Hello, Welcome to Sandy !!! Sandy I don't know what connection we have to your Lee's but I think our research is heading in the right direction. Our Burwell was also sometimes referred to as Burrell. Burwell lived on or near Buffalo Mountain and is buried there. This mountain is on the county line of Carroll, Patrick , Floyd and Wythe Counties of VA. I am going to copy a paragraph from the book. " The Man Who Moved a Mountain" by Richard C. Davids, based on the life of Robert Childress, a Presbyterian minister, who built the rock churches on the region. page 90 He explained about the Lees. During the Revolutionary War there was a lead mine on the Buffalo from which men fashioned their own bullets. The exact site has been lost, he said, but now and again when timber cutters would skid logs to a mill they'd find bits of lead ground into the bark of the logs. It was word of the mine that brought General Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee to Buffalo mountain, just after he bid good-bye to his friend and commander George Washington. He bought a major part of the Buffalo-some 6000 acres- only three years before he was called to deliver the eulogy before Congress upon the death of the President, when he used those long-remembered words: "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." His two sons became joint owners of Buffalo Mountain. One was the beloved General Robert E. Lee. The other was his little-known brother Charles Carter Lee, who lived at the Buffalo for several years. End paragraph I have been meaning to mention to everyone who has not read this book, that you need to get a copy and read it. Not only those who are descended from Burwell Spence, but also the James & Jane Bluford Spence line, because it gives such a fascinating narrative on the way of life of the people of the region. When I introduced my future husband to my Grandmother Burcham in 1973, when she heard his last name of Spence, the first thing she said was, " He's not one of them Buffalo Mountain Spence's is he ? " I said no, because we didn't know at that time he was in fact descended from that line. Granmother said, " Good." My cousin who married a Spence was also asked the same question when she married in 1954. It seems the Buffalo was a place in the county that was feared by most folks. After reading the book, I understood why. Although some areas of the book I feel are too harsh, it is interesting reading to every researcher in helping you understand the traditions and speech patterns and way of life that still existed in my early years. The Scotch Irish had a speech pattern that I find myself lapsing into at times, because I was raised with Scotch Irish parents & grandparents. Ex; a toy is a play-purty. Saney Claws. Sallet for Salad. Fur is far. It is hit. I really have to watch myself. HA HA HA If anyone wants a copy of the book, I can get you one from the bookstore in Hillsville VA. It is sold locally in the region, and I don't know about other states. It costs $ 9.95 and for less than $2.00, I think I could get it mailed to you. I do heartily recommend it. Sandy, we are trying to find the link between the Bluford familly and the Burwell Spence family. The Lee family is an added incentive. They were all in the region at the same time, the given names are the same. It's just finding the link that we are pursuing. Thanks for joining in with us. We'll keep digging......................... Carolyn