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From: "George B. LEWIS" <>
Subject: Re: [ALBUTLER] Lee
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:55:02 -0600


My John Heaton was at the Fort 1820, also, to vote "for a sheriff" I wonder
if there was anybody else to be voted upon. we were just discussing the
"130"
year anniversary of the city of Greenville. It is actually 130 years since
it was
incorporated. Greenville town was here before 1871. My kin, John Brooke
Lewis was the "mayor" (Intendent) at the "called" meeting, 20th May, 1871
receiving the votes of 225 FOR, and 6 NOs for incorporation. Your Lee
kin sounds like a wonderful story, I hope you can trace it. By the way,
according to my map, 3-1/2 mi NE Fort Dale is right at the Moriah Cemetery.
Do you guess that is where he is buried? B'nard.
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Date: Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [ALBUTLER] Lee


>In a message dated 3/10/01 7:05:46 PM Central Standard Time,
> writes:
>
><< Speaking of Lees, has anyone got a clue on the heritage of Catherine Lee
>(b. 1785 GA) wife of (1)Pleasant Routon, (2) James Gafford, (3) James
>Dunklin? Her decendents are still looking! Any clues appreciated. >>
>
>Mary,
> Your Catherine Lee might be related to a William Lee who came to
Butler
>Co. from Jones Co. GA in 1817. He recorded land in Township 11, Range 14
on
>10/4/1817, on the same date as three GAFFORDs (also from Jones Co.
>GA)--David, Daniel, and Zachariah. There was an article in the Greenville
>Advocate in June of 1874 called "Butler County Reminiscences" by J.C. Wade
>which tells about the earliest residents of Butler County. One part says:
> "... south of Fort Dale...on Persimmon Creek, commencing at its source
>and going south, lived the Talleys, Harrisons, Paynes, William Collins,
>William LEE, the ROWDONs (ROUTONs?), GAFFORDs, Dr. H. Herbert, Henry
Vincent,
>Ephraim Parmer, Calvin Leonard, William and John Williams, John Bolling,
>James and William DUNKLIN..."
>
>It seems to me that William LEE lived near the families into which your
>Catherine LEE married. He also lived near some other people of interest to
>me who came from the area of Jones/Putnam Co. GA. I'm hoping one day to
>check on Lees in Jones County, GA to try to find more on this William Lee.
>There is quite a bit about him in the article, but nothing on his family.
>Cheryll
>
>(My previous post on William Lee)
>I need help identifying this William LEE:
>William Lee settled on Persimmon Creek [in what later became Butler
County],
>five residences away from its source, going south. He was one of two
>delegates from Butler County, Alabama to go to Huntsville in 1819 to help
>frame a constitution for the state of Alabama. "Colonel Lee was a
Georgian,
>commanded a company in the war between the United States and the Creek
>Indians; came in 1818 to [the area which became in 1819] Butler County; was
>1st Captain, 1st Major, 1st Colonel of the militia [and was on the list of
>voters in the first election of Butler County in 1820]. He was a
magnificent
>looking man, and in principle and deportment the beau ideal of a gentleman.
>He died in 1824; was buried near his residence, three and a half miles east
>of Fort Dale, and over his grave was the first Masonic demonstration ever
>made in Butler County." This is from "Butler County Remembrances" by J.C.
>Wade in the Greenville Advocate of June 18, 1874.
> From the Cahaba Press/Alabama State Intelligencer, Oct. 18,
>1823--"Departed this life, Dec. 12, 1822, Colonel William Lee of Butler Co.
>AL. He was among the first ranks that volunteered for service on the
>frontiers of Georgia and commanded a group of freemen from Jones Co.,
GA..."
> From the BCHSQ: William Lee had a son Robert Lee who stated in a
>publication called "The Gulf Slope" that his father William Lee was a
captain
>in the War of 1812 and came to Butler Co. in 1817.
> William Lee served as County Court Judge of Butler Co. 1821. He
>established the first Masonic Lodge in Butler County and served as Master.
> These are the pieces of info I have gathered on this very interesting
>LEE, who seems to be the first Lee on record in Butler Co. Since my LEEs
are
>the ones who settled mostly in Butler and Covington County in Alabama, I am
>interested to know if or how they connect to him. Does anyone have any info
>on him? Thanks for your time.
>Cheryll Morris Sumner
>
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