Cumberland-Prince Edward County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Charles LEE family, 1741-1809 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Molly Shumate OurFamilyHistory@hotmail.com December 6, 2008 Charles Lee And Anne Dabbs Family According to A Guide to Church Records in the Library of Virginia Littleton Parish was created in 1772 from St. James-Southam Parish (or Southam Parish), which had covered the whole of Cumberland County. When Cumberland County was divided in 1777 to form Powhatan County, St. James-Southam Parish became part of the new county, leaving Littleton Parish to Cumberland County. The county changes are as follows: 1749 - Cumberland County from Goochland County; 1777 - Powhatan County from Cumberland County The Willis River in Cumberland County runs north from the southern end of Cumberland County. It is at the southern end that Charles Lee made his home, near Farmville, VA, which today is located in Prince Edward Co. About midway up on this river, the Great Guinea Creek flows off of it and goes into present day Powhatan Co., VA. In several references that follow in this story, you will note some of these descendants claim ancestry to Richard Lee, the Immigrant; Lighthorse Harry Lee, or General Robert E. Lee, including my husband's family. A descendant of CHARLES LEE of Orange Co., VA, who was deceased by 1775, has submitted his YDNA and shows matches to William and Dorothy Lee. CHARLES LEE of Cumberland Co. is a different CHARLES LEE and YDNA analysis of two of Capt. John LEE’s descendants show NO relationship to William and Dorothy Lee, Richard Lee, the Immigrant, Gen. Robert E. Lee or any of the other Lee families at the moment. Some of Charles Lee and Ann Dabbs` descendants migrated from Virginia to Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming. R. H. Early, in her book, "Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches" states that, according to family reports, John and Richard Lee had lived in Albemarle Co., VA, and had originally settled in Northumberland Co., VA and perhaps descended from Richard Lee, the immigrant. She also refers to Alexander Lee as "Samuel Alexander Lee". If you look closely at the Last Will and Testament of John Lee, you will find that it says "son-in-law Alexander Lee". She also states that Richard Lee left property to his brothers William and John, Sr. To correct this, Richard Lee left property to his nieces and nephews. (Here we find that Richard Lee names the children of his brother, William Lee and his wife Ave, and his brother John Lee and his wife Susannah Guthry.) No one has been able to find anything on our Charles LEE and his wife Anne DABBS before the indenture dated 1741 in which Joseph Dabbs gives to his brother-in-law Charles LEE and his sister Anne DABBS, wife of the said Charles LEE, a parcel of land in Goochland Co., VA on the West side of Willis River. In 1756, Charles bought 200 acres of land in Parish of Southam from Edward Henderson. In 1743, Charles LEE and Anne Dabbs sold to Thomas Basset, the "land whereon they lived" and is bounded according to a Deed from Joseph Dabbs. I have posted several Wills, Estates and Deeds to the Bedford, Cumberland, Campbell, and Pittsylvania Co. USGenWeb pages for the LEE, GUTHREY, and COLEMAN families and you can see them there. Charles LEE, Sr., was a farmer and a patriot. We do not know when he was born but assume he was a young man about 21 when he married Anne Dabbs about 1732. No marriage record has been found but the deed offers proof of their marriage whereby Joseph Dabbs gives to his sister, Anne Dabb, wife of Charles Lee in 1743. Charles and his family were members of Southam and Littleton Parishes, Cumberland Co., VA, and on January 22, 1772, the Vestry ordered that the land boundaries between Charles Lee, William Lee, John, Lee, Richard Lee, Joseph Lee, and GLENN and others be processioned. His home was about 8 miles from what is now Farmville, VA, in present-day Prince Edward County. During the American Revolution, Charles Lee's home was near