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There are so many ways to contribute.
By contributing genealogical information that will serve to increase the validity of a unified Lee lineage, by donations of historical documentation and family records to be preserved and archived, by voluntarism as we hope to increase our family outreach and recognition to our community as a resource in times of local or national disaster and we hope to form in the future a family "Tombstone" project in which we will assist in the restoration, maintenance and preservation of family cemetery sites.  Financial assistance will help us to increase our manpower to enable us to provide research for individual request and the acquisition of historic documentation and genealogical information that will be added to our Lee family tree, as our goal is to have as many possible individuals past and present information included and preserved historically. We wish also to be able to acquire Lee family historical landmarks to restore and preserve, eventual to be used as a site to publicly display Lee family artifacts in a museum like setting.
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Genealogy Corner By Joyce Ann...

Genealogy Hints and Helps

 
As your search for family members becomes harder
a genealogy resource site can be of great help.

These resource sites are free.

 Some that I have found very helpful are:

Cyndi’s List Of Genealogy Sites
On The Internet

       www.cyndislist.com

Family Tree Circles

   www.familytreecircles.com

Legacy Family Tree

   www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

The Surname Web

   www.surnameweb.org

Access Genealogy

  www.accessgenealogy.com   

I Found It 

 www.gensource.com/ifoundit/

 National Archives

   www.nationalarchives.gov

 
These resource sites have free downloads
and forms that are very helpful:

www.familytreesearch.com

       A free family tree chart

 www.LegacyFamilyTree.com 

     The 6.0 family tree (standard edition)
 software is a free download

 This one is fun and may be helpful for

finding family photos:
(some have names listed!)

Look At Me -Collection of Found Photos

     www.moderna.org/lookatme/

 Remember ...
in your surname searches
to try all possible spellings.

 Don’t forget ...
to google search
your surname family.

Yahoo “genealogy search” is also a great resource
for web searches.

Always ...
search with the most
 information on your family member,
birth and death dates, etc.

Most important ...
don’t give up and enjoy finding your family.

Until next time - God Bless!
Joyce Ann

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helpful hints in every newsletter edition!

Where Is The Humor In Genealogy?

Here are some humorous quotes giving a lighter side to genealogy ...

We hope these tickle your funny bone as much as it did ours!

Why waste your money looking up your family tree?
Just go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.

Mark Twain

I don't know who my grandfather was, I am much more
concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Abraham Lincoln

You live as long as you are remembered.

Russian Proverb

Anybody can make history, only a great man can write it.

Oscar Wilde, Aphorisms

He who has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family
was begot by a flash of lightning.

Old English Proverb

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well
make it dance.

George Bernard Shaw

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors,
and no slave who has not had a king among his.

Helen Keller

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong
to us, we see the past, present, and future.

Gail Lumet Buckley

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MY NAME IS ROBERT P. MCKEEVER III,

QUESTION : MY AUNT ADAH MCKEEVER LEE, WAS THE SECOND WIFE, OF BUNNOE HASKELL LEE.

HE WAS BORN IN COWARD,FLORENCE CO. SC, IN 1881 SON OF JACKSON M. LEE AND

MARY ROGERS LEE. COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME OUT, IF THEY ARE RELATED TO ROBERT

EDWARD LEE GENERAL,OF THE CIVIL WAR ?


 


Ms Finley
 
I am researching the Lee line and I see on Family Tree thur Ancestry.com that you have A Thomas Jefferson Lee b. 1850 d 1907 in Tx listed.  This is one of the sons of William H. Lee That I have been at a dead end for some time.   William H. Lee was b. York Co, SC 1812 d. 1889 in Tx.  He was m. at least 2 times if not more and his last wife Matilda Suttle was the MOther of TJL and Zacheriah Steven Lee b. 1852 in Ark. d 1915 in Tx.  There were 2 sons older  than these 2 men b. in Al Henry Clay b. 1838 and Jasper Harrison b.. 1840 d1903.  We believe there is another son b. 1837 Tn, William H. Jr. but no Mother of these 3 boys.  I do not know who William H. Lee b. 1812 parents were and would appreciate any help there.    I am more than willing to share all the info I have on these lines if you are interested.  I found you thru the People looking for Thomas Jefferson Lee posting.   

