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- Named heir at law--Bill Jobe letter to JET Note by JET in correspondence between Hunter B. McKay and J. B. Taylor that this was "Uncle Abraham from Tennessee."
Myra Compton Allnutt Records
Aunt Peggy (Margaret McKay [q.v.], daughter of Col. Jeremiah McKay) tells about Uncle Abram McKay coming from Tennessee and bringing her a brass shawl pin.
Joined the Baptists and was disowned by the Quakers. --- O'Dell. Over the Misty Blue Hills, p. 103
Was called Lieutenant Colonel and removed to Cocke Co., Tenn. --- O'Dell. Over the Misty Blue Hills, p. 113
"Lieutenant Abraham McKay, with wife Rachel O'Dell, removed to Cocke County Tennessee from Shenandoah County Virginia in 1783. Sevier had negotiated two treaties by which the Cherokees had ceded to the State of Franklin all lands lying between the French Broad and the Little Tennessee Rivers. What is now Cocke County was then opened up to settlement.
"By the 1783 census in Shenandoah County, Abraham McKay had ten in family with two blacks and lived near his brother, Jeremiah McKay who had ten whites and 1 black....
"Abraham and Rachel O'Dell McKay lived on the French Broad River about three miles above Newport (Old Town). Soon after he established his new home, he became Lieutenant Colonel, under Colonel William Lillard in a company of men organized to recover the horses and cattle stolen from the new settlers on the French Broad and Big Pigeon Rivers. His place was maintained as a Fort after 1783 where the women and children could be kept in safety. William McKay and William Whitson were sent as a committee asking that a Baptist Church be organized in the Shenandoah community now settled in Tennessee. He and his wife Rachel were among the charter members. He acted as the Clerk of the congregation until 1832, at which time, his son, Jeremiah took over the duties. In turn, Jeremiah's son, Jeremiah McKay also served.
"Abraham and Rachel O'Dell McKay had eight children of which the following five are known...." --- O'Dell. Over the Misty Blue Hills, pp. 115-116
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Taylor Family Genealogy
, d. Abt 1780, Shenandoah Co., Va