Lee ANNEX
Nancy Jean (Lee) Cool Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 3 March 2025
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Origin of
the surname “Lee:”
Generation
6
5 Thomas Lee
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1781 in North Carolina. Died .
1850 US Census: Thomas Lee, age 70 (b. GA) and employed
as a farmer, was heading a household in Milledgeville, Baldwin County,
Georgia. His real estate was valued at
$1,000. The household also included his
wife, Caroline Lee, age 60 (b. GA); son, John H. Lee, age 32? (b. GA) and
employed as a farmer; son, Thomas Lee, age 26 (b. GA) and employed as a farmer;
son, Jesser? Lee, age 24 (b. GA) and employed as a
farmer; son, William Lee, age 22 (b. GA) and employed as a farmer; and son,
Monroe Lee, age 22 (b. GA) and employed as a farmer.
1860 US Census: Thomas Lee, Sr., age 79 (b. NC) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Pittsburg (Milledgeville Post
Office), Baldwin County, Georgia. His
real estate was valued at $100. The
household also included his wife, Catherine Lee, age 70 (b. GA); and perhaps
grandson, John Lee, age 8 (b. GA). Of
interest, the household headed by his son, Thomas Lee, Jr., age 38 (b. GA) and
also employed as a farmer, was enumerated directly after him on the same census
page.
2. Wife: Catherine (?)
Born about 1890 in Georgia. Died .
1870 US Census: Kate Lee, age 60 [quite legible] (b.
GA) was heading a household in Baldwin County (Milledgeville Post Office),
Georgia. The household also included
John Lee, age 17 (b. GA) and employed as a farm laborer.
3. Children:
a. John H. Lee: Born about 1818 in Georgia.
b. Thomas J. Lee: See generation 4, below.
c. Jesser Lee: Born about
d. Monroe Lee: (perhaps) Born
about 1830 in Georgia. Married Missouri
(?) and had the following daughter:
(1. Mary Lee: Born about 1863 in Georgia.
4 Thomas J. Lee
"Tom"
1. Biographical notes:
Born 20 May 1823 in Georgia. Died 10 February 1897 in Georgia. Veteran of the American Civil War; served as
a Confederate soldier in the 1st Georgia Battlion
of Sharp Shooters.
1850 US Census: Thomas Lee, age 26 (b. GA) and
employed as a farmer, resided in the household headed by his father, Thomas
Lee, age 70, in Baldwin County, Georgia.
1860 US Census: Thomas Lee, Jr., age 38 (b. GA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Pittsburg (Milledgeville Post
Office), Baldwin County, Georgia. His
real estate was valued at $100. The
household also included his wife, Francis M. Lee, age 27 (b. GA); daughter,
Mary Lee, age 10 (b. GA); daughter, Elizabeth Lee, age 5 (b. GA); and son,
Henry Lee, age 1 (b. GA). Of interest,
the household headed by his father,
Thomas Lee, Sr., age 79 (b. GA), was
enumerated directly before him on the same census page.
1870 US Census: (enumerated 8 Jul 1870) Thomas Lee,
age 46 (b. GA) and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household in
Baldwin County (Milledgeville Post Office), Georgia. The household also included his wife, Frances
Lee, age 38 (b. GA); daughter, Elizabeth Lee, age 15 (b. GA) and at home; son,
Henry Lee, age 12 (b. GA) and employed as a farm laborer; daughter, Roxie Lee,
age 9 (b. GA); son, William Lee, age 7 (b. GA); daughter, Mary Lee, age 3 (b.
GA); and son, Chesley Lee,
age 3 months (b. GA). Of interest, the
households headed by Chelsey Bloodworth,
age 48 (b. GA) and employed as a farmer, and Delany Bloodworth
(female), age 38 (b. GA) and keeping house, were enumerated before him on the
same census page.
1880 US Census: Thomas Lee, age 57 (b. GA; father b.
SC; mother b. GA) and employed as a laborer, was heading a household in Baldwin
County, Georgia. The household also
included his wife, Francis Lee, age 47 (b. GA; parents b. NC); son, Henry A.
Lee, age 21 (b. GA; parents b. GA), single, and employed as a laborer;
daughter, Rocksie Lee, age 18 (b. GA; parents b. GA)
and single; son, William Lee, age 16 (b. GA; parents b. GA), single, and
employed as a laborer; daughter, Mary Lee, age 13 (b. GA; parents b. GA); son, Chesley Lee,
age 11 (b. GA; parents b. GA); son, John Lee, age 7 (b. GA; parents b. GA); and
son, Joseph Lee, age 7 (b. GA; parents b. GA).
Of interest, the household headed by Monroe Lee, age 50, was enumerated
directly after Thomas on the same census page.