 Thank you very much
 
Norma Lee Mayben  Abilene, Tx


 



Thanks Jacqueli,
 
My great grandfather was Richard Lee born about 1825, we believe in VA, married Nancy Fuller 1851 in Pike County KY. - died in 1907.  We believe his mother to be Jane Lee born about 1800-1810, we are not sure of the state, but seems to think probably VA. We find a Jane Lee listed in Washington CO, VA  with children of the ages that matches our research - Later census shows us that her children are Richard Lee, John Lee born about 1830 in Tazewell Co, VA dies 1898 in Buchanan Co. Va.  Girls Lucinda Lee born about 1834, Margaret "Peggy" Lee born about 1835, and Charlotta Katherine "Lotty" Lee born about 1837 VA.  We are not sure if they all had the same father, because we have never found a man in the h/h.
 
We believe that John and Richard may be full brothers, not sure about the girls.  Richard's son, John Wess Lee was my grandfather.  He died in Pike County KY April 1, 1932.
 
Does this help or do you need more?  Please let me know.  I think we are one of the lost Lee's.
 
Emalene





 Jacqueli:
 
I am searching for information on the Lee's who came from VA, TN and then to KY.  I am at a dead end on my Lee research and am hoping that you can help.
 
I have an Isaac Madden b) abt 1813 in Hawkins, TN and d) abt 1915 in Kentucky.  His wife was Mary Polly Clouse, A cherokke from NC or TN.  They had my great great great grandmother, Rachel Madden b) abt 1855 who married Madison J. (Matt) Lee from VA.  His father's name was Benjamin and Benjamin's father was Edmond Jennings Lee, but the family is unable to verify any of this information.
 
We have been told from children that we were related to General Robert E. Lee, but there are so many Lee's it is hard to locate the right family in order to search.  If I could narrow down the search some, it would help.  I have Margaret Lee who was Madison Lee's mother living in the home of a James Lee (originally from NC) on an Owsley Co., Kentucky census.  James Lee was 63 at the time and Margaret was only 35, so we think that he might have been her father-in-law.
 
Any assistance you can give me would be appreciated.
 
Thanks!
 
Lou Wilson-Trent
 
My grandmother's mother was Mary Ellen Lee b) 1881 in Kentucky.






Jacqueli,
 
Just found your post on Ancestry.Com concerning Steven Skaggs of Green Co., KY.   One source has a post that Patsy Bartlett, who married Thomas Lee in Green Co., KY in Nov. 1807, was married second to Steven Skaggs.  Could this be the wife Steven married on Jan. 1, 1819 in Green Co., KY?  
 
I am interested in this Thomas Lee who would have been born about the same time as my Thomas Lee, Sr. who was born ca. 1788 in KY and migrated to Jefferson Co., MS before 1810.   I am almost certain that he brought a wife with him, but she disappears from the household before census of 1820; therefore, the thought has cross my mind that this Thomas Lee, who married Patsy Bartlett, could be my Thomas Lee, Sr.
 
Any help you might offer would be appreciated.
 
Billy G. Lee




Jacqueli,

I am a Lee researcher.  I have two lines that I can't seem to get hold of and get a direction.
 
Sophia Lee b. 1777 SC  d.  between the 1850-60 census in Pulaski Co. GA
A descendent of Sophia told a researcher that Sophia's father was William Lee.
 
Sophia married William Phelps b. c. 1773 NC or SC.  They had the following children:
Arthur, James, William, Elijah, Needham, Caroline, Polly, Elizabeth
Arthur is my line.
 
Sophia and William were in NC for the birth of the first child.  They were in SC when Arthur was born.  They finally settled in Pulaski Co. GA   They died in Pulaski Co. GA.  The burial site and exact death dates are unkn.
 
