This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: traviscmunday Surnames: Lee, Motsinger Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/2190.2239.1.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Maybe you can help me. I was told that on my father's side of the family we are related to Robert E Lee. The name that is supposed to link me to him is Marguerette K Motsinger (or Matsinger also not 100% sure on the spelling of her first name). Do have info that matches this family story? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: arkansasnatural Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/10966.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HELLO HERE IS SOME INFO THAT MIGHT BE OF USE TO YOU THOMAS V LEE AND ADELINE TUBBS CHILDERN ARE AS FOLLOWS HENNERIETTA ELIZABETH MATILDA R E MOLLIE ALBERT BEN HARVEY JESSE THOMAS V WAS MARRIED TO HENNERITTA WOOD CHILDERN ARE JOHN V JAMES THOMAS HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS SOME I TO HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THE LEE SIDE MY G GRANDFATHER NAME WAS JESSE LEE MARRIED TO BESSIE CHAPLIN JESSE FATHER NAME WAS FINES LEE FROM TN. HIS MOTHER WAS SALLIE ANY INFO U HAVE MAY HELP ME IN MY SEARCH FILL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT MY E MAIL arkansasnatural@ymail.com or contact me on facebook under arkansas natural Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: arkansasnatural Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11126.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi sharon in response to ur post i have found out some info... fines lee - sallie childern robert e lee , jesse lee and there were several others cant remember them all jessie married bessie chaplin her parents names are chas chaplin b. 1832 and lucy e unknown last name b. un known bessie 's siblings are as follows O W CHAPLIN A T CHAPLIN B R CHAPLIN ( BESSIE) B.1865 - D.1934 LEE CREEK ANNIE CHAPLIN CARRIE CHAPLIN BESSIE PARENTS WERE BORN IN VA. AND HER GRANDFATHER WAS BORN IN ENGLAND GRAND MOTHER B. IN VA . Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: arkansasnatural Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/10979.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi this may not be of any help to you but my gg grand father name was fines lee he married a sallie f lived in tn. they had several childern i do know jesse was born ab. 1866 and he had a brother name robert e jesse lee was my gg grandfather he married bessie chaplin they had 2 childern elizabeth lee ( my grandmother ) and ellis lee jesse and bessie live in tx. where jesse was a tx. ranger for a while then moved to ar .. dover pope co. then to washington co. ar.. where he was a farmer thats all the info i have but i do have bessie parents info her father name was chas chaplin b. 1832 -- his parents born in england lucy e . ( ) nuknown last name her parents were b. in england Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: arkansasnatural Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/1031.2385.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi not sure if this is helpfull but my gg grandfather was fins lee married a woman name sallie or sarah i no they had several childern 1 was name jesse lee he married a chaplin i belive her name was bessie chaplin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX Surnames: LEE Classification: military Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11866/mb.ashx Message Board Post: LEE James F - Vietnam Wall section 12W Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 220,673 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname. If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sweetmrsm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11864.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Congrats Tricia, I am so happy you continued to search and may be close to nailing this info down! Written records are the way to go for proof.You are so right the search is what genealogy is all about...if it weren't we'd have all quit! History is fascinating and today on The History Channel the Civil War is on almost constantly, 150 years Anniversity. I understand it is a complicated and sensitive subject but General Robert E. Lee was a gentleman and a scholar and joined the Confederacy because of his home being in Virginia. He was opposed to raising arms against his home state, hey don't mess with Texas!!! So, keep on a-digging! >From one Southern Belle to another, Betty Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I seem to be the only person in America who is NOT a descendant of "The Lees of Virginia." ----- Original Message ----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com To: LEE@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [Lee] Looking for my link to Robert E. Lee This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jesusluvstricia Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11864.