Memorial Record of Alabama: P. J. McAdory and John N. Slaughter sketches (Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey)
1893 · Memorial Record of Alabama, vol. 1 (Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller, 1893), Personal Memoirs, Coosa County
Citation: "P. J. McAdory" and "John N. Slaughter," in Memorial Record of Alabama: A Concise Account of the State's Political, Military, Professional and Industrial Progress, Together with the Personal Memoirs of Many of Its People, vol. 1 (Madison, Wis.: Brant & Fuller, 1893), 729–730 and 740–741; Internet Archive item memorialrecordof00tayl, scans n737–n738 and n748–n749, https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n748/mode/1up?q=McKinney.
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From the sketch of John N. Slaughter, pp. 740–741 (archive.org text layer; "wTas" and similar OCR slips corrected):
Celia R. Slaughter is the daughter of Robert and Emily (McKinney) McAdory. Her grandfather McAdory came from Ireland, settled in Christian county, Ky., and married Celia McShan and emigrated to Jefferson county, Ala., where he died soon after. […] Robert died in the year 1837 in Tuscaloosa county, Ala. He left three children, Col. P. J. McAdory, a prominent citizen and planter of Coosa; Mrs. M. Y. Baker, widow of Dr. W. H. Baker, the same county, and Celia R. Slaughter, who was born November 9, 1837. Her maternal grandfather, Harris McKinney, was born in Virginia, emigrated to Warren county, Ga., and married Jane Ivey. He then emigrated to Tuscaloosa county, Ala., before the admission of the state, afterward to Coosa, where he died in 1864. He reared five children, two boys and three girls. Emily (McKinney) McAdory was married a second time, to Alfred Massengale, emigrated to Texas and died in 1861. Harris McKinney was one of the most remarkable men of this section. He commenced life without a dollar, accumulated by agriculture alone, over $100,000 and was distinguished for his energy, enterprise, probity and sagacity. He and family were Baptists.
From the sketch of P. J. McAdory, pp. 729–730:
P. J. McAdory, a prominent farmer of Coosa county, is a son of Robert and Emily (McKinney) McAdory […] The father of these children died in 1837, and his widow married A. M. Massengale, moved to Texas, and there died in 1858. The McKinney family was of Scotch origin, but removed from Virginia to Georgia, and thence to Alabama, settling in Jefferson county. Mrs. Emily McAdory was born near Warrenton, Ga., and reared in Alabama. P. J. McAdory was born March 10, 1833, in Jones' Valley, Jefferson county, Ala.
What it says, against the tree
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris McKinney | Birth | Born in Virginia | 4 Mar 1784, Southampton, Virginia | agrees |
| Harris McKinney | Marriage | Married Jane Ivey in Warren County, Ga. | 17 May 1810, Warren, Georgia | agrees |
| Harris McKinney | Removal to Alabama | To Tuscaloosa County "before the admission of the state" (before December 1819), later Coosa | Son Jasper born Alabama 1821 | new (Tuscaloosa); agrees |
| Harris McKinney | Death | Died in Coosa, 1864 | 12 May 1864, Socapatoy, Coosa | agrees |
| Harris McKinney, Jane Ivey | Number of children | "five children, two boys and three girls" | Six children: Melinda, Patrick, Emily, Jasper, Eli Harris, Minerva Mary | conflicts (see notes) |
| Emily R McKinney | Birthplace | Near Warrenton, Ga. | Georgia, 24 Oct 1814 | agrees (Warrenton new) |
| Emily R McKinney | Death | Died in Texas, 1858 (McAdory sketch) and 1861 (Slaughter sketch) | 6 Aug 1861, no place | conflicts within the book; 1861 agrees with the tree |
| Robert McAdory | Death | 1837, Tuscaloosa County | 1808–1837 | agrees (place new) |
| Patrick Jasper McAdory | Birth | 10 March 1833, Jones' Valley, Jefferson County, Ala. | 1833 | agrees |