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1734 - Yes, date unknown
1704 - 1736 (31 years)
Birth |
22 Oct 1704 |
Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia |
Died |
12 Aug 1736 |
Brunswick Co., Virginia Colony [later Halifax] |
|
Father |
Matthew McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. 1669, Scotland |
Mother |
Jane Tyler, b. 1673, Calvert Co., MD [now Prince Georges Co., MD] |
Married |
Abt 1700 |
Prince Georges Co., Maryland |
|
Family 1 |
Johanna, Wife of William McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. Est 1704 |
Children |
+ | 1. William McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee, b. 1724, King George Co., Colonial Virginia |
+ | 2. Susannah McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGregor, b. Est 1720, Brunswick Co., Virginia |
|
|
Family 2 |
Susannah Vardry, b. Est 1704, King George Co., Colonial Virginia |
Children |
+ | 1. Joannah McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee, b. Est 1733, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia |
+ | 2. Vardry McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. 23 Dec 1734, Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia |
| 3. James of William & Vardry McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. Est 1736, Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia |
| 4. Matthew [Mathias] McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. Abt 1740, Brunswick Co., Virginia Colony |
| 5. Samuel McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. Abt 1742 |
|
|
Est 1704 - Aft 1759 (~ 56 years)
Birth |
Est 1704 |
King George Co., Colonial Virginia |
Died |
Aft 1759 |
Prob. Halifax Co., Virginia |
|
Family |
William of Matthew McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. 22 Oct 1704, Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia |
Children |
+ | 1. Joannah McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee, b. Est 1733, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia |
+ | 2. Vardry McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. 23 Dec 1734, Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia |
| 3. James of William & Vardry McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. Est 1736, Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia |
| 4. Matthew [Mathias] McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. Abt 1740, Brunswick Co., Virginia Colony |
| 5. Samuel McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. Abt 1742 |
|
|
Est 1745 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
Est 1745 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
|
Family |
Vardry McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. 23 Dec 1734, Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia [5, 6] |
Children |
+ | 1. Vardry [Echols] McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. 19 Jun 1775, Spartanburg District, South Carolina |
|
|
1775 - 1864 (88 years)
Birth |
19 Jun 1775 |
Spartanburg District, South Carolina |
Died |
1864 |
Greenville, S. Carolina |
Buried |
Christ Church Episcopal Church, Greenville, S. Carolina |
|
Father |
Vardry McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. 23 Dec 1734, Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia |
Mother |
Hannah Echols, b. Est 1745 |
|
Family |
Jane Alexander, b. 1 May 1783, Greenville, S. Carolina |
Children |
| 1. Vardry Alexander McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. 17 Apr 1818, Lincolnton, North Carolina |
|
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Name |
Vardry McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee |
Born |
23 Dec 1734 |
Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
- Regarding the FAG page for Vardry Magby: It is not reasonable to assume that the Vardry Magby shown on the 1790 Census in North Carolina, is the same Vardry who is the s/o Susannah Vardry. There are at least two Vardrys and potentially, others.
|
Person ID |
I17370 |
My Reynolds Line |
Last Modified |
30 Apr 2017 |
Father |
William of Matthew McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee, b. 22 Oct 1704, Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia , d. 12 Aug 1736, Brunswick Co., Virginia Colony [later Halifax] (Age 31 years) |
Mother |
Susannah Vardry, b. Est 1704, King George Co., Colonial Virginia , d. Aft 1759, Prob. Halifax Co., Virginia (Age ~ 56 years) |
Family ID |
F6112 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~katy/walters/b17093.html#P16864
BRUNSWICK CO VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS; VOL 1 1732-1745; Abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr.
175 (216) Will of James Voughn written 12 May 1735; Probate 3 Jul 1735. Witnesses were William Maclin, James Mize and William Walters.
263 (313) 7 Apr 1737. [Same deed as following.] Elizabeth the wife of sd William Walters was examined. Proved 17 Apr 1737. Drury Stith CC
- Halifax TLC co bk 3-192 1761 Halifax February Carter John
road handsWilliam Magbe surveyor of the road with tithes of
James Magbe, William Chandler, Mathias Magbe, William Hatfield, Robert Waters, Vardy Magbe, Harman Miller, Daniel Williams, Henry Terry..of Hugh Moore, Gent., decd, John Carter and his, John Hollis, and Thomas Wilson.
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Sources |
- [S61] United States Census, http://interactive.ancestry.com/5058/4440913_00453?pid=168700&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DqDi847%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsln%3DMagby%26gsln_x%3D0%26msypn__ftp%3DHalifax%2520County,%2520Virginia%2520Colony%26MSAV%3D1%26msbdy%3D1750%26mscng%3DVardry%26mscns%3DWalters%26gskw%3DBristol%2520Parish,%2520Prince%2520George%2520Co.,%2520Virginia%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drt%26uidh%3Duuc%26successSource%3DSearch%26_phtarg%3DqDi804%26gss%3Dangs-g%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D168700%26recoff%3D8%26dbid%3D5058%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D110&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qDi847&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true.
