↑ 1850 Federal Census, Pike County, Mississippi, 2nd Dist, hh 52/52.
↑ 1860 Federal Census, Pike County, Mississippi, Holmesville P.O., hh 526.
Shown as "David R. Magee" in the 1850 census, he is apparently the "Richmond Magge" 17/MS, "idiot" in the household of William Smith 48/SC and Angeline Smith 34/MS. His brother Warren L. Magee is also enumerated in this household, age 18.