Okay, since I started this, here's what my ggg grandfather Elijah Megabee said about his name; "It's MEG-abee, but spelled like in the bible". Believe it or not its the only oral tradition that has survived the generations of our family intact. The only thing I could figure was that he was referring to the hard 'g' sound for pronunciation, and short 'a' sound for the spelling. I'm guessing he used the name Magby or Magbee since his daughter Margaret is listed as Magby. Robert Magby's granddaughters though, used the spelling Magbee on the 1870 census for Montgomery Co AR where they were living in the household of Margaret Magby and her husband, James A. Baker. Since there's no hard and fast rule evidently for the spelling or pronunciation, its whatever the user could get across to the enumerator. Ali Ingle United we stand, divided we fall. God Bless America!! From: LuAnn Kline <kluann@juno.com> More on how to say the name--John Esco Mcbee was born in Union county TN about 1875 He was my mother-in-law's grandfather, and she always called him grampa Mack. He wrote his name McBee with the c raised as well, and said it Mack-bee. cya LuAnn kluann@juno.com _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

More on how to say the name--John Esco Mcbee was born in Union county TN about 1875 He was my mother-in-law's grandfather, and she always called him grampa Mack. He wrote his name McBee with the c raised as well, and said it Mack-bee. cya LuAnn kluann@juno.com

In Atlanta, related Magbee's pronounce it MAG-BEE

I'm descended from the Oregon McBees (from MD via OH and MO). My father has always said MACK' Bee (emphasis on the MACK) when speaking of his relatives. I have samples of my grandmother's and greatgrandmother's handwriting - they both wrote it with the raised "c" and two dots underneath; the MO branch of the family reports that their grandparents wrote it the same way. According to my Scottish country dance teacher, this is a Scottish custom denoting that the "a" has been dropped - an indicator to say Mack rather than Mick. Susan

Hi all, another 2 cents worth. The pronouncing has a lot to do with the region of where McBee's lived. I was born in OK, moved to AR when I was young, and everyone we met, spelled McBee and pronunced it as MacAbee. My Dad all ways singed his name with a raised small c and 2 line underneith. My dad and Elnora's grandfather were brothers. Happy hunting.

Hi List, The discussion of variations in the McBee surname gives me opportunity to pass along some information from Henry County, Missouri censuses (MO USGenWeb). 1840 (Rives County) McABEE, Samuel - Grand River pg 354-24: 3M(0-4), 1M(5-9), 1M(10-14), 1M(15-19), 1M(40-49), 1F(5-9), 1F(30-39), 2(Agri) MOCKBEE, Cuthbert - Teabo pg 361-5: 1M(20-29) 1850 McABEE R0434.F0444 Deepwater pg 67, Oct 19th: #1 John W. McABEE (m) age: 24 - bca: 1826, IL - occ: laborer; #2 Martha J. McABEE (f) age: 21 - bca: 1829, AR - 1850 Henry Co MO Fed Census 1860 1860 Fed Census Deepwater Twp Henry Co MO, P.O. Zion, pg 111 - Jul 24 1860 - D751:F751 MACABEE, Jerome - 25Y m - farmer - $1000-$633 - IN MACABEE, Louisa - 25Y f - OH MACABEE, Laura O. - 6Y f - MO Bob Nicholas, Portland OR

Hey you left out a few. Spelled McEbee in the 1810 S. C. Census. Samuel Magby is listed in Waccamaw and Horry County, S. C. in the 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820 Census. He was a brother to Vardry McBee Sr. My brother Bobby always told me there wasn't any Muck in our name McBee. lol. There aren't any Mick in our McBee name either. My dad ALWAYS put the little lines under our c in our McBee name and he raised the c up. He said this represented a missing a in our name which would have given it the sound of MacBee or Mackbee. I put the emphasis on the Mack most of the time. My wife says she has no idea how to pronounce our name as all of us ten kids pronounce it differently. There are other variations on the spelling but I am on my way to work and will send them later. All I know is I am PROUD to be one ot the McBees. Love all up McBees. Danny Albert McBee.