In my research, I keep going back to Arthur Ferney Lee b. c. 1714-18 VA.  He was in SC by 1740 when he married Margaret Haynes in Charleston, SC.  They had 4-5 known sons.  William was one of them.  This William is the only William Lee I have found in the last 10 years that could possibly be Sophia's father. However, I have no proof yet of the connection.  That is my brick wall.
 
I have requested information on William from the DAR but so far with no results.  I requested the address of the person who presented William to the DAR but so far, I have had no contact with that person.  All I want to know is IF William had a dau. named Sophia. The only thing I know about William to date is he was a soldier in the Rev. War.
 
I asked a contact person for THE Lee family of VA and I was told that THEIR Arthur Ferney Lee was single, no children, and died without issue.
 
To make matters worse, there are some people that deny that he existed.  Some think his name was Ferney Lee and not Arthur Ferney Lee.  It goes on and on.
 
My question to you is do you know of Arthur Ferney Lee who lived on Lynches Creek in what is now Sumter SC.  He owned a mill.  Also, do you have any ancestors that would fit our Sophia?
 
I also have ancestors that were in Marion Co. GA.  They were the Clarks and Richardson (1827-1890s).  They later moved to Mitchell Co. GA.  My great grandmother told me that her husband, Ely Clark, used to talk about him visiting kin in Americus, GA.  The only group I can find that would be close to Americus  are the Braswells.  Nathan married into the Richardson side of the family c. 1870s.
 
I grew up in Camilla, GA.  I know how you feel about SOWEGA.  My roots run very deep in that region.
 
Any suggestions, ideas, etc you can give me would be appreciated.  Also, where do you buy your book?
 
Thanks for your time.
Nora





Hi Jacqueli,

I'm sorry to bother you but I was doing some genealogy this afternoon
when I ran across an Ancestry.com page with your name connected to
Joseph Rodman Murray.

I am hoping that you might be able to help me obtain some
information. My connection to him is through Verda Ottesen, to whom
he was apparently married at one time. I would like to obtain any
information on Joseph and Verda. I do have some information that
they apparently lived in Des Moines, IA for a while and that Verda
died in 1930. I have some information but not her complete birth or
complete death date, marriage date, etc.

I understand that Joseph is buried in Des Moines.

If you can help me with any information, I'd sure appreciate
it...................Steve




Jacqueli,

I have come to a dead end ,most of everything I look for concering the Lee's of
Virginia it only shows  the R.E. Lee's my DNA does not match that line
I don't know how to prove who my ggrandfathers parents are .
 
As of this date we only know that Samuel Alexander Lee & Sarah G. Lee
are the only one's that could possibly be his parents but we don't have proof
Alexander was b. 1770 in Powhatan Co. his cousin Sarah G. Lee b. 1766 in
Leesville,Campbell Co. Va., got any ideals ?
 
Henry R.Lee

Jacqueli,

I am hoping you can help me.   Oral tradition in my family has us related to the Lees of Virginia and yes Robert E Lee.  I found your site and have gone through there and left a discussion in the forum thread, but in your massive amounts of research (I am so impressed) i have found nothing.
 
I did find your site in Ancestry.com linking David Lee, b. 1805 Kentucky d. ?1877, married to Eliza Bobbitt in Pulaski Kentucky.   I have tried to make the connection to Charles Lee and Janice/unice Haynes, but i cannot through the census and i have nothing paper wise to connect them.
 
I would love to make this connection.  I appreciate any help you can give me.

Tracy Simpson

Jacqueli,
I am new at all of this. I am having trouble determining how MarK M. Warren is related to you and to the Lees of Virginia. He was my Great - Great Grandfather. His daughter Rebecca Jane Elizabeth Warren married Jessie A. Ekes who was my great grandfather. In the family tree where I found Mark M. Warren, it shows his wife as Jane Adams. The 1870 Federal Census for Neshoba Co. Mississippi shows his wife to be Rebecca J.E. We have never known what her maiden name was. Do you know if he was married twice or is Rebecca J. E. the same person as Jane Adams? I also found a 1860 Federal Census for Smith Co. Mississippi showing Hackley Warren as age 85 and living with Mary Warren, age 67. I don't know how he fits into the family but certainly appears to be connected to this same family.
I am also looking for documentationfor of the relationship of Mark M. Warren to William Hackley Warren other than the one 1860 census that I have. Also any information on the documentation used to show the progression through the Warren family would be appreciated.
Anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated. I am excited about finding all this new information and the possibility of find new cousins.
Carol

