Born: 7 Jul 1840 Warren Co., TN

Died: 5 May 1889 Red Top, Young Co., TX Red Top Cemetery

Parents

Father: Clendenon "Clint" McGee f: John McGee m: Esther Clendenon

Mother: Martha England

Siblings

John Alexander McGee   +Caroline Hooper         Rev. David Clendenon "Clendenon" McGee         Mary Frances McGee         Joseph Edward McGee         John Alexander McGee, Jr.         Martha "Mattie" Caroline McGee	Samuel McGee	Nancy Jane McGee
Joseph England McGee   +Elizabeth Jennings         Lucy Jane McGee         Jesse Clendenon "Clint" McGee         Martha Ann McGee         Mary Frances "Polly" McGee         William Thomas McGee         Lucinda McGee         James Isham "Isham" McGee         Florence McGee         Sarah Dodson "Sadie" McGee	Mary Ann McGee   +Robert B. Argo	Elizabeth McGee
Martin Van Buren McGee   +Elizabeth Wiseman         Ellen Virginia McGee         Elza Thomas "Elzie" McGee         Millie McGee         Audley Edward "Ed" McGee         Samuel Henderson McGee         Georgia Ann McGee	James M. McGee   +Rosanna "Annie" Cummings         Mary F. McGee         Elizabeth "Betty" McGee         Anna Elizabeth "Betty" McGee         William Thomas McGee         Gabriel Emmett McGee         James M. McGee	Archibald C(lendenon) McGee   +Louisa Bess         Johney McGee         Albert McGee         Mary Jane McGee         Andrew Jackson "Jack" McGee         Martin V(anBuren) McGee         Rolger McGee         Lindsey C. McGee         Chatham McGee         Israel McGee         Willie Eugenia McGee         James Morgan McGee
William T. McGee

Family

Husband: James Lockhart McGee f: Samuel McGee    gf: John McGee    gm: Esther Clendenon m: Minerva Hammons

Children

Samuel L. McGee	William Calhoun "Billy" McGee   +Maggie Hammonds         John McGee         Charlie McGee         Orus Lane McGee         Walter Onus McGee         Ernest McGee         Jewell McGee         Robert Louis McGee
Joseph McGee	Irven Elbert McGee   +Alice E. unknown         William Leslie "Leslie" McGee         Faye McGee

General Sources

1.  Spouse: First Cousin
   
2. The Wiseman Family and Allied Lines
   
3. Tennessee Wills
   Warren County, TN, Wills and Inventories, Vol 8, Oct 1887-Aug1892, Page 160 - Martha Drake
   
4. Thomas Jefferson Barnes Papers
   TSLA Mf #654, Reel #2 - McGee
   
5. My Limb on the Cox Tree
   Page 41 - The McGees
   
6. David A. Hennessee
   
   • Dodson,John Wesley "Wes";1882-1965. Esteemed historian for Warren County, Tennessee. Kept hand-written records in old notebooks. He proved records by tombstone inscriptions,family Bibles and interviews
     
   • James & Martha were first cousins.
     
7. McGee Reunion Notebook
   Correspondence from Glynn McGee, "The McGee Family of Red Top Texas" 8/18/1985
   
   James and Martha McGee as well as all their sons came to Texas in 1880's or 1890's and settled first around Denton Co., TX and then came to Young Co., TX (Red Top) in 1904. James and Martha as well as all 4 sons are buried in the Red Top Cemetery
   
8. 1850 Census
   

   1850 Census - Warren County, TN
   |h# |f# |name                 |ag|s|occu         |re |bir|sch|rd |df   |d|pg |Date
   |438|438|James Hennessee      |84|m|Farmer       |800|NC |   |   |Blind|4|33b|September 24, 1850
   |   |   |Jane Hennessee       |52|f|             |   |TN |   |   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Samuel Hennessee     |19|m|Farmer       |   |TN |   |   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Easther Hennessee    |17|f|             |   |TN |1/1|   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Anderson T. Hennessee|14|m|             |   |TN |1/1|   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Eliza J. Hennessee   |11|f|             |   |TN |1/1|   |     | |   |
   |   |   |William Harper       |25|m|Labourer     |   |Ala|   |   |     | |   |
   |439|439|Lucy Forrest         |66|f|             |500|VA |   |   |     |4|33b|September 24, 1850
   |   |   |Martha McGee         |42|f|             |   |TN |   |   |     | |   |
   |   |   |John McGee           |25|m|Farmer       |   |TN |   |   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Joseph McGee         |19|m|Farmer       |   |TN |1/1|   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Mary A. McGee        |17|f|             |   |TN |1/1|   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Martin McGee         |13|m|             |   |TN |1/1|   |     | |   |
   |   |   |James McGee          |11|m|             |   |TN |1/1|   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Archibald C. McGee   |8 |m|             |   |TN |   |   |     | |   |
   |   |   |William T. McGee     |6 |m|             |   |TN |   |   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Martha C. McGee      |3 |f|             |   |TN |   |   |     | |   |
   |   |   |Elizabeth Mitchails  |68|f|             |   |VA |   |1/1|     | |   |
   |   |   |Richard Forrest      |67|m|Minister Bapt|   |NC |   |   |     | |   |
   

