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I have a lot of information on Francis and Cynthia`s family. They were brother and sister, children of Alexander and Nance last name unknown McKee. They were probably born in Franklin county Indiana. Alexander was born in Pennsylvania 20 Oct 1779, a son of Samuel and Rachel Davidson McKee. The birth date is from the DAR listing for Samuel McKee, who was a Revolutionary War veteran:
INDIANA DAR p. 430

Samuel McKee b 3 Jan 1744 Pa., died 1824 Philadelphia, Pa. m 1781 Rachel Davidson b 1756 d. 1841. SERVICE: Private Washington Co Pa militia. CHILDREN: Lewis b 12 Nov 1782; Jeremiah, b 4 June 1786; Elizabeth, b 21 Dec 1787 ; Alexander, b 28 Oct 1789;Samuel, b 22 Sept 1793; Rachel, b 4 Apr 1795, m Mr. Davis; Mary, b 22 June 1798, m Mr Sturgis; Cynthia, b 22 Aug 1800 m David Osborn; Eli, b 4 Nov 1802, m Nancy H Griffing. DESCENDANT: WRIGHT, Ruth Ree, No. 557356

Samuel and Rachel and family came to Hamilton county Ohio from Pennsylvania about 1797 according to a bio of his grandson Thomas McKee of Tippecanoe county Indiana, son of youngest son Eli.

I have early land records for Alexander and brother Samuel in Franklin county Indiana, and another brother, Lewis, is mentioned in one of them. I have a lot more information on this family, but to keep from being way too long I`ll stick to Alexander`s for the moment:
1820 census
Franklin county unstated p 5 of 21
Samuel McKee m 16 to 18 1 16 - 26 2 26 - 45 1 45 and over 1 f under 10 2 16 - 26 1 eng in agric 1 eng in manuf 1
Alexander McKee m under 10 4 26 - 45 1 f under 10 1 eng in manuf 1
same page Elias Davis
next page 6 of 21
J MeWhinny m 26 - 45 1 f 26 - 45 1 eng in agric 1

1830 census
Franklin County Indiana p 297
Alexander McKee m under 5 2 10 - 15 1 40 - 50 1 f under 5 2 5 - 10 1 30 - 40 1

Alexander bought land in Grant county Indiana in 1837 and died there before 1846. Here are excerpts from his estate records:

Estate of Alexander McKee Deceased
Record of Deed
Samuel C Kennedy administrator of the estate of Alexander McKee deceased comes into open court and submits the following to wit This indenture made the first day of February in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight between Samuel D Kennedy administrator of the estate of Alexander McKee late of Grant county in the state of Indiana deceased of the one part and Jacob Jones of the county and state aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that whereas the said Alexander McKee deceased was in his lifetime and at the time of his death lawfully seized in his own right of a certain tract of land in the County of Grant aforesaid known and described as follows (to wit) The west half of the south west quarter of section twenty three in township twenty three north of range eight east containing eighty acres and being so seized as aforesaid died intestate and whereas at a probate court held in Marion in the county of Grant aforesaid on the eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six on the petition of the said Samuel D Kennedy setting forth that the personal estate of the said was insufficient for the payment of his debts and


May Term 1846

Matter of the estate of Alexander McKee Elizabeth McKee Cynthia McKee
Application for the appointment of a guardian

Comes now into open court Alexander McKee Elizabeth McKee & Cynthia McKee by counsel and file a petition praying the court to appoint a guardian for their persons and estates, and recommending John H Moore as their guardian, and upon due proof of their choice the court hereupon appoint the said John H Moore guardian of said minors to take care of their persons and estates. Thereupon he files Bond in the sum of one hundred dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties as such with Daniel Hiatt his security in the words and figures following to wit (here insert) and in open court is sworn accordingly. And letters of guardianship issue in the words and figures following to wit ( here insert)

Estate of Alexander Dec
Order for continuance and citation
No date

Ordered by the court that a citation issue to Tippecanoe county for George W McKee and Rachael McKee to appear on the first day of the next August term of this court to show cause if any they can why the real estate of said dec shoulf not be sold and made at sale in the hands of the admin for the payment of his debts
Is continued to the next term
(Alexander`s brother Eli and sister Cynthia McKee Osborne were in Tippecanoe county at this time, George and Rachel probably with them. Alexander`s mother Rachel Davidson McKee died there in 1841 Francis not mentioned because he wasn`t a minor, and didn`t have to be sent for)

Here is Cynthia`s marriage to John Wright:
Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Syntha Ann McKee
Spouse Name: John E. Wright
Marriage Date: 5 Feb 1849
Marriage County: Grant
Book: County Court Records at Marion, IN

