David McGee was born in Scotland, July 25, 1763. He emigrated to the United States a short time before the Revolutionary War and is supposed to have settled in Virginia, later moving to South Carolina. In 1787 he married Mary Cook, whose birth, birthplace, death, time and place of decease are unknown to the writer. He was a solider in the colonial forces during the War of the Revolution, and rose to the rank of sergeant.
Records are not very clear, but aftr the Revolutionary War, he must have gone to Tennessee, as the family history relates that he came from Tennessee, and settled in that section of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, known as "North River," in 1819, and died at the latter place in 1857.
Correspondence
Email communication on January 31, 2004 from McGee researcher: McGee.rtf
Burial: 1857, McGee cemetary, Tannenhill farm near Bethel Presbyterian Church with several of his wives.
Census: Bet. 1830 - 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. Al.
Emigration: 1819, Tuscaloosa Co. Al.
Fact 1.: March 07, 1832, Deed of gift to daughter Elizabeth McGee, a slave. Book H p 596.
Fact 2.: November 16, 1832, Sold 70 acres to Joseph McGee, Book H p. 622.
Land grant: Bounty land certificate #3703
Marriage bond: 1793, N.Ca. State Archives
Military service: Bet. 1777 - 1778, DAR placque in large rock in Tuscaloosa. DAR records.
Pension: for military service in Rev. War.
Will: 1857, two wills
Correspondence
email communications with Annette Smith on March 23 and August 24, 2005
b July 25, 1762 Sussex Co. VA. Son of David S. McGee and grandson of Ralph McGee. This David McGee served at Valley Forge with George Washington and is listed in the Daughters of the American Revolution Index as well as military lists, and received a military pension. David lived in North Carolina, moved to Tennessee, on to Tuscaloosa Co., Al in 1819 settling in the North River area. Supposedly had six wives, he died March 25, 1857 and is buried by three of them. He married Margaret Raeside Nov. 16, 1782. He married Mary Longbotton June 4, 1789. He married Mary Cook March 23, 1793. He married Judith Mc Gee. He married Mrs. Margaret Finch Aug 1 1832 in Tuscaloosa, Al. Sixteen children are known.