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James Lee

Birth
Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
Death
25 Dec 1836 (aged 74–75)
Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
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born October 20, 1761 in Hawkins Co., TN (was from Fauquier County, VA when enlisting in Capt. Strother's Co., Col. Grayson's Regiment in the Revolutionary He served 3 years.), and died December 25, 1836 in Pulaski Co., KY. He married (1) MARY LEE February 02, 1787 in Fauquier Co., VA. He married (2) KEZIAH (KIZANDER) MOBLEY May 05, 1795 in Madison Co., KY, daughter of BENJAMIN MOBERLY and MARY HILL. She was born 1776 in Rowan Co., SC, and died April 12, 1844 in Pulaski Co., KY.

Notes for JAMES LEE:
James Lee enlisted July 6,1777 in Fauquier Co., VA. He was in Capt. Strother's Co., Col. Grayson's Regiment. He served three years.

James Lee was a Revolutionary Soldier from Fauquier Co., VA and settled in Madison Co., Kentucky in 1789. He was the grandson of Richard Lee and Judith Steptoe. James was the greatson of Capt. Hancock Lee and Mary Kendallof Ditchley, VA and 3-great grandson of Col. Richard L. and has wife Ann, the immigrant ancestor of the Lees of Virginia who came out to Virginia in 1648.

He applied for pension on October 30, 1818, claiming age 57; in later papers on November 1820, he claimed age of 67 years. Bureau of Pensions letter listed his children with Elizabeth instead of Keziah Moberly Lee, omitted Sally and added Benjamin, and changed Bethel to James; said spouse of Elizabeth was Daniel Smith (he testified to James' claim), and that Mary had married John Bodby/Gadby and that Ann married Gabriel Godby/Gadby.

On the pension claim in 1820, he listed Sally as 25, William as 23, Lewis as 21, Keziah (Elizabeth) as
19, Willis Green as 15, John Lee as 12, Charles B. Lee as 8 and Bethel (James Bethel) as 6, Mary as 5, Drury as 3 and Anny as 2.

The above information on James Lee and Keziah Moberly is taken from information from Carl Mobley, Orlando, FL at [email protected] sent to Connie Walker on March 9, 1999.
[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: May 3, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.5419.79]

Individual: Lee, James
County/State: Washington Co., IN
Page #: 300
Year: 1830
[Brøderbund Family Archive #314, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, Date of Import: May 3, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3517.190]

Individual: Lee, James
County/State: Washington Co., IN
Page #: 219
Year: 1820

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James Lee
Revolutionary War Pension


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Contributed by Martina Carpenter, Feb 2000



Revolutionary War Pension Applications
James Lee
Boone County, IN
FHC #0971542

State of Indiana
County of Boone In Open Court

On this 27th day of October 1856 before the Court of __________ ___________ held in & for the County of Boone in the State of Indiana personally appeared Drury Lee aged 42 years a resident of Lunsville (?) Boone County in said State who being duly sworn in open Court doth on his oath make the following declaration (?) in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of February 7, 1838 & of such other acts by Congress as may have been passed in their power:

That his father James Lee was a D_________ ____ a private Soldier in the Virginia Line and was placed on the Pension Roll in Pulaski County Kentucky on the 14th day of December 1819 & drew $96 per year till his death which took place in Pulaski County aforesaid on the 25th day of December 1836: that at the time of his death he left him surviving his widow, who was the mother ___ _______ & the several children hereinafter named by him Said James Lee & that his said mother named was before marriage Kezier Mobley: that he cannot give any further particulars of his mothers ____ ___ state in whose company he served

He further state that said James Lee was married to Kezier Mobley in Madison County Kentucky with year 1790 or 1791 and not later than that year that he does not know by whom they were married: that after the death _____ James Lee said Kezier Lee lived in said Pulaski County Kentucky unmarried and a widow until her death which happened on the 12th day of April 1844: that during all the time after her marriage as above stated at his death she _______ cohabited with said James Lee as his wife and was during all that time treated & accepted in good society as the wife of said James Lee that said Kezier Lee the mother of Deponent & the other children hereinafter named never drew a Pension as such widow and never applied for one: that while they so cohabited together they had born to them the following named children who were born at the times mentioned and are aged as follows:

