James W. Mckee

Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850

• Name: Mary Lepsley
• Marriage Date: 20 Aug 1818
• Marriage Place: Garrard, Kentucky, USA
• Spouse: James Mckee

from: George Wilson McKee, McKees of Virginia and Kentucky, the, Pittsburgh, J. B. Richards, 1891, pg 101-3-

The Rev. Dr. John Lapsley McKee, of Centre College, Danville. Ky. writes as follows:

Danville, Ky., June 21st, 1889. Major George W. McKee :

Dear Cousin'…

Accompanying the above letter was the following;

" Record of McKee Family;

FAMILY OF JAMES AND MARY C. m'kee.

Miriam McConnell was born July 7th. 1819.

Mary Charlotte, horn April 1st. 1822.

Margaret Jane was born October 10th, 1824.

John Lapsley was born February 16th, 1827.

James Finley was born February 28th, 1830.

Samuel was horn November 10th, 1832.

Martha Elizabeth was horn October 17th, 1836.

John Lapsley McKee married Sarah Henry Speake, April 11th. 1850. Their children were as follows :

William Irvine, born March 24th, 1851.

John Lapsley, born May 8th, 1853. 

Mary, born February 28th, 1855.

Sarah Leila, born October 9th, 1857.

Samuel L., born October 11th, 1859.

Jennie, born October 21st, 1862.

James Lapsley. born January 14th, 1864.

Robert Graham, born April 16th, 1867.

Julia Faith, born December 18th, IS 72.

Miriam McConnell was married to J. C. Kelsey, November 15th, 1843.

Mary Charlotte was married to Allen Dodd, January 10th, 1839.

James Finley married Margaret Speake ( October, 1854.

Samuel married Sarah F. Campbell September 30th, 1862.

Margaret Jane was married to Isaac Herring, died September 17th. 1846.

Martha Elizabeth died May 1st, 1866.

Samuel was killed in battle of Stone River, Tenm. December 31st, 1862.

STATEMENT OF HUGH WARE m'kEE. [*He was the son of Col. William and Miriam McKee. Some of the McKees spell his middle name Weir. ]

This paper was drawn up for Rev. Jobn Lapsley McKee by bis uncle, Hugh Ware Mekee, between 1840 and 1850 probably about 1846. He went to Laurel County. Ky., to get most of his information from " Mountain Billy" McKee, who lived in that county. In 1738 the McKee Family came from Ireland to America, ten oreleven brothers; some of them settled near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and about Pittsburgh, and some of them about Wheeling. I have no correct account of the families of these other McKees, but those that settled near Lancaster, Pa., moved to Virginia about 1760, and two of them, Robert and .John, settled in Rockbridge County, near Lexington. Grandfather's brother, William [This William McKee. a brother of the pioneers, Robert and John, appears to have joined them in Virginia about 1760.] (one of the eleven) settled in Augusta County (or Botetourt), and his family moved to Kentucky about 1788, or 1760. and most of them live now in Montgomery County, Ky. he died in Virginia.