Tim McGraw’s Ancestor Met George Washington | Who Do You Think You Are? USA | S2 E2

A country icon traces his roots to a page in American history you’ve actually heard of. Tim McGraw follows a paper trail that lands in a 16-year-old surveyor’s journal with a very famous signature. From a risky homestead on the Clinch River and the Donaldson-Indian Line to a frontier death in Rye Cove, Tim uncovers the fate of Isaac Chrisman and why his land demanded a fort. In Richmond and D.C., a faded entry reveals who “lodged at the Heights” in 1748, and a later letter name-checks the family as a model of frontier success. The path then jumps to New York, where Yost Hite appears on a Palatine subsistence list before rising to shape the Shenandoah Valley — with one surprising shipmate whose name evolved into Presley. How do risk, reinvention, and a single journal thread tie it all together? Watch to see the connections come into focus — from pre-Revolution pioneers to a personal link with one of Tim’s heroes — and what it means for his story today. #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre #TimMcGraw #Genealogy #GeorgeWashington #Ancestry #AmericanHistory #ShenandoahValley