William Lee, born March 17, 1792 alive
Lewis Lee, born 1794 Dead
Elizabeth Smith Lee, born July 11, 1796 alive
Willis Lee, born 1799 Dead
Benjamin Lee, born 1804 Dead
John Lee, born June 15, 1806 alive
Charles B. Lee, born 26 March 1808 alive
James B. Lee, born 12 March 1810 Dead
Mary Lee Godby? born 1812 alive
Drury Lee, born 14 June 1814 alive
Anna Lee Godby?, born 1816 alive

That the forgoing is a true statement of the names & ages within a year for each one of all the children of James & Kezier Lee deceased: that Deponent knows of no Family Record of the marriage & birth of said children in _____ _____ death of said James or Kezier Lee

He hereby appoints Wm Van Marten of Lyons NY his true & Certified (?) Attorney _______ of the others of his brothers & sisters heirs aforesaid to _____ for (?) him (?) & for them to obtain of the United States Government of any of the Departments of the U States Government all Pension money due them as heirs of said James & Kezier Lee & to do for their all other _____ things in the pre______ necessary to be done -

Witness Drury X (his mark) Lee

Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above written And I certify that I knew said Drury Lee that I believe him to be the person he above describes himself to be & that he is of the ____ above state & that he is a person entitled to full credit as a witness & further that I am uninterested in this claim as attorney or otherwise Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 27day of October 1856 & now have affixed by order of this said Court

William C Hise (?) Clerk
Of Commors Pl____ Court

It is hereby certified that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited before the said Court _____ which said Evidence is hereto annexed (?): that James Lee was a Revolutionary Soldier & a Pensioner of the United States: that he died on the 25th day of December 1836 leaving heirs (?) surviving his widow Kezier Lee, who lived his widow and unmarried till the time of her death which happened on the 12th day of April 1844 in the County of Pulaski & state of Kentucky: also that said James Lee was married to said Kezier Mobly in said County of Madison in the year 1790 or 1791 & that said James Lee & said Kezier had _______ _________ while in ________ _______ as above stated Eleven children at the times & in the years stated by said Drury Lee in his Declaration hereto annexed: and it appears to the Court _______ _______ that said several persons are the lawful children of said James Lee and wife Kezier & that they were all born after their said parents were lawfully married And it is also certified that his Court is in no way interested in the claim of said children _______ Pension ________ where of I have caused to be affixed the seal of the _______ Court at ______ this (not copied)

The Pulaski County Page
© 2000, Valerie J. Davis


More About JAMES LEE:
Fact 1: County/State: Washington Co., IN (Source: (1) Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #315, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.315.1.5419.79., (2) Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #314, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3517.190.)
Fact 3: Page #: 300 (Source: Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #315, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.315.1.5419.79.)

More About JAMES LEE and MARY LEE:
Marriage: February 02, 1787, Fauquier Co., VA

More About JAMES LEE and KEZIAH MOBLEY:
Marriage: May 05, 1795, Madison Co., KY

Children of JAMES LEE and KEZIAH MOBLEY are:
60. i. WILLIAM14 LEE, b. March 17, 1792, (was living in Boone Co., IN in the 1850 Census).
ii. LEWIS LEE, b. 1794.
iii. SALLY LEE, b. Abt. 1796.
iv. KEZIAH MOBERLY LEE, b. July 11, 1796.
v. WILLIS GREEN LEE, b. 1799; d. Bef. October 27, 1856.
61. vi. ELIZABETH LEE, b. August 20, 1800; d. October 1874, Zionsville, Boone Co., IN.
vii. BENJAMIN LEE, b. 1804.
62. viii. JOHN LEE, b. June 15, 1806; d. 1877, Lebanon, Boone Co., Indiana.
63. ix. CHARLES B. LEE, b. March 26, 1808, KY (according to the Boone Co., IN 1850 Census); d. Aft. October 27, 1856.
64. x. JAMES BETHEL LEE, b. March 12, 1810, KY; d. Bef. October 27, 1856.
xi. MARY LEE, b. 1812; d. Aft. October 27, 1856; m. JOHN GADBY/GODBY.
xii. ANNA LEE, b. 1816; d. Aft. October 27, 1856; m. GABRIEL GADBY/GODBY.
xiii. DRURY LEE, b. 1817.
born October 20, 1761 in Hawkins Co., TN (was from Fauquier County, VA when enlisting in Capt. Strother's Co., Col. Grayson's Regiment in the Revolutionary He served 3 years.), and died December 25, 1836 in Pulaski Co., KY. He married (1) MARY LEE February 02, 1787 in Fauquier Co., VA. He married (2) KEZIAH (KIZANDER) MOBLEY May 05, 1795 in Madison Co., KY, daughter of BENJAMIN MOBERLY and MARY HILL. She was born 1776 in Rowan Co., SC, and died April 12, 1844 in Pulaski Co., KY.

