Governor Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, III^{[1, 2]}

1756 - 1818  (62 years)

• Name	Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee
  Title	Governor
  Suffix	III
  Born	29 Jan 1756	Dumfries, Prince William Co., Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Mar 1818	Dungeness, Camden County, Georgia
  Buried	Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia
  Person ID	I18106	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Henry Giles Lee
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Col. Henry Giles Lee, II,   b. Abt. 1729, Lee Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 15 Aug 1787, Leesylvania Plantation, Prince Edward County, Virginia  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Lucy "Lowland Beauty" Grymes,   b. 24 Aug 1739, Richmond, Middlesex County, Virginia ,   d. 1792, “Leesylvania,” Potomac River, Prince William County  (Age 52 years)
  Married	1 Dec 1753	James City Parish, Stafford, Virginia Colony
  	Reverend William Preston performed the marriage ceremony
  Family ID	F6595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matilda Ludwell "Divine Matilda" Lee,   b. 1766, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 28 Jul 1790, Prince William County, Virginia  (Age 24 years)
  Married	1782
  Children	+ 1. Lucy Grymes Lee,   b. 1784, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 24 Mar 1860, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (Age 76 years)   2. Henry Lee, IV,   b. 28 May 1787, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 30 Jan 1837, Paris, France  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F7129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ann Hill Carter,   b. 26 Mar 1773, Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 26 Jun 1829, Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia  (Age 56 years)
  Married	Jun 1793
  Children	1. Algernon Sydney Lee,   b. 2 Apr 1795, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 9 Aug 1796, Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia  (Age 1 years)   2. Charles Carter Lee,   b. 8 Nov 1798, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 21 Mar 1871, Powhatan County, Virginia  (Age 72 years)   3. Anne Kinloch Lee,   b. 19 Jun 1800,   d. 20 Feb 1864, Baltimore, Maryland  (Age 63 years)   4. Sydney Smith Lee,   b. 2 Sep 1802, Camden, New Jersey ,   d. 22 Jul 1869, Richlands, Virginia  (Age 66 years) + 5. Robert Edward Lee,   b. 19 Jan 1807, WestMoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 12 Oct 1870, Lexington, Virginia  (Age 63 years)   6. Catherine Mildred Lee,   b. 27 Feb 1811, Alexandria, Virginia ,   d. 1856, Paris, France  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F6598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Henry Lee AKA: Light-Horse Harry Lee p18106Light-HorseHarryLea.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Alexander McClanahan Resigns his Commission Letter of Richard Lee to Honorable Thomas Adams Esqr. AlexanderMcClanahanPatriot.jpg
  		Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Death Notice The Evening Post Apr 9, 1818
  		Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Death Notice The Gleaner Apr 24, 1818
  		Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Funeral Services Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette May 5, 1818
  		Henry Lee IV-Death Notice Public Ledger Mar 13, 1837
  		Newspaper Article Lee History-Daily Press-Jan 19,1928 LeeHistory-DailyPress-Jan19,1928.jpg

  
  

  Headstones

  Memorial Plaque for Lucy Grymes and Henry Lee. This is the burial site of Henry Lee (d. 1787) and his wife, Lucy Grymes (d. 1792. They were married in 1753, and their home, Leesylvania, stood on the ridge to the east. Henry Lee was County Lieutenant and Presiding Justice of Prince William County for many years. He also represented the county in the House of Burgesses, the Revolutionary Conventions and the State Senate during the years fro 1758 until 1788.... p13229LucyGrymes.jpg

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee-Visit to Grave The Atlanta Constitution Mar 28, 1888
  		Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee-Grave Threatened Newport News Daily Press Mar 17, 1911
  		Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee-BIO The Lincoln Star Apr 9, 1941
  		Ann Carter Lee-Declared Dead in 1805 Harrisburg Telegraph Dec 11, 1934
  		General Robert E Lee-Bio Staunton Spectator Oct 25, 1870
  		Stratford, Family Home of the Lees The Baltimore Sun Dec 14, 1930
  		New Finds at Lee's Stratford The Baltimore Sun Mar 3 , 1935
  		Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee-Bio Chicago Tribune Aug 16,1942
  		General Robert E Lee-Bio The Star Press Jul 29, 1928
  		Lucy Grymes-First Love of Washington The Baltimore Sun Dec 19, 1920
  		Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908 virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf
  		Light Horse Harry's Remains Transferred to Lexington, Virginia The Times Dispatch May 29, 1913
  		Light Horse Harry Lee & Wins Southern Belle Richmond Times Dispatch Jan 27, 1924
  		Lee Family History Daily Press Jan 19, 1928
  		Ann Carter Lee-Declared Dead in Oct 1805 Halifax Gazette Jul 30, 1931

