Individual Details
Sarah Elizabeth Grubb
(1804 - )
Sarah Elizabeth was the daughter of John Grubb, b. 1769, Augusta Co VA, died 1 Feb 1843, Claiborne Co TN. John married Mary "Polly" Shelley, 20 Oct 1791, Washington Co, VA. Sarah was the 2nd of 10 known children. John Grubb's father was Abraham Grubb, born 1735, German, died about 1814 Sullivan Co, TN. Abraham's father, Christian Grubb, immigrated as Christian Kropf, coming from Rotterdam on the ship "Allen", arriving 11 sep 1729. The family lived first in Pennsylvania where son Abraham is listed as a member of the Coventry Brethren Church. Abraham received by will Christian's land on Sinking Creek, Holston River, in what is now Tennessee. Like the McBee family, they were in the disputed area of Virginia & North Carolina in what was briefly the State of Franklin, but eventually Tennessee in 1796.
Elizabeth outlived her husband.
1880 Census, Claiborne Co, TN, Hh 283
James H. Snider, age 50, b. VA
Sarah, age 38, b. TN, wife
Louisa, 24, b. VA, daughter
James, 16, b. TN, son
Macbee, Elizabeth, age 81, Mother in Law, b. TN, parents b. VA
Events
| Birth | 1804 | Virginia | |||
| Marriage | 1 Oct 1820 | Isaac McBee |  |
Families
| Spouse | Isaac McBee (1800 - 1870) |
| Child | Gainum McBee (1829 - 1900) |
| Child | John Wesley McBee (1837 - 1907) |
| Child | Sarah A. McBee (1842 - 1916) |
| Child | Prior Lee McBee (1844 - 1884) |
Endnotes
1. Family data, Probably kept by Samuel McBee; with additions by sons William & Calvin. Family Bible, "The Old Testament translated out of the original Hebrew and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Together with the Apocrypha done by the special command of King James I. of England., (Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, No. Market-Street, 1812); original owned in 2010 by Cherie Checksfield at