[Stuart.FTW]

"Hamden J. McKey was born in Jefferson County, Miss., where he resided till some time after his third marriage when he removed to Copiah County and settled at Burtonton, where his lands lay in a very fertile valley between White Oak and Bayou Pierre Creeks. His home was equipped with all the usual ante-bellum necessary machinery for the maintenance of the large number of slaves that tilled the lands and attended his family. A typical picture of Southern life before the war could have been taken from this home. He and his family were Presbyterians, and he an elder in that church, with all of the beliefs that are fostered by the true churchman, made his home one where piety and godliness were nurtured and where God was held supreme."
"On sundays, the family with a retinue of servants rode sometimes many miles to church, often times to Port Gibson or to the Brick Church at Red Lick."
"The children of this home were educated by governesses, and later sent to college. the boys served their country in some of its hardest fought battles, in the service of the Confederacy. Hamden J. Mackey, on account of his age and being disabled, did not enter active service, but furnished corn and other provisions to the soldiers, and his home was an asylum for the wounded and sick and any who chanced to pass his door."
"After the war, he accepted the privations that came to all Southerners, and determined to establish once more his estate as it had been, but before he saw the accomplishment of the end his death occurred, and his family left the old home and moved to Crystal Springs, where they lived till removed by death or for business reasons, Mrs. Robert Jones being the only daughter now living in Crystal Springs."

from "Descendants of Isaac Ross and Jean Brown and Allied Families"

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Letter from Hamden J. Mckey to Jacob K. Hill:

July 24, 1850

Dear Father:

As Robert is going to spend a part of his vacation with his friends, I have an oppoutunity of writing to you and letting you know how we are. The health of our place is very good except Ann, and she has not been entirely well since she was at your house. My general health has been better this spring and summer than it has been in several years, having had nothing the matter with me but a sore toe, from which I am suffering a good deal at present, not being able to walk without a good deal of pain. The rest are all well.

I wrote to New Orleans to Mr. Roseau about ten days ago to find out if he was in New Orleans and if he intended to come to Jackson this summer, and to know about the land, when I could be sure to see him in New Orleans if he did not intend to come to Jackson. To this letter I ought to get an answer in another week, and if he writes to please me I may come up to see you some time next month, and I shall want to see Mr. Lloyd.

I wrote to Roseau to know what he would take for all the Lloyd land near Burtonton, embracing the old residence and land lying on both sides of Bayou Pierre and White Oak. As I did not know how to describe the land in any better way, I thought it best to say we would take the whole of the land in that township.

My cotton crop is a bad stand, but corn tolerably fair. I did not plant to make much. Hail Cheek was in my cotton yesterday, and said it was the best cotton he had seen. I have not seen any but my own for some time, and do not know how it will compare with other crops. I shall get it in good order in a few days more, if the weather remains as it now is.

We would be glad to see you and mother and any of the family that can come to see us. Nothing more.

I remain, your affectionate son,
H. J. McKey
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From Bob Thompson:
See Virginia Miller Clark handwritten notes:
"Miss Louise Killingsworth--family connection through the 1st marriage fo Hamden Jordan McKey of Jefferson Co., Miss. (died at Burtonton, Copiah Co.) whose first wife was Hibernia Margaret Hughes, daughter of Felix & Margaret Miller Hughes & niece of Gen. Andrew Pickens of SC. Second marriage of Hamdend Jordan McKay (in 1838) to Sarah Jane Killingsworth, dau of Noel & Jane Scott Killingsworth. Third marriage (in 1846) to Sara Ann Hill dau of Jacob Killingsworth & Rebecca Gibson Sims"

"The Mackeys and Allied Families," p. 437 for birth year (1811) also that was child of Daniel Mackey; p. 438 for marriage to Hibernia Margaret Hughes.
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1850 US Federal Census
Jefferson County, Mississippi
25 Aug 1850, p.112A, HH 483

H. J. McKey 37y/o WM Farmer $3000 MS
S. A. McKey 2?y/o WF MS
Rosannie McKey 10y/o WF MS
N. K. McKey 8y/o WM MS
H. J. McKey, Jr 2y/o WM MS
E. J. McKey (?) 4y/o WF MS
W. L. McKey (?) 13y/o? WM MS
(illegible) 16y/o WM Overseer MS
Note: Poorly legible census. W.L. McKey is possibly William Lemuel, Hamden's younger brother from his father's second marriage
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1860 US Federal Census
Copiah County, Mississippi
2 Oct 1860
p. 926, HH 1076

