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Another early name is that of Cornelius Gee. He lived before the Revolution at West Point. The sharp angle, the exact "Point," is still known by his name. He was from the colony already mentioned on the east side of the river.
Of his children there are mentioned by a recent writer (Mr. Cornelius Nelson), Jabez Gee and Mrs. Margaret Swim. It is of a member of the Gee family, "Aunt Sally Gee," that the traditional Highland "tea story" is told. It is well known that the basis of this now abundant beverage was a scarce article in Revolutionary days. The Gee family had, however, a half-pound of tea bought not long before the British assault on the Highland forts. At the time of the capture, and while the flames of Fort Montgomery were lighting up all this region, announcing the success of the British, "Aunt Sally," regarding all as lost, determined to have at least one good cup of tea before commencing the inevitable flight. Accordingly, she emptied the half- pound— the whole of it— into the old- fashioned tea- pot; but, alas! she had overdone the matter,— the beverage was too bitter for use.
Mr. Gee established, in company with Jacob Nelson, the old ferry of early times from "Gee’s Point" to "Constitution Island." This is often mentioned in the annals of the Revolutionary struggle, and is usually spoken of as "Nelson’s Ferry." Mr. Nelson was a descendant of one of the colonists already mentioned who settled on the Phillips property in 1686. Jacob Nelson, the associate of Mr. Gee in the ferry, was the son of Jacob Nelson, Sr. The children of Jacob Nelson, Jr., were Miphiboseth, Cornelius, Justus, Elisha, and three daughters, Mrs. Gabriel Odell, Mrs. John Warren, and Mrs. Peter Warren. A son of Miphiboseth, Cornelius Nelson, is the only member of the family who settled on the west side of the river. He came to Highland Falls in 1844. We are indebted to him for many of these items of early settlement. Jacob Nelson, Jr., managed the ferry business upon the east side of the river, and Cornelius Gee upon the west side.
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