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William Lee (Brown County, IL, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1817? d. 1884-01-27

Brown County, Illinois, farmer and justice of the peace. North Carolina native. Married to Mary Ann Lee. Father of Cordelia M. Lee, Elizabeth E. Lee, Hetta Ann Lee, W. H. Lee, and George H. Lee. Farmer in Brown County, Illinois, in 1850. Justice of the peace in Brown County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Brown County, Township 1SR4W, p. 159B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Brown County, Lee, p. 862.

"William Lee (1817-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial #25981445, accessed August 24, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25981445.

Citation

Lee, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206692 (November 12, 2026).

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