Person:Parker Gee (1)

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Gee, Parker - born 6/1753 in Maryland; moved when very young to Botetourt County, Virginia, where resided in 1780 when entered service in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; moved in 1818 to Marion County, Kentucky, thence to Butler County, Ohio, thence to Henry County, Indiana, where he applied for Pension in 1839, when resided there for 4-5 years, & Pension Application rejected; blind for past 7 years; died 1/1842 at age 87; married ___?, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 7 years after Revolutionary War; widow mentioned but not named died 6/1847 in Henry County, Indiana, leaving 3 children; son Job applied for Pension age 51 in Hamilton County, Ohio (resided Kenton County, Kentucky) 1851 for self & 2 siblings mentioned but not named, & Pension Application rejected. F-R3964, R1060.

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Virginia Records

McGeorge (Thomas) vs. Parker Gee 1786—1787. 3 pieces.
Gee (Parker) vs. Holden Megeth. 1795. 2' 2 pieces

Source: Franklin County, Virginia Suits, 1772-1800

References

United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Parker Gee
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Madison, Kentucky
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Slaves - Males - Under 14: 1
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
Total Free White Persons: 1
Total Slaves: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 3
Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.

Pension Application of Parker Gee R3964 VA [NC?]
Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris.
The State of Indiana } ss
Henry County }
Be it remembered that on the [26th] day of January 1839 there personally came before me James Miner a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Henry Parker Gee aged about 86 years a resident of said County at his residence he being unable by reason of disability from old age and blindness from appearing in a Court of record and on his Oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832 the said Parker Gee being first duly sworn
says that he entered the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution as a Private soldier to the best of his recollection on the 12 day of August 1780 that he was born to the best of his information on the 10 day of June 1753 and that he is very old and his memory very much impaired But that to the his of his recollection and belief he entered the service of the United States and served as follows towit
He was enlisted for 18 months by one Captain Ballard Smith at Bottetourt [sic: Botetourt] Court House Virginia (he then being a resident of Pittsylvania county Virginia) and served his time 18 months entirely out and was not at any time during the time engaged in any civil pursuit that at the time he enlisted there were a number of others who enlisted into the same service for the same period amongst whom were, Samuel Avery, John Stonn [Storm?], Isaac Skaggs and one Atkins That about 100 men were enlisted at Bottetourt court house during the time he was there and that in October following He and the other troops were marched to Hillsborough North Carolina and joined the American army under General [Nathanael] Greene that he was in the Army under General Greene 18 months until he was discharged and that from
Hillsborough He was marched to South Carolina and from thence Back again into North Carolina and in marched different routes as necessity and prudence dictated that he Believes that his Colonels name was Lacy [possibly Edward Lacey] but whose given name he cannot recollect that the majors name under whose command he served was Joel Lewis of the North Carolina State Legion that names of the other officers under whom he served he cannot recollect His principal occupation during his service was in
guarding and taking care of Baggage and in nursing the sick At the time the Battle of Guilford Courthouse [in NC, 15 Mar 1781] he was stationed at [Troublesome] Iron works about 12 miles from the Battle ground guarding Baggage and at the end of his term of service he was regularly discharged and received his written discharge from Major Joel Lewis which discharge together with the record of his age was destroyed by the mice or rats in his house in Kentucky about fifteen years ago that he has no
documentary evidence of his service nor does he know of any witness living by whom he can prove his service. And owing to his great age and loss of memory he cannot state certainly whether he served in the Virginia State troops or the North Carolina State troops But to the best of his recollection and belief he served in the North Carolina State troops The troops he served in were called the North Carolina State
Legion and Major Lewis under whom he served he thinks was a major in that Legion That he has been entirely blind for seven years past and his memory is so imperfect that he cannot now state more particularly the facts of the service nor the names of officers and troops with whom he marched that he was Born in the State of Maryland and when he was very young he removed to Pittsylvania County Virginia where he resided when he entered the service of the United States And resided there until the year 1818 when he removed to Marion County Kentucky from whence he removed to Butler
county Ohio and from thence to Henry County Indiana where he has resided between four and five years, that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a Pension except this declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any acgency in any state Parker hisXmark Gee
NOTE: On 12 April 1851 Job Gee, 51, resident in Kenton County KY, applied for a pension as one of three surviving children of Parker Gee. Job Gee described Parker Gee as a farmer, 5 feet 8 or 10 inches tall, with dark hair and blue eyes. Job Gee stated that his father died in Henry County in Jan 1842 at about age 87, that his mother died in June 1847 in Henry County, and that his parents were married in
Pittsylvania County.