Born: 17 Jan 1820

Died: 7 Oct 1905 Warren Co., TN McGee Cemetery, McGee Cove, Warren Co., TN

Parents

Father: Leroy Hammons

Mother: Mary "Polly" Hampton

Family

Husband: Samuel McGee f: John McGee m: Esther Clendenon    gf: John Clendenon    gm: Mary "Margaret" unknown

Married: 1840

Children

James Lockhart McGee   +Martha C. McGee         Samuel L. McGee         William Calhoun "Billy" McGee         Joseph McGee         Irven Elbert McGee	Mary Ann McGee   +James M. Templeton         Sarah Adline Templeton         Caldonia Templeton         Laura Templeton         J. William Templeton	William C. McGee   +Helen M. Jones         Earnest McGee
Thomas C. McGee	Sarah Fern "Sally" McGee   +Joseph Alexander Smith         Samuel Franklin Smith         Ada M. Smith         Ricard Lee Smith         Nellie V. Smith	John Alexander McGee   +Hannah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith         William H(arrison) McGee         Samuel Crawford McGee         Verginie McGee         Manerva McGee         Georgia McGee         Jennie McGee
Archibald Gentry "Gentry" McGee   +Fannie P. Hoodenpyle         Annie L. McGee         Jennie M. McGee         Laura E. McGee         Emma McGee         Mary C. McGee         Willie M. McGee         Mattie McGee         Jessie P. McGee         James L. McGee         Loyd McGee         Ewell McGee         Zelma McGee         Lee McGee         Lillie McGee	Samuel Crawford "Crawford" McGee   +Eliza Jane Hennessee         Florence Etta McGee         William Lockhart "Willie" McGee         Samuel Franklin "Frank " McGee         Martha Alice "Alice" McGee         James Floyd "Floyd" McGee         Thomas Cleveland "Cleve" McGee         Irving Elbert McGee         Joseph Waymon "Waymon" McGee         Fannie Wavie "Wavie" McGee         Hermon Lester "Lester" McGee	Richard L. McGee   +Magdaline "Maggie" Cardwell         Albert McGee
Martha "Mattie" McGee   +Phillip Andrew McGregor         Frank Wilson McGregor         William Virgil McGregor         Infant McGregor         Della Lee McGregor         John Norman McGregor         Lena Shelley McGregor         Ola McGregor         Annie McGregor	Esther McGee

Photo Archive

1850 Census - Warren County Tennessee - Samuel McGee	Minerva McGee Tombstone	Samuel and Minerva McGee Tombstone
Joseph Edward McGee Tombstone	McGee Farm, McGee Cove	McGee Farm, McGee Cove

General Sources

1. Tennessee Cemeteries
   Warren County Tennessee Cemetery Book 3, By Martha Holt and Almetia Cunningham, 1997, Page 14
   
2. 1850 Census
   Warren County, TN #439
   
3. Thomas Jefferson Barnes Papers
   TSLA Mf #654, Reel #2 - McGee
   
4. My Limb on the Cox Tree
   Page 42 - The McGees
   
5. Tennessee Library Records
   Magness Library, McMinnville TN, McGee Folder
   Samuel McGee
   Born in Kentucky on December 13, 1805 and died Dec. 31, 1884.
   Buried in McGee Cemetery. He was the son of John McGee (Rev.
   soldier, see pension records), died Jan. 24, 1820 and his wife,
   Ester Clendenon McGee died March 1846.
   Minerva Hamons McGee
   Born in Warren County, Tennessee on January 17, 1820 and died
   Oct 7, 1905. Buried in McGee Cemetery. She was the daughter
   of Leroy Hammons and Mary (Polly) Hampton. Miinerva Ann was
   one of their 13 children. Leroy Hammons moved to Warren-White
   County, Tennessee in 1809, from Giles-Montgomery Counties area
   of Virginia. He erected a tavern at Scott's Ford near Viola in
   1828, which was a stage stop. A Captain, White County, Milita
   on August 1, 1807 and on May 21, 1808 he became commandant and
   Lt. COl. of the Warren County Milita. He married Mary Hampton
   on September 10, 1809 in White County, Tennessee. Leroy served
   during the War of 1812 in the 2nd Regiment, West Tennessee
   Milita under General Winchester, he was discharged at Wilson's
   Springs, Alabama on April 10, 1815. In 1820, he owned nine
   slaves and this had increased to 13 by the 1840 Warren County,
   Tennessee Census.
   (For more information on the Hammons family, check the Hammons
   file in the library).
   
