MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr.

- 1782   Has no ancestors but 94 descendants in this family tree.

—?—, Elizabeth

- Aft 1810

Died	Aft 1810
Family	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Children	+ 1. MCCRACKEN, Ovid,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland   2. MCCRACKEN, Isaac,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland + 3. MCCRACKEN, William Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland + 4. MCCRACKEN, Capt. Virgil Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland   5. MCCRACKEN, Elizabeth,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland + 6. MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Jr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland + 7. MCCRACKEN, Senaca,   b. 1757, Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland

MCCRACKEN, Ovid

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Died	Yes, date unknown
Father	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Mother	—?—, Elizabeth
Family	GARRETT, Susan
Married	7 Mar 1818	Woodford County, Kentucky, USA

MCCRACKEN, Isaac

- 1782

Birth	Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Died	19 Aug 1782	Fayette County, Virginia, USA
Father	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Mother	—?—, Elizabeth

MCCRACKEN, William Sr.

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Died	Yes, date unknown
Father	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Mother	—?—, Elizabeth
Family	—?—, Sarah
Children	+ 1. MCCRACKEN, Virgil   2. MCCRACKEN, Isaac   3. MCCRACKEN, Seneca   4. MCCRACKEN, William Jr. + 5. MCCRACKEN, Jane + 6. MCCRACKEN, Sarah   7. MCCRACKEN, Cyrus   8. MCCRACKEN, Ovid

MCCRACKEN, Capt. Virgil Sr.

- 1813

Birth	Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Died	Jan 1813	Michigan Territory, USA
Father	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Mother	—?—, Elizabeth
Family	—?—, Martha
Children	1. MCCRACKEN, Sally + 2. MCCRACKEN, Polly   3. MCCRACKEN, Martha   4. MCCRACKEN, Cyrus H.   5. MCCRACKEN, George C.   6. MCCRACKEN, Virgil Jr.

MCCRACKEN, Elizabeth

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Died	Yes, date unknown
Father	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Mother	—?—, Elizabeth

MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Jr.

- Yes, date unknown

Birth	Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Died	Yes, date unknown
Father	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Mother	—?—, Elizabeth
Family	—?—, Elizabeth
Married	1778
Children	1. SHEPERD, John + 2. MCCRACKEN, Virgil,   b. 1778, Versailles, Kentucky, Virginia + 3. MCCRACKEN, Cyrus III,   b. 1780   4. MCCRACKEN, Ovid,   b. 12 Oct 1782, Kentucky, USA + 5. MCCRACKEN, Ruth,   b. 1783 + 6. MCCRACKEN, Sally,   b. 1785

MCCRACKEN, Senaca

1757 - 1829  (72 years)

Birth	1757	Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Died	8 Sep 1829	Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, USA
Buried	McCracken Graveyard, Forks Of Elkhorn, Franklin, Kentucky, USA
	Address: McCracken Graveyard Forks Of Elkhorn, Kentucky USA
Father	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
Mother	—?—, Elizabeth
Family 1	WILLIAMS, Margaret
Married	Abt 1776
Children	+ 1. MCCRACKEN, William,   b. Abt 1777, Virginia, USA + 2. MCCRACKEN, Sally,   b. 1780, Virginia, USA
Family 2	REYNOLDS, Rebecca,   b. 1764
Married	3 May 1785	Berkeley County, Virginia, USA
Children	+ 1. MCCRACKEN, Margaret   2. MCCRACKEN, Merit + 3. MCCRACKEN, Elizabeth Rebecca,   b. 1786, Virginia, USA + 4. MCCRACKEN, Otho Sr.,   b. 25 Feb 1790, Maryland, USA   5. MCCRACKEN, Nancy,   b. 1792 + 6. MCCRACKEN, Osborne,   b. 15 Dec 1794 + 7. MCCRACKEN, Mary,   b. 1799, Kentucky, USA

• Name	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	117358995
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117358995
  Military Service	American Revolutionary War as a Private in the Virginia Line.  [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	He was killed while serving with General George Rogers CLARK in an expedition against the Piqua Indians on 4 November 1782.
  Immigration	Colony of Maryland, England, UK   [1, 6]
  	from Ireland with his 7 children
  Residence	1776  [5]
  	As explorers, Cyrus McCRACKEN and Hancock LEE built cabins about one mile north of present day Frankfort, Kentucky, calling it Leestown,
  	The cabins were abandoned the next year because of hostile Indians.
  Death	4 Nov 1782	Fayette County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I6539	Cochrane Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	—?—, Elizabeth   d. Aft 1810
  Marriage	Y  [5]
  Children	>   1. MCCRACKEN, Ovid,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown     2. MCCRACKEN, Isaac,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland d. 19 Aug 1782, Fayette County, Virginia, USA +   3. MCCRACKEN, William Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown +   4. MCCRACKEN, Capt. Virgil Sr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland d. Jan 1813, Michigan Territory, USA     5. MCCRACKEN, Elizabeth,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown +   6. MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Jr.,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown +   7. MCCRACKEN, Senaca,   b. 1757, Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland d. 8 Sep 1829, Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, USA (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F2584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - - Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland Death - 4 Nov 1782 - Fayette County, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1635] Hunter, Miriam Margaret, Artifact - McCrackin Family (Descendants of Seneca McCracken), 15 Dec 2025. [S1622] Book - Kentucky Families, Genealogy of - Vol 1 (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981.), 24 Nov 2025, p 42. p 42 - McCracken [S1623] Amy Cresswell Dunne, editor, Book - DAR Linage - Vol. CXLIII (Ancestry), (Washington, D. C.: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1935.), p 139. Mrs. Bernadette Laughlin Collins, #142426. DAR Vol. 143, p. 139 - Cyrus McCracken [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 25 Nov 2025, accessed 25 November 2025<, Cyrus McCracken; Memorial #117358995. [S1630] William E. Railey, Book - History of Woodford County, KY, (Frankfort, KY: n.p., 1938.), 13 Dec 2025, p 52, 53, 196. [S1647] Ermina Jett Darnell, Book - Forks of Elkhorn Church (KY) (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.), 31 Dec 2025, p 122.