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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | McKinney, Joseph T., 1858-1948 |
Collection Name: | Papers of Joseph Thomas McKinney |
Inclusive Dates: | 1841-1927 |
Bulk Dates: | (bulk 1841-1887) |
Physical Description: | 0.2 linear ft. |
Abstract: | This archive contains a biography of Joseph T. McKinney, a letter he wrote to his son and a telegram from George P.Hunt, Governor of Arizona. Also included are bills of sales for slaves, deeds, and other legal papers for his granfather (Joseph T. Cook) and his uncle (J.W. Cook). |
Collection Number: | AZ 087 |
Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ |
Joseph Thomas McKinney was born June 20th 1858 in Arkansas. McKinney was a pioneer and law enforcement officer in the Arizona territory. He arrived in Arizona in 1885 and worked for the Wabash Cattle Company in St. Johns for about a year. In 1885 he was appointed undersheriff of Apache County by Commodore Perry Owens and several years later he became Constable for Winslow. Joseph T. McKinney ranched in Fort Thomas until he moved to Bowie, Arizona in 1896. In 1905 he relocated to Yuma where he became a guard at the state pen. He died at the age of 90 in 1948.
Autobiographical sketch, letter, and documents. The 19-page sketch includes his involvement as a law enforcement officer in the Graham- Tewksbury feud; and a letter, 1927, to his son describes a hanging at the Arizona State Prison at Florence. Also present are deeds, tax receipts, certificates of land purchases, bills of sale for slaves during the 1840s, and other documents relating to his grandfather, Joseph Thomas Cook, in Arkansas in Alabama, and to his uncle, J.W. Cook, in Texas.
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Papers of Joseph Thomas McKinney(AZ 087). University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections.
Series I: Joseph T. McKinney papers 1927 1943 | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. This series contains Joseph Thomas McKinney's autobiography; telegram from Arizona Governor Hunt; letter to son concerning a hanging in Arizona. | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 1 | Joseph T. McKinney |
Series II: J.W. Cook miscellanous papers, 1841 1943/1846 1887 | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 2 | Miscellaneous papers. |
Series III: Joseph Cook papers, 1841-1857 | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically | |||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 3 | Bills of sale for slaves, 1841-1846 | |||||||||
1 | 4 | Deeds and land purchases, 1850-1857 |