6. 1880 Census
   

       Census Place:	District 2, Warren, Tennessee
       Source:	FHL Film 1255283  National Archives Film T9-1283     Page 325C
       Relation	Sex	Marr	Race	Age	Birthplace
   Samuel MCGEE	Self	M	M	W	74	KY
       Occ:	Farmer	Fa: VA	Mo: TN
   Manerva MCGEE	Wife	F	M	W	60	TN
       Occ:	Keeping House	Fa: VA	Mo: TN
   William C. MCGEE	Son	M	W	W	35	TN
       Occ:	Works On Farm	Fa: KY	Mo: TN
   Archabal G. MCGEE	Son	M	S	W	29	TN
       Occ:	Works On Farm	Fa: KY	Mo: TN
   Richard L. MCGEE	Son	M	S	W	24	TN
       Occ:	Works On Farm	Fa: KY	Mo: TN
   Ernest MCGEE	GSon	M	S	W	4	TN
               Fa: KY	Mo: TN
   

7. David A. Hennessee
   
   • "Warren County,Tennessee Cemetery Book 3 - Macedonia Cemetery to Mullican Cemetery (Annotated)",by Martha Holt and Almetia Cunningham,Compiled & Edited by Betty M. Majors,1997 p. 14
     
   • 1900 Warren County Census, abstracted by Robert A. C. Hillis, Jr. p. 111
     
   • "The Dodson Family of Warren County, Tennessee and Allied Families", copyright 1974 by Catherine Gaffin Lynn, 140 North Central Avenue, Centerville,TN 37033 p. 282
     
   • Manerva: Living with her son, William, during 1900 census...DAH.
     
8. McGee Reunion Notebook
   Letter dated August 22, 1945 from Mary McGee Boyd to McGee Relatives. Mary was living in Phoenix AZ.
   
9. McGee Reunion Notebook
   Correspondence from Glynn McGee, "The McGee Family of Red Top Texas" 8/18/1985
   
10. 1850 Census
    

    1850 Census - Warren County, TN
    |h# |f# |name                |ag|s|occu  |re |bi|sch|ds|pg |Date
    |219|219|Ezekiel McGregor    |40|m|Farmer|800|TN|   |15|17b|September 5, 1850
    |   |   |Mary McGregor       |50|f|      |   |TN|   |  |   |
    |   |   |John H. McGregor    |21|m|Farmer|   |TN|   |15|18a|September 5, 1850
    |   |   |William B. McGregor |19|m|Farmer|   |TN|   |  |   |
    |   |   |James McGregor      |17|m|Farmer|   |TN|   |  |   |
    |   |   |Mary J. McGregor    |15|f|      |   |TN|   |  |   |
    |   |   |Richmond C. McGregor|12|m|      |   |TN|   |  |   |
    |220|220|Samuel McGee        |44|m|Farmer|800|KY|   |15|18a|September 5, 1850
    |   |   |Manerva McGee       |30|f|      |   |TN|   |  |   |
    |   |   |James L. McGee      |8 |m|      |   |TN|1/1|  |   |
    |   |   |Mary A. McGee       |7 |f|      |   |TN|   |  |   |
    |   |   |William C. McGee    |5 |m|      |   |TN|   |  |   |
    |   |   |Sarah McGee         |4 |f|      |   |TN|   |  |   |
    |   |   |John A. McGee       |2 |m|      |   |TN|   |  |   |
    |   |   |James McGee         |18|m|Farmer|   |TN|   |  |   |
    

11. 1860 Census
    

    1860 Census - Warren County, TN
    |h# |f# |name      |ag|s|occu   |re  |pe  |bi|PO         |page|date
    |780|780|Saml McGee|54|m|Far    |5000|8900|Ky|McMinnville|459b|July 23, 1860
    |   |   |Minerva   |37|f|HK     |    |    |TN|           |    |
    |   |   |James     |17|m|Student|    |    |TN|           |    |
    |   |   |Mary      |16|f|Student|    |    |TN|           |    |
    |   |   |William   |15|m|Student|    |    |TN|           |    |
    |   |   |Sarah     |12|f|Student|    |    |TN|           |    |
    |   |   |John      |11|m|       |    |    |TN|           |    |
    |   |   |Gentry    |9 |m|       |    |    |TN|           |    |
    |   |   |Crawford  |7 |m|       |    |    |TN|           |    |
    |   |   |Richard   |5 |m|       |    |    |TN|           |    |
    |   |   |Martha    |3 |f|       |    |    |TN|           |    |
    

