Settled near the Three Forks of the Duck river.
William McGee
Minister of the Gospel departed this life the
Sept 20, 1817 in the Triumphs of faith
aged: about 50 years
* moved to Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Tennessee, on February 4, 1993
Cemetery Records of the Bedford County Tennessee (pg 291)
History of Old Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church from 1798 to 1869 as copied from the church minutes by Miss Ruby M. Dillon in June 1938 (WPA project).
Oct. 6th, 1869
From the most reliable information which we can gain at the present, the Beech congregation was organized in 1798 by a Presbyterian minister whose name is not remembered. The organization consisted of four members, Rev. Hugh Kirkpatrick and his wife Isabella Kirkpatrick, the other two not known. (Pencilled in:William and Jane Montgomery)
We can find nothing to show who their Pastor was until about 1800 which we learn from his life that Rev. Wm. McGee ministered to them, and from what we are informed by some of the eldest members of the Church, he remained in such capacity until 1811 in which year the congregation with its Pastor united with the C. P. Church, from which time their supply was circuit preaching until 1831."
Pastor of Beech Presbyterian Church which became a Cumberland Presbyterian Church after Feb. 4, 1810.
Presbyterian Minister and after Feb. 4 1810 a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister.
Originally buried in Three Forks Church Cemetery near Roseville, Bedford County, Tennessee.
Later removed to Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, on February 4, 1993.
He married on 13 May 1796 in Sumner County, Tennessee [bondsman: Samuel King] wife: Anna (Anne) King [daughter of Robert King and Mary Morrison] born: 1773 - Rowan County, North Carolina died: before 1867 - Missouri [possibly Ray County].
"Great Revival in Kentucky.
The Great Revival began at the Red River (KY) Presbyterian Church where the Reverend James McGready was preaching. This meeting was held from Friday until Monday morning, as was then the custom. Reverends John Rankin, William Hodge and William McGee, Presbyterian preachers, and John McGee, brother of William, a Methodist preacher, were present. The McGees were on a mission to Ohio, and stopped in their journey to be present at the meeting.
At this meeting nothing remarkable occurred until Monday during Reverend Hodge's preaching when a woman sitting near the rear of the Church made her feelings known in loud cries and shouts. When dismissed, the congregation showed no sign of leaving with many of them silently weeping in every part of the Church. "Reverend William McGee soon felt such a power come over him that he, not seeming to know what he did, left his seat and sat down on the floor, while John sat trembling under a consciousness of the power of God" (Bangs).
Reverend John McGee felt an irresistible urge to preach and the people were eager to hear him. He began and again the woman shouted and would not be silent. Robert Davidson (a famous church historian) describes the scene: "Too much agitated to preach, he expressed his belief that there was a greater than he preaching and exhorted the people to let the Lord God Omnipotent reign in their hearts, and to submit to him, and their soul should live. Upon this, many broke silence and the renewed vociferations of the female before mentioned, were tremendous. The Methodist preacher, whose feelings were now wrought up to the highest pitch after a brief debate in his own mind, came to the conclusion that it was his duty to disregard the usual orderly habits of the denomination, and passed along the aisle shouting and exhorting vehemently. The clamor and confusion were increased tenfold: the flame was blown to its height: screams for mercy were mingled with shouts of ecstasy, and a universal agitation pervaded the whole multitude, who were bowed before it as a field of grain waves before the wind."
As we read these accounts, we are reminded of the stories contained in the Book of Acts and in the Apostle Paul's Epistles where worshipers were filled with the Holy Spirit.
One of the religious innovations produced by the Kentucky revivals was the camp meeting. The revivals were organized by Presbyterian ministers, who modeled them after the extended outdoor "communion seasons" used by the Presbyterian Church in Scotland, at these camp meetings emotional, demonstrative displays of religious conviction were common.
