Thanks for the correction Danny, I think I just made a mistake looking at my files. I believe we both have a lot of the same things. i would like to send you what I have and see if our stuff matches. It appears that we are descended from two brothers Matthew and Thomas both sons of William and Anna. > -----Original Message----- > From: McBee49@aol.com [SMTP:McBee49@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 7:28 AM > To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [McBEE] (Fwd) Re: Annie McBEE -- Anna BROWN m. William > McBEE b. 1785 > > Mark, I doubt that William McBee, born 1786, was killed in the Civil War. > He > would have been approximately 74/75 at the start of the Civil War. He > appears in the 1850 Walker Conty, Georgia Census with his wife Anna and > son > Matthew. I am sending you and the McBee web site my information on > William. > I, too, descend from William McBee and Anna Brown. Danny A. 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 sell > 150 > acres; grant to Henry Walker; border: Thos Wells; and power of attorney to > > collect judgment in sheriff's hands against estate of John Tolleson > deceased. > Witness Absalom McBee and William McBee. Signed Jacob Stott's mark. Wit. > oath September 4, 1826 Absalom McBee to Jas Ed Henry. Rec. September 4, > 1826. Millie Adelaide Briant (Bryant) McBee's father's name was William > Tolleson Briant. There could be a connection here. This should be looked > > into further by going to Spartanburg, South Carolina and looking through > the > records closer. (Danny A. McBee). > > There is a great possibility that William could have been the father of > Thomas B. McBee. Thomas B. McBee named his first son, born 1843, William. > > William died in the Battle of Chickamauga in Georgia in 1863 at the young > age > of 20. He was a corporal. There are two people named William McAbee > listed > in the Spartanburg County, Spartanburg, South Carolina 1820 census with > male > children under the age of 10 which fits the time of Thomas McBee's birth > (1814/1818). Both of these William McAbees are listed on page 240 of that > > Census. (Danny Albert McBee, 4131 Grissom Street, Gastonia, North > Carolina, > 28056 (704) 865-6715 or (803) 238-9145). > > There is a possibility that this William McBee might be the son of Isham > McBee. [Danny A. McBee]. > > The 3rd U. S. Census, 1810, Spartanburg District, South Carolina, lists > William Macbee as head of household with his wife and family. [Danny A. > McBee, June 11, 1994]. > > The 4th U. S. Census, 1820, Spartanburg Dist., S. C., page 246, house no. > 634, list > William McAbee & T. Reid, Jr. as head of household (T. Reid, Jr. believed > to > have been a son-in-law). > MALE > Under 5 5/10 10/15 15/20 20/30 30/40 40/50 50/60 > 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 > > 0 > > FEMALE > Under 5 5/10 10/15 15/20 20/30 30/40 40/50 50/60 > 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 > > 0 > > Comment: The members of the family have not been identified, but this > William (born c. 1785) is believed to be the son of Matthew McBee (born > before 1755). This William was living fairly close to other known members > of > Matthew's family. Also, the age given is correct to match with the > information given in the 7th U. S. Walker Co., Georgia Census listed > above. > Also, the census information list William and T. Reid, Jr. as being joint > heads of this family. It is speculated that T. Reid, Jr. is a son-in-law > of > William living in his house. Living in the houses directly on either side > of > these two are several Reid's: William Reid, Jr., Thomas Reid, A. & F. > Reid, > Jr., and James Reid. It is believed that the Thomas Reid is the father of > Thomas Reid, Jr. Also the Reid connection ties in with the name Elijah T. > Reid listed in the 1850 Walker Co., Georgia Census living in the household > of > William McBee. (Danny A. McBee). > > I, Danny A. McBee, now believe that the son that is listed as 20/30 years > old > is Thomas B. McBee. This Thomas B. McBee could stand for Thomas Brown to > whom > William sold his land too. Thomas Brown could have been married to a > McBee. > This is pure speculation on my, Danny A. McBee, part. (Danny A. McBee, > September 12, 1998). > > The Seventh U. S. 1850 Walker Co., Ga., Taylor Ridge Valley Census, page > no. > 411, list dwelling number 948 and family 948 as: William McBee, 65, male, > > white, farmer, birth South Carolina, wife Anna McBee, 64, born S. C., > Elijah > T. Reid, 18, (believed to be a grandchild), farmer, born in S. C., Matthew > > McBee, 35, farmer, born in S. C., Mary McBee, 25, (daughter-in-law), born > in > Georgia, granddaughter Cynthia P. McBee, 5, born in Texas, and grandson > James > T. McBee, 1, born in Tennessee (shows a migratory pattern of the McBee > family). (Danny A. McBee). > > Possibility that William was selling his land to move to Georgia? > > There is a William McAbee who served in the War of 1812. He served in > Captain Loveless Gosque's Co. of Infantry, 5th (Keith's) Regiment of South > > Carolina Militia. He was also on the Company muster roll at Fort Winyaw. > > His terms of service given as 3 months and 22 days. Starts September 1, > 1812 > and is completed on December 22, 1812. Also, Thomas Brown served in this > same regiment. [Danny A. McBee, January 11, 2000]. > > There is a a William McBee, SC-11144, who served in Captain W. O'Bannon's > Company in the Virginia Militia as a private. [Danny A. McBee, February > 10, > 2001]. > > William McBee may have had a son named Edward McBee. There is a Edward > McAbee in the 1850-1860-1870 Whitfield County, Georgia Census. This is > the > same area that Anna McBee lived after the death of her husband William > McBee. > She may have moved there after the death of her husband William McBee. > [Danny A. McBee, June 11, 1997]. > > > ==== MCBEE Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb has created a resource page for us, with a number of searches > and other goodies: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/c/MCBEE > > ============================== > 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