George McGee UE (abt. 1756 - abt. 1831)

Born about 1756 in Culdaff, County Donegal, Ireland

Husband of Phebe (Brush) McGee — married 1776 (to 1830) in Long Island, N.Y.

Descendants

Died about 1831 at about age 75 in Victoria Corner,N.B Canada

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George McGee was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Biography

George McGee married Phebe Brush in 1776. In the same year he enlisted in the 2nd Battalion of the famous Delaney Brigrade & fought in numerous locations. At the close of the Revolutionary war when the regiment was disbanded; most of the men went to New Brunswick landing in Saint John. George McGee drew Lot #21, 200 acres of land 5 miles below Woodstock, but he later sold it and moved some ten miles further North to Victoria Corner, N.B.

George McGee story: This rough and ready old soldier served through the entire war, and on coming to Woodstock drew land now forming the upper part of the farm where Mr. C. H. L. Perkins lives. He removed thence to the mouth of the Becaguimec where he kept a tavern in 1804. On Jan. 12, 1797, Geo. McGee was indicted before the York County Court of Sessions, charged with challenging Capt. Jacob Smith to fight a duel. Samuel Denny Street was the Crown lawyer and his old antagonist Jonathan Bliss appeared for the defendant. Captain Smith and Darius Dickinson were the only witnesses examined and the jury found McGee "not guilty."

Sources

• Family records. N.B. Archives.
• Pioneer Families of Carleton County
• New York City Marriages 1600s-1800s (MaGee)
• Provincial Archives, W.O.Raymond Scrapbook,"Something More About DeLancey's Men"
• http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=m&line=510