Frontier families and their provisions were loaded into their wagons and drove to the Presbyterian meetings, where they pitched tents and settled in for several days. When assembled in a field or at the edge of a forest for a prolonged religious meeting, the participants transformed the site into a camp meeting." William McGee Presbyterian Minister, Cumberland Presbyterian)
William McGee
Minister of the Gospel departed this life the
Sept 20, 1817 in the Triumphs of faith
aged: about 50 years
* moved to Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Tennessee, on February 4, 1993
Cemetery Records of the Bedford County Tennessee (pg 291)
History of Old Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church from 1798 to 1869 as copied from the church minutes by Miss Ruby M. Dillon in June 1938 (WPA project).
Oct. 6th, 1869
From the most reliable information which we can gain at the present, the Beech congregation was organized in 1798 by a Presbyterian minister whose name is not remembered. The organization consisted of four members, Rev. Hugh Kirkpatrick and his wife Isabella Kirkpatrick, the other two not known. (Pencilled in:William and Jane Montgomery)
We can find nothing to show who their Pastor was until about 1800 which we learn from his life that Rev. Wm. McGee ministered to them, and from what we are informed by some of the eldest members of the Church, he remained in such capacity until 1811 in which year the congregation with its Pastor united with the C. P. Church, from which time their supply was circuit preaching until 1831."
Pastor of Beech Presbyterian Church which became a Cumberland Presbyterian Church after Feb. 4, 1810.
Presbyterian Minister and after Feb. 4 1810 a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister.
Originally buried in Three Forks Church Cemetery near Roseville, Bedford County, Tennessee.
Later removed to Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, on February 4, 1993.
He married on 13 May 1796 in Sumner County, Tennessee [bondsman: Samuel King] wife: Anna (Anne) King [daughter of Robert King and Mary Morrison] born: 1773 - Rowan County, North Carolina died: before 1867 - Missouri [possibly Ray County].
"Great Revival in Kentucky.
The Great Revival began at the Red River (KY) Presbyterian Church where the Reverend James McGready was preaching. This meeting was held from Friday until Monday morning, as was then the custom. Reverends John Rankin, William Hodge and William McGee, Presbyterian preachers, and John McGee, brother of William, a Methodist preacher, were present. The McGees were on a mission to Ohio, and stopped in their journey to be present at the meeting.
At this meeting nothing remarkable occurred until Monday during Reverend Hodge's preaching when a woman sitting near the rear of the Church made her feelings known in loud cries and shouts. When dismissed, the congregation showed no sign of leaving with many of them silently weeping in every part of the Church. "Reverend William McGee soon felt such a power come over him that he, not seeming to know what he did, left his seat and sat down on the floor, while John sat trembling under a consciousness of the power of God" (Bangs).
Reverend John McGee felt an irresistible urge to preach and the people were eager to hear him. He began and again the woman shouted and would not be silent. Robert Davidson (a famous church historian) describes the scene: "Too much agitated to preach, he expressed his belief that there was a greater than he preaching and exhorted the people to let the Lord God Omnipotent reign in their hearts, and to submit to him, and their soul should live. Upon this, many broke silence and the renewed vociferations of the female before mentioned, were tremendous. The Methodist preacher, whose feelings were now wrought up to the highest pitch after a brief debate in his own mind, came to the conclusion that it was his duty to disregard the usual orderly habits of the denomination, and passed along the aisle shouting and exhorting vehemently. The clamor and confusion were increased tenfold: the flame was blown to its height: screams for mercy were mingled with shouts of ecstasy, and a universal agitation pervaded the whole multitude, who were bowed before it as a field of grain waves before the wind."
As we read these accounts, we are reminded of the stories contained in the Book of Acts and in the Apostle Paul's Epistles where worshipers were filled with the Holy Spirit.
One of the religious innovations produced by the Kentucky revivals was the camp meeting. The revivals were organized by Presbyterian ministers, who modeled them after the extended outdoor "communion seasons" used by the Presbyterian Church in Scotland, at these camp meetings emotional, demonstrative displays of religious conviction were common.
Frontier families and their provisions were loaded into their wagons and drove to the Presbyterian meetings, where they pitched tents and settled in for several days. When assembled in a field or at the edge of a forest for a prolonged religious meeting, the participants transformed the site into a camp meeting." William McGee Presbyterian Minister, Cumberland Presbyterian)
Settled near the Three Forks of the Duck river.
