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Governor Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, III

Governor Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, III[1, 2]

Male 1756 - 1818  (62 years)

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  • Name Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee 
    Title Governor 
    Suffix III 
    Born 29 Jan 1756  Dumfries, Prince William Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Mar 1818  Dungeness, Camden County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18106  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Henry Giles Lee
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2023 

    Father Col. Henry Giles Lee, II,   b. Abt. 1729, Lee Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1787, Leesylvania Plantation, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Lucy "Lowland Beauty" Grymes,   b. 24 Aug 1739, Richmond, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1792, “Leesylvania,” Potomac River, Prince William County Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 1 Dec 1753  James City Parish, Stafford, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reverend William Preston performed the marriage ceremony
    Family ID F6595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Matilda Ludwell "Divine Matilda" Lee,   b. 1766, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1790, Prince William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years) 
    Married 1782 
    Children 
    +1. Lucy Grymes Lee,   b. 1784, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1860, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Henry Lee, IV,   b. 28 May 1787, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1837, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F7129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ann Hill Carter,   b. 26 Mar 1773, Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1829, Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married Jun 1793 
    Children 
     1. Algernon Sydney Lee,   b. 2 Apr 1795, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1796, Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. Charles Carter Lee,   b. 8 Nov 1798, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1871, Powhatan County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. Anne Kinloch Lee,   b. 19 Jun 1800,   d. 20 Feb 1864, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     4. Sydney Smith Lee,   b. 2 Sep 1802, Camden, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1869, Richlands, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +5. Robert Edward Lee,   b. 19 Jan 1807, WestMoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1870, Lexington, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     6. Catherine Mildred Lee,   b. 27 Feb 1811, Alexandria, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1856, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F6598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Henry Lee AKA: Light-Horse Harry Lee
    Henry Lee AKA: Light-Horse Harry Lee
    p18106Light-HorseHarryLea.jpg

    Documents
    Alexander McClanahan Resigns his Commission

Letter of Richard Lee to Honorable Thomas Adams Esqr.
    Alexander McClanahan Resigns his Commission Letter of Richard Lee to Honorable Thomas Adams Esqr.
    AlexanderMcClanahanPatriot.jpg
    Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Death Notice
    Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Death Notice
    The Evening Post
    Apr 9, 1818
    Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Death Notice
    Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Death Notice
    The Gleaner
    Apr 24, 1818
    Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Funeral Services
    Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Funeral Services
    Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette
    May 5, 1818
    Henry Lee IV-Death Notice
    Henry Lee IV-Death Notice
    Public Ledger
    Mar 13, 1837
    Newspaper Article
Lee History-Daily Press-Jan 19,1928
    Newspaper Article Lee History-Daily Press-Jan 19,1928
    LeeHistory-DailyPress-Jan19,1928.jpg

    Headstones
    Memorial Plaque for Lucy Grymes and Henry Lee. This is the burial site of Henry Lee (d. 1787) and his wife, Lucy Grymes (d. 1792.  They were married in 1753, and their home, Leesylvania, stood on the ridge to the east.  Henry Lee was County Lieutenant and Presiding Justice of Prince William County for many years.  He also represented the county in the House of Burgesses, the Revolutionary Conventions and the State Senate during the years fro 1758 until 1788....
    Memorial Plaque for Lucy Grymes and Henry Lee. This is the burial site of Henry Lee (d. 1787) and his wife, Lucy Grymes (d. 1792. They were married in 1753, and their home, Leesylvania, stood on the ridge to the east. Henry Lee was County Lieutenant and Presiding Justice of Prince William County for many years. He also represented the county in the House of Burgesses, the Revolutionary Conventions and the State Senate during the years fro 1758 until 1788....
    p13229LucyGrymes.jpg

    Histories
    Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee-Visit to Grave
    Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee-Visit to Grave
    The Atlanta Constitution
    Mar 28, 1888
    Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee-Grave Threatened
    Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee-Grave Threatened
    Newport News Daily Press
    Mar 17, 1911
    Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee-BIO
    Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee-BIO
    The Lincoln Star
    Apr 9, 1941
    Ann Carter Lee-Declared Dead in 1805
    Ann Carter Lee-Declared Dead in 1805
    Harrisburg Telegraph
    Dec 11, 1934
    General Robert E Lee-Bio
    General Robert E Lee-Bio
    Staunton Spectator
    Oct 25, 1870
    Stratford, Family Home of the Lees
    Stratford, Family Home of the Lees
    The Baltimore Sun
    Dec 14, 1930
    New Finds at Lee's Stratford
    New Finds at Lee's Stratford
    The Baltimore Sun
    Mar 3 , 1935
    Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Bio
    Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Bio
    Chicago Tribune
    Aug 16,1942
    General Robert E Lee-Bio
    General Robert E Lee-Bio
    The Star Press
    Jul 29, 1928
    Lucy Grymes-First Love of Washington
    Lucy Grymes-First Love of Washington
    The Baltimore Sun
    Dec 19, 1920
    Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908
    Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908
    virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf
    Light Horse Harry's Remains Transferred to Lexington, Virginia
    Light Horse Harry's Remains Transferred to Lexington, Virginia
    The Times Dispatch
    May 29, 1913
    Light Horse Harry Lee & Wins Southern Belle
    Light Horse Harry Lee & Wins Southern Belle
    Richmond Times Dispatch
    Jan 27, 1924
    Lee Family History
    Lee Family History
    Daily Press
    Jan 19, 1928
    Ann Carter Lee-Declared Dead in Oct 1805
    Ann Carter Lee-Declared Dead in Oct 1805
    Halifax Gazette
    Jul 30, 1931

