John McKee

John McKee (* 1771 in Rockbridge County (then part of Augusta County ), Colony of Virginia , † August 12, 1832 near Boligee , Alabama ) was an American politician .

Career

John McKee attended Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington and Lee University ) in Lexington . Then between 1802 and 1816 he was US commissioner for the Choctaw Indians in the eastern part of the Mississippi . On March 9, 1821 he was appointed an official in the land registry in Tuscaloosa . He was also one of the first settlers in Tuscaloosa County .

McKee was a member of the commission that established the boundary line between the US states of Kentucky and Tennessee . He was elected as Jackson Republican in the 18th US Congress and re - elected in the two subsequent US Congresses . There he served in the US House of Representatives from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1829. In 1828 he decided against running for the 21st US Congress . He was then in 1829 one of the commissioners who negotiated the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty , through which a large part of the country west of the Tombigbee River was acquired by the Choctaw Indians.

John McKee died at home on Hill of Howth , Greene County in 1832 and was buried in Bethsalem Cemetery in Boligee.

John McKee in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
The Political Graveyard

personal data
SURNAME	McKee, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1771
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rockbridge County (then part of Augusta County ), Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	August 12, 1832
Place of death	near Boligee , Alabama