Gavin McKee (1750 - abt. 1827)

Born 5 May 1750 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Lane) McKee — married 1775 in PA

Descendants

Died about 9 Dec 1827 at about age 77 in Fleming, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Private Gavin McKee served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Gavin McKee is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A077458.

Born 05 MAY 1750. Likely in Pennsylvania. The family likely originated in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.^[1]

1810 Census--Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., Kentucky record for a Gavin McKee. Column is checked for a male aged 45+ and a female aged 45+, presumably Gavin and Abigail. ^[2]

Died 09 DEC 1827. Fleming, Kentucky, USA. ^[3]

Occupation 1767 • Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Miller; In James Moore's will of Sept. 18, 1767 - "I give and bequeath to Gavin McKee, the sum of five pounds, also his freedom dues provided he stays with my sons until he arrives at the age of twenty-one years". This should have been until about 1771.

Marriage Husband Gavin McKee. Wife Abigail Lane. Child: @I1102@. Child: Abigail Margaret McKee. Child: William McKee. Child: @I1337@. Child: Mary McKee. Child: @I1097@. Child: John Owings McKee. Child: Gavin McKee. Marriage abt. 1775. PA^[4]

Military Service: American War for Independence - https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki8th_Pennsylvania_Regiment. AUG 1776. His unit was assigned to General Washington's main army on 23 Nov. 1776 and it was named the 8th regiment of Pennsylvania 1 Jan 1777 and spent the next several weeks of winter marching 300 miles across the hills of Western and Central Pennsylvania without proper clothing or sufficient food Pennsylvania. They were involved in action near Rahway, NJ in the "Forage War." Next they engaged the enemy in the Battle of Spanktown, the Battle of Bound Brook, the Battle of Brandywine. They spent the winter of 1778 at Valley Forge. By late 1778, they were sent on an expedition into Ohio. In the summer of 1779 they were involved as part of the 400 mile long Sullivan expedition, destroying 10 Iroquois villages and plundering furs and other supplies.^[5] Rank: Private, commencement of pension 15 June 1818. Death: 09 DEC 1827. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S101 File @M337@
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-TSP : accessed 5 April 2020), Gavin Mc Kee, Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 64, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 181,351.
3. ↑ Source: #S101 File @M337@
4. ↑ Source: #S116 Birth year: 1754; Birth city: of Peters; Birth state: PA
5. ↑ [https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki8th_Pennsylvania_Regiment.]
6. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-VLLC : accessed 5 April 2020), Guion Mc Kee, 15 Jun 1818; citing Kentucky, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,319,381.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Gavin McKee", Ancestor # A077458.
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• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-VLLC : accessed 5 September 2019), Guion Mc Kee, 15 Jun 1818; citing Kentucky, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,319,381

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