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2452.
      Henry Lee
      Parents:
      Henry Lee (1729 - 1787)
      Lucy Grymes Lee (1734 - 1792)
      Spouses:
      Matilda Ludwell Lee Lee (1766 - 1790)
      Anne Hill Carter Lee (1773 - 1829)
      Children:
      Nathanael Greene Lee (1784 - 1784)
      Lucy Grymes Lee Carter (1784 - 1860)
      Henry Lee (1787 - 1837)
      Algernon Sydney Lee (1795 - 1796)
      Charles Carter Lee (1798 - 1871)
      Annie Kinloch Lee Marshall (1800 - 1864)
      Sydney Smith Lee (1802 - 1869)
      Robert Edward Lee (1807 - 1870)
      Robert Edward Lee (1807 - 1870)
      Catharine Mildred Lee Childe (1811 - 1856)
      Siblings:
      Henry Lee (1756 - 1818)
      Charles Lee (1758 - 1815)
      Richard Bland Lee (1761 - 1827)
      Mary Lee Fendall (1764 - 1827)
      Theodorick Lee (1766 - 1849)
      Edmund Jennings Lee (1772 - 1843)
      Burial: Lee Chapel Museum
      Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia
      Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer, US Congressman. The father of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, his lightning raids against the British during the American Revolution earned him the nickname "Light-Horse Harry." He also wrote the famous epitaph of George Washington, "First in War, first in Peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Born in Leesylvania, Prince William County, Virginia, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1773. A captain in the Virginia Cavalry in 1776, his unit joined General George Washington's Army. In 1778, he was promoted to Major and commanded a cavalry troop called "Lee's Legion," which he led in a daring raid on the British post at Paulus Hook, New Jersey. In 1780, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and fought under General Nathaniel Greene. After the war, Lee served in the Virginia House of Delegates and in the Congress, from 1785 to 1788, then served as Governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794. He commanded the troops sent by President George Washington in 1794 to end the Whisky Rebellion. A member of the Federalist Party, he served as a Congressman from 1799 to 1801. In later years, Lee fell into debt, and in 1808 to 1809, he was imprisoned in debtor's prison, during which time he wrote his "Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States." In the strife that led up to the War of 1812, he was injured while trying to protect a friend from rioters in Baltimore, Maryland, receiving wounds from which he never recovered. He died at Dungeness, on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lee was reinterred at the Lee Chapel Museum in Lexington in 1913.

    2. [S130] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lee_III.
      Main article: Leesylvania (plantation)

      At the time of early English settlers, Leesylvania was believed to be the site of an Algonquian village, overlooking Neabsco Creek. Bushey Point Group Camp

      Henry Lee II settled on the land from 1747 until his death in 1787. He and his wife had eight children at their home including Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee. He is also the grandfather to Civil War general Robert E. Lee. George Washington mentions visiting the Lee House three times in his diaries.

      In 1825 the property was sold to Henry Fairfax, and later passed to John Fairfax in 1847. Fairfax later served as a staff aide to Confederate Lt. General James Longstreet. The site was Fairfax's boyhood home, and he returned to live on the property in late 1875, remaining there until his death in 1908. The land was also used as a small Confederate force and gun emplacement during the Civil War. The Freestone Point Confederate Battery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[4] The battery engaged with vessels of the US Navy's Potomac Flotilla on September 25, 1861. There were no casualties on either side, but the Federal vessels withdrew at the conclusion of the fighting. (Ref: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in The War of The Rebellion)

      Today, only a small cornerstone of the Lee House remains. The house and its path were completely bulldozed in the 1950s to make way for a road. A restored chimney of the Fairfax House remains. Henry Lee II and his wife, along with Henry Fairfax and his third wife are buried on the property. The sites and the cemetery are accessible by trail. The Leesylvania Archeological Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984

      This article is about Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, the American Revolutionary War officer.
      9th Governor of Virginia, Member of the
      U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 19th district. Lee was born near Dumfries in the Colony of Virginia. He was the son of Col. Henry Lee II (1730-1787) of "Leesylvania" and Lucy Grymes (1734-1792) the "Lowland Beauty". His father was the second cousin of Richard Henry Lee, twelfth President of the Continental Congress. His mother was an aunt of the wife of Virginia Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr. His great-grandmother Mary Bland was also a grand-aunt of President Thomas Jefferson.

      Lee was the grandson of Capt. Henry Lee I, a great-grandson of Richard Bland, and a great-great-grandson of William Randolph.[1] He was also a descendant of Theodorick Bland of Westover and Governor Richard Bennett.

    3. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20722041.
      Birth: 1766
      Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia
      Death: Jul. 28, 1790, Prince William Co., Virginia
      She was know as "The Divine Matilda" First wife of Light Horse Harry Lee, her cousin.
      Parents: Philip Ludwell Lee (1727 - 1775)
      Elizabeth Steptoe Fendall (1743 - 1789)
      Spouses:
      Henry Lee (1756 - 1818)
      Henry Lee (1756 - 1818)
      Children:
      Nathanael Greene Lee (1784 - 1784)
      Lucy Grymes Lee Carter (1784 - 1860)
      Henry Lee (1787 - 1837)
      Siblings:
      Matilda Ludwell Lee Lee (1766 - 1790)
      Flora Lee Lee (1770 - 1795)
      Flora Lee Lee (1771 - 1795)
      Philip Ludwell Lee (1775 - 1779)
      Burial: Stratfordhall Plantation Cemetery
      Stratford Hall, Westmoreland Co., Virginia