1790 United States Federal Census for Vardray Magby, Anson Co., North Carolina
Vardray Magby
in the 1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Vardray Magby
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 2
Number of Household Members: 7
This could be the son, Vardry
- [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102523295&ref=acom.
Vardray Magby
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Vardray Magby
Birth Date: 1738
Birth Place: Anson County, North Carolina, USA
Death Date: 1841
Death Place: Walker County, Alabama
Cemetery: Williams Chapel Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Walker County, Alabama
Children: Rachael McClendon
Robert married Hannah Sutherlin in 1816 in St Clair county Alabama, which is now Etowah county Alabama. Before 1866 Etowah was once part of St Clair Alabama. Etowah is a name of the Cherokee language.
- [S99] Quaker Records, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=QuakerMeetMins&h=1101772514&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qDi847&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=8058.
Vardry Magba, US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name: Vardry Magba
Residence Date: 20 May 1758
Residence Date on Image: 20 Fifth 1758 [20 Jul 1758]
Residence Place: Lynchburg City, Virginia
Event Type: Admittance
Monthly Meeting: South River Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data:
Type (Orthodox or Hicksite): Pre-Separation
Yearly Meeting: Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Meeting State: Virginia
Meeting County: Lynchburg City
- [S73] Deeds, Halifax County, Virginia 1760-1 Matthew Magbe; Vardry Magbe; James Magbe.
7045 Halifax TLC co bk 3-144 1760 Halifax September Carter John On motion of Martha Moore, executrix of Hugh Moore, gent, decd., it is
ordered that John Lawson, Joseph Pulliam, John Carter and Abraham Rogers do value the personal estate and negroes of the said Hugh Moore.
7049 Halifax TLC co bk 3-192 1761 Halifax February Carter John road hands William Magbe surveyor of the road with tithes of James Magbe, William Chandler, Mathias Magbe, William Hatfield, Robert
Waters, Vardy Magbe, Harman Miller, Daniel Williams, Henry Terry..of Hugh Moore, Gent., decd, John Carter and his, John Hollis, and Thomas Wilson.
One Spelling of this Immigrant's name; there are many others; every county in Virginia and Maryland has interpreted and spelled differently, Mockboy; McBee; McGehee; Mackobee, etc. Several of the early residents of the Halifax, Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin and Patrick Counties married into the Walters Clan.
- [S107] Family Histories, http://www.birdsongfamily.com/genealogy/set4_mcbee/gen_3.html.
Notes for Vardry McBee:
Vardry McBee moved to North Carolina. He was a Constable in Tryon, (Now Mecklenburg) County, North Carolina, 1770. Vardry later settled in
Spartanburg District, South Carolina, but was then considered in N.C. He belonged to the Society of Friends, but renounced this faith when the
Revolution began. He became a captain of militia and was in active service.
In the book "Jefferson County, Tennessee" on page 106, there is an article entitled "THE MCBEE FAMILY OF STRAWBERRY PLAINS, JEFFERSON COUNTY. It
is as follows:
The McBee family of Strawberry Plains in Jefferson County, were descendants of VARDRY McBee, a revolutionary soldier, of LINCOLN and TRYON COUNTIES, in North Carolina, who probably came to the Watauga Valley and settled for a time, before his death. (I, Danny A. McBee, cannot accept some
of this as it doesn't correlate to information I have already gathered on the McBee family. Vardry McBee, for instance died in Kentucky, after getting sick from rescuing someone from drowning. Vardry was old at this point and living with his son in Kentucky). In the records of WASHINGTON COUNTY Court, on May 27, 1782, it was ordered that a deposition be issued to take the testimony of VARDARY McBee, George Underwood, William Cooper and others in a suit pending between WILLIAM
SAFFOLD & MATTHEW GALE. The records of Washington District (afterwards Washington County, Tennessee) show that William McBee was living on LICK CREEK
about 1781-1782. LEMUEL McBee, the son of Vardry McBee, was born, perhaps in the Watauga Valley of Tennessee, before the State of Tennessee came into existence (I, Dan McBee, have never heard of the son Lemuel McBee of Vardry McBee. This is confusing to me but it could have been so). He married perhaps in what is now Granger County, but the name of his wife is unknown. It is estimated
that he probably married about 1815. Lemuel McBee in turn had a son LEMUEL McBee, born in Jefferson County about 1816, who married MARY LOVE, daughter
of JOHN B. LOVE, a native of Western North Carolina. The second LEMUEL McBee was the father of JOHN L. McBee, whose wife was named LIZZIE by whom he had several children.
