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Mordecai McKenzie    Born before 1765    Died 1825/26.

            Mordecai McKenzie was born before 1765 as proven by the 1810 Census of Bracken County, Kentucky. The exact date of his birth and the names of his parents have not yet been proven. He is thought to have been born in Scotland as proven by the fact that his son Mordecai, Jr. stated in the 1880 census of Robertson County that his father [Mordecai, Sen.] was born in Scotland. There seems to be a family tradition that Mordecai's father was Patrick McKenzie who came from a locale near Edinburgh to Pennsylvania. The tradition is not clear as to whether Patrick came with seven brothers or he came with seven sons. The tradition is not clear as to whether Patrick was eleven when he came or his son Mordecai was eleven when the family came to America.
            Mordecai seems to have been born in Scotland and grown up in Pennsylvania and married there. It seems possible from the tax list of Mason County, Kentucky that Mordecai left Pennsylvania c1793 and came to what was then Mason County. Family tradition has it that his brothers scattered to various other locations.
            There is an unusual family connection with a Jane McKenzie of Mason Co., Ky. Jane McKenzie, daughter of Mordecai (born c1732, Scotland) and his wife (first name not known) but whose surname was Matthews, who was born 1753. Jane married in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1778 to Robert Downing (born c1752, Washington, Pennsylvania).

Robert and Jane had the following children:
  • 1. James Downing - Born Jan 1779 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  • 2. Susannah Downing - Born 20 Feb 1781 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  • 3. Thomas Downing - Born 1783 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  • 4. Nancy Downing - Born 16 Sept 1786 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  • 5. Mary Downing - Born 1788 in Bourbon County (now Mason Co.), Kentucky
  • 6. Sarah Downing - Born 1 Jan 1790 in Mason County, Kentucky
  • 7. Robert Downing - Born 16 Jan 1791 in Mason County, Kentucky
  • 8. Priscilla Downing - Born 1794 in Mason County, Kentucky
  • 9. Elizabeth Downing - Born 15 Oct 1795 in Mason County, Kentucky
  • 10. Rebecca Downing - Born 1798 in Mason County, Kentucky
  • 11. Jane Downing - Born 5 March 1800 in Mason County, Kentucky
  • 12. Ann Nancy Downing - Born 16 Oct 1762 in Brooke County, Virginia [now W. Va.]

    •             Washington County, Pennsylvania was created in 1781 from Westmoreland County. Brooke County, Virginia [now W. Va.] was created in 1796 from Ohio County. Charlestown [now called Wellsburg] was the county seat of Brooke and Wheeling was the county seat of Ohio County. Ohio and Brooke counties are across the state line from Washington County. The date of birth for Ann Nancy Downing can not be explained and the year must be in error. A Robert and Timothy Downing appear in the 1787 Tax List of Bourbon County, Kentucky. They appear in List "A" District of Miles Withers Conway in the area of the county "North of Main Licking." This would be Mason/Bracken County later. In this tax list, Robert Downing is shown with no "white" males between the ages of 16 and 26 and that he paid taxes on 2 Blacks under 16 years of age, 2 horses (colts or mules), and 9 cows. Timothy was shown with no white males between the ages of 16 and 26, paying taxes on 1 horse and 6 cows. The law creating Mason County out of Bourbon County was on 5 Nov 1788 and the new county came into being on 1 May 1789. Robert Downing was listed among the Bourbon County signers of a petition on 19 Sep 1787 asking that the county be divided and a new county [Mason Co.] be created. Robert Downing left a will in Mason County dated 1 Feb 1802 naming his wife Jane and his children.
                There is still another unusual family connection. Alexander McKenzy is also found in the 1787 tax list of Bourbon County, Kentucky. He is found in tax list "C". This is not an area north of the main Licking River so the area in which he lived would not become Mason County. Alexander was found to have had no white males between 16 and 26 years of age and paid taxes on 3 horses (mares or mules) and 7 head of cattle. The family of one Alexander McKenzie of Lewis County, Ky. is a well documented family. His connection with our Mordecai is not yet been proven. Alexander was born in Scotland and died 26 Aug 1807, in the newly created Lewis County. It would appear that he moved to Mason County 1794/5 that became Lewis County in 1808. The law creating Lewis County was enacted 2 Dec 1806 and the county was formed 1 Apr 1807 entirely out of Mason County. His wife's name was Ann or Anna Bell. The following is a list of their children:
  • 1. Jane McKenzie - Born 15 Mar 1788, Pennsylvania
  • 2. Elizabeth McKenzie - Born Dec 1788, Bourbon County
  • 3. John McKenzie - Born 11 Oct 1790, Bourbon County
  • 4. Mary McKenzie - Born 1 Oct 1793, Bourbon County
  • 5. Thomas McKenzie - Born c1795, Mason County
  • 6. Alexander S. McKenzie - Born c1801, Mason County
  • 7. Nancy McKenzie - Born 22 Feb 1808, Lewis County

    •             The reason for giving the names of the children is that Robert Downing and Jane (McKenzie) Downing had daughters of the same names.
                Mordecai, Jr., son of Mordecai, Sen, also stated in the 1880 census of Robertson County that his mother was born in Pennsylvania. Mordecai seems to have come to Kentucky married, probably with some children. We know that his daughter, Jane, was born in Pennsylvania 1791/92. This would mean that Mordecai was probably married at least by c1790. If he was twenty-five when he married he would have been born c1765, however, his second wife Deliah Brashears seems to have been born as early as c1755, possibly suggesting an earlier birth date for Mordecai or that she was older.
                In the 1795 tax list of Mason County, Mordecai is listed for the first time as having a male over sixteen living with him. With the dates for his birth just given this male seems to be too old to be a son because this male in the tax list would have been born by c1779. It could have been a younger brother or even a brother-in-law. If Mordecai was born c1765 he would have been about fourteen years older than the male in the 1795 tax list. This young male in the tax list would have been born during the Revolutionary War. This male in Mordecai's household could however point to an earlier date of birth for Mordecai. What ever the case, it is likely that the male in the tax list came to Kentucky with Mordecai, his wife, and at least Jane. It is possible that the young male just mentioned is the John McKenzie who died 24 May 1830, in Nicholas County, Ky. who married Isabelle Crawford 21 Jul 1803 in Mason County, Kentucky. There is also a Nancy McKinsey who married Enes Cooper 29 Dec 1806 in Bracken County. She has not yet been identified but is probably a part of this family in some way. There is a Malcom McKinsey in the records who was a witness for the marriage of James Nowers and Margaret Barkley on 27 Jul 1819 in Mason County. He has not been positively identified.
                The first record that we have been able to find of Mordecai in the records of Kentucky is 10 Sep 1793 in Mason County, Kentucky, paying taxes. This would indicate that he would have at least been in Mason County by that time. He would have probably come in the spring of 1793. The Indian wars were still going on in western Ohio and the final battle would not occur until August, 1794 at Fallen Timbers.
                We can glean from the Memoirs of Benjamin Van Cleve what a trip from Pennsylvania to Mason County