That household also included Monroe's wife, Missouri Lee, age 38 (b. GA;
parents b. GA); and their daughter, Mary Lee, age 17 (b. GA).
2. Wife: Frances M.
Wise
Born 15 March 1833 in Jones County, Georgia. Died 8 June 1904. Married Thomas Lee on 7 November 1850 in Baldwin County, Georgia.
1900 US Census: Frances Lee, age 57 [should be 67]
(b. Mar 1842 [should be 1833] in GA; parents b. SC) and widowed, resided in the
household headed by her son-in-law, John Stevens, age 30 (b. Aug 1869 in GA;
father b. GA; mother b. AL). Frances had
had 10 children, 6 of whom were still alive.
Among others, the household also included her son, John Lee, age 27 (b.
Mar 1873 in GA; parents b. GA) and single, with no record of employment.
3. Children: (10 total)
a. Mary Lee #1: Born about 1850 in Georgia. Died young.
b. Elizabeth Lee: Born 13 May 1854 in Baldwin County,
Georgia. Died 9
February 1944 in Georgia. Married
Simon H. Roberts (b. Apr 1848 in GA, d. before 1900) on 23 March 1874 and had
children.
c. Henry A. Lee: Born about 1859 in Baldwin County,
Georgia.
d. Roxie Ann Lee: Born 28 November 1861 in Baldwin
County, Georgia. Married James Early Batchelor, Jr. (b. 8 Sep 1863 in Jones Co., GA, d. abt Mar 1930 in Jefferson Co., AL) on 21 July 1887 in
Baldwin County, Georgia.
e. Jessie/William Thomas Lee: Born 19 September 1865
in Pulaski County, Georgia. Died 15 June 1943 at Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia from
complications of Sarcoma of the right elbow. Married Martha Jane (?). Also married Annie Dorcas
Barbee (b. 3 Sep 1862 in Wilkinson Co., GA, d. 26 Aug
1948 in Russell Co., AL) on 1 December 1891 in Russell County, Alabama.
f. Mary Lee #2: Born April 1866 in Baldwin County,
Georgia. Married John Henry Stevens (b.
Aug 1869 in GA, d. before 1910 in GA) about 1887 in Georgia and had children.
g. Chesley Bloodworth Lee: See generation 3, below.
h. John Wiley Lee: Twin. Born 17 March 1874/73 in
Baldwin County, Georgia. Died 22 June 1943 in Macon Township, Bibb County, Georgia. Married May Wise (b. abt 1875 in Baldwin Co.,
GA, d. before 1902 in GA) on 29 December 1896 in
Baldwin County, Georgia. In 1900 was
recorded as age 27 (b. Mar 1873 in GA) and single, residing with his mother in
the household headed by his brother-in-law, John Stevens, age 30 (b. Aug 1869
in GA) and employed as a farmer.
i. Joseph Harrison Lee: Twin. Born 17 March 1873 in
Baldwin County, Georgia. Died
suddenly (perhaps a stroke or brain hemorrhage) 16 February 1936, age 62 years
and 11 months, in McIntyre Township, Wilkinson County, Georgia; interred Mount
Carmel Cemetery, McIntyre, Georgia. Employed as a farmer.
Married Helen B. Roberts (b. 21 Feb 1878 in McIntyre Twp, Wilkinson Co.,
GA, d. 30 Aug 1914), daughter of Charles Marion and Martha Jane (Wheeler)
Roberts, and had children.
3 Chesley Bloodworth Lee
1. Biographical notes:
Born January 1871 (also seen: b. 19 Apr 1870) in Baldwin County,
Georgia. Died .
1900 US Census: Chester B. Lee, age 29 (b. Jan 1871
in GA; parents b. GA) and employed as a day laborer, was heading a household in
Gordon Precinct, Wilkinson County, Georgia.
The household also included his wife of 6 years, Nancy J. Lee, age 22
(b. Mar 1878 in GA; parents b. GA), who had had 3 children, all still alive;
daughter, Stella M. Lee, age 6 (b. Apr 1894 in GA); son, Tommie M. Lee, age 3
(b. GA); and son, Walter H.
Lee, age 1 (b. GA).
Of possible interest, a Chesley
"Cheley" Lee (age not provided) married
Nettie Bacon on 25 Jan 1915 (license issued 22 Jan 1915) in Laurens County,
Georgia. Perhaps the
Nettie Elizabeth Bacon (b. 20 May 1898 in GA, d. 30 Nov 1986 in GA), daughter
of Bryant William and Cynthia Jemima (Francis) Bacon of (in 1910) Dodge County
(adjacent to Laurens Co.), Georgia.
