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10/20/04 Charles Lee, Sr. wrote me to let us know that he and
his cousin, James Edward Lee, had placed the new marker in Swift Creek Cemetery
for John Lee. Thanks, Charles.
I have questions about the location of the ladies.
8/20/2004 Added: picture of John
Lee's new headstone. Apparently, this has been placed in Swift Creek Cemetary
very recently. Thanks, Brenda, for sending me the picture and the info. MANY
people will be thrilled with this info !
7/13/03 Deleted date of John Lee's third marriage to Sarah. I recently
looked at the Florida Confederate Pension Applications, and found a John and
Sarah Lee. I thought "wow....let's see if I can find anything new"....
totally forgetting for a minute that John Lee was 66 when the Civil War began,
and both John and his wife died before Confederate Pensions were authorized.
I did find new information.... This is the John and Sarah Lee who married on
October 8, 1866 in Suwanee Co. This is John T. Lee who died February
3, 1895. Also, John T. and Sarah Lee were both illiterate.....signing the pension
applications with an X.
If you want to see for yourself, visit the Florida
Memory Project: Collections. There are files for several of the Lee men
and the husbands of Lee women. John T. Lee is file #A00264. If you see something
interesting, be sure to actually read the documents.....sometimes they have
not been transcribed accurately....for example: H.H. Lee is actually Harley
M. Lee.....although on some pages, it looks like Harley A___ Lee.
6/12/2002 Added picture of "Old Arch Hogans settlement". Archibald and Zilphia Hogans were the parents of several of the Lee childrens' spouses....Mary Hogans, Catherine Hogans, Lewis Hogans. Photo # 165BG, Baker County Historical Society, Macclenny, Florida.
4/5/02 Added General
R.E. Lee's visit to his father's grave:
"Her (Francis Butler Leigh..author of Ten years on a Georgia plantation
since the war, 1883) beloved General Lee himself came to Darien in the spring
of 1869, the year before he died. Pale and wan and in poor health the tired
warrior, who had worn out in sixty-three years, was on his way to visit his
father's grave on Cumberland Island. He was a passenger on the Lizzie Baker,
a boat operating between Darien and Savannah. He consented to an informal reception
on board when the boat stopped in Darien. The news of his arrival spread rapidly
and the enthusiastic people from all around crowded the boat, the dock, and
even the town, bringing flowers and expressions of esteem to the revered leader
of the Lost Cause."25
25Helen S. Barclay, " Short Sketch of McIntosh County, GA", Sept., 1895.
Spencer B. King, Jr. "Darien: the death and rebirth of a southern town".
Macon, Ga., Mercer University Press, p. 89.
LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Added this reference of General Light-Horse
Harry Lee's death:
"On March 25, 1818, General
Light-Horse Harry Lee breathed his last on Cumberland Island at the home
of the daughter of his beloved friend, General Nathaniel Green.
Several gunboats of
the navy were lying in Cumberland Sound at the time and when the fact of
his demise was made known, all the vessels displayed their colors at half
mast. The body of General Lee received all the honors that could be given
by feeling hearts. He was buried from Dungeness house. He came here an
invalid and Mrs. Shaw, the daughter of General Green, and her huband did
all in their power to keep the lamp of life burning, and although the oil
was expended, they still blew the gentle breath of affection and attention
to preserve the wick alive. Commodore Henly superintended the last sad
duties. Captains Elton, Finch, Madison, Lieutenants Fitzhugh and Richie,
of the Navy, and Mr. Lyman, of the army, were pallbearers. As the procession
moved, the swords of the two first crossed the old man's breast - they
were in their scabbards for his heart beat no more and they seemed to say
"Rest in Peace". The other officers of the navy and Captain Payne, of the
army, followed. the marines of the U.S.S. John Adams and Brig
Aranac formed the guard, and a band from the army assisted. A Mr. Taylor
performed the last ceremonial duties. A volley of musketry was fired as
the body was lowered in the grave and Light-Horse Harry Lee was laid to
rest beneath the azure skies of the Empire State of the South."
James T. Vocelle, "History
of Camden County, Georgia". p. 77.
LDS Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
12/7/01 Added John was a deacon of the Salem Primitive Baptist Church.
I had found references to Wiley Lee being a member
of the Prospect Primitive Baptist Church, which is some distance from where
the Lee's lived, and confusing, since many of them are buried at Swift
Creek Methodist Church.
Just recently, Darrel Bell of Columbia County, published online, "A
Historical Sketch of Salem Church " By L. W. A. Rivers. "The original
Document written by the late Brother L. W. A. Rivers, Church Clerk and Deacon
for Salem Primitive Baptist Church May 1945."
This document refers to Wiley Lee as the son of
Deacon John Lee.
Darrell is a grandson of Brother Lewis William
Abraham Rivers and Alice Ann Lee, daughter of Wiley Lee, granddaughter
of John Lee. The list of deceased church members includes two of Wiley
Lee's children: Alice Ann Lee Rivers and Mary E. Lee Roberts and their
spouses.
9/16/02 Added family information from Wiley
Lee's Bible & scanned copy of the first page.
Added "wish list"
9/15/01 Divided John Lee's story into
pages.
Added date of Sarah Lee Moody's death as reported by the Moody Family.