                The area around present-day Augusta was part of a Revolutionary War grant by Virginia to Capt. Philip Buckner, who had first visited there in 1781. One historical account records that when Buckner returned in 1796 with forty Virginia families to settle on his land he found that there were ten Pennsylvania families already settled there. Some of them would purchase lots from him. There is also an account that in the year 1775 a party composed of ten men [from Pennsylvania] Samuel Wells, Hayden Wells, Thomas Tebbs, John Tebbs, John Rust, Mathew Rust, Thomas Young, William Tripplett, Richard Masterton, and Jonathan Higgs - came to what is now Bracken County. They stayed only a short time as the Indians were operating out of the Licking River, and their towns on the upper Great Miami, Little Miami and Mad River were not too far distant, making Bracken County untenable at that time. These Pennsylvanians turned back to the Limestone Creek-Lawrence Creek area just to the east where there were other parties that had recently come down the Ohio River. Safety in numbers! Are the ten men and the ten families the same. There seems to be a great separation in time for that to be true. The reason for mentioning this is the importance of Pennsylvania. Mordecai McKenzie who also came from Pennsylvania would have been in the vicinity at the time of Buckner's arrival in 1796. Thomas Bra[o]shear also came to Mason County in 1793 from Pennsylvania the same year as Mordecai. Mordecai married as his second wife, Delilah Bra[o]shear, in 1819 who seems to be a widow. Her husband has not been identified but it does not seem to be Thomas.
                We have not yet been able to locate what part of Mason County Mordecai settled in but it was probably a part of the county that became Bracken County in 1796. By 1814, twenty-one years after his arrival, we know from a deed that he owned land that drained into the North Fork of the Licking. It is probable that he settled south of the North Fork of the Licking on land that would eventually become Robertson County in 1867. This would be the northern part of present-day Robertson County.
                His name defies a standardized spelling through out the Kentucky records. Undoubtedly he was named for Mordecai of the Bible who was the foster father of Esther. Mordecai has been misspelled several different ways and I have used the spelling as it appeared in the record. Likewise McKenzie has been misspelled several different ways until c1830 when it begins to appear with the usual spelling, McKenzie.

                The tax lists of Mason County show the following for Mordecai McKenzie:
  • 1793 Mordica McKinsey, 10 September, page 9, one male over 21, 1 horse, 5 cows.
  • 1794 Mordaci McKinsey, 19 June, page 11, one male over 21, 6 cows.
  • 1795 Mordaci McKinsey, page 15, one male over 21, one male over 16, 1 horse, 6 cows.
  • 1796 Mordaci McKinsey, page 16, one male over 21, one male over 16, 1 horse, 3 cows.

    •             [The male over 16 in the 1795 and 1796 tax lists has not been identified but as stated before could be a younger brother or brother-in-law. There is an outside chance that Mordecai is a little older than we presently think and this could be his oldest son].
                On 14 December 1796, Bracken County was created out of the eastern part of Campbell County and the western part of Mason County and on 1 March 1797 officially became the twenty-third county. The act to create Bracken County in 1796 read: Beginning on the Ohio River, one and one-half miles below the mouth of Lee's Creek [present-day Lee Creek], from thence a direct line to the North fork, such a course that intersected the end of a line drawn nine miles due west from Mason Court House [then located in Washington; this line intersected the North Fork just below the mouth of present-day Whippoorwill Branch]; thence a direct line to the mouth of Beaver Creek, on Licking [present-day Beaver Creek is located in Harrison County, the mouth of which is at Claysville]: thence a direct line to a point half way between the confluence of the north and south forks thereon; thence a direct line to the mouth of Big Stepstone, on the Ohio River, up the same to the beginning. Starting in 1797, Mordecai is found in Bracken County. This we are taking is proof that he originally settled in the part of Mason from which Bracken County was created. By the 1800 Census, Bracken County had a population of 2,606.

                The tax lists of Bracken County give the following information for Mordecai:
  • 1797 Could not find Mordecai in that year.
  • 1798 Tax list is missing for that year.
  • 1799 Mordrick McKensey, page 9, 27 May 27, one male over 21, one male over 16, 2 horses.
  •        Mordica McKinsey, page 11, 28 August, one male over 21, one male over 16, 2 horses.
  •        [These are probably the same person and are probably Mordecai].
  • 1800 Tax list is missing for that year.
  • 1801 A large ink stain on the page covers up most of the names.
  • 1802 Mordecai McKinsey, page 13, 17 August, one male over 21, one male 16 to 21, 1 horse.
  •        [It is interesting to note that this is the last year that this male over 16 appears with Mordecai. John McKenzie married in 1803in Mason County and this makes a good case that this male was in fact John McKenzie. However if this is the case, then there should be two males over twenty one. In this could be another male who has just attained the age of 16].
  • 1803 Mordecai McKinsey, page 11, 20 May, one male over 21.
  • 1804 Mordecai McKinsey, page 12, 12 July, one male over 21.
  • 1805 Mordecai McKinsey, page 11, 2 July, one male over 21, 1 horse.
  • 1806 Mordica McKinsey, page 13, 13 May, one male over 21, one male 16 to 21, 2 horses.
  • 1807 Mordaci McKinsey, page 13, 9 April, one male over 21, 3 horses.
  • 1808 Mordacai McKinsey, page 13, 29 April, 80 acres, Thornton survey, one male over 21, one male 16 to 21, 5 horses.
  • 1809 Mordecai McKinsey, page 12, 29 April, 80 acres, one male over 21, 4 horses.
  • 1810 Mordicai McKinsey, page 11, 18 July, 81 acres, Thornton survey, one male over 21, 4 horses.
  • The 1810 Census of Bracken County, Kentucky, page 143 shows Mordica McKensey head of household with the following:
  • 1 male under 10 (1800-1810) [Mordecai Jr.]
  • 1 male 10-16 (1794-1800) [could this be the Malcom McKenzie mentioned above who witnessed a marriage in Mason County in 1819]
  • 1 male 16-26 (1784-1794) [William]
  • 1 male over 45 (before 1765) [Mordecai]
  • 1 female 16-26 (1784-1794) [Jane]
  • 1 female over 45 (before 1765) [his first wife that was born in Pennsylvania]
  • 1811 Mordecai McKinsey, page 12, 30 July, 182 acres, one male over 21, 4 horses.
  • 1812 Mordica McKensie, page 10, 30 July, 182 acres, one male over 21, 5 horses.
  • 1813 Mordecai McKinsey, page 14, 7 April, 182 acres, one male over 21, 4 horses.
  • 1814 Tax list for that year is missing.

    •             Mordecai's daughter, Jane, married Robert Downing in 1813 and seems to have moved to Mason County that year. This Robert Downing is probably the son of Robert Downing and Jane (McKenzie) Downing that moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky by 1787. This unusual family connection has not yet been explained but it seems that Jane (McKenzie) Downing could be the sister of Mordecai McKenzie, the father of Jane.

    Deed,
    in Book, page 48,in Bracken County year 1814
    between Anthony Thorntown and Mary his wife of the County of Harrison one part
    and Mordica McKinzey of the County of Bracken of the other part.

                 The tax lists of Bracken County continue with the following:
  • 1815 Mordica McKinsey, page 11, 116 acres, North Fork, Thornton survey, one male over 21, 3 horses, $4/acre, $584 total value.
  • 1816 Mordica McKensey, page 16, 2 September, 66 acres, North Fork, Thornton survey, one male over 21, 2 horses, $4/acre, $304 total value.