VARDRY McBee, who came to the Watauga Valley by 1780, had several children, whose names are secured from contemporaneous records, largely
attributed to him as his progeny because of the dates and names. They were:
1. LEMUEL McBee of Jefferson County.
2. WILLIAM McBee of LICK CREEK.
3. VARDRY McBee m. JANE ALEXANDER.
4.GANNUM C. McBee, owner, the famous McBee Ferry.
1. LEMUEL McBee (wife's name unknown) is believed to have had:
(1) JAMES A. McBee.
(2) CATHERINE McBee m. M. J. Parrot.
(3) ELIZA McBee m. JOHN M. Saylor.
(4) SAMUEL McBee
Perhaps others.
4. GANUM or GAMMON C. McBee lived in KNOX COUNTY and was an extensive land owner and also the owner of the famous McBee ferry, near Strawberry Plains
on the Holston river. The ferry was established about 1790 and was located about where the present highway bridge stands today, and is on the line of
Knox and Jefferson Counties. In 1836 McBee was authorized by the County Court of Knox County to erect a toll bridge at the same place.
GANNUM C. McBee (No. 4), son of VARDRY McBee, had the following children: His wife was named SARAH.
(1) WILLIAM McBee (born 1826).
(2) ROBERT McBee (born 1829).
(3) ALBERT McBee (born 1835).
(4) LOUISA McBee (born 1838).
(5) GANNUM McBee (born 1842).
(6) AMANDA McBee (born 1843).
Among others, SAMUEL McBee (son of LEMUEL) in 1842, was embarrassed by the fact that his farm lay in both Knox and Grainger Counties. In reply
to his petition the Legislature enacted "that the county line between Knox and Grainger, be so altered as to include in Grainger County that portion of the farm on which SAMUEL McBee lives, lying in Knox County".
MILO McBee, brother of SAMUEL and a son of LEMUEL, married CALLOWAY who was born in 1838. In 1850, according to Miss Laura Luttrell's 1850 Census
of Knox County, he had two daughters, Sarah and Elnora.
VARDRY McBee (son of the first VARDRY, who came to the Watauga Valley) lived in LINCOLN COUNTY, North Carolina, where he married JANE ALEXANDER, one of the members of the famous family of that name in Mecklenburg County.
VARDRY McBee and his wife JANE ALEXANDER had five sons, of which one was VARDRY ALEXANDER McBee, who married in 1847, MARY ELIZABETH SUMNER who was the daughter of BENJAMIN SUMNER and his wife SARAH DUKE HUNT, the daughter of Dr. THOMAS HUNT (son of MEMUGAN HUNT) and his wife ELIZABETH DUKE.
BENJAMIN SUMNER was of the family of JETHRO HUNT, revolutionary patriot of North Carolina. VARDRY McBee and Jane Alexander had: JOSEPH, MALINDA
PENELOPE, SILAS L., LUTHER MARTIN, HANNAH ECHOLS, MARTHA ADALINE, VARDRY A., WILLIAM PINKNEY and ALEXANDER McBee. Some went to GREENVILLE, South Carolina.
Somewhere, I, Danny A. McBee, believe the families got entangled somehow.
The addition of LEMUEL, GANNUM C., and WILLIAM McBee (of Lick Creek) to the known family of VARDRY and HANNAH ECHOLS McBee seems unlikely.
Probably they were the children of one of VARDRY'S brothers; either MATTHEW, JAMES, OR MATHIAS McBee. Certainly, these McBees should be listed in our
genealogy. We are all a part of the original MCBEE blood line. (I, Danny A. McBee, hope that someone someday might pursue this more. I won't at the present time).
The following is excerpted from the South Carolina Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers, page 592: Vardry McBee: He enlisted in the Fifth Regiment on 26 March 1776. He was a captain under Colonel Roebuck from 10 June 1780 to 10 January 1782. At sometime, he supplied provisions for militia use.
(Adair, Joseph); A.A.4877; X845; X1072; X3607; N.A.853. Sept. 28, 1789 Vardry McBee (Thickety, Spartanburgh) to William Wofford (Turkey Cove, Burke County, N. C.); for 100 lire sterling sold 1,224 acres in three tracts: (1) 579 acres on both sides North Paclate River including part of Walnut Mountain; survey May 26, 1787 for Robert Evans; (2) 205 acres on North fork of Trall Creek of North fork Saluda River; survey May 28, 1787
for Robert Evans; and (3) 440 acres on Trall Creek of North Pacolate River including part of Walnut Mountain; survey May 26, (year not given); all were replated and returned to the SC Office of Granting Lands in Vardry McBee's name and it is expected that all have been granted to Vardry McBee.
Witness:
Lacyannie McBee and Elizabeth McBee. Signed Vardry McBee. Rec. Jan.
30,
1798.
Sept. 26, 1789 Vardry McBee to William Wofford; William is security
for a
"suit of debt" for Vardry and, by a "misconduct" judgment Col. Odlina
(?)
