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Welcome to Lee County!
Welcome
to the Lee
County,
TXGenWeb Project site! My name is Clarissa Loyd
and I am the County Coordinator for Lee County.
While visiting the site I hope that you will
find valuable
information to aid in your research for families in Lee County.
This site is part of the TXGenWeb
Project
& USGenWeb
Project. All information on this site is FREE
for your personal use. If you paid to view any of these
pages,
please contact the me. All information on this site is
under copyright
and FREE
for your personal use. If you have questions, suggestions or
comments, please feel free to email
me
anytime. To submit information please email me
the information to be contributed to this
site as well as your name and email address
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Search
the Lee County, TXGenWeb
site!
There
is a search box at the top left of this page and will be on every page
throughout this site. Also, if you are having problems
finding
something through the menu on the left, there is a Sitemap for this
webpage. Just click Sitemap (link at top of page and bottom,
as well as by search box)
and under each section will be a
list of
what is in each section. If you still have any problems,
please email
me.
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Brief History of Lee County
Parent Counties:
Bastrop, Burleson, Fayette & Washington counties
Organized:
April 1874
County
Seat: Giddings
Lee
County was organized in April 1874 and was craved from Bastrop,
Burleson, Fayette and Washington counties. The county is
named for General Robert E. Lee, the Confederate Army
Commander-In-Chief . There is rich history in Lee County that
includes Tonkawa Indians, Camino Real or Old San Antonio Road (modern
day TX Hwy. 21)and old Spanish Missions (now in Milam Co.).
For more information, there is a very detailed article by Christopher
Long located on The Handbook of Texas Online website, located
here. Lee County is also known for some original
counties, such as, Austin's Little Colony; Milam Colony; Leftwich's
Colony; Austin's Original Colony; and DeWitt's Colony.
Surrounding Counties
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TXGenWeb County of the Month Award
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