Kentucky lawyer John McKinley (1780-1852) was an early settler of Huntsville and was among a

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John McKinley

Kentucky lawyer John McKinley (1780-1852) was an early settler of Huntsville and was among a group of land speculators who founded Florence, in Lauderdale County. McKinley was the first U.S. Supreme Court justice of the Ninth Circuit.