William Menefee
BIRTH 1750
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 8 Mar 1808 (aged 57–58)
Elkton, Giles County, Tennessee, USA
BURIAL
Menefee Family Cemetery
Elkton, Giles County, Tennessee, USA
William Menefee was born in Culpepper County, Virginia in 1750. Some researchers report him as the son of Jarrett Menefee, Revolutionary War soldier, who was born 1720, died in Kentucky in 1811] and his wife, Agnes Sutherlin Menefee.
William Menefee settled at Elkton, Tennessee [first settler in the area] and with him came Benjamin Long, Thomas Philips and Jonathan Ridgway, who settled just over the line in what became Limestone Co AL.
William arrived from Lincoln County, Kentucky in the fall of 1807 and died the following spring on 8 March 1808.
He was married 1st in Virginia but her name is unknown. He had three sons by this marriage:
1. Thomas Menefee
2. George Menefee
3. Richard "Dickie" Menefee.
They stayed in Kentucky.
William Menefee married seondly on 19 Dec. 1774 in Fincastle County Virginia to Elizabeth Vardeman, daughter of John Vardeman. John Vardeman was born in Sweden in 1718 and was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. His wife was Elizabeth Morgan of Bedford County, Virginia. Elizabeth Menefee died at Elkton, Giles County, Tennessee in 1820.
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