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Olivia McGehee (Muse)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Virginia
Death: August 27, 1827 (66-67)
Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi, United States
Place of Burial: Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Pope Muse and Jane Muse
Wife of Lt. Samuel McGehee, Sr. and Capt. Charles Rhodes
Mother of Dr. William McGehee; Patsy Holloway (McGehee); George McGehee; Samuel M McGehee, Jr.; James McGehee and 3 others
Sister of William Muse; Ann Bogan (Muse); Mary Muse; John Muse, Sr.; Thomas Augustine Muse and 3 others
Half sister of Ann Bogan (Muse)

Managed by: Amy Nordahl Cote
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About Olivia McGehee

Olivia Muse McGehee was the wife of Lt. Samuel McGehee, American Revolutionary War Patriot. They were married 19 Oct 1778 in Prince Edward County, VA.

She was the mother of Sarah, Martha, Pope, Elizabeth, George, Samuel, James, Lewis, David, Nancy, William and Abraham. She names her children Patsey (McGehee) Holloway, William, George, Pope, James, Samuel, Lewis and David McGehee; Eliza (McGehee) Willis, and Nancy (McGehee) Day.

She ends her will saying, " In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fifteenth day of Jany., one thousand eight hundred and twenty five and the 49th year of the Independence of the United States of America.

After the death of Samuel McGehee, Olivia Muse McGehee married Charles Rhodes, also an American Revolutionary War Patriot. There were no children born to this late in life marriage.

from MsMarion at Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69164954

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Family Group Sheet at MsMarion.com:

http://www.msmarion.com/RootsMagicProject/Shannon1/f948.htm

WikiTree:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Muse-75

Perhaps the daughter of William Pope Muse--sources needed.

Olivia McGehee



Spouses: Samuel McGehee (1759 - 1821) - Charles Rhodes (1756 - 1837)

Excerpt from Find-a-Grave Memorial: "Olivia Muse McGehee was the wife of Lt. Samuel McGehee, American Revolutionary War Patriot. They were married 19 Oct 1778 in Prince Edward County, VA. She was the mother of Sarah, Martha, Pope, Elizabeth, George, Samuel, James, Lewis, David, Nancy, William and Abraham. She names her children Patsey (McGehee) Holloway, William, George, Pope, James, Samuel, Lewis and David McGehee; Eliza (McGehee) Willis, and Nancy (McGehee) Day."

As widow of Samuel McGehee, she married Charles Rhodes, also an American Revolutionary War Patriot.

Children:
Martha McGehee Holloway (1779 - ____)
WILLIAM C MCGEHEE (1782 - 1851)
George McGehee (1785 - 1841)
Samuel M McGehee (1790 - 1866)
Lewis McGehee (1795 - 1857)
David James McGehee (1797 - 1848)
Nancy McGehee Day (1804 - 1834)


Alternate death date: May 5 1850 - Liberty, Amite, Mississippi

Marriage to Samuel McGehee: 19 October 1778, Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia
- 2nd marriage on 20 January 1825, Amite, Mississippi to:
Charles Rhoades, b. 22 February 1756, North Carolina, British Colonial America - d. 4 February 1837 - buried: Zion Hill, Amite, Mississippi

Father: Richard (1st hus) Moore, born in 1622 - Winterborne Kingston, Dorset, England - died in 1654 - Calvert, Maryland, United States

Mother: Jane Moore (born Hollingsworth) - born in 1618 - Lambourne, Berkshire, England - died in 1654 - Amelia, Virginia, United States

  • */? Alternate parents:

- William Pope Muse, 1732–1788
Marriage: 15 October 1758 Virginia
- Jane Pottenger, 1738–1817

12 Children:
- Martha " Patsy" McGehee - 1779–Deceased
- William McGehee - 1782–1851
- George Mc Gehee - 1785–1841
- Pope McGehee - 1785–1841
- Elizabeth McGehee - 1786–Deceased
- Samuel McGehee Jr - 1790–1866
- Abram McGehee - 1792–1850
- James McGehee - 1794–1843
- Sarah "Sally" McGehee - 1795–Deceased
- Lewis McGehee - 1795–1857
- David James McGehee - 1797–1848
- Nancy McGehee - 1804–1834

Siblings:
- Ruth Beall (born Moore) - born in 1652. Maryland - died in 1707, Maryland
- Temperance Moore - born in 1639, Calvert County, Maryland - died in 1676,. Calvert County, Maryland
- Richard M Moore - born in 1644, Maryland - died in 1652, Calvert County, Maryland
- James Moore - born in 1646, Scotland - died in 1735, St George Parish,Prince Georges,Maryland
- Timothy M Moore - born in 1652, England - died in 1652, Calvert County, Maryland

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Olivia McGehee's Timeline

1760
1760
Prince Edward County, Virginia
1782
February 16, 1782
Prince William County, Virginia, United States
1783
1783
Georgia, USA
1785
March 5, 1785
Virginia, United States
1790
June 17, 1790
Georgia, United States
1794
May 7, 1794
Georgia, United States
1795
June 7, 1795
Georgia
1797
1797
South Carolina
1804
February 17, 1804
Amite County, Mississippi, United States
1827
August 27, 1827
Age 67
Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi, United States