JOHN LEE
Families of South Carilina
1736
Settled in Williamsburg County, SC by 1736 John and Margaret LEE
1745 Marriage -John LEE to Margaret, d/o Gideon Howard St John Parish, Joppa, Harford Co., MD 

1751 Arrival in SC of John LEE, wife, child and man servant from MD.  Birth, David LEE in Prince Frederick Parish, Craven Co. John LEE and Margaret Lee, his wife, had baptized 2nd June 1753 a son, David Lee born 13 Nov. 1751

  1752 Petition for 50 acres on Wateree River (mill site on Rocky Creek) by Francis LEE on behalf of his aging father, John LEE. Petition granted.  Petition for 200 acres on the Wateree Creek by John LEE who arrived in SC with family in 1751.  Petition granted  Land Grant, John LEE gr. 200 acres on Wateree Creek  January 19, 1752. Land Grants,1695 - 1776  A. K. Vol.5.p.379 (same as above)  1753 Birth of John LEE, Jr. Marion Dist. SC 1753-1810 died St. Johns Co., FL; son of John Lee, Sr. and Margaret.  John, Jr. was a Cpl in the Rev. War.  His children were  Letitia  Lee b. 1785 and married to a John Manning;   Mary Lee who married a James Crawford Lane; Penelope Lee born in 1810; and John III born in 1787 and married to Celia A. Harrelson; widows pension War of1812 on John Lee III  1754 Land Grant,  John LEE gr. 200 acres on branch of Wateree River   May 11, 1754. Land Grants, Vol.5.p.414    1758.         Land Grant  John Lee gr. 100 acres on Cedar Creek August 1, 1758. Vol.8.p.331    1759 Founding of Catholic Presbyterian Church. Chester Co.,  SC. The first John Lee who came from Maryland with his children and grandchildren, in 1751, was one of the four founders of Catholic Presbyterian Church in 1759.  His son, John LEE was the soldier whose name is on the memorial stone of this church   1762 Land Grant John Lee gr. 50 acres Rockey Creek Cravens Co.   August 30, 1762.  Vol.10.p.307   1763 Land Grant John Lee gr. 50 acres on Rockey Creek June 10, 1763.Vol.11.p.210     Land Grant ,John Lee gr. 100 acres in Granville County July 8,1763. Vol.8.p.493    1764 Land Grant, John Lee gr.100 acres East of Savannah River  March 2,1764.  Vol.11.p.352   1768 Land Grant,  John Lee gr. 150 acres on Little River June 23,1768. Vol.9.p.90   Land Grant, John Lee gr. 100 acres on Little River  June 23,1768. Vol.1.p.297   1771 Land Grant, John Lee Sr granted 500a on 1 Oct 1771 Richmond Co, GA on Upper Richland creek..   Richmond Co., GA Deed Bk A2, p321  Land Grant, John Lee gr. 200 acres Cravens County   December 3O,1771. Vol.16.p.301  1772 Land Grant, John Lee gr. 200 acres Mackey branch Wateree   February 21, 1772. Vol.20.p.113   1773 Land Grant,  John LEE, Jr. 200 acres on Bryer Creek, called Rockey Ford in Richmond County, Georgia.  0n October 15, 1773 John LEE, Jr. came from South Carolina bringing a wife and six children, ages 1-12 years.  He was granted 200 acres on Bryer Creek, called Rockey Ford in Richmond County, Georgia."  Mss. Georgia Journal of  Augusta Land Court:  Land Grant  October 15, 1773 Greenberry Lee , a single man from South Carolina, was granted 100 acres at the head of a branch or Bryer Creek, called Beaver Dam, half mile above Upper Trading Path at a tree marked J. L. in Richmond County, Georgia "Vol. 3, Wilkes County, Georgia Records:  P-11. " Mss. Georgia Journal of Augusta Land Court:  Land Grant  200 acres on Bryer Creek, Richmond County, Georgia; "P-l4.  On November 9, 1773 Francis Lee, from  North Carolina was granted 200 acres on Bryer Creek, Richmond County, Georgia; he soon resigned his grant, and returned to his home on Beaver Dam, a branch of Rockey Creek, South Carolina.  Mss. Georgia Journal of Augusta Land Court  1774 Marriage, Greenberry LEE married Elizabeth Few (in 1774, in old Bible); she ,was born 1752 in Harford County,  Maryland, daughter of Col. William Few, Sr.  McCall's Roster of Revolutionary Solders in Georgia: P-67.    1775 Indenture between John LEE, Providence of Camden  District, South Carolina and John McClerkin of said place., Deed Book F. Chester County, South Carolina. PP 46-47.  Indenture dates 1775 between John Lee, Providence of  Camden District, South Carolina and John McClerkin of  said place.  Consideration 150 acres of land on Wateree Creek unto John McClerkin for $100. Witness: William Thompson John Lee (seal) John McClerkin Mary Lee (seal)  1776 Military Service, John LEE-Enl 6th Regt 21 Mar 1776-Dischgd 15 Nov 1778 was under Capt John Buchanan 1779,  1777 Military Service, John LEE- Enl 6th Regt 4 Jun 1777 as Corporal, Dischgd 15 Nov 1778 (The above two John LEEs may be the same John Lee)  Military Service, John LEE- #S9372-Enl 3d Regt 19 Jul  1777 under Capt Joseph Worley; Reenl 1 May 1778 and 1 Feb 1780.  Served Under Gen Greene and Maj Hern in Battle of Stono, Seige of Charleston, Guilford Ct House, Camden, Eutaw Springs.  (Moved to Ga-Miss) See N A 853  1784 Transfer of 500 acres in Richmond Co., GA from John LEE to Elizabeth Few, widow of Colonel Greenberry LEE. (see 1751 Land Grant of 500 acres to John LEE, Sr.)  1786 Will of John LEE, names wife, Mary, and children, filed in Fairfield Co., SC in 1787  1790 Census SC  Beauford Distr* John Lee, p. 12,