2. Wife: Nancy Jane Stevens
Born March 1878 in Georgia. Died 21 October
1925; interred Reedy Springs Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Laurens County,
Georgia. Married Chesley B. Lee about 1894 in Georgia.
1910 US Census: Nancy G. Lee, age 32 (b. GA; parents
b. GA), widowed, and employed as a farmer, was heading a household Reedy
Springs, Laurens County, Georgia. She
had had 5 children, all still alive. The
household also included her daughter, Stella Lee, age 14 (b. GA); son, Thomas
Lee, age 13 (b. GA); son, Walter
Lee, age 11 (b. GA); son, Andrew Lee,
age 8 (b. GA); and daughter, Nora Lee, age 6 (b. GA).
1920 US Census: Nancy J. Lee, age 40 (b. GA; parents
b. GA), widowed, and not employed, was heading a household in Empire Township,
Dodge County, Georgia. The household
also included her son, Fred
Lee [very legible], age 22 (b. GA),
single, and not employed; son, Andrew Lee, age 18 (b. GA), single, and employed
as a laborer in a saw mill; and daughter, Nora Lee, age 16 (b. GA) and single,
with no record of employment.
3. Children:
a. Stella M. Lee: Born 21 April 1895 in Georgia. Died 16 July 1963 in Baldwin County, Georgia;
interred Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery, Gordon, Wilkinson County, Georgia.
Stella Lee married, as his 2nd wife, William Howard
Stinson (b. 7 Dec 1889 in Wilkinson Co., GA, d. there 31 Jan 1959; interred
with Stella), son of James Franklin and Sarah A. (Brown) Stinson, about 1921
and had children. William had married
(1st) Eva Mae Register about 1912 and had children.
b. Thomas Martin Lee: Born 25 March 1898 in Wilkinson
County, Georgia. Died 20 April 1970, age
72 (took his own life with a 38 caliber pistol; wound to the head), in Sumter
Township, Sumter County, South Carolina; interred there in Sumter Cemetery.
1918 WWI Draft Registration: Thomas Martin Lee, age
20 (b. 25 Mar 1898) and employed as a laborer for D. A. Burch & Company,
resided at Chester, Dodge County, Georgia.
He recorded his mother, Mrs. Nancy Lee, also of Chester, Dodge County,
Georgia, as his nearest relative.
1950 US Census: T. M. Lee, age 53 (b. GA) and
employed as a carpenter in the construction industry, was heading a household
at 42 Oakland Avenue in Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina. The household also included his wife, Ruth
Lee, age 36 (b. SC); and daughter, Correna Lee, age
15 (b. SC).
Thomas M. Lee married Elma Ruth Griffin (b. 31 Mar
1914 in Pinewood Twp, Sumter Co., SC, d. 15 Jan 1987
in Sumter Twp, Sumter Co., SC) and had the following daughter:
(1. Correna Lee: Born 11
August 1937 in Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina. Died 22 February 1993 in
Cayce Township, Lexington County, South Carolina. Married (?) James.
c. Henry Carlton Lee: See
generation 2, below. (also seen: Walter H. Lee and Fred Lee)
d. Andrew Lee: Born 4 May 1901 in Georgia. Died 12 September 1930, age 29 years, 4
months, and 9 days, at Empire, Dodge County, Georgia; shot with a gun and left
in woods to die; two men accused of murder (death certificate info from his
brother, T. M. Lee); interred Bowers Cemetery.
Employed as a painter. Married Effy (?)
and resided at Empire, Dodge County, Georgia.
e. Nora Pearl Lee: Born 5 April 1903 in Georgia. Died 10 December 1974. Married James Otis Skipper (b. 6/7 Sep 1899
in Cochran Twp, Bleckley Co., GA, d. 1 Apr 1972 in the Hampton Nursing Home,
Sumter Twp, Sumter Co., SC from complications of vascular thrombosis (clots)),
son of James Martin and Elizabeth "Liza" Jane (Pritchard/Pritchett)
Skipper.
(1. Caleen Skipper: Born 5
November 1930 in Georgia. Died 14 March 2017 in South Carolina. Married Stone Warren Watts (b. 17 Jan 1927 in
Florence Twp, Florence Co., SC, d. 8 Jun 2001 in Columbia Twp, Richland Co.,
SC), son of Julius Benson and Ruby Mae (Stone) Watts, and had children.
2 Henry Carlton Lee
Note: It appears this Henry C. Lee is the Walter H.
Lee mentioned in 1900 and 1910 US Census records, and the Fred Lee mentioned in
the 1920 Census record (same parent(s) for each record). When heading his own household (1930, 1940,
1950), he is recorded as Henry C. Lee. His obituary lists brother, T. M. Lee, and sisters, Nora Pearl
(Mrs. J. O. (James Otis) Skipper) and Stella M. (Mrs. W. H. (William Howard)
Stinson), all the children of Chesley Bloodworth Lee and Nancy J. (?) Lee
(see gen 3, above).