    • Document     page 265/6 in Bracken County July 1816, This article of agreement between Mordica McKinsey and William McKinsey


    Transfer of Land in Mason County dated 29 November 1816 by Thomas Longly and Mary his wife of Mason County to William McKinzey and Robert Downing of Mason County
  • Mordecai Sen. Is found in the Bracken County tax list of 1817 with the following:
  • 1817 Mordicai McKinsie, page 15, 66 acres North Fork, Thornton survey, one male over 21, 1 horse, $4/acre, $294 total value.

    • Transfer of Land on 6 December 1817 by William McKinsey (McKinzey), Robert Downing and Jane his wife all of Mason County to Joseph Jones of Mason County
    Transfer of Land On the same day. of 6 December 1817 Joseph Jones of Mason County to William McKinzey and Robert Downing of Mason County.

                The Bracken County tax lists continue:
  • 1818 Tax list is missing for that year.
  • 1819 Mordica McKinsey, page 30, 66 acres, North Fork, Thornton survey, one male over 21, 1 horse, $4/acre, $394 total value.

    • Deed in Mason County dated 9 August 1819. Mordecai McKenzie to Robert Downing
  • 1820 Mordica McKinsey, page 20, 115 acres, North Fork, Thornton survey, one male over 21, 2 horses, $5/acre, $590 total value.

    •             It would seem that Mordecai's first wife was deceased by 1814 since she is not named in the deed for the purchase of land from Anthony and Mary Thornton. She seems to be present in the 1810 Census, therefore she must have died between 1810 and 1814. There is a marriage record showing that Mordecai McKenzie married Deliah Brochears in Bracken County, on 28 September 1819 by Joseph Carter (Book 1, page 80). From the 1820, 1830, 1840, and 1850 census reports, Deliah seems to have been born before 1765 or c1762. However the 1860 census of Mason County, states she was 105 years old making her date of birth ca. 1755. It seems that when she married Mordecai that she was a widow. Her maiden name and the name of her first husband have not been found. According to the 1850 and 1860 Census of Mason County she was born in Pennsylvania. She seems to have had children by her first husband.
                Who is this Delilah Broshears? There is a Thomas Broshears born c1752 Pennsylvania who died c1822 in Bracken County. He was the son of William Jones Broshears and his wife Sara Wallingford. A Thomas Broshears begins to appear in 1793 in Mason County the same year as Mordecai McKenzie. Did they come together from Pennsylvania to Mason County? Thomas Broshears begins to acquire land and slaves. Then in 1799 another Thomas Broshears begins to appear just as a male over 21. This younger Thomas appears until 1803 and then does not appear again in Bracken County. The 1810 Census of Bracken County shows that Delila Broshears [page 149] had the following in her household:

  • 2 males under 10 [1800-1810]
  • 3 males 10 to 16 [1794-1800]
  • 1 female under 10 [1800-1810]
  • 1 female 16 to 26 [1784-1794]
  • 1 female 26 to 45 [1765-1794]

    •             It is not yet known which of the females in the census was Delilah. It is not known who these other people were in the household that the census taker stated that Delilah was the head of household. This census also shows her neighbors:

  • Line 3 Edward Tucker [16 to 26] 1784 to 1794
  • Line 4 Elijah Tucker [16 to 26] 1784 to 1794
  • Line 5 Delila Broshears [26 to 45] 1765 to 1784
  • Line 6 James Case [over 45] before 1765
  • Line 7 Samuel Inscho [26 to 45] 1765 to 1784
  • Line 8 Joseph Inscho [over 45] before 1765
  • Line 9 Thomas Prater [26 to 45] 1765 to 1784

    •             The 1810 Census of Bracken County also shows the older of the two Thomas Broshears [page 140] with the following information:

  • 3 males under 10 [1800-1810]
  • 1 male 16 to 26 [1784-1794]
  • 1 male over 45 [before 1765] probably Thomas Broshears
  • 3 females 10 to 16 [1794-1800]
  • 1 female over 45 [before 1765] probably the wife of Thomas

    •             This census report makes a strong case that Thomas was not the first husband of Delilah and that she could be a widow by 1810, with children.
                The 1820 Census of Bracken County, Kentucky, page 4 shows Mordecai McKinsey with his neighbors. William, his so has not been found in the census for that year. The following can be gleaned from page 4 for Mordecai.

  • Line 18 Mordicia McKinsey
  • Line 20 James Garrison
  • Line 21 Thomas Tucker
  • Line 35 Edward Tucker
  • Line 36 Eli Tucker
  • Line 39 Mathew Orms

    •             James Garrison was born before 1775. James Garrison seems to have had a daughter Francis, or Fanny that married William Hall of Nicholas County. Mordicia was a security for their marriage. The three Tuckers seem to be brothers. Thomas Tucker was born between 1775 and 1794; Edward Tucker was born 1775 and 1794; and Eli Tucker was born 1775 and 1794. Mathew Orms was born before 1775. Ann Tucker, the daughter of Edward Tucker married Mordecai McKenzie Jr. After Ann died, Mordecai Jr. married second Rebecca Orms, daughter of Matthew Orms.
                It is interesting to note that Mordica McKinzy is listed as security for the marriage of William Hall to Fanny Garrison in Bracken County, Kentucky. The bond was dated 8 June 1820, William Hall along with Mordica McKinzy were securities, and John Colglazer, attest to marriage bond. It is not yet known what the connection was between Mordecai and William Hall.

    The 1820 Census of Bracken County, Kentucky, page 4, line 18 shows Mordecia McKinsey head of household with the following:

  • 2 males 10-16 (1804-1810)
  • 1 male over 45 (before 1775) Mordecai
  • 2 females 10-16 (1804-1810)
  • 1 female 26-45 (1775-1794)
  • 1 female over 45 (before 1775) Deliah
  • 1 male engaged in agriculture, no slaves

  • 1821 Mordica McKinsey, page 17, 116 acres, North Fork, Thornton survey, one male over 21, 2 horses, $4/acre, $484 total value.
  • 1822 Mordica McKinsey Sen., page 20, one male over 21, 1 horse, Total value 15, 3 children 4-14 [1808-1818, these are probably not his children].
  • Mordica McKinsey Jun., page 20, one male over 21, 1 horse, Total value 5.
  • 1823 Mordecai McKinsey, page 21, one male over 21, 1 horse, $35 total value.
  • 1824 Mordica McKensie Sen., page 24, one male over 21.
  • Mordica McKensie Jun., page 24, one male over 21.
  • 1825 Mordica McKenzie Sen., page 27, one male over 21.
  • Mordica McKenzie Jun., page 27, one male over 21.
  • 1826 Could not find any McKenzies in Bracken County.
  • 1827 Could not find any McKenzies in Bracken County.
  • 1828 Could not find any McKenzies in Bracken County.
  • 1829 Could not find any McKenzies in Bracken County.
  • 1830 Tax list for Bracken County is missing for that year.

    •             Mordecai Sen. may have died in 1825 or 1826. We do not find him again in the tax lists of Bracken County. Delilah McKenzie is found in the 1830 Census of Mason County on page 220 next to Jerimah Tucker. Jerimah was listed as being 20 to 30 years old (being born 1800-1810) with a female who is probably his wife also being 20 to 30 years old (born 1800-1810) and a son and a daughter both under five years of age (born 1825-1830). This must be Jerimah Tucker who married Orphe Kay on 17 September 1825 in Mason County.