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Jacqueli,
 
Bill Lee here.  Just scanned through your site Lees of Virginia Lost Descendants site with much interest.  After 40+ years of reseach, it would be an answer to prayer, it I could make a connection here and complete my Lee Ancestral line.  The long list of names related to William Lee is overwhelming.  I am sure you can put me onto the right track to interpret this data.
 
Some years ago, I corresponded with William Lawler about Thomas Bell Lee of KY thinking I might have found my lost ancester, Thomas Lee, Sr. of KY, but recent documentation from the Woodford County Historical Society in KY proved that Thomas Bell Lee died in Woodford Co. ca. 1819 without.  I know from that my ggg-grandfather, Thomas Lee, Sr. died intestate in Jefferson Co., MS in March 1860 due to court records naming his widow and surviving children.  In fact, these records helped me to identify the children of Thomas, Sr. and his second wife, Milly Gennette Barfoot.   Have you identified the Thomas Lee who married Patsy Bartlett in Green Co., KY in Nov. 1807?   He very well could be my Thomas Lee, Sr. since Thomas's second daughter was named Patsy.   Efforts to find them after their marriage has not been successful.
 
Again, HELP!!
 
Bill Lee




"Lees of VA" is a wonderful site!  I have thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to the next chapters of Ebook posted!!  My paternal gg/gm was the d/o Guy Samuel Lee s/o Gresham Lee s/o Richard Henry Lee s/o William Lee m. Anne (Alice??) Felton.  Do you have any info on Richard Henry and Mary Young Lee's line of descendents through their son Gresham?  I would appreciate any help you might be able to give me.  Please keep me informed of any updates to the Ebook.
 
Thank you so much.
Laura Forrester




Hello:
 
I was going to offer to share what I have found over the some plus 20 years of my hunts for my Lee line,
But it appears you have more than covered my line.
 
My Line as far as the Lee's begins with Cecelia Lee,
daughter of Joseph R. Lee and Mary Wiley and continues back in time to William Lee Jr. and Nancy McAllister.  There backward I am stumped.
 
I had papers, researched by one Mr. Allen E. Meacham, a noted genealogist in his day.  His work has been donated to many places in the State of Kentucky.  However I could never prove any of his research.
 
By chance I met a genealogist on the internet, and we discussed my problem.  He told me, "Eddy, if you can not prove it, then disprove it."
 
I followed that advice and some 5 years later, I disproved nearly all that Mr. Meacham had said. 
 
But that left me with only Joseph R. Lee, and his wife Mary Wiley.
 
Just recently I was able to confirm the parents of Joseph R. Lee, as William Lee, Jr, and Nancy McAllister.
 
Perhaps I do my research differently than many?  If I can not prove it, I let it rest someplace.  There are many, that feel, that if its found on the internet its fact.
 
Thank you for all your hard work.
 
eddy
Edward Duvall
Panama City, Florida



Jacqueli,

Thanks.  Sure hope you can shed some light on our hard to find Lees.
 
Emalene




Thank You Jacqueli for the great web site , and your hard work proving the descent....My work on the Lee history ( twenty five years ago) was the same descent that you have...So many argued with me over this that I just backed off .....I knew it was the correct genealogy...and decided not to argue over it .I just told my children the correct story ..So thank you for putting the information out there... from memory my line is this Richard / William/ Richard Henry/John Esq/ Edward/Lemuel/William/Daniel/Albert Pike/Bennet Franklin/ Arlie Pike Lee / Elizabeth Lee (hope I didnt leave out one except the first 10 from John de Lee)...I am the only Lee living from my Lees...so it really means a lot to me that the correct information is online ... I took a vacation quite a few years ago and visited Richard Lee's grave in Va...we drove out in the middle of a field that was very grown up ( no road ) to what was the flower garden ...we would have never found it except for the Lee descendant living in the home at the end of the road ...He took us to it after seeing us driving up and down the road ...and when I told him what we wanted ...He said just follow me.
My line was in Va when the NC line went thru they were in NC ...then to TN ( which was NC ) and on to Ark....I live in Tenn.

