William McBee

Biography

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119783079

William McBee was the son of Rev. Samuel & Ann (Hamilton) McBee.

He married Mary Ann "Anna" Williams, 12 Oct 1817, Grainger County, Tennessee. See her memorial for list of their children.

He married 2nd the widow Barbara (Carlock) VanBebber, 20 July 1835, Claiborne County, Tennessee.

Family Letter from William to his father:

Sept 16th 1855

Dear Father I can inform you that through the Wonderful mercies of God We are all injoying good health at present hoping that you are all injoying the same Blessing Dear Father on an Examination of the deed from you to me I feel Desirous to have a Small alteration in the line from the beginning it Calls for runing With the Various Courses of my fences Which Will leave me Without any outlet Which you will readily See the alteration that I Wish to be made if it Can be done is to Extend the line Straight with the Vally feel [field]fence to the road at Caswell's new gate then running with the road up by my draw Bars and then up the lane as it does myself and Caswell agree on that been [being] the line between us this Spring think on it and do what you think is right betweene us. I have a nother request to make p.2 I Want to Borrow fifty dollars in Money from you I Expect to need it before long I will give you my land in Security until paid. if you will let me have it give me answer by Claibourn When he returns. If I Can git the Money leave it with Brother Samuel. or Come by When you Start on your Journey.

Wm. McBee To Samuel McBee

GEDCOM Note

!NOTES: aka William Otis McBee or Otis McBee. Vocation as a Minister; performed the marriage for his son, Samuel. Justice of the Peace, Dec 1847. William purchased the estate of Gabriel Van Bebber, from the children of his wife, Barbara, which was situated in Powells Valley. Clerk of the Davis Creek Church, Claiborne Co. TN

!LDS: BE 8220103-50; SS 8219650-11.

!SOURCES: 1850 Census, Claibourne Co. TN [3rd District] p. 324 #1150. 1860 Census, Grainger Co. TN [3rd District], p. 50 (272) #315. Family Bible of Houston McBee ipo Rachael Farmer, PO Box 140880, Dallas TX. Estate of Thomas McClain, 12-6-1847, Claibourne Co. TN Correspondence with Earl Quintrell, Knoxville TN. (1981). McClung Collection, Knoxville TN. Davis Creek Church Records, Claibourne Co. TN (Univ. of Tenn.)