Brown's Church. In 1774, Davis Brown sold two acres to the Vestrymen of Littleton Parish and it was this Church that the Lee family belonged. The Church was probably started by Mr. Samuel Davis. It's pastor was William Stoddert. The lawn of the Lee home was used as a muster-ground for the soldiers of the Revolution. There was an Armory established on or near the place. Charles died 1799 Cumberland Co., leaving a Will naming his wife, five sons and a special legacy to Keziah COX, daughter of his brother Joseph Lee. Charles LEE and Anne DABBS had five sons- William, Joseph, Richard, John and Charles, Jr. William, Richard and John removed from Cumberland Co., VA and settled in Campbell and Bedford Counties, VA. Charles, Jr., remained in Cumberland Co. until the death of his father. He then migrated to Winchester Co., TN, and Joseph remained in Cumberland Co., VA, dying in 1790. Living at one time on Great Guinea Creek in Cumberland Co., VA, were Richard, William, Joseph and Charles Lee, Jr. Charles Lee, Sr. originally lived on land conveyed to him by Joseph Dabbs on the Willis River, Cumberland Co., VA, as evidenced by a deed in 1752 in which Charles sold this land to Thomas Bassett and conveyed originally in 1751 from Edward Henderson to Charles Lee. This land was in the Parish of Southam, Cumberland Co., VA. (When the county lines changes, the Parish of Southam became the Parish of Littleton.) In 1784, the following Heads of Families - Cumberland Co. were found John Lee 11 white souls 2 dwellings 5 other buildings; Joseph Lee 9 white souls 2 dwellings 12 other buildings; Richard Lee 2 white souls 1 dwelling 8 other buildings; Charles Lee 4 white souls 2 dwellings 2 other buildings. By this time, William Lee was off and headed to Bedford Co., VA. The descendants named in the Last Will and Testament of Charles Lee of Cumberland Co., VA include his wife Anne Lee, John Lee, William Lee, Richard Lee, Charles Lee, Joseph, and a special legacy to Keziah Cox who was daughter of Joseph Lee. Below,listing very briefly, are some of the transactions which occurred relating to this family in Cumberland, Bedford and Campbell Counties, VA. CHARLES LEE, SR. 1751 - Cumberland Co. Deed 4/22/1751 from Edward Henderson of the Parish of Southam and Cumberland, to CHARLES LEE of same, for 26 pounds, one tract of 200 acres of land in the Parish of Southam and Cumberland, and bounded by tree. s/Edward Henderson. Wit None Rec May Court 1751 1752 - Cumberland Co. 6/22/1752 - Thomas Bassett, late of Cumberland, to Nathaniel Bassett, late of Cumberland, for 500 pounds, a certain tract of about 210 acres of land in Cumberland on the lower side of the south branch of Willis River, and being the land whereon CHARLES LEE now dwells, which land was conveyed to said Thomas Bassett by Joseph Dabbs by Goochland Co. deed 9/24/1747. S/Thomas (x) Bassett. Wit Henry Macon, Job Thomas, Hon (X) Cook. Recorded 6/22/1752. 1767 - Cumberland Co. DB 4 7/5/1767 page 186 - CHARLES LEE, SR., to Joseph, both of Southam Parish, County of Cumberland - 150 acres. Wit Wm. Calland, John Lee, Charles Smith. 1772 - Vestry Book of Southam Parish 1745-1835 - January 22, 1772, the Vestry of Littleton Parish ordered that the land boundaries between CHARLES LEE, William Lee, John, Lee, Richard Lee, Joseph Lee, and Glenn and others be processioned. This was recorded in Vestry Book 1745-1836. 1777 - Cumberland Co. DB 4, 7/5/1777 p. 187 - CHARLES LEE, SR., Littleton Parish to William Lee, Southam Parish - 150 acres - part of land grant to Richard Henderson by patent dated 6/30/1743 1777 - Cumberland Co. - DB 5, p. 500 7/28/1777 - CHARLES LEE, SR., Littleton Parish and to Richard Lee. Wit: Griffin Wright, Thos. Sanderson, John Lee. 1780 - Cumberland Co. - Littleton Parish - Petition to the Legislature for relief of Taxes - Among signers of a petition William Lee, Richard Lee, CHARLES LEE, SR,, Sr., John Lee, and Joseph Lee. 1788 - Cumberland Co., DB 6, page 462, 2/3/1788 - CHARLES LEE, SR., Littleton Parish and Charles Lee, Jr., Parish of Southam, County of Cumberland, land whereon the said Charles Lee, Jr. now lives, 350 acres. Sons of CHARLES LEE and ANN DABBS: 1. WILLIAM LEE, son of Charles Lee, Sr. and Anne Dabbs, married Ave Noel in Possibly Cumberland Co., VA. No record of the marriage has been found. He removed to Bedford Co., VA. 1772 - Vestry Book of Littleton Parish 1745-1835 - January 22, 1772, the Vestry of Littleton Parish ordered that the land boundaries between Charles Lee, WILLIAM LEE, John Lee, Richard Lee, Joseph Lee, and Glenn and others be processioned. This was recorded in Vestry Book 1745-1836. 