Georgia   Biographies Richard Lee

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RICHARD HENRY LEE

Hon. Richard Henry Lee was a native of Virginia.  He
excited resistance to the Stamp Act in the Legislature of
Virginia, in 1765.  He was in Congress in 1776, and first
proposed the Declaration of Independence.  He endowments
were of a superior order, and he cultivated them by a
refined education.  He possessed a chaste and lofty
eloquence, which gave his great influence in the councils
of the nation.

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel,  A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, printed by P. Force, Washington City, pp.
292-293.

LEE COUNTY, GEORGIA

This county was laid out in 1826; part set off to
Muscogee and Marion, 1827; part  taken from Dooly in
1827; part set off to Randolph in 1828; and part set off
to Sumter in 1835.  It was named for Richard Henry Lee,
of Virginia, who on the 7th of June, 1776, in his place
in the Congress of the United States, moved "that the
colonies declare themselves free and independent."

Ref:  White, Rev. George, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF GEORGIA, 1854, Pudney  & Russell, Publishers, New
York, pp. 511-513.



Note:
Adiel Sherwood, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Washington City,
Printed by P. Force, 1837,  pp. 255-256.
APPENDIX:  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
   "The author conceived that a short biographical sketch of the
individuals after whom the several counties were named, would furnish an
instructive and pleasing appendage to his topographical work...
   Acquainted with the intimate friends of some of the 'venerable dead,'
he has been furnished with sufficient materials to enlarge on their
character...
   There are in the State ninety counties (book printed in 1837, presently
in 2001, there are 159 counties)..."


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