John McGee

He was a gunsmith and blacksmith by trade. Some information comes from http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/family/mcgee.txt ------------------------------------- from Pruitt, Albert Bruce, 1943- , Abstracts of land entries : Iredell Co. NC, 1789-1804, Cabarrus Co. NC, 1793-1795, Anson Co. NC, 1795-1797, PUBLICATION [North Carolina?] : A.B. Pruitt, c1990. p. 11 - Jan 10, 1795 George Robison and John McGee enter 433 ac in Iredell Co. on waters of Muddy Fork of lower Little R; border: John Thomson on S, Thomas Wilson on W, & his own land on E. p. 14 - Jan 1, 1796 Geo Robinson and Jno McGee enter 300 ac. ------------------------------------- From: Coulter, Shirley. Iredell County North Carolina deed abstracts / abstracted and compiled by Shirley Coulter, Edie Purdy, and Lois Schneider. 1st ed. Statesville, N.C. : Abstract Publishers, c1977- p.13 C-208-10 23 May 1798 John (x) McGee to George Robison for £170, 250 ac in Iredell, formerly Burke Co., on head waters of Muddy Fork of Lower Little R, on banks of mountain branch of waters of So. Yadkin joining Geo. Brown & John White. Daniel Murphy's grant to McGee 11 Oct 1783. Wit: Richd. Allison, Jt., James Stevenson. 7 Aug 1798. p.44 C-655 1799 N.C. Grant #251 to Robt. Carson, Sr. for 50 shillings the 100 acres, 330 acres on the Muddy Fork of Little River joining Saml. Carson, Robt. Bogle, Saml. Sloan, John McGee & Robison on the spur of Mt. Pleasand. W. R. Davie, Gov. 19 May 1800. p75 D-375-6 14 Nov 1800 N.C. Grant #344 to Ford Falkner for 30 shillings the 100 ac., 200 ac, between the lines of Samuel Carson, William Monday, John McGee & George Robinson on some branches of the Catawba & McGee's branch. B. Williams, Gov. 16 Nov 1801. p. 87 D-515 4 Dec 1801 N.C. Grant #2999 to John McGee for 50 shillings the 100 ac, 200 ac on Muddy Fork of lower Little R joining his other survey, entered 28 Oct 1779. B. Williams, Gov., Will White, Secty. 18 June 1802. ------------------------------------- [this John McGee may be the father of John McGee since he would have been only 5 to 10 years old when these land transaction take place]