1. Biographical notes:
Born 17 March 1899 in Hawkinsville Township, Pulaski
County, Georgia. Died 12 January 1953, age 53, from
complications of heart disease in Tuomey Hospital,
Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina;
interred there in Sumter Cemetery.
1900 US Census: Walter H. Lee, age 1, resided with
his parents in Gordon Precinct, Wilkinson County, Georgia
1910 US Census: Walter Lee, age 11, resided with his
widowed mother at Reedy Springs, Laurens County, Georgia
1920 US Census: Fred Lee, age 22, resided with his widowed
mother in Empire Township, Dodge County, Georgia.
1930 US Census: H. C. Lee, age 31 (b. GA; parents b.
GA) and employed as a laborer for a lumber mill, was heading a household at 118
Canal Street in Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina. He married 1st at age 25. The household also included his wife, Leona
Lee, age 20 (b. SC; parents b. SC), who married 1st at age 15.
1940 US Census: Henry Lee, age 42 (b. GA) and
employed as a laborer for the Santee Cooper Project, was heading a household at
109 Hendrick Street in Sumter Township, Sumter
County, South Carolina. He had completed
4th grade. The household also included
his wife, Leona Lee, age 30 (b. SC), who had completed 4th grade; son John Lee,
age 3 (b. SC); and son, Chestney Lee, age 1 (b. SC).
On 1 April 1935 Henry resided at Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia,
and Leona resided in Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina. Of interest, the household headed by Leona's
father, Westley [should be Wesley] Hodge, age 53, was
enumerated at the same address.
1950 US Census: Henry C. Lee, age 51 (b. GA) and
employed as a night watchman for a print works, was heading a household at 113
Woodlawn Street in Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. The household also included his wife, Leona
P. Lee, age 40 (b. SC); son, John W. Lee, age 13 (b. SC); son, Chesley B. Lee, age 11 (b. SC); daughter, Nancy J. Lee, age
8 (b. SC); and daughter, Marie D. Lee, age 3 (b. SC).
2. Wife: Leona P. Hodge
Born 20 September 1909 in South Carolina; daughter
of William Wesley "West" and Sarah "Sally" Priscilla (Kelley) Hodge. Died 28 December 1995; interred Evergreen
Memorial Park, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. At age 15 Leona married (1st) Henry Lee, age
25, on 11 February 1925 in Sumter County, South Carolina; perhaps separated
after 4 April 1930 (census enumeration) and until about 1936, since in 1935
they resided apart, and their 1st child was born in 1937, 12 years after
marriage. Married (2nd) Ben L. McCary (b. 24 Oct 1905, d. 20 Feb 1987; interred with
Leona).
1920 US Census: West Hodge, age 32 (b. SC; parents
b. SC) and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household in Sammy Swamp
Township, Clarendon County, South Carolina.
The household also included his wife, Sallie Hodge, age 31 (b. SC;
parents b. SC); daughter, Leona
Hodge, age 10 (b. SC); son, William
Hodge, age 5 (b. SC); daughter, Jeneita Hodge, age 3
(b. SC); and son, Seaburn Hodge, age 8 months (b.
SC).
3. Children:
a. Helen Beatrice Lee: Born 30 June 1930 in Camden,
Kershaw County, South Carolina. Died 21
August 1932, age 2 years, 1 month, and 21 days, from complications of bronchial
pneumonia, in Tuomey Hospital, Sumter Township,
Sumter County, South Carolina; interred Providence Church Cemetery.
b. John W. Lee: Born 4 February 1937 in South
Carolina. Died 29 June 2008; interred
Evergreen Memorial Park, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. Married Sylvia Lynn Austin (b. 23 Dec 1939,
d. 28 Feb 1998; interred with John).
c. Chesley Bloodworth Lee "CB": Born 26 February 1939 in
Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina.
Died there 18 October 1995; interred there in Sumter Cemetery.
d. Nancy Jean Lee: See generation 1, below.
e. Marie Diane Lee "Diane": Born 30
December 1946 in Sumter County, South Carolina.
Died 18 October 1995 in South Carolina. Married Paul John Grymala (b. 2 Jun 1949) on 20 July 1977 in Douglas County,
Wisconsin. Perhaps
also married (?) Gray.
e. Theodore William Lee.
1 Nancy Jean Lee:
Born 1941
in Sumter Township, Sumter County, South Carolina. Married Gerald Donald Cool, descendant
# 2.4 of generation 13 of the Ancestors of Louisa Mehitable
(Drake) Cool in 1962.
See Gerald's
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