Osborn vs William Wofford, William has to pay 400 lire SC money;
Vardry can't
pay William a like sum, so Vardry mortgages the following land to
William:
(1) 300 acres on branch of Thickety Creek; including place called
Sline (sic)
Kilns and where "subscriber" now lives; (2) 400 acres on Fall Creek of
Pacolate River in Greenville County called copper mines; (3) 300 acres
in
Camden District on branch of Buffalo Creek near mouth of it; border:
Peper
Quin and John Bridges; (4) three other grants for 2900 acres on both
sides
Doolittle's Creek on East side of Broad River; including three places
of iron
ore and some slime (sic) stone; and (5) 1,120 acres in three tracts at
head of
Pacolate River in Greenville County; bought to Vardry McBee from Jabez
Evans
and Robert Evans. Witness Z Taliferro and Henry McCray. Signed
Vardry McBee.
Rec. Jan. 30, 1798. Jan. 5, 1794 William Wofford assigns rights to
above
mortgage to James Wofford for 100 lire sterling. Witness: Thos.
Baker.
Signed W. Wofford.
March 17, 1787. Vardry McBee (Spartanburgh) to William Wilkins
(same); for 10
lire sterling sold 400 acres on both sides Gotes Creek of Thickety
Creek;
grant April 26, 1767 Gov. William Tryon (NC) to William Sims and
William
Marchbanks. Witness Wm Thomson, Rhoda McBee and Joshua Preslidge.
Signed
Vardry and Hannah McBee.
The 1790 Anson County, North Carolina Census list Vardry Magby as head
of
household, with wife, one daughter, and four sons under the age of
sixteen.
Right beside Vardry Magby there was a head of household listing for
Rachel
Magby by herself. I am not sure that this is our Vardry McBee or not.
There
seems to be a coincidence if it is. Vardry McBee is selling land in
Spartanburg at this time. This could be the son of one of Vardry
McBee's
brothers. I don't presume to know who Rachel Magby is. Hopefully
someday
a better genealogist will figure it out for us.
The Battle of King's Mountain that Vardry and his son Silas
participated in
only lasted one hour and five minutes. It took place October 7, 1780.
Not
one man escaped from the battlefield.
I, Danny A. McBee, received a letter from a distant cousin Clare F.
Magbee, 840 Stovall Place
Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, that states that Vardry S. Magbee (McBee,
Mockbee) was born circa
1834 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. [Danny A. McBee].
Children of Vardry McBee and Hannah Echols are:
46 i. Elizabeth4 McBee.
47 ii. Lucy McBee.
48 iii. Rebecca McBee.
49 iv. Rhoda McBee, born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina.
50 v. Samuel McBee, born Abt. 1759 in Halifax County, Virginia.
Notes for Samuel McBee:
According to the South Carolina Roster of Revolutionary War Soldier,
page
592, Samuel McBee served in the militia under Colonel McDonald and
General
Marion. A.A.4875.C. Samuel apparently settled in Horry County, South
Carolina as he shows up in the 1810, 1820, and 1830 S. C. Census. He
shows up
in the 1800 Waccamaw County, South Carolina Census. Samuel is always
listed
as Samuel Magby. I, Danny A. McBee, rule out Samuel as the father of
Thomas
B. McBee, as Thomas was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina along the
Pacolet.
+ 51 vi. Matthew McBee, born Abt. 1761 in Halifax County, Virginia; died October 25, 1817 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
52 vii. Mathias McBee, born Abt. 1763 in Halifax County, Virginia.
Notes for Mathias McBee:
Mathias served in the Revolution according to the S.C. Roster of
Revolutionary
Soldiers, page 592. It states the following: He served in the
militia under
Colonel Roebuck before and after the fall of Charleston. A.A.4875A;
X1120;
X3605. There is a possibility that Mathias could be the father/or
grandfather
(more likely) of Thomas B. McBee. However, Mathias moved from
Spartanburg to
middle Tennessee because he doesn't show up in any Census of
1790/1800/10/20.
Mathias went with Rebecca (his sister) and John Clarke to Franklin
County,
Georgia for a time. He later went on to join Matthew in Sumner
County,
Tennessee. (Danny A. McBee).
+ 53 viii. Silas McBee, born November 24, 1765 in Halifax County, Virginia; died January 06, 1845 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
54 ix. Mary McBee, born Abt. 1767 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina; died April 10, 1825 in Lincolnton, North Carolina.
Notes for Mary McBee:
The following land deed sent to me, Danny A. McBee, by Charles Hite
(Duncan
descendant) of Gastonia: H-1: 18 March 1801, William Hammett to John
Duncan,
$100, 100a except 5 acres reserved for Mary McBee where she now lives,
part of
a grant to Hammett, on Pter? Creek, a branch of Pasotale River. Wit.
Wm.
Reid and Rachel (x) McAbee. (Danny A. McBee).
+ 55 x. Vardry Echols McBee, born June 19, 1775 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina; died January 23, 1864 in Greenville, South Carolina.