William McGee
Minister of the Gospel departed this life the
Sept 20, 1817 in the Triumphs of faith
aged: about 50 years
* moved to Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Tennessee, on February 4, 1993
Cemetery Records of the Bedford County Tennessee (pg 291)
History of Old Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church from 1798 to 1869 as copied from the church minutes by Miss Ruby M. Dillon in June 1938 (WPA project).
Oct. 6th, 1869
From the most reliable information which we can gain at the present, the Beech congregation was organized in 1798 by a Presbyterian minister whose name is not remembered. The organization consisted of four members, Rev. Hugh Kirkpatrick and his wife Isabella Kirkpatrick, the other two not known. (Pencilled in:William and Jane Montgomery)
We can find nothing to show who their Pastor was until about 1800 which we learn from his life that Rev. Wm. McGee ministered to them, and from what we are informed by some of the eldest members of the Church, he remained in such capacity until 1811 in which year the congregation with its Pastor united with the C. P. Church, from which time their supply was circuit preaching until 1831."
Pastor of Beech Presbyterian Church which became a Cumberland Presbyterian Church after Feb. 4, 1810.
Presbyterian Minister and after Feb. 4 1810 a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister.
Originally buried in Three Forks Church Cemetery near Roseville, Bedford County, Tennessee.
Later removed to Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, on February 4, 1993.
He married on 13 May 1796 in Sumner County, Tennessee [bondsman: Samuel King] wife: Anna (Anne) King [daughter of Robert King and Mary Morrison] born: 1773 - Rowan County, North Carolina died: before 1867 - Missouri [possibly Ray County].
"Great Revival in Kentucky.
The Great Revival began at the Red River (KY) Presbyterian Church where the Reverend James McGready was preaching. This meeting was held from Friday until Monday morning, as was then the custom. Reverends John Rankin, William Hodge and William McGee, Presbyterian preachers, and John McGee, brother of William, a Methodist preacher, were present. The McGees were on a mission to Ohio, and stopped in their journey to be present at the meeting.
At this meeting nothing remarkable occurred until Monday during Reverend Hodge's preaching when a woman sitting near the rear of the Church made her feelings known in loud cries and shouts. When dismissed, the congregation showed no sign of leaving with many of them silently weeping in every part of the Church. "Reverend William McGee soon felt such a power come over him that he, not seeming to know what he did, left his seat and sat down on the floor, while John sat trembling under a consciousness of the power of God" (Bangs).
Reverend John McGee felt an irresistible urge to preach and the people were eager to hear him. He began and again the woman shouted and would not be silent. Robert Davidson (a famous church historian) describes the scene: "Too much agitated to preach, he expressed his belief that there was a greater than he preaching and exhorted the people to let the Lord God Omnipotent reign in their hearts, and to submit to him, and their soul should live. Upon this, many broke silence and the renewed vociferations of the female before mentioned, were tremendous. The Methodist preacher, whose feelings were now wrought up to the highest pitch after a brief debate in his own mind, came to the conclusion that it was his duty to disregard the usual orderly habits of the denomination, and passed along the aisle shouting and exhorting vehemently. The clamor and confusion were increased tenfold: the flame was blown to its height: screams for mercy were mingled with shouts of ecstasy, and a universal agitation pervaded the whole multitude, who were bowed before it as a field of grain waves before the wind."
As we read these accounts, we are reminded of the stories contained in the Book of Acts and in the Apostle Paul's Epistles where worshipers were filled with the Holy Spirit.
One of the religious innovations produced by the Kentucky revivals was the camp meeting. The revivals were organized by Presbyterian ministers, who modeled them after the extended outdoor "communion seasons" used by the Presbyterian Church in Scotland, at these camp meetings emotional, demonstrative displays of religious conviction were common.
