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REV. JOHN McGEE TOMBSTONE

 
 
 

    Rev. John McGee's tombstone was moved to the Hartsville United Methodist Church from the area where the nuclear plant was being built in Trousdale County. 

    Listed in Cemeteries of Trousdale County, Tennessee on page 119.

 
 
 Hartsville United Methodist Church
Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee
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 Son of Col. John and Martha McFarlane McGee of Orange Clater Guilford & Randolph Co., N.C.  Revolutionary War soldier.  Amitted Methodist Church 1788. 
Married Martha Johnson (born ca. 1760, died 1840).  Ca. 1798 moved Middle Tennessee.  Issue: 4 daughters, 1 son.  March 1973 Tennessee Conference United Methodist Church replaced original marker over grave of Rev. McGee, copying original epitaph.
11 May 1976 grave removed from homeplace near Dixon Springs, TVA nuclear plant site, to Hartsville United Methodist Church.

Presented 1976 by great, great granddaughter Helen Bowling McKnight, Huntsville, Ala.

 

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 IN MEMORY OF
REV. JOHN MCGEE
JUNE 9, 1763
JUNE 16, 1836
WAS A PREACHER OF THE
GOSPEL IN THE M. E. CHURCH
NEARLY HALF A CENTURY.
WAS HONORED OF GOD
IN THE BEGINNING AND CARRYING ON
THE GREAT REVIVAL OF RELIGON
WHICH WAS COMMENCED IN 1799.
HE DIED AS HE LIVED, IN
PEACE WITH GOD AND ALL MANKIND.
HIS BODY RESTS BENEATH THIS STONE,
UNTIL THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SHALL
CALL HIM, TO HEAR THE WELCOME PLAUDIT
OF, WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.
ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD.
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