I have no record of Francis`s marriage to Lydia.
Here are Alexander`s children in Grant county in 1850:

1850 census
Jonesboro mill township
county of Grant state of Indiana
20 September 1850
dwg 785 fam 787
Francis M McKee 25 m Blacksmith 150 b In can`t read write
Lydia 19 f b In
Thomas 16 m laborer b In att schl

dwg 787 fam 789
George W McKee 33 m Blacksmith b Oh
Elizabeth 38 f b Oh can`t read write
next page same dwg and hse
Margaret A McKee 10 f b In at schl
Minerva 6 f b In at schl
Alexander 21 m laborer b In
Alexander Donnell 23 m gunsmith b Pa

separately: Elizabeth and Sarah
Union township county of Grant state of Indiana
24 August 1850
dwg 211 fam 211
Aaron Kenedy 28 m farmer b NJ can`t read write
Sarah 26 f b Oh
Tampy A 4 f b Oh
Anthony 2 m b Oh
Elizabeth McKee 16 f b In

Sarah was another child of Alexander`s, marriage here:
Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Sarah J. McKee
Spouse Name: Aaron Kenedy
Marriage Date: 24 Nov 1844
Marriage County: Grant
Book: County Court Records at Marion, IN

Cynthia was in Madison county Indiana with her husband and his family:
1850 Census
Pipe Creek township Madison county Indiana
9 Sep 1850 31 of 39
dwg 505 fam 545
John Wright 28 m farmer b In
Cynthia 20 f b In
Edward 2/12 m b In
3 houses away
James H Wright 51 m farmer 1000 b Md
Rebecca 48 f b NC
Mary E 16 f b In
Sarah A 14? f b In
James H 13 m b In
Rhoda E 8 f b In
Eliza 5 f b In

Don`t know where Rachel was.
I realize this is very long, but wanted to add the bio that mentioned Samuel`s family:

Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pp. 674, 677
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1888.

THOMAS G. McKEE, sheriff of Tippecanoe County, is a native of Indiana, born in Rush County, Indiana, August 24, 1829, a son of ELI C. and NANCY H. McKEE. The grandfather of our subject, SAMUEL McKEE, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He removed form the present site of McKeesport (called after a member of the McKEE family) to Hamilton County, Ohio, settling near Cincinnati in 1797, when that city was a small village, and there he spent the rest of his life.

ELI C. McKEE, the father of our subject, was reared in Hamilton County, Ohio, and when a young man went to Rush County, Indiana. He was married while living in Rush County, to MISS NANCY H. GRIFFING, who was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, remaining in her native county until sixteen years of age, when she removed with her father's family to Harrison, Indiana. Her father, EBENEZER GRIFFING, was a second cousin of the noted TOM CORWIN. In 1833 ELI C. McKEE removed with his family to Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, which he had previously visited in 1828, and located on 160 acres of barren land which he had purchased. He improved the land on which he first located, living on it until his death, which occurred January 19, 1877. In politics he was formerly a Henry Clay Whig, but became identified with the Republican party on its organization. He was a member of the Universalist church, his wife being a member of the Baptist church. She died August 27, 1876.

THOMAS G. McKEE, whose name heads this sketch, was but four years of age when the family settled in Tippecanoe County, and here he has since made his home, his youth being spent in assisting with the work of the farm, and attending the early schools of the county. He resided with his parents until his marriage, April 1, 1851, to MISS JULIA ANN ABBOTT, a native of Rush County, Indiana, and a daughter of BENJAMIN ABBOTT, who removed with his family to Tippecanoe County, in 1832, and died at Battle Ground in 1866. His wife died in Clinton in 1842. MR. and MRS. McKEE are the parents of four children--HARRIETT ANN, THOMAS CORWIN, MARK M. and MAUDE E.

After his marriage MR. McKEE bought land in Lauramie Township, where he has since made his home. In 1872 he began buying and shipping stock, to which he has since paid considerable attention. He never ran for public office until 1886. August 14 of that year he was nominated by the Republican County Convention for sheriff of Tippecanoe County, and November following was elected to that office, which he has since filled to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He has been a member of the Republican Central Committee of Tippecanoe County several times. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Masonic lodge at Clark's Hill
Have more, including Samuel`s will, but this is more than long enough for now.

Terry

Thank you for replying.

I do have some more questions. Where did Francis died and what years? Why did he left his children with his daughter Phebe Mote in 1885? Where did he go? Is Sarah and George mother name Nance. If so what is the name of Francis mother?

Where did Nance died and what year? Who is John Moore?

Do you have any pictures? Would love to have more information on this family. I have a picture of Thomas Jefferson Mckee and his wive Louisa Jane Davis.