9. 1870 Census
   

   1870 Census - Warren Co., TN - July 1870
   |h#|f#|name           |ag|s|r|occu         |vre |vpe |birt|r|w|2|twp       |po         |pg
   |52|53|McGee, James   |54|m|w|Farmer       |2000|1000|Tenn| | |1|District 2|McMinnville|40b
   |  |  |McGee, Martha  |44|f|w|Keeping House|    |    |Ala |1|1| |          |           |
   |  |  |McGee, John    |18|m|w|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |55|56|McGee, Sam     |63|m|w|Farmer       |5000|2000|Ky  | | |1|District 2|McMinnville|40b
   |  |  |McGee, Minerva |49|f|w|Keeping House|    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |  |  |McGee, Wm. L.  |26|m|w|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn| | |1|          |           |
   |  |  |McGee, Gentry  |19|m|w|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |  |  |McGee, Samuel  |18|m|w|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn| | | |District 2|McMinnville|41a
   |  |  |McGee, Richard |15|m|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |  |  |McGee, Martha  |13|f|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |56|57|McGee, James L.|28|m|w|Farmer       |600 |400 |Tenn| | | |District 2|McMinnville|41a
   |  |  |McGee, Martha  |24|f|w|Keeping House|    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |  |  |McGee, Samuel  |4 |m|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |  |  |McGee, William |1 |m|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |  |  |Cri???, John   |20|m|b|Farm Laborer |    |    |Tenn|1|1| |          |           |
   |57|58|McGee, Arch C. |27|m|w|Farmer       |200 |    |Tenn| | |1|District 2|McMinnville|41a
   |  |  |McGee, Louisa  |23|f|w|Keeping House|    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |  |  |McGee, Albert  |3 |m|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |  |  |McGee, Mary C. |1 |f|w|             |    |    |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   |  |  |Drake, Martha  |58|f|w|             |    |100 |Tenn| | | |          |           |
   

10. 1900 Census
    

    1900 Census - Denton County, Texas - June 11, 1900
    |hn|fn |Name               |rel       |r|s|birth     |ag|m|ym|n|l|birth    |father   |mother   |occu     |m|a|rd |wri|eng|o|f|h|f# |twp                 |pg#
    |97|102|McGee, Archibald G.|Head      |w|m|Jan 1951  |49|m|19| | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|Farmer   |0| |yes|yes|yes|O|M|F|103|Justice - precinct 8|p281
    |  |   |McGee, Fanny P.    |wife      |w|f|Nov, 1865 |34|m|19|8|8|Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|         | | |yes|yes|yes| | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Annie L.    |daughter  |w|f|July 1883 |16|s|  | | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|At School|0|3|yes|yes|yes| | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Jennie M.   |daughter  |w|f|Sep, 1885 |14|s|  | | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|At School|0|4|yes|yes|yes| | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Laura E.    |daughter  |w|f|Aug, 1887 |12|s|  | | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|At School| |6|yes|yes|yes| | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Mary C.     |daughter  |w|f|July 1889 |10|s|  | | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|At School| |5|yes|yes|yes| | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Willie M.   |daughter  |w|f|Oct 1891  |8 |s|  | | |Texas    |Tennessee|Tennessee|At School| |4|   |   |   | | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Jessie P.   |daughter  |w|f|Aug, 1895 |4 |s|  | | |Texas    |Tennessee|Tennessee|         | | |   |   |   | | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, James L.    |son       |w|m|Sept, 1897|2 |s|  | | |Texas    |Tennessee|Tennessee|         | | |   |   |   | | | |   |                    |
    |99|104|McGee, James L.    |Head      |w|m|Jan, 1842 |58|m|35| | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|Farmer   |0| |yes|yes|yes|O|M|F|106|                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Martha C.   |wife      |w|f|July 1846 |53|m|35|6|4|Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|         | | |yes|yes|yes| | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Samuel L.   |son       |w|m|June 1865 |34|s|  | | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|Farmer   |0| |yes|yes|yes| | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Irvin E.    |son       |w|m|Aug, 1875 |24|s|  | | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|Farmer   |0| |yes|yes|yes| | | |   |                    |
    |  |   |McGee, Opel E.     |G-daughter|w|f|Aug, 1985 |4 |s|  | | |Texas    |Tennessee|Tennessee|         | | |   |   |   | | | |   |                    |
    

11. 1910 Census
    

    1910 Census - Young County, Texas
    |hn|fn|Name             |rel |r|s|age   |m|ym|n|l|birth    |father   |mother   |occu        |trade       |wk |rd |wri|o|f|h|f#|v  |twp       |pg# |Date
    |6 |6 |McGee, James L.  |head|m|w|68    |m|44| | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|Farmer      |General Farm|Emp|yes|yes|O|F|F|7 |yes|Precinct 4|310a|April 15,1910
    |  |  |McGee, Martha C. |wife|f|w|63    |m|44|6|4|Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|none        |            |   |yes|yes| | | |  |   |          |    |
    |  |  |McGee, Samuel L. |son |m|w|44    |s|  | | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|Farm Laborer|Home Farm   |wk |yes|yes| | | |  |   |          |    |
    |63|63|McGee, Ervin E.  |head|m|w|27    |m|2 | | |Tennessee|Tennessee|Tennessee|Farmer      |General Farm|Emp|yes|yes|O|M|F|70|   |Precinct 4|313 |April 26, 1910
    |  |  |McGee, Alice L.  |wife|f|w|22    |m|2 |1|1|Arkansas |Arkansas |Arkansas |none        |            |   |yes|yes| | | |  |   |          |    |
    |  |  |McGee, William L.|son |m|w|1 5/12|s|  | | |Texas    |Tennessee|Arkansas |none        |            |   |   |   | | | |  |   |          |    |