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William Jefferson Lee & Gellentine Cooper

William Jefferson Lee b. 12 Dec 1805 Hawkins Co., TN d. (not on census aft 1880, age 73) 1st marriage: abt 1829 2nd marriage: abt 1850 Father: Cader Lee Mother: Sarah Ann Patrick

1st wife: Gellentine Cooper b. 1813 TN d. 15 Oct 1850

2nd wife: Celia "Cela Dee" Carter b. 1817 TN d. (not on census aft. 1880, age 63)



Children of William Jefferson Lee & Gellentine Cooper



Lorenzo D. Lee b. 16 Dec 1829 Arkansas d. 5 Oct 1905 Buried: Van Buren Cemetery, Van Buren, Grant Co., IN

Wife: Sena Evaline Conn b. 1857 d. 1940 Buried: Van Buren Cemetery, Van Buren, Grant Co., IN


Nicholas G. Lee b. 1833 Arkansas d. ? (on 1850 Census, not on 1860 w/family)


William R. Lee b. 24 Feb 1843 Spadra Twp., Johnson Co., AR d. 1 Sep 1905 Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Wynnewood, Garvin Co., OK

Wife: Sarah M. X b. 1 Mar 1845 d. 16 Apr 1912 Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Wynnewood, Garvin Co., OK Plot: Section 2


Thomas Jefferson Lee b. 1836 TN/Arkansas d. before 1877

Marriage (Mary Jane): 8 Jan 1853, Pope Co., AR

Wife: Mary Jane Mathews b. 1844 Habersham Co., GA d. abt 1877 Buried: Bradley Cemetery, Pope Co., AR Father: James Mathews Mother: Nancy Wood

M.J. Mathews 2nd marriage: 29 Oct 1876 Pope Co., AR

2nd Husband: Zachariah "Zack" Taylor Trantham b. 20 Apr 1842 TN d. 20 Sep 1932 Pope Co., AR (Co. E, Gordon's AR, CAV CSA) Buried: Bradley Cemetery, Pope Co., AR Father: John Trantham Mother: Mary X

Zack's 1st marriage: 16 Jan 1887 Pope Co., AR

Zack's 2nd marriage: date unknown, to Malinda Franklin

Zack's 3rd marriage: Mary Jane Lee

Zack's 1st Wife: Martha E. Ledford b. 16 Jan 1887 PN d. 1933 Buried: Ross Cemetery, Scottsville, Pope Co., AR Father: Thomas Jefferson Ledford Mother: Mary Margaret Freeman

M.E. Ledford's 1st Husband, married: 19 Dec 1880 Pope Co., AR

M.E. Leford's 1st Husband: John Thomas Cooper b. 1855 Lauderdale Co., AL d. Pope Co., AR


Rachel C. Lee b. 1838 AR d. (1880 Census lists William as a widower)

1st marriage: 22 May 1857 Pope Co., AR

2nd Marriage: 11 Aug 1862 Johnson Co., AR

1st Husband: Fernandus P. Newton b. 1836 Johnson Co., AR d. before 1862 Father: Ebenezer Newton Mother: Nancy Lee

2nd Husband: William Warren Rogers b. 1823 White Co., TN d. 13 May 1894 Johnson County, AR (d. 15 Jan 1882 (Civil War Vet) Buried: Oakland Memorial Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR

W. W. Rogers 1st Wife: Sarah A. Pitts b. 1836 Overton Co., TN d. before 1862 Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR Marriage: 14 Oct 1856 Johnson Co., AR Buried: Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR



Children of William Jefferson Lee & Celia Carter



Kennedy C. Lee b. 1852 AR d. 29 Sep 1937 Buried: Happy Valley Cemetery, McMinnville, Yamhill Co., OR Married: 8 Nov 1877 Johnson Co., AR

Wife: Mary F. Patterson b. 1857 d. 7 Mar 1941 Portland, Multnomah Co., OR Buried: Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR


Milton N. Lee b. 23 Aug 1858 d. 31 Aug 1909 Hagarville, Johnson Co., AR (tombstone) Buried: Hagarville Cemetery, Johnson Co., AR Married: 16 Sep 1880 Johnson Co., AR

Wife: Mary Ann Montgomery b. 30 Jul 1863 AR d. 16 Dec 1939 Okmulgee Co., OK Buried: Beggs Cemetery, Beggs, Okmulgee Co., OK


Ebenezer Newton Lee b. 1858 Arkansas




In 1830 Federal Census: William Jefferson Lee, Pope County, AR: 00001/0001/0


1850 USFC Horsehead Twp., Johnson Co., AR: Celia Carter, b. abt 1817, age 32, TN


1850, Spadra Township, Johnson Co., AR Census:

William Jefferson Lee, 45, TN, Farmer

Gellentine, 37, TN

Lorenzo D., 20, AR

Nicholas G., 17, AR

Thomas J., 14, AR

Rachel C., 12, AR

William R., 8, AR


W. J. Lee, signed an affadavit for Ebenezer Newton Lee's land entry who left Perry Township by 1850 and then W. J. Lee relocated with his wife Celia Carter.