12. 1870 Census
    

    1870 Census - Warren Co., TN - July 1870
    |h#|f#|name           |ag|s|r|occu         |vre |vpe |birt|r|w|2|twp       |po         |pg
    |52|53|McGee, James   |54|m|w|Farmer       |2000|1000|Tenn| | |1|District 2|McMinnville|40b
    |  |  |McGee, Martha  |44|f|w|Keeping House|    |    |Ala |1|1| |          |           |
    |  |  |McGee, John    |18|m|w|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |55|56|McGee, Sam     |63|m|w|Farmer       |5000|2000|Ky  | | |1|District 2|McMinnville|40b
    |  |  |McGee, Minerva |49|f|w|Keeping House|    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |  |  |McGee, Wm. L.  |26|m|w|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn| | |1|          |           |
    |  |  |McGee, Gentry  |19|m|w|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |  |  |McGee, Samuel  |18|m|w|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn| | | |District 2|McMinnville|41a
    |  |  |McGee, Richard |15|m|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |  |  |McGee, Martha  |13|f|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |56|57|McGee, James L.|28|m|w|Farmer       |600 |400 |Tenn| | | |District 2|McMinnville|41a
    |  |  |McGee, Martha  |24|f|w|Keeping House|    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |  |  |McGee, Samuel  |4 |m|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |  |  |McGee, William |1 |m|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |  |  |Cri???, John   |20|m|b|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn|1|1| |          |           |
    |57|58|McGee, Arch C. |27|m|w|Farmer       |200 |    |Tenn| | |1|District 2|McMinnville|41a
    |  |  |McGee, Louisa  |23|f|w|Keeping House|    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |  |  |McGee, Albert  |3 |m|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |  |  |McGee, Mary C. |1 |f|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    |  |  |Drake, Martha  |58|f|w|             |    |100 |Tenn| | | |          |           |
    

13. 1900 Census
    

    1900 Census - Warren County, Tennessee
    |hn |fn |Name              |rel     |r|s|birth    |age |m |ym|nc|lc|birth    |father   |mother   |occu    |m|a|rd |wri|eng|o|f|h|f#|          |pg# |Date
    |96 |96 |McGee, William C. |Head    |w|m|Nov, 1844|55  |wd|  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|A Farmer|0| |yes|yes|yes|O|F|F|68|District 2|p84a|June 26, 1900
    |   |   |McGee, Manerva    |mother  |w|f|Feb 1821 |49  |w |44|9 |6 |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |yes|yes|yes| | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Ernest     |son     |w|m|Dec 1875 |24  |s |  |  |  |Texas    |Tennessee|Michigan |A Farmer| | |yes|yes|yes| | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Maybell    |daughter|w|f|July 1898|1   |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |   |   |   | | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |Jones, Maudie     |neice   |w|f|July 1882|17  |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|??      | |2|yes|yes|yes| | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |Jones, Claudie    |nephew  |w|m|July 1882|17  |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|??      | |2|yes|yes|yes| | | |  |          |    |
    |97 |97 |McGee, Samuel     |Head    |w|m|Nov 1877 |22  |m |4 |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|Farmer  | | |yes|yes|yes|R| |H|  |District 2|p84a|June 26, 1900
    |   |   |McGee, Willie Lou |Wife    |w|f|June 1880|19  |m |4 |2 |2 |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |yes|yes|yes| | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Lillie Bell|daughter|w|f|Mar 1898 |2   |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |   |   |   | | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Amanda     |daughter|w|f|Apr 1900 |3/12|s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |   |   |   | | | |  |          |    |
    |98 |98 |McGee, Eliza      |Head    |w|f|Dec 1853 |46  |wd|30|10|10|Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        |0| |yes|yes|yes|R| |H|  |District 2|p84a|June 26, 1900
    |   |   |McGee, Florence E.|daughter|w|f|Nov 1873 |26  |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |yes|yes|yes| | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Floyd      |son     |w|m|Aug 1882 |17  |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | |3|yes|yes|yes| | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Clevelan   |son     |w|m|jan1885  |15  |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | |4|yes|yes|yes| | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Irvin      |son     |w|m|Jun 1887 |13  |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | |3|yes|yes|yes| | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Warren     |son     |w|m|Jan 1890 |10  |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |   |   |   | | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Wavie      |daughter|w|f|jan 1890 |10  |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |   |   |   | | | |  |          |    |
    |   |   |McGee, Lester     |son     |w|m|May 1893 |7   |s |  |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |   |   |   | | | |  |          |    |
    |101|101|McGee, Willie     |Head    |w|m|Jun 1875 |25  |m |1 |  |  |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|a farmer|0| |yes|yes|yes|R| |H|  |District 2|p84a|June 26, 1900
    |   |   |McGee, Ada A.     |Wife    |w|f|June 1881|18  |m |1 |0 |0 |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|        | | |yes|yes|yes| | | |  |District 2|p85 |June 27, 1900