I represent Catherine McLennan. I lived in the Escambia River District, which included both banks of the Escambia River from the Alabama line into present day Santa Rosa County, about 25-40 miles north of Pensacola as it existed in 1820. My household was part of an Anglo-American population that settled and farmed land in Spanish territory without permission of the Spanish government, but which was tolerated because it supplied Pensacola with produce. I came from Scotland, and at the time of the 1820 census of the Escambia River District, I was 65 years old and widowed. I had 9 children between 10 and 25 years old. My household included one enslaved Black woman. We lived on a moderate-sized farm with cattle and hogs.
According to the genealogical research of Carol Middleton, my maiden name was McKinnon and I was the widow of John McLennan. We were born in Scotland and emigrated to North Carolina. After my husband died, I migrated with my children and some cousins to Walton County, Florida. We later moved to Texas, where my son and I were killed by Comanche Indians.