Individual Details
Charles MCCOY
(From 1777 to 1784 - )
According to a biographical article on Benjamin Walker in the 1880 History of Indiana County, a Charles McCoy was killed in 1795. "There is an apple tree standing in his (Benjamin Walker's) garden, twelve feet and eight inches in circumference. It was planted in 1786 by Charles McCoy, who was killed by the Indians in 1795, and is still bearing fruit." Letters of administration were filed for Charles McCoy by Daniel McCoy on 12 December 1796 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The bondsmen were Absolum Woodward and Alexander Black.
There is a Charles McCoy living in Armstrong Township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania near Daniel McCoy in 1810 that is probably his son with the following household composition:
Free white males 26 thru 44-1
Free white females under 10-1
Free white females 26 thru 44-1
Who is the Charles McCoy killed in 1795? Was he a brother of Daniel MCoy?
There is a Charles McCoy living in Armstrong Township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania near Daniel McCoy in 1810 that is probably his son with the following household composition:
Free white males 26 thru 44-1
Free white females under 10-1
Free white females 26 thru 44-1
Who is the Charles McCoy killed in 1795? Was he a brother of Daniel MCoy?
Events
| Birth | From 1777 to 1784 | ||||
| Census | 1810 | Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | Mar 1811 | acknowledged a judgement in the amount of $20 as one of the defendants in a civil suit - Indiana County, Pennsylvania | |
Families
| Father | Daniel MCCOY (1752 - 1821) |
| Mother | Deborah NORRIS (1754 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Mary MCCOY (1781 - 1854) |
| Sibling | Daniel MCCOY (1785 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Joseph MCCOY (1791 - 1866) |
| Sibling | John MCCOY (1795 - 1828) |
| Sibling | Margaret MCCOY ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy MCCOY ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. 1810 U.S. Census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Armstrong Township, page 265, Charls McCoy; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2014); from National Archives microfilm M252, roll 49.
2. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Court of Common Pleas Number 34 March Term 1811, John Sloan, late High Sheriff of Westmoreland County for the use of Nathaniel Kelley and Samuel Kelly vs. James McKeir, Charles McCoy, and Hugh McKeel, Judgement for the plaintiffs for the sum of twenty dollars and costs of suit , 10 April 1811; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.