Perhaps someone found a four-leaf clover. What a great way to begin a new century. Two loving couples were married in a double-ring ceremony. Married were Mary McGehee and Richard Thompson along with Thompson McGehee and Mary Thompson. They were wed on a beautiful late fall day November 19, 1799.[1]
Research Notes
Birth year calculated from marriage year minus 25.
A Thompson McGhee is listed on the 1850 Smyth County, Virginia census., age 72, born in Virginia. [2]
Susan McGhee; 1820 -
Amy McGhee; 1822 -
Barbary McGhee; 1824 -
Alfred R. McGhee; 1826 -
Will of Thompson McGee
Written 8 Nov 1855; Recorded in Book 1, page 375; Hawkins County, Tennessee
To son Alfred Rhoton McGee - plantation on which I live
To daughter Barbara Anne McGee
To daughter Nancy Jane Lloyd
To daughter Louisa W. Fudge
To daughter Susan Williams
To children of daughter Sarah Rice
Son John A. McGee
Son Joseph C. McGee
Daughter Elizabeth Flannigan deceased heirs
Daughter Lavinia W. Wolfe
Son B? McGee
Lucy Flannigan and her child
EXS: Son in law Coorurod Fudge and son Alfred R. McGee
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D5-1VM : 23 December 2020), Thompson McGhee, Smyth, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTL-MF4 : 1 October 2021), Thompson McGhee, Smyth, Virginia, United States; citing p. 399, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
Acknowledgments
Thanks to David Talley for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by David and others.
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