Gee of South Carolina; Decatur and Mitchell Counties

James Gee signed the Liberty Point Declaration of Independence on 20 June 1775. He married Mary Walker of Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Their son, Henry Gee was born 1782 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, who was a resident of Fayetteville, North Carolina before removing to Georgetown, South Carolina when a young man. He removed to Gardsden County, Florida in 1827 where he was the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Florida (1837). Henry Gee died in 1851. He married Martha Elizabeth Forrester (died 1882), probably a daughter of Bailey Forrester of Georgetown. Issue:

• Boliver Hopkins Gee, born 1824 in Georgetown, South Carolina, died 1888 in Mitchell County, Georgia. His father was born in North Carolina, mother born in South Carolina. Boliver was a planter in Decatur and Mitchell Counties, Georgia. He served as a Confederate in the War Between the States, a Captain of Company A, 59th Georgia Infantry 3 May 1862 (Bainbridge, Georgia); promoted to Major on 22 December 1862. His regiment participated in the Battle of Gettysburg and he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel 7 days after that battle (10 July 1863). He was with General Lee at Appomattox and his name appeared as a prisoner who surrendered to General U. S. Grant. He was wounded eleven times. He served as a delegate from Decatur County to the Military Convention which was called by Governor Joe Brown at Milledgeville in 1860. In his later years, Colonel Gee became a Methodist Preacher. He owned large tracts of land in Decatur and Mitchell Counties, and was known as a prominent planter.[1] His wife was Margaret I., born 1835 in Georgia. Issue:[2]

1. Ella N. Gee, born 9/22/1860 in Mitchell County, died 1929, married Darling Wade Kelly on 12/20.1883 in Mitchell County.
2. Martha A. (Mattie) Gee, born 1858 in Georgia, married Lyman M. Brooks on 2/13/1882 in Mitchell County.
3. Nancy E. Gee, born 1860 in Georgia.
4. Susan Hopkins Gee, born 1862 in Georgia.
5. Mary C. Gee, born 1864 in Georgia.
6. Ruth Gee, born 1866 in Georgia, married W. W. West 5/10/1885 in Mitchell County.
7. Lawrence G. Gee (daughter), born 1868 in Georgia.
8. Henry A. Gee, born 1870 in Georgia, died 5/10/1957 in Camilla, Georgia. [3]
9. John S. Gee, born 1872 in Mitchell County.
10. Gustavus Gee.
11. Charles L. Gee, born 1878/1879 in Mitchell County.