26.James3 McBee (William2, Matthew1) was born Abt. 1737 in Halifax County, Virginia. He married Mrs. (Sarah) James McBee Abt. 1758 in Halifax County, Virginia.
- [S107] Family Histories, http://www.birdsongfamily.com/genealogy/set4_mcbee/gen_3.html.
19.William3 McBee (William2, Matthew1) was born in Halifax County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1812 in Rhea County, Virginia. He married Mrs. (Abigail) William McBee. [Hubbard]
Notes for William McBee:
I, Danny A. McBee, have not previously listed William McBee as a child of William and Susannah Vardry McBee until he was listed as a child in the genealogical work of William P. Barron, 11475 Holiday Way, Hillsboro, Ohio, that was submitted to the Personal Ancestral File of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (Danny A. McBee). Colonial Records of N. C., Vol. XXII, p. 371. Granville Co., regimental muster roll, 8 Oct 1754, shows
William McBee, Corporal, Thomas Cook, Corporal, John McKissick, Ensign.
Children of William McBee and Mrs. McBee [Abigail Hubbard] are:
29 i. [Selethia] 'Selity'4 McBee, born Abt. 1755 in Halifax, Virginia.
30 ii. William McBee, born Abt. 1756 in Halifax, Virginia.
31 iii. James McBee, born Abt. 1757 in Halifax, Virginia.
32 iv. Israel McBee, born Abt. 1761 in Halifax, Virginia.
Descendants of Matthew McBee
Generation No. 3
19.William3 McBee (William2, Matthew1) was born in Halifax County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1812 in Rhea County, Virginia. He married Mrs. (Abigail Hubbard) William McBee.
Notes for William McBee:
I, Danny A. McBee, have not previously listed William McBee as a child of William and Susannah Vardry McBee until he was listed as a child in the genealogical work of William P. Barron, 11475 Holiday Way, Hillsboro, Ohio, that was submitted to the Personal Ancestral File of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (Danny A. McBee). Colonial Records of N. C.,
Vol. XXII, p. 371. Granville Co., regimental muster roll, 8 Oct 1754, shows William McBee, Corporal, Thomas Cook, Corporal, John McKissick,
Ensign.
Children of William McBee and Mrs. McBee [Abigail Hubbard) are:
29 i. Selity4 McBee, born Abt. 1755 Halifax, Va.
30 ii. William McBee, b. Abt. 1756 Halifax, Va.
31 iii. James McBee, b. Abt. 1757 in Halifax, Va.
32 iv. Israel McBee, b. Abt. 1761 in Halifax, VA.
22.Johannah3 McBee (William2, Matthew1) was b. Abt. 1733 in King George's County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1790 in Franklin County, Georgia. She married Robert Walters Abt. 1740 in Virginia ?.
Notes for Robert Walters:
Robert Walters estate was probated October 9, 1794 in Franklin County, Ga.
Children of Johannah McBee and Robert Walters are:
33 i. Elijah4 Walters.
34 ii. William Walters.
35 iii. Samuel Walters.
36 iv. Betty Walters.
37 v. Susannah Walters.
38 vi. Hannah Walters.
39 vii. Mary Walters.
40 viii. Robert Walters b. Abt. 1754; d.July 1827.
41 ix. Peter Walters, born Abt. 1755.
+ 42 x. Moses Walters, born Abt. 1770.
43 xi. John Walters, born Abt. 1775.
23.Mary3 McBee (William2, Matthew1) was born Abt. 1734 in King George's County, Virginia. She married John Austin.
Children of Mary McBee and John Austin are:
+ 44 i. Isiah4 Austin.
45 ii. Stephen Austin.
24.Vardry3 McBee (William2, Matthew1) was born December 23, 1734 in Bristol Parish, Virginia, and died 1805 in Christian County, Kentucky. He m. Hannah Echols December 1758 in Bristol Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
Notes for Vardry McBee:
Vardry McBee moved to North Carolina. He was a Constable in Tryon (Now Mecklenburg) County, North Carolina, 1770. Vardry later settled in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, but was then considered in N.C. He belonged to the Society of Friends, but renounced this faith when the
Revolution began. He became a captain of militia and was in active service.
In the book "Jefferson County, Tennessee" on page 106, there is an article entitled "THE MCBEE FAMILY OF STRAWBERRY PLAINS, JEFFERSON COUNTY. It
is as follows:
The McBee family of Strawberry Plains in Jefferson County, were descendants of VARDRY McBee, a revolutionary soldier, of LINCOLN and TRYON
COUNTIES, in North Carolina, who probably came to the Watauga Valley and settled for a time, before his death. (I, Danny A. McBee, cannot accept some
of this because it doesn't correlate information I have already gathered on the McBee family. Vardry McBee, for instance died in Kentucky, after getting sick from rescuing someone from drowning. Vardry was old at this point and living with his son in Kentucky).
