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Facts and Events
References
- Mary McKee Limes was mostly likely the daughter of John and Rebecca Wickersham McKee, of Frederick County, Virginia; although unproven by formal documentation.
John McKee was born around 1773, and died in September, 1825 in Highland County, Ohio.
John married Rebecca Wickersham, the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Frazier) Wickersham on August 7, 1792 in Frederick County, Virginia.
Rebecca was born in 1774 in York County, Pennsylvania and died between 1825 and 1834, possibly in Ohio.
John and Rebecca were married by the Episcopal minister Rev. Alexander Balmain of Winchester, Virginia.
Rev. Balmain also performed the marriage of James Madison, Jr. (President) and Dolley Payne Todd Madison.
Co-incidentally, both Rebecca Wickersham McKee and Dolley Payne Todd Madison were Quakers, and both were disowned by the Quakers following their marriages because they were not married in the Quaker faith.
According to the 1810 U.S. Census for Virginia, there were three daughters not named in John McKee's Will that remain unaccounted for.
Per John McKee's Will, (Will Book 123, page 99 - Highland County, Ohio - 1818) his and Rebecca's children were:
Joseph McKee, born in 1793 in Frederick County, Virignia who married Amira Hutchinson on May 17, 1826 in Logan County, Ohio. He died on April 19, 1870 at Logtown, Jackson County, Oregon.
Elizabeth McKee, born June 15, 1795 in Frederick County, Virignia. She died on August 15, 1855 in Putnam County, Indiana. She married Henry Waln in Frederick County, Virginia on November 8, 1813.
James McKee, married Emily Chew on April 18, 1822 in Fayette County, Ohio.
Rebecca McKee, born June 6, 1804 in Frederick County, Virignia. She died on May 4, 1872 at Palestine, Putnam County, Indiana. She married Thomas Young in Highland County, Ohio on September 16, 1824.
Rhoda McKee, born in 1811 in Frederick County, Virginia. She married George Bennett on Feruary 16, 1827 in Highland County, Ohio.
This information can be found on pages 295 and 296 of the book entitled: "Frederick County, Virginia - Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley - 1730 - 1830", written by Wilmer L. Kerns
In 1826, 1830 and 1831 for Highland County, Ohio - the tax listing shows Harmon Limes living near the water course of Rattlesnake Creek. The heirs of John McKee are shown living near Rattlesnake Creek as well. Rattlesnake Creek is located in Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio where Greenfield is situated.
There is a Limes Road in Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio (as there is another separate Limes Road in Perry Township in bordering Fayette County, Ohio.)
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