Generation
No. 4
42.Moses4 Walters (Johannah3 McBee, William2, Matthew1) was born Abt. 1770. He married Elizabeth Cauthon.
Child
of Moses Walters and Elizabeth Cauthon is:
| 66 | i. | Andrew Chislum5 Walters. He married Mary Hester Armstrong. |
Child
of Isiah Austin and Mrs. Austin is:
| 67 | i. | James B.5 Austin, born 1770; died 1850. He married Ann Howard. |
Notes for Matthew McBee:
Matthew McBee is listed
in the South Carolina Roster for Revolutionary
War
Veterans. The book states
"He served in the militia under Col.
Roebuck after
the fall of Charleston.
A.A. 4875B; X3606. This is one of the links
to the
McBees in the Revolutionary
War.
The following is Matthew
McBee's will:
Matthew McBee's ) In the
name of God Amen. I Matthew McBee
of the
last will & testament
) State of South Carolina and District of
Recorded the 23rd of ) Spartanburg,
being very weak in body but
of
October 1817 ) perfect mind
and memory thanks be given
unto God
) calling to mind the mortality
of my body
and
knowing that it is appointed
for all men once to die do make and
ordain this
my last will and testament
that is to say principally and First of all
I give
and recommend my soul unto
the Lord, of almighty God that gave it and
my body
I recomment to the earth,
to be buried in decent Christian burial at
the
discretion of my executors,
nothing doubting but at the General
resurrection
I shall receive the same
again by the mighty power of God and as for
my
worldly estate wherewith
it hath pleased God to bless me in this life,
I give
and devise and dispose of
the same in the following manner and form.
First,
I give to my son Matthew
McBee a part of the tract of land I now live
on lying
on Packolet River beginning
on a Red oak in the bent of the branch
above the
fork of the branch running
a straight line to his fence then a strait
line to
a big ded oak at the lower
corner of the wheat patch fence then
through the
old fields with a strait
line to the crab apple tree on the river.
Also, I do
give the other part of the
tract to my son Jeramiah McBee. Also, I do
give my
daughter Rachel McBee a
tract of land lying on the head of Horse Creek
with a
plantation on it. My household
furniture I equally divide between my
daughters Rachel and Anna
at my wife's death. Also, I give all my
plantation
and working tools to my
son Jeramiah McBee but nothing to be
interrupted till
my wife's death. I also
leave my granddaughter, Betty Dodd one cow &
calf &
one feather bed. I give
to my sons John, Elijah, and William McBee
and James
Dodd five shillings to be
paid unto each of them out of my estate by
my
executors, Fanny McBee,
John and Jeremiah McBee. My wife, John and
Jeremiah,
my sons, to be my executor
of this my last will and testament. And I
do
hereby utterly disallow,
revoke, and disannul all and every other
testaments,
wills, legacies bequeath
and executor by me in any wise before named
willed or
bequeathed ratifying and
confirming this and no other to be my last
will and
testament. In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & seal this
ninth
day of January 1817.
Signed in the presence of
us
William Gore
Jeremiah McBee
Mathew McBee Matthew McBee
(seal)
Recorded in Will Book 119
Box 140 Package 100
Recorded 23 October 1817
W. Lancaster
I, Danny A. McBee, also have
a copy of Matthew McBee's Estate
Appraisement. I
chose not to type it down.
Should anyone want a copy of it, please
contact
me at 4131 Grissom Street,
Gastonia, North Carolina, 28056 or call me
at
(704) 865-6715. The three
people who put together this appraisement
were
Thomas Brown, Thomas Reid,
and James Briant (Very probably the father
of
William Tolleson Briant
who was the father of Millie Adelaide Bryant
(Briant)
who was the wife of Thomas
B. McBee.
(Blank), 1814. Matthew McBee
(Spartanburgh) to John McBee (same); for
$100
sold 250 acres on waters
of Macin's Creek of Broad River. Witness
William
Macbee and Matthew Macbee.
Signed Matthew Macbee. Wit. oath July 31,
1815,
William Macbee to Wm Reid.
Rec. December 2, 1817.
July 31, 1815. Matthew Macbee
(Spartanburgh) to Anna McBee; for 10
lire
sterling sold 275 acres
on branches of Pacolett River; border: George
Poole
and S-Wind. Witness William
Macbee and Matthew Macbee. Signed
Matthew
Macbee. Wit. oath July 31,
1815 William Macbee to Wm. Reid. Rec.
December 2,
1817.
January 18, 1787. William
Alldridge (Spartanburgh) to Matthew McBee
(same);
for 50 lire ls sterling
sold 200 acres on south side of Packolate
River;
border: SW-Benjn Mehaney,
NW-vacant, NE-McBee; grant January 21, 1785
Gov.
