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I am researching my families genealogy.  I have not been able to verify all of the following information.  I think of this information as clues to my family history.  The information contained on my web pages represents the research I have done for several years, along with the help of relatives, friends and other genealogists.  Most of this information was freely given to me, so this and all of the information on any of my web pages are to be freely given and is not to be copied for commercial use.

Ancestors of Maude Myrtle Kinsey

1. Maude Myrtle Kinsey, born 24 June 1883 in Texas; died 13 August 1975 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas. She was the daughter of 2. Thomas Tolbert Kinsey and 3. Sarah Ann Smith. She married (1) Samuel Cleveland Hays. He was born 29 October 1883 in Rusk County, Texas, and died 05 April 1983 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. He was the son of James Hays and Mary Wells.

Notes for Maude Myrtle Kinsey:
Death Certificate # 057508
For SS#, she is listed as Maudie Hays.

Notes for Samuel Cleveland Hays:
Death Certificate # 028756-83

1900 Texas Census
Samuel Hays, February 1886, age: 15, listed in household of Augustus Barton (brother-in-law) and Alice B. Hays Barton

1910 Texas Federal Census
Rusk County, Texas. E. D. 53, Sheet 8A, Vol. 121, pg. 154, Line 28.
Allice B. Barton, white, age 30, parents Missouri, born Texas, widow.
Sam C. Hays, Brother of Allice B. Barton, born Texas, age 26.

 

 

Generation No. 2

2. Thomas Tolbert Kinsey, born April 1842 in Arkansas; died 20 May 1919 in Hamilton County, Texas; buried in McGirk Cemetery, Hamilton County, Texas, near Pottsville. He was the son of 4. William Madison Kinsey, Sr. and 5. Nancy Ann Tolbert. He married 3. Sarah Ann Smith 01 April 1869 in Texas.

3. Sarah Ann Smith, born August 1854 in Texas; died 01 April 1940 in Pottsville, Hamilton County, Texas.

Notes for Thomas Tolbert Kinsey:
Thomas Tolbert Kinsey served in Captain William Clements Co. Mtd. Rangers, Coryell County, Texas in 1861. He also served from 1862 until the close of the war in 1865 in Company A, 30th. Texas Calvary, Confederate States Army.

Child of Thomas Kinsey and Sarah Smith is:

1 i. Maude Myrtle Kinsey, born 24 June 1883 in Texas; died 13 August 1975 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas; married Samuel Cleveland Hays.

 

Generation No. 3

4. William Madison Kinsey, Sr., born Abt. 1816 in Walker County, Alabama; died 21 September 1896 in Coryell County, Texas; burial: September 1896, Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas.  He was the son of 8. Thomas Kinsey, Sr. and 9. Sarah Jane "Sally" McNutt. He married 5. Nancy Ann Tolbert 26 September 1838 in Lawrence County, Alabama.

5. Nancy Ann Tolbert, born Abt. 1821 in Alabama; died Abt. November 1886 in Ward, Hamilton County, Texas.

Notes for William Madison Kinsey, Sr.:
William Madison Kinsey Sr. was born about 1816 in Alabama to Thomas and Sarah McNutt Kinsey, Sr. William grew up in Walker County, Alabama. On September 26, 1838, William M. Kinsey married Nancy Ann Talbot / Tolbert in Lawrence County, Alabama. William and Nancy were in Tennessee by October 6, 1839, when their first child, Sarah Ann, was born. They moved on and were in St. Francis County, Arkansas in 1840, when the census were taken. They were still in Arkansas in April 1842, when their second child, Thomas Tolbert was born. Some time between April 1842 and 1845, William and Nancy with their two small children moved on to Texas. William was in Rusk County, Texas in 1845. William M. Kinsey was a Mercer Colonist and was given a grant of 640 acres of land on the 7th of May 1850. He settled on land in Hunt County, Texas and was issued a patent on the 3rd of August 1853. William sold that land and moved on into Coryell County, Texas. William's first land on Cowhouse County was 320 acres located on Tablerock Creek, Coryell County, Texas. William owned several small pieces of land on Cowhouse Creek and one large tract which contained 4605 acres. That tract of land was the M. G. Carmana Survey located on Cowhouse Creek near King, Coryell County, Texas. He is on a petition in Bell County in December of 1851. That part of Bell County became Coryell County in 1854.