1777 - Cumberland Co. - DB 5, 4/28/1777 p. 466 - WILLIAM LEE and wife Ave of the Parish of Littleton to Matthew Cox - 190 acres, North of Guinea Road, adjoining Charles Lee. 1780 - Cumberland Co. - Littleton Parish - Petition to the Legislature for relief of Taxes - Among signers of a petition WILLIAM LEE, Richard Lee, Charles Lee, Sr., John Lee, and Joseph Lee. 1782 - Treasury Warrant #11512 issued to WILLIAM LEE - 3/19/1782. 1782 - Cumberland Co. - DB 6, p 130 10/28/1782 - WILLIAM LEE of the Parish of Littleton to Benjamin Hopkins - 150 acres. 1789 - Bedford Co. Land Book 19, p. 352 - 9 April 1789 - WILLIAM LEE - 667 acres on both sides of Lick Run. 1789 - Land Grant Book 22, 1789-1791 p. 446-447 - WILLIAM LEE, assignee of Samuel Crockett - 184 acres...by survey dated 11/13/1789... branches of Lick run....lines Thompson, Brown, Roberts, GUTTREY. 1793 - Bedford Co. - DB 9, p. 284 11/29/1793 Rec 1/27/1794 - Samuel Crockett to WILLIAM LEE - 620 acres adjacent to William Adams and Thomas Hart (original owner Charles Moorman). NOTE: Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches includes the following "WILLIAM H. LEE is from one of the oldest families in Bedford County. His grandfather came over 100 years ago and bought land of Samuel Crockett, uncle of Davy Crockett which land is still owned by the Lee Family and a part of it is cultivated by William H. Garnett and Mary (Robinson) Lee both now many years deceased. They were the parents of William H. and he was born in Bedford County May 9, 1815". 1801 - Cumberland Co. - 11/10/1801 DB 9, page 35 - WILLIAM LEE and Charles Lee, Jr., to Womack from Estate of Charles Lee, Sr. (William and Charles were co-ex of the Estate of Charles Lee) I would also like to mention here that a James Lee and Mary Garnett settled on branches of the Falling River in Bedford Co., which is in a different part of the county than where William and Ave Lee settled on Lick Run. This James Lee, who settled on branches of the Falling River, did have at least two sons, William and John. (It is this James Lee that people continually associate WILLIAM and Ave Lee by naming William as James' son because the name "Garnett" surfaced in members of William's family but one has only to consult the records in early Essex and Cumberland Counties, VA, to see the intermarriages between Noell/Garnett/Guthrey/Lee/Coleman. The Coleman/Guthery Bible 1751-1918 Buckingham Co., VA, also shows Guthrey/Noel connections. Joseph Dabbs Lee named one son, William Noel Lee, another Joseph Dabbs Lee. 2. JOHN LEE, son of Charles Lee and Anne Dabbs, married 1)Susannah Guthrey on 13 January 1764. There is no marriage record but an affidavit but John LEE, in a Cumberland Co. Chancery case states he married her on this date and she was daughter of Henry Gutry. and removed to Campbell Co., VA and founded the Town of Leesville. He married 2)Frances. Her last name is unknown and there is no record of this marriage. 1760 - Cumberland Co. - DB 2, p. 530 - John Mayo to JOHN LEE, both of Littleton Parish - 239 acres [NOTE According to A Guide to Church Records in the Library of Virginia Littleton Parish was created in 1772 from St. James-Southam Parish (or Southam Parish), which had covered the whole of Cumberland County. When Cumberland County was divided in 1777 to form Powhatan County, St. James-Southam Parish became part of the new county, leaving Littleton Parish to Cumberland County.] 1765 - Cumberland Co. Order Book , p. 220 - JOHN LEE applied for license to keep ordinary. 