Also, to the person looking for McGehee, I have the 1755 Granville Tax List, and there are no persons by that name, spelled in any form, except a WM. MACBEE, but I believe that is his real spelling since I've seen his name before. There are MAGEHEEs in the 1788 Granville Tax List, though. BENJN. BENJN. SR. JESSE JOSEPH JOSIAH NATHAN NATHAN ROBERT Evelyn may be right about the family being in other counties. There are several listed in "Person County, North Carolina Compilations,Land Grants 1794,1805, 1823 Tax Lists, Record Books of Abstracts 1792-1820", by Katherine Kerr Kendall, but these seem to be a later date than the ones you are looking for. Deloris Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com> To: <NCGRANVI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 12:33 PM Subject: [NCGRANVI] Re: NCGRANVI-D Digest V05 #11 Regarding James McGehee >I have Timothy Rackley's abstracts of Granville Co. NC wills (citation >given > below), but the only index entry for James McGehee is as a witness to a > will > of Robert Priddey proved Nov Court 1761. Witnesses; John Cape, Ann > Priddey, > James (X) Makgehe > > (Timothy W. Rackley, Granville County, North Carolina Original Wills, > Vol. > 1, 1749-1810 [Kernersville, NC: Published by author, 2002], p. 114) > > Comment: Granville Co., at one time, included practically all the > northern > part of North Carolina, according to historians. Perhaps McGehee was a > neighbor of the Priddys, but he may have been living in another [perhaps > adjoining] county. You might post to Orange Co., NC and also Person Co., > NC. See > below for Taylor's Creek. I don't know the location of Taylor's Creek. > It may > be a reservoir by now, or its name may have changed. > > However, There is a deed in (I have left out all the metes and bounds) > > Deed Bk M-165-166 of one Nathaniel McGehee of Granville Co., NC to John > Rogers of Pitt Co., NC, 27 Nov 1777 - 100 acres for 100 pds. ... > McGehee's corner > on little fork of Taylor's Creek.... it being part of a tract of land > granted to James McGehee, the Father of Nathaniel McGehee, by a Deed from > the Earl > of Granville bearing date March 1761. Nathaniel (N)McGehee. Wit: > Joseph > Hill, William (W) Smith, John Nevill, Jurat. Granville Co May Court > 1779. > > (Timothy W. Rackley, Granville County, North Carolina Deeds 1755-1782 > [Kernersville, NC: Published by author, 2002], p. 114) > > Other books pertaining to Granville Co. abstracts of early records have > been > published by these authors. I think some of Gwynn's books are at the Los > Angeles Public Library, as they are relatively old (1970s) by now. One > book of > hers, called something like Kinfolks of Granville Co., NC [or just > Kinfolk] > has been filmed (microfiched) by Family History Library, and should not > cost > more than about 45 cents (or less) if you order to your LDS FHC. > > Thomas McAdory Owen - a book entitled something like History and > Genealogies > of Old Granville Co., NC. Owen was State Archivist of Alabama Archives > for > many years, and the clerks at Granville Co. seemed to have turned him > loose > in the courthouse. He has notes that no one seems to have examined. > Some > great nuggets. His book is by Southern Historical Press. Some nice > genealogists from Arkansas, I believe, transcribed from his microfilmed > notes, which are > held by the Library of Congress. > > Timothy Rackley has a website: > > members.tripod.com/rackley_publishing/ > > After the Revolution, some of Granville Co. people went to Georgia (mine > included). Others went to Kentucy (mine included), particularly Henderson > Co., > which had been claimed by Col. Richard Henderson. > > Sometimes the AIS (Accelerated Indexing System) which is on microfiche > (hundreds of them) at most LDS FHCs is a somewhat comprehensive census > index for > the whole US through at least 1850 census, and the first Search--Search > One--includes some early tax lists to make up for the missing 1790 census. > This index to the censuses frequently helps one pick up the migration > trails > of your wandering ancestors. (Take a look at the Mortality Schedules > which > are at the end of the AIS) > > In some places, the 1755 tax list for Granville Co. has been published, > and > I believe I saw it on one of the Granville Co. websites, but I don't > recall > which one. There may be some early militia lists also. Some libraries > in > Southern California may have older issues of the NC Genealogical Society > Journal > which include some early lists for Granville Co. I believe the NC Gen > Society is currently selling a CD-ROM --images of the first numbers of > journals > for NCGSJ. > > Hope this helps. > > E.W.Wallace > > > E.W.Wallace > > > ==== NCGRANVI Mailing List ==== > Granville County List Administrator > Debra McCann - chenae@ap.net > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. 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