William M. Agee

Brief Life History of William M.

When William M. Agee was born on 23 March 1825, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States, his father, Joshua Agee, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Mary Brammer, was 29. He married Nancy W. Robertson on 12 December 1844, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Floyd, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 12 July 1902, in Mabry Mill, Floyd, Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mabry Mill, Floyd, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William M. Agee
1825–1902
Nancy W. Robertson
1829–1901
Marriage: 12 December 1844
James H. Agee
1845–1928
John Thomas Agee
1848–1926
Joshua Monroe Agee
1849–1944
Sarah Frances Agee
1851–1928
Isaac "Ike" J. Agee
1855–1885
William Reed Agee
1856–1937
Ballard P Agee
1857–1861
Rufus W. Agee
1859–1861
Emmett Stigleman Agee
1862–1897
Everett Early Agee
1864–1892
Abner Dobyns Agee
1867–1883
Lillie May Agee
1872–1935

Sources (47)

  • Wm Agee, "United States Census, 1860"
  • William Agee, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Wm Agee or Agu, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Altered form of French Agé (see Age ) or, alternatively, of Desage .

History: This surname was brought to VA in 1690 by the Huguenot Mathieu-Isaac Agee (c. 1670–1761), a native of Nantes, who left France for the Netherlands in 1688, joined the forces of William of Orange during the latter's seizure of the throne of England from the Catholic James II, and in 1690 was granted a passage to VA and lands at Manakin, a Huguenot settlement founded in 1700–01. Two of his three sons had a total of 24 children. He is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar registers of the Huguenot Society of America and of the Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin. His original surname was either Agé (see Age ) or Desage.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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