1766 - Cumberland Co. Court Order Book 6, p. 336 - JOHN LEE and SUSANNA his wife plaintiff against William Hodges defendant (suit abated, the defendant not being a resident of this county). 1766 - Cumberland Co. Ordered Book 1764-1767, p. 361, 24 November 1766. On the motion of JOHN LEE it is ordered that a license be issued for him to keep an "Ordinary" at the "Long Ordinary" in this County the ensuing year, he having with Maurice Langhorne his security entered into bond according to law. John Lee also applied for license to keep an ordinary in 1765 recorded in same Order Book p. 220. 1772 - Cumberland Co. DB 5, page 70 - John Wright to JOHN LEE 175 acres - Littleton Parish 1772 - Vestry Book of Southam 1745-1835 - January 22, 1772, the Vestry of Littleton Parish ordered that the land boundaries between Charles Lee, William Lee, JOHN LEE, Richard Lee, Joseph Lee, and Glenn and others be processioned. This was recorded in Vestry Book 1745-1836. 1777 - Cumberland Co. - DB 5, p. 500 7/28/1777 - Charles Lee, Sr., Littleton Parish and son, Richard Lee. Wit: Griffin Wright, Thos. Sanderson, JOHN LEE. 1780 - Cumberland Co. - Littleton Parish - Petition to the Legislature for relief of Taxes - Among signers of a petition William Lee, Richard Lee, Charles Lee, Sr., JOHN LEE, and Joseph Lee. 1793 - Campbell Co. Deed - DB3, p. 278 1/3/1793 - Jacobus and Sarah Early to JOHN LEE - 520 acres - Mouth of Plumbtree Br, both sides Goose Creek, N side of Staunton. 1794 - Cumberland Co., DB 7, p. 396 12/20/1794 Rec 5/15/1795 - JOHN LEE of Campbell Co. to Saymore Wright - 359 1/2 acres being part of the land whereon JOHN LEE formerly lived and adjacent John Wright, Yancy Holman, Joseph Lee, William Russell, David Robertson, Hamstead Ransom, Elisha Meredith. 1795 - Cumberland Co. - DB 7, p. 436 9/8/1795 - JOHN LEE to Saymore Wright. FRANCES relinquishes her right of dower cannot travel 54 1/2 ac and 359 acres. Sale date of 59 1/2 acres - Sale date of 359 1/2 acres - 9/8/1795. 3. JOSEPH LEE, son of Charles Lee and Anne Dabbs is said to have married Nancy Anne Noel. Joseph remained and died 1790 in Cumberland Co., and raised his family. There has been no marriage record found. After Joseph’s death, Nancy Anne married Zephaniah Harris. 1767 - Cumberland Co. DB 4 7/5/1767 page 186 - Charles Lee, Sr. to Joseph Lee, both of Southam Parish, County of Cumberland - 150 acres. Wit Wm. Calland, John Lee, Charles Smith. 1767 - Cumberland Co. DB4, 7/31/1767 page 198 - Abraham Chalton to Joseph Lee both of Cumberland County - 30 pounds - 50 acres - part of the parcel or tract of land whereon the said Chalton now lives situated lying and being in part of the parcel or tract of land whereon the said Chalton now lives situated lying and being in Cumberland county and on the north side of Great Guinea creek. 1772 - Vestry Book of Southam Parish 1745-1835 - January 22, 1772, the Vestry of Southam Parish ordered that the land boundaries between Charles Lee, William Lee, John Lee, Richard Lee, Joseph Lee, and Glenn and others be processioned. This was recorded in Vestry Book 1745-1836. 1780 - Cumberland Co. - Littleton Parish - Petition to the Legislature for relief of Taxes - Among signers of a petition William Lee, Richard Lee, Charles Lee, Sr., John Lee, and JOSEPH LEE. 4. RICHARD LEE, son of Charles Lee and Anne Dabbs, married Tabitha Andrews and removed to Bedford Co., VA. Again, no record of this marriage has been found. 1772 - Vestry Book of Southam Parish 1745-1835 - January 22, 1772, the Vestry of Southam Parish ordered that the land boundaries between Charles Lee, William Lee, John Lee, RICHARD LEE, Joseph Lee, and Glenn and others be processioned. This was recorded in Vestry Book 1745-1836. 1775 - Cumberland Co. OB 1785, p. 524 - 11/28/1775 - RICHARD LEE issued license to run an ordinary in John Lee, security. 