Benjamin Guerard to William
Aldridge. Witness Jas Wofford and Jas
Lusk.
Signed William Alldridge
and Hannah's mark.
Notes for Mrs. (Fanny) Matthew
McBee:
The following is from the
book "Journal of the Ordinary 1816-1818":
July 30,
1817. Granted a citation
to Fanny, John & Jerry McBee named exrs. in
the
will of Matthew McBee for
the probate thereof. August 25, 1817. Will
of
Matthew McBee proved by
William Gore.
Children
of Matthew McBee and Mrs. McBee are:
| 68 | i. | Matthew5 McBee, born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He married Darcus Lee December 20, 1815 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. |
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Notes for Matthew McBee: The 1820 North Carolina Census shows Mathew McBee as head of household, between the age of 26 and 45 years old. It shows Darcus Lee as female head of household, between the age of 26 and 45 years old. Their county is listed as Rutherford County, North Carolina, microfilm page number is 359. The 1830 Burke County, North Carolina Census list Matthew McBee as head of household. Matthew is also listed in the Burke County 1840 Census. Matthew McBee is listed in
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Notes for Darcus Lee:
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| 69 | ii. | Jeremiah McBee, born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. |
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Notes for Jeremiah McBee: April 7, 1827 Jeremiah McBee (Spartanburgh) to John Kimbrell (same); for $110 sold 275 acres on both sides Casey's Cr of Pacolate River; border: George Poole and Winn; grant to Sabb and Lee. Witness James Poole and Richard Findly. Signed Jeremiah McBee. Wit. Oath Apr 7, 1827. James Poole to W. Bennett. Rec. May 7, 1827. Dower renounced May 5, 1827 Sally McBee to George Camp. December 29, 1821. Jeremiah
McBee (Spartanburgh) to Anna McBee (same)
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| 70 | iii. | John McBee, born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. |
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Notes for John McBee: December 12, 1817. John McBee (Spartanburgh) to Theophelus Thorn (same); for $50 sold 50 acres on waters of McKenney's Creek. Witness Whitney Hines and Elizabeth Hines. Signed John McBee's mark. Wit. oath Dec. 12, 1817 Whitney Hines to Henry Turner. Rec. Sept. 7, 1818. John McBee is listed in the
1820 Spartanburg County, Spartanburg,
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| 71 | iv. | Elijah McBee, born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina; died December 20, 1814 in Spartanburgh County, South Carolina. He married Martha Patsey Crocker. |
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Notes for Elijah McBee: May 9th 1815. Received of Mr. Reece payments for the Soldiers the following sums for the following deceased persons: Elijah McBee $12.75. Jan 12, 1809. Elijah McBee
(Spartanburgh) to Mathew McBee (same); for
Elijah McBee was a private
in the 1st Regiment (Mean's) South Carolina
Elijah McBee did not survive
the War of 1812. Elijah shows up in an
Spartanburg marriages list
Martha McBee, widow of Elijah McBee,
Notes for Martha Patsey Crocker:
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| 72 | v. | Rachel McBee, born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina; died 1855 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. |
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Notes for Rachel McBee: In the book, "Some Spartanburg County Cemeteries" by Joseph R. Gainey, 929.509 G. there is a reference below the Elizabeth Dodd Burk entry "born Sept. 25, 1811, died March 10, 1892, which states: In memory of our beloved Aunt Rachel McBee. She died in the year of our lord 1855. Rachel was the sister of Anna McBee Dodd, daughter of Matthew and Fanny McBee. February 7, 1814. James Ward
(Spartanburgh) to Rachel McBee (same);
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| 73 | vi. | Anna McBee, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She married John Dodd. |
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Notes for Anna McBee: December 29, 1821. Anna McBee (Spartanburgh) to Jeremiah McBee; for $400 sold 275 acres; border: George Poole's land and S-Winn. Witness Mathew McBee and James Crocker, Jr. Signed Anna McBee's mark. Wit. oath November 24, 1826 James Crocker to William Reid. Rec. April 10, 1827. P. 371-372. Spartanburg Land Abstracts: Matthew Macbee (Spartanburg) to Anna McBee, July 31, 1815, for 10L sterlind sold 275 ac on branches of Pacolett R; border: George Poole and S-Wind. Witness William Macbee and Matthew Macbee. Signed Matthew McBee. |
| 74 | vii. | William McBee, born in Spartanburg County, North Carolina1. He married Mrs. (Anna) William McBee. |
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Notes for William McBee: P. 2 March 19, 1821, William McBee (S.C.) to Thomas Brown (Spartanburgh); for $100 sold 125 acres on Bullock's fork; grant to Malichi Jones; includes 25 acres sold by Warner Sherbut (or Shurbutt) to John Prewett. See two deeds from Warner Sherbute to John Prewett. Witness James Brown and Jesse Hutchins. Signed William McBee. April 19, 1826. Jacob Stotts
to George Weaver; power of attorney to
The Seventh U. S. 1850 Walker
Co., Ga., Taylor Ridge Valley Census,
The 4th U. S. Census, Spartanburg
Dist., S. C., page 246, house no.
