Person

David McKay (Covington, KY, trader and soldier)

b. 1818?

Kenton County, Kentucky, river trader and soldier. Pennsylvania native. Married to Ann N. McKay. River trader in Kenton County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Kenton County in 1850. Served in the 2nd U.S. Infantry Regiment as a corporal in 1860. Resident of Covington in 1861.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 253B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 119.

Returns From U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916 NARA Microfilm Publication, M617, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, Record Group 94, Newport Barracks, January 1860.

Covington, Kentucky, City Directory (1861), 434.

Citation

McKay, David. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201297 (November 12, 2026).

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