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the brothers Jesse and James Gee. Jesse and familily
traveled from Lunenburg Co in southern Virginia to Madison
Co, KY, in 1795-96. From there they came to the Barren-
Cumberland Co region a year later. Jesse's descendants for
the most part lived in Barren and Metcalfe counties. Jesse's
brother James followed him to Kentucky from Lunenburg Co in
1801 and his descendants are the Monroe Co Gees.

When Jesse Gee and party made the trip from Virginia to
Kentucky in 1795, his oldest son, John Sanford Gee, was
about 18 years old. Some years later, John Sanford Gee,
recorded in a journal his recollections of the journey.
A transcription of these notes was published in the Glasgow
newspaper in 1945. The transcription is quoted below.

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Recollections of John Sanford Gee:

"I was bred and born in the state of Virginia and County
of Lunenburg (on the 10th day of Jany 1777) I was born. On
the 28th day of Oct 1795, I left Virginia and started to
Kentucky in Company with 3 families (Viz) Mr John Dixon's,
Curtis Handy's and my Fathers, we traveled on very well till
we came to the Allegany Mountains, which was the 18th day of
November following, the weather and roads being so bad we
made a conclusion to leave our wagons and pack what plunder
we had over the Mountains to the river (Monongalale) and
left in care of Mr John Hagan some that were sick, with the
wagons, etc., and accordingly on the 22nd day of Dec ensuing
we all got to the River (except one of Mr Dixon's little
negroes which died at said Hagans.) The river being so cold
and the weather so cold we concluded to stay here until
early in the spring, and in the course of the winter my
Father had a little negro die. We made between four and five
hundred pounds weight of sugar. On the 18th day of March
1796 we set sail down the river and landed at one Mr Brooks'
just above Limestone on the bank of the Ohio river in
Kentucky on the 30th of said month (March), Thomas Hardy,
son of Curtis Hardy died at this place. Thence we went on to
Madison county. We landed or got there on the 6th day of
April ensuing and rented a plantation of Mr Phillip Turner
and made a crop in Madison county."

"1798 on the first day of Feby I started to Green county
and made a crop on Head right Tract of land of my fathers on
Glovers Creek waters of Big Barren River, I bought 200 acres
of land on the East Fork, of said Barren River (head right
also) and on June following I returned to my fathers in
Madison, and on Tuesday the 10th day of July ensuing I was
married to Susaneh Tuder. Thence I moved on the 27th day of
Sept to my crop on Glovers Creek thence to my place on the
East fork on the 22nd day of Jany 1799. Thence to Cumberland
on a plantation of my Fathers the 14th day of Feby 1800. I
bought me a plce in said County of Cumberland and mov'd to
it in Oct ensuing. Thence to Barren County the 20th day of
Nov 1805."
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From John S Gee's narrative, one would conclude that they
left Lunenburg Co in southern Virginia, went north to
perhaps the Front Royal area and then crossed the mountains
to the Monangahela River south of Pittsburg, where they
wintered and gathered sugar from the Maples(or whatever the
source of sap is in that area). Then they floated down the
river to where it joins the Ohio, then down the Ohio to
northern Kentucky. John Gee says they left the river just
upstream from a place he called Limestone. Limestone is the
name by which present day Maysville, KY was known. There was
a major buffalo trail that led from Limestone (Maysville)
south and west to near present day Lexington where it
forked. One fork went south and east to near Richmond in
Madison Co, KY. The trail from Limestone was a heavily
traveled route to the interior of Kentucky.

In Madison Co, Jesse Gee encountered the family of Henry
Tudor, who had come there from Granville Co, NC, about 1790.
Several marriages occurred between these families and both
families moved on to the Barren-Cumberland counties area
around 1797-98. Jesse settled on the west side of the
Cumberland River in that part of Cumberland Co that would
become Monroe Co in 1820. He was joined there by his
brother James around 1801.

Jesse's wife, Elizabeth Sanford Gee, died in 1804 and in
1808 Jesse married William Anna (aka Willana) Crow, the
widow of John Crow. It is known that John Crow was in
Barren Co at least as early as 1798. He died in 1804. It is
very probable that this is the John Crow who married a
Willana Phipps in 1787 in Botetourt Co, VA. This has not
been proved beyond a doubt, but is presently accepted as
fact in this database. 1758 Elizabeth Sanford 1777 John Sanford Gee 1779 - 1834 Tolbert Thomas 55 55 1801 - 1825 Elizabeth Breed 24 24 1823 Abigail Thomas 1825 James Breed Thomas 1739 James Thomas 1755 - 1825 Nathan Breed 70 70 1758 - 1831 Mary Harlan 73 73 1779 Sarah Breed 1782 Leonard Breed 1784 Phoebe Breed 1787 Priscilla Breed 1789 Mary Breed 1794 Nathan Breed 1708 Joseph Breed 1715 - 1786 Priscilla Avery 71 71 1738 Joseph Breed 1739 - 1801 Avery Breed 62 62 Lived in Craven Co., South Carolina in 1765 1741 Priscilla Breed 1746 Hebe Breed 1755 Hannah Breed Amey Gee 1766 George Gee 1760 Jones Gee Lucas Gee Nancy Gee Neavil Gee Reuben Gee 1755 Charles Gee William Gee Charles Gee 1779 Lucy Bugg Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.