NEWS: Lee Family in Filson Club, 1960

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The Pioneer News Friday May 20, 1960 

History of the LEE Family of Bullitt County Published by The Filson Club 

The history of Wilford LEE son of John LEE published in the april issue of the Filson Club 
Quarterly presents an illuminating bit of Bullitt County's early years of development. 
Wilford LEE was a wealthy civic leader of note.  A few years after he settled in western 
Bullitt Co. in the early 1800's his four brothers Charles, William, John Jr. and Henry LEE
bought land and settled in the same section. His sister Mary LEE with her husband Francis 
MARAMAN settled on a large plantation south of Salt River near Shepherdsville. Accounts of 
these five lines are included in the published history. 

Wilford LEE married first Rebecca HILL and secondly Margaret HILL, the daughters of Judge 
Atkinson HILL, friend and business associate of Judge John ROWAN.  There were nine children 
by the first marriage and three by the second, Charles of the first set of children was the 
only child of Wilford LEE who remained in Bullitt Co. Mr. Henry HAMILTON Jr. a descendant, 
resides in the Charles LEE homestead. Col. Philip Lightfoot LEE by the second marriage was a 
distinguished officer in the Confederate Army and was one of Kentucky's ablest jurists. He 
eventually settled in Louisville where he was twice elected Commonwealth Attorney. 

Numerous descendants of the LEE family continue to reside in Bullitt County. Mrs. Evelyn 
Crady ADAMS and Miss Wenonah MARAMAN, the latter a LEE descendant, prepared the LEE history. 

The Pioneer News Friday May 20, 1960