1777 - Cumberland Co. - DB 5, p. 494 4/26/1777 - RICHARD LEE of Littleton to Robert Smith - 200 acres. Wit Wm. Lee, Julius Davenport, John Lee. 1777 - Cumberland Co. - DB 5, p. 500 7/28/1777 - Charles Lee, Sr., Littleton Parish to RICHARD LEE. Wit: Griffin Wright, Thos. Sanderson, John Lee. 1780 - Cumberland Co. - Littleton Parish - Petition to the Legislature for relief of Taxes - Among signers of a petition William Lee, RICHARD LEE, Charles Lee, Sr., John Lee, and Joseph Lee. 1785 - Cumberland Co. Order Book 1764-1767, p. 524 28 November 1785 - On the motion of RICHARD LEE it is ordered that license be issued him to keep an Ordinary at the "Long Ordinary" in this County the ensuing year. He having with John Lee his security entered into bond according to law. 1788 - Cumberland Co. - DB 8, page 169 7/31/1788 - RICHARD LEE and Tabitha of Bedford Co. to Matthew Cox - 236 acres. 1788 - Bedford Co. - DB 8, p. 170 10/28/1788 Rec 4/27/1789 - William Moon and wife Sally of Wilks Co., Ga., to RICHARD LEE of Bedford - 166 pounds - 133 acres - Lines Jacob Moon, Col. James Calloway, Col. John Payne, John Robinson. 1790 - Bedford Co. DB 8, p. 170 6/28/1790 Rec 6/28/1790 - Archelaus Moon and Ann his wife of Bedford Co. to RICHARD LEE of Bedford Co. 330 pounds 15 shillings - 276 acres with houses, orchards, etc. Lines Thomas Holt, William Adams, James Callaway, William Moon, Robertson, William Read. 1790 - Bedford Co. Order Book 10, p. 43 10/25/1790 - RICHARD LEE issued license to run an ordinary. 1808 - Bedford Co. - DB 12, p. 347 2/8/1808 Rec 4/25/1808 - RICHARD LEE from Edward Bolling - 450 acres on Otter River 1809 - Bedford Co. - DB 13, p. 583 - Court Order - March Term 1809 - to settle lines dispute - RICHARD LEE and Robert Austin, deceased, Richard Lee and Samuel White, Richard Lee and James Calloway, Richard Lee and Edward Bolling. 5. CHARLES LEE, JR., son of Charles Lee and Ann Dabbs , married Susannah Pearce and removed to Franklin Co. TN after his father’s death. He purchased two tracts of land on Boiling Fork of Elk River in 1818. 1772 - Vestry Book of Littleton Parish 1745-1835 - January 22, 1772, the Vestry of Littleton Parish ordered that the land boundaries between Charles Lee, William Lee, John, Lee, Richard Lee, Joseph Lee, and Glenn and others be processioned. This was recorded in Vestry Book 1745-1836. 1788 - Cumberland Co., DB 6, page 462, 2/3/1788 - Charles Lee, Sr., Littleton Parish to CHARLES LEE, JR., Parish of Southam, County of Cumberland, land whereon the said Charles Lee, Jr. now lives, 350 acres. 1801 - Cumberland Co. DB 10, p. 169 - CHARLES LEE, JR., and wife Susanna to George Holman - 130 acres 1801 - Cumberland Co. - 11/10/1801 DB 9, page 35 - William Lee and CHARLES LEE, JR., to Womack from Estate of Charles Lee, Sr. (William and Charles were co-ex of the Estate of Charles Lee) I include here some of the articles I found citing the ancestry to Richard Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee or General Robert E. Lee which has now been disproven by YDNA analysis. My husband’s family also claimed heritage to General Robert E. Lee. In all my research, I have yet to find a connection to any of those persons. What is known is that to be a "LEE in Virginia" was indeed a heritage to be proud of and many people wanted to associate their Lee name with the well-documented LEES OF VIRGINIA. 1. A biography of RICHARD LEE, son of John Lee, and grandson of William and Ave Lee says "Mr. Lee's fathers name was John Lee and his grandfather, William Lee, a relative of "Lighthorse Harry" of the Revolutionary War." (Excerpts from 1877 Atlas of Lafayette County, Missouri, copied by Mrs. Maurice Clyde, published by Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, p. 56) 2. A biography of JOSEPH LINDSEY LEE says "Joseph Lindsey Lee, son of Richard Alexander Lee, a descendant of old Richard Lee, the emigrant to Virginia, whose illustrious sons, grandsons and many descendants, including Richard Henry Lee, Arthur Lee, Governor Thomas Lee, Philip Ludwell Lee, William Lee, Hancock Lee and Robert E. Lee, have helped to make American history famous. (Encyclopedia of American Biography, Volume V, p. 837) 3. An autobiography of Wyoming Governor FRANK L. HOUX says "On my mother’s side the family were Virginians. My grandmother, who was Miss Nancy Lee, a cousin of Robert E. Lee, married Nathaniel Price, who was the owner of a plantation in Virginia and the owner of many slaves. (Excerpts from an Autobiography of Gov. FRANK L. Houx April 23, 1941, Cody Enterprise, Cody, WY) 4. In her book "A Weaving - Shumakers, Lee and Allied families", on page 35, Clara McLaughlin Funai writes "I would like to record here, in connection with the old Lee burial ground, an account of an apparition, sometimes called a ghost as recalled in a newspaper clipping. It seems that L. Lee Barnes, who owns Sedgefield Farm, and was born in 1887 and still lives in the old rambling farm house, which is near New London and only about ½ mile down the road from the old cemetery; often visited the graveyard, since his Great-grandfather was William Lee, a brother of Capt. John Lee who founded Leesville, VA. Barnes states, "I noticed that while there was a headstone marker for the grave of Mrs. William Lee there was none for her husband. It was in 1931 that I decided to satisfy my curiosity by doing a bit of excavating..." (Note The DAR has since put up a headstone of William Lee) 5. A biography of WALTER S. LEE, grandson of Burwell Lee, Jr. and Matilda Arnold, published Sunday, June 8, 1930, in the Chronicle-News, Trinidad, Colo., it says "Always in Virginia, Lee has been a grand old name. There were distinguished Lees during and after the Revolutionary war period, and there was General Robert E. Lee who commanded the lost cause of the Confederacy in the Civil War and one of the greatest soldiers of this time. The Lees have a proud record in the old dominion. Walter S. Lee, pioneer, resident of Trinidad, also hails from Virginia. 6. Newspaper - EUGENE LESLIE LEE, grandson of Burwell Lee, Jr. and Matilda Arnold, in a newspaper clipping marking the observance of his 50th Wedding Anniversary, says "Mr. Lee, a native of Virginia, is a descendant of General Robert E. Lee and his father served under that Confederate leader." 7. Biography of Capt. Nathaniel Price and Anne Lee family - The Civil War caused strife among many of the Lee families. There are some very poignant stories I would like to tell you about. Most of this story below was told to me over e-mail from a young lady who was a tour guide to the George Washington Houx home in Higginsvile, Mo. Unfortunately, I have lost her name with computer crashes, etc. Both Anne and Nathaniel came from families which held slaves. Their daughter Fannie Price married George Washington Houx. According to their son Gov. Frank Houx, his father (George Washington Houx) joined an organization of southern men under the leadership of Captain Dave Racker and the company left for the south in the fall of 1861. However, this section of the country had fallen into the hands of the Kansas Militia, later known as the Kansas Jayhawkers. These Jayhawkers raided the countryside burning homes, killing, etc., after they learned that a company of militia had been organized around Lexington to go south to join the Confederate Army. He says that Grandfather Houx with his widowed daughter left and went to Philadelphia because it had become unsafe for a southern sympathizer to remain in the community. Before he left, he invited my mother (Fannie Price Houx) and the children to go live at his home while he was gone. He felt it would be a safer place for them. One morning, after our move, a group of southern sympathizer soldiers went to the Houx home and demanded breakfast. A negro came into the home and was abusive to the Mammy preparing breakfast so the soldiers seized him, stripped him of his clothes and beat his unmercifully. They did think that the negro could make it to Union headquarters in Lexington but did and he reported the incident. The next morning, he reports that two companies of Union soldiers arrived and "my mother was taken prisoner. She was allowed to take the baby with her but the older four had to remain at the home.... My uncle Ben Porter, who was the husband of my mother's sister, learned of our condition and came