Jeremiah Isaac Lee b. 1804 Johnston Co., N.C. d. 1889 Logan Co., AR Married: 2 Feb 1841, Hardeman Co., TN. buried: Behind Mt. Carmel schoolhouse in a field, no stone marker. Father: Lemuel Samuel Lee Mother: Ann Rains
wife: Sarah Murphy b. 1823 KY d. 1900 buried: Beside husband.
CHILDREN
Gill Eli Lee b. 1842 Hardeman Co., TN/Johnson Co., AR d. in infancy abt. 1845 AR
James Rains "Jim Range" Lee b. 1847 Cane Creek, Clark Twp., Johnson Co., AR d. 27 Feb 1920 Logan Co., AR. 1st marriage: 19 Nov 1868, Johnson Co., AR.
1st wife: Pilinah/Perlina E. Corley b. 8 Nov 1851 MS d. ? Father: James Alford Corley Mother: Martha Williams
2nd wife: Molly Gill
Sarah Elizabeth Lee b. 3 Sep 1853/4 Cane Creek, Johnson Co., AR d. 1949 Subiaco, Johnson Twp., Logan Co., AR Married: 25 Aug 1870 Logan Co., AR buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
husband: Green Littleton Moore b. 1851 Johnson Co., AR d. 1928 Logan Co., AR buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR John Moore Mother: Martha Caroline Johnson
Reason Levi "Babe" Lee b. 1856/7 Cane Creek, Clark Twp., Johnson Co., AR d. 1944 Subiaco, Logan Co., AR. Married: 18 Jul 1878, Logan Co., AR. Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
wife: Martha Elizabeth Mosley b. Sep 1856 Franklin, Heard Co., Georgia d. 10 May 1952 Subiaco, Logan Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: John C. Mosley Mother: Rebecca Ann Walker
In 1850, the Clark Township census indicates Jeremiah Lee was a farmer. He bought 280 acres of land in Section 12, Township 7N, range 25W, along the Cane Creek in Clark Township in 1854. Sarah Elizabeth Lee inherited a portion of her father's land on Cane Creek east of Subiaco after his death.
1850 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Lee, Jeremiah, 47, NC
Sarah, 27, KY
Eli, 8, AR NC KY
James R., 3, AR NC KY
Logan Co., AR land records of Jeremiah Lee:
12 section 7N 25W 160 acres 1860 Mar 1
12 section 7N 25W 40 acres 1860 Mar 1
12 section 7N 25W 40 acres 1860 May 1
12 section 7N 25W 40 acres 1860 Sep 1
1860 Federal Census, Clark Township, Logan Co., AR:
Lee, Jerry, 56, NC, farmer, $1500 - $400
Sarah, 35, KY
James, 12, AR NC KY
John, 10, AR NC KY
Sarah, 6, AR NC KY
Reason, 3, AR NC KY
1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson/Logan Co., AR:
Lee, Jeremiah, 62, N.C.
Sarah, 47, KY
Sarah E., 17, AR
Reason L., 13, AR
Lee, Sarah E., & Moore, Green L. married 25 Aug 1870, from Book N-O, Johnson Co., AR courthouse, page N230.
Lee, J.R., 21, and Pilinah E., 19, married 11/19/1868, Johnson Co., AR, N191.
1880 Federal Census, Clark Township, Logan Co., AR:
Lee, R. Levi, 34, farmer
Martha, 38, wife, GA, NC, GA
Rosa, 5/12, daughter, AR, AR, GA
Lee, Jeremia, 76
Sarah, 50, wife
Wright, George, 19, farm laborer
After Jeremiah Lee's death, Sarah Murphy lived for a time with her daughter and family. It is remembered as an incident which occurred about 1900, during an illness. It was daytime and the windows were open, when a screech owl flew inside and perched on the headboard of her bed. The family feared this to be an ill omen, and so it seemed when "Grandma Lee" died shortly afterwards.
Reason Levi Lee inherited the homeplace which consisted of 120 acres and he bought an adjoining 40 acres. Here R.L. Lee lived until about 1922, when they moved to their small farm home 1/2 mile south of Subiaco.
1920 US Federal Census list Reason L. Lee with wife: Martha b. 1857 living in Logan Co., AR
1930 US Federal Census list Reson L. Lee with wife: Martha b. abt 1857 in Logan Co., AR
In 1942, when R. L. Lee was 85 years old, he would tell of childhood memories, one was in the early days when all government transactions as of homesteading were handled exclusively through Dardanelle, AR. The countryside was almost total forest and wilderness, and some was swampy, with grass and hedges higher than a man's head. Travel by any means other than on foot or horseback was difficult, if at all possible. Although settlements were few and homes sometimes far apart, most everyone was neighborly. In time of illness, everyone was ready to go help. Borrowing from the neighbor was common practice, for folks didn't get to town very often. Most of a families requirements were met by growing it, making it or swapping. The woods and streams provided most of the meat in the early years.
Jeremiah told his son of killing a panther which measured nine feet from nose to tip of tail. When they first came, there was some buffalo, as well as bears, wolves and panthers. There was an abundance of deer and wild turkeys. Streams were deeper and more narrow than they are today, and trout were easily caught. There were more kinds of birds in great flocks, both game birds and songbirds. Hunting and fishing were not allowed on Sunday.
Frequent fires kept woodlands relatively clear of underbrush, and were responsible for tall trees which were clear of limbs for the first 30-40 feet. Most houses were built of logs, since there were few sawmills. The walls were chinked with clay, the floors often were simply well-tamped dirt, and chimneys provided for heat and cooking. Some houses had split-log, or puncheon floors. Very few nails were used at first, though a few were made in local blacksmith shops when iron was available. Wooden pins often served in place of spikes or nails.
The first three roads were to Danville road which led east past Cane Creek, the Military Road from Little Rock to the Indian Territory, and the Booneville Road from Morrison's Bluff southward through the narrows known as "Booneville Narrers" south of the present town of Subiaco. There must have been deep feelings of regret in the hearts of these men and their wives as they left loved ones and old homesteads to face the dangers and challenges of the new frontier.
Information in Johnson Co., AR marriage spells Perlina/Pilinah's name differently. Information acquired by Johnson County and Logan County marriage records and cemetery records.
John Mosley b. 29 Dec 1823 d. 5 Dec 1901 Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR. Rebecca Ann Walker b. 18 Feb 1829 d. 6 Jun 1924 Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
James Rains Lee death date from AR Death Index Book
Jerry Lee listed in Union Soldiers Application Index Number 1494-Jerry Lee Wife: M. E., 1st Calvary, AR Years: 61-65, Veteran Application: 8/28/1894 Widow Application: 8/15/1917 Logan Veteran Death: 1/5/1917
Sarah Elizabeth Lee & Green Littleton Moore
Reason Levi Lee & Martha Elizabeth Mosley
James Rains Lee & Pilinah E. Corley
John Moore & Martha Caroline Johnson
Lemuel Lee & Ann Rains
James Corley & Martha Williams
Harriet Lee & Gilbert Robins
John C. Mosley & Rebecca Ann Walker