  • Line 26 Deliah McKenzie
  • Line 27 Jerimah Tucker

    •             The census had the following information for Delilah:

  • 1 male 20 to 30 (1800-1810) [this could be a younger son of Mordecai Sen. He had two sons of this age group. The other one could be living with Jane McKenzie Downing in Mason County.]
  • 2 females 15 to 20 (1810-1815)
  • 1 female 60 t0 70 (1760-1770) Delilah

    •             Mordecai McKenzie Jr. was found in the Mason County Census on page 223 and along with his sister Jane McKenzie Downing. Jane' age was given as 30 to 40 (born between 1790 and 1800). It would appear that her husband Robert may have been deceased by that time. She had living with her a male under five (1825-1830), two females 5 to 10 (1820-1825) and two males 20 to 30 (1800-1810). Since she married in 1813 it is not known who these two males were unless one was a younger brother that was living with her since her father, Mordecai Sn., had recently died.

  • Line 2 Jane Downing
  • Line 5 Mordecai McKenzie [junior]

    •             Mrs. Delila McKinsey is found in the 1840 Census of Mason County, Northern District, page 15 with the following information:

  • 1 female 10 to 15 (1825-1830)
  • 1 female 20 to 30 (1800-1810)
  • 1 female 50 to 60 (1780-1790) [This must be Delila but the age group must wrong. She was reported as being 105 in 1860]

  • The 1850 Census of Mason County shows the following for Jane McKenzie Downing and Deliah Brashears McKenzie, page 15, dated 24 July 1850:

  • 194/197
  • Joseph Downing    age 72   Real Estate value $7000    born Pennsylvania
  • Frances Downing    60    Pennsylvania

  • 196/196
  • Jane Downing   age 59   Pennsylvania
  • Louisa Downing   29  Kentucky
  • Lucinda Downing   27  Kentucky
  • Jane Downing   31   Kentucky
  • Charles Downing   17   Kentucky
  • Martha McKinsey   11   Kentucky

  • 204/207
  • Delilah McKinsey   age 88   Maryland [?]
  • Cynthia Brashears   25  Kentucky
  • Mary Bell Thompson  4   Kentucky

  • 206/209
  • Alexander Garrison   age 60   Virginia
  • Lucretia Garrison   50   Kentucky
  • William H. Garrison   14   Kentucky

    •             Delila McKinsey and Jane McKenzie Downing have been found in the 1860 census of Mason County, Maysville District, dated 24 July 1860, pages 207 and 208 with the following information:

  • 188/191
  • Jane Downing   age 68   $5,000 Real Estate/$1550 Personal value  born Pennsylvania
  • Robert Downing 33   /14,350 Personal value   Kentucky
  • Jane Downing   30   /2,300 Personal value Kentucky
  • Martha McKinzie   20  
    • Kentucky
                [Robert and Jane Downing are probably children of Jane McKenzie Downing and her husband Robert. They could, however, be husband and wife but with the name Jane it seems more likely that she is a daughter. Since the young Jane was born about 1829/30 that must mean that Robert Downing Sen. probably died c 1829 since Jane appears in the 1830 census of Mason County as head of household without her husband Robert.].

  • 199/202
  • Cynthia Brashears   40 Weaving   $50 Real Estate/$50 personal value   Kentucky
  • Delila McKinsey   105   Pennsylvania
  • Arabilla Thompson  14   Kentucky

    •             [Pennsylvania was given as the birth place however this could be error. It is known that there is a family by that name that is well documented in Maryland the birth place given in 1850. There is however a family of that name in the records of Pennsylvania at that time. Arabilla Thompson age 14 seems to be the same person as Mary Bell Thompson, age 4, in the 1850 census.]. Deliah Brashears McKenzie probably died not long after this. According to this census she seems to have been born ca. 1755 in Maryland but it seems that the likely place is Pennsylvania.

                A list of the children of Mordecai McKenzie and his first wife has not been found. The following is a list of people that lived with him in the 1810 and the 1820 census shows that he could have had four sons and three daughters. From this information and marriage records of the area he could have had the following children:

    1. William McKenzie -  Born c1790.   There is a male over 16 that begins to appear in the Bracken County Tax list for the first time in 1806. This could mean the date of birth of this person was 1790.

    2. Jane Mckenzie -  1791/2 in Pennsylvania.   She was married by Archibald Alexander to Robert Downing   4 Mar 1813 in Bracken County, Kentucky (Book 1, page 31).

    3. Son -  probably born between 1794 and 1800.   Could be Malcom McKenzie who witnessed a marriage in Mason County in 1819.   Malcom has not been found in any other records.

    4. Mordecai McKenzie, Jr.   - Born 1800/01 probably in Bracken County, Kentucky.

    5. male -  Born between 1804 and 1810.   Probably not a son.

    6. female -  Born between 1804 and 1810.  Probably not a daughter.

    7. female -  Born between 1804 and 1810.   Probably not a daughter.

              Mordecai McKenzie Born between ca. 1800/02   Died after 1880

                Mordecai was born between 1799 and 1801 in Kentucky according to the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 census reports. His father was Mordecai McKenzie Sn. proven by a document dated __ July 1816 where he states "my youngest son Mordecai McKinsey". Bracken County was established 1797, and it would appear for now that would be the place of his birth, since his father Mordecai was there by the time of his son Mordecai's birth.
                Mordecai Mckenzie married 1st Ann Tucker in Bracken County, bond dated 30 March 1824 and signed by Edward Tucker. Ann or Anna Tucker was the daughter of Edward Tucker and Polly Burton. According to the 1820 Census of Bracken County Mordecai Sen was living near Edward Tucker.

                The tax lists of Bracken County shows the following information:
  • 1822 Mordica McKinsey Jun., page 20, one male over 21, 1 horse, total value 5.
  • 1823 Could not find in the tax list of Bracken County.
  • 1824 Mordica McKensie Jun., page 24, one male over 21.
  • 1825 Mordica McKenzie Jun., page 27, one male over 21.

    •             Sometime in late 1825 or early 1826 Mordecai and Ann moved to Mason County. This was about the time that his father died. He then begins to show up in the Mason County tax lists with the following information:
  • 1826 Mordica McKinsey, page 33, one male over 21.
  • 1827 James McKinsey, one male over 21
  • 1828 Mordecai McKenzie, page 32, one male over 21.
  • 1829 Mordecai McKenzie Jun., page 36, one male over 21.
  • 1830 Mordicai McKinsey, page 32, one male over 21, 1 horse, $20.
  • James McKinsey, one male over 21

    •             Mordecai is found in the 1830 Census of Mason County, page 223, Western Division, with the following information:
  • 2 males under 5 (1825-1830) probably William and Edward
  • 1 male 20-30 (1800-1810) Mordecai Jr.
  • 1 female 5-10 (1820-1825) probably S.J. McKenzie
  • 1 female 30-40 (1790-1800) Ann Tucker
    •             The female between 5 and 10 born between 1820 and 1825 is not known. It could be a daughter we do not know at this time that would have been born early in 1825, nine months or more after his marriage to Ann Tucker.

