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Facts and Events
Samuel McKee was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:
- Page 206.—— March, 1767. John ( ) Davis and Judey ( ) to Samuel McKee, £45, 230 acres on Walker’s Run, a branch of Middle River, between William and Robert Stevenson’s lands.
Will Abstract
- McKee, Samuel - Will - Page 24 - Signed Sept. 2, 1813.
- Names, Daughter Polly. Sons, John and James. Grand daughters, Martha Story and Clara McKee, dau's of son, Wm. McKee, deceased.
- Exec's, Elijah Poage, son Archabald Mckee.
- Witnesses: Nancy Poage, Elizabeth Poage, Elijah Poage.
Will Transcript
- In the name of God amen. I, Samuel McKee of the County of Fayette & State of Kentucky being sound in body & but far advanced in life but calling to mind the mortality of my body & that it is appointed for all men once to die, I hereby commend my mortal spirit into the hands of God that gave it to me & to my Redeemer whom I trust has redeemed it for me. As To my mortal body I commend it to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried in a decent & Christian manner at the discretion of my surviving children & relations with a firm assumption of its resurrection at the last day.
- As to my worldy estate that God has blessed me with in this life I desire to dispose of it in the following manner: First of all I desire that all my just & lawful debts be paid. As to my plantation wherein I now live it is my wish that after my death it shall be sold & the proceeds thereof be distributed as follows:
- Item to my daughter Polly five hundred dollars & two beds, with their apparatus.
- Item to my son John three hundred dollars with one bed & its apparatus.
- Item to my son, James, I bequeath one hundred dollars.
- Item I bequeath to my grandaughter Martha Story two hundred dollars & a bed apparatus & bureaus. And than the balance of the price of my land to equally divided between my surviving children & any of the widow of any that may be deceased.
- Item I, I give & bequeath to my grandaughter Clarey McKee daughter of my son William deceased a small parcel of land lying in Harrison County adjoining my son Williams tract to her & her heirs forever. And it is my wish that whatever stock furniture shop tools or farming utensils shall also be sold & divided among my children as above.
- I do revoke & disavow any will or wills either verbal or written heretofore made by me & I do hereby appoint & ordain my trusty friend Elijah Poage & my beloved son Archibald McKee as my lawful executors to see this my will executed, as witness my hand & seal this second day of September 1813.
- [Signed] Samuel McKee
- Witnessed by _______Poage, Elizabeth Poage, Elijah Poage
- Citation: Geni.com
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Page 255.—20th December, 1770. Joseph Reaburn and Margaret to William Robertson, £125, 100 acres on Long Meadow, corner land formerly belonging to William Skillern. and now Isaac White's, William Robertson's line. Teste: Samuel McKee. Hugh Donaghe, James Kerr.
- Page 172.-—27th December, 1770. James Anderson and Elizabeth ( ) to Joseph Reaburn, £125, 100 acres on Long Meadow, corner land formerly belonging to William Skillern and now Isaac White’s, William Robertson's. Teste: Samuel McKee. Delivered: Jos. Reaburn, 20th May, 1771.
- Page 256-29th December, 1770. Joseph Reabum and Margaret to William Robertson, £125, 100 acres on Long Meadow, corner land formerly belonging to William Skillern, and now Isaac White’s, William Robertson’s line. Teste: Samuel McKee, Hugh Donaghe, James Kerr.
- Page 397.——26th March, 1771. Henry King’s bond (with Saml. McKee) as guardian to John Cockran, orphan of Jno. Cockran.
- Page 35.— [abt. 1783] — Teste: Samuel McKee, John Richey, Robert Connly, John Huddle, Daniel Joseph.
- 1783. TITHABLES. ADMINISTRATORS' BONDS. Page 430 Tithables, 1783; in Capt. Givens's and Campbell's Companies: James Allen, Sr., and sons Francis and James, Anthony Ailor and son George; Samuel Bell and sons Samuel and David, Alex. Blair and son John, Francis Brown and son Hugh, Robert Craig and sons John, Robert, James, James Craig and son George, James and George Crawford and brothers Robert, William, John, George Campbell and sons John, Jacob, George, Hugh Campbell and son Robert, Robert Curry and sons James and Robert, Arthur Conoly and sons Robert and James, Thomas Conoly and sons Arthur and Thomas, Hugh Donaho and son John, James Givens and sons Robert, Samuel, James, John Givens and sons Samuel, James, William, John Gasper and apprentice John Martin, Thomas Graham and sons John, Thomas, James, Robert, John Garvin and sons David, Joseph, Thomas, George Glenn and son James, James Henderson and brothers William, David, John King and sons John, Samuel, James, Henry Lyner and sons Christopher, Adam, Samuel McKee and sons William, James, Robert McMahon and apprentices Robert Reburn, Jacob Lemon, Robert Campbell, John McMahon and son John, William Patterson and son William, Richard Rankin and sons Richard, Isaac, Joseph, John Rankin and brothers James, Robert, Robert Reid and son Robert, Jacob Sheits and son John, William Wilson, Parson; Nicholas Wilkinson and wife Milly, Robert Young and sons Robert, William, James Young and son Andrew McComb.
- Page 32.——14thNovember,~1787. Martha ( ) and Joseph Henderson of Fayette County, being their part of the land divided to Martha Henderson, James and Joseph Henderson, by James Henderson, deceased, by his will. Teste: Samuel McKee, Robert and Lindsay Thompson.
- Page 56.—15th March, 1788. Andrew McCombe’s will——To wife, Jane; to son, William; to daughter, Barbara Curry; to daughter, Agness Reburn, Mary Young, Jean Curry, deceased (to her 3 daughters), Sarah Gardner, Martha Dickey; to son-in-law, formerly Robt. Curry, the land Robert lives on that he purchased from testator’s son, William, 130 acres; to Robert Curry’s children that he had by daughter Elizabeth, viz: Andrew, Margaret, Jean, VVil1iam,Mary, Robert, Elizabeth, Agnes; to all daughters, viz: —. Executors, wife and sons James Young, Robt. Curry. Teste: Samuel McKee, George Glenn, David Gibson. Proved, 17th June, 1788, by the witnesses. Executors qualify, widow refuses to execute by writing 14thApril, 1788.
- Page 255.—18th April, 1796. Thomas Frame’s will—To wife, Jane, tract purchased of Samuel McKee; to son, Samuel; to grandson, John Craig Frame, infant; to son, Samuel’s next oldest son or daughter (after Jno. C., supra). Executors, wife Jane and son Samuel. Teste: D. Stephenson, James Hodgson, Thos. Connelly. Codicil, 8th September, 1796. To son, Samuel; to grandson, John Craig Frame; to Augusta Church. Teste: William Wilson, Samuel Steele, Joseph Peck. Proved, 20th December, 1790, by Connelly and Irwin. Codicil by Steele and Peck. Executors qualified.
Notes
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Samuel M'KEE
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ABT 1730 - 1813
BIRTH: ABT 1730, of County Down, Northern Ireland
DEATH: 1813, , Fayette, Kentucky
Father: William M'KEE
Mother: Mary
Family 1 : Martha
MARRIAGE: 6 Nov 1762, Augusta County, Virginia
Children:
William M'KEE
James M'KEE
References
- Hoffman, David R. Samuel McKee and His Family: Notes on the Life of Samuel McKee who Died in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1813, on His Children, and the Descendants of Sons William, David, and Samuel McKee, Jr., and Daughter Jane McKee Story.
Samuel McKee married Martha 6 November 1762 in Augusta County, Virginia. They had nine children. He died in 1813 in Fayette County, Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Texas.
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