William and wife Nancy Ann were charter members of the Sugar Loaf Primitive Baptist Church, this was the first Primitive Baptist Church in Coryell County, Texas and was organized by Elder Jesse Graham in August of 1856. In 1857, William and Nancy's daughter Sarah Ann was married to Elder Jesse Graham's son Isaac Jackson Graham.

He served in Captain William Clements', Company Mounted Rangers, Coryell County, 28th Brig. Texas State Troops. He enlisted in 1861. This Company of the Mounted Rangers was organized for the protection of the frontier. The dates that William served is not shown.

He also served in Captain Gideon Graham's, Company for the 2nd. Frontier District, Coryell County, Major G. B. Erath was the commander of the Texas State Troops. William enlisted in January of 1864 at Gatesville, Texas and he served until May 31, 1864. William was paid $20.00.

By an act of the Twelfth Legislature which was appointed on August 13, 1870, a system of public free schools was provided. In accordance with the act trustees were appointed. William Madison Kinsey, Sr. was appointed a trustee in Precinct # 1, 3rd. sub.-district Cowhouse.

He was an ordained Deacon in the Bethlehem Primitive Bapist Church, in Coryell County, Texas in 1891.

William, his wife, Nancy and their daugher, Sarah Ann Kinsey Graham belonged to the Citizen of the Republic of Texas. Sarah Ann Kinsey Graham has a Citizen of the Republic of Texas Bronze Marker on her grave.

He died 21 September 1896 and is believed to be buried in the King Cemetery, King, Coryell County, Texas. (There is no marker and the old cemetery book has been lost.) In the King Cemetery there is an unmarked grave beside William's daughter, Sarah Ann, it is believed that this is William's grave.

Child of William Kinsey and Nancy Tolbert is:

2 i. Thomas Tolbert Kinsey, born April 1842 in Arkansas; died 20 May 1919 in Hamilton County, Texas; married Sarah Ann Smith 01 April 1869 in Texas.

 

Generation No. 4

8. Thomas Kinsey, Sr., born 22 January 1781 in Culpeper County, Virginia; died 27 August 1868 in Coryell County, Texas-buried Kinneen Cemetery, Coryell County, Texas. He was the son of 16. Peter T. Kinsey, Jr. and 17. Martha Piethuff. He married 9. Sarah Jane "Sally" McNutt 31 October 1811 in Mississippi Territory, Madison County, Alabama.

9. Sarah Jane "Sally" McNutt, born January 1795 in Blount County, Tennessee; died 13 January 1879 in Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas; buried in Old City Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas. She was the daughter of 18. James McNutt and 19. Margaret Elizabeth Finley Gillespie.

Notes for Thomas Kinsey, Sr.:
1830 Federal Walker County, Alabama asThomas Kinzey, 
20 January 1837 State Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Thomas, age 45
5 sons under 18
wife
2 daughters under 16

In 1839 or 1840, Thomas and Sarah were in Red River County, Texas where three of the sons, Roland, Lunsford, and Thomas were hunting and set the prairie on fire. The twins burned to death but Thomas escaped with severely injured hands.

1849 Cameron (Milam) Texas tax roll.

1851 Bell County, Texas tax roll; "Bell County Tax Records, Volume 1, page 77, shows value $585

1855 Coryell Texas tax roll

1860 Census Federal Gatesville Beat #1, page 18, Coryell County, Texas; 3 July 1860
Kinsey, Thomas, age 80 Farmer, shows birth date of 1780 in Virginia
Sarah, age 64, Tennessee, Cannot read/write
Lucinda, age 18, Texas, attending school

Marriage Notes for Thomas Kinsey and Sarah McNutt: Marriage Records in the office of the Judge of the Court of Probate of Madison County, Mississippi Territory, Alabama, page 49.

Children of Thomas Kinsey and Sarah McNutt are:

i. Lunsford Romules Kinsey, born in Walker County, Alabama; died 1840 in Red River County, Texas.

ii. Peter Kinsey, born in Tennessee; died in Sugarloaf, Coryell County, Texas; married (1) Martha A. Guest; married (2) Louisa Browning.

iii. Roland Kinsey, born in Walker County, Alabama; died 1840 in Red River County, Texas.

