James of William & Vardry McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee^{[1, 2]}

Est 1736 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	James of William & Vardry McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGhee
  Born	Est 1736	Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I18128	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2020

  
  

  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

  
  

• Notes

  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, Georgia. + 58 iii. Israel McBee, born 1760 in Halifax County, Virginia; 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Will, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/halifax/historyhalifaxbook_wills.html. 1758, August 20 - Will of William Maybee. Wife, Susannah; sons, Vardry, James, Mathias, Samuel; daughters, Elizabeth Howard, Johannah Walters and Mary Austin. William (his - X - mark) Maybee. Teste: Richard Davis, Henry Farmer, Christopher Snead. Note Henry Farmer; who is Christopher Snead? [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.