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Note: Mary Mockebie b. 18 Feb 178?, dau of Zadoc & Ann (p. 379) King George's Parish (also known as Piscataway & St. John's at Broad Creek) Helen W. Brown, Prince George's County Maryland Indexes of Church Registers 1686-1885, 2 volumes, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, reprint, 1988) p. 50.
Marriage: Mary Mockbee & Colmore Pope 5-12-1801
Helen W. Brown, Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland 1777-1886 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1973) p. 153.
She was 68 in the 5 Sept 1850 census, thus born in (18 Feb) 1782.
Prince George's County Court (Court Papers, Blacks) Amey and Daniel Ogleton vs. Colemore Pope
ITEMS: petition for freedom 10 September 1810; summons 10 September 1810
COMMENTS: Petitioners said they were detained in slavery by Pope though they were descended from a free woman.
SOURCE: MSA C1187-10
Microfilm: M 11024
Accession No.: MSA SC 4239-26-4
Location: 01/21/11/31
THE MCBEE FAMILY
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 532-533
Monongalia
THE MCBEE FAMILY, originally Macbees, are of Scotch Highland extraction. The history of the family in West Virginia begins in the days of the Revolution in which some members were engaged. Sometime previous to 1790, a sister and five brothers crossed the Blue Ridge from Virginia, one of the boys stopping in Baltimore. The other four settled at Cheat Neck, and on the property now owned by John Pringle. They built a block house for defense against the Indians, remains of which may still be seen. One of the four, William, started back to Virginia after the completion of this fort, and was never heard of afterward. Another of them, Philip, later moved to Grant County, Kentucky. The two who remained here were Alexander, nick named "Sonny" and Zadok. To their sister's husband, Joseph Pope, Jr., Governor Robert Brooke granted a patent bearing the date October 6, 1788, for 400 acres of land on Booth's Creek. This tract is now owned in part by Sanford and Zadoc Thomas, great-grandsons of Zadok, who died in 1819.
Alexander died in 1828, leaving four children, Mary, who married John England, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; William, Walter and Zadoc Thomas. It is with son Zadoc Thomas and his descendants that this history is chiefly concerned. ..
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