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is good advice Betty! :) I did a little more searching today and found that when Lee was in Texas his post was only one county away from where my great great grandmother lived; and she was between the ages of 4 and 9 when he was there. So rather than discouragement, I am feeling a little more confident this evening. If Arthusa was a relative, certainly he would have come the short distance to visit the family at least once during his years in Texas (In between dealing with Mexico and the Indians of course.) Also, unrelatedly, I found an article on Google that actually mentions Lee's relation to Arthusa's paternal grandmother Rebecca Vermillion, however it would not download to my computer...darn thing! I have chased lots of rabbit trails so far in my ancestry search (including pirate and cowboy tall tales) but because I know my great aunts and my great grandmother, I have a feeling this one is the real deal. But even if it is not...the search is half the fun. I have learned quite a bit of information about the General today, and learning can never be wrong! As a good southern girl I love him whether or not we share blood! lol Have a great week and thanks for the help and advice! Tricia Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. To contact the LEE list administrator, please send an email to lee-admin@rootsweb.com. Search Lee archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=lee To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. To subscribe to the list, please send an email to LEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 02EuspCnR) is spam: Spam: https://spamdb.tecinfo.net/b.php?i=02EuspCnR&m=f514e722819f&c=s Not spam: https://spamdb.tecinfo.net/b.php?i=02EuspCnR&m=f514e722819f&c=n Forget vote: https://spamdb.tecinfo.net/b.php?i=02EuspCnR&m=f514e722819f&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jesusluvstricia Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11864.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is good advice Betty! :) I did a little more searching today and found that when Lee was in Texas his post was only one county away from where my great great grandmother lived; and she was between the ages of 4 and 9 when he was there. So rather than discouragement, I am feeling a little more confident this evening. If Arthusa was a relative, certainly he would have come the short distance to visit the family at least once during his years in Texas (In between dealing with Mexico and the Indians of course.) Also, unrelatedly, I found an article on Google that actually mentions Lee's relation to Arthusa's paternal grandmother Rebecca Vermillion, however it would not download to my computer...darn thing! I have chased lots of rabbit trails so far in my ancestry search (including pirate and cowboy tall tales) but because I know my great aunts and my great grandmother, I have a feeling this one is the real deal. But even if it is not...the search is half the fun. I have learned quite a bit of information about the General today, and learning can never be wrong! As a good southern girl I love him whether or not we share blood! lol Have a great week and thanks for the help and advice! Tricia Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sweetmrsm Surnames: Lee Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11864.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: When I began in genealogy almost thiry years ago I joined a genealogy society and enjoyed many benefits. Multiple speakers told us an important thing to remember about family stories is: one don't ignore them and two don't believe everything you hear. Prove them out with sources such as land titles, marriage records, death certificates, federal census, etc. and even these can be incorrect. Another thing they told us is; if all of the people who supposedly came over on The Mayflower were actually on board...it would have sunk in the harbor. Everyone wants a famous person as an ancestor, beginning with Washington and coming right on down to Robert E. Lee, especially in the south. You will find folks from the north want U.S. Grant of course! So hang tough and have proofs of your lineage not just what you are told. Happy Hunting, Betty Rhodes Gerth-Martin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jesusluvstricia Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11864.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you Bettie for pointing this out. You are right. I just heard the story from my great aunts for the first time last week. Guess I got a little overexcited. Lesson learned: start with the basics! haha Tricia (still Rebel though...lol) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sweetmrsm Surnames: Lee Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11864.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Rebel...I think the dates tell you fairly quickly that Lettie couldn't have been the child who sat in the General's lap as she was born after he died. If I read this correctly she was born in 1894 and I believe Robt. E. Lee died in 1870. May have been her mom Arthusa Daves...born 1852. I think he was serving in TX at Fort Mason when the Civil War broke out and he left to go back to (I think) VA. Good Luck, Betty Rhodes Gerth-Martin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jesusluvstricia Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/38.5048.