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2452. Henry Lee Parents: Henry Lee (1729 - 1787) Lucy Grymes Lee (1734 - 1792) Spouses: Matilda Ludwell Lee Lee (1766 - 1790) Anne Hill Carter Lee (1773 - 1829) Children: Nathanael Greene Lee (1784 - 1784) Lucy Grymes Lee Carter (1784 - 1860) Henry Lee (1787 - 1837) Algernon Sydney Lee (1795 - 1796) Charles Carter Lee (1798 - 1871) Annie Kinloch Lee Marshall (1800 - 1864) Sydney Smith Lee (1802 - 1869) Robert Edward Lee (1807 - 1870) Robert Edward Lee (1807 - 1870) Catharine Mildred Lee Childe (1811 - 1856) Siblings: Henry Lee (1756 - 1818) Charles Lee (1758 - 1815) Richard Bland Lee (1761 - 1827) Mary Lee Fendall (1764 - 1827) Theodorick Lee (1766 - 1849) Edmund Jennings Lee (1772 - 1843) Burial: Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer, US Congressman. The father of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, his lightning raids against the British during the American Revolution earned him the nickname "Light-Horse Harry." He also wrote the famous epitaph of George Washington, "First in War, first in Peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Born in Leesylvania, Prince William County, Virginia, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1773. A captain in the Virginia Cavalry in 1776, his unit joined General George Washington's Army. In 1778, he was promoted to Major and commanded a cavalry troop called "Lee's Legion," which he led in a daring raid on the British post at Paulus Hook, New Jersey. In 1780, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and fought under General Nathaniel Greene. After the war, Lee served in the Virginia House of Delegates and in the Congress, from 1785 to 1788, then served as Governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794. He commanded the troops sent by President George Washington in 1794 to end the Whisky Rebellion. A member of the Federalist Party, he served as a Congressman from 1799 to 1801. In later years, Lee fell into debt, and in 1808 to 1809, he was imprisoned in debtor's prison, during which time he wrote his "Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States." In the strife that led up to the War of 1812, he was injured while trying to protect a friend from rioters in Baltimore, Maryland, receiving wounds from which he never recovered. He died at Dungeness, on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lee was reinterred at the Lee Chapel Museum in Lexington in 1913. [S130] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lee_III. Main article: Leesylvania (plantation) At the time of early English settlers, Leesylvania was believed to be the site of an Algonquian village, overlooking Neabsco Creek. Bushey Point Group Camp Henry Lee II settled on the land from 1747 until his death in 1787. He and his wife had eight children at their home including Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee. He is also the grandfather to Civil War general Robert E. Lee. George Washington mentions visiting the Lee House three times in his diaries. In 1825 the property was sold to Henry Fairfax, and later passed to John Fairfax in 1847. Fairfax later served as a staff aide to Confederate Lt. General James Longstreet. The site was Fairfax's boyhood home, and he returned to live on the property in late 1875, remaining there until his death in 1908. The land was also used as a small Confederate force and gun emplacement during the Civil War. The Freestone Point Confederate Battery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[4] The battery engaged with vessels of the US Navy's Potomac Flotilla on September 25, 1861. There were no casualties on either side, but the Federal vessels withdrew at the conclusion of the fighting. (Ref: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in The War of The Rebellion) Today, only a small cornerstone of the Lee House remains. The house and its path were completely bulldozed in the 1950s to make way for a road. A restored chimney of the Fairfax House remains. Henry Lee II and his wife, along with Henry Fairfax and his third wife are buried on the property. The sites and the cemetery are accessible by trail. The Leesylvania Archeological Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 This article is about Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, the American Revolutionary War officer. 9th Governor of Virginia, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 19th district. Lee was born near Dumfries in the Colony of Virginia. He was the son of Col. Henry Lee II (1730-1787) of "Leesylvania" and Lucy Grymes (1734-1792) the "Lowland Beauty". His father was the second cousin of Richard Henry Lee, twelfth President of the Continental Congress. His mother was an aunt of the wife of Virginia Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr. His great-grandmother Mary Bland was also a grand-aunt of President Thomas Jefferson. Lee was the grandson of Capt. Henry Lee I, a great-grandson of Richard Bland, and a great-great-grandson of William Randolph.[1] He was also a descendant of Theodorick Bland of Westover and Governor Richard Bennett. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20722041. Birth: 1766 Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia Death: Jul. 28, 1790, Prince William Co., Virginia She was know as "The Divine Matilda" First wife of Light Horse Harry Lee, her cousin. Parents: Philip Ludwell Lee (1727 - 1775) Elizabeth Steptoe Fendall (1743 - 1789) Spouses: Henry Lee (1756 - 1818) Henry Lee (1756 - 1818) Children: Nathanael Greene Lee (1784 - 1784) Lucy Grymes Lee Carter (1784 - 1860) Henry Lee (1787 - 1837) Siblings: Matilda Ludwell Lee Lee (1766 - 1790) Flora Lee Lee (1770 - 1795) Flora Lee Lee (1771 - 1795) Philip Ludwell Lee (1775 - 1779) Burial: Stratfordhall Plantation Cemetery Stratford Hall, Westmoreland Co., Virginia