FEMALE
Comment: The members of the
family have not been identified, but this
I, Danny A. McBee, now believe
that the son that is listed as 20/30
Possibility that William
was selling his land to move to Georgia?
Notes for Mrs. (Anna) William
McBee:
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Notes for Silas McBee:
In the summer of 1780, when
about fifteen years old, while his father
was
absent serving his country
in Sumter's army, Silas McBee was sent by
his
mother to Ferguson's camp
to reclaim a fine horse which some Tories
had taken
from the McBee plantation;
he not only failed to get his horse but
was placed
under guard; he managed
to escape from the British camp and after
hiding out
for a week to prevent being
recaptured, he set out to join Sumter, but
not
finding him, he joined Shelby's
corps and assisted in taking Captain
Moore and
97 royalist; he was with
Clarke at Musgrove's Mill; he was also with
Sumter
for a short time, then joined
Colonel James Williams, under whom he
fought at
the battle of King's Mountain.
After the revolution, Silas McBee
moved to
Sumner County, Tennessee,
where he went scouting with Colonel James
Winchester
in a few skirmishes; when
Zeigler's Station was attacked June 26th,
1792, by
a large party of Indians,
Zeigler was killed and Mrs. Zeigler and some
of her
children were taken prisoners;
Colonel James Winchester raised a
party of
men, Silas McBee being on
of them, and followed in pursuit, which Mrs.
Zeigler
afterwards thought saved
her life. (She and her children were soon
after
exchanged). Silas McBee
moved to Logan County, Kentucky about 1794.
Afterwards to Christian
County, Kentucky, then to Henderson County,
Kentucky.
Thinking that settlement
in Alabama (the line then not having been
run).
Silas McBee was elected
to represent Monroe County in the Alabama
Legislature,
defeating Colonel William
Cocke even or eight votes. In Kentucky
Silas acted
for many years as Justice,
and also for a while in Mississippi. Silas
McBee
and his son-in-law, Thomas
Sampson, were on the committee to lay out
Columbus,
Mississippi, Silas McBee
giving the name of the town. Silas McBee
married
(probably in Kentucky) Catherine
Cates, who died _____________, and is
buried
on McBee's Creek near Columbus.
Silas McBee died at the home of his
son-in-law, Thomas H. Williams,
in Pontotoc County, Mississippi,
January 6,
1845. When Lyman C. Draper
wrote his "King's Mountain and Its Heros",
Silas
was one of the two or three
participants of that battle living, and
Draper
made a special trip to Mississippi
to get his version of the battle,
and Silas
is quoted throughout the
book. The greater part of the above sketch
of the
life of Silas McBee was
gotten from the Draper manuscript, at the
Wisconsin
Historical Society, in Madison,
Wisconsin. (This article was taken in
its
entirety from the book "Out
of the Wilderness" by Janice Mercer).
Danny A.
McBee, 4131 Grissom Street,
Gastonia, North Carolina.
The following article came
from South Carolina Roster of
Revolutionary
War Soldiers, page 592:
Silas McBee, born in Virginia, died 6 January
1845,
married Catherine Cates
1st and Leodicia Nail 2nd. While residing in
Spartanburg District, he
enlisted under Captain John Thompson and
Colonel
Thomas Brandon and was in
the battle at Kings Mountain. He
re-enlisted during
November 1781 and served
until March or April 1782 under Captain Field
Pardue
and Colonel Andrew Pickens.
In addition, he served under Captains
John Mapp,
Vardry McBee (his father),
and Colonel Roebuck. A.A.4876; X1116.
The following article came
from the book "The King's Mountain
Men":
MCBEE. Silas was born November
24, 1765, and therefore was not quite
fifteen
when fighting at King's
Mountain under Colonel Williams. He lived at
Thicketty Ford, South Carolina,
and was there at the time of the
capture of
Captain Moore and his men.
He was a member of the first legislature
of
Alabama, but in 1842 was
living in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, where
he died
three years later. Draper
had several interviews with him. (Draper
wrote the
story of King's Mountain
Battle) (Danny A. McBee).
The children of Silas McBee
are widely known. Silas could not be the
father
of Thomas B. McBee because
Silas settled into Logan County, Kentucky
and
Thomas B. McBee is not listed
as one of his children. (Danny A.
McBee).
Possible that Silas McBee
was married a second time to Leodicia Nail.