Carolyn
I am not related to this family. I researched them while trying to find a connection to my John McKee, born in Pennsylvania in 1795 and in Dearborn county Indiana by 1830`s and died after 1850. We have researched several McKee families in Dearborn Franklin Ripley counties of Indiana and Hamilton and Butler counties in Ohio without much luck, but in the process have gathered a lot of information. I`ve had contact with people researching other children of Samuel and Rachel Davidson McKee, but no one descended from Alexander. Its nice to give the information I have to someone who can use it.
I don`t have any information on Alexander`s children after 1850 except the census records for Francis and Cynthia in 1860 and 1870 and Alexander in 1860 next to Francis.
Nance as the name for Alexander`s wife comes from the following land deeds in Franklin county Indiana:

This indenture made and entered into this sixth day of October eighteen hundred and nineteen between Alexander McKee and Samuel C McKee of the state of Ohio on the one part and Allen Ramsey of the county of Franklin State of Indiana of the other part whereas the said parties of the first part are indebted to the said Allen Ramsey in two several notes of hand one bearing date on the eleventh day of February last preceding the date hereof and being for eight hundred & ninety four dollars & fifty cents payable three years after the date of the said note the then bearing date on the eleventh day of October in the year aforesaid and given for five hundred & thirty dollars and payable two years after the date of the said last mentioned note. And being desirous to guarantee and secure to the said Allen Ramsey the said several sums of money at the times above specified.have in consideration thereof and also for the sum of one dollar to them in hand paid by the said Allen Ramsey at and before the signing and sealing of these presents grant bargain & sell unto the said Allen Ramsey his heirs & assigns all that certain tract or parcel of land situated lying and being in the county of Franklin state of Indiana and more particularly described in a certain patent known and designated by its being the southeast quarter of section fourteen of township eight range two west of the meridian of the lands directed to be sold at Cincinnati by an act of congress which is more particularly described in a certain patent executed to the said Ramsey for the same. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land together with all and singular the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any way appertaining unto the said Allen Ramsay his heirs and assigns forever and the said Alexander and Samuel C McKee for themselves their heirs do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said Allen Ramsey his heirs that they the said Alexander and Samuel C the said tract of land with all and singular the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the said Allen Ramsey his heirs against the claim or claims of all and every person or persons whomsoever claiming or hereafter to claim by through or under them or either of them will forever warrant & defend by these presents.
Provided nevertheless and it is the true intent and meaning of these presents that should the above Alexander & Samuel C McKee their heirs well and truly pay off and discharge the said several sums of money at the time specified in the said notes and according to the tenor and effect thereof to the said Allen Ramsey or heirs as in the said notes mentioned then these premises and every part and sentence thereof shall be null and void and of no force and obligation anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. In testimony whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto put their hands and affixed their seals the day and year first above written.
In presence of
David Case Received of Alexander and Sam`l McKee the above grantors full compensation for the above mortgage or obligation
Samuel C McKee seal
Nancy McKee her mark
Alexander McKee seal
Nance McKee her mark

April 15 1824
Allen Ramsey
(State of Indiana Franklin County)
Be it remembered that on the 7th day of October 1819 personally came before me David Case one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county Samuel C McKee and his wife Nance McKee and Alexander McKee and his wife Nance McKee the within named grantors who acknowledge this with testament to their voluntary act and deed for the use and purposes mentioned with the said Nance and Nance being examined separate from their husbands and apart as the law directs.
Sworn under my hand and seal this 7th day of October 1819
David Case J.P. seal
Recorded 4th May 1821

