Hi Linda, From # 150 WILLIAM McGEHEE (MAGEE) FAMILY 808 William McGehee (Magee-MeGee) was living in Edgecombe County as early as 1733. He was Sheriff of Edgecombe County in 1748. He moved to that part of Duplin which became Sampson County about 1750. He sold his lands in Edgecombe County to his brother-in-law, Joseph Moore, Jr. He married Ann Moore, the daughter of Joseph Moore (1699-1753) and Ann Hodges Moore. William McGehee represented Duplin County in the General Assembly with Andrew Thomson in 1760. He was a soldier of the American Revolution. William and Ann McGehee had seven children: James McGehee; a daughter who married a Mr. Hodges; a son who married and lived in South Carolina; Hartwell McGehee; Martha McGehee who married the Reverend Evans Pugh; and Elizabeth McGehee. James McGehee (died 1820) married Peggy Ayers and lived in Marlboro County, South Carolina. Their children were: Frances, Margaret, Sahar, and John. Elizabeth McGehee (1760-1849) married James Harrington and lived on the east side of South River and west of Roseboro. They had twelve children: Rhoda, Elizabeth, Celia, James, Jr., Stephen, Phillip R., William, Ann, Catherine, Mary, Christian, and John. Rhoda Herrington married John Sikes (died 1849) and lived on a plantation east of Clinton near Moultonville. They had four children; James, Elizabeth, Margaret Ann, and Catherine Atwood. James H. Sikes moved to Texas; Elizabeth Sikes married Daniel J. Underwood; Margaret Ann Sikes married John A. McArthur and their children were: James O., Thomas, Mary B. and William. Catherine Atwood Sikes (1825-1919) married Rice P. Matthis and their children were: Clayton, Rice, Thomas, Robert, Kate, Margie, Margaret, Stenza and Jerry (all are deceased). Elizabeth Herrington (1793-1871) married Robert Melvin (1792-1846), a son of Daniel and Sara West Melvin. They lived in Bladen County. Their children were: James H., Mary Jane, David Bunyan, Daniel Marshall, Eliza Ann, William, Arthur Wade, Robert, George, John Stephen, and Joseph Moore. Celia Herrington (died 1844) married Daniel Melvin III (1794-1876) and lived in Bladen County. They had at least one son, Stephen Henderson Melvin (1826-1893) who married Lucinda Gainey. James Herrington, Jr. according to tradition moved to Mississippi. Stephen Herrington (no record). Phillip Herrington married Ann Melvin, a daughter of Daniel Melvin III, and moved to Tennessee. They had a son, Phillip Herrington, who was killed in the Battle of Fort Fisher during the War Between the States. The Reverend William Herrington, Baptist minister, married Sarah Ann Kelly, the widow of John Melvin, and moved to Texas. Catherine Herrington, daughter of James, Sr., married Alexander Harvey. Mary Herrington, daughter of James, Sr., married Samuel Boazman. John Bunyan Herrington, Baptist minister, migrated to the South. Ann Herrington (1783-1875) was married in 1808 to John Cromartie, a son of William Cromartie, a native of Scotland. Their children were: Elizabeth Cromartie (1809-1852) who married William T. Kirby; Hannah Ann Cromartie (born 1800) who married Reverend William Brobson; Ruhamah Jane Cromartie who married a Mr. Murphy; Margaret C. Cromartie; Rhoda C. Cromartie (1817-1825); Mary Catherine Cromartie (born 1819) who married John Milton Fennell in 1842; Harriet Atwood Cromartie (1822-1896) who married Dr. David Dickson Sloan in 1849; William James Cromartie (1824-1898) who married Mary Douglas Sloan; Ellen Moore Cromartie (1827-1867) who married her cousin, William K. Cromartie; and Ann Julia Cromartie who died young. Sources: personal knowledge; family and public records, Claude H. Moore. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <LSMAYER@aol.com> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 1:49 PM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Look up from Dee, please - #150 Heritage of Sampson County Dee - could you check in the #150 book - Heritage of Sampson County for the names McGee (McGehee) and Herrington and Melvin. Looking in particular for: William McGee who m. Ann Moore in Sampson Co James Herrington who m. Elizabeth McGee in Sampson Co William Duncan Melvin who m. Sallie John Melvin Thanks - your work is sincerely appreciated. Linda lsmayer@aol.com