Children
of Silas McBee and Catherine Cates are:
| 75 | i. | Matilda5 McBee. She married Thomas Sampson December 22, 1816 in Christian County, Kentucky. |
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Notes for Matilda McBee: Matilda married Thomas O. Sampson. Matilda could very probable have been named Malinda. (Danny A. McBee). Notes for Thomas Sampson:
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| 76 | ii. | Eustacia Ann McBee. |
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Notes for Eustacia Ann McBee: Eustacia married Colonel Thomas H. Williams. |
| 77 | iii. | Coralie McBee. |
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Notes for Coralie McBee: Coralie McBee married Bartlett Sims. |
| 78 | iv. | Unknown daughter McBee. |
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Notes for Unknown daughter McBee: This daughter married a Sample. |
| 79 | v. | Vardry McBee, born October 10, 1796; died February 1837 in Enroute from Cuba. He married Alice Cole Bennett July 26, 1822 in Christian County, Kentucky. |
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Notes for Vardry McBee: Vardry McBee married Alice C. Bennett, born 1796. Vardry went to Cuba for relief of consumption. He did not improve. He died enroute back home. |
| 80 | vi. | Silas McBee, born 1800 in Kentucky. He married Patricia "Patsy" Mayes Abt. 1822 in Kentucky. |
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Notes for Silas McBee: Silas McBee, Jr. married Patricia Mayes. |
| 81 | vii. | Joshua Cates McBee, born May 07, 1802; died August 13, 1831 in Holmes County, Mississippi. He married Caroline C. M. Land October 15, 1829 in Lowndes County, Mississippi. |
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Notes for Joshua Cates McBee: Joshua Cates McBee married Caroline C. Land. Notes for Caroline C. M.
Land:
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| 82 | viii. | Sarah Ford McBee, born October 27, 1809. She married Tilghman Mayfield Tucker 1829. |
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Notes for Sarah Ford McBee: Sarah F. McBee married Tighlman Tucker, Governor of Mississippi.
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Notes for Vardry Echols McBee:
Vardry McBee is shown in
the 1820 Lincoln County, North Carolina
Census as
having three male children
10 years old and under, one male child 10
to 16
years of age, three male
children 16 to 26 years of age, himself at 45
years
of age, one female at 10
years old and under, one female at 10 to 16
years of
age, and wife, Jane Alexander,
26 to 45 years of age. They are listed
as
having 12 slaves. Microfilm
page number 382.
The following article was
in the Guest Column of the Gaston Observor,
Wednesday, August 12, 1992,
page 3. I have not copied the article in
its
entirety. The article was
written by John R. Friday, North Carolina
Superior Court emergency
judge, who lives in Lincoln County.
Vardry McBee was born June
19, 1775, to Scottish Quaker parents in the
Spartanburg district of
South Carolina. His father, also named
Vardry, served
with the Patriot army during
the Revolutionary War, even though he was
a
Quaker. At age 12, the younger
McBee was taken from school and worked
for
six years in an South Carolina
limestone mine. At age 19, in 1794, he
journeyed to Lincolnton,
where he learned the saddle trade from his
brother-
in-law, Joseph Morris. About
1800 he traveled to Charleston, then
with his
parents to Kentucky, and
later to Tennessee where he ran a saddler's
shop. He
soon returned to Lincolnton,
where he established a saddlery in
partnership
with James Campbell. In
1804, young Vardry married Jane Alexander of
Rutherford County. Within
two years he sold his interest in the shop
and
bought a house and lot in
Lincolnton (where First Methodist Church
stands
today) as well as a nearby
farm. He proved highly successful as a
farmer.
In 1812, McBee became clerk
of court in Lincoln County, a position he
held
until 1833. He also operated
a saddlery and farmed during this time.
He
prospered with the combination
of enterprises, and was counted as one
of the
leading citizens of Lincolnton.
Perhaps the most significant event in
his
life was in 1815, when he
bought several thousand acres from Col.
Lemuel J.
Allston in and around the
area that is now Greenville, South Carolina.
McBee
first constructed a flour
mill on the Reedy River below Greenville in
1817.
This enterprise prospered
so that in 1829 he built a second mill.
Then, along
with men he recruited from
Lincoln County, he built a third flour mill
below
Greenville, a paper mill,
a cotton mill and a woolen mill. Thus
McBee, while
living in Lincolnton, was
heavily engaged in "the manufacture of
flour, news-
print, wrapping paper, cotton
and woolen yarn and cloth" at his South
Carolina
plants. He also farmed.
In 1833, McBee was a delegate to the
Internal
Improvement Convention at
Raleigh. During 1836, the 61 year old McBee
moved
from Lincolnton to Greenville
in order to supervise his business
interest more
closely. He was soon elected
president of the Agriculture Society and
won
awards for his well-managed
farms. McBee also became heavily involved
with
the railroad business, not
surprising since his manufactured products
had to
be delivered. He became
president of the Louisville and Cincinnati
Railroad,
and his generosity in purchasing
stock saved the failing Greenville
and
Columbia railway. He also
owned stock in the Seaboard and Roanoke
railroads.
