LEE Research
| This page is devoted to researching the ancestors of John Lee (RS) who lived in Wayne County, NC in the late 1700s and is buried in Ware County, GA. We are in the process of determining if Walter Washington Lee is his father. A couple of different sources has provided this relationship. If anyone has any additional information that would further the research, please let me know. I will be updating this page as new information comes along. Thanks. |
| Walter Washington Lee (b. abt 1725) is said to be the father of John Lee. Nothing proven though. |
| John Lee was an early settler of Ware County, Georgia, and is thought to have been born between1750 and 1760 in North Carolina.(It is possible that he was actually born in Virginia). However, it is thought that he was born in NC in the Craven Co, Johnston Co, Wayne Co, Halifax Co, Chowan Co area. John married Elizabeth (unknown surname) and lived in Wayne County, North Carolina, until about 1800 when he moved with his family to Georgia. He became among the first settlers in 1819, and is found there in the 1820 census. |
| John and Elizabeth lived in Bulloch County, GA as early as 1798 when he bought land there. John was a member in 1817 of Beard's Creek Baptist Church, Tattnall County,GA and in 1818 was a member of "Purchase Church" on the Satilla River in Appling County, GA. (The church was renamed Little Satilla Baptist Church in 1819.) Resided 4 miles south of Alma, now Bacon County. He was a delegate from his church to the Piedmont Baptist Association in 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1823. Data from old minutes of Piedmont Association confirm this information and also shows that the church was dissolved in 1826. |
| John Lee was a Revolutionary soldier in North Carolina (page 60 Knight's NC Roster of the Revolution). He entered the military at Halifax, NC. |
| John drew land as a Revolutionary Soldier in the 1827 Land Lottery, residing at the time in Ware County, GA. In the creation of Ware County out of Appling in 1824, John and family were placed in the new county. His home was originally in Bacon County, GA but his last few years were spent in the southern part of Ware on or near the Suwannee River where he is found in the 1830 census. He died there sometime about 1838. |
| John died in Ware Co, GA in Fargo, (now Clinch Co,
GA). He is buried at Boney Bluff Primative Baptist Church
Cemetery. According to cemetery records he was the son of
Walter Washington Lee. CHILDREN: 1. James b c1790 NC d 1852 Alma, GA m Cinderella Sellars 2. Richard b c1794 -m- Mary Ann Newbern 3. Lewis b c1797 m Susannah Walker moved to FL 4. Jincy -m- Bryant Wooten 5. Elizabeth b c1796 died c1880 Clinch Co, GA burial Old Joyce Fam Cem. Near Dupont, GA married late in life D. J. Blackburn. Children (Rachel Lee bc1814 Bulloch Co, GA? and James Jackson Lee b c1818 Ware Co, GA) 6. George b c1801 died c1882 Waycross, GA Antioch Prim Bapt Ch Cem-m- Polly Stephens, Rebecca Griffis, Mary Carter 7. Mary Ann -m- Hickox /a Mary Ann -m- Thorp that was the dau of James Lee. |
| John's son, Lewis Lee, was the administrator of John
Lee's estate. Ware County records prior to 1847 having
