Lighthorse Harry's second marriage: ANNE HILL CARTER (14.Charles4 , 6.John3 , 2.Judith2 , 1.Hon.1 ) b. 1773, m. 18 Jun 1793, Gen. Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee, b. 29 Jan 1756, Leesylvania, d. 25 Mar 1818, an island, buried: 1913, Lexington, VA (100 years later). Anne died 26 Jul 1829. Children: i Algernon Sidney Lee b. 2 Apr 1795, d. 9 Aug 1796. ii Charles Carter Lee b. 8 Nov 1798. iii Anne Kinloch Lee b. 19 Jun 1800, m. 1825, William Louis Marshall. Anne died 20 Feb 1864. iv Sydney Smith Lee b. 2 Sep 1802. v Robert E. Lee, Gen. b. 19 Jan 1807. vi Catherine Mildred Lee b. 17 Feb 1811, m. Edward V. Childe. Catherine died 1856. The above from: http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/5273/lee.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "JYG" <jyg@kc.rr.com> To: <YOUNGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 9:32 PM Subject: [YOUNGER] Lighthorse Harry Lee & misc > > For Cole Younger's grandmother to have been a daughter of this man > (Lighthorse Harry) would have been highly unlikely. Cole's father Henry > Washington Younger was born in 1810, son of Charles Younger born in 1779, > whose father Joshua Younger was born in 1752. To be the mother of Charles > Younger, Miss Lee would have to have been born between 1766 and 1849, making > her from 13-50 years old at his birth. I hope you are following this train > of thought. > > Lighthorse Harry Lee was born 1756, four years younger than Joshua Logan > Younger. For his daughter to be the mother of Charles Younger, here are the > candidates: > Daughters with first wife, Matilda Lee- > 1. > Lucy Grymes Lee (ONLY CANDIDATE) > b 1786; d 1860 > m bef 1802 Bernard Moore Carter who dies in 1850; together having a son in > 1802. > 2. > Unknown female who was born and died in 1790. > > Harry marries a second time in 1793, BUT, Charles was already having > children himself by this time! > > It was stated by Cole Younger that some type of genealogy chart hung on the > Younger family wall and was burned by Union soldiers, likely meaning when > they burned his home it went too. I have not read what part of his family > this chart contained... Younger or Fristoe, or both. This may have been > where Cole learned of his ancestry. If we find more about what was contained > on this wall hanging we might know just who he was referring to. (I am going > to go back over his bio tonight and read it again, its a small book!) > > I was told by a librarian that a very old "book of genealogy" existed on the > Cole Younger's ancestors, again not stating which branch. I believe she > stated this book was being inventoried, but never reached shelving, as it > was stolen. I think I am repeating this story, sorry but I write to so many > folks out there. > > Wilma, I too am a shirt-tail (I think this includes me) relative to the > Youngers and the more I find out about them and the war and what was done to > his sisters and mother it gets upsetting. One of my families took Bursheba > and the children in when they fled from Jackson to Waverly in Lafayette > county. The husband was shot and killed in his own yard for not telling > where Quantrell, Frank James and Cole Younger had gone, as they had been > staying in the barn there. This was John Wigginton (killed 25 Aug 1864) and > his wife Mary Ann, 1st cousin to Bursheba and gr gr (?) aunt to me. > > Does anyone have the actual Rev War Records for Joshua Logan Younger? It > appears from a DAR report that it states his first wife was Lizzie Lee and I > am wondering if this is in the record, or a DAR claim??? I would like a copy > of this record and may send for it if no one has a copy I might obtain. > > Again, Wilma H.- I believe you might be onto something when you say Cole may > have not known his blood grandmother and believing his grandmother to be > Catharine Yoter. Does anyone have anything on her ancestry other than her > birth-death? Being that she came from exactly where Cole stated the Youngers > came, I believe this is where it's stem lies. > > I have also seen that some have George Younger and Miss Pearce as parents of > Humphrey Younger (1677-1740), any response to where this came from? > > Interesting about Barren county and settlement of Kentucky. As stated I am > re-gathering sources (which is coming along nicely) as I can and will > certainly look more deeply into the mother of Charles Lee Younger! It might > be an idea to look into early settlers of Indiana for information on Joshua, > such as histories-settlements. It is also an avenue I will be travelling, to > see who Elizabeth Lee was (and if she died or was married), daughter of > Henry Lee and Lucy Grymes and sister to Lighthorse Harry. I was under the > impression this family (LEE) had been researched and highly documented, so I > had not looked further into the Lees as they are a tangled bunch into early > Virginia. > > Linda in KCMO > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > Younger Mailing List, Please feel welcome here. If Need any help just e-mail Younger-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >