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Miriam McKee

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania
Death: October 03, 1796 (49)
Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John McKee and Jane McKee
Wife of Col. William McKee
Mother of John Mckee; Nancy Agness Houston; Mary Wear Lapsley; Hugh Weir or Ware Mckee; James W. Mckee and 11 others
Sister of Mary Ware; Ensign James Logan McKee; 1st Lt. Robert McKee; John Mckee; William Houston McKee and 1 other
Half sister of John Mckee

Managed by: Judith "Judi" Elaine (McKee) Burns
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About Miriam McKee

Birth: Sep. 27, 174 7Lancaster County Pennsylvania, USA

  • Death: Oct. 3, 1797 Lancaster Garrard County Kentucky, USA
  • Burial: Gilberts Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Lancaster Garrard County Kentucky

She m. 20 May 1766 Jessamine co., Ky. WILLIAM MCKEE [#12a] , son of ROBERT MCKEE and AGNES, was born May 17, 1732 in County Down, Ireland d. October 11, 1816 in Garrard Co [Jessamine]., Ky. her cousin s/o Robert and Agnes McKee.

They lived in 3 miles west of Lexington, VA, on the farm he sold to Dr. George Addison Baxter, the President of Washington College. Then they moved to Gilbert's Creek, then in Lincoln County, now in Gerrard Co., KY in about 1792.

They had thirteen children:
  • 24 JOHN MCKEE b. 4 May 1767 Kerr’s Creek, Augusta, Va. D. Oct. 1818 Il. ; m. 23Mar 1797 Rockbridge co., Va. MARY “POLLY” PATTON.
  • 25 AGNES/NANCY AGNES MCKEE b. 14/21 Sep. 1768 Kerr’s Creek, Augusa, Va. D Palestine, Crawford, Il.; m 1st 26 Rockbridge co., Va. JAMES WILSON d. Mar. 1802; m 2nd JOHN HOUSTON

26 ROBERT MCKEE b. 19 Feb. 1770 Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va.; d. 5 Aug. 1775 Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va.;

27 WILLIAM MCKEE b. 19 Oct. 1771 Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va.; One source says he married a Mrs. Davis

28 JAMES MCKEE b. 26 Jun. 1773 Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va.; d. Sep. 1773 Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va.;

  • 29 SAMUEL MCKEE b. Oct. 1774 Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va. d. 16 Oct. 1826 Hickman co., Ky ; m. 25 Jun. 1807 “PATSY” MARTHA ROBERTSON b. 8 Jul. 1788 d. 14 Apr. 1848 aet 52 d/o Alexander and Margaret Robertson. Member of U. S. Congress 1809-17; Circuit and U. S. District Judge; and member of the Ky. Legislature.

30 ROBERT MCKEE b. 10 Oct. 1776 Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va.; d. 12 Aug. 1778 Kerr’s Creek, Rockbridge, Va.

31. JANE MCKEE b. 17 Feb. 1779 Karr’s Creek, Rockbridge, Va.; d. 4 Apr. 1800 Garrard co., Ky.

32 EBENEZER MCKEE b. 25 Jul. 1781 Kerr’s Creek, Rockbridge, Va.; d. 30 Mar. 1783 Kerr’s Creek, Rockbrisge, Va.

  • 33 MARY WEIR/WEAR “POLLY” MCKEE b. 20 Nov. 1783 Kerr’s Creek, Rockbrisge, Va. d. 1859 Clark co., Mo.; m. 1805 JOHN ARMSTRONG LAPSLEY B-1783 D-1859 s/o John and Mary (Armstrong) Laplsey one source gives mother as Miriam Were.
  • 34 DAVID LOGAN MCKEE b. 17 Jul. 1786 Kerr’s Creek, Rockridge, Va. d. October 16, 1830, Lancaster, Garrard, Ky. m. 1812 Mercer co., Ky. ELIZABETH “BETSEY” BROWN LETCHER
  • 35 HUGH WEIR MCKEE m. 22 Apr. 1788 Kerr’s Creek, Rockbridge, Va. d. abt. 1847 Lancaster, Garrard, Ky.; m 1st 14 Aug. 1816 Garrard co., Ky. LETTICE CAMPBELL; m 2nd 1831/6 MURIEL H. GRAHAM.
  • 36 JAMES MCKEE b. 2 Oct. 1790 Mercer co.,Va. d. 18 Nov. 1866 Atalla co., Ms. Res. Kosciusko, Mo; m. Aug. 1818 MARY C. LAPSLEY b. 26 Feb. 1796 d. 6 Oct. 1853.

37 Unknown


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Miriam McKee's Timeline

1747
September 27, 1747
Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania
1767
May 4, 1767
Kerrs Creek, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1768
September 14, 1768
Ken's Creek, Augusta County, Province of Virginia
1770
February 19, 1770
Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va
1771
October 19, 1771
Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va
1773
June 26, 1773
Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va
1774
October 13, 1774
Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA
1775
1775
1776
October 10, 1776
Kerr’s Creek, Augusta [Botetourt], Va.;