I just today read through a chancery case from Shenandoah County (Index
#1875 - 022; Pemelia Lee vs Thomas N. Lee etc.) which is digitized. This
isn't a part of my family, but did contain great information for anyone who
might be descended. Pemelia Lee was the 2nd wife of John C. Lee of
Shenandoah County, and she was suing for her dower rights. In the process
the following information on John's family was revealed:
John C. Lee died March 1874 (or 1873)
John's father was Barnett Lee, from whom John inherited land in Morgan Co.,
WV
John's first wife was Catharine Newell, daughter of John Newell, and she had
a brother William S. Newell
John's second wife was Pemelia (surname not given), who was 73 years old in
1874
John's children:
George W. Lee, resident of Shenandoah Co., VA (age 40 in 1874)
Thomas N. Lee, resident of Bedford Co., VA
Eliza Ann Lee Borden, wife of Perry Borden, resident of Shenandoah Co.
Martha M. Lee Borden, wife of Joseph Borden, resident of Shenandoah Co.
Rebecca Catharine Lee Lupton, widow of Jona. J. Lupton, former resident of
Bedford Co., VA, later Shenandoah
Mary Ellen Lee Poindexter, wife of Richard W. Poindexter, resident of
Bedford Co., VA
John B. Lee, resident of Bedford Co., VA (he pre-deceased his father)
There are probably other tidbits I didn't record as I went through, but I
think this is a good example of the wealth of information that can be found
in the Chancery files.
Harriet Lee Welch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Kukla" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Burned Records Counties database Renamed!
> Henry is right. I stumbled over the new name but didn't take time to
> figure
> out why - Henry's diagnosis and cure seem right on the mark. . . .
> That said, from time to time VA-HIST gets announcements of progress in
> the processing of the Chancery records and links to the finding aids.
> While I know in general that Chancery courts dealt in equity, and that
> gave them some flexibility for fairness denied to other courts (Solomon
> and
> the two mothers claiming the same child sounds like the very model of an
> equity judge). And as a result I'm told that they often decided
> interesting
> cases that result in rich documentary information, not to mention family
> information of great value to geneaologists, that give the Chancery
> records
> great potential for research . . .
> and I've even looked up folks of interest to me and found citations that
> might be worth following up . . . .
> although, not yet, at least in my experience (and admitting that many of
> my
> research interests fall chronologically before the range of these
> collections), citations of interest that are also supported (as I
> understand
> some of the Chancery records are) by direct access to digitized records .
> .
> .
> Sooooo, might we entice some of our VA-HIST colleagues who have used these
> Chancery records to share some examples of the riches I'm told can be
> found
> therein?
> Many many thanks,
>
>
> --
> Jon Kukla
> www.JonKukla.com
>
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