Collection #

M 0480

 

 

 

 

John Taliaferro Mckinney
 Letters, 1822–1830

 

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Contents

Cataloging Information

 

 

 

Processed by

David Pulliam
14 July 2008

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

 

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF
COLLECTION:

1 box

COLLECTION
DATES:

1822-1830

PROVENANCE:

Terrell V. Miller, Houston, Texas, May 1987

RESTRICTIONS:

None

COPYRIGHT:

 

REPRODUCTION
RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE
FORMATS:

 

RELATED
HOLDINGS:

 

ACCESSION
NUMBER:

1987.0369

NOTES:

 

BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

John Taliaferro McKinney was born in Carolien County, Virginia in 1796. He was married twice, first to Sarah Augusta Mayo, to whom the letters are written, and secondly to Amanda E. Hall. He had three children with his first wife. He served in the War of 1812 in the Indiana Militia, 6th Brigade as Brigadier General. After the war he served in various governmental positions including the Indiana Senate from Franklin in 1829 to 1831. He also was a judge in Kentucky. He died in 1837 in Franklin County.

 

Sources: A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly. Vol. 1

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection contains letters exchanged between John T. McKinney and his first wife, Sarah Augusta Mayo. The letters contain personal feelings for each other, life back home,  family matters and business McKinney is working on while away. Some letters are written to McKinney from his brother from 1822 to 1830.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Letters, 1821–23

Box 1, Folder 1

Letters, 1825–26

Box 1, Folder 2

Letters, 1827

Box 1, Folder 3

Letters, 1828

Box 1, Folder 4

Letters, 1829

Box 1, Folder 5

Letters, 1830

Box 1, Folder 6

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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