CONFEDERATE HEROES HONORED
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This Monday is Confederate Heroes Day. It jointly honors two great Southern icons, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.
The date, January 19, was chosen in 1930 by the 42nd Texas Legislature which passed House Bill 126 officially recognizing Robert E. Lee’s actual birth date for the holiday. In 1973 the 63rd Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 60 which deleted June 3 as a holiday celebrating Jefferson Davis’s birthday and combined the two birthday celebrations into a single day honoring both Confederate heroes.
Robert Edward Lee was born January 19, 1807 at Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia and died October 12, 1870 at his home in Lexington, Virginia. He was the fourth son of Henry Lee, a super-hero of the American Revolution, and Anne Hill Carter, his second wife.
While raised mainly in Mississippi Jefferson Davis was born June 3, 1808 in the portion of Christian County, Kentucky that later became Todd County. He died December 5, 1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of Samuel Emory Davis, a soldier who fought in the American Revolution from Georgia, and Jane Cook.
Both Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis served gallantly with the United States Army in Mexico during the Mexican War.
For those interested there are three organizations for those who wish to join lineage societies honoring their own Confederate ancestors. For the ladies there is the United Daughters of the Confederacy and for the men there is the Sons of Confederate Veterans. For children under the age of 18 there is the Children of the Confederacy.
To find out how to join any of these groups and locate the nearest chapter contact Jeff Cobb, Adjutant of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Albert Sidney Johnston Camp in Houston. He may be reached by email at Jeffcobb@mindspring.com .
BOOK ON LEE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA AVAILABLE
One of the most distinguished families in American history is the Lee family of Virginia. The family provided an unparalleled number of distinguished Revolutionary and Civil War generals and officers, politicians and statesmen than any family of comparable size and standing.
The progenitor of the Lee family in Virginia was Colonel Richard Lee, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia and presumably Counsellor to King Charles. Lee came to Virginia sometime prior to 1642 and is believed to have been descended from the Coton Lees of Shrophire in England.
The Lees were intermarried with some of the most prominent families in the colony including: Allerton, Armistad, Ashton, Aylett, Bedinger, Beverley, Bland, Bolling, Carroll, Carter, Chambers, Corbin, Custis, Digges, Fairfax, Fitzhugh, Gardner, Grymes, Hanson, Jennings, Jones, Ludwell, Marshall, Mason, Page, Randolph, Shepherd, Shippen, Tabb, Taylor, Turberville, Washington and others.
The book, Lee of Virginia 1642-1892 Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Descendants of Colonel Richard Lee, is available for $ 53.45, postpaid, from Clearfield Publishing Company, 200 E. Eager Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 or from their website at http://www.genealogical.com/
DGS HOSTS HANK JONES
The Dallas Genealogical Society will host Hollywood actor, singer and nationally known genealogical author/lecturer Henry Z. Hank Jones for an all day seminar Saturday February 7. The seminar will be held from 8:15 A.M. to 4 P.M. at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations, 2351 Performance Drive in Richardson, Texas which is in the north Dallas metropolitan area.
Known for his award winning studies on 18th Century Palatine Emigration Jones will explain How to Trace the Origins of 18th Century Palatines. His other topics will include: How to Separate Fact from Fiction in Genealogical Research; When the Sources are Wrong; and How (his books titled) Psychic Roots became a part of the Unsolved Mysteries television program.
Registration for the seminar is $30 before January 28 and $35 thereafter. Attendees may bring their own lunch or order an optional lunch for $10. To register and receive more information visit the DGS website at http://dallasgenealogy.org/lecture/lecture.htm , call the DGS voice mail at 469-948-1106 or email info@dallasgenealogy.org .
