Sarah
Elizabeth
McGehee
Born in Wilkes, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Scott McGehee
and Malinda (Hill) McGehee
Sister of
Miles Hill McGehee, Edward F. McGehee, Tabitha Ann (McGehee) Dandridge, Mary Pope (McGehee) Bradford, John Hampton McGehee, James Blanton McGehee, Lucinda Scott (McGehee) White, Nicholas Abner McGehee, Martha Malinda (McGehee) Oliver, William Thomas McGehee, Louisa Terrell (McGehee) Gilchrist and Ella Hill (McGehee) Hunton
Wife of
Edmund McGehee
— married
1841 in Mississippi
Descendants 
Died
at age 75
in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jan 2011
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Biography
Sarah was the daughter of John Scott McGehee and Malinda Hill. She died in 1895 and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, TN. [1]
Sarah was the second wife of her cousin, Edmund McGehee, the son of James McGehee and Mary Johns. They married in 1841.
1850 Pontotoc County, MS census: [2]
- Edmund McGehee Male 37 Georgia
- Sarah McGehee Female 30 Georgia
- James McGehee Male 15 Georgia
- Emma McGehee Female 8 Mississippi
- Sarah McGehee Female 0 Mississippi
Will
- Wills and directs that her estate inherited from her father be equally divided between her two sons, Wm. E. McGehee and John S. McGehee.
- Wills house and section of land inherited from her sister Ann McGehee Dandridge to her sons, Wm. E. McGehee and John S. McGehee.
- My two sons named above are my only heirs and I desire that they share alike in the division of my estate.
- Exs - Her sons Wm. E. McGehee and John S. McGehee
Written 15 Jan 1889; Letters granted to Wm. E. McGehee without bond and filed 30 Sep 1895; Will Book 13, Page 162 [3]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175498316/sarah-elizabeth-mcgehee
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-FJ7 : 22 December 2020), Sarah McGehee in household of Edmund McGehee, Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Tennessee County, District and Probate Courts.
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