Individual Details

William named as the oldest son in his father's will.

1830 Census. Knox Co TN
William C. McBee. 1m 20-30, 1f 20-30

1840 Census. Knox Co TN
W. C. McBee: 1m -5, 1m 5-10, 1m 20-30. 1f -5, 1f 20-30.

I could not find him in a census, unless he is this man in Missouri. It's the only William C. McBee, born in Tennessee, anywhere near the correct time age.
1850 Census. Dade Co MO, Dist 25
William C. McBee, age 40, b. TN. Susan, age 40.
Isac 17, Sarah 14, Jackson 11, James 8, Rutha 4, and William, age 2. Rutha and William both born in Missouri; the others were born in Tennessee.

Information from a descendant of his sister Mary Ann, has also come to the conclusion this is the correct man. He married Susan Hawkins, Grainger Co TN.

Grainger Co TN Wills, Nov 1833 - May 1852
Hawkins, Anna. Daughter Priscilla B. Hawkins, daughter Harriet L. Reeder, son Thomas J. M. Hawkins. My son's children: Elizabeth N. Campbell, Martha Brown, Sally Hufford, Henry S. Hawkins, Susan McBee, & William P. Hawkins.
William Brown, son-in-law who now lives in MO, sole Executor.
Signed: Anna Hawkins 31 Oct 1843
Wit: Samuel Shields, Harmon G. Lea
Recorded 24 Jan 1846
1840 Census: Grainger Co TN: Ann Hawkins, 1m 5-10, 1m 20-30, 1f 15-20, 1f 20-30, 1f 60-70.

1860 Census. Linn, Cedar Co. MO, P.O. Stockton, Hh 593
William C. McBee, age 50, b. TN. Susan F., age 59, b. TN
Jas. K. 19, b. TN. Rutha O. age 14, b. MO. William S. 11, b. MO.

Birth	16 Mar 1808	Grainger County, Tennessee
Death	21 Nov 1874	Farmersville, Collin County, Texas

Father	Lemuel McBee (1783 - 1843)
Mother	Sarah Meek (1787 - 1864)
Sibling	Martha M. "Patsy" McBee (1807 - )
Sibling	Mary Ann McBee (1808 - 1854)
Sibling	Adam H. McBee (1812 - )
Sibling	Isaac M. McBee (1814 - )
Sibling	Ganum Cox McBee (1816 - 1863)
Sibling	Lemuel J. McBee (1818 - )
Sibling	Milo McBee (1824 - )
Sibling	Daniel M. McBee (1825 - )
Sibling	Callaway McBee (1828 - )
Sibling	James A. McBee (1829 - )