Notes for JAMES LEE:
James Lee enlisted July 6,1777 in Fauquier Co., VA. He was in Capt. Strother's Co., Col. Grayson's Regiment. He served three years.

James Lee was a Revolutionary Soldier from Fauquier Co., VA and settled in Madison Co., Kentucky in 1789. He was the grandson of Richard Lee and Judith Steptoe. James was the greatson of Capt. Hancock Lee and Mary Kendallof Ditchley, VA and 3-great grandson of Col. Richard L. and has wife Ann, the immigrant ancestor of the Lees of Virginia who came out to Virginia in 1648.

He applied for pension on October 30, 1818, claiming age 57; in later papers on November 1820, he claimed age of 67 years. Bureau of Pensions letter listed his children with Elizabeth instead of Keziah Moberly Lee, omitted Sally and added Benjamin, and changed Bethel to James; said spouse of Elizabeth was Daniel Smith (he testified to James' claim), and that Mary had married John Bodby/Gadby and that Ann married Gabriel Godby/Gadby.

On the pension claim in 1820, he listed Sally as 25, William as 23, Lewis as 21, Keziah (Elizabeth) as
19, Willis Green as 15, John Lee as 12, Charles B. Lee as 8 and Bethel (James Bethel) as 6, Mary as 5, Drury as 3 and Anny as 2.

The above information on James Lee and Keziah Moberly is taken from information from Carl Mobley, Orlando, FL at [email protected] sent to Connie Walker on March 9, 1999.
[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: May 3, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.5419.79]

Individual: Lee, James
County/State: Washington Co., IN
Page #: 300
Year: 1830
[Brøderbund Family Archive #314, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, Date of Import: May 3, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3517.190]

Individual: Lee, James
County/State: Washington Co., IN
Page #: 219
Year: 1820

Return to The Pulaski County Page




James Lee
Revolutionary War Pension


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contributed by Martina Carpenter, Feb 2000



Revolutionary War Pension Applications
James Lee
Boone County, IN
FHC #0971542

State of Indiana
County of Boone In Open Court

On this 27th day of October 1856 before the Court of __________ ___________ held in & for the County of Boone in the State of Indiana personally appeared Drury Lee aged 42 years a resident of Lunsville (?) Boone County in said State who being duly sworn in open Court doth on his oath make the following declaration (?) in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of February 7, 1838 & of such other acts by Congress as may have been passed in their power:

That his father James Lee was a D_________ ____ a private Soldier in the Virginia Line and was placed on the Pension Roll in Pulaski County Kentucky on the 14th day of December 1819 & drew $96 per year till his death which took place in Pulaski County aforesaid on the 25th day of December 1836: that at the time of his death he left him surviving his widow, who was the mother ___ _______ & the several children hereinafter named by him Said James Lee & that his said mother named was before marriage Kezier Mobley: that he cannot give any further particulars of his mothers ____ ___ state in whose company he served

He further state that said James Lee was married to Kezier Mobley in Madison County Kentucky with year 1790 or 1791 and not later than that year that he does not know by whom they were married: that after the death _____ James Lee said Kezier Lee lived in said Pulaski County Kentucky unmarried and a widow until her death which happened on the 12th day of April 1844: that during all the time after her marriage as above stated at his death she _______ cohabited with said James Lee as his wife and was during all that time treated & accepted in good society as the wife of said James Lee that said Kezier Lee the mother of Deponent & the other children hereinafter named never drew a Pension as such widow and never applied for one: that while they so cohabited together they had born to them the following named children who were born at the times mentioned and are aged as follows:

William Lee, born March 17, 1792 alive
Lewis Lee, born 1794 Dead
Elizabeth Smith Lee, born July 11, 1796 alive
Willis Lee, born 1799 Dead
Benjamin Lee, born 1804 Dead
John Lee, born June 15, 1806 alive
Charles B. Lee, born 26 March 1808 alive
James B. Lee, born 12 March 1810 Dead
Mary Lee Godby? born 1812 alive
Drury Lee, born 14 June 1814 alive
Anna Lee Godby?, born 1816 alive

That the forgoing is a true statement of the names & ages within a year for each one of all the children of James & Kezier Lee deceased: that Deponent knows of no Family Record of the marriage & birth of said children in _____ _____ death of said James or Kezier Lee

He hereby appoints Wm Van Marten of Lyons NY his true & Certified (?) Attorney _______ of the others of his brothers & sisters heirs aforesaid to _____ for (?) him (?) & for them to obtain of the United States Government of any of the Departments of the U States Government all Pension money due them as heirs of said James & Kezier Lee & to do for their all other _____ things in the pre______ necessary to be done -

Witness Drury X (his mark) Lee

Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above written And I certify that I knew said Drury Lee that I believe him to be the person he above describes himself to be & that he is of the ____ above state & that he is a person entitled to full credit as a witness & further that I am uninterested in this claim as attorney or otherwise Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 27day of October 1856 & now have affixed by order of this said Court

William C Hise (?) Clerk
Of Commors Pl____ Court

It is hereby certified that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited before the said Court _____ which said Evidence is hereto annexed (?): that James Lee was a Revolutionary Soldier & a Pensioner of the United States: that he died on the 25th day of December 1836 leaving heirs (?) surviving his widow Kezier Lee, who lived his widow and unmarried till the time of her death which happened on the 12th day of April 1844 in the County of Pulaski & state of Kentucky: also that said James Lee was married to said Kezier Mobly in said County of Madison in the year 1790 or 1791 & that said James Lee & said Kezier had _______ _________ while in ________ _______ as above stated Eleven children at the times & in the years stated by said Drury Lee in his Declaration hereto annexed: and it appears to the Court _______ _______ that said several persons are the lawful children of said James Lee and wife Kezier & that they were all born after their said parents were lawfully married And it is also certified that his Court is in no way interested in the claim of said children _______ Pension ________ where of I have caused to be affixed the seal of the _______ Court at ______ this (not copied)

The Pulaski County Page
© 2000, Valerie J. Davis


More About JAMES LEE:
Fact 1: County/State: Washington Co., IN (Source: (1) Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #315, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.315.1.5419.79., (2) Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #314, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3517.190.)
Fact 3: Page #: 300 (Source: Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #315, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.315.1.5419.79.)

More About JAMES LEE and MARY LEE:
Marriage: February 02, 1787, Fauquier Co., VA

More About JAMES LEE and KEZIAH MOBLEY:
Marriage: May 05, 1795, Madison Co., KY

Children of JAMES LEE and KEZIAH MOBLEY are:
60. i. WILLIAM14 LEE, b. March 17, 1792, (was living in Boone Co., IN in the 1850 Census).
ii. LEWIS LEE, b. 1794.
iii. SALLY LEE, b. Abt. 1796.
iv. KEZIAH MOBERLY LEE, b. July 11, 1796.
v. WILLIS GREEN LEE, b. 1799; d. Bef. October 27, 1856.
61. vi. ELIZABETH LEE, b. August 20, 1800; d. October 1874, Zionsville, Boone Co., IN.
vii. BENJAMIN LEE, b. 1804.
62. viii. JOHN LEE, b. June 15, 1806; d. 1877, Lebanon, Boone Co., Indiana.
63. ix. CHARLES B. LEE, b. March 26, 1808, KY (according to the Boone Co., IN 1850 Census); d. Aft. October 27, 1856.
64. x. JAMES BETHEL LEE, b. March 12, 1810, KY; d. Bef. October 27, 1856.
xi. MARY LEE, b. 1812; d. Aft. October 27, 1856; m. JOHN GADBY/GODBY.
xii. ANNA LEE, b. 1816; d. Aft. October 27, 1856; m. GABRIEL GADBY/GODBY.
xiii. DRURY LEE, b. 1817.

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