Frontier families and their provisions were loaded into their wagons and drove to the Presbyterian meetings, where they pitched tents and settled in for several days. When assembled in a field or at the edge of a forest for a prolonged religious meeting, the participants transformed the site into a camp meeting." William McGee Presbyterian Minister, Cumberland Presbyterian)
William McGee
Minister of the Gospel departed this life the
Sept 20, 1817 in the Triumphs of faith
aged: about 50 years
* moved to Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Tennessee, on February 4, 1993
Cemetery Records of the Bedford County Tennessee (pg 291)
History of Old Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church from 1798 to 1869 as copied from the church minutes by Miss Ruby M. Dillon in June 1938 (WPA project).
Oct. 6th, 1869
From the most reliable information which we can gain at the present, the Beech congregation was organized in 1798 by a Presbyterian minister whose name is not remembered. The organization consisted of four members, Rev. Hugh Kirkpatrick and his wife Isabella Kirkpatrick, the other two not known. (Pencilled in:William and Jane Montgomery)
We can find nothing to show who their Pastor was until about 1800 which we learn from his life that Rev. Wm. McGee ministered to them, and from what we are informed by some of the eldest members of the Church, he remained in such capacity until 1811 in which year the congregation with its Pastor united with the C. P. Church, from which time their supply was circuit preaching until 1831."
Pastor of Beech Presbyterian Church which became a Cumberland Presbyterian Church after Feb. 4, 1810.
Presbyterian Minister and after Feb. 4 1810 a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister.
Originally buried in Three Forks Church Cemetery near Roseville, Bedford County, Tennessee.
Later removed to Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, on February 4, 1993.
He married on 13 May 1796 in Sumner County, Tennessee [bondsman: Samuel King] wife: Anna (Anne) King [daughter of Robert King and Mary Morrison] born: 1773 - Rowan County, North Carolina died: before 1867 - Missouri [possibly Ray County].
"Great Revival in Kentucky.
The Great Revival began at the Red River (KY) Presbyterian Church where the Reverend James McGready was preaching. This meeting was held from Friday until Monday morning, as was then the custom. Reverends John Rankin, William Hodge and William McGee, Presbyterian preachers, and John McGee, brother of William, a Methodist preacher, were present. The McGees were on a mission to Ohio, and stopped in their journey to be present at the meeting.
At this meeting nothing remarkable occurred until Monday during Reverend Hodge's preaching when a woman sitting near the rear of the Church made her feelings known in loud cries and shouts. When dismissed, the congregation showed no sign of leaving with many of them silently weeping in every part of the Church. "Reverend William McGee soon felt such a power come over him that he, not seeming to know what he did, left his seat and sat down on the floor, while John sat trembling under a consciousness of the power of God" (Bangs).
Reverend John McGee felt an irresistible urge to preach and the people were eager to hear him. He began and again the woman shouted and would not be silent. Robert Davidson (a famous church historian) describes the scene: "Too much agitated to preach, he expressed his belief that there was a greater than he preaching and exhorted the people to let the Lord God Omnipotent reign in their hearts, and to submit to him, and their soul should live. Upon this, many broke silence and the renewed vociferations of the female before mentioned, were tremendous. The Methodist preacher, whose feelings were now wrought up to the highest pitch after a brief debate in his own mind, came to the conclusion that it was his duty to disregard the usual orderly habits of the denomination, and passed along the aisle shouting and exhorting vehemently. The clamor and confusion were increased tenfold: the flame was blown to its height: screams for mercy were mingled with shouts of ecstasy, and a universal agitation pervaded the whole multitude, who were bowed before it as a field of grain waves before the wind."
As we read these accounts, we are reminded of the stories contained in the Book of Acts and in the Apostle Paul's Epistles where worshipers were filled with the Holy Spirit.
One of the religious innovations produced by the Kentucky revivals was the camp meeting. The revivals were organized by Presbyterian ministers, who modeled them after the extended outdoor "communion seasons" used by the Presbyterian Church in Scotland, at these camp meetings emotional, demonstrative displays of religious conviction were common.
Frontier families and their provisions were loaded into their wagons and drove to the Presbyterian meetings, where they pitched tents and settled in for several days. When assembled in a field or at the edge of a forest for a prolonged religious meeting, the participants transformed the site into a camp meeting." William McGee Presbyterian Minister, Cumberland Presbyterian)
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