At 05:11 PM 11/29/2004, [email protected] wrote: >Ann and All, > >The name is Vardry McBee. From years of working in Lincoln County original >records, I am familiar with his handwriting. Also, I seem to recall an >article about him that Derick Hartshorn compiled. Maybe Derick will remind >us of when/where that was printed. > >Kathy Sullivan My pleasure:: Vardry McBee and the McBee Family The McBee family, originally spelled 'Magbee', originated in Scotland, going first to Northern Ireland for several generations before coming to America. William MacBee was born on 22 Oct 1704 in Prince George's County Md. He settled in Halifax County, Virginia about 1740 and married Susannah Vardry who was born about 1710. They had the following children: Robert Walters, Samuel, Elizabeth, Howard, Joannah, Mary Ann, Austin, Vardry, James and Mathias, all born between 1730 and 1740. Vardry McBee was born about 1735 in Halifax, Co., Virginia. He married Hannah Echols in Virginia, moved to North Carolina and was Constable in Tryon (now Mecklenburg) Co., N.C. in 1770. They settled in Spartanburg District, S.C., and belonged to the Society of Friends (Quakers), but renounced this faith when the Revolution began. Vardry became a captain of the militia. After the fall of Charleston, Capt. McBee joined the "Over the Mountain Men" in N.C. and captured a Tory fort three miles from his home. The battle of Cowpens, and the battle of Cedar Springs were fought within a few miles of his home. At one time he owned property in Limestone Springs, S.C. but lost that property after the Revolution. They moved to Sumner County, Tennessee where he died 1787. His wife, Hannah McBee moved to Kentucky with her son Silas. There is a land grant to her of 200 acres in Christian County, Kentucky, dated October 8th, 1799. They had the following children: William, Silas Leroy, Gannon(?) C., Vardry Echols, Lemuel, and two daughters; one who married Joseph Morris and one who married the brother of General Elijah Clarke. Vardry Echols McBee was born on 18 Jun 1775 in Spartanburg District, S.C. He moved to Sumner County, Tennessee with his family after the Revolution; then to Kentucky; in 1794. He went to Lincoln County, North Carolina, to learn the saddle business under his brother-in-law, Joseph Morris. While there he was married in 1804 to Jane Alexander, daughter of Col. Elias Alexander of Rutherford County. Vardry McBee was elected Clerk of Court of Lincoln County in 1815, an office he held for twenty one years; during which time his signature appeared on thousands of documents. In 1815 he bought several thousand acres in and around the present town of Greenville, South Carolina and in 1817 built a flour mill on his land; later erecting a paper mill, cotton and woolen factories. He returned to Greenville in 1836 and, in a remarkable expression of charity, donated sites to almost every church in the city. He died in Greenville, South Carolina, 23 January 1864; his wife died there March 13th, of the same year. Anyone visiting the city of Greenville can't help but notice McBee Avenue and Vardry Street, Named in honor of him. Close by Greenville is the town of McBee which is also named for this extraordinary gentleman. [Manuscript by Carrie Lee (Shrum) McBee, 1944, courtesy of Bill Holder of Climax Springs, MO; Northern Neck Land Grants, Book A 1722-1726] Derick S. Hartshorn, III 1204 4th Street Drive, SE Conover, North Carolina 28613-1827 [submitted to Heritage of Lincoln County (NC) , 1997, article #450] >Ann K Propst wrote: > >>Eldon-- >> >>I've seen this as Vardry, Vardery, Vandery as well as Vandry. In >>transcribing old handwriting, Rs could very well appear as Ns. There >>are those who are much more knowledgeable than I; jump right in, folks, >>as I would like to know about this too. >> >>Ann Propst, Brevard, NC >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: eedgin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 29, >>2004 10:13 AM >>To: Ann K Propst; [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [NCLINCOLN] Re: HELP Very Confused on my Ramsaur Family >>Line >> >>Do you know where the names Vandry McBee came from? Vandry McBee was >>the >>county clerk of Lincoln County about the time of the War of 1812. He >>signed >>my 2nd great grandfather's marriage bond. >> >>Eldon J. Edgin >>14908 Woodbriar Drive >>Dallas, Texas 75248-4551 >>Phone: (972) 991-4891 FAX: (972) 991-4893 >>e-mail: [email protected] >>______________________________________________ >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann K Propst" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 10:35 PM >>Subject: RE: [NCLINCOLN] Re: HELP Very Confused on my Ramsaur Family >>Line >> >> >> >> >>>Mimi & Carol-- >>> >>>Descendants of Vardrey McBee Ramsaur-- >>> >>>Generation No. 1 >>> >>>1. VARDREY MCBEE5 RAMSAUR (JOHN "LITTLE JOHN"4 RAMSOUR, JR., JOHN >>>"CAPT. GENTLEMAN JOHN"3, JACOB2, JOHANN DEITRICH [RAMSHOWER/RAMSEUR]1) >>>was born 18 Feb 18211,2, and died 15 May 1900 in Possibly Asheville, >>>Buncombe County, NC3. He married NANCY KATHERINE "NANNIE" RAMSOUR 15 >>>May 1850 in Lincoln County, NC3,4, daughter of SOLOMON RAMSAUR and >>>ELIZABETH WARLICK. She was born 19 Oct 1826 in NC5,6, and died 23 Mar >>>1915 in Possibly Asheville, Buncombe County, NC7,8. (I haven't had a >>>chance to check the cemetery or census books in Buncombe County yet.) >>> >>>More About NANCY KATHERINE "NANNIE" RAMSOUR: >>>Residence: Resided at Kings Mountain Station, Cleveland County, NC9 >>>Residence #2: 1905, Residing in Asheville, Buncombe County, NC10 >>> >>>More About VARDREY RAMSAUR and NANCY RAMSOUR: >>>Marriage: 15 May 1850, Lincoln County, NC11,12 >>> >>>Child of VARDREY RAMSAUR and NANCY RAMSOUR is: >>> i. ARTHUR6 RAMSAUR, b. 15 Jan 1858, >>> >>Catawba >> >> >>>County, NC13,14; d. 19 May 1913, Central, SC15,16; m. ANNIE ELIZABETH >>>GASSAWAY, 20 May 188417; b. 5 Feb 1860, Central, SC17; d. 6 Apr >>> >>194517. >> >> >>>More About ARTHUR RAMSAUR and ANNIE GASSAWAY: >>>Marriage: 20 May 188417 >>> >>>Endnotes >>> >>>1. Eaker, Lorena Shell, "The Shoe Cobbler's Kin," Vol. 2, SCK >>>Publications, P.O. Box 2125, Church Hill, TN 37632 (Genealogy of the >>>Peter (Ecker) Eaker, S, p 257. >>>2. "1870 Census, Catawba County, NC," The Catawba County Genealogical >>>Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1991, p 68. >>>3. Eaker, Lorena Shell, "The Shoe Cobbler's Kin," Vol. 2, SCK >>>Publications, P.O. Box 2125, Church Hill, TN 37632 (Genealogy of the >>>Peter (Ecker) Eaker, S, p 257. >>>4. "Marriage Bonds of Tryon & Lincoln Counties, North Carolina," >>>Abstracted and Indexed by Curtis Bynum, (Catawba County Historical >>>Association, Hickory, NC, 1929), p 191. >>>5. Eaker, Lorena Shell, "The Shoe Cobbler's Kin," Vol. 2, SCK >>>Publications, P.O. Box 2125, Church Hill, TN 37632 (Genealogy of the >>>Peter (Ecker) Eaker, S, p 257. >>>6. "1870 Census, Catawba County, NC," The Catawba County Genealogical >>>Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1991, p 68. >>>7. "Catawba Cousins," Vol. 12, No. 3, Dec 1997, The Catawba County >>>Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 12. >>>8. Eaker, Lorena Shell, "The Shoe Cobbler's Kin," Vol. 2, SCK >>>Publications, P.O. Box 2125, Church Hill, TN 37632 (Genealogy of the >>>Peter (Ecker) Eaker, S, p 257. >>>9. "Catawba Cousins," Vol. 10, No. 4, Mar 1996, The Catawba County >>>Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 1. >>>10. "Catawba Cousins," Vol. 12, No. 3, Dec 1997, The Catawba County >>>Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 12, Catawba >>>County News, 22 March 1905. >>> >>>Ann Propst, Brevard, NC >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > >==== NCLINCOL Mailing List ==== >==== LINCOLN Co., NC Mailing List ==== >Sharing information on Historic Lincoln Co., NC >For further info, see www.rootsweb.com/~nclincol/nclincoln.htm >Our thanks to RootsWeb for hosting this list and web page >

Oops. There is a problem here: " Vardry McBee was born about 1735 in Halifax, Co., Virginia. He married Hannah Echols in Virginia, moved to North Carolina and was Constable in Tryon (now Mecklenburg) Co., N.C. in 1770. " Tryon County was formed from Mecklenburg County in 1769. None of Tryon County is "now" Mecklenburg County. Kathy Sullivan > Vardry McBee and the McBee Family [Snipped] > Vardry McBee was born about 1735 in Halifax, Co., Virginia. He married > Hannah Echols in Virginia, moved to North Carolina and was Constable > in Tryon (now Mecklenburg) Co., N.C. in 1770. > [Manuscript by Carrie Lee (Shrum) McBee, 1944, courtesy of Bill Holder > of Climax Springs, MO; Northern Neck Land Grants, Book A 1722-1726] > Derick S. Hartshorn, III > 1204 4th Street Drive, SE > Conover, North Carolina 28613-1827 > [submitted to Heritage of Lincoln County (NC) , 1997, article #450]