His prosperous enterprises
made him a man of wealth and influence. At
77,
McBee was in good health
and capable of riding almost 50 miles daily.
Lincoln
County historian William
Sherrill reports that "he adhered to a high
standard
of morality and was always
strictly temperate. McBee and his wife
were the
parents of nine children.
Vardry McBee died at age 89 on January 23,
1864.
He and his wife are buried
at Christ Episcopal Church in Greenville.
He
combined a pleasing personality
and high moral standards with a shrewd
business sense to amass
fortunes, of which he gave generous portions
to
religious and educational
organizations in North and South Carolina.
He needs
to be remembered as a benefactor
of the people as well as one of the
founders
of Greenville, South Carolina.
Q-417: 29 May 1830, Vardry
McBee to Perry E. Duncan, $150, both
Greenville District, South
Carolina, lot near village of Greenville
Court
House near the Buncomb Road
on the avenue leading to the female
academy, la
25 poles; witness, Samuel
Thompson, William T. Rawland; reg. 15 Dec
1830, Jane
McBee relinquished dower,
C. White. Y-157: 1847, Vardry McBee to
Robert B.
Duncan, 24 acres between
Augusta and Anderson Roads.
Vardry Echols McBee was
barely 16 years old when he entered the
service
of the Confederacy and served
during the last year of the war.
The following is the obituary
of Vardry McBee in The Edgefield
Advertiser
on February 3, 1864: Death
of Vardry McBee, Esquire. This well-known
citizen
of Greenville and the oldest
inhabitant of the place, expired on
Saturday
morning past at his residence
in this town. By a life of temperance
and
carefullness, he had prolonged
his years until he had attained his
89th year.
By habits of industry and
economy, he had amassed a large property
which he
used much to the advantage
of the community by which he was
surrounded. He
was a leberal man - not
by indifferently scattering his charities on
any cause
that appealed to his benevolence,
but by a prudent and just
discrimination
contributing liberally of
his means to those public objects he deemed
important and beneficial
to the country and giving to private purposes
in
those cases only where he
had reason for believing his charities would
not be
squandered. Being the possessor,
through his own energy and business
acumen,
of a large landed estate,
he was thus enabled to make valuable
donations of
sites to various public
purposes; and they now stand as monuments to
the
memory of a public-spirited
citizen. Yesterday morning his remains
were
interred in the Episcopal
Church yard. They were followed to the
grave by a
respectable concourse of
citizens, thus united in paying their last
sad
tribute of respect to his
memory. (I, Danny A. McBee, copied this
obituary
in its entirety from the
book, McBee Genealogy, by Roy McBee Smith).
Vardry McBee is called the
"Father of Greenville" by many books,
articles, and celebrations.
In the year 1815, one of the most
important deeds
in Greenville history was
made, the conveyance by Lemuel J. Alston to
Vardry
McBee of Lincolnton, North
Carolina, conveying to him 11,028 acres.
Thus the
predominant ownership of
the Greenville area passed into the hands of
a man
who for more than half a
century was to play a leading and generous
role in
developing Greenville industrially,
commercially and importantly
encouraging
its schools and churches.
By 1824, much progress had been made in the
County
and in the village. The
new academies had been built just north of
the
village on land donated
by McBee and these first schools of Greenville
were
built by public subscription.
Greenville Male and Female Academies -
Greenville - 1821 - Built
on land donated by Vardry McBee and by
public
subscription of citizens.
Two brick buildings cost about $5,000.00.
Among
the instructors were: Dr.
W. B. Johnson, Robert McKay, Rev. Hodges,
Mr.
Leary, Mr. Hallenquist,
and Miss Charlotte Paine. Graduates of these
schools
included: Ben F. Perry,
later Governor of the state; George Townes
and the
Croft brothers, who were
to become famous citizens of
nineteenth-century South
Carolina. The Male Academy
ceased operation about 1852 after Furman
University was established
with its preparatory department. The
Female
Academy continued until
1854, at which time the trustees deeded the
land to
the South Carolina Baptists
to establish a Female College on the site
which
became Greenville Female
College, now merged with Furman University.
(The
above last paragraph came
from the book entitled Names in South
Carolina,
edited by Claude Henry Neuffer,
Volume XVII: 42.
Vardry McBee resigned the
Presidency of the Louisville, Cincinatti and
Charlotte Railroad March
26, 1840. (Taken from the Annals of Lincoln
County
by Sherrill).
