Individual Details
Rev. Younger Scott McKinney
(14 Dec 1819 - 15 Mar 1907)
Obituary for Rev. Y.S. McKinney from the "Dallas Morning News" on March 16, 1907, P. 13.
"DEATH OF A PIONEER. - Rev. Y.S. McKinney Dies at Van Alstyne, Aged Eighty-Seven. - Van Alstyne, Tex., March 15. - Rev. Y.S. McKinney died here this afternoon. Uncle Scott, as he was familiarly called by the people, was in his eighty-eighth year, and had lived here for many years. Born in Kentucky in 1820, he came to Texas with his parents when he was 5 years old. They settled in what is now Bowie County. His father was Collin McKinney, one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence and for whom Collin County and its capital were named. Uncle Scott enlisted in the war for Texas independence, but did not engage in any battle. He came to what is now Collin County in 1849 and later removed to Grayson County, where he has since resided. In his younger days he was a surveyor and did much of the surveying for this section of the State, and even up to his death he evinced a great interest in these old surveys. There are few men that played a more important part in the building up of a country than has this pioneer in the building up of this section of the State. For many miles his name has been for a generation a household word. He has been a licensed preacher in the Methodist Church, South, for nearly sixty years, filling several posts as a supply, but never as a member of the conference. His friends of long ago never tired of telling of his power as a preacher of the gospel, and the uniformly godly life which he lived has been a source of pleasure to his friends and acquaintances and a comfort to his family. Many of the leading ministers of that church throughout North Texas are familiar with the services he has rendered the church and State in the line of work. He became a Mason in Bonham fifty-seven years ago and was the last charter member of Mantua Lodge No. 209 of Van Alstyne.
The children surviving him are S.L. McKinney, J.D.L. McKinney and Mrs. Emma Cave, all of Van Alstyne, and also a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren."
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"DEATH OF A PIONEER. - Rev. Y.S. McKinney Dies at Van Alstyne, Aged Eighty-Seven. - Van Alstyne, Tex., March 15. - Rev. Y.S. McKinney died here this afternoon. Uncle Scott, as he was familiarly called by the people, was in his eighty-eighth year, and had lived here for many years. Born in Kentucky in 1820, he came to Texas with his parents when he was 5 years old. They settled in what is now Bowie County. His father was Collin McKinney, one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence and for whom Collin County and its capital were named. Uncle Scott enlisted in the war for Texas independence, but did not engage in any battle. He came to what is now Collin County in 1849 and later removed to Grayson County, where he has since resided. In his younger days he was a surveyor and did much of the surveying for this section of the State, and even up to his death he evinced a great interest in these old surveys. There are few men that played a more important part in the building up of a country than has this pioneer in the building up of this section of the State. For many miles his name has been for a generation a household word. He has been a licensed preacher in the Methodist Church, South, for nearly sixty years, filling several posts as a supply, but never as a member of the conference. His friends of long ago never tired of telling of his power as a preacher of the gospel, and the uniformly godly life which he lived has been a source of pleasure to his friends and acquaintances and a comfort to his family. Many of the leading ministers of that church throughout North Texas are familiar with the services he has rendered the church and State in the line of work. He became a Mason in Bonham fifty-seven years ago and was the last charter member of Mantua Lodge No. 209 of Van Alstyne.
The children surviving him are S.L. McKinney, J.D.L. McKinney and Mrs. Emma Cave, all of Van Alstyne, and also a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren."
http://www.starmuseum.org/signers_descendants/McKinney/rr01/rr01_003.htm#P140
Events
Families
Spouse | Sarah W. Janes (1820 - 1900) |
Child | James David Leslie McKinney (1857 - 1932) |
Child | Nancy Serene McKinney (1849 - 1895) |
Father | Colin M. McKinney (1766 - 1861) |
Mother | Elizabeth Leake "Betsey" Coleman (1786 - 1862) |
Sibling | William Coleman McKinney (1806 - 1885) |
Sibling | Margaret McKinney (1807 - 1888) |
Sibling | Amy Ann McKinney (1807 - 1829) |
Sibling | Anna Carolyn McKinney (1808 - 1834) |
Sibling | Samuel Leek McKinney (1811 - 1818) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Serene McKinney (1813 - 1904) |
Notes
Birth
or Edmonson County, KentuckyCensus (family)-shared
McKinney, CollinAge: 64
Marital Status: married
Sons/Daughters:1 / 1
Profession:Farmer/Stock Raiser
Slaves: 11
Place Of Origin: Kentucky
Arrival Date: 12/20/1824
Oath Date: 8/4/1830
Colony: Wavel
Wife Elizabeth Leek 45
Daughter Elizabeth McKinney 16
Son Scott McKinney 10
Marriage
DAR recordsEndnotes
1. Texas General Land Office Register Of Families Search https://s3.glo.texas.gov/glo/history/archives/land-grants/registeroffamilies.cfm?intID=2195.
2. Find A Grave Memorial# 8560056.