2nd land record
This indenture made the twenty seventh day of March in the year of the Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one between Alexander McKee & Samuel C McKee of Franklin County & state of Indiana of the one part and Lewis McKee of Hamilton county and the state of Ohio of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Alexander McKee and Samuel C McKee for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand two hundred and seventy six dollars lawful money of the United States to them the said Alexander McKee and Samuel C McKee in hand paid the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged before the signing & delivering of these presents hath granted bargained & sold and by these presents do grant bargain & sell and confirm into the aforesaid Lewis McKee his heirs and assigns forever: two distinct tracts or parcels of land situate on White water in the Country & state aforesaid the one lying & being in township number eight section number 14 range number two in the south side of the northeast quarter of the section aforesaid (west of a meridian line drawn from the mouth of the great Miami river) of lands directed to be sold at Cincinnati under an act of congress in that case made and provided; beginning in the west line of said quarter section & running south four degrees east sixty one poles to a buckeye thence north eighty five east one hundred & sixty five poles to the middle of White Water river thence up said river with the several courses thereof about two hundred poles to the beginning containing sixty two acres & ninety eight & one half poles more or less. The other the southeast quarter of section fourteen of township eight of range two (also west of said meridian) situate lying & being in the county of Franklin & state of Indiana. To have and to hold the above described lands with the appurtenances hereby released & conveyed unto the said Lewis McKee his heirs & assigns forever and the said Alexander McKee & Samuel C McKee for themselves their heirs executors and administrators the aforesaid described lands with the appurtenances unto the said Lewis McKee his heirs & assigns against the claim or claims of all & every person or persons will warrant and forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof the said Alexander McKee and Samuel C McKee and Nancy McKee wife of said Samuel C McKee who hereby relinquishes all her right of dower in the premises with the appurtenances herein & hereby conveyed have hereunto set their hands & seals the day and year above sworn.
Robert Elliott James Mewhin
Alexander McKee seal
Samuel C McKee seal
Nancy McKee her mark
State of Indiana
Franklin County
Personally came before me the undersigned one of the peace in and for said county Alexander McKee Samuel C McKee within named grantors doth acknowledge the within Deed to be their voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein contained. Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of April 1821
Recorded 1st March 1822 Hugh May

Note that in the second record Alexander`s wife Nance isn`t mentioned, so I`m guessing she had died. The wife had to sign because she had dower rights to the land. Of the children of Alexander that I am aware of only George W was born before this date, about 1817. I don`t know when Rachel was born, so she could have been Nance`s child too.
The others I am aware of are:
Sarah, b about 1824
Francis Marion born about 1825
Alexander, born about 1829
Cynthia, born about 1830
Elizabeth, born about 1834
Thomas, born about 1834

I am not sure who Alexander`s second wife was, but here is a possibility:
Alexander Mckee
Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
FamilySearch.org
Groom's Name Alexander Mckee
Bride's Name Eleanor Lanpher
Marriage Date 16 Jan 1823
Marriage Place Hamilton, Butler, Ohio
Indexing Project (Batch) Number M01210-0
System Origin Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number 355779
Reference Number v 1 p 177
More information about this record is available at FamilySearch.org:
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=reco...

Date would be about right, as Sarah was born about 1824. Sarah was born in Ohio, all the later ones were born in Indiana, probably Franklin county, as the land deed for Alexander buying land in Grant county was dated 1837.

ALEXANDER MCKEE
Survey
State: INDIANA
Acres: 160
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 5/30/1837
Land Office: Fort Wayne
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
Document Nr.: 10243
Accession/Serial Nr.: IN3370__.173
BLM Serial Nr.: IN NO S/N
Aliquot
Parts Sec./
Block Township Range Fract.
Section Meridian State Counties Survey
Nr.
SE 26/ 23-N 8-E No 2nd PM IN Grant

I tried too attach an image of the land purchase, but don`t think it will come through, as it is in Adobe Acrobat. If you can`t read it I can send it to you separately. It is important because it says that Alexander McKee was of Franklin county Indiana, which the printed information doesn`t say.

Terry

Carolyn

Here is the will of Alexander's father Samuel.

Last Will and Testament
Of
Samuel McKee
Filed Nov.-1824
Chase M. Davies Probate Judge
Vol. 7 page 349
In the name of God, Amen. I, Samuel McKee, of the Township of Columbia, in the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio, considering the uncertainty of this mortal
Life and being of sound mind and perfect memory, Blessed be Almighty God, for the same, Do make and publish this my last will and Testament in the manner and form following
Viz: First I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife, the one third of all my Estate both Real and Personal during her lifetime, 2ndly I give and bequeath unto my son Jeremiah D. McKee the sum of twenty five Dollars..3rdly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth, One Horse, saddle and bridle….4thly I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Rachel, one Cow, one horse and saddle and bridle, and one Hundred Dollars in Money …5thly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Polly, One hundred Dollars in money,and one saddle and bridle…6thly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Cynthia, One Hundred Dollars in cash, one horse and saddle and bridle and one Cow… 7thly I give unto my Son Eli McKee One Hundred and Sixty Acres of Out Land….One hundred Dollars in cash and one horse and saddle and bridle…8thly I give unto my son Lewis McKee the Place whereon I now live containing 160 acres of land [Except as before devised]…9thly I give unto my sons Samuel C. McKee and Alexander McKee, two dollars each…10thly I give unto David Conner McKee two dollars. I wish it here to be understood that the legacy given to Jeremiah D. McKee, Samuel C. McKee, Alexander McKee , David Conner McKee and my daughters Elizabeth and Polly are in full of what I wish them to have as they have all had considerable and lastly I ordain and appoint my son Lewis McKee my sole executor to this my last Will and Testament, hereby Revoking all former Wills by me made in Witness whereof, I, the said Samuel McKee have hereunto …[this part not readable as the paper was too far up on the copier. Jeh]
In the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and nineteen. Signed, Sealed and published and declared by the before named Samuel McKee to be his last will and testament In the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses in presence of the Testator.
Oliver Jones
John Jones Samuel McKee [seal]