4 iv. William Madison Kinsey, Sr., born Abt. 1816 in Walker County, Alabama; died 21 September 1896 in Coryell County, Texas; married Nancy Ann Tolbert 26 September 1838 in Lawrence County, Alabama.

v. Martha Ann Kinsey, born 01 January 1818 in Walker County, Alabama; died 11 June 1906 in Barksdale, Edwards County, Texas - Buried Barksdale Cemetery; married Asa Josiah Cromeans 1836 in Coryell County, Texas; born Bet. 1812 - 1815 in Tennessee; died Bet. 1856 - 1857 in Itawamba County, Mississippi.

Notes for Martha Ann Kinsey:
1850 Itawamba County, Missippippi shows her born in Georgia and at the age of 30.
1880 Census shows born in Georgia.

Notes for Asa Josiah Cromeans:
1840 Itawamba County, Mississippi
1850 Itawamba County, Mississippi
Different Spelling: Acey Joshua Cromeans

vi. George Kinsey, born 1820 in Tennessee; Buried in Arkansas; married Margaret /; born 1822.

Notes for George Kinsey:
1870 Federal Census, Coryell County, Texas
Kinsey, George, 1820, Tennssee
Margaret, 1822, Tennssee
Mary J., 1841, Arkansas
Andrew, 1850, Arkansas
Virginia, 1854, Arkansas
Milton, 1857, Arkansas
Elgin, 1861 Arkansas
Fanny, 1867, Arkansas

vii. Henry M. Kinsey, born 1822 in Tishomingo, Tishomingo County, Mississippi; married (1) Maria Welch 18 August 1857 in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas; married (2) Nancy Loft 25 April 1860 in Robertson County, Texas.

viii. Thomas Kinsey, Jr., born 16 February 1823 in Walker County, Alabama; died 1875 in Coryell County, Texas; married Sarah Elizabeth Head Abt. 1849; born 18 February 1828 in Alabama; died 09 February 1868 in Bosque, Texas.

Notes for Thomas Kinsey, Jr.:
1850 Federal Census, Milam County, Texas, 19 September 1850, page 31, 422 / 438
Kinsey, Thomas, age 24, Farmer, Georgia
Elizabeth, age 20, Alabama
Rebecca, age 2, Texas
Elisha, age 1, Texas

1860 Federal Census, Coryell County, Texas, 19 July 1860, page 422, 288 / 285
Kinsey, Thos., age 27, Farm Labor, Alabama, cannot read/write
Elizabeth, age 32,Female, Illinois
Rebecaa, age 13, Female, Texas, attended school
Sarah, age 7, Female, Texas
Lucinda, age 2, Female, Texas
Francis, age 6/12, Male, Texas

Texas Ranger service record shows him at age 19 on 19 May 1861, (birth date of 1842)

Thomas was buried in Coffee Cemetery or in Coryell Creek Cemetery, Gatesville, Texas

ix. Margaret C. Kinsey, born 1829 in Walker County, Alabama; died in Oklahoma; married Adam G. Greer.

Notes for Adam G. Greer:
1850 Federal Census, Van Zandt, Texas
Greer, Adam, age 30, Tennessee
Margaret C., age 21, Alabama
M. D., age 3, Texas
Josephine, Age 1.5, Texas

x. Arminda Mary Kinsey, born 03 May 1830 in Walker County, Alabama; died 18 March 1913 in Brownfield, Terry County, Texas; married William Jasper Greer; died in Terry County, Texas.

More About Arminda Mary Kinsey: Nickname: Mindy

Notes for William Jasper Greer:
Terry County, Texas Cemetery Records for death.

1850 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas
Greer, Jasper, age 22, Tennessee
Arminda M., age 19, Alabama
M. J., age 9.12, Female, Texas

1860 Census, Coryell County, Texas

1880 Federal Census
Arminda is living with daughter and son-in-law, Lucinda and Samuel Key

xi. Francis Marion Kinsey, born 02 July 1831; married (1) Nancy Jane Scoggins; died Bef. February 1877; married (2) Mary Sarah Scoggins.

