Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Papers of Joseph Thomas McKinney 1841-1927 (bulk 1841-1887)AZ 087
Biographical NoteJoseph 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. Scope and Content NoteAutobiographical 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. ArrangementThis collection is organized into three seriesSeries I: Joseph T. McKinney papers,
Series II: J.W. Cook papers, Series III: Joseph T. Cook papers, RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Cook, J.W. Cook, Joseph T. McKinney, Joseph T., 1858-1948 Subject(s) Frontier and pioneer life – Arizona. Graham - Tewksbury Feud. Land titles - Arkansas. Pioneers - Arizona. Sheriffs - Arizona. Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. Administrative InformationCredit LinePapers of Joseph Thomas McKinney(AZ 087). University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections. Container List
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