In my work I have a Elam Lee son of Thomas Lee and Elizabeth Allen
Elam was born 1833 ---Is this your Elam?

I dont have a lot on this person ...but that he most likely died in the Civil War or during that time ..
Elam and his brother...were in 1860 US census in Norh Carolina living together in Sampson Co. there was also living with them a Caswell G Bryan
I think maybe Elam enlisted in the Union Army in Pine Bluff Ark...

Thank you again
Elizabeth A. Lee/Dotson




Jacqueli,


I have two Lee lines.  Both southern.  I am anxious to read the Chapt 6 of Lees in SC.
 
Sophia Lee b. 1777 SC.  A descendent told one of the researchers in my line that Sophia's father was William Lee.  Sophia married William Phelps b. c. 1773.  William was born in either NC or SC.  Children of Sophia and William are:  James b. NC, Arthur b. SC, William, Elijah, S. Needham, Caroline, Polly, Elizabeth.  Only the first two listed was born out of the state of GA.  The only known migration of the children is my line....Arthur moved to Winn Parrish, LA.   Some of his children moved on to TX.  Arthur moved to LA in 1858, so some of the children remained in GA as his son, my ggg-grandfather William Elijah, did.  I cannot confirm anything beyond Sophia.  However, there was an Arthur Ferney Lee who moved from VA to SC in 1740.  Since his name was Arthur and he had a son named William, I am very interested in this line.  There is controversy concerning Arthur's connection to THE LEES of VA or his existence.  He was a person because records prove it.  He was also called Ferney Lee.
 
My other line is Elizabeth (Betsy) Lee.  Parents unkn.  b. 1803  d. 1878.  She married Charles Palmer b. 1795 Screven Co. GA.  Charles died in 1878.  They were married in Screven Co. GA c. 1820 and shortly after moved to Decatur Co. GA where they appeared on the 1830 census.  I have not found Elizabeth's family yet.  The probability is very good that her parents moved to Screven Co. GA from NC. Before NC is unkn.
 
Since I can't open the Surname list, I signed up and put my Lees on line at your site.  I have more information on both after the marriage but nothing on their background and family.
 
Please let me know if the surname list is possible to look at and when will chapter concerning SC Lees be on line.
 
Thanks,
Nora
 



I know you must get tons of these emails daily.  Your website is very astounding.  I have just, on Ancestry.com, found what may be my lost link to MY Lee family.  I don’t know how to go about looking on your website and that probably is not your problem.  I think my Lee is James Lee who married Susan Sikes.  I have all of their children if this is indeed my family, who are not listed on the ancestry website.  I know yours is separate, but James was born in South Carolina in I think 1816.  They both passed in Simpson, MS.  Looks like they married in Georgia in 1836.   I just thought I would try to contact you to see if you know of James or just anything.  The last document I have is of Susan A. Lee having about 9 children, but she does not have a husband listed for whatever reason.  I have never had any reason to believe her husband died, but she is from South Carolina.  This is in 1860.  I have never been able to find them in 1850 yet......Well, thought I would try.  Thanks for your website.  Maybe if I do have relation I can help fill in some blanks for someone.  I keep close contact with my cousins from that side of the family and they have always been stuck with the Lees, as well.  Thank you.

 

Anna

Hello and thank you so much for all of your wonderful work.  I am currently researching the Dixon and Thurmond names.  I am Jim Hewitt.  So far i have some information for Early Jackson Dixons family.  unfortunatley its not his past which i am still digging and plan to take a trip to georgia in the next few months.  I just recently was able to get a picture of my gg grandfather lewis c dixon.

