In case this might help someone else, I'm posting this to the list. Debra ----- Original Message ----- From: R & D Walker <rdwalker@grnco.net> To: <Grubern@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 12:49 PM Subject: Re: McKinney Land Record > Nancy, by using the Government Land Office search engine at > http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ I found this description of the patent you > described. The tract is located in White County, AR. > > Text copied and pasted from GLO site: > > Cancelled: N Document Nr. : 26611 Misc. Document Nr. : > Patentee Name: MCKINNEY, JOHN P > Warrantee Name: MCKINNEY, JOSHUA > Authority: May 6, 1812: Scrip-Warrant Act of 1812 (2 Stat. 728) > Signature Present: Y > Signature Date: 06/29/1836 Metes/Bounds: N > Survey Date: Subsurface Reserved: N > Land Office: ARKANSAS > Comments: > > > Legal Land Descriptions > Nr. Aliquot Parts Sec/Blk Township Range Fract. Sect. Meridian Acres > Counties > 1 SE 36/ 9-N 8-W N 5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN 160 WHITE > > You can order a copy of the patent from the GLO, or if you have the > requisite software on your computer, you can view (and print) a copy of it. > However, it has been my experience that such documents do not contain much, > if any, genealogical information. But, if the patent is signed by the > patentee (which this one is), it is nice to see the signature of your > ancestor. > > Hope this helps. > > Debra > rdwalker@grnco.net > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Grubern@aol.com> > To: <ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 8:18 AM > Subject: McKinney Land Record > > > > Can anyone tell me where this land was located and/or any way to get > > additional information. I believe this John P McKinney is my Great > > Grandfather. > > > > It shows he received the land as the only heir at law of Joshua McKinney" > > and references Warrant numbered 26.611 - a certain Tract of Land, > containing > > one hundred and sixty acres, being the South East Quarter of Section > Thirty > > Six of Township Nine (?) North in Range Eight, West. Even the official > > documents are hard to read! > > > > This document shows John as the nephew of Joshua and is the only reference > I > > have to any of his relatives. > > > > John's wife was Fannie Thomson. She died 3 days after my grandfather > (Samuel > > David McKinney) was born. John was also married to J. N Bonner and Jennie > > Lee. > > > > I have a copy of an old photo showing John with his three sons - John > Virgil, > > Lee N. and Samuel David (my grandfather) and his stepson Edgar Lee - > standing > > in front of the old house. I have no information on his parents or > siblings. > > > > > > Nancy >