Benjamin Magee (1798 - 1847)

Born 1798 in Mississippi Territory, United States

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Biography

Private Benjamin Magee served in the United States in the War of 1812
Service started:
Unit(s): 12th and 13th Regiment, 2nd Division of the Louisiana Militia
Service ended: Mar 1815

Benjamin Magee served under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans, which was fought in January of 1815. He was discharged in March 1815 at the Madisonville Navy Yard. He settled about two miles north of Clifton on what is now the Donald Warren place. His home was a large two-story log house. The remains of two of his chimneys can be seen there today. According to history, he was a good farmer and was noted as a hunter. He died at his home and was buried nearby.

He served with the 12th and 13th Regiment, 2nd Division of the Louisiana Militia^{[1] [2]}

Benjamin married Terry Ginn, daughter of Jeptha GINN and Penina MAGEE, in 1826 in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Terry was born in 1801 in Mississippi. She died on 23 July 1858 in Silver Springs, St Francois, Missouri. She was probably buried in the Jessie Crawford Cemetery (certainly not Silver Springs), St Francois, Missouri).

They had the following children:

1. Arcadia MAGEE
2. William Ginn MAGEE
3. Zachariah MAGEE
4. Harriet M MAGEE
5. Benjamin MAGEE Jr
6. John Warren MAGEE III
7. Eliza S MAGEE
8. Mary Melissa J MAGEE was born on 29 Apr 1839 in Washington Parish, LA. Mary married Tom COOK. Tom was born in 1835 in Washington Parish, LA.
9. Terry Melissa MAGEE
10. Dr Hugh Ginn MAGEE

Slave Lawsuit

Magee, Benjamin– Jesse Crawford vs. Nathaniel Graves et al, ^[3] showed that on 30 Aug 1858 in Pike County, 15 slaves were in his possession, to wit negro man Jacob (a cripple, age 40), Dick (black, age 35), Harry (dark color, age 28), Lah (griff, age 30) and her twin children John and Eliza (both age 8 months), Samantha (black, age 15), Milby (age 10), Isham (age 13), Rachel (black, age 10), Emily (black, age 10), Esther (griff, age 9), George (griff, age 6), Bob (age 4), & Mariah (griff, age 3). Slaves were property of his wife Terry Crawford, now property of her succession in course of administration, Pike County. His wife died in Pike County, MS 23 July 1858 at home of Jesse Crawford. On the night of 30 Aug 1858, said slaves were stolen or enticed away and were later found in Washington Parish in possession of Nathaniel Graves (husband of Arcadia Magee), Zachariah Magee, Benjamin Magee, and John Magee, all residents of Washington Parish who “together with their co-heirs” are descendants of Mrs. Terry Crawford. Terry Crawford, a number of years prior to her death was resident of Washington Parish, where she acquired the slaves; she married Jesse Crawford, being then the widow of Benjamin Magee. Jesse Crawford sued for recovery of the slaves in order that succession of Terry Crawford might be completed. Children of Mrs. Terry Crawford, issue of her marriage with Benjamin Magee were given as: William G. Magee, Arcadia Graves (wife of Nathaniel Graves), Zachariah Magee, Benjamin Magee, John Magee, all of full age and residents of Louisiana, Elisa Selina Ragan (wife of Joseph Ragan), Terry Melissa Magee, Hugh G. Magee & Margaret Jane Magee [listed as Margaret Jane in two places, as Mary Jane in one other location], minors…also one daughter, Harriet Melinda Magee (deceased, wife of Thomas W. Bickham, issue of their marriage was Wesley Bickham). Included in the case file is a copy of partition of Benjamin Magee’s estate. Testimony given in the case by Stephen Ellis, John Magee, Joseph Lewis, Jesse D. Rhymes, James M. Burris, Thomas Burch, George W. Martin, Thomas C. W. Ellis. John Magee testified that Terry Crawford was first married to Benjamin Magee “a brother to the witness” John Magee. John Magee stated he was guardian for the minor children of Benjamin & Terry Magee, and was appointed their guardian “before they left for Mississippi with their mother.”^[4]

Research Notes

Families living within 4 miles of the church during the period from 1811 through the early 1820's were as follows: James Gwin, John Magee, Joseph Erwin, William Magee, Benj. Magee, Zadok Barrow, Richard Albritton, Gideon Yarborough, James Hays, William Hays, and Rev. Joseph Lewis, Sr. Most of these families are known to have been active in the church. John Magee and Benjamin Magee were sons of William Magee who lived at Hays Creek.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Powell Casey, Louisiana in the War of 1812, p. 17
2. ↑ Index to Louisiana Soldiers during the War of 1812 Published by the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society
3. ↑ Docket number 6706, April 1860, New Orleans Circuit, Louisiana Supreme Court Archives, currently held at Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans, digitized at http://libweb.uno.edu. Appeal from the 8th District Court, Parish of Washington. Filed 29 Feb 1860—Jesse Crawford of Pike County, MS
4. ↑ Citation needed. https://bevincreel.wordpress.com/m/
5. ↑ Citation needed. http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/washington/churches/fbchurch.txt

• Magee Kin by Bonnie Givens (1987)http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guinevere60/mcg/pafg17.htm#2339

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