Hi All, I just have to add my 2 cents on the spelling and pronouncement of the name, my Grandfather also spelled it with the (raised c/.. under it), but he pronounced it Mackbee, later he just put the (c no line or dots). (Could that have been age??) The first time I ever wrote it, I wrote Mackbee and my Mother was adamant about how to write it. *~* I also think the way individuals pronounced it, family differences and theirs or other's illiteracy. Now I just write it McBee and pronounce it Mackbee. Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick Subject: [McBEE] Re: Pronouncing and spelling the dang NAME > Alice Ingle wrote: > > > > Does anyone know the reason for the difference in spelling the names Magby > > and McBee? I know the enumerator may have started it, but I wonder why one > > group continued to spell it Magby and variations of. Ya see, I don't mind > > that I was told the name was Megabee, only find it spelled > > Magbee/Magby/Megbee/Megby/etc., when I really should be looking for McBee. > > They must have been easygoing too. LOL. Valorie wrote: > I think it's just accents. MAHG be = Magby or Magbee muck BEE = McBee > > mack bee = Mackbee MAG uh bee = Magabee MOC ah bee = Moccabee > > My family pronounced it muck BEE, spelled it McBee, and wrote the c up > high, with a line and two dots under it. On the other hand, my McBees > seem to have come from space ships..... One family source says it used > to be Magby, but I've looked and looked, and so far -- haven't found > 'em. > > Valorie >

Alice Ingle wrote: > > Does anyone know the reason for the difference in spelling the names Magby > and McBee? I know the enumerator may have started it, but I wonder why one > group continued to spell it Magby and variations of. Ya see, I don't mind > that I was told the name was Megabee, only find it spelled > Magbee/Magby/Megbee/Megby/etc., when I really should be looking for McBee. > They must have been easygoing too. LOL. I think it's just accents. MAHG be = Magby or Magbee muck BEE = McBee mack bee = Mackbee MAG uh bee = Magabee MOC ah bee = Moccabee My family pronounced it muck BEE, spelled it McBee, and wrote the c up high, with a line and two dots under it. On the other hand, my McBees seem to have come from space ships..... One family source says it used to be Magby, but I've looked and looked, and so far -- haven't found 'em. Valorie

Does anyone know the reason for the difference in spelling the names Magby and McBee? I know the enumerator may have started it, but I wonder why one group continued to spell it Magby and variations of. Ya see, I don't mind that I was told the name was Megabee, only find it spelled Magbee/Magby/Megbee/Megby/etc., when I really should be looking for McBee. They must have been easygoing too. LOL. Ah, what's in a name? Ali Ingle From: Valorie Zimmerman <valoriez@zimres.net> Reply-To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [McBEE] Conf. Indigent Families in TX Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 01:15:47 -0700 Ron McCandless wrote: > > Conf. Indigent Families in TX > > R.B. Magby in Johnson Co > Magby (no first name) in Angelina Co > Sam'l McBee in Cherokee Co > Newton McBee in Denton Co. > V. McBee in Lavaca Co > Vardra McBee Lavaca Co Ron, where did you find this list? Interesting group of names! Valorie ==== MCBEE Mailing List ==== To ask for a lookup or volunteer to do acts of genealogical kindness, visit Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, http://www.RAOGK.org ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 United we stand, divided we fall. God Bless America!! _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

Ron McCandless wrote: > > Conf. Indigent Families in TX > > R.B. Magby in Johnson Co > Magby (no first name) in Angelina Co > Sam'l McBee in Cherokee Co > Newton McBee in Denton Co. > V. McBee in Lavaca Co > Vardra McBee Lavaca Co Ron, where did you find this list? Interesting group of names! Valorie

Conf. Indigent Families in TX R.B. Magby in Johnson Co Magby (no first name) in Angelina Co Sam'l McBee in Cherokee Co Newton McBee in Denton Co. V. McBee in Lavaca Co Vardra McBee Lavaca Co

Shirley is not yet a member of our list, so please respond directly to her at <mailto:ff51058@uslink.net> and cc: the list. -v Subject: Forrest/McBee Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 22:28:26 -0700 From: "Shirley Frederick" <ff51058@uslink.net> To: <valoriez@zimres.net> Thanks for the response. Am interested in both as the McBee side may be the only way we will be able to find out what happened to Samuel and William's parents (William and Sarah). I do have some on her family but would like to find some living decendents that could answer some questions.........sf -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching mcbee or macbee or "mc bee" or "mac bee" Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 19:32:29 -0800 From: "Shirley Frederick" <ff51058@uslink.net> . Source: FORREST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Samuel Thomas Forrest (his father was William Forrest) Indiana Looking for Samuel Forrest ancesters. His parents were William and Sarah J McBee Forrest who were married, I think, in Marion County, Indiana. Have Sarah's parents names but not William's. Samuel was born June 7, 1873. He had a brother William Henry 1 1/2 years older and a younger sister Maggie. Any help will be appreaciated...Shirley