1850-1855 Pope Co., AR marriage books on page C70, M. J., Mathews, and Lee, Thomas J., married on 8 Jan 1853.


1850 USFC Pittsburg Twp., Johnson Co., AR: Sarah A. Pitts, b. 1840 TN, age 12


1860 USFC Piney Post Office, Pittsburg Twp., Johnson Co., AR:

William W. Rogers b. 1822, 37

Sarah, 21

Jane Rogers, 12

Matilda Rogers, 1


1860 Federal Census, Spadra Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Lee, William J., 54, TN, Farmer - $500

Celia, 43

Carter, Caroline, 18, AR

Lee, William, 17, AR

Carter, Samuel, 15, AR

Carter, Julia, 14, AR

Lee, Kenedy, 8, AR

Lee, Milton, 6, AR

Lee, Ebenezer, 2, AR


1860 USFC Dover, Pope Co., AR:

Thomas J. Lee, 23

Thomas J. Lee Jr., 2

Henry M. Lewis, 21

William P. Ring, 54

Elizabeth H. Ring, 46

Nancy J. Mathews, 45

Mary Jane Lee, 21

Enoch Lee, 17

Isaac N. Lee, 17

Arabell Lee, 12

Adaline Lee, 8


On ancestry.com, marriage record for William W. Rogers 1823-1894 & Rachel Lee Newton, page 102, copied from ledger of Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR courthouse. William W. Rogers Civil War Record. Estate Record of William W. Rogers listing heirs.


1870 USFC Pope Co., AR John Thomas Cooper, b. 1853 age 17


1870 Federal Census, Perry Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Lee, William J., 65, TN

Celia, 53, TN

Kenedy C., 18, AR

Milton N., 16, AR

Ebenezer, 13, AR


1870 Federal Census, Prairie Township, Newton Co., AR

Lee, William R., b. abt 1843, 27, TN $250

Sarah M., 25, AR

Ruah T., 4, AR

Jeanette, 3, AR

Milley C., 1, AR

Nancy T., 4/12, AR


1880 USFC Perry Twp., Johnson Co., AR:

W. J. Lee b. 1806 TN, age 74, retired farmer. Father: NC; Mother: TN. Wife: Celia A. Lee b. 1817 TN, age 63, Father: TN; Mother: SC.


1880 USFC Pittsburg Twp., Johnson Co., AR: William W. Rogers, b. 1822, TN, widower, farmer, Father: GA Mother: NC


1880 Federal Census, Martin Township, Pope Co., AR:

Lee, Thomas, 22, farmer, AR AR GA

Matilda F., 22, AR AR GA

Joseph H., 1, AR AR AR

George F. 2/12 AR AR AR


1880 Federal Census, Perry Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Lee, Kenedy C., b. 1853, 27, AR

Mary F., 23, AR


1880 USFC, Verdigris, Wilson Co., KS:

William R. Lee b. abt 1843, age 37, Father: NC Mother: IL, farmer

Wife: Sarah M. Lee b. TN

Ruah P. Lee b. 1866 NE, 14

Jeanette b. 1867, 13

Milley C., b. 1869, 11

Nancy P., b. 1870, 10

Mary b. 1872, 8, AR


Child of William W. Rogers & X wife:

Sarah "Sallie" Jane Roger b. 1848 TN

Children of William W. Rogers & Sarah Pitts:

Matilda Rogers b. 1858 Johnson Co., AR


Children of William W. Rogers & Sarah Pitts:

Matilda Rogers b. 1859 Johnson Co., AR

Rachel Lee, 18 Married: 21 May 1857, Pope Co., AR to F. D. Newton, 20 (Ebenezer Newton's son) Book B-C marriage records, Pope County, AR


Children of Rachel Lee & Fernandus Newton:

Eliza Newton b. 1858 Johnson Co., AR

Children of Rachel Lee Newton & William W. Rogers:

Malinda Rogers, 1862

Willie A Rogers, 1864

Alice Rogers, 1867

Thomas J. Rogers, 1868

Ellen M. Rogers, 1872


Logan Co., AR land records of William R. Lee:

31 6N 27W 0 1860 Mar 1

32 6N 27W 80 1860 Mar 1


12 Apr 1874-Filed 21 Sep 1874: To daughter, M. J. Lee , parcel of land, wagon, yoke of oxen, 3 cows and claves and 2 yearlings, 5 years of and 1/2 present years crop. From Pope Co., AR Will Book B, 1860-1910.


