Lee A. / “Leanner” McCoy Smith
Lanah, Lannah, Leanner, Lee A., Lee Anna, and Vivianna occur across records. Her exact full birth name and the V initial remain unresolved.
Maternal line · East Tennessee
The McCoy branch
The McCoy branch has moved beyond an online-tree hint. Census households and a marriage record now give Leanner’s older generation a firmer footing, while her first name remains gloriously uncooperative.
You reached this family through Leanner McCoy on Mom’s side.
People & evidence
Where the records lead
James A. McCoy & Margaret Meroney
Their 1846 Blount County marriage index names Margaret Meroney; repeated census households include the girl recorded as Lanah or Lannah.
Philip Nelson Meroney & Elizabeth Reagan
A plausible older connection appears in compiled research, but no reviewed record yet names Margaret as their daughter.
Place on the map
Liberty Cemetery
James A. and Margaret McCoy are associated with Liberty Cemetery in Anderson County. The placement of their son William’s unmarked burial still needs a better source.
Working summary based on the family-history report and the underlying records it describes. Individual original images and full citations will be added as each is reviewed for this site.
Marriage & census chain
James A. + Margaret Meroney
The Blount County index records their marriage on September 27, 1846. Census households in 1850, 1860, and 1870 include William and the girl recorded as Lanah or Lannah. Together they support the working parent link to Leanner; a later death record conflicts on her father’s name.
Strongly supportedCollateral relative
William M. McCoy
William is part of the evidence trail, not Sandy’s direct ancestor. He appears with James A. and Margaret in successive census households. Following his records helped place this McCoy family in Fairview and around Liberty Cemetery.
Family
A 1871 marriage entry gives his wife’s surname as Dagley. The 1880 census lists Kittie D. and son Silas; Silas Chaffin McCoy’s later death certificate identifies his parents as William McCoy and Katherine Dagley. Kittie as Katherine is strongly supported.
Strongly supportedFairview postmaster
Federal postal records record William M. McCoy’s appointment as Fairview postmaster on August 7, 1884. A printed postal directory independently lists a William McCoy there.
Documented1897 death & burial question
Contemporary newspapers describe William’s fatal shooting from ambush in Anderson County and connect the case to a dispute involving Hackworth. A clipping identifies the victim as the Fairview postmaster, matching the appointment record. A contributor memorial places him in Liberty Cemetery without a surviving marker; that precise burial placement remains to be verified.
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