Lee County - Virginia, U.S.A.
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N 36° 45.694 W 083° 07.538
17S E 310268 N 4070529
Lee County Virginia is located in the extreme southwest corner of the state. It was named for Henry "Lighthorse" Lee, revolutionary soldier, former governor of the state, and father of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Waymark Code: WMG68X
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2013
Views: 9
THE PERSON:
Henry Lee III ((January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818)earned the name "Light Horse Harry" because of his skill on a horse and his command of light troops during the U.S. Revolutionary War. He was awarded the Gold Medal by the Continental Congress. He was later the 9th governor of the state of Virginia from March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801. Subsequently he accompanied George Washington to put down the so-called Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania, commanding 13,000 militiamen. He achieved the rank of major general, and later served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Lee married his second-cousin who bore three children before she died. He later married again and six children were born of this marriage. The next to the youngest of these was Robert Edward Lee, January 19, 1807, who later became the famed general of the Confederacy.
THE PLACE:
TEXT OF THE HISTORICAL MARKER
Z 25
LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA
AREA 446 SQUARE MILES
FORMED IN 1792 FROM RUSSELL,
AND NAMED FOR HENRY (LIGHT-
HORSE HARRY) LEE, REVOLUTIONARY
SOLDIER AND GOVERNOR OF VIR-
GINIA, 1791-1794. DANIEL BOONE'S
SON WAS KILLED BY INDIANS
HERE.
VIRGINIA CONSERVATION COMMISSION 1946
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Lee county is in the extreme southwestern tip of the state and Lee County shares Cumberland Gap National Historical Park with Kentucky and Tennessee. Pennington Gap is the largest town and the chief economic mainstays are tobacco and coal.
Year it was dedicated: 1792
Location of Coordinates: Historical Marker on Hwy. 421
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