In the records of WASHINGTON COUNTY Court, on May 27, 1782, it was ordered that a deposition be issued to take the testimony of VARDARY McBee,
George Underwood, William Cooper and others in a suit pending between WILLIAM SAFFOLD & MATTHEW GALE. The records of Washington District (afterwards Washington County, Tennessee) show that William McBee was living on LICK CREEK about 1781-1782.
LEMUEL McBee, the son of Vardry McBee, was born, perhaps in the Watauga Valley of Tennessee, before the State of Tennessee came into existence (I,
Dan McBee, have never heard of the son Lemuel McBee of Vardry McBee.
This is confusing to me but it could have been so). He married perhaps in what is now Granger County, but the name of his wife is unknown. It is estimated that he probably married about 1815. Lemuel McBee in turn had a son LEMUEL McBee, born in Jefferson County about 1816, who married MARY LOVE, daughter of JOHN B. LOVE, a native of Western North Carolina. The second LEMUEL McBee
was the father of JOHN L. McBee, whose wife was named LIZZIE by whom he had several children.
VARDRY McBee, who came to the Watauga Valley by 1780, had several children, whose names are obsecured from contemporaneous records, largely
attributed to him as his progeny because of the dates and names. They were:
1. LEMUEL McBee of Jefferson County.
2. WILLIAM McBee of LICK CREEK.
3. VARDRY McBee m. JANE ALEXANDER.
4. GANNUM C. McBee, owner of the famous McBee Ferry.
1. LEMUEL McBee (wife's name unknown) is believed to have had:
(1) JAMES A. McBee.
(2) CATHERINE McBee m. M. J. Parrot.
(3) ELIZA McBee m. JOHN M. Saylor.
(4) SAMUEL McBee
Perhaps others.
4. GANUM or GAMMON C. McBee lived in KNOX COUNTY and was an extensive land owner and also the owner of the famous McBee ferry, near Strawberry Plains
on the Holston river. The ferry was established about 1790 and was located about where the present highway bridge stands today, and is on the line of
Knox and Jefferson Counties. In 1836 McBee was authorized by the County Court of Knox County to erect a toll bridge at the same place.
GANNUM C. McBee (No. 4), son of VARDRY McBee, had the following children: His wife was named SARAH.
(1) WILLIAM McBee (born 1826).
(2) ROBERT McBee (born 1829).
(3) ALBERT McBee (born 1835).
(4) LOUISA McBee (born 1838).
(5) GANNUM McBee (born 1842).
(6) AMANDA McBee (born 1843).
Among others, SAMUEL McBee (son of LEMUEL) 1842, was embarrassed by the fact that his farm lay in both Knox and Grainger Counties. In reply to his
petition the Legislature enacted "that the county line between Knox and Grainger, be so altered as to include in Grainger County that portion of the
farm on which SAMUEL McBee lives, lying in Knox County".
MILO McBee, brother of SAMUEL and a son of LEMUEL, married CALLOWAY who was born in 1838. In 1850, according to Miss Laura Luttrell's 1850 Census
of Knox County, he had two daughters, Sarah and Elnora.
VARDRY McBee (son of the first VARDRY, who came to the Watauga Valley) lived in LINCOLN COUNTY, North Carolina, where he married JANE ALEXANDER, one of the members of the famous family of that name in Mecklenburg County.
VARDRY McBee and his wife JANE ALEXANDER had five sons, of which one was VARDRY ALEXANDER McBee, who married in 1847, MARY ELIZABETH SUMNER who was the daughter of BENJAMIN SUMNER and his wife SARAH DUKE HUNT, the daughter of Dr. THOMAS HUNT (son of MEMUGAN HUNT) and his wife ELIZABETH DUKE.
BENJAMIN SUMNER was of the family of JETHRO HUNT, revolutionary patriot of North Carolina. VARDRY McBee and Jane Alexander had: JOSEPH, MALINDA
PENELOPE, SILAS L., LUTHER MARTIN, HANNAH ECHOLS, MARTHA ADALINE, VARDRY A., WILLIAM PINKNEY and ALEXANDER McBee. Some went to GREENVILLE, South Carolina.
Somewhere, I, Danny A. McBee, believe the families got entangled somehow.
The addition of LEMUEL, GANNUM C., and WILLIAM McBee (of Lick Creek) to the known family of VARDRY and HANNAH ECHOLS McBee seems unlikely.
Probably they were the children of one of VARDRY'S brothers; either MATTHEW, JAMES, OR MATHIAS McBee. Certainly, these McBees should be listed in our
genealogy. We are all a part of the original MCBEE blood line. (I, Danny A. McBee, hope that someone someday might pursue this more. I won't at the present time).
The following is excerpted from the South Carolina Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers, page 592: Vardry McBee: He enlisted in the Fifth Regiment on 26 March 1776. He was a captain under Colonel Roebuck from 10 June 1780 to 10 January 1782. At sometime, he supplied provisions for militia use.
