Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Francis Lightfoot LEE
LEE, Francis Lightfoot, signer, was born at "Stratford," Westmoreland county, Va., Oct. 14, 1784; fourth son of Gov. Thomas and Hannah (Ludwell) Lee. He was educated at Stratford by the Rev. Mr. Craig, a Scotch clergyman. He became a member of the house of burgesses for Loudoun county, and signed the Westmoreland declaration against the stamp act with his three brothers in 1765. Upon his marriage to Rebecca, daughter of Col. John Taylor, of Richmond county, Va., in 1772, he made that county his home and was at once elected to represent it in the house of burgesses. He succeeded Col. Richard Bland as delegate to the Continental congress, Aug. 15, 1775, serving 1775-79. He signed the Declaration of Independence, assisted in preparing the Articles of Confederation and defended the rights of the States to the Newfoundland fisheries and to the free navigation of the Mississippi river. He retired from congress in the spring of 1779 and resumed his duties as master of his extensive estates and justice of the peace of Richmond county. He represented the county in the state legislature for one or two terms. See Sanderson's "Lives of the Signers." He died in Richmond county, Va., April 8, 1797.
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