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Would your James Sanders be related somehow to a Susannah Sanders (b.1819 Rutherford, Tennessee, m. William S. Castleman 1836 in Rutherford, Tennessee, lived and died in Mine Creek, Arkansas in 1850)? I have recently learned from my great aunts that my great grandmother, Lettie Louisa Castleman, was related to Robert E. Lee and that he visited Texas when she was a child and she actually sat on his lap. However, I have no evidence of this connection. Susannah Sanders is her paternal grandmother. My great great grandfather's name was James Moses Castleman. I was just curious if you had ever found any information on the link between Robert E. Lee and your James Sanders and if Susannah and he may have been related somehow. Thanks! Tricia Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarkFTC Surnames: Lee, Swanke Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/6108.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My gggGrandfather was David B. Lee 4/3/1976 - 1/11/1884 m. Mary Swanke (12/10/1804 - 1/11/1889) and is buried in Lowell Cemetery, Adams Twp, Seneca Co, Oh. His son John Swanke Lee (b. 6/16/1827) moved to Chickasaw, Co IA, and his second son was Dorr Burris Lee (8/22/1856 - 1/18/1944). Dorr is my gfather, and because of the Burris name we always assumed David's middle name was Burris. However, most of the men in our family seemed to use first and middle initials a lot (DB Lee, JS Lee, DB Lee, EO Lee, PW Lee, etc, tho my brothers and I seem to have broken the pattern!) I would love info on David B Lee -- he is my dead-end. I've seen census info that he was born in PA, but know nothing more about his parentage or origins. Same with Mary Swanke. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jesusluvstricia Surnames: Lee, Castleman, Daves, Mitchell, Sanders, Charett Heckling, Jordan, Dickerson, Vermillion, McDonald, Steward Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11864/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I recently learned from my great aunts that we are apparently related to Robert E. Lee and that at one time he visited his family in Texas and either my great grandmother or her mother sat in the general's lap as a little girl. (The aunts cannot remember for certain which it was.) However, I have not found a relation to the Lee's on my great grandmother's side. I am wondering if anyone out there may have the answer for me. My great grandmother's name was Lettie Louisa Castleman (b. 1894 Mississippi; married Sam McDonald; d. 1983 Robert Lee, TX.) Her parents are James Moses Castleman (Son of William S. and Susannah Sanders Castleman from Tennessee; b. 1837 Tennessee; d. 1900 Santo, TX) and Arthusa Daves (Daughter of William Harrison and Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Daves from Georgia; b. 1852 in Mississippi; d. 1928 Gordon,TX.) Other surnames are: from the Tennessee/Arkansas area: Charett, Heckling, Jordan and Dickerson; and from the Georgia/Alabama/Mississippi area:Vermillion (Re! lation to Texas Jack Vermillion of Virginia who ran with Wyatt Earp.) On an interesting note: I do have one Lee in my family tree from the correct time period, but from the wrong side of the family. On the McDonald side, my fourth great grandmother's name is Susan B. Lee and she is from Virginia. She was born around 1788 and married William B. Steward who was also from Virginia and later lived in Tennessee. Their son John Seaton Lee Steward is my third great grandfather. He was born in 1821 in Tennessee but spent most of his life in Texas where he married Ann Elizabeth Mackey and died in 1888 in Will's Point, TX. Their daughter, Thursey Alciadora was my great great grandmother. She married Randall Cornelius McDonald and their son Sam Jones McDonald married Lettie Louisa Castleman, the girl who may have sat in General Lee's lap. I asked my aunts if they may have mistaken which side of the family Robert E. Lee was from because of this link, but they insist it was on my great grandmother's side. Anyway, I would appreciate any information that someone might have that could solve this riddle. Thanks, Rebel Relative :) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jesusluvstricia Surnames: Castleman, Daves, Sanders, Mitchell, Charett, Heckling, Jordan, Dickerson, Vermillion, McDonald, Steward, Mackey Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11863/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I recently learned from my great aunts that we are apparently related to Robert E. Lee and that at one time he visited his family in Texas and either my great grandmother or her mother sat in the general's lap as a little girl. (The aunts cannot remember for certain which it was.) However, I have not found a relation to the Lee's on my great grandmother's side. I am wondering if anyone out there may have the answer for me. My great grandmother's name was Lettie Louisa Castleman (b. 1894 Mississippi; married Sam McDonald; d. 1983 Robert Lee, TX.) Her parents are James Moses Castleman (Son of William S. and Susannah Sanders Castleman from Tennessee; b. 1837 Tennessee; d. 1900 Santo, TX) and Arthusa Daves (Daughter of William Harrison and Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Daves from Georgia; b. 1852 in Mississippi; d. 1928 Gordon,TX.) Other surnames are: from the Tennessee/Arkansas area: Charett, Heckling, Jordan and Dickerson; and from the Georgia/Alabama/Mississippi area:Vermillion (Re! lation to Texas Jack Vermillion of Virginia who ran with Wyatt Earp.) On an interesting note: I do have one Lee in my family tree from the correct time period, but from the wrong side of the family. On