This is from my Roots PML search engine. A McGee/McGehee researcher found this data and thought it might be the wrong name but I think we need to see if the name really was McBee. Washington Co TN. was the entire state in 1777 as a county of NC, in 1779 Sullivan Co was formed and in 1783 Greene and Davidison were formed but all these counties were in the Northeast corner of what is now TN and those counties became the State of Franklin. The migration path I've found for about half of the TN surnames I've researched proved to come to Washington Co then proceed to migrate Southwest toward the area of Marion and Hamilton Cos. TN I'm asking if anyone has any data on McBee folks that could have been in the area of Northeast TN before 1800. Specifically, William McBee that died in 1839 in Jackson Co AL just south of Marion Co TN. This is the husband of Rebecca who was in the 1850 census of Paulding Co GA. There are two Wm. MagBee (Jr. and St. do not specifically mean father and son but could merely designate older and younger men of the same name) That doesn't mean they weren't father and son though. In the deed records below you will notice that the Grantor was the state of NC, that means that Wm. McBee and James McBee Jr. received land warrants or grants that were registered on November 10, 1784 while TN was still part of NC. There should be a record of that and I'll try to find it to see if they're original application might be extant. Ron McCandless Source: MCGEHEE-L@rootsweb.com From: Ann Hinton <annhinton@home.com> Subject: [McGEHEE] Washington Co. TN Some marriage records from Washington Co. Tn McGee John Sarah Snapp 2/2/1817 Jackson Senah McGee 6/8/1865 Mary Ann George S. Hysinger 11/14/1860 William Leann ( also spelled Leoma) Boolys 9/26/1793 by Reuben Boolys William Frances E. Smith 11/6/1854 issue date McGhee Solomon Lucinda Campbell 1/26/1832 Nancy Seth Waddell 9/24/1822 Dorcas ( Dorcus spelled both ways) Charleton Williams 8/5/1838 Mary James Jones Jan. 1848 issued on 1/1/1848 S. William W. Green 3/15/1842 Mary Lawson Campbell 8/14/1828 McGeehan Susanna Bailey Collins 9/10/1835 McGaughey John of Greene Co. Sophia C. Mathes 3/15/1847 ok now for the one wierd one or two you decide McGehen M.J.(female) J.Wood 3/19/1845 McGhehean M.J. J. Moore 3/19/1845 Ok I am ready for someone to explain the above to me...just curious..do these people belong to anyone? So who did M.J. marry Wood or Moore or are they in fact two seperate people ? Washington Co. tax lists from 1814-1817 McGee George 1814-1816 with one marked under WP John 1814-1817 and 1819 with 1 marked under WP Robert 1815 1 WP 1BP Wm. 1815,1816,1818,1819 1 WP 1Bp marked also in 1815 Found inventory for Leann McGee widow of Wiliam deceast 9/12/1840 DEEDS Grantee Grantor date McBEE Samuel William McBEE Jr. 10/28/1791 Wm Sr. James McBEE 11/27/1788 James Jr. State of NC 11/10/1784 Wm. State of NC 11/10/1784 Do you suppose these are McGees not McBees? more deeds McGee John to Jake Broyles 11/27/1837 John to John Lott 9/8/1818 McKie John to John McGee 2/12/1800 McGee Wm to Wm Hoss 2/17/1837 John " James Beard 12/26/1836 now these people were in Washington Co.Tn at the date after their names Isreal Maghee 6/20/1789 Sam and wife McGehan 8/22/1835 William MAGBEE 1782 William Sr. MAGBEE 8/7/1792 1779-1821 McGee John Wm. George McGhee Wm the above were mentioned in various inventories of estates