The children of Vardry McBee
are well known and Thomas B. McBee is not
listed
among them. This rules out
any possibility that Thomas B. McBee could
be the
son of Vardry McBee. (Danny
A. McBee).
Notes for Jane Alexander:
Jane Alexander McBee died
49 days after her husband Vardry Echols
McBee did.
They were buried side by
side, near their sons Luther Martin McBee and
William Pinkney McBee.
Children
of Vardry McBee and Jane
Alexander are:
| 83 | i. | Joseph Gallishaw5 McBee, born August 20, 1805 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died October 15, 1806 in Lincolnton, North Carolina. |
| 84 | ii. | Malinda Penelope McBee, born October 15, 1807 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died January 02, 1891 in Greenville, South Carolina. |
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Notes for Malinda Penelope McBee: Malinda (Melinda) was mentioned in the will of her grandfather, Elias Alexander. She was willed an unborn negro slave. Malinda fell in love with Turner Bynum, a handsome young man from Columbia who often visited in Pendleton and Greenville. Bynum was a student at South Carolina College. Bynum was killed in a duel with a rival newspaperman, Ben Perry, August 16, 1832. Malinda's sorrow lasted a lifetime. She died unmarried at age 84. Malinda Penelope McBee was
the second child of Vardry and Jane
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| 85 | iii. | Silas Le Roy McBee, born September 27, 1809 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died September 14, 1827 in Lincolnton, North Carolina. |
| 86 | iv. | Luther Martin McBee, born January 13, 1812 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died November 29, 1854 in Greenville, South Carolina. He married Susan Branford McCall December 05, 1845 in Greenville, South Carolina. |
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Notes for Luther Martin McBee: Luther McBee practiced law with Benjamin (Ben) Franklin Perry in Greenville, North Carolina. Luther handled real estate and business matters for his father. Ben Perry handled Vardry McBee's litigation and was often his spokesperson. Luther died at the early age of 42 with a respiratory condition. Luther died without a Will. Luther had owned 30 acres in the village of Greenville and 7 slaves. There is a discrepancy in
the birth date of Luther Martin McBee. Roy
Notes for Susan Branford
McCall:
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| 87 | v. | Hannah Echols McBee, born October 13, 1813 in Licolnton, North Carolina; died September 16, 1814 in Lincolnton, North Carolina. |
| 88 | vi. | Martha (Patsy) Adeline McBee, born May 01, 1816 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died September 26, 1870 in Greenville, Caesar's Head, South Car.. She married Tench Coxe Carson October 06, 1835 in North Carolina. |
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Notes for Tench Coxe Carson: According to Vardry McBee's will, he had "made large advances to Tench Carson and have notes and charges to a large amount which I hereby relinguish." |
| 89 | vii. | Vardry Alexander McBee, born April 17, 1818 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died February 17, 1904 in Lincolnton, North Carolina. He married Mary Elizabeth Sumner December 16, 1847 in Lincolnton, North Carolina. |
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Notes for Vardry Alexander McBee: Vardry Alexander McBee died February 17, 1904, in the same house in which he had lived all his days - the original McBee homestead in Lincolnton. According to Sherill, in
the Lincoln County Annals: Vardry Alexander
Vardry Alexander McBee and
Mary Elizabeth Sumner were married in
Notes for Mary
Elizabeth Sumner:
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| 90 | viii. | William Pinkney McBee, born August 07, 1820 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died October 06, 1860 in Greenville, South Carolina. He married Harriet Ford Butler June 16, 1846 in Greenville, South Carolina. |
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Notes for William Pinkney McBee: William Pinkney McBee graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1842 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He later studied law in Greenville, South Carolina. He was a member of the S. C. House of Representatives for the 40th and 41st Sessions of the General Assembly, serving from November 1852, through December 1855. Many of William Pinkney McBee's children received personal articles, furniture, documents, and correspondence of V. E. McBee. William was named for the prominent Maryland statesman, William Pinkney. Notes for Harriet Ford Butler:
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| 91 | ix. | Stephen Alexander McBee, born May 22, 1822 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died August 14, 1897 in Greenville, South Carolina. He married Henrietta R. D'Oyley Thurston January 1857. |
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Notes for Stephen Alexander McBee: Stephen Alexander shows up in the 1850 Greenville, South Carolina Census in the house of Vardry and Jane McBee. Alexander was listed as 29 years old. His sister Malinda, age 43, also listed. Alexander shows up in the 1860 Greenville County, N. C. Census, age 39, with wife Henrietta R., 27, children Richard, 9, Elias 3, and Pinckney, age 3. I never knew that Elias and Pinckney were twins. I am not sure whether Richard was Luther or whether Richard died at a very young age. (Danny A. McBee). Notes for Henrietta R. D'Oyley
Thurston:
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Notes for James McBee:
According to Clare F. Magbee,
Atlanta, Georgia, James McBee died
December 1815 in Clark County,
Georgia. James Magby was listed in the
1790, 1800 Wilkes County,
Georgia Census and in the 1810 Butts County,
Georgia. This is the first
information I have received from anyone on
the James McBee family.