Hope this helps, but it looks like a different branch. William Cox McBee, 4 Mar 1756 - 28 Jan 1826, married to Mary Ann Cobb (?) 14 Jul 1757 - 26 Oct 1840, both of Knox County Tenn. They were parents of Ganum Cox (Sr), 19 May 1799 - 20 Nov 1880 Straw Plains, Knox County Tenn, married to Sara Bell Love, 25 May 1802 - 2 Sep 1870 of Haywood County, North Carolina. They were parents of Ganum Cox MCBee (Jr), 12 Sep 1840 - 7 Jan 1902, of Straw Plains, Knox C, Tennessee Married to Nancy Ellen Sawyers, 11 May 1843 - 27 Mar 1916 of Knox County Tenn. They had four children; Robert Love McBee, 16 Jun 1871 - 12 Jul 1951 of Knox County, Tennessee William Sawyers McBee, 9 Sep 1866 - 21 Sep 1896 James Albert McBee, 6 Oct 1868 - ? Sallie Belle McBee, 22 Nov 1873 - ? Ken McBee

Having a Magby/McBee ancestor on one side of my family, and Cox on the other, I'm curious to find out where the name Cox came from. Actually, Cox is my maiden name, Magby is my gg grandmother on my mom's side. I hope someone finds the answer, this is getting pretty interesting. Ali Ingle United we stand, divided we fall. God Bless America!! From: KMcbee@aol.com Hope this helps, but it looks like a different branch. William Cox McBee, 4 Mar 1756 - 28 Jan 1826, married to Mary Ann Cobb (?) 14 Jul 1757 - 26 Oct 1840, both of Knox County Tenn. They were parents of Ganum Cox (Sr), 19 May 1799 - 20 Nov 1880 Straw Plains, Knox County Tenn, married to Sara Bell Love, 25 May 1802 - 2 Sep 1870 of Haywood County, North Carolina. They were parents of Ganum Cox MCBee (Jr), 12 Sep 1840 - 7 Jan 1902, of Straw Plains, Knox C, Tennessee Married to Nancy Ellen Sawyers, 11 May 1843 - 27 Mar 1916 of Knox County Tenn. They had four children; Robert Love McBee, 16 Jun 1871 - 12 Jul 1951 of Knox County, Tennessee William Sawyers McBee, 9 Sep 1866 - 21 Sep 1896 James Albert McBee, 6 Oct 1868 - ? Sallie Belle McBee, 22 Nov 1873 - ? Ken McBee _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

Good morning, I am a McBee historian. I have some information on Ganium Cox McBee. The first issue is that there were so many of the McBees who were named Ganium (Gannum, Ganum C., Gannum Cox, Ganum) Cox McBee. Your Gannum Cox McBee was the son of Robert McBee and Elizabeth Dyer. He was married to Mary Emaline "Polly" Woods who was the daughter of Stephen Woods and Sally Lay. They had seven children. I will be glad to send you more information but I am on my way to work. I hope this helps. Don't get confused about all of the Gannum McBees. We have them pretty much sorted out. Have a GREAT day. Danny A. McBee, Gastonia, North Carolina.

Hi Danny, This is Buddy Bellamy in Ardmore, Ok. Our daughter moved to Texas from Greer, SC so I didn't get to visit you. I was really looking forward to that. Like most folks I have been really busy in my business, so I've had to set my searching aside for a while. Thanks for your message. Buddy ----- Original Message ----- From: <McBee49@aol.com> To: <MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [McBEE] Re: Gaynum/Ganum cox Mcbee > Good morning, I am a McBee historian. I have some information on Ganium Cox > McBee. The first issue is that there were so many of the McBees who were > named Ganium (Gannum, Ganum C., Gannum Cox, Ganum) Cox McBee. Your Gannum > Cox McBee was the son of Robert McBee and Elizabeth Dyer. He was married to > Mary Emaline "Polly" Woods who was the daughter of Stephen Woods and Sally > Lay. They had seven children. I will be glad to send you more information > but I am on my way to work. I hope this helps. Don't get confused about all > of the Gannum McBees. We have them pretty much sorted out. Have a GREAT > day. Danny A. McBee, Gastonia, North Carolina. > > > ==== MCBEE Mailing List ==== > Missing MISSING LINKS and SOMEBODY'S LINKS? > Subscribe: http://www.petuniapress.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