the McDonald side, my fourth great grandmother's name is Susan B. Lee and she is from Virginia. She was born around 1788 and married William B. Steward who was also from Virginia and later lived in Tennessee. Their son John Seaton Lee Steward is my third great grandfather. He was born in 1821 in Tennessee but spent most of his life in Texas where he married Ann Elizabeth Mackey and died in 1888 in Will's Point, TX. Their daughter, Thursey Alciadora was my great great grandmother. She married Randall Cornelius McDonald and their son Sam Jones McDonald married Lettie Louisa Castleman, the girl who may have sat in General Lee's lap. I asked my aunts if they may have mistaken which side of the family Robert E. Lee was from because of this link, but they insist it was on my great grandmother's side. Anyway, I would appreciate any information that someone might have that could solve this riddle. Thanks, Rebel Relative :) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarkFTC Surnames: Lee, Rork, Bailey Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11375.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Porterville is another bit of mystery. My dad had said his dad (Ernest O Lee, 1892 - 1988) "had had to go up to Porterville at times to look after some affairs (or property?) up there." We had wondered if there was some connection with the letterhead from the unknown miner. Another clue in the puzzle comes from the obituary of Jennie L. Lee. She was a sister to my ggfather John S. Lee, who I mentioned in the previous post. Jennie was born in Summit Co, Ohio, 3/26/1836 and died 8/2/1905 Ontario, CA. She married Boyd Rork 5/4/1859 in Bristol, In (she was a schoolteacher there). >From the obit: "Two children blessed their union: Rena A. who was born in 1861 and died in Porterville, California in 1903, and Lee W. who was born in 1871 and is now a physician in Oxford, Neb. "Those who are bereft by her death besides her husband and son are two sisters: Miss Mollie Lee of Kimball, Ohio, and Mrs. C.L. Brown of Hampton, Iowa; two brothers, Russell Lee of Kimbell, Ohio, and J.S. Lee of Ontario, California; two grandchildren: Misses Bernice and Inez Bailey of Porterville, California; and Thomas Tanner of Superior, Nebraska, who though not related by blood relationship, was reared by Mr. and Mrs. Rork as though he was their own son." ... "In 1893 they removed from Iowa, where they had lived since 1861, to Nebraska, and there united with the Presbyterian church, from whose fellowship they were recently received into that of the First Methodist church of Ontario...." The Rork's grave shares a plot in the Bellevue Cemetary, Ontario, CA, with John Lee and his wife, the stones being hard against one another. Anyway, it appears that there was some sort of connection between her, or at least daughter Rena A. and grandchildren Bernise and Inez Bailey, with Porterville. So ... what connection had drawn them there? Did Rena marry a Bailey? And what, if any basis is there in my dad's remembrance of his dad needing to go to Porterville on family business? (Data that raises more questions than it answers!) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ladyhawk87 Surnames: Lee and Lightfoot Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/6565.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have been searching and doing the family tree for my fathers side. His name was Marion Meredith Lee. In my search I found two signers of the Declaration of Independence which are, Richard Henry Lee, and Frances Lighfoot Lee. When searching Frances Lightfoot Lee I found a web site called DSDI Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration Of Independence. Through that I found a history on Francis that said that he was named after Francis Lightfoot, of Charles City County, Va., who was the best man at his father and mothers wedding. I have been unable to find just Francis Lightfoot. I hope this helps. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jomello36 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11375.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This letter is great even if it doesn't pertain to my Lee family in Siskiyou County. There is mention of a doctor's bill in the letter. It's quite likely that the doctor involved is another of my relatives who was there 1852-61, Dr. John Lytle Cummins. Also you have: letterhead that says "View of Placerville." Guess where I'm living now? Placerville, California! It's my guess that the writer was using stationary paper from his previous residence, which was Placerville. Incidentally the above-mentioned doctor was in Placerville in 1850 or so. Thanks for sharing. Most interesting. I'll do some more work on the Lee family to see if the writer is part of my family. Joanne Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarkFTC Surnames: Lee, Crockett, Church, Mead Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lee/11375.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: One note on the other names mentioned in the letter: According to the twp map of Adams twp, Seneca CO, OH, 1874, there are several Lee families that are adjacent to Crockett families. I'm not certain of the identification of the other two mead and church, particularly unsure about the reading of church. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.