Evening star., 1920-11-21
THE RAMBLER LOCATES GRAVES OF HENRY
LEE AND WIFE OF THE LEESYLVANIA TRACT

and from it one gathers certain facts
about the Freestone Point farm, now
fupgrown in woods, about which the
Rambler has written several mar
ratfves. on which are the ruins of the
home of Col. Joseph W. Fairfax and
the graves and tombstones OF his
parents. the graves of many other
people, the site of the home of Henry
Lee of Lecsylvania. and the site Of
an older home. which the Rambler has
| found but has no. yet identifleu.
Henry Lee of Lee Hall on the Poto-
mac in his will bequeaths TO son
Henry and his heirs forever my plan
| tation in Prince William county
which / have at FreestoHe Point and
at Neapsce and Poweli's creeks which
was granted by Patient to Gervas
Dodson for 1000 acres and by my
IGrandfather. Henry Corbin. Gentleman.
given to his daughter Bettice. who
was my mother. and afterward de-
scended to my brother. Mr.. Richard
! Lee. as heir-atiaw to her. and by my
said brother given to me as by deede
recorded in Stafford county. may more
fully appear"
! He recites in his Will that he sold
part of this land u.080 acres) TO John
Wright and later bought IL back. 666 n
acres from Francis Wright, son of John
and 1884, acres from Benjamin Gray
son, to whom said Francis had sold
He leaves to Henry 3,111 acres of land
in Fairfax county "at or near Salisbury
Plain and Flatt Lick" To Henry he
also leaves twenty slaves - Tom
Dinah. Hannah. Moll. Daniel, Frank.
little Dinah. Dick and Cato. now at
Neapsco Quarter" and Tibies. Cain.
Westminster. Eva, Harry. Joe, Sabina
Quarter. and at my dwelling plan
tation. Prue's Frank and Winney's
Moll."
/ To his son John he left eighteen
slaves land the home where | now
! live, bequeathed to me by my honored
! father, Col Richard Lee. deceased. and
all of several plantations bought by
me from Joseph and John Chandler.
John and James Byard and William
Oxford and his wife Frances. also 100
acres in Machotique tMachodoc) Neck.
which l bought from Richard Kenner:
lands in Northumberland. bought from
the heirs of Thomas Matthews. and
/ one and one-half acres at the Turk
, Swamp. which bought of Capt. Rich
ard Bushrod. with design to build
there mill. My will and desire is
that a mill be built there at the
charge of my estate. said mill to go
to my son Richard and his heirs for
ever"
/ To his son Richard he left fifteen
slaves, the plate in his dwelling and
sundry cattle. sheep. hogs and horses.
! To his daughter Lettice he left f7O0.
two slaves and long list Of house
hold furniture and heirlooms.
| To his wife Mary he bequeathed a
life interest in one-third Of his es-
tate. fifteen slaves and his plantation
| at kingcapsico in "Machotique" Neck
The widow Of Henry Lee of Lee Hall
died in 1854. Lettice. her daughter.
married Col. William. Ball of Lancas-
ter county, and died In l7Ss. Col. will
liam Ball was a kinsman OF Mary Bali.
mother of George Washington.
The Rambler must bid you adieu for
a week and he thinks that he will
! come back to Light Horse Harry Lee
| next Sunday. because he wants to
| tell of the work OF that man in the
! fight for ratification of the American
/ Constitution by Virginia. His pet
| aversion in the Virginia constitutional
/, convention was Patrick Henry. and
| the manner in which he talked to Mr..
Henry ought to be shocking to per-
! sons who look on Patrick Henry as
! redoubtabie orator. Gov. Randolph
spoke to Henry in that convention
! with scorn and contempt and it would
| really seem at this range that in the
| discussion Mr.. Lee and Gov. Randolph.
who were not brilliant orators. or per-
haps orators of any kind, but merely
blunt speaking men. knocked Patrick
Henry to the floor. pinned him there
| and kicked his eloquence and his ar
| Kuments all around the place.
! It was really shocking to the Ram
| bier. who has the matter from Ell
lots Debates on the Constitution. to
hnd two men not generally known in
, American history had the temerity to
| wallop so popular a hero as Patrick
Henry and to treat him as common
clay, and to insinuate broadly to his
face that he was . piece of exceeding
ly common clay. very bigoted. il-in-.
formed man. who could not reason
straight. and 4 gentleman who was
very long on loud speaking and very
short on Intelligent Interpretation of
facts, But Of all this another time.