Hi Marla; I have a comment on this line. My GGgrandfather was James Y. LEE b. 1836 in Missouri m. 14 May 1871 , Barry, Missouri to Matilda BOWMAN b. Owsley, Kentucky. I know for a certainty my line to James Y. but can't verify his parents and family so am always looking for James Lees in Missouri during the 1830-50's. And YOU have one listed as the son of Greenberry and Levicy Smith LEE. My James Y. Lee also named his son, my Ggrandfather, Silas Young LEE b. 1880 Gainesville, Cooke, TX. I have long assumed that my James Y. Lee b. 1836 was the son of Ephraim Wilson LEE b. 1787 Franklin, Greene, TN and Nancy Brooks WILLIAMS. I assume this because Ephraim's family was in Newton or Barry Co., Missouri at the time of James Y's birth. They all emigrated to Navarro Co., TX and later to Brown Co., TX as my James Y. Lee also did. I find James Y's wife living right next to one of Ephraim Lee's children in Brown Co., TX. I have had other LEE researchers disagree with my assumption, but can't give an alternate answer. Ephraim LEE was the s/o Abner LEE b. 1764 , Greene, NC & Catherine WILSON. Abner had 13 children by Catherine: 1. Ephraim Wilson b. 9 Sep 1787 TN m. Nancy Brooks WILLIAMS (7 kids: Henry, George Lilburn K., Gresham "Dude", Naomi Williams, Brooks William, Lucinda and possibly James Young) 2. Isabella b. 9 Sep 1787 (twin to Ephraim) TN m. Jesse Mumford GILSTRAP 3. Levi b. 18 Jan 1791 VA m. Mary Virginia MARCUS (12 kids:Lucinda Avarilla, Susannah, Catharine, William, Leroy, Sallie "Ailcey", George Wilson, Andrew Peter, Ezekiel, Sarah Elizabeth, Mary Jane, & Iziller Edna) 4. Richard b. 18 Jan 1791 (twin to Levi) 5. Joseph b. abt 1793 6. George Washington b. 1795 , VA m. Mahala Elvira GRIFFITH (5 kids: Abner Gresham, Ephraim Wilson, Walter Campbell, George Chisholm, & Levi Woodbury) 7. William b. 24 Feb. 1801, Jackson, TN m. Elizabeth (6 kids: Abner, Wilson, William, James, Houston, & Luke) 8. Abner Jr. b. 24 Feb 1801 (twin to William) 9. Young b. 1803 10. Ailsey b. 1805 , Jackson, TN m. Isaiah VAN ZANDT (2 kids: John G. & Parrazeda G.) 11. Malinda b. 1807 m. Ezekiel VAN ZANDT 12. Rawlins b. abt 1809 13. James Henry b. 1814 Abner had a 2nd marriage to Sarah "Sally" Johnson MILLER b. 1795, Jackson, TN d. 1881 TX m. 2 Oct 1835 and had two children: 1. Greenwood LEE b. 1 Oct 1820, Jackson, TN d. 1912 Weatherford, Parker, TX m. 1861 to Mary DAVIS b. 2 Feb 1841 TN. They had 11 kids: John Abner, Emma, James Franklin, William Alexander, Isaac Greenwood, Walter Thomas, Mary Louise Gertrude, Ruda Priscilla, Amy Belle, Sarah Susannah and Ola Virginia. 2. Thomas Granville LEEb. 14 Jun 1823 , Jackson, TN d. 18 Jun 1904 , Ripley, MO m. Emily UPCHURCH. They had 3 children: Robert Samuel, Charles Henry and Myrtle Ruth. Thomas was also m. Belle FIELDS in 1862. This Abner b. 1764 was the s/o Richard Henry LEE b. 1701 and Mary GRESHAM b. 1704 d. Edward GRESHAM & Barbara. ---Lorraine On Sunday, March 6, 2005, at 05:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: > My Green Berry Lee, b. 1797 d. 1880, married Levicy Smith b. 1802 d. > 1859. > This Green Berry Lee was born in Richmond KY, and is thought to have > migrated > to Missouri in 1833. He is supposed to have served in Fowlers Company > Volunterrs, the Georgia Militia and the Cherokee Removals. > He married Levicy Smith of Somerset KY in 1818. She was the daughter > of > Jonathan Drury Smith and Rebecca Neal. > Green Berry and Levicy settled in what is now Drake MO in Gasconade > County. > He is buried in the Zoar Cemetery west of Drake. His eldest daughter, > Nancy > is buried next to him. Levicy was at some point put into an asylum, > and I have > not found her grave. Another researcher thinks that Levicy went to > Mexico MO > to assist family there rather than institutionalized. > Green Berry and Levicy had 11 children: > Nancy R. Lee b. Nov 13, 1820 in KY > William Joshua Lee, b. 1828 in KY (This is my ancestor) > Magaret Lee, b. 1831 in KY > Martha Ann Lee, b. 1835 in MO > Samuel Lee, b. 1839 in MO > Lucinda Elizabeth Lee, b. 1842 in MO > Charles J. Lee, b. 1845 in MO > James Lee, unknown, in MO > Greenberry Lee, unknown, in MO > Drury Lee, unknown, in MO > Jonathon Lee, unknown, in MO > > Green Berry is the son of Willis or Drury Lee and wife Nancy Eoff. > They are > listed in the 1810 census of pUlaski County KY. Willis (Drury) Lee > and Nancy > had 7 children: > Green Berry > Squire Lee > James W. Lee > Silas Lee > Willis Lee > Nancy (Lee) Ross > Clayton Lee. > > Willis (Drury) Lee Sr. died around 1843, and is buried in New Madrid > County > MO. > > Willis Lee (Possibly also known as Drury) may be the son of Charles > Lee (1758 > - 1815), a brother to "Light Horse Harry" Lee. It has been assumed > (from a > Genealogical chart by Josia Gross) that Charles Lee's second marriage > was to > Margaret Scott. This second marriage supposedly produced a son named > Willis > Lee, b. 1776. > > Some of this data comes from research assembled by Myrtle Dingley > Haradon in > search of a Lee who may have fought during the Revolutionary War, to > qualify > her admission into the DAR. Other info comes from a Genealogical chart > assembed by Josiah Gross, a lawyer from New Orleans, a son of Lucinda > Elizabeth Lee. > > I have additional data regarding the progeny of William Joshua Lee. > D.L. > Riedel of MO, descended from Charles J. Lee b. 1845, son of Green > Berry, is also > researching this line. Jeanne Baker of Iowa, also related to Charles > J. Lee > b. 1845 is a third researcher of this line. > > Any comments on this line, Hugh? > > Marla Timmons in Houston