William C. McGehee Sr. (1782 - 1851)

Born 16 Feb 1782 in Prince William County, Virginia, USA

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Died 4 Apr 1851 at age 69 in Amite County, Mississippi, USA

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Dr. William McGehee Sr. served for Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812
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Biography

Browder Cemetery Amite County Mississippi, USA

Dr William C McGehee, Sr, born Feb. 16, 1782 Prince William County Virginia, USA and died Apr. 4, 1851 Amite County Mississippi, USA

He was the second son of Samuel McGehee (1759 - 1821) and Olivia Muse McGehee Rhodes (1760 - 1827)

He married Jane "Jensey" Scott, (1789 - 1853) 3 Oct 1805.

William and Jane had nine children.

CHILDREN

1. Elizabeth Kennedy McGehee Leggett (1807 - 1851)
2. Olivia Mourning McGehee Allen (1811 - 1858)
3. William C McGehee (1812 - 1873)
4. Lucy Ann McGehee b 11 June 1815, d 23 Nov 1817
5. Lucy Ann McGehee Burton b 24 Jan 1818, d 16 Jun 1856
6. John H McGehee (1821 - 1870)
7. Jason G. McGehee b 19 Jul 1824 d ? (twin?)
8. Ivelle G. Lewis McGehee, MD b 19 Jul 1824 (twin?), d. 1872 in Summit, MS; m.
9. Hansford Duncan McGehee (1826 - 1909)
10. Elmira Lavinia McGehee (1828-1864), daughter of Lewis & Elizabeth Downs McGehee.

~ Source: McGehee Descendants, Vol III (by Grider & Grider, 1991), Page 492

CEMETERY INFORMATION: (Cemetery site on Find-A-Grave was already established with no information about location nor were there any burial entries.)

"Also called Browder (McGehee) Cemetery US Geological Survey (topographic) Map Mississippi, Amite Co S4/T3/R4 Near Amite River across from Reynolds' house near Old Parson Hill. Copied by Glen Huff" ~ Source for information: Amite County Mississippi Cemetery Book by Paul and Kathryn Moganw/Glen Huff, 1982). Published 1982. Page 33

Burial: Browder Cemetery Amite County Mississippi, USA

Research Notes

^[1] William was found on the 1850 Amite County, MS census with his wife Jane. He is listed as age 68, born in Virginia.

Birth date: 16 Feb 1782
Death date: 5 Apr 1851, Amite County, MS
Marriage to Jane Jensy Scott in October of 1805

Sources

1. ↑ Submitted by Eleanor Colson

• Find-a-grave #121653756
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LW-KJJ : 22 December 2020), Wm McGehee, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/william-mcgehee_23814043
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LW-KJJ : 22 December 2020), Wm McGehee, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).