1880 Federal Census Perry Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Lee, William Jefferson, 74, TN NC TN

Celia A., 63, TN TN SC

M. N., 26

E. N., 22


Milton N. Lee, 25, and Mary R. Montgomery, 17, in Johnson Co., AR on 16 Sep 1880, page P113.


1880 Federal Census, Perry Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Kennedy C., 27, AR AL TN

Mary F., 23, AL MS TN


Mary Jane Mathews (Cooper) 2nd Husband: Zachariah Trantham 1st marriage: 16 Jan 1887, Pope Co., AR to: Martha Cooper. Pope Co., AR marriage records, 1887 F258.


18 May 1885-filed 19 Oct 1885: M. J. Trantham, to son T. J. Lee and J. F. Lee, parcel of land in Pope Co., AR. Household furniture to be equally divided between T. J. Lee, J. F. Lee, Loyd Trantham and Z. T. Trantham. Land now in controversy between Z. T. Trantham and others against George W. Bradley to be equally divided between T. J. Lee, J. F. Lee, Loyd Trantham and Z. T. Trantham. Executor: Joesph Howard, J. S. Bayliss of Silex, AR. Sam H. Rye. signed, M. J. Trantham. Witnesses: J. J. Brown, Joesph Howard, J. S. Bailey From Pope Co., AR Will Book B, 1860-1910.


Johnson Co., AR land records of Milton Lee:

8 10N 22W 40 1888 Dec 29


Children of John Thomas Cooper & Martha E. Ledford:

Thomas Jefferson Cooper b. Jan 1883 AR d. ? Buried: Ross Cemetery, Scottsville, Pope Co., AR


Mary Jane Lee & Zack Trantham child: James Leonard Trantham. More on Trantham on rootsweb.


K. C. Lee, Johnson Co., and Mary F. Patterson, 21, Clarksville, married in Johnson Co., AR on 8 Nov 1877, in Book N-O, page 0199.


1900 USFC Logan Co., AR: Ruah P. Lee, age 34, married, to J. L. Morris, in AR Marriages: 1851-1900


1900 Federal Census, Johnson Co., AR, Perry Township:

Lee, Milton, 12-1853, AR AR AR

Mary, 7-1863, AR AR AR

Eller, 12-1882 AR AR AR

Walter, 2-1885 AR AR AR

Rhoda, 2-1886 AR AR AR

Ida, 11-1887 AR AR AR

Ada, AR AR AR

Orland, 2-1891 AR AR AR

Florra 11-1892 AR AR AR

Ethel 7-1874 AR AR AR

Dewey 4-1898 AR AR AR

Sybil 2-1900 AR AR AR


1910 USFC Yamhill Co., OR

Kennedy C. Lee b. 1853, age 57

Mary F. Lee, age 53

Claia V., age 29

Allie E., age 27


Children of Milton N. Lee & Mary Ann Montgomery: R. Orland & Ethel Lura Lee Hall are buried at Hagarville Cemetery


1910 Federal Census, Johnson Co., AR Perry Township:

Lee, Mary A., 46

Walter S., 25

Ida M., 22

Orland, 19

Florrie A., 17

Lura E., 14

Georgia D., 12

Sybil, 10


Children of Lorenzo D. Lee & Sena Evaline Conn

Leona O. Lee b. 1879 d. 1951

Fernando Wootz Lee b. 1881 d. 1941

Lindley O. Lee b. 1883 d. 1896


1920 USFC Yamhill Co., OR

Kennedy C. Lee, b. 1853, age 67

Wife: Mary


1930 USFC Yamhill Co., OR

Kennedy C. Lee, b. 1853, age 77

Wife: Mary F., b. 1857, age 73

Oregon Death Index: Kennedy C. Lee-1937 Yamhill Co., OR


Children of William R. Lee & Sarah M. Lee:

Ruah P. Lee Morris 1864-1944

Mary Lee Brown 1869-1944

Henry Clay Lee 1874-1955

John Arnold Lee 1876-1944

Victoria Lee Jolly 1879-1967

Eliza Lee Jolly 1882-1965


Marriage and cemetery information from Pope Co., AR marriage records and cemetery records from Russellville, Pope Co., AR library. Information in Johnson Co., AR from marriage records of Johnson Co., AR. Ancestry.com, Findagrave.com

Cader Lee & Sarah Ann Lee
Thomas Jefferson Lee & Mary Jane Matthews
Ebenezer Newton & Nancy Lee

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