I also know where most of that side of the family is burried in georgia.  And i do belive that Early died in the civil war in or around 1863 in atlanta.  I would love to share information with you.  once again thank you so much for your work!!
Jim




I found your website today and was thrilled to see my gggrandfather’s name on it! I have information on Morris Newton Acklin/Acklen and his lineage, if you are interested.  (He is the son of Alexander Acklin and Mary Ann Lee.)

I was told as a young girl that my paternal grandmother, Annie Laura Lee, was related to Robert E. Lee and the Lees of Virginia.  Apparently, my aunt who is now deceased, had done some family research along with one of my grandmother’s sisters and they found a connection.  I remember my aunts telling my dad that I could be in the DAR because of this connection.  I have never seen any proof but it seemed to be well known throughout the family.  My dad was not interested in any of this so he never asked questions.  When I asked him where his grandparents were born, he would always say, “Well, Virginia of course!”  But I don’t know that he was really ever certain about that.  There seems to be no family Bible, or if there was, it is long gone.  My grandmother, Annie Laura was married to Bert P. Maddox in Graford, Texas. They had five children:  Helen, Barbara, Charlene, Robert (my dad), and Lynelle (Nelle).   I don’t know where Annie Laura Lee was born.  It has been a tradition in the family to have the first born child’s middle name as “Lee” .  Annie Laura died in Midland, Texas in 1963.  One of her sister’s names was Frances and I believe she lived in San Antonio.  I think she is the one who did some of the family research on the Lee connection.

Knowing as little as I do, is there some way a connection can be established?  I had been told that Edmund Jennings Lee’s book was the definitive book on the Lee family and was discouraged when I could find no connection there.  I had never heard of the “Lost Lees of Virginia” until now!

Thank you,

Kelly Yost

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Famous Lee Relatives!

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Elizabeth II (1952-present)  (1926-)
Windsors- Queen of the Commonwealth Realm
Elizabeth II, Queen of the Commonwealth Realm, took the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, in 1952. She is married to the Duke of Edinburgh and currently resides in Buckingham Palace in London.

Zachary Taylor  (1784-1850)
12th President of the United States
With most of his background in military service, Zachary Taylor assumed the title "Twelfth President of the United States" in 1849. He was the second president to die in office.

Mark Twain  (1835-1910)
American Author
Samuel Langhorne Clemens thought of his pen name, "Mark Twain," while working on a riverboat. This humorist's works include Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Shirley Temple  (1928-)
American Actress
Shirley Temple, the most famous and popular child star of all time, began her acting career at age 3. Heidi and The Little Princess are just a few of the many popular films she starred in during the 1930's.

Bill Clinton  (1946-)
42nd President of the United States of America
Bill Clinton's agenda included healthcare improvements on a national level, and expanding the Income Tax Credit. He was impeached for perjury regarding his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Audrey Hepburn  (1929-1993)
British-American Actress
Audrey Kathleen Ruston (Audrey Hepburn), born in Belgium, continues to be a figure of iconic beauty and classic film. Her award-winning role in "Roman Holiday" marked the beginning of her long and successful movie career. Hepburn is also well-known for her humanitarian work with UNICEF.

Judy Garland  (1922-1969)
American Actress
Judy Garland, born Frances Ethyl Gumm, was a child prodigy who's singing and acting career soared after The Wizard of Oz. Her untimely death at 47 was caused by a drug overdose.

Daniel Boone  (1734-1820)
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Daniel Boone was one of the first American folk heroes. Boone blazed a trail into what is now Kentucky. 

 
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our Family Website!

Chapter Three "Anne's Story" is finally
complete after much research the story
of Anne Constable has finally been told ...

next ... Chapter Four
"The Children of Richard and Anne"

Added pages on our family website
will include an Introduction page
where the issue of
"What it means to be a Lee..."
will be addressed and an introduction
of our peerage and what that means
to ALL of us as Lee's...

In this we will all be taking a look at
the origins of our ancestry and the
importance of our peerage and the meaning
behind the heraldry.
I will also include a page showing each
direct descent from significant nobility,
which again has been denied as a
truth in regards to our lineage.

I do hope all of you enjoy this one!

We recently added Our
Lee Family Forum Page
This is a great way for all of
our family members to share and request information, discuss  relevant issues,
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Best of all ... this is a tool for all of us to learn about our history, ancestors and meet new family members!

