Thomas Baytop McGeheeAge: 60 years1771–1832
- Name
- Thomas Baytop McGehee
- Given names
- Thomas Baytop
- Surname
- McGehee
 Birth | December 1, 1771 41 18 |
 Birth of a sister | Elizabeth McGehee October 21, 1773 (Age 22 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles McGehee October 7, 1775 (Age 3 years) |
 Family List | Family Birth Dates |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1775 and 1776 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics |
| Birth of a brother | Francis “Frank” McGehee January 29, 1777 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Abner William McGehee February 18, 1779 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783 (Age 3 years)Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Mumford DeJarnette 1783 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah McGehee July 12, 1784 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Edward McGehee November 8, 1786 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Scott McGehee January 15, 1789 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Abraham McGehee January 1, 1791 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Hugh McGehee Sr January 4, 1793 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles McGehee 1794 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lucinda L McGehee January 1, 1795 (Age 23 years) |
 Marriage | Elizabeth Thornton Gilmer — View this family October 8, 1798 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 21 years)Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
| Death of a brother | Francis “Frank” McGehee 1798 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 31 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Will | April 3, 1811 (Age 39 years) Note: Thomas and Abner are named as Executors for Micajah McGehee's Will. |
| Death of a father | Micajah McGehee July 31, 1811 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 40 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Anne Baytop Scott February 25, 1816 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth McGehee August 5, 1816 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a brother | James McGehee May 16, 1826 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 60 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
 Death | April 18, 1832 (Age 60 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McGehee Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Micajah McGehee Birth: between 1730 and 1745 30 20 — Prince Edward, Virginia, United States Death: July 31, 1811 — Lexington, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Anne Baytop Scott Birth: 1753 — Prince Edward, Virginia, United States Death: February 25, 1816 — Lexington, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States |
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Marriage: December 19, 1770 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States |
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-1 months elder brother |
James McGehee Birth: November 26, 1770 40 17 — Prince Edward, Virginia, United States Death: May 16, 1826 — Putnam, Georgia, United States |
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1 year himself |
Thomas Baytop McGehee Birth: December 1, 1771 41 18 — Prince Edward, Virginia, United States Death: April 18, 1832 — Madison, Alabama, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Elizabeth McGehee Birth: October 21, 1773 43 20 — Prince Edward, Virginia, United States Death: August 5, 1816 — Prince Edward, Virginia, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Charles McGehee Birth: October 7, 1775 45 22 — Georgia, United States Death: 1794 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States |
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16 months younger brother |
Francis “Frank” McGehee Birth: January 29, 1777 47 24 — Virginia, United States Death: 1798 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Abner William McGehee Birth: February 18, 1779 49 26 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Death: February 19, 1855 — Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Sarah McGehee Birth: July 12, 1784 54 31 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Death: about 1847 — Georgia, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Edward McGehee Birth: November 8, 1786 56 33 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Death: October 1, 1880 — Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
John Scott McGehee Birth: January 15, 1789 59 36 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Death: March 2, 1870 — Panola, Mississippi, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Abraham McGehee Birth: January 1, 1791 61 38 — Georgia, United States Death: July 25, 1859 — Mississippi, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Hugh McGehee Sr Birth: January 4, 1793 63 40 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Death: July 25, 1855 — Panola, Mississippi, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Lucinda L McGehee Birth: January 1, 1795 65 42 — Georgia, United States Death: |
| Family with Elizabeth Thornton Gilmer |
| himself |
Thomas Baytop McGehee Birth: December 1, 1771 41 18 — Prince Edward, Virginia, United States Death: April 18, 1832 — Madison, Alabama, United States |
| wife |
Elizabeth Thornton Gilmer Birth: October 15, 1780 — Augusta, Virginia, United States Death: September 6, 1846 — Bastrop, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1798 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States |
Thomas Baytop McGehee has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents John McGehee + Mary …
Parents Mumford McGehee + Sarah Ann Moore
Parents Samuel McGehee + Olivia Muse
Mother's family (0)
| Will | "I Micajah McGehee of the County of Oglethorpe & State of Georgia, being weak
in body, but in perfect mind & memory, taking into view the uncertainty of
life & the certainty of death, do make constitute and appoint Thomas McGehee
& Abner McGehee my true and lawful Executors to do & perform this my last will
& Testament in manner and form following, (Viz) I give & recommend my soul
into the hands of almighty God who gave it, & my body to be decently buried.
Item, 1st. I do give & bequeath unto my affectionate wife Ann McGehee twenty
five hundred dollars which is to be entirely at her disposal during her life;
& at her death to be equally divided as the law directs; the balance of my
Estate both real & personal to be sold and divided as above stated; after
paying my debts & deducting the within amounts out of each debtors legacy.
Witness my hand this 3rd Day April 1811. Micajah McGehee (Seal)
E. Brower
H. Gray
John Butler" |
| Will | Thomas and Abner are named as Executors for Micajah McGehee's Will. |
| Burial | Biography from Findagrave: "Son of Micajah and Nancy "Ann" Baytop Scott McGehee, Thomas married Elizabeth Thornton Gilmer on October 8, 1798 at Ogelthorpe County, Georgia. He and his wife became parents to eleven children. The family moved to Madison County, Alabama about two miles from the Tennessee line in 1815. One biographer stated that he was a man of fine judgment, combined with that indomitable energy that made him successful in business. He was of robust build, standing fully 6 feet, muscular and active."
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| Burial | Inscription: "Thomas McGehee, son of Micajah and Nancy McGehee, was born Dec. 1, 1771 and departed this life April 18th, 1832 aged 60 years, 4 months and 18 days"
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