Name Age Sex Occupation RE/PE Birth

H. J. McKey 49y/o M Farmer $15,000/$57,000 MS
Sarah 39y/o F MS
Noel K. 19y/o M MS
Hamlin 13y/o M MS
Elizabeth 11y/o F MS
Mary 9y/o F MS
Clara 6y/o F MS

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US Federal Census
Copiah County
Mississippi
Enumerated 9 Aug 1870
p. 187A

Name Age/sex Occupation Real/Personal Birth Place

McKey, Hamdon 59 y/o WM Farmer $5000/$5000 MS
Sarah A. 49 y/o WF Keep House MS

Mary 35 y/o WF MS
Hamdon, Jr 22 y/o WM Farmer -----/$250 MS
Clara 16 y/o WF MS

Eslis 12 y/o BF MS
Ada 10 y/o BF MS
Martha 12 y/o WF MS

Note: Grandfather and father of Elizabeth Ann Mckey Lloyd.

• Married: 20 AUG 1846 ^{6 2}

1. Hamden John MCKEY b: 5 DEC 1845 in Copiah Co, Mississippi
2. Elizabeth Ann MCKEY b: 9 FEB 1850 in Fayette, Jefferson Co, Mississippi
3. Mary Rebecca MCKEY b: 5 FEB 1852
4. Clara Frances MCKEY b: 20 AUG 1854

1. Title: Descendants of Isaac Ross and Jean Brown and Allied Families
   Author: Mrs Annie Mims Wright
   Publication: Originally published in 1911 by Annie Julia Mims Wright by Consumer Stationary and Printing Co. in Jackson, Mississippi and reprinted in the 1970s by Conger Printing Co, Inc; 1619 Chattahoochee Ave N.W.; Atlanta, Georgia 30318, 352-1916
   Note: Excellent
   Repository:
   Note: 1911 reference copy for this database is owned by Elizabeth Walker in Jackson, MS and the Dallas Public Library
   Media: Book
2. Title: Stuart.FTW
   Repository:
   Media: Other
   Text: Date of Import: May 19, 2001
3. Title: Hill Cemetery
   Author: Frances A. Cook, transcriber
   Publication: Originally published in "Cemeteries and Bible Records", MS Genealogical Society, Vol I, pp 126 - 127, 1954.
   Note: Excellent
   Repository:
   Note: Copiah Co GenWeb Site, located T12N R5E in the woods several miles south of Carpenter, MS
   Media: Tombstone
   Page: p. 127
   Text: "Hamden J. McKey/ b. in Jefferson Co., Miss., Jan. 11, 1811/ d. June 1, 1871"
4. Title: Hill Cemetery
   Author: Frances A. Cook, transcriber
   Publication: Originally published in "Cemeteries and Bible Records", MS Genealogical Society, Vol I, pp 126 - 127, 1954.
   Note: Excellent
   Repository:
   Note: Copiah Co GenWeb Site, located T12N R5E in the woods several miles south of Carpenter, MS
   Media: Tombstone
   Text: "Hamden J. McKey/ b. in Jefferson Co., Miss., Jan. 11, 1811/ d. June 1, 1871"
5. Title: Cemetery and Bible Records - Mississippi Genealogical Society
   Author: Fannye A. Cook
   Note: Excellent
   Repository:
   Note: Fort Worth Public Library
   Media: Book
   Page: p. 127
   Text: "Hamden J. McKey/ b. in Jefferson Co., Miss., Jan. 11, 1811/ d. June 1, 1871"
6. Title: Descendants of Isaac Ross and Jean Brown and Allied Families
   Author: Mrs Annie Mims Wright
   Publication: Originally published in 1911 by Annie Julia Mims Wright by Consumer Stationary and Printing Co. in Jackson, Mississippi and reprinted in the 1970s by Conger Printing Co, Inc; 1619 Chattahoochee Ave N.W.; Atlanta, Georgia 30318, 352-1916
   Note: Excellent
   Repository:
   Note: 1911 reference copy for this database is owned by Elizabeth Walker in Jackson, MS and the Dallas Public Library
   Media: Book
   Text: Marriage date from Mississippi Marriages 1829-1900. Name of wife given as Mrs. Sarah Ann Brant, indicating a missing or erroneous previous marriage