Born in Amite, Mississippi Territory, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William C. McGehee Sr.
and Jane (Scott) McGehee
Sister of
Olivia Mourning (McGehee) Allen, William C. McGehee Jr., Lucy Ann (McGehee) Burton, John H. McGehee, Ivelle G. L. McGehee and Hansford Duncan McGehee
Wife of
Benjamin Wright Leggett
— married
1826 in Pike, Mississippi, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 44
in Pike, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 May 2014
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Biography
Elizabeth Kennedy McGehee •Birth: 9 JAN 1807 in Amite County, Mississippi •Death: 3 DEC 1851 in McComb, Pike County, Mississippi
Father: William C. McGehee , Dr. b: 16 FEB 1782 in Prince Edward County, VA Mother: Jane Jensey Scott b: 29 DEC 1789 in South Carolina
Marriage 1 Benjamin Wright Leggett b: 19 JAN 1805 in Clarke Co., Georgia•Married: 5 DEC 1826 in Amite County, Mississippi
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 March 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Kennedy McGehee Leggett (9 Jan 1807–3 Dec 1851), Find a Grave Memorial no. 89648422, citing Leggett Cemetery, Pike County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by DCM (contributor 47442357) .
- "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZN-MZY : 14 February 2020), Elizabeth R. McGehee in entry for Benjamin Right Leggett, 1826.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-QLK : 22 December 2020), Benjamin W Leggett, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~0.78%
Phillip Richard Scafidel
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Earl McGehee :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Earl_McGehee
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Clyde Shelton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #23445
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