                The tax lists for Mason County continue with the following information:
  • 1831 Mordacai McKinsey, one male over 21, 1 horse, $50.
  • 1832 Tax list for Mason County is missing for that year.
  • 1833 Mordacai McKensey, page 40, one male over 21, 1 horse, $40.
  • 1834 Could not find in the Mason County tax list for that year.
  • 1835 Mordecai McKenzie, page 51, one male over 21, 1 horse, $50.

    •             There are no McKenzies found in the Mason County tax lists for 1836, 1837, 1838 or 1839. Mordecai is not listed in the 1840 census index for Kentucky.
                Mordecai Mckenzie married 2nd Rebecca Orme on 25 November 1843 in Mason County. Rebecca was born in Bracken County. At sometime he moved back to the North Fork area of Bracken County.

                Mordecai begins to appear in the tax list for Bracken County again with the following information:
  • 1845 Mordica McKenzie, page 25, 133 1/2 acres, North Fork, $260, one male over 21, 1 horse, $40, 3 children 5-16, $625 total value.
  • 1846 Mordica McKenzie, page 12, 133 acres, North Fork, $266, one male over 21, 2 horses, $40, 1 child 5-16, $306 total value.
  • 1847 Mordecai McKenzie, page 13, 133 acres, $270, one male over 21, 2 horses, $40, 1 child 5-16, $310 total value.
  • 1848 Could not find in the Bracken County tax list for that year.
  • 1849 Mordecai McKenzie, page 13, 133 acres, $400, one male over 21, 2 horses, $50, 1 cow, 5 children 5-16, $450 total value.
  • William McKenzie, page 13, one male over 21.
  • 1850 Mordecai McKenzie, page 13, 133 acres, $665, one male over 21, 1 horse, $50, 1 cow, 3 children 5-16, $715 total value.
  • William McKenzie, page 13 one male over 21, 1 horse, $35, $35 total value.

    •             Mordecai is found in the 1850 Census of Bracken County, Kentucky (page 398) taken 24 July 1850 with the following information:

  • 200/200
  • Mordica McKenzie   age 50   farmer  born Ky  Value of Real estate $300
  • Rebecca McKenzie   45  Ky
  • Edward McKenzie   21   Ky
  • Amos McKenzie   11  Ky
  • Soloman McKenzie   7  Ky
  • Malcomb McKenzie   5  Ky
  • John McKenzie  2  Ky
  • Jane McKenzie   13 months  Ky
  • 201/201
  • Joseph Galbriath  age 19  farmer   Ky

  • 202/202
  • Walter Arms   age 50  farmer   Ky
  • Lucretia Arms  45   Ky
  • Nancy Arms   20   Ky
  • Elizabeth Arms  18  Ky
  • Mary Arms  16   Ky
  • Jane Arms   11   Ky
  • Matilda Arms   11   Ky

    •             [Walter Arms has proven to be Walter Ormes as proven in other records and census. Arms seems to be a phonetic spelling by the census taker]
  • 203/203
  • William McKenzie   age 25   farmer   Ky
  • Mary Jane McKenzie   20   Ky

    •             Mordecai was a basket maker, shingle maker, cleared timber for new crop lands. He is thought to be buried at the Brierly Cemetery near Mt. Olivet. The graves are marked with plain creek stones. Sara Jane is also buried at the Brylie Cemetery.
                Mordecai is found in the 1880 Census of Robertson County, Mt. Olivet Precinct. His age was given as 79 [born ca. 1801] that his father was born in Scotland and his mother Pennsylvania and that he was a farmer. His wife's name was Rebecca and the she was 63 years of age [b. ca 1817], that she was "keeping house" and that both her mother and father were born in Virginia. The only other person that was living with them was Elisabeth Williams who was listed as a "sister in law" of Mordecai and her age was given as 60 [born ca. 1820]. The birth place of both of her parents was also given as Virginia. Mordecai is thought to have had a daughter S. J. McKenzie that married Alvy Williams.

                Malcolm McKenzie, son of Mordecia, is found in the 1880 census of Robertson County, Mt. Olivet Precinct, page 275B.
  • M. McKenzie   34   farmer   [1846]
  • Elisabeth McKenzie  34  keeping house [1846]
  • William R. McKenzie   13   [1867]
  • Eliza J. McKenzie   9   [1871]
  • Sarah M. McKenzie   6   [1874]
  • Mary L. McKenzie   4   [1876]
  • Charles McKenzie   2   [1878]
  • R. Phillips   mother-in-law   65   Boarder   [1815]
  • Hannah Phillips   sister-in-law   39   Boarder   [1841]

    •             R. Phillips' mother and father were stated as being been born in Virginia. Roena's maiden name was Tucker. She was the younger sister of Ann Tucker, the first wife of Mordecai McKenzie, Jr. Roena's father was Edward Tucker. Elizabeth McKenzie in this census was Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Roena Tucker Phillips and her husband Leonard Phillips.

                George McKenzie is found in the 1880 census of Robertson County, Mt. Olivet Precinct, page 275B.

  • George McKenzie  30   farmer   [1850]
  • Martha A. McKenzie  24  keeping house   [1856]
  • Samuel L. McKenzie 4   [1876]
  • Mary D. McKenzie   3   [1877]
  • George T. Prather   7   adopted son  [1873]

    •             Martha A. McKenzie stated that her father was born in Pennsylvania. The parents of George T. Prather or his relation to George or Martha are not known at this time.

    The following seem to be some of the children of Mordecai McKenzie and his first wife Ann Tucker:
    1. S. J. McKenzie - Born c1825. She married Alvy Williams 23 Jul 1846 (date of the bond) in Bracken County.

    2. William N. McKenzie - Born 20 Feb 1827. Died 6 Jun 1889. He is buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery on the highway. William begins to appear in the tax list of 1849 as 21 making the date of his birth ca. 1826. He appears in the 1850 census where he is age 25 [b. ca. 1825]. In the census his wife's name was Mary Jane [last name not known]. This must have been a 1st marriage for William N. He married 2nd Nancy Ann Mastin on 9 June 1880 at the residence of the groom, Robertson Co., Ky. The groom was 53. This was the first marriage for Nancy Ann who was from Madison County, Ky. There would be no children of this second marriage. After William's death she married William Sanders

    3. Edward McKenzie - Born c1829. He was married by William Hill to Sarah "Sally" Ann Arns [Orme] on 18 March 1851 in Bracken County, Kentucky (Book 1, page 93). Edward and Walter Orme were sureties. Benjamin W. Payne, attest to the bond. Bond and marriage dated the same.
    Children:
  • (1.) Mary F. McKenzie – Born 7 Nov 1864, Bracken Co. Died 2 Nov 1945, Eastern State Hospital, Lexington. She married Jesse Sanders;
  • (2.) Phoebe Ann McKenzie – Born August 1866. Died 15 Mar 1958, Eastern State Hospital, Lexington. She married Harve Cracraft;
  • (3.) George Malcom McKenzie – Born 12 Jan 1870 Mason Co. Died 29 May 1952 [Death Certificate No. 116-52-9035] Newport, Campbell Co.;
  • (4.) Charles Thomas McKenzie – Born 2 Feb. 1872, Mason Co. Died 20 Mar 1946, Brooksville, Bracken Co., Ky. [Death Certificate No. 5600]. He married Carrie Orme.
  • (5.) William Edward McKenzie – Born before 1945.
  • (6.) Matilda Jane McKenzie – Born before 1945. She married an Orme.