[Danny A. McBee].
Guardianship Bond granted
to Rachel, James McBee's wife, 2 January
1815, for Hiram [?].
James paid taxes 1785 thru
1805 in Wilkes County, Georgia, in Captain
Rain's District, no
slaves.
Wilkes County, Georgia became
Oglethorpe County, Georgia in 1793.
[Danny A. McBee].
Notes for Rachel Buckley:
I, Danny A. McBee, have
just today, September 26, 1997, learned that
James McBee's wife was
Rachel Buckley. I have always
known that her name was Rachel but that
is all I knew. Thanks to
tiafind@aol.com., I now know that Rachel's
last name is Buckley. [Danny
A. McBee].
Children
of James McBee and Rachel Buckley are:
| 92 | i. | Mary5 McBee, died Bef. 1833 in Georgia. She married Unknown Pryor. |
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Notes for Mary McBee: According to Clare F. Magbee, Atlanta, Georgia, Mary died before her mother. Mother's will probated 9 October 1833. [Danny A. McBee]. |
| 93 | ii. | Unknown McBee. She married Unknown Wyatt Bef. 1833. |
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Notes for Unknown McBee: According to Clare F. Magbee, unknown McBee daughter not named in her mother's Will but her son was. [Danny A. McBee]. |
| 94 | iii. | Elizabeth "Betsy" McBee, born Abt. 1775 in probably Georgia. She married James Apperson January 14, 1809 in Clark County, Georgia. |
| 95 | iv. | Laban McBee, born Abt. 1782 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died December 20, 1863 in Cobb County, Georgia. He married Rebekah Whatley January 09, 1806 in Green County, Georgia. |
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Notes for Laban McBee: According to Clare F. Magbee, 840 Stovall Place, Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, Laban McBee was executor of his mother's Will. Laban Magbee, Magby, Mockbee, shows up in the 1860, Powder Springs, Cobb County, Georgia Census and athe 1830 and 1840 Butts County, Georgia Census. In the 1830 Butts County, Georgia Census, Laban is shown to have 4 boys and 3 girls in the household and 13 slaves. Laban is shown in the 1840 Butts County, Georgia Census as having 4 boys and 4 girls in the household plus six slaves. [Danny A. McBee]. |
| 96 | v. | Hiram McBee, born Abt. 1795. He married Susanna Wooten October 06, 1816 in Jasper County, Georgia. |
| 97 | vi. | Tabitha McBee, born Abt. 1800 in probably Georgia. She married Jeremiah Maxey March 26, 1818 in Butts County, Georgia. |
Notes for Israel McBee:
The article on page 282,
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage
Book,
states that Israel McBee
was married to Nancy Hale; he was born in
Tennessee;
and that he was born in
1756. The article also states that Israel
McBee
served as a private under
Captain Hugh Woodson, Colonel Abraham
Bluford, and
was engaged in the battle
of Hanging Rock. Israel enlisted August 9,
1778 in
Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Israel McBee lived in Pittsylvania
County, Virginia when he entered
service in
1779 and served 17 months
as a private in the 3rd Regiment Virginia
line under
Colonel Abraham Bluford
and Captain Hugh Woodson. He was in the
Battle of
Hanging Rock (or Bluford's
Defeat) in South Carolina where he was
taken
prisoner and paroled by
Colonel Farlton, British Commander, after
about 14
days as a prisoner. Application
for pension taken in Grainger County,
Tennessee 20 August 1832
by John Coclse, Clerk. (This information was
taken
from "Out of the Wilderness"
written by Janice Mercer and copied by
Danny A.
McBee).
Children
of Israel McBee and Nancy Hale are:
| 98 | i. | Silas5 McBee, born in Obion County, Tennessee. |
| 99 | ii. | Rachel Miranda McBee, born December 22, 1789 in Grainger County, Tennessee; died December 17, 1862 in McNairy County, Tennessee. She married John David Huddleston. |
| 100 | iii. | John McBee, born Abt. 1792 in Greene, Tennessee; died Abt. 1862. He married Susan Yadon Abt. 1816. |
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Notes for John McBee: John McBee served in the War of 1812 under Captain Hunter. (Danny A. McBee). |
| 101 | iv. | Robert McBee, born Abt. 1798 in Obion County, Tennessee. |
| 102 | v. | George Henry McBee, born Abt. 1800 in Obion County, Tennessee. |
Notes for Susannah McBee:
There has been another date
of birth of Susannah McBee listed as
August 9,
1762. There is the possibility
that she was also born in Pittsylvania
County,
Virginia. This information
came from Donald Taylor Mathes, Rockville,
Maryland.
