Before Greenberry LEE became a Colonel in the GA militia during the RW (1776-1783) he came to Richmond Co., GA from SC according to a 1773 GA land grant of 100 acres. Three other LEEs gained Richmond Co., GA grants in the same general time frame. 1771 John LEE 500 acres 1773 Francis LEE 100 acres 1772 John LEE 100 acres Since these grants were given on the basis of adulthood and size of family John LEE of 1771 had a sizable family perhaps a wife and 7 children. The others appear to be single men at the time of the grant (100 acres). This could suggest that as the males of John LEE's family came of age they applied for grants. If this be the case, then there is the possibility that all these LEEs were related. Since Francis LEE resigned his grant and returned to NC, it is an indication that the family had originally come from NC. The major event that would precipitate the movement of the LEEs from NC to GA in the early 1770s was the NC Regulator Rebellion of 1771 when communities of Orange and Johnston Cos rose up to challenge the authority of the British Governor of NC. The severe repression of the local rebellion caused some families to move into the Quaker community of Wrightsboro, then Richmond Co., GA. The best documented family was that of the FEWs. Other families associated with the FEWs were the LEEs, HOWARDs and the ROGERS. The interrelationship of these families suggests that they knew each other before assembling in Richmond Co., NC. We know that the FEWs, ROGERS and the LEEs were in NC. The HOWARDs take a little imagination and the connection is the ORRICK brothers in GA who were half brothers to Margaret HOWARD who married John LEE in Harford Co.,MD in 1746. The FEWS were from Harford Co., MD also and came to Orange Co., NC in 1758 before moving on to Richmond Co., GA in 1771. The circumstantial evidence is there, but the documentation is weak. I'm looking for researchers interested in HOWARDs. LEEs, FEWs and ROGERS who were in NC and in GA by 1771 or soon after. Best regards, Hugh

Hey, I am not a descendant of Doswell Rogers, but always thought the name was interesting, and wondered where it came from. I thought perhaps a Rogers married a Doswell who gave her son her maiden name as a first name, as we see so often in this family. Now I have found another clue. Yesterday, while searching in the Special Collections, Genealogy, of the Albuquerque public library, I came upon a paper, "A ROGERS GENEALOGY", submitted by one Donald H. Rogers, in 1992. He discusses the Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset, and Dowdeswell. here's a quote: "William Rogers. (b ca 1510?) d Oct 21, 1558, will Aug 14, 1558, m Eleanor Taynton of Co Gloucester before 1538. He purchased Dowdeswell (derived from "David's Well") on April 8, 1558. He paid a fine of a hundred pounds for declining knighthood." His sons included Richard Rogers of Dowdeswell, William Rogers of Dowdeswell, John Rogers of Hazelton, and Robert Rogers of Paynswick, among others. It seems to me that "Dowdeswell" would have been pronounced just like "Doswell," so it seems likely that Doswell Rogers was named for the place, not for a person. Does this make sense to anyone else? Maybe it is already well known, but I have not seen it discused on this or any other list. I did a search for "Rogers of Dowdeswell," and came up with this CD for sale: http://genealogycds.com/sales/Rogers.htm I have not ordered it, but might, because it purportedly contains lots of other Rogers information. Does anyone here have it? Konnie