    • 4. Jane McKenzie - Born c1837. Still at home in 1850.

    5. Amos McKenzie - Born c1839. There was an Amos living with Mordecai Jr. in the 1850 Census age 11.

    The children of Mordecai McKenzie and second wife Rebecca Orme were:
    1. Solomon Lee McKenzie - Born 7 Nov 1844. Died 18 Jul 1930. Still at home in 1850 He married Sarah Jane Phillips

    2. Malcolm McKenzie - Born 1845/6. Died 17 Feb 1904, Lexington, Fayette Co. He is buried in the Lexington Cemetery. Malcolm married 1st to Elizabeth Phillips in Bracken County on 24 Mar 1866 (Book 1, page 265). Amos Orme, security. They were married by Thomas G. Riggs at the residence of Thomas Briely's. She was born 24 Mar 1866 and died June 1885. Peter Linville and Rice Curtis witnessed to marriage.
    Malcolm and Elizabeth had:
  • (1.) William R. McKenzie – Born c1867, Robertson Co.
  • (2.) Eliza J. McKenzie – Born July 1869, Robertson Co.
  • (3.) Sarah M. McKenzie – Born c1873, Robertson Co. She married William Garrison on 19 May 1892 Robertson Co.
  • (4.) Mary L. McKenzie – Born 28 Apr 1875.
  • (5.) Charles H. McKenzie – Born 25 Dec 1878, Robertson Co. Died 21 Jul 1958, Nicholas Co. He married Nora Alice Graves. She was born 1888 and died 1963.
  • (6.) Henry Thomas McKenzie – Born 5 Jan 1881, Robertson Co. Died 23 Dec 1953, Robertson Co. He married Hattie Shields. She was born 23 Feb 1895 and died August 1985, Morehead, Rowan Co.
    • By his second wife Minerva Garrison he had four children. Both Malcolm and Minerva died and the four children were sent to a children's home in Louisville and they entered the home on 15 Apr 1907. Their names were:
  • (1.) Lillie M. McKenzie – Born 18 Aug 1894, Robertson Co. Died 24 Nov 1919, Robertson Co. She married Vincent Kabler on 15 Feb 1911, Robertson Co. He was born c1878.
  • (2.) Willis McKenzie – Born 17 Aug 1896, Robertson Co. He was age 13 in 1907 which would make him born c1894. He married Violet Graves on 26 Jan 1916, Robertson Co. She was born 26 Jan 1901, Mason Co.
  • (3.) Phoebe McKenzie – Born c1892. She was age 11 in 1907. She married Elmer Shields on 9 May 1914, Mt. Olivet, Robertson Co. He was born c1894, Robertson Co.
  • (4.) Nettie Kathleen McKenzie – Born c1902. She was age 5 in 1907. She was the only one that got adopted.
    • [The people who signed the papers for the children's home were Aunt Mary Eliza Cooper of Mt. Olivet and Uncle McKenzie also of Mt. Olivet. Aunt Mary Eliza Cooper has been identified as Mary Eliza Curtis who married Mason Cooper. Mason Cooper's first wife was Eliza Garrison. Mason and Eliza (Garrison) Cooper had on daughter, Mary Cooper who was born c1854. Eliza (Garrison) Cooper probably died in childbirth. Mary Eliza (Curtis) Cooper raised young Eliza Cooper as her stepmother. It has not been figured out why she called herself Aunt Mary Eliza Cooper at the children's home in Louisville.]

    3. John McKenzie - Born August 1847.

    4. George W. (or T.) McKenzie - Born 25 Mar 1850, Bracken Co. Died 17 Feb 1892. He married Martha A. Mullikin on 28 Oct 1873, Robertson County. She was born 21 Feb 1854, Nicholas Co. and died 23 Feb 1930, Bourbon Co. In 1900 she was living at Flat Rock, Bourbon Co. They had:
  • (1.) Samuel L. McKenzie – Born 13 Jun 1875. Died 16 Aug 1962, Fayette Co. In 1930 he was living at Ruddles Mills, Bourbon Co. He married 1st to Mamie. She was born c1888. He married 2nd to Sophia M. Longbottom. She was born 13 Dec 1906 and died 25 Jan 1931. She was the daughter of Henry Longbottom. By his 2nd wife Sophia they had:
  • (a.) C. Louise McKenzie – Born c1923, Bourbon Co.
  • (b.) Martha M. McKenzie – Born 22 Sep 1923, Bourbon Co.
  • (c.) Ruby M. McKenzie – Born 23 Aug 1926, Bourbon Co.
  • (d.) Helen McKenzie – Born c1929 Bourbon Co.
  • (2.) Mary Dallas McKenzie – Born 25 Feb 1878, Mason Co. Died 15 Aug 1947, Fayette Co.
  • (3.) Alonzo McKenzie – Born 14 Jan 1881, Mason Co. Died 29 Sep 1961, Fayette Co. (resident of Bourbon Co.). He married Allie Cooper on 17 Dec 1903, Clark Co. She was born c1879, Bourbon Co. She was the daughter of Archibald P. Cooper (1847-1894) and Martha F. (Cassity) Cooper (1847-1926).
  • (4.) Carlos McKenzie – Born 28 May 1883. Died 9 Mar 1943.
  • (5.) Amos S. McKenzie – Born 25 Apr 1885. Died 5 Dec 1970, North Middletown, Bourbon Co. He married Ethel Medlin. She was born 5 Dec 1894 and died 26 Sep 1979, Bourbon Co. In 1910 they were living at Flat Rock, Bourbon Co. They had:
  • (a.) Florence McKenzie – Born c1912.
  • (b.) Christine McKenzie – Born c1924.
  • (c.) Nettie McKenzie – Born 13 Dec 1922, Paris, Bourbon Co. Died 1 Apr 1997, San Diego, California. She married a Gallbraith.
  • (6.) Jenetta ‘Nettie’ McKenzie – Born 11 Jun 1887. Died 7 Mar 1913, Fayette Co.
  • (7.) James Edward McKenzie – Born 28 Oct 1889. Died 13 may 1974, Chariton Twp., Lucas Co., Iowa. Between 1900 and 1810 he moved from Flat Rock, Bourbon Co. to Logan Co., Kansas.
  • (8.) George W. McKenzie – Born 28 Aug 1891. Died 19 Feb 1892.

    • 5. Georgia McKenzie - Born c1852.

    6. Lucy Ann McKenzie - Born 4 Nov 1853. Could have married first James E. Baldwin 21 Dec 1871 in Mason County, Ky. or married James E. Henson in Robertson County on 21 Dec 1871 (Page 36). She lived in Mayslick in 1930.
    (up date 6/17/2013 by: JMW, Lucy Ann McKenzie who married James E. Henson on 21 Dec 1871 in Robertson Co. KY at the residence of Mordecai McKenzie. The Robertson Co. Marriage Bond, on page 394, appears to have Mordecai McKenzie's signature.)