Child
of Susannah McBee and John Barron is:
| 103 | i. | John Weden5 Barron. He married Anna A. Knox Abt. 1842 in Howard County, Missouri. |
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Notes for John Weden Barron: Gloria (Hagar) Kemp suggests that Susanna and John Barron had a son named John born in 1793 who married Elizabeth Lochhard in 1813. They also had a son named James who was born 1791, died in 1865 and married Nancy McKenzie in 1822. (Danny A. McBee).
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Notes for Isaac McBee:
Isaac McBee was drafted
as a militia man for 3 months from Greene Co.,
North
Carolina in Captain Neely
Newman's Company, part of Regt. of Col. John
Sevier
in year 1780. Fought then
in several Indian skirmishes. Drafted
again in
1781, same county, same
captain, this time for 6 months, mostly
service in
vicinity of Titsond and
Newman Forts. In April 1783 ordered out again
in
Captain Benjamin Clark's
Company as a spy with Robert Bean through the
area of
Bays Mountain, Chimney Top
Mountain, and Buck Creek. After the War,
he moved
to Washington County, North
Carolina, for a few years. Then to
Hawkins County
until 1803 when he moved
to Kentucky and settled in Cumberland County.
Application for pension
taken at Burlesville, North Carolina, 17
October 1840
by M. King. (Danny A. McBee).
Children
of Isaac McBee and Mrs. McBee are:
| 104 | i. | Lucy A.5 McBee, born Abt. 1785 in Patrick CountyVirginia. She married George W. Ray. |
| 105 | ii. | Nancy McBee, born Abt. 1787 in Patrick CountyVirginia. |
| 106 | iii. | Ann McBee, born Abt. 1789 in Patrick CountyVirginia. |
Children
of Samuel McBee and Anney Hamilton are:
| 107 | i. | William5 McBee, born July 21, 1798 in Grainger County, Tennessee; died June 23, 1883 in Claibourne, Tennessee. He married (1) Barbara Carlock nee Vanbebber. He married (2) Ann Williams October 12, 1817. |
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Notes for William McBee: William McBee lived in Claiborne County, Tennessee. (Danny A. McBee). I copied this information from the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Gastonia, North Carolina. Call number US/Can Film Area 1307616, item 59: Title: McBee: Family Bible records transcript, 1797-1929. Donated by Christine R. Brown, Lenoir City, Tenn. |
| 108 | ii. | Isaac McBee, born Abt. 1801. He married Elizabeth Grubb. |
| 109 | iii. | Caswell McBee, born Abt. 1802 in Grainger, Tennessee. He married Mary "Polly" Peak. |
| 110 | iv. | Ann McBee, born Abt. 1804 in Grainger, Tennessee. She married Daniel Hurst. |
| 111 | v. | Pleasant McBee, born April 12, 1806 in Grainger, Tennessee; died August 16, 1885 in McNairy County, Tennessee. He married Nancy Kelly Abt. 1833. |
| 112 | vi. | Samuel McBee, born Abt. 1811 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. He married (1) Mary "Polly" Hodges. He married (2) Louisa Hamilton Lay December 22, 1863. |
| 113 | vii. | Labourne "Laban" McBee, born May 25, 1813 in Claiborne County, Tennessee; died July 08, 1896 in Missouri. He married Susanna Hodges. |
| 114 | viii. | John McBee, born Abt. 1818 in Grainger, Tennessee. |
| 115 | ix. | Claiborne McBee, born Abt. 1820 in Grainger, Tennessee. He married Samantha Hurst February 25, 1840. |
| 116 | x. | Calvin M. McBee, born Abt. 1821 in Grainger, Tennessee. He married Mrs. (Eveline) Calvin M. McBee November 27, 1846. |
Notes for Tabitha Ann McBee:
Some McBee genealogists
state that Tabitha McBee was born in
Pittsylvania,
Virginia. (Danny A. McBee).
Children
of Tabitha McBee and Thomas Huddleston are:
| 117 | i. | Unknown5 son. |
| 118 | ii. | Nancy Huddleston, born Abt. 1802 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. She married Josiah Birdsong. |
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Notes for Josiah Birdsong: Josiah and Nancy Huddleston Birdsong had 10 children. They lived in Rhea Co., Tennessee, Mcnairy County, Tennessee, Franklin County, Alabama, Miller Co., Missouri. |
| 119 | iii. | Mary Catherine Huddleston, born Abt. 1806 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. She married John Birdsong April 25, 1822 in Rhea County, Tennessee. |
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Notes for John Birdsong: John and Mary Huddleston Birdsong lived in Rhea Co., Tn., Mcnairy Co., Tn., and moved to Miller Co., Missouri in 1844. (Danny A. McBee).
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