Notes for Francis Marion Kinsey:

1860 Federal Census, Coryell County, Texas, 19 June 1860, page 42, 290/287 290/187
Kinsey, Marion, age 28, Farmer, Alabama
Nancy J., age 20, Arkansas
Sarah E., age 3, Female, Texas
Sylvester, age 6/12, Male, Texas

1870 Federal Census, Coryell County, Texas, page 284,

1900 Federal Census, Altus, Greer County, Oklahoma, SD219, ED79, Sheet 18, 313/313
Kinsey, Francis M., July 1830, age 69, married 42 yrs., Alabama, North Carolina, North Carolina
Mary F., March 1842, age 58, Arkansas, Tennessee, Tennessee
Tiny F., December 1880, age 19, Son, Texas
Lillie B., Jan 1883, age 17, Son, Texas
Jodie F., October 1887, age 12, Son, Texas

Sgt. Rvt., Company A, 30th Texas Cavarly, P. Gurley's Regt., 1st Texas Partisans, CSA.

Private in Captain William Clements Company of Mounted Rangers, Coryell County, 28th Brigade, TST. Enlisted 1861 at age 29.

xii. Elisha K. Kinsey, born 22 March 1833 in Birmingham, Walker County, Texas; died 16 August 1898 in Boaz, Coryell County, Texas; married Amelia Catherine White 24 October 1861; born 18 March 1845 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died 17 March 1920 in Coryell County, Texas.

Notes for Elisha K. Kinsey:

1870 Federal Census, Coryell County, Texas, PCT 1, Gatesville, 15 September 1879, page 10/284 65/65
Kinsey, Elisha, age 37 Farmer, Alabama
Ameleia Cynthia, age 24, Louisiana
Thos. Lawrence, age 5, male, Texas
John Wesly, age 4, male, Texas
Madison Gaines, age 1, male, Texas
Sarah Ann, age 74, female, Tennessee

1880 Federal Census, Coryell County, Texas, page 58, 4492/487
Kinsey, Elisha, age 47, Alabama
Amelia C., age 36, Louisiana
Thomas L., age 14, male, Texas
John W., age 13, male, Texas
William H., age 11, male, Texas
Madison G., age 11, male, Texas
Remus, age 9, male, Texas
Paul, age 8, male, Texas
Amelia, age 8, female, Texas
Martha J. age 5, female, Texas
Mary E., age 3, female, Texas
George W., age 2, male, Texas

 

Notes for Amelia Catherine White:
1900 Federal Census, Coryell County, Texas, Pct. 4, S.D. 4, Sheet 16, E.D. 44, 288/290
Kinsey, Amelia, Head of Household, March 1845, age 55, widow, Louisiana, Louisiana, Louisiana
Remus, February 1871, age 29, Texas, Alabama, Louisiana
Mary A., January 1877, age 23, Texas
Cairy B., July 1880, age 19, Texas
Nancy J., January 1882, age 18, Texas
James D., September 1883, age 16, Texas
Sarah A., October 1885, age 14, Texas
Brit P., January 1891, age 9, Texas

xiii. Madison Gaines Kinsey, born 27 February 1836 in Tishomingo, Tishomingo County, Mississippi; died 29 September 1919 in Coryell County, Texas; married Mellissa Adeline White 1861; born Bet. 1850 - 1853.

xiv. Lucinda Kinsey, born Abt. 1842 in Red River County, Texas; died 1894 in Boykeyville, McLennan County, Texas; married Tillman Walters.

 

Generation No. 5

16. Peter T. Kinsey, Jr., born 23 October 1763 in Dublin, Ireland; died 12 June 1842 in Habersham, Georgia. He was the son of 32. Peter Kinsey, Sr. and 33. Anne Catherina Huffman. He married 17. Martha Piethuff Bef. 1781.

17. Martha Piethuff, born 1765 in Baden, Germany; died 1809 in Habersham, Georgia.

Children of Peter Kinsey and Martha Piethuff are:

8 i. Thomas Kinsey, Sr., born 22 January 1781 in Culpeper County, Virginia; died 27 August 1868 in Coryell County, Texas-buried Kinneen Cemetery, Coryell County, Texas; married Sarah Jane "Sally" McNutt 31 October 1811 in Mississippi Territory, Madison County, Alabama.

ii. William Kinsey, Sr., born 1787 in South Carolina.

iii. Roland Kinsey, born 03 July 1790 in Pendleton County, South Carolina; died 19 July 1866 in Walker County, Georgia; married Margaret C. Puthill 10 December 1810 in Pendleton County, South Carolina; born 01 November 1787 in South Carolina; died Aft. 1850.