(Adair, Joseph); A.A.4877; X845; X1072; X3607; N.A.853. Sept. 28, 1789 Vardry McBee (Thickety, Spartanburgh) to William Wofford (Turkey Cove, Burke County, N. C.); for 100 lire sterling sold 1,224 acres in three tracts: (1) 579 acres on both sides North Pacolate River including part of Walnut Mountain; survey May 26, 1787 for Robert Evans; (2) 205 acres on North fork of Trall Creek of North fork Saluda River; survey May 28, 1787
for Robert Evans; and (3) 440 acres on Trall Creek of North Pacolate River including part of Walnut Mountain; survey May 26, (year not given);
all were replated and returned to the SC Office of Granting Lands in Vardry McBee's name and it is expected that all have been granted to Vardry McBee.
Witness: Lacyannie McBee and Elizabeth McBee. Signed Vardry McBee. Rec. Jan. 30, 1798.
Sept. 26, 1789 Vardry McBee to William Wofford; William is security for a "suit of debt" for Vardry and, by a "misconduct" judgment Col. Odlina
(?) Osborn vs William Wofford, William has to pay 400 lire SC money; Vardry can't pay William a like sum, so Vardry mortgages the following land to William:
(1) 300 acres on branch of Thickety Creek; including place called Sline (sic) Kilns and where "subscriber" now lives;
(2) 400 acres on Fall Creek of Pacolate River in Greenville County called copper mines;
(3) 300 acres in Camden District on branch of Buffalo Creek near mouth of it; border: Peper Quin and John Bridges;
(4) three other grants for 2900 acres on both sides Doolittle's Creek on East side of Broad River; including three places of iron ore and some slime (sic) stone; and
5) 1,120 acres in three tracts at head of Pacolate River in Greenville County; bought to Vardry McBee from Jabez Evans and Robert Evans. Witness Z Taliferro and Henry McCray. Signed Vardry McBee.
Rec. Jan. 30, 1798. Jan. 5, 1794 William Wofford assigns rights to above mortgage to James Wofford for 100 lire sterling. Witness: Thos. Baker.
Signed W. Wofford.
March 17, 1787. Vardry McBee (Spartanburgh) to William Wilkins (same); for 10 lire sterling sold 400 acres on both sides Gotes Creek of Thickety
Creek; grant April 26, 1767 Gov. William Tryon (NC) to William Sims and William Marchbanks. Witness Wm Thomson, Rhoda McBee and Joshua Preslidge. Signed Vardry and Hannah McBee.
The 1790 Anson County, North Carolina Census list Vardry Magby as head of household, with wife, one daughter, and four sons under the age of sixteen.
Right beside Vardry Magby there was a head of household listing for Rachel Magby by herself. I am not sure that this is our Vardry McBee or not.
There seems to be a coincidence if it is. Vardry McBee is selling land in Spartanburg at this time. This could be the son of one of Vardry McBee's
brothers. I don't presume to know who Rachel Magby is. Hopefully someday a better genealogist will figure it out for us.
The Battle of King's Mountain that Vardry and his son Silas participated in only lasted one hour and five minutes. It took place October 7, 1780. Not one man escaped from the battlefield.
I, Danny A. McBee, received a letter from a distant cousin Clare F. Magbee, 840 Stovall Place
Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, that states that Vardry S. Magbee (McBee, Mockbee) was born circa 1834 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. [Danny A. McBee].
Children of Vardry McBee and Hannah Echols are:
46 i. Elizabeth4 McBee.
47 ii. Lucy McBee.
48 iii. Rebecca McBee.
49 iv. Rhoda McBee, born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina.
50 v. Samuel McBee, born Abt. 1759 in Halifax County, Virginia.
Notes for Samuel McBee:
According to the South Carolina Roster of Revolutionary War Soldier, page 592, Samuel McBee served in the militia under Colonel McDonald and
General Marion. A.A.4875.C. Samuel apparently settled in Horry County, South Carolina as he shows up in the 1810, 1820, and 1830 SC. Census. He shows up in the 1800 Waccamaw County, South Carolina Census. Samuel is always listed as Samuel Magby. I, Danny A. McBee, rule out Samuel as the father of Thomas B. McBee, as Thomas was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina along the Pacolet.
+ 51 vi. Matthew McBee, born Abt. 1761 in Halifax County, Virginia; died October 25, 1817 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
52 vii. Mathias McBee, born Abt. 1763 in Halifax County, Virginia.
Notes for Mathias McBee:
Mathias served in the Revolution according to the S.C. Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers, page 592. It states the following: He served in the militia under Colonel Roebuck before and after the fall of Charleston. A.A.4875A; X1120; X3605. There is a possibility that Mathias could be the father/or
grandfather (more likely) of Thomas B. McBee. However, Mathias moved from Spartanburg to middle Tennessee because he doesn't show up in any Census of 1790/1800/10/20. Mathias went with Rebecca (his sister) and John Clarke to Franklin County,
Georgia for a time. He later went on to join Matthew in Sumner County, Tennessee. (Danny A. McBee).