    Solomon Lee McKenzie Born 7 Nov 1844 Died 18 Jul 1930

                Solomon Lee McKenzie was born 7 Nov 1844 in Bracken County, Kentucky. His death certificate says that he was the son of Mordecai McKenzie and Rebecca (Ormes) McKenzie. Rebecca's name was spelled Harms instead of Ormes on the certificate.
                Solomon married Sarah Jane ("Sally") Phillips. She was the daughter of Leonard Phillips and Roenna Tucker, sister of Ann Tucker, the first wife of his father Mordecai. Sarah Jane was born 1843.
                Solomon is found in the 1850 Census of Bracken County, Kentucky, page 398, taken 24 July 1850. He was listed as age 7 in the household of his father, Mordecai.

                Mordecai, Junior, was not found in the 1860 index of the Kentucky census for that year, therefore Solomon has not been found in that census.
                (update 6/17/2013 by: JMW)
  • 1860 United States Federal Census
  • Name: Mardica(Mordecai) McKenzie
  • Age in 1860: 60
  • Birth Year: abt 1800
  • Birthplace: Kentucky
  • Home in 1860: Eastern District, Bracken, Kentucky
  • Gender: Male
  • Post Office: Augusta
  • Household Members: Name Age
  • Mardica McKenzie 60
  • Rebecca McKenzie 48
  • Solomon McKenzie 14
  • George McKenzie 12
  • Georgia McKenzie 8
  • Lucy A McKenzie 6

    •             A law was enacted on 11 February 1867 creating Robertson County out of Mason and Bracken Counties. The law became effective 1 August 1867.

                The 1870 Census of Robertson County, Kentucky, Mount Olivet, Voting Precinct #2, taken 24 July 1870, page 442, shows the following for Solomon McKenzie:

  • Dwelling #52
  • Family #53
  • line   age  occupation   place born
  • 24 Solomon McKenzie   26  Farmer   $11,520/$520  Ky.
  • 25 Sarah J. McKenzie   26  Keeping House   Ky.
  • 26 Josifine F. McKenzie  5   Ky.
  • 27 Teary J. McKenzie   3   Ky.
  • 28 Charlie T. McKenzie  2   Ky.
  • Dwelling #53
  • Family #54
  • 29 Thomas Brierly   85  Retired Farmer  Ky.
  • 30 Roanna Phillips   53   House Keeper  Ky.

    •             Roanna Phillips listed next door to Solomon McKenzie and Sarah Jane (Phillips) McKenzie is the mother of Sarah Jane. Roanna married Leonard Phillips 21 August 1835 in Mason County, Kentucky. Leonard Phillips is the father of Sarah Jane. From her age in the 1870 Census, Roanna should have been born ca. 1817 in Bracken County, Kentucky. This means that Roanna was about 27 when her daughter Sarah Jane was born and about 18 when she married Leonard Phillips.
                There is a possible connection of the Brierly family with the Tucker family. George Brierly, born ca. 1757 in Maryland came to Mason County and according to record married there on 27 March 1793 (age approximately 36). He had been a soldier in the American Revolution and had appeared in Mason County Court on 10 September 1832 for a pension for services rendered in the war. His wife at the time was Mary. George died in Bracken County on 30 September 1833. Mary Brierly, the widow of the pensioner, appointed Charles C. Tucker to be her lawful attorney on 9 May 1853 in Bracken County. On 28 July 1852, Thomas Brierly appeared in Bracken County Court and stated that he knew the pensioner and his widow and he also said that they were married as the widow had declared and that her husband had received a pension, and that the pensioner died at the time and place as stated by his widow. The 1870 census says that Thomas Brierly was born ca. 1785 in Kentucky but the 1850 census says he was born in Maryland in 1790. He was probably born in Maryland could be a son of George Brierly by a previous marriage. Also in the 1850 census Thomas Brierly whose wife's name was Margaret (born Virginia) has living with him William Tucker, age 19 (born 1831). It is possible that Charles C. Tucker mentioned could have been related to Roanna (Tucker) Phillips and possibly a brother.
                Solomon McKenzie is found in the 1880 Census of Robertson County, Kentucky, Precinct #2, Mt. Olivet, Volume 25, E.D. 180, Sheet 10, Line 35, page 275B with the following information:

  • Solomon McKenzie   age 35  [1845]   farmer
  • Sarah J. McKenzie 36  [1846]  keeping house
  • Josephene F. McKenzie  15  [1865]
  • Ferry J. McKenzie 13   [1867]
  • Charles T. McKenzie  11   [1869]
  • Nora E. McKenzie   9   [1871]
  • Cora McKenzie   7   [1873]
  • Arrie T. McKenzie   4   [1876]
  • John H. McKenzie   3 months  [1880]

    •             His obituary was in the Lexington Herald, 19 July 1930 and stated that he was a retired farmer. He died at the home of his son on Bryan Station Pike north of Lexington. He was the son of Maudakie [Mordecai] McKenzie and Becky Harms [Ormes]. He was member of the Elkhorn Christian Church.
                Solomon was a tall thin man. He always wore a blue suit and a starched white shirt. In later years he lived with Hargus and Aggie. He was an avid fiddle player. Soloman, Hargus and Paul were walking down Bryan Station Road toward Castlewood Park when Soloman suffered a fatal heart attack. They were going to Castlewood to attend a fiddlers contest.

                Sarah Jane Phillips McKenzie died in 1902.

                The children of Solomon L. and Sarah Jane (Phillips) McKenzie are as follows:
    1. Josephine "Cricket" Phillips McKenzie - Born c1865, Robertson Co. She married Deck Hall. They lived in Greenfield, Ohio. They had: (1.) Anna Hall.

    2. Farinda "Ferry" J. McKenzie - Born c1867, Robertson Co. She married Harlan Tatman. They had: (1.) Olie Tatman (2.) Leonard Tatman, (3.) Margaret Tatman.

    3. Charles Thomas "Tom" McKenzie - Born c1869, Robertson Co. Died 1916. Never married. Fought in the Spanish American War 1899 (sharpshooter). Was killed in 1916 being pushed from a window in Army barracks in the Philippine Islands over a card game. Died 16 months short of retiring from the Army.

    4. Nora Bell McKenzie - According to death certificate she was born 19 April 1869 (her tombstone says 1872; shown as 9 years old in census on 1 June 1880 thus could be 1871). Her obituary said she was 78 in Oct 1948, thus could be 1870. Probably born 19 Apr 1871, Robertson Co. Died 17 Oct 1948 at 8 a.m. after brief illness at her home on 114 Wabash Dr., Lexington. She is buried in the Lexington Cemetery Section 8, Lot 15. She was a member of Woodland Christian Church in Lexington. It said she was born in Robertson County. She married William M. Hall.

    5. Cora Ellen McKenzie - Born 1873, Robertson Co. Died 1967. She married James William 'Will' Dumas and lived in Covington, Kentucky. He was born 1869 and died 1917. They had:
  • (1.) Lutie Elizabeth Dumas – Born 1911. Died 1958. She married 1st to George Renz. She married 2nd to Joseph Schwab,
  • (2.) Lena River Dumas – Born 1893. Died 1963. She married Luther King. He was born 1893 and died 1958.
  • (3.) Sallie Ethel Dumas - Born 1895./ Died 1977. She married William J. Heffler. He was born 1895.
  • (4.) Iva Marie Dumas Born 1899. Died 1978. He married Alvie Parsons. She died 1961.
  • (5.) German Thomas Dumas – Born 1902. Died 1979. He married Louise Jaeger. He married 2nd Hester.
  • (6.) William Hargus Dumas - Born 1906. He married Valanda Mae Cartwright She was born 1910.
  • (7.) Robert Baker Dumas – Born 1908. Died 1980. He married 1st to Ann Waykoff. He married 2nd to Lorraine Thornberry).

