John H McKay 

Various newspaper clippings including River John community notes, The Pictou News, 9 May 1884 and 12 September 1884, The Guardian, Truro, 2 September 1884. 

John H McKay was born in Plainfield, Pictou County to John and Barbara McLean McKay.  He was the principal of River John schools and the Collector of Inland Revenue, Pictou.  He married Bessie McLeod of River John.  John H McKay was killed in the line of duty in Port Hood, Inverness County, 1890.