Mary Sarah Howell was born 06 August 1796 in Georgia. The daughter of Louis Joseph Howell, she married Holden McGee in 1828, in Simpson County, Mississippi. Holden McGee married Sarah Mary Howell in 1822 and they became the parents of nine children: George Washington (m. Frances Jane Townsend); John; Jonathan (m. Ophelia C. Frazier); Rebecca (m. Henry J. Townsend); James Purdee (m. Elizabeth L. Owens); Mary A. (m. William Henry Williams); William Lewis (m. Armacinda Letney); Joseph Evans; and Green Flournoy (m. Virginia Charlotte Letney).
The McGee family came to Texas in 1839, settling first in Jasper County where Holden McGee received a 3rd Class Land Grant in Devember1839. Sometime later he moved into San Augustine County living near the Angelina River Bottom. McGee Bend Dam (now Sam Rayburn Reservoir) was named after him since the Dam was built on land owned by Holden McGee.
The McGee family came to Texas in 1839, settling first in Jasper County where Holden McGee received a 3rd Class Land Grant in Devember1839. Sometime later he moved into San Augustine County living near the Angelina River Bottom. McGee Bend Dam (now Sam Rayburn Reservoir) was named after him since the Dam was built on land owned by Holden McGee.
Mary Sarah Howell was born 06 August 1796 in Georgia. The daughter of Louis Joseph Howell, she married Holden McGee in 1828, in Simpson County, Mississippi. Holden McGee married Sarah Mary Howell in 1822 and they became the parents of nine children: George Washington (m. Frances Jane Townsend); John; Jonathan (m. Ophelia C. Frazier); Rebecca (m. Henry J. Townsend); James Purdee (m. Elizabeth L. Owens); Mary A. (m. William Henry Williams); William Lewis (m. Armacinda Letney); Joseph Evans; and Green Flournoy (m. Virginia Charlotte Letney).
The McGee family came to Texas in 1839, settling first in Jasper County where Holden McGee received a 3rd Class Land Grant in Devember1839. Sometime later he moved into San Augustine County living near the Angelina River Bottom. McGee Bend Dam (now Sam Rayburn Reservoir) was named after him since the Dam was built on land owned by Holden McGee.
The McGee family came to Texas in 1839, settling first in Jasper County where Holden McGee received a 3rd Class Land Grant in Devember1839. Sometime later he moved into San Augustine County living near the Angelina River Bottom. McGee Bend Dam (now Sam Rayburn Reservoir) was named after him since the Dam was built on land owned by Holden McGee.
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