Author: Jeffery Scott Howard
Jesse Webb (about 1766 - March 25, 1848). He married Anna McMurtry abt. 1785 in Greene County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), the daughter of Joseph McMurtry and Susannah Patton, originally of Craigs Creek Plantation, Augusta County, Virginia, and sister to his brother John Webb (R11245).

He and John were in Wilkes County, Georgia in 1778 when the British captured Savannah. Jesse's (S3501) testimony places him and John (R11249) in a fort at Nail's Ford on the Broad River..

On February 2, 1784, a Georgia certificate was issued showing Jesse was an inhabitant of Georgia prior to the war, was a refugee from British arms, and entitled to a land grant. The certificate was issued by Col. Elijah Clarke, warrant number 1548.

Jesse sold his land in Georgia and returned to what is now Tennessee. Since no land grants were being issued, and there was lots of vacant land, Jesse went to the headwaters of Muddy Creek (now Chestnut Hill, Jefferson County, Tennessee) and staked a claim. He built a house and he and Anna commenced farming and raising their family.

Jesse entered the service of the United States (before February 1, 1781) in Greene County in a company of North Carolina Militia commanded by Captain Lusk and later transferred to Captain Mater's company in the regiment commanded by Colonel Middleton.

During the term of service, Jesse marched across the Santee River to Brown's Old Fields in South Carolina, then to Eutaw Springs where he was engaged, under Major General Nathaniel Greene in the brigade commanded by Colonel Thomas "Gamecock" Sumter, in the battle on September 8, 1781. Jesse had enlisted in a unit of mounted militia, recruited under "Sumter's Law", a plan originated by Thomas Sumter and provided for 10 months service. The individuals were to furnish their own horses and furnishings. They were to be paid from the proceeds of property taken from Loyalists.

When his term of service expired, Jesse stayed in South Carolina/Georgia until after August 14, 1783. He then returned to his brother, John’s home in Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee) and married Anna.

In 1796, the State of Tennessee was formed. The state government realized that there were many homesteaders on vacant lands, and in 1807 commenced surveying the various claims. Jesse's land was surveyed February 23, 1807. On May 3, 1810 the state of Tennessee awarded Jesse his parcel of land, 119 acres more or less (Tennessee land grant # 936) in Jefferson County.

The William Cocke Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Newport, Tennessee, placed a marker at Chestnut Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, a mile from Jesse's actual grave, on October 22, 1978.

Children of Jesse Webb and Anna McMurtry were: Henry Webb, Mary Webb, Joseph Webb, Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Webb, Thomas Webb, Sr., Susannah Webb, Sarah Webb, James Webb, John Wee, and William Webb.

Additional biography submitted by DeCody Brad Marble, Nat. # 185359, Panama City Chapt., FL Society:
JESSE SR.2 WEBB was born 1766 in possibly Virginia, and died March 25, 1848 in Chestnut Hill, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

He married ANNA MCMURTERY, daughter of JOSEPH MCMURTERY and SUSANNAH PATTON.

She was born 1768 in Butefourt or Botetourt, Bedford, Virginia, and died February 08, 1849 in Chestnut Hill, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Children of JESSE WEBB and ANNA MCMURTERY are:
Source: Jesse Webb Family Bible (images at Fold3.com)

i. HENRY3 WEBB, b. 1784, Western Lands, North Carolina; d. November 03, 1851, Chestnut Hill, Jefferson Co., Tennessee.
ii. THOMAS SR. WEBB, b. 1785, Chestnut Hill, Jefferson County, Tennessee; d. 1845, Chestnut Hill, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
iii. MARY WEBB, b. 1789, Western Lands, North Carolina; d. Aft. August 18, 1871, Sevier Co., Tennessee.
iv. JOSEPH WEBB, b. 1791, Green County, Territory South of the Ohio River; d. 1876, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee.
v. ELIZABETH WEBB, b. November 04, 1792, Jefferson County, Tennessee; d. December 11, 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee.
vi. SUSANNAH WEBB, b. 1795, Chestnut Hill, Jefferson C., Tennessee; d. Bef. 1849, Yancy County, North Carolina?.
vii. SARAH WEBB, b. September 17, 1799, Tennessee; d. April 20, 1879, Chestnut Hill, Jefferson, Tennessee.
viii. JAMES WEBB, b. January 25, 1801, Jefferson County, Tennessee; d. March 31, 1859, Chestnut Hill, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
ix. JOHN WEBB, b. April 10, 1804, Jefferson County, Tennessee; d. Cocke County, Tennessee.
x. WILLIAM WEBB, b. 1806, Jefferson County, Tennessee; d. Cocke County, Tennessee.

Pension file S3501-Jesse stated that he enlisted in 1781 in Greene County, North Carolina under Captain Lusk who commanded a company in the North Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel Middleton. The regiment was marched across the Santee River in South Carolina and later to Eutaw Springs where they joined in the battle there under General Nathaniel Greene, in the brigade under General Sumter, later Jesse's company marched to Orangeburgh, South Carolina where they fought Tories until his term expired. Sometime after the war, Jesse was in Franklin County, Georgia. There is a record that he made a deed there in 1790 for 297.5 acres of a 1788 land grant. He received a land grant in Jefferson County, Tennessee in 1807, one of those first ones which indicated occupancy long before 1807.