Be it remembered that in the Term of November Anno Domini eighteen hundred twenty four of the Court of Common Pleas within and for Hamilton county personally appeared in Open Court Oliver Jones one of the subscribing witnesses in Said Will named, who being duly sworn, according to law deposeth and Saith that he was personally present when the testator, Samuel McKee deceased, signed published and declared the foregoing instrument of writing to be his last will and testament and that he believed the Said Testator to be of sound mind, Memory and judgment at the time of the signing Sealing, publishing and declaring the said instrument of writing to be his last will and testament and that he subscribed his name thereto in the presence of and at the request of the Said Testator and further the said Oliver Jones deposeth and Saith that the signature of John be the other Subscribing Witness to said Will is the proper signature of the said John and that he heard the Said John Say he signed his name as a Witness to said Will and further he saith not Sworn……..
Accompanying papers
Know all men by these presents that we…[Lewis McKee’s signature…Solomon Pest[?] and Oliver Jones of the County of Hamilton and the State of Ohio are held firmly bound unto the State of Ohio in the just and full sum of four thousand dollars, for the payment whereof and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us, our heirs, executors and administrators, and each of them firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated at Cincinnati this 11th day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty four.
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that if the above named Lewis McKEe who is the qualified executor of the last will and testament of Samuel McKee, dec’d and of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of said…deceased, which have or shall come into his possession, or the possession of any other person for him to well and truly administer..[and faithfully discharge his duty as such executor in all things…this line is handwritten between printed lines…jeh]
According to law; and further, do make a full and true account of his [administration, crossed out and executorship written in] within 12 months, [or agreeable to law..handwritten and several lines crossed out]
And if it shall hereafter appear, that any [further,written in] last will and testament was made by the deceased, and the executor or executors, executrix or executrixes therein named, shall prove the same agreeable to law, and request letters testamentary thereokn, if the within bound [Lewis McKee in writing] on being by the Court required, deliver up said letters of administration, then the Obligation to be void and of now effect, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed and delivered
In the presence of Lewis McKee seal
Solomon Pest “
O Jones “
Errasurea and interlineations made before signed: David Gano, Clerk

Carolyn
Here is a listing of what I believe to be Francis` father Alexander`s family, parents Samuel and Rachel Davidson McKee:
Samuel McKee and Rachel Davidson were married in 1781 in Pennsylvania. To my knowledge they had ten children:
David, born about 1780 in Pennsylvania
Lewis, b 12 Nov 1782 in Pennsylvania
Jeremiah, born 4 June 1786 in Pennsylvania
Elizabeth, born 21 Dec 1787 died 15 Jul 1848 in Brookville Franklin county Indiana, married James MeWhinney.
Alexander, born 28 Oct 1789 died before 1846 in Grant county Indiana, married Nance unk and a second wife, possibly Elizabeth Lanpher
Samuel, b 22 Sep 1793, married Nancy unk, was in Franklin county Indiana with Alexander, lose sight of him after that.
Rachel, born 4 Apr 1795, married William Brasier 7 Sep 1820 in Cincinnati Hamilton county Ohio, was also married to a Davis.
Mary, born 22 Jun 1798 probably Ohio, married Daniel Sturges 1 Apr 1819 in Hamilton county Ohio, they moved to Waldo Marion county Ohio, and after his death she moved with her children to Lacrosse Wisconsin and I believe Jefferson county Illinois.
Cynthia, b 22 Aug 1800 in Ohio, married 1 Jan 1834 in Hamilton county Ohio to David Osborn moved with him to Tippecanoe county Indiana by 1840. In Columbia township Hamilton county Ohio in 1850, David in Tippecanoe county 1860, Cynthia deceased?
Eli, b 4 Nov 1802 in Ohio, married Nancy H Griffing, probably in Rush county Indiana, moved to Tippecanoe county before 1840, lived there rest of his life.

Samuel`s will published 1824, so he died before then. Rachel moved to Tippecanoe county with her children, died there 7 Sep 1841.

Terry

Carolyn
Trying again to upload document

Terry

Carolyn,
I saw your post on Francis Marion McKee. Francis is my husbands 3gr grandfather. Maybe we could share info.
Thanks
Terie Harris