Individual Details

Isaac McBee moved from Greene to Grainger County in 1796.

Early Tennessee Tax Lists, by Byron & Barbara Sistler, 1977, lists Isaac McBee on a tax list in Grainger Co, 1799.

1810 Census. Burksville, Cumberland Co, KY
Isaac McBee 1m under 10, 1m 10-16, 1m over 45. 4 females under 10, 2 female 10-16, 1f 26-45

1820 Census. Cumberland Co, KY
Isaac Mackbee: 3m age 16-26, 1m over 45. 2f under 10, 2f 10-16, 3f 16-26, 1f over 45

1830 Census. North of Cumberland River, Cumberland Co, KY
Isaac Macby 1m 15-20, 2m 20-30, 1m 60-70 (Isaac). 3f 15-20, 2f 20-30, 1f 50-60.

The only McBee in the county:
1840 Census. Cumberland Co, KY.
Isaac McBee
1m under 5, 1m 10-15, 1m 20-30, 1m 40-50, 1m 70-80 [Isaac]
2f 5-10, 3f 20-30, 2f 30-40, 1f 50-60

Gwen Bjorkman has pension papers for Isaac McBee - I cannot find them on Heritage Quest. He stated he was born 13 Feb 1764, Halifax Co VA and was drafted for 3 months in Greene Co North Carolina. in 1780 in Capt Neely Newman's Co. Regt of Col. John Sevier. He was drafted again in 1781, same county and captain. In April 1783 he was ordered out again as a spy with Robert Bean in Capt Benjamin Clark's Company. After the War, he moved to Washington Co NC [Tennessee]; then to Hawkins Co until 1803 when he moved to Kentucky and settled in Cumberland Co. His application for pension was taken at Burksville, NC, 17 Oct 1840 by M. King.

I did find the Pension application on Fold3. The file plainly said "McBee" but then it was indexed as "Isaac Mac Bee". File R- 6587 [Rejected]. He was age 76 when he applied. [He would have been age 16 - the minimum age for a soldier - in 1780.] No reason is given for the rejection. He described the three tours of duty as above. A clergyman and three friends testified to his veracity - the officers were all dead and he knew of no one who could testify. I wonder if it was in part due to the confusion of locations. Both Greene Co and Washington Co which are now in Tennessee were at the time of the Revolution part of North Carolina and his father left records in both places. In the application, McBee does refer to both as being in North Carolina - Greene County was actually not formed out of Washington Co until 1783, so he likely was not drafted from a place called Greene County in 1781. Later, in 1799, Glasgow County in North Carolina was renamed to Greene County.

The following letter in the hands of a descendant of Isaac's brother Samuel, appears to be from Isaac to his brother Samuel:
Marribone     Fry June the 10th 1846
Dear Brother I have taken my pen in han to
Let you know that I am S [till]l a living  all
my Children is Marred the two Last Marred
and Living with me Janey was Brought to
Bead the 6 Day of this month after the Cihld
was born  She Lived three or four ouers and
Died  the Child is aliving  all my Children
Is Dead and Gone but four Nancy is
Living in Illinois in the gillene  Ann is living
in Johnson County Illinois and I am Living
hear on Marrobone Worn down with old age
and other complaints I have wanted to See you
the worst of all things I was in hopes that god
Would put it in your head to Com and see
me.  I thougt I would Go and see you last fall
but I found that I was not abel  everey
man is a free Eagent to do as he pleases  give
my love to Brother Israel and to all my
Connection So I must Conclud I am in hopes that
God will Bles you and yours for Evermore
So faryouwell my best be Loved Brother
Isaac McBee
[to] Samuel McBee      

Back side – addressed to
Samuel McBee
East Tennessee
Claibrone County
Tazewell p.o.
and upside down is
Marrowbone, Ky
June 17

Note: Marrowbone is an unincorporated community in Cumberland Co, KY

Birth	13 Feb 1764	Halifax County, Virginia
Death	1849	Cumberland, Kentucky

Father	WILLIAM McBee (1725 - 1812)
Mother	ABIGAIL ?Hubbard ( - )
Sibling	SELETHA MCBEE (1751 - 1830)
Sibling	William McBee (1756 - 1826)
Sibling	James McBee (1757 - 1814)
Sibling	Israel McBee (1761 - 1861)
Sibling	Susannah McBee (1762 - 1850)
Sibling	Abigail McBee (1770 - 1825)
Sibling	Samuel McBee (1772 - 1858)
Sibling	?Tabitha Ann McBee (1780 - )