Hon. Needham Lee, Sr.

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Hon. Needham Lee, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Johnston County, North Carolina, United States
Death: before October 22, 1827
Cahaba, Shelby, Alabama, United States (Died of disease at Battle of Mobile)
Place of Burial: Shelby, Alabama, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Thomas Lee, of Lee Valley and Mary Lee
Husband of Susan Lee
Father of Col. William Carroll Lee, Sr.; Thomas Lee; Ingram Lee; Winifred Bailey; Leeanna Lee and 14 others
Brother of Zilpha Bailey; John Lee; Winifred Bailey; Mary Griffin; William Lee and 2 others
Half brother of Nicholas Lee, (died young); Thomas J. Lee, Jr., of Lee Valley; Edith Gregory; Elenor Long; Micajah Lee and 1 other

Occupation: Judge, First Justice of Shelby County
Managed by: Erika Watkins Walker
Last Updated:

About Hon. Needham Lee, Sr.

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Have birth 1773/4 and mother Mary Ingram due to following record:

Hawkins County, TN Chancery Court suit filed 23 May 1823 by Thomas Bailey of Shelby County, AL named nine heirs of Mary Lee, the widow of Thomas Lee: Henry Rains, Needham Lee, John Lee, Winiford Bailey, Zilphia Bailey (wife of Thomas Bailey), William Lee, Edward Lee, James Lee, and Mary Griffin (wife of Jones Griffin).

Needham H. Lee Jr family bible record in Va state archive listed father Thomas Lee and mother Mary and birth 4 Nov 1770.

He had three sons and 46 grandsons who fought in the War of Secession, a record probably unequaled in the United States.


Capt. Thomas J. Lee's Second marriage was to the widow Mary Bryan Raines wife of John Raines and by her had the following children:

  1. Needham m Susan Bailey, d. Shelby CO AL,
  2. Zilpha m 1st John Bailey, 2nd Thomas Bailey, d. Shelby CO AL,
  3. John m Frances Lane, d. Maury CO TN,
  4. Winifred m William Bailey, Sr., d. Shelby CO AL,
  5. Mary m Jones C. Griffin, d. Shelby CO AL,
  6. William m Susannah Pangle, d. McMinn CO TN,
  7. Edward m Sarah Tinsley, d. Hawkins CO TN,
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Hon. Needham Lee, Sr.'s Timeline

1770
November 4, 1770
Johnston County, North Carolina, United States
1796
February 19, 1796
Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
April 6, 1796
Lee Valley, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
1799
August 2, 1799
Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
1800
December 20, 1800
Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
1802
June 20, 1802
Lee Valley, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States
June 20, 1802
1805
March 15, 1805
Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
September 22, 1805
Hawkins County, Tennessee