and took us to his home". Frank then learned that his mother had been turned over to her brother who lived in Lexington. (Note James A. Price, who was a Union sympathizer and absolutely detested slavery) He later learned that Fannie, his mother, had been taken to the penitentiary at Jefferson City. She was kept prisoner for 10 months. Luckily, he writes "The Sisters of Charity upon hearing of her plight interceded and she was turned over to their care. The Sister prevailed upon the Union authorities to allow her to come home to her family and they finally released her." During the 1850's, Weston was a hotbed of slavery and murder. Col. James A. Price, Nathaniel’s brother was a mayor and postmaster of Weston, MO, and was against slavery and fought for the Union. Russela's sister, Mary Hulse, fled Weston with her husband Tom for St. Louis, after the town folks threatened to tar and feather them for teaching slaves to read in the basement of their home. Theo, Russella’s brother, was very opposed to the marriage because of James' radical anti-slavery views. James apparently had a fallout with his family and his brother-in-law Theo Warner, along with his fill of slavery and the bloody border wars and went west in 1852 to Sonora, CA where he bought land and began a dental practice. A short while later, Rose's sister fell ill back in Weston, and Theo convinced her to come and nurse her back to health. After about a year, James insisted Rose come back to Sonoma. When she did not, he went to Weston to bring her back but her brother Theo had purchased the home on Spring Street and gave it as a gift to his sister Rose. James finally relented and remained in Weston and was pretty much left alone with his views by the pro-slavery supporters because Theo was his brother-in-law. Their home remained in the family until the death of Forestyne Loyles, the four-time great grandaughter of Daniel Boone. This home is now on the Register of Historic Places and is called the Price-Loyles House. James was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh which occurred on April 6-7, 1862. He also was fighting the Battle Corinth in Mississippi on the day he daughter, Nancy Corinth Price, was born and she was named in memory of this battle. Corinth is located near the border of Tennessee and was the junction of the Confederacy's main north-south and east-west which was key to control of the Confederacy's movement of troops and supplies. Principal Commanders, for this battle were Major General William S. Rosecrans commanding the Union Army of the Mississippi and Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn commanding the Confederate Army of the West Tennessee, both West Point classmates. Shiloh was about 23 miles north. Following the Union victory at Shiloh, the Confederate army retreated to its base in Corinth. END OF STORY. Theodore Warner, Russella's brother, with his partner, Ben Holladay started the Overland Stage Company. Both Theodore and Russella were grandchildren of Daniel Boone. One of the best pony express riders, "Buffalo Bill" was an expert driver for the Overland Stage. It was later sold to Wells Fargo and Company. Buried in the Weston, MO cemetery are Nathaniel Edward Price, Mattie Price, Benjamin Bonifant Price, Col. James Albert Price, Russell Warner Price, Kate Arlene Warner, George Warner, George Ashley Warner, Emily Hart Warner, wife of Theo F. Warner, Margaret Jane Warner Culver, wife of George Culver, Minerva S. Boone, wife of Wynkoop Warner, Samuel and B. H. Warner, George Washington Warner, and Emily Hart Warner, wife of Theo. J. Warner. George Washington Houx' home called the "The Houx-Hoefer-Rehkop House" is the only home in Higginsville, Lafayette Co., MO on the National Register of Historic Places. George is buried in the Higginsville Cemetery but his wife, Fannie, died and is buried in San Diego, CA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/cumberland/bios/lee02.txt [file (update of Feb 2004 submission) re-formatted by Matt Harris, acting county File Manager.] File size: 32.2 Kb