Daniel and Deborah lived in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania after they were married in 1777. Their daughter Mary was baptized in 1781 in Philadelphia and Daniel was taxed as a weaver in Northern Liberties Township in Philadelphia County in 1782. It is not known where they lived between 1782 and 1798. The first record for them in Western Pennsylvania is a 1798 U.S. direct tax record for Daniel McCoy in Armstrong Township, Westmoreland County. According to the tax record, he owned a small cabin, 10 x 24 feet, worth $20 and was taxed on 140 acres worth $210. He was living on land owned by John McQuiston and was living adjacent to Benjamin Walker. The biographical entry for his grandson Church Smith McCoy in the Indiana County History by Arms and White states he (Daniel McCoy) was "an early settler on Crooked Creek" and "at one time resided on what is now the Benjamin Walker farm. He was a scout in the Indian Wars."
The following McCoy head of
households appear in the 1800 through the 1820 censuses in Westmoreland, Indiana
and Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
Charles McCoy was living near his father Daniel McCoy in the 1810
census. Daniel McCoy, Joseph McCoy, and
John McCoy were all living in Plumcreek Township in the 1820 census where their
father Daniel McCoy was living.
The household composition for
Daniel McCoy (father) in the 1800 census for Armstrong Township, Westmoreland
County was:
Free white males under 10-2 (John and Joseph)
Free white males 10 thru 15-2 (Daniel and ?)
Free white males 16 thru 25-1 (Charles)
Free white males 45 and over-1 (Daniel)
Free white females under 10-2
Free white females 10 thru 15-1
Free white females 45 and over-1 (Deborah)
The household composition
for Daniel McCoy (father) in the 1810 census for Armstrong Township, Indiana
County was:
Free
white males 10 thru 15-1 (John)
Free
white males 16 thru 25-3 (Daniel, Joseph born 1791, and ?)
Free
white males 45 and over-1 (Daniel)
Free
white females 10 thru 15-1
Free
white females 16 thru 25-1
Free
white females 45 and over-1 (Deborah)
The
household composition for Charles McCoy (son) in the 1810 census for Armstrong
Township, Indiana County was:
Free
white males 26 thru 44-1 (Charles)
Free
white females under 10-1
Free
white females 26 thru 44-1
The
household composition for Daniel McCoy Sr. (father) in the 1820 census for
Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County was:
Free
white males 45 and over-1 (Daniel)
Free
white females 45 and over-1 (Deborah)
Number
of persons engaged in manufactures-1
The
household composition for Daniel McCoy (son) in the 1820 census for Plumcreek
Township, Armstrong County was:
Free
white males under 10-2
Free
white males 26 thru 44- 1 (Daniel)
Free
white females under 10-3
Free
white females 26 thru 44-1 (Nancy)
Number
of persons engaged in agriculture-1
The
household composition for Joseph McCoy (son) in the 1820 census for Plumcreek
Township, Armstrong County was:
Free
white males under 10-2
Free
white males 26 thru 44-1 (Joseph born 1791)
Free
white females 16 thru 25-1 (Nancy)
Number
of persons engaged in manufactures-1
The
household composition for John McCoy (son) in the 1820 census for Plumcreek
Township, Armstrong County was:
Free
white males under 10-1
Free
white males 16 thru 25-1 (John)
Free
white females 16 thru 25-1 (Jane)
Persons
engaged in agriculture-1
Since Joseph McCoy is the only son of Daniel McCoy with a known birth date, the ages of Daniel McCoy’s other sons (Charles, Daniel, and John McCoy) in the 1820 through the 1800 censuses were used to estimate their birth dates. An excel chart was used to illustrate this but cannot be reproduced here.
Birth dates for Daniel and Deborah McCoy's sons:
1) Charles McCoy 1775 to 1784
2) Daniel McCoy 1785 to 1790
3) Joseph McCoy 1791 from tombstone
4) John McCoy 1790 to 1800
Daniel and Deborah McCoy also must have had daughters since there are two females under 15 in the 1800 census and two females under 25 in the 1810 census. The only known daughter is Mary who was baptized in 1781 in Philadelphia, PA.
There is no further information on Charles McCoy. He may have died or moved after he appears in the 1810 census in Armstrong Township, Indiana County. The children of Daniel, Joseph, and John McCoy and will be discussed in future posts.
Since Joseph McCoy is the only son of Daniel McCoy with a known birth date, the ages of Daniel McCoy’s other sons (Charles, Daniel, and John McCoy) in the 1820 through the 1800 censuses were used to estimate their birth dates. An excel chart was used to illustrate this but cannot be reproduced here.
Birth dates for Daniel and Deborah McCoy's sons:
1) Charles McCoy 1775 to 1784
2) Daniel McCoy 1785 to 1790
3) Joseph McCoy 1791 from tombstone
4) John McCoy 1790 to 1800
Daniel and Deborah McCoy also must have had daughters since there are two females under 15 in the 1800 census and two females under 25 in the 1810 census. The only known daughter is Mary who was baptized in 1781 in Philadelphia, PA.
There is no further information on Charles McCoy. He may have died or moved after he appears in the 1810 census in Armstrong Township, Indiana County. The children of Daniel, Joseph, and John McCoy and will be discussed in future posts.
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