+ 53 viii. Silas McBee, born November 24, 1765 in Halifax County, Virginia; died January 06, 1845 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
54 ix. Mary McBee, born Abt. 1767 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina; died April 10, 1825 in Lincolnton, North Carolina.
Notes for Mary McBee:
The following land deed sent to me, Danny A.McBee, by Charles Hite (Duncan descendant) of Gastonia: H-1: 18 March 1801, William Hammett to John Duncan, $100, 100a except 5 acres reserved for Mary McBee where she now lives, part of a grant to Hammett, on Pter? Creek, a branch of Pasotale River. Wit. Wm. Reid and Rachel (x) McAbee. (Danny A. McBee).
+ 55 x. Vardry Echols McBee, born June 19, 1775 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina; died January 23, 1864 in Greenville, South Carolina.
26.James3 McBee (William2, Matthew1) was born Abt. 1737 in Halifax County, Virginia. He married Mrs. (Sarah) James McBee Abt. 1758 in Halifax County, Virginia.
Notes for James McBee:
James McBee, file no.2554; Gr. no 565;Bk.23,p.312 - 200 Acres on south side of Packolet River ... on the Reedy branch including an Improvement he bought of Charles Park .. 29 April 1768, Wm Tryon. James McBee, file no. 293; grant no. 284; Bk. 20, p. 625, Plat: Nov. 22, 1769, Surveyed for James
McBee, 400 acres on South side North fork Packlet, adj. Sam Youngs...Zach Bullock. Jas. Howard, Alexr Kilpatrick, C B Granted 24 Dec 1770.
September 13, 1799. James McBee (Franklin County, Georgia) to Andrew Colley (Spartanburgh); for $300 sold 400 acres on McBee's Creek (formerly Plumtree
Branch) on N Pacolate River and "on South side of South Pacolate River; border: Saml Young; grant May 24, 1770, Gov. William Tryon (NC) to James
McBee. Wit. oath Sept. 30, 1799. William Cawley to John Anderson. Rec. Apr. 14, 1800. (This proves that some of the McBee family did go to Georgia
as did James Alfred McBee. At least one of James Alfred McBee's children was born in Georgia. This is a definite link in our family). Witness William
Cawley and Isham McBee. Signed James McBee. (Danny A. McBee).
Children of James McBee and Mrs. McBee are:
56 i. William4 McBee, born 1756 in Halifax County, Virginia.
Notes for William McBee:
Possible wife of this William McBee is Abigail. (Danny A. McBee).
+ 57 ii. James McBee, born 1758 in Halifax County, Virginia; died December 1815 in Clark County, Ga.
+ 58 iii. Israel McBee, born 1760 in Halifax Co., Va; died January 1860 in Union County, Tennessee.
+ 59 iv. Susannah McBee, born September 17, 1762 in Washington Co., N. C. (Now Tennessee); died August 17, 1850 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
+ 60 v. Isaac McBee, born February 13, 1764 in Halifax County, Virginia.
61 vi. Laban McBee, born 1765 in Halifax County, Virginia.
62 vii. Isham McBee, born Abt. 1766 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. He married Susan Wilson in Jackson County, Georgia.
Notes for Isham McBee:
In the book "1805 Lottery - Franklin County, Georgia- For Land, there are four McBees listed: John McBee, Isham McBee, James and William McBee.
I am quite sure that these are the children of James McBee, born 1737 in Halifax, Virginia. There seems to have been a migration of the McBee family
from Halifax, Virginia to Spartanburg County, South Carolina and Franklin County, Georgia. There needs to be more research done on both of these McBee families because of our family ties. Until today, October 2, 1997, I never knew who Isham McBee married. The information was sent to me by Clare F. Magbee, 840 Stovall Place, Atlanta, Georgia, 30342. [Danny A. McBee].
Today, October 14, 1997, I, Danny A. McBee, received e-mail from Jean P. McBee, author of "The Great McBee Search". Jean suggests that Isham may have been the f/o William McBee, Samuel McBee [born July 7, 1785 in Spartanburg, South Carolina [?] and died August 11, 1862 in Dade County, Georgia]. Samuel was married first to Elender/
Eleanor Standridge who died March 1839. Samuel married second to Millie Maxwell, born February 11, 1807 in Georgia, died May 29, 1896 in Alto, Cherokee County, Texas.
Martha [Patsey] born 1778 in North Carolina and Jesse, born 1795, died June 1848 in Calhoun Co., Alabama were possibly children of Isham too. [Danny A. McBee].
63 viii. Abigail McBee, born Abt. 1770 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. She married Obediah Walters December 20, 1790 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
+ 64 ix. Samuel McBee, born Abt. 1772 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Abt. 1850 in Claiborne County, Tennessee.
+ 65 x. Tabitha Ann McBee, born 1774 in Tyron, Davidson, North Carolina; died Abt. 1861 possibly in Miller County, Missouri.
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