Notes for Roland Kinsey:
1850 Census, Walker County, Georgia
Kinsey, Roland K., age 60, South Carolina
Margaret, age 62, South Carolina
Jessy W., age 21, Georgia
Roliand W. Canamore, age 15, Georgia
David M. Canamore, age 12, Georgia

More About Margaret C. Puthill: Different Spelling: Margaret C. Punthuff

iv. Elisha Kinsey, born 1801 in Georgia.

v. John Kinsey

18. James McNutt, born 25 August 1771 in Augusta County, Virginia; died 23 October 1852 in Edgar County, Illinois. He was the son of 36. Robert McNutt and 37. Janet Weir. He married 19. Margaret Elizabeth Finley Gillespie 16 February 1794 in Knox County, Tennessee.

19. Margaret Elizabeth Finley Gillespie, born 1765 in Blount County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of 38. James Gillespie and 39. Elizabeth Finley.

Child of James McNutt and Margaret Gillespie is:

9 i. Sarah Jane "Sally" McNutt, born January 1795 in Blount County, Tennessee; died 13 January 1879 in Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas-Old City Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas; married Thomas Kinsey, Sr. 31 October 1811 in Mississippi Territory, Madison County, Alabama.

 

Generation No. 6

32. Peter Kinsey, Sr., born 1730 in Baden, Germany; died 1794 in Culpeper, Virginia. He married 33. Anne Catherina Huffman.

33. Anne Catherina Huffman, born 18 May 1738 in Rodgen, Germany.

Notes for Peter Kinsey, Sr.:
Kinsey traditions state that 3 boys and a girl came over from Ireland. They were of German descent. The girl married a Semour (Seymore) and settled at Varnell. The boys were Roland, Peter, Tom and the girl.

Children of Peter Kinsey and Anne Huffman are:

16 i. Peter T. Kinsey, Jr., born 23 October 1763 in Dublin, Ireland; died 12 June 1842 in Habersham, Georgia; married (1) Martha Piethuff Bef. 1781; married (2) Chloe Ray 31 March 1809 in Habersham, Georgia.

ii. Thomas Kinsey

iii. Roland Kinsey

iv. Female Kinsey, married / Semour/Seymore.

36. Robert McNutt, died 1811 in Blount County, Tennessee. He was the son of 72. Alexander McNutt, Jr. and 73. Jane //. He married 37. Janet Weir.

37. Janet Weir

Child of Robert McNutt and Janet Weir is:

18 i. James McNutt, born 25 August 1771 in Augusta County, Virginia; died 23 October 1852 in Edgar County, Illinois; married Margaret Elizabeth Finley Gillespie 16 February 1794 in Knox County, Tennessee.

38. James Gillespie He married 39. Elizabeth Finley.

39. Elizabeth Finley

Child of James Gillespie and Elizabeth Finley is:

19 i. Margaret Elizabeth Finley Gillespie, born 1765 in Blount County, Tennessee; married James McNutt 16 February 1794 in Knox County, Tennessee.

 

Generation No. 7

72. Alexander McNutt, Jr., born Abt. 1692 in County Donegal, Ireland; died Abt. 1751 in Virginia. He was the son of 144. Alexander McNutt, Sr.. He married 73. Jane // 1743.

73. Jane //, born Abt. 1692 in Ireland.

Notes for Alexander McNutt, Jr.:

He was in Hagerstown, Maryland by 1735 and in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia by 1746. One marriage date for Jane and Alexander was shown as 1743; this indicates he may have had another wife.

Child of Alexander McNutt and Jane // is:

36 i. Robert McNutt, died 1811 in Blount County, Tennessee; married Janet Weir.

 

Generation No. 8

144. Alexander McNutt, Sr. He was the son of 288. John MacNauchtan.

Child of Alexander McNutt, Sr. is:

72 i. Alexander McNutt, Jr., born Abt. 1692 in County Donegal, Ireland; died Abt. 1751 in Virginia; married Jane // 1743.

 

Generation No. 9

288. John MacNauchtan

Child of John MacNauchtan is:

144 i. Alexander McNutt, Sr..