's obituary
CLEVELAND COUNTY HERALD – January 3, 1901
GEORGE McKINNEY
Died at his home near McKinney, Ark., Monday morning at one o'clock Dec. 31st 1900, Mr. George McKinney. He leaves a wife and children, one brother, Mr. N.A. McKinney, of this place, and a number of friends. He had not been sick but had a hard time when that dreadful disease swamp fever did it's work. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved relatives in this their sad hour.
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