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so family members
can share with us special events

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Also added to our Family Forum...

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where you can discuss your
concerns, issues and confusion
about DNA testing and research
and the effects it has on our
history, heritage and lineage.

The Family Reunion Forum

where you can posts up and coming family reunions.

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so family members can post request for
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and
Arlington House

Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Custis Lee, a descendant of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., near to the location of The Pentagon, and is served by the Arlington Cemetery station on the Blue Line of the Washington Metro system.

More than 300,000 persons are buried here on 624 acres. Veterans from every one of the nation's wars are interred in the cemetery, from the American Revolution through the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900.

Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery are administered by the Department of the Army. The other National Cemeteries are administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs or by the National Park Service.

Arlington House (Custis-Lee Mansion) and its grounds are administered by the National Park Service as a memorial to Lee.

Traditionally, American military cemeteries developed from the duty of commanders on the frontier and in battle to care for their casualties. When the Civil War casualties overflowed hospitals and burial grounds near Washington, D.C., Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs proposed in 1864 that 200 acres of the Robert E. Lee family property at Arlington be taken for a cemetery. "The grounds about the mansion", Meigs wrote, "are admirably adapted to such a use." Burials had in fact begun at Arlington before the ink was even blotted on Meigs's proposal. By war's end, 16,000 graves filled the spaces close to the house. Heir to the property Custis Lee sued the government claiming that he owned the land. After the Supreme Court ruled in Lee's favor, Congress paid him $150,000 for title to the land. Arlington is not the largest national cemetery, but is possibly the most well-known.

Expressions From the Heart ...

We would like to share with you

a very special heart warming website

by one of our Lee family members

Edward Duvall.

The love and tribute he pays to his

ancestors and family members

is truly beautiful and inspiring...

We hope you all will visit this very special

website and enjoy it as much as we did ...

Thank you Eddy for sharing with us all!

My Family by Edward Duvall

"Charters Of Freedom"

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We  Are Proud To
   Present...
   "The Declaration Of 
      Independence"

Declaration of Independence (1776)

Although the section of the Lee Resolution dealing with independence was not adopted until July 2, Congress appointed on June 10 a committee of five to draft a statement of independence for the colonies. The committee included Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman, with the actual writing delegated to Jefferson.

Jefferson drafted the statement between June 11 and 28, submitted drafts to Adams and Franklin who made some changes, and then presented the draft to the Congress following the July 2nd adoption of the independence section of the Lee Resolution. The congressional revision process took all of July 3rd and most of July 4th. Finally, in the afternoon of July 4th, the Declaration was adopted.

Under the supervision of the Jefferson committee, the approved Declaration was printed on July 5th and a copy was attached to the "rough journal of the Continental Congress for July 4th." These printed copies, bearing only the names of John Hancock, President, and Charles Thomson, secretary, were distributed to state assemblies, conventions, committees of safety, and commanding officers of the Continental troops.

On July 19th, Congress ordered that the Declaration be engrossed on parchment with a new title, "the unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of America," and "that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member of Congress." Engrossing is the process of copying an official document in a large hand. The engrosser of the Declaration was probably Timothy Matlock, an assistant to Charles Thomson, secretary to the Congress.

On August 2nd John Hancock, the President of the Congress, signed the engrossed copy with a bold signature. The other delegates, following custom, signed beginning at the right with the signatures arranged by states from northernmost New Hampshire to southernmost Georgia. Although all delegates were not present on August 2nd, 56 delegates eventually signed the document. Late signers were Elbridge Gerry, Oliver Wolcott, Lewis Morris, Thomas McKean, and Matthew Thornton, who was unable to place his signature with the other New Hampshire delegates due to a lack of space. Some delegates, including Robert R. Livingston of New York, a member of the drafting committee, never signed the Declaration.

For more information on the signers and a timeline of the Declaration’s development, visit Join the Signers at the The National Archives’ new Charters of Freedom site.

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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers. What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country. We invite you to read a transcription of the complete text of the Declaration.

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