does anyone out there know anything about where or when this man died? He was born march 20, 1829 He married Mary Emaline Wood Oct 16, 1851 ( mariage book says Polly Wood) in Claiborn co. TN. I know he is a decendant of Israel, but am unsure of his parents. Earl Quintrell said Robert, but I am inclined to think William, as he named his first 2 children Nancy and William. I spell the name Gaynum because I have the 1832 bible that belonged to his wife, and that is how she wrote their marriage record onto the fly leaf would like to hear from anyone with info on this family, but most especially on old Gaynum/Ganum himself. cya LuAnn kluann@juno.com

Jim isn't yet a list member, so write to him directly at <mailto:JDSshipbld@cs.com> and cc: the list. -v -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Adams/McBee family Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 14:54:57 EDT From: JDSshipbld@cs.com To: valoriez@zimres.net Hi Valorie, It is OK to post my message any place you wish. I Have been to Rootsweb and I see that you have done a lot of research on the McBee line. You can have what I have to do with as you please if you are interested. The Mockbee line ties into my Gore-Skaggs line. Jim Skaggs ---- Subject: PML Search Result matching mcbee or macbee or "mc bee" or "mac bee" Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:46:10 -0600 From: JDSshipbld@cs.com . Source: OKBRYAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Adams, McBee, Nixon, Mullens, Riddle Does anyone have any info on the below family??? If you do please contact me Jim S ===== Descendants of John C. Adams 1 John C. Adams Born: November 1850 in Lauderdale Co., Alabama Died: Unknown .. +Belle Nixon Born: Unknown Died: Unknown m: May 14, 1867 in Lamar Co., TX *2nd Wife of John C. Adams: .. +Ida Mullens Born: Unknown Died: Unknown m: Unknown . 2 William Morgan Adams Born: November 20, 1891 in Powderly, TX Died: January 23, 1972 Burial Place: OK, Bryan Co., Durant, Highland Cem ..... +Ruth Oleana McBee Born: 1898 in Texas Died: 1938 m: Unknown Burial Place: OK, Bryan Co., Durant, Highland Cem . 2 Mattie Lee Adams Born: 1893 Died: 1976 in Denison, Grayson Co., TX Burial Place: OK, Bryan Co., Durant, Highland Cem ..... +Albert L. Riddle Born: 1888 Died: 1967 in Denison, Grayson Co., TX m: Unknown Burial Place: OK, Bryan Co., Durant, Highland Cem ..... 3 Luther Riddle Born: Unknown ..... 3 Opal Riddle Born: Unknown ..... 3 Margret Riddle Born: Unknown . 2 Johnnie Mae Adams Born: February 18, 1895 in Powderly, TX Died: February 12, 1929 Burial Place: OK, Bryan Co., Durant, Highland Cem ..... +Major Paul (Newt) McBee Born: February 20, 1891 Died: January 15, 1954 m: June 19, 1915 Burial Place: OK, Bryan Co., Durant, Highland Cem ..... 3 Marvin Leonard McBee Born: April 05, 1917 in Durant, Bryant Co., OK ......... +? Mahana Born: May 15, 1916 in Atoka Co., OK m: April 15, 1942 in Morehead City, NC. ..... 3 Lenuel Newton (Jack) McBee Born: October 26, 1919 ..... 3 Ruth Lee McBee Born: July 03, 1921 ..... 3 Effie Mae McBee Born: April 19, 1926

I've extracted part of this obit http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/nations/miami/obits/mcbee.txt and put it on the Message Board. In fact, as I come across data such as obits I'm posting them to the Board, but they don't gateway because I don't put my real name and email address. That way, people don't write me privately with questions, LOL! but it does mean that if you want to see what's new, you should visit the board(s) occasionally. Click on View Message Type and choose Obits or another Data type, OR, click on Listed by: and choose Date Expanded, and you'll be able to see all the new posts, no matter what the type. Those variant boards never gateway, and some of them have some very interesting queries and data. For a list of all the McBee boards and variant spellings, see our list page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/McBee-L.htm Valorie