Soon the War between the States would rear its ugly head, and the Lee family, as loyal southerners and slave holders, would do their part to protect and defend what they believed in.

All the Lee men who were old enough, fought for the Confederacy.
 

Edmund S Lee	5th Florida Cavalry,Co. G	Son
Edward M Lee	1st Florida. Cavalry, Co. E	Son
Joshua H. Lee	1st Florida Cavalry., Co. E	Son
Levi Lee, 2nd Cpl	8th Florida Cavalry, Co. H 5th Florida Cavalry, Co. G	Son
Wiley Lee, 1st Lt.	5th Florida Cavalry, Co. E	Son
Edmond M. Smith	5th Florida Cavalry, Co. G	Son-in-law
Lewis Hogans - died in Tenn.	1st Florida Cavalry, Co. E	Son-in-law, Wiley
Harley M Lee	5th Florida Cavalry, Co. G	Grandson
James		Grandson
John		Grandson

Lewis Hogans is the only Lee relative that I am aware of that died in the Civil War. The Hogans were near neighbors of the Lees and had several sons of an age to court the Lee girls, not to mention the Hogans girls who married the Lee men. Sophia Jane was the oldest daughter of Wiley Lee, and she married Lewis Hogans on 17 May  1856 at age 14. They had two sons, Wiley Lee Hogans and William Henry Hogans. When the war started, Lewis enlisted with the rest of the men, and went off to war, leaving Sophia pregnant and living in her father's home.  Lewis's horse was killed in Bridgeport, AL on 1 July 1862.  He was later captured in Kentucky and exchanged on the 4th of October, 1862.  Soon after his release, he fell ill and was hospitalized in Asylum Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee, where he died on 22 December 1862.  He was buried in  Bethel Cemetery. He never saw his daughter, Mary Catherine.

Personal disaster also struck Wiley Lee with the death of his wife on 18 May 1864. He wrote a letter requesting assignment home to care for 6 children & 3 grandchildren. This was granted.

After the war ended, life returned to the day to day duties  required to care for families. The rest of the Lee children were to marry, and move to their own homes.
 

Joshua H. Lee	Catherine Hogan
Susan Elizabeth	William J. Jones	1866
Emaline Lee	Richard Hunter	1866
Edward M. Lee	Mary Hogans
Edmond S. Lee	Ann Knight

Life was winding down for John Lee. Averilla died between 1860 and 1870, no doubt worn out from the large family, and the deprivations of the war years. She is reported to be buried at Swift Creek Methodist Church Cemetary, but her grave is no longer marked.  John Lee married for a third time, Sarah, who is his wife on the 1870 Census. (This third wife is often reported to be the sister of one of the first two wives, but  is not Averilla's sister.  Her sister was named Amy & is well documented by the Johns family. Another name given is Mrs. Sarah McLeod.) In 1880, his sister, Susannah Ware was living with them, probably after the death of her husband.

John's health and mental capacity were failing, and his children filed a Court Petition for Guardianship, to protect the estate from "dissolving into nothing". This was signed by 13 of his children, their spouses, and grandchildren. They suggest Joshua H. Lee, as the guardian.

In the 1880 census, the three old people were living together, with a grandson, William M. Lee, to help them.  John signed his last will and testment on 17 January 1870. It was a simple document, leaving everything divided between his wife and his 'lawful heirs". He died 22 August  1880, and was buried in Swift Creek Methodist Cemetery. His grave is no longer identified. (Summer 2004 - A headstone for John Lee has been placed in Swift Creek Methodist Cemetary.)

His estate was appraised in court documents filed 30 September  1880. He owned 320 acres, 200 head of cattle, household property worth  $799.50, $210 in cash, and outstanding loans, mostly to his family, of $1140.43.

Sarah Lee died 18 September 1884. Huxford  reports her to be buried at Swift Creek Methodist Church Cemetary next to John, but her grave is no longer marked.

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