    • 6. Arrie McKenzie - Born 28 June 1875, Robertson County. Died in infancy.

    7. Matilda "Arie" T. McKenzie - Born July 1876, Robertson County. Married Charles Buchmann. Was living in Covington in 1930. They had:
  • (1.) Stanley Buchmann - Drowned at Carmargo Slate Creek when he was 6 years old.
  • (2.) Virginia Beatrice ‘Bee’ Buchmann – Born 1907. She never married.
  • (3.) Cora ‘Corrie’ Elizabeth Buchmann - Born 1913. She never married.

    • 8. John Hargus McKenzie - Born 30 Mar 1880. Died 29 Jan 1964. He married Agnes "Aggie" Lee Scott on 24 December 1901. She was born 17 Apr 1880, Jessamine Co., Ky. and died 20 Nov 1963. Both are buried in the Lexington Cemetery. He was a dairy farmer in Jessamine County and owned a large farm near Handy's Bend, Wilmore, Ky. on the Kentucky River in Garrard Co. He invested heavily in land and lost almost everything during the Great Depression. He move to Fayette County where he ran a small dairy, and was sharecropper. He never learned to drive an auto or tractor and all farming was worked from horse and wagon. They had:
  • (1.) Soloman ‘Dommie’ McKenzie - Born 7 Dec 1902. Died 1992. He married 15 Mar 1930 to Etta Mae Fain. She was born 9 May 1912 and died 1988).
  • (2.) John Hargus McKenzie, Jr. - Born 20 Sep. Died 28 Dec 1947. He married 15 Mar 1931 to Mary Elliott.
  • (3.) Eugene McKenzie – Born 14 May 1906. Died 16 Dec 1987. He married 1st to Elnora Dye. He married 2nd Leila Street in 1931. She died 1972. He married 3rd to Ethel on 28 Feb 1973.
  • (4.) Nettie Douglas McKenzie - Born 24 Mar 1909. Died 5 Dec 1967. She married to Jasper Vernon Hillard. He was born 6 Feb 1906 and died 15 Nov 1971.
  • (5.) Charles Bannister McKenzie - Born 23 Jan 1911. Died 1990. He married 1st Ann Lilly Hyde. She died 1995. He married 2nd to Vassilke Allen. She died 1997.
  • (6.) Grace Dell McKenzie - Born 31 Jan 1913. Died 15 Apr 1994. She married 3 Mar 1933 to Raymond Ora Allison. He was born 4 June 1903 and died 1990.
  • (7.) Willard Irvin “Pete” McKenzie - Born 18 Nov 1914. Died 29 Feb 1984. He married 24 Nov 1937 to ] Vinnie Lee Kirk. She was born 29 Nov 1903 and died 1 Nov 1992.
  • (8.) Jennie Bell “Jenabell” McKenzie - Born 11 Dec 1917. Died 1 Mar 1979. She married 12 Nov 1938 to William John Henry. He was born 13 Jan ? and died 19 Jan 1982.
  • (9.) Pearl Elizabeth McKenzie - Born 28 May 1919. Died 18 Jun 1978. She married 25 Dec 1938 to J ohn Lewis Botkin. He was born 11 Nov 1914 and died Nov, 1974.
  • (10.) Thomas Edward McKenzie - Born 7 Mar 1920. Died shortly after birth.
  • (11.) Infant son - Still born 28 Jul 1922.
  • (12.) Paul Vernon McKenzie - Born 6 Sep 1925. He married 4 May 1946 to Rebecca Gross Fain. She was born 25 Aug 1925.

    • 9. Alfred Elbert McKenzie - Born 30 Aug 1881. He married Lutie Burke. She was born c1882. They were living in Covington in 1920. They had:
  • (1.) Samuel McKenzie – Born c 1902.
  • (2.) Thelma McKenzie – Born c1908. She married Joseph Stieff.
  • (3.) Mae McKenzie - Born c1910. Died 2000. She married Robert Pendleton.
  • (4.) Freddie B. McKenzie - Died about 6 years old.

    • 10. William "Willie" McKenzie - Born 1885. Died at age 3 (c1888). He is buried at Mt. Olivet, Ky.


    POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS TO OUR MORDECAI

                Martha McKenzie - Born ca. 1839. This is probably the Martha McKinsey who married Henry A. Baldwin on 14 November 1861, Mason County. Her father has not yet been proven.

                Mordock Otis McKenzie (1738-1813) - He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, ca. 1738, the son of John McKenzie and Catherine Gabriel. He seems to have come alone to the colony of Maryland, where he spent a few years owning property in Montgomery County. He later moved to Culpepper County, Virginia, where he married Jemima Chapman, ca. 1764. They later moved to Walkers Creek on the New River in Giles County, Virginia, where Jemima and four children were massacred by Indians in May 1776. Two of the young girls were taken by the Indians in the raid and remained in the Detroit and Sandusky area for 18 years. Mordock and his son Isaac (b.1758) were out looking for their horses when this happened. Mordock was to marry three more times after this. He married second Eunice Allen and third Sally. He died on Five Mile Fork of East River in 1813. Two of his sons, Isaac, and John (by his fourth wife) were to settle in what was then Floyd County, Kentucky. Isaac served in the Revolutionary War, and John in the last two weeks of the War of 1812. John's wife was Sary and they had James, Daniel, John, Alexander, Isaac, Elizabeth, Polly . Of the other children of Mordock, a son went to Tennessee, one to Illinois and one remained in Giles County, Virginia. In the History of Giles County, Virginia, Mordock's name is also spelled Mordica. This is the same spelling of our Mordecai in some of the Mason and Bracken County records. We do not know of a connection between Mordock and our Mordecai. Mordock would have been of the same generation as the father of Mordecai and it appears that Mordock is not the father of our ancestor.

                Murdock McKenzey - was granted 560 acres on the Licking River in what was then Fayette County, Virginia (Kentucky). Survey date 12 September 1784; grant date 20 August 1786. Possibly the same person as Mordock. The Licking River is over 150 miles long, and today stretches from Floyd County to the Ohio River opposite Cincinnati. We do not know the location of the land grant on the Licking River.

                William McKinsey - is found in the Fayette County, Kentucky tax list of 1787, a neighbor of John Paterson. The name of what appears to be Mordecai Senior's oldest son was William.

                Alexander McKinzy - is found in the Bourbon County, Kentucky tax list of 1787. Mordock had a grandson named Alexander, the son of John.

                Reuben McKenzie - was married to Susan ______. He assisted in the building of the fort at Lexington, Kentucky in 1782. He fought in the Battle of Blue Licks where he was wounded and escaped.

    Researcher are:
    Jim Calhoun:
    807 Phoenix Dr.
    Champaign, IL 61820
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    Durham, NC 227705
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    Tom Dumas:
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    June McKenzie Mulloy (daughter of Paul Vernon McKenzie)
    2105 Hart Ct.
    Lexington, KY 40502

    Judith Schwab
    HC5 Box 323
    Old Town, FL 32680

    Beth MacKenzie, Secretary
    Clan McKenzie Society
    P.O. Box 1585
    Lowell, MA 01853

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