Henry Hancock Lee V (the Fifth)

Henry Hancock Lee V (the Fifth) M T K Y Photo: One we don’t have is in Helm, Defend, 70. His source: Mrs. Robinson; Helm now owns photo. Dink has individual photo of him.[2373] Born: “August 26, 1837 in Fauquier County near Lakota.”[2374] 26 August 1837[2375] in Culpeper County.[2376] Married: Olivia D. Nutt, wife of Henry Hancock Lee, born 8 November 1839; died 9 February 1922.[2377] “On June 14, 1860, he married Olivia Smith Nutt from Greenwich, Prince William County.”[2378] Died: 23 July 1911 Fauquier County and is buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Bealeton;[2379] no Confederate Marker.[2380] He died “not two miles from where he was born.”[2381] 23 July 1911; buried Cedar Grove Cemetery.[2382] Obituary: Children: “They had 10 living children: Henry (Harry) Hancock Lee VI; married Maude Alice Payne; 6 children. Anna Eustace; married Harry Gilkerson; no children. Robert Edward; married Meta Shumate; 3 daughters. Lucinda; married first Charles Newton, second Edward Thomas Embrey; no children. Olivia Downman; married William Moncure Blackwell; 1 daughter. Frances; married Robert Smith; 1 son. Ludwell Alexander; married Margaret Newhouse; no children. Francis Lightfoot; died at age 17, unmarried. Mary Willis; married Bob Willis; no children. Alice Conway; married John Wesley Smith; 1 daughter, 3 sons.”[2383] Parents and Siblings: His father was Lighthouse Lee.[2384] ***Chart frm Helm, that HB is source’, has different info. 2007 May 2 W Other Family: His granddaughter was Anne Lee Blackwell; she married George Henry Robinson, son of Jesse Balou Robinson [Not BH]; H. H. Lee V’s great-grandson was G. Ripley Robinson.[2385]

This source is the proof of these two cavalrymen being brothers.[2386]

William: (1840–1863), member “Black Horse,” “shot & killed by Yankee officer at home (“Melma”) of Col. Fant—“Highlands”?—19 April 1863.”

Henry Hancock V: (1837 or 1839–1922), member “Black Horse,” wed Olivia D. Nutt (1839–1922), 1860, Prince William County. Her parents were Ann E. and Moncure Smith.

parents: Susan A. (Richards) ( –1873) and Hancock Lee IV (1794–1842), who wed in 1819 and lived in Culpeper. Father was “Developer of Fq. ‘White Sulphur Springs’.”

siblings: Anne (1820–1862), wed John Howison, 1843, Fauquier; Frances (1822– ), wed Robert Willis of Orange Co.; Mary E. (1823–1860), died without issue; Virginia E. (1824– ), wed first Smith Rixey, second Archie Richards; Ludwell A. (1826–1865), wed Albinia E. Payne, 1849, Fauquier (with qm), member “Richardson’s Scouts and Rangers” of Winchester; Susan H. (1830– ), wed Richard H. Dodd, 1852, Fauquier; Louisa (1832– ), died without issue; Thomas A. (1834– ), died without issue, member 11th Virginia Infantry, shot at Gettysburg; Henry [BH]; William [BH].

paternal grandparents: Winifred (Beale) (1758–1804) and Captain Hancock Lee III (1740–1819), who wed in 1776 and built “Greenview,” 1781, Fauquier. other family: more genealogy shown at source. siblings with dates and their spouses for each person on the direct line.

children of Henry: Henry Hancock, Jr. VI (1862–1930), called Harry, wed Maud Paine [sic], 1891, issue; Annie (1864– ); Robert Edward (1866–1926), wed Meta Shumate (1869–1937), issue; Mary (1867–1949), wed Robert Willis; Lucy (1870– ), wed Edward T. Embrey; Olivia T. (1872– ), wed William M. Blackwell, 1894, Prince William County, issue; Frances (1874–1927), wed Robert B. Smith; Ludwell A. (1876–1950), wed Margaret; Francis (1879–1899), died without issue; Alice (1882–1914), wed J. M. Smith.

[NOTE:above is one source; next is another]

[NOTE:Wm. & Henry Lee; Thos. & Stanley Fant, all [BH], fam history. paste to ‘other fam’ under Henry Lee & direct from other 3 cavalrymen to it.] [or this might go under sketches?] Lees’ grandfather & Fants’ father: The cavalrymen’s paternal grandfather, “Hancock Lee [III], the other surviving son of Hancock Lee [II] and Mary Willis, was born April 7, 1740, and died in March, 1819.” He traveled widely through Virginia and Kentucky, being a pioneer in the exploration of the latter. “His name appears in the Court Minute Books of Fauquier” many times during the 1760s. He acquired the property for his Fauquier plantation circa 1760–1768. “Sometime between 1771 and 1774…, he, with his brother, Willis, and his cousin, Hancock Taylor, made an expedition to Kentucky. Both his companions were killed by the Indians, and he himself is said to have been captured. According to his grandson, Hancock Lee [III] made twenty trips to Kentucky on the same horse! He was surveyor for the Ohio Company, and in connection with this work he visited Washington at Mount Vernon and George Mason at Gunston Hall.” “In 1776 he founded… Leestown, on the Kentucky River one mile below the future city of Frankfort.” “In December of 1776 he married Winifred Eustace Beale, daughter of his first cousin, Elizabeth Eustace, and John Beale of Richmond County. The marriage is recorded in King George County, [Virginia,] which would indicate that his home was then in that county….” Fauquier Court Minute Books again record his name in 1786. “Hancock Lee’s [III] home in Fauquier was the old Greenview plantation….” It was used by “members of the Lee family for a century and a half, perhaps longer,” at least until the early 1900s, even though several decendants disposed of portions of the land. The Lee estate, “Greenview,” faced the Rappahannock River; “it was situated four miles below Fauquier Sulphur Springs” and upstream from Remington, near Opal. The father of the two Fant cavalrymen, apparently active in real estate, gained much of this property before the war. “… [I]n 1856 Fanny Lee sold sixty-three acres, including the mill, to John M. Fant, who had acquired the Jennings estate in 1846.” That 222-acre tract had previously also been part of “Greenview.” “The… house stands on high ground a little more than a mile back from the river.” This plantation was the site of Lee’s Mill. “The old stone mill stands beside the river, its walls still true…” two centuries after it was built. “The wall on the side [of the mill] away from the river is covered