JAMES DONALD MCKINLEY
17th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 21 July 1831 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Died: 5 August 1919 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Cookeville City Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Matthew Cowan and Darthula "Billie" (Sadler) McKinley
Married: Sarah Frances "Fannie" Maddux on 10 June 1862 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 3 January 1842 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Died: 1 December 1919 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Cookeville City Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth "Betsey" (Garrett) Maddux
Children:
- Matthew S. McKinley
- Elizabeth N. "Bettie" McKinley
- Lassie McKinley
- Mary Tennessee McKinley
- Margaret McKinley
- Vallie McKinley
MILITARY INFORMATION
17th Tennessee Infantry
Company k
ABSTRACT:
- Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a 3rd Lieutenant
- Enlisted on 9 June 1861 at Camp Trousdale
- Wagon Master
- 15 Oct - 31 Dec 1861: Present
- May - Aug 1862: Present
- May - June 1863: On detached service recruiting officers
- 15 May 1862: appointed Lieutenant
- Deserted
- Vouchers
PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT
S6061
ABSTRACT:
- Filed February 24, 1904
- Accepted
- Resident of Cookeville, TN
- Member: 3rd Lieutenant of Company K 17th Infantry Regiment
- Wounds: Chronic diarrhea in latter part of 1861
- Born: 21 July 1831 in Jackson County, TN
- Enlisted: May 1861 at Granville in Captain McDearmon's Co. K; Col Tazie Newman's 17th TN Infantry
- Wife 62 years old
- One son age 38; two daughters ages 30 and 27
- Attest: John Cole & J. M. Williamson
Supporting Documents:
- J. H. Chaffin of Jackson County (24 Apr 1905) - Tax Assessment
- Jno S. Quarles (5 May 1905) - JDM owns a hotel and is able bodied
- Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (6 Jun 1905) - requests Service records
- War Department (10 Apr 1905) - sends service records
- Special Examiner (24 Jun 1904) - Need to know the status of the farm
- John W. Howard of Jackson County (24 Apr 1905) - JDM conveyed land to Mounce L. Butler in trust for S. F. McKinley. Money was paid by Sarah F. McKinley, his wife. The money belonged to her from the estate of her father.
- JDM (3 May 1905) - After the battle of Murfreesboro, the army fell back to Tullahoma. An order was issued for a Lieutenant to be sent to assist the enrolling officer from each unit. JDM was ordered to report to Colonel Nixon at McMinnville. After the army fell back to Chattanooga, Colonel Nixon told him to report to General Pillow at Marietta, GA. General Pillow sent him to Middle TN to raise a company of Cavalry. The night before he was ready to go out, he was captured by General Spears men who were stationed at Carthage, TN. He was taken to McMinnville and paroled. Upon returning home, the men he conscripted ran away, deserted & joined Stokes men. They swore that they would kill him if he remained in that country. He crossed the TN river and joined General Forrest's command and remained there until Hood's battle at Nashville. Then he was transferred to West, TN with Captain Bayless Anderson to get supplies. Anderson got orders from Forrest to surrender where he pleased. Both went to Padukah, KY and surrendered to General Merritt.
- W. L. Dibrell (25 Apr 1913) - JDM purchased a farm for his wife using the money from her father's estate
- Special Examiner (3 Jul 1913) - JC Clark needs information about the sale of his farm
- JDM (29 Jun 1914) - answers TN Pension Boards Questions
- Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (24 Jun 1914) - inquires about the status of the farm
- W. L. Dibrell (29 Jun 1914) - Supports his claim
- Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (29 Jul 1914) - Frank Moses in Sparta went to talk with JDM, but he was not home
- Special Examiner (19 Jun 1915) - White County: Did JDM purchase a farm
- Special Examiner (19 Jun 1915) - Putnam County: Did JDM sell a farm
- O. K. Holladay (11 Jun 1917) - Supports his claim
- O. K. Holladay (12 Jul 1917) - Supports his claim
- JDM (25 Jun 1919) - Requests an increase in pension
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 292
- 1860 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 315B
- 1870 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 289
- 1880 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 245A
- 1900 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 138B
- 1910 Census: White County, TN, Page 2A
WILL
Putnam County, TN Will Book 6, Page 305-306
- Will of Sarah Frances McKinley
- Written: 5 Dec 1916
- Probated: 8 Dec 1919
- Attest: Thos. Finley & Carrie Wilkes
- Husband: J. D. McKinley dec'd
- Heirs: Tommy McKinley (daughter), Maggie McKinley (daughter), Matt McKinley (son), Bettie McKinley Beasley (daughter), Lassie McKinley Ragland (daughter), Donald H & Nina G & John Ragland (children of Lassie McKinley Ragland), Valley McKinley Williams (daughter)
OBITUARY
Putnam County Herald
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J. D. McKinley -- J. D. McKinley, one of the best known and most estimable men of this section, died Tuesday evcening, Aug. 5, 1919, at his home on Washington Avenue and was buried in the City Cemetery Wenesday afternoon. Rev. J. A. Colle conducting the burial service. Mr. McKinley was born in Jackson county 88 years ago, and has since lived in White, Smith and Putnam counties. He was a Confederate soldier, serving the first two years of the war in McDearmon's company, Newman's regiment, and the last two in Forrest's regiment, where he was a recruiting officer and was forming a company of his own at the close of the war. During the war he married Miss Sara Francis Maddux, who now survives him. For many years he was a well known trader and cotton buyer between Nashville and New Orleans. He leaves one son, Matt, and the following daughters, Mrs. John Ragland, Mrs. Chas. Williams, Misses Tommie and Margaret McKinley of Cookeville, and Mrs. W. A. Beasley of Jacksonville, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Verily a good man has gone from among us.
ADDITIONAL DATA
- Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1919) - #450 - J. D. McKinley
- Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1919) - #509 - Sarah Frances McKinley
- TN Confederate Widows Application: #7246 Sarah Frances (Maddux) McKinley
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