JohnsonMcKinney was born in Virginia in 1764 and is listed in some of the early settlements in Cherokee Indian Territory in what is now northwest Alabama. He is in Lawrence County, Alabama in the 1830 census, and in Franklin County, Alabama by 1840. (At right is the marker on his grave in the Old Nauvoo Cemetery in Franklin County, Alabama.(Many, many thanks to Marcelle McKinney Lewis for the picture and so much help in this line of my family tree!)

Sometime between 1880 and 1900 William Hugh McKinney and his sister (one of the twins Mary Alma , called "Alma") went to Hardin County, TN and settled in the area of Counce. Many of the people listed from William Hugh McKinney's line are buried in the White Sulphur Cemetery in Hardin County, located in the Pickwick Dam State Park on the banks of the Tennessee River.

To make navigation a little easier, I placed in bold, my direct line.

..1. Johnson Mckinney b: 1764 in VA. (aka: John) (War of 1812 vet.) d: April 11, 1852 in Little Bear Creek, Franklin Co., AL. Burial: Old Nauvoo Cem., Franklin Co., AL. +Mary Spradlin b: 1802 in SC. m: January 05, 1819 in Lawrence Co., AL. (or 1819/20)
.........2. Catherine Mckinney b: 1827 in AL.
.........2. Ann Mckinney b: 1828 in AL.
+Martin Hancock Reid b: October 03, 1825 in Campbell, VA. m: January 11, 1849 d: June1909 in Franklin Co., AL.
.........2. Johnson McKinney b:1832 + m. Nancy Nelson (b:1835) (marriage date unknown) (death date unknown) (daughter of Hugh Nelson (b:1810) and Jane (?) b:1810 in South Carolina
..................3. Laura J. McKinney (b:1855) +m. William Turner Massey (b:June 22, 1852) in Franklin County, AL married about 1870
...........................4.Finis Massey
...........................4.Ross Massey
...........................4.Hezzie Massey
...........................4.Willie Massey b. Dec. 1881
...........................4.Hugh Massey
...........................4.Walter Massey
...........................4.Lige Massey b. May 1890
...........................4.John Massey b. May 1892
...........................4.Floyd Massey
...........................4.Margaret Massey b. Jan 1884
..................3.William Hugh McKinney (b:Feb.12,1859, died 1925, buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County, TN) + m. Martha Elizabeth Sanders (in Hardin County,TN) *my great great grandfather*
...........................4.John Rosemond McKinney b:Aug.6, 1889 d:Oct. 3,1926 m. Nellie Mae Bazzell (married in 1907) b: Aug. 28, 1888 d:Mar. 21, 1914 buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County, TN
.............................5.John Corbin McKinney(called "Corbin") b:May 17, 1909 d: May 4,1980 m: to Louella Cline
.............................5.Nellie Drue McKinney(called "Drue") b: Mar. 15, 1911 d: June 15, 1996 * my grandmother* m: 1927 to Garland Shipman in Hardin County, TN buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County, TN (**my mother's mother**)

.............................5.Mary Eudora McKinney b:1913 d:1914 buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County, TN
................................+Second wife of John Rosemond McKinney -Lenus Mae Loyd b:1895 death unknown
.............................5.Lenora Mae McKinney b:Nov.8, 1918 d:1998 -Memphis, TN.
.............................5.Lloyd Rosemond McKinney b:July 17, 1920 d:1953
.............................5.Irene McKinney (called Dimple) b:Sept. 23, 1922
.............................5.Henry Boyd McKinney (called Hank) b: Jan. 17, 1924
.............................5.Thomas Eldred McKinney b: 1927
..................4.Alma Drue McKinney b: July 14, 1891 d: Sept. 8, 1892 buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County, TN.
...........................4.Mack W. McKinney b: Dec. 1894 d:unknown
...........................4.son -stillborn- Sept. 11, 1896 buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County, TN.
...........................4.Ethel McKinney b:Dec.1898 d: 1919 married to Sherman Mayhall buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County, TN.
...........................4.George A. McKinney b:Oct. 25, 1901 d:June 9, 1991 married to Grace ? buried in White Sulphur
Cemetery, Hardin County, TN.
...........................4.Irene L. McKinney (called "Rene") b:1904 d:1977 married to John "Hob" Robinson buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County, TN.

.............................5.George Talmadge (called Buster) b: 1926 d:1967
.............................5.Betty Jo +married to Gordon Williams b:Aug.10,1928 d:Sept. 29, 1997 buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County, TN
.............................5.John Willard b:1932 d: 1952

(***note -Aunt Rene's living children are not listed here***)

..................3.Narcissa called Alice (b. Mar.22,1864) -(twin to Mary Alma) +m. to George W. Cooper b. 1862
..........................4. Charity O. b. Jan. 1884
..........................4. Charles E. b. Sept.1887
..........................4. Henry C. b. Mar. 1890
..........................4. Albert F. b. Jan. 1895
..........................4. Thomas C. b. Sept. 1897

..................3. Mary Alma (b. Mar.22,1864) -twin to Narcissa d: Feb.13,1935 ...m. to Dave Jones buried in White Sulphur Cemetery, Hardin County,TN (no children)
.........2 Houston Mckinney b: 1833 in AL. d: in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL.
.......... +Nancy Walker b: 1834 in GA. d: in Nr: Burleson, AL.
..................3 Bell Mckinney
................... +John Horton
..................3 Bessie Mckinney b: in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL.
..................3 Hubbard Mckinney b: in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL.
................... +Rocilla Rollins
..................3 Johnson Mckinney b: in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL.
................... +Hattie Alfie Wood
..................3 Emily Mckinney b: 1854 in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL. (aka: Babe) +Orrick
..................3 Charles William McKinney b: July 12, 1860 in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL. (aka: Buddy) d: April 09, 1928
................... +Sarah Ann Weatherbee b: February 23, 1870 m: January 01, 1889 d: 1956 in Franklin Co., AL.
...........................4. Altie Mae McKinney b: in Franklin Co., AL. d: in (died infant)
...........................4. Audrey McKinney b: in Franklin Co., AL. d: in (died infant)
...........................4. Edgar Benton McKinney b: November 11, 1889 in Franklin Co., AL. d:November 17, 1984
...........................4. Thomas Guy McKinney b: October 06, 1892 in Franklin Co., AL. d: November 9, 1956
...........................4. John Houston McKinney b: December 14, 1894 in Franklin Co., AL. (aka:Johnny) d: January 20, 1973
...........................4 .William Harvey McKinney b: September 30, 1896 in Franklin Co., AL. (WWI armyvet.) (known as Harvey) d: May 20, 1966 in AL.
....................+Lela Elizabeth Strickland m: February 02, 1921 d: September 19, 1955
.............................5 William Hoyt McKinney b: January 20, 1928 in Shiloh Community, Franklin Co., AL.
.............................5 Sarah Ann McKinney b: August 30, 1933 in Red Bay, Franklin Co., AL.
..........................+Eucellis Underwood m: October 13, 1951
.......................*2nd Wife of William Harvey McKinney:
........................... +Flossie Massey m: November 22, 1956
...........................4 Claudia Pearl McKinney b: August 06, 1898 in Franklin Co., AL. (Resided in Red Bay, AL.) d: August 20, 1996 in Fairfield, AL. (nursing home) (Bur: Halltown Cem.)
........................... +G. Custer Vinson b: March 30, 1895 in of Franklin Co., AL. m: 1917 d:September 21, 1965
...........................4 L. B. McKinney b: October 16, 1902 in Franklin Co., AL. d: May 25, 1969
...........................4 Garvin Whitfield McKinney b: August 19, 1905 in Franklin Co., AL. d: October 31, 1989
..................3 James Calloway Mckinney b: February 14, 1865 in Burleson, Franklin Co., AL. (aka: Calloway) d: December 26, 1939 in Haleyville, Winston Co., AL.
............... *1st Wife of James Calloway Mckinney:
................... +Victory Catherine Rollins b: February 15, 1865 in AL.
...........................4 James Thomas Mckinney b: in (aka: Little Dick)
...........................4 Mary Holland Mckinney
...........................4 Minnie Viola Mckinney
...........................4 Sennie Mckinney
...........................4 Demarie Mckinney
...........................4 William A. Mckinney b: 1885 in (aka: Alvinne)
...........................4 James A. Mckinney b: 1887 in (aka: Nander)
...........................4 Vennie Mckinney b: 1889
...........................4 Leona Mckinney b: 1890 in (aka: Leonie)
...........................4 Luvina Mckinney b: 1890 in (aka Linnie)
...........................4 Irene Mckinney b: 1892 in (aka: Rennie)
...........................4 Millie Mckinney b: September 20, 1893 in AL. d: July 21, 1981 in Ardmore, Carter Co., OK. ...............................+Johnnie Austin Sparks m: October 10, 1910 in Vina, Franklin Co., AL.
...........................4 Rubin Andrew Mckinney b: 1896 in (aka: Rubin Andy)
...........................4 Edney Houston Mckinney b: 1898
..................3 Mary Alice Mckinney b: 1873 in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL.
................... +Selby
........................ *2nd Husband of Mary Alice Mckinney:
........................ +Linsey
..................3 Richard Mckinney b: 1877 in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL. (aka: Dick)
................... +Hattie Bell Reid
..................3 Thomas Mckinney b: 1881 in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL.
................... +Flora Darlene Wren
..................3 Walter Mckinney b: 1883 in Burleson (area) Franklin Co., AL.
................... +Alpha West
................... +Annie White Webster
...........................4 Jewell Mckinney
............... *2nd Wife of James Calloway Mckinney:
................... +Vernulie Post Miller
...........................4 J. V. Mckinney
........................... +Eula McClain (parents of Flora Marcelle McKinney (Lewis)
...........................4 Richard Mckinney
........................... +Corrinne Gann
...........................4 Walter Mckinney
........................... +Clara McGough
...........................4 Bessie Mckinney
........................... +Hoyt Hightower
.........2 Elizabeth Mckinney b: 1836 in AL.