been burned, no record there is available as to the
administration. However, the files of "The Southern
Recorder" of Milledgeville, Georgia, show an
advertisement of sale dated September 1, 1839, by Lewis
Lee as Administrator, advertising the cattle of his
deceased father for sale at the former's house in Ware
County to be sold Saturday, November 9, 1839. The wife of
his son, Lewis Lee, was Susannah Walker, daughter of
Isham Walker and grand-daughter of Littleberry Walker,
Sr., of Wayne County. Lewis moved from Ware to present
Clinch County in the 1830's then in 1845 to Florida. They were also member of Little Satilla Baptist Church but transferred their memberships to Union Church on the Alapaha River, joining at the arm now Bethany Church in Clinch County, June 12, 1841. On September 12, 1845, they were dismissed by letter to New Hope Church in Florida. |
Sources include:
Miscellaneous Records
| Indenture -A John Lee, planter and Elizabeth, his
wife, and Burrel Whittington, planter, both of Bulloch
Co., Georgia, $60 for 200 acres bounded by James Mikell's
Land. Witness: William Cone, Jr., William Knight, William
Cone, J.P. Source: Bulloch Co. Georgia - Genealogical Source Material by Alvaretta Kenan Register pg. 49, May 17, 1799 R. July 18, 1801 |
| A John Lee is listed in Currituck Co NC Single Men Poll Tax. In Currituck Co Courthouse there is a deed dated Dec 5 1786 and names John Lee and wife Elizabeth of Beauford Co NC as having sold 36 2\3 acres of land in Currituck Co, being 1\3 part of land where Thomas ____ lived to Thomas Mercer of Currituck Co NC. |
| Various John Lees in NC that may be my John. John Lee - Onslow Co. NC 1770 John Lee - Bladen Co. NC 1763 John Lee - Beaufort Co. NC 1755 John Lee - Beaufort Co., NC 1764 John Lee, Jr. - Onslow Co., NC 1770 John Lee, Jr. - Onslow Co., NC 1760 John Lee, Sr. - Onslow Co., NC 1769 Source: Early American Series N.C. by Ronald Vern Jackson (volume 2) |
| More John Lees that may be my John. John Lee - N.C. , Blwt. 12331-100-Put. Issued 1/3/1800 to Sol P. Goodrich, assignee, No papers. John Lee - N.C., - R6251 John Lee - N.C., - S7144 John Lee - S.C., - S9372 born in S.C., son of William John Lee - VA., S31208 John Lee - VA., Agness, W380 Source: Index of Rev. War Pension Applications National vol. 2 |
Some LDS records provided by cousin Candie ( [email protected] )
| LDS IGI 2/98 research: THOMAS LEE NORTH CAROLINA beginning to 1850 IGI records: " " spouse Mrs Mary Scott -M- abt 1664 Bertie Co " " William Lee, Mrs Martha Lee -M-abt 1717 Bertie Co " " M (male) -B(birth)- abt 1746 Tyrrell Co " " M -B- abt 1752 Bertie Co " " Thomas Lee - M- W- (will) 1753 Craven Co **** " " M-B- abt1753 Tyrrell Co " " F-B-1753 Tyrrell Co " " Mary Bryan -H(husband) - M- 15 Mar 1761 Johnston Co " " Thomas Lee -M-W(will)-1 Nov 1761 Tyrrell " " Mary Bryan -M(male)- B(birth)-9 Dec 1761 Johnston Co " " John Lee -M-W(will)- 1768 Johnston Co " " Stephen Lee, Mary Lee -M- S- abt1772 Tyrrell " " M-B-abt 1774 Craven Co " " James Lee, Celia Rogers -M-S- abt 1778 Craven Co " " William Lee -M-W(will)- 1783 Cumberland " " Thomas Lee -M-W(will)- 1783 Cumberland " " Ann Long -H(husband)-M(married)-13 Aug 1786 Terrell Co, Woodleigh " " M(male)-D(death)- abt 1790 Johnston (of Currituck) (of Tyrrell) " " Mrs, sp, Thomas Lee-F(female)-D(death)-abt 1790 of Currituck Co (of Johnston) (of Tyrrell Leigh, Thomas- - - 27 Nov 1791 Perquimans Co Leigh, Thomas- - - Tyrrell Co Lee, " Asa Lee -M-W(will)- 1799 Cumberland Co Lee, " Sally (Sarah) Lea -H-M- 13 Oct 1801 Caswell Co Leigh, Thomas -M-D- abt 1817 Tyrrell Co Leigh, Thomas -Leigh, John -M-W(will)- 19 Oct 1819 Orange Co Lee, " Betsey Alen -H-M- 22 Jan 1822 Johnston Co " " H-M-3 Jan 1825 Wake Co of Raleigh " " Edward Lee, Martha Jones -H-M- 3 Jan 1825 Wake Co " " Thomas M. Lee, Sally -M-B- 1835 Sampson Co " " M-N(census) 07 age 1850 Halifax Co " " Thomas M. Lee -M-N(census) 15 age 1850 Sampson Co " " Wm P. Lee -M-N(census) 11 age 1850 Wake Co, west div end of Lee, Thomas in NC IGI WALTER WASHINGTON LEE North Carolina IGI beginning to ---: Lee, Walter -none early Lee, Washington -none that spelling or early Lee, W. W. -m- Amanda Kea 27 Oct 1855 North Hampton Lee, Walter - Westbrook Lee -M-b- 6 Aug 1849 Sampson Co Lee, Walter Hatch -M-B- 31 Aug 1878 Buncombe Co Leigh, Washington - Polly Trice -H-M- 30 Dec 1801 Orange Co Hillsboro Leigh, Washington - John Leigh -M-W(will) 19 Oct 1819 Orange Co Lea, Washington - M-N(census) 05 age 1850 Guilford Co Lee, Washington - Alvin Lee, Mary Lee -M-B- 1856 Johnston Co Lea, Washington -M-N(census) 10 age 1860 Rockingham Co Lee, Washington H. - Payton Lee, AnnWilliams -M-B- 1840 New Hanover Co LEWIS LEE North Carolina IGI beginning to --: Lee, Lewis - Robert Lee, Elizabeth Lee -M-B0 1751 Johnston Co Lee, Lewis - Robert Lee -M-W(will) 28 Oct 1782 Johnston Co Lee, Lewis - John Lee, Elizabeth -M-B- 1797 Wayne Co, NC *****(our family) Lee, Lewis - Elizabeth Lane -H(husband)-M- 27 Jul 1816/17 Craven, New Bern** Lee, Lewis - Jesse Lee, Penelope Susan -M-B-1860 Lenoir Co Lee, Lewis - Ben Lee, Alice Eliz. Spenser - M-B- 4 Jul 1816 Wayne Co, NC Lee, Lewis - Roger Lee, Mrs Sarah Lee -M-S- abt 1816 Wayne Co, NC LEE, WASHINGTON VIRGINIA IGI ----- Washington, Mary -F-B- abt 1793 Westfall, Chantilla (female child born) LEE, LEWIS - VIRGINIA IGI Lee, Lewis -M-B- Aug 1757 Goochland Co Lee, Lewis -John Lee, Elizabeth Page -M-C-Oct 1757 Goochland (male child chris) Lee, Lewis -John Lee, Elizabet Page -M-B- Oct 1757 Goochland Lea, Lewis-Francis Wainwright Lea , Mary Francis Saunders 1780 Goochland Lee, Lewis- M-B- 1801 Goochland Co Lee, Lewis-Samuel Howard , Mary Biggin -M-B- 1804 Culpeper Co Lee, Lewis- Sally Johnson -H-M- Apr 1804 Spotsylvania Co, Fredericksburg LEE, THOMAS VIRGINIA IGI Lee, Thomas - M-D- abt 1652 VA Lee, Thomas - Richard Lee, Ann Farley -M-B- Mar 1663 Henrico Co Lee, Thomas - M-D- abt 1665 Henrico Co Lee, Thoams -M-S- abt 1679 North Lee, Thomas -M-D- abt 1700 Paradise, VA Lee, Thomas - Richard Lee M-W(will)-Mar 1714 Amherst Co (was Henrico then) Lee, Thomas - M-D- 1759 King & Queen Co VIRGINIA COUNTIES: Henrico 1634-original shire-then Goochland1727/Albermarle 1744/Amhurst1761 THOMAS LEE: Colonial Records FTM CD NC: 1717 Chowan Co, NC 1769 Craven Co, NC 1786 Jones Co, NC 1786 New Hanover Co, NC 1786 Tyrrell Co, NC |