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Facts and Events
Military
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
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, Richard - entered service in Frederick County, Virginia; moved in 1798 to Kentucky; died 10/12/1813; married 2/16/792 to Mary/Polly Romine, Culpeper County, Virginia, who was born 3/17/1767; widow granted Pension 1843 in Shelby County, Kentucky; children's births: William 4/26/1793, James 8/8/1794, Nancy 12/8/1796, Frances 4/22/1799, Sary 1/6/1802, Daniel 7/2/1804, Elisabeth 1/26/1807 & Jessa 10/12/1809; query letter in file 1928 from Auda Lee Studebaker, Delphi, Indiana, states her great grandfather Richard Gee was Maryland or Virginia Revolutionary War soldier whose wife was Phoebea Meadows. F-W8843, R1060.
Records in Kentucky
- Marriage Bond of Richard Gee's Daughter Elizabeth:
- No. 384
- We, the undersigned, are jointly and severally held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the sum of L50, to be made and levid of our respective goods, chattels, lands and tenements, and for the use of the Commonwealth--upon the condition that there is no lawful cause to obstruct the marriage of Jeffrey W. Ross and Elizabeth Gee
- Given under our hands and seals this 2nd day of August 1836.
- Jeffry W. Ross (his mark)
- ______ Gee
- State of Kentucky, Shelby County
- Jeffrey W. Ross having entered into bond, with security, in the penalty of L50: this license is granted him to intermarry with Elizabeth Gee, daughter of Richard Gee, deceased.
- And any Minister, legally authorised, may celebrate the rites of matrimony between the said Jeffrey W. Ross and Elizabeth Gee.
- Given under my hand, as clerk, this 2nd day of August 1836.
- Ja Whitaker, CSCC
References
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension Application of Richard Gee W8843
[Wife] Mary Gee VA
Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris.
State of Kentucky }
Shelby County } Ss
On this the 26th day of aprile 1843 Personally appeared before me Charles Baird an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs Mary Gee a resident of the said County of Shelby State of Kentucky aged upwards of seventy six years and who is by reason of Bodily Infirmity prevented from appearing in open court, and who after being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1738 entitled “An act granting half Pay and Pensions to certain widows” That she is the widow of Richard Gee who was a soldier in the virginia Continental Line during the war of the Revolution and volunteered to serve a tour of three years in said Line and war, and did faithfully serve out the said tour and during which he was in many engagements as declarant has heard him narrate and was particularly in the Battle of Brandywine [11 Sep 1777] and Declarant is of opinion that his said service was in the company of Captain Cooper, she declarant also states that she has heard him call over the names of his officers but she cannot say what particular officers his afs’d service was rendered under.
She further Declares that after the afs’d. service had terminated, (and how long thereafter she cannot say) her afs’d husband volunteered to serve in the said Regular Continental Line of Virginia for the whole term of the war, and after entering upon the same and serving a while he became severely wounded while in Battle and which resulted in the Loss of his right foot it being shot off, and was disabled therafter until his death, & Declarant thinks that his commanding officer was General [Nathanael] Greene and this she thinks, from the universal praise her said husband bore General Greene and Colonel [William] Campbell, but she cannot positively say that Col. Campbell was his Colonel. She further declares that her and her said husband removed to Kentucky in the year 1798 and that previous thereto Captain John Hickman of Frederick County Virginia (being the same county where declant and her said husband resided) would often prevail on her said husband to go and try and get a Pension for the wound he received while in said regular service, but that her said husband failed to do so during his life and since his death declarant has not applied for a Pension before this date. Declarant further states that her said husband resided in Frederick County virginia where he entered the service and marched as she is of opinion to the Northward where he was in service, and afterwards was in service in the South. Declarant further states that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim further that a leaf of paper herewith filed which shows the day of her birth and also the births of her children being only eight in number. She further Declares that she was marrid to the said Richard Gee on the 16th day of Febuary in the year seventeen Hundred and ninety two: That her husband the aforesaid Richard Gee died on the 12th day of October in the year 1813. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 (viz) at the time above stated.
Mary [her "X" mark] Gee
NOTE: On 8 July 1845 Mary Gee stated that her maiden name was Mary Romine. On 25 Aug 1843 William Jacobs stated that he was present at her wedding, which took place in Culpeper County VA. On 26 April 1843 Nancy Gee made a statement in support of her mother’s application. The file includes the family record transcribed below.
Mary Gee Was Born march the 17 1767
William Gee Was Born Aprile 26th 1793
James Gee Was Born August 8th 1794
Nancy Gee W Born december 8the 1796
Frances Gee W Born Aprile 22the 1799
Sary Gee Was Born January 6the 1802
Daniel Gee Was Born Julye 2the 1[illegible; “1804" in typed summary]
Jessa Gee Was Born October 12the 1809
http://revwarapps.org/w8843.pdf
- United States. National Archives and Records Service, and United States. War Department. Revolutionary War rolls, 1775-1783: National Archives microfilm publications, pamphlet describing M246. (Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Service, 1980).
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
Name: Richard Gee
Rank - Induction: Private
Roll Box: 111
Roll State: VA
- Jackson, Ron V. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890.
Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
Name: Richard Gee
State: VA
County: Shenandoah County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1783
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 065
Database: VA Early Census Index
[Note: Shenandoah County was formed from Frederick County, Virginia in 1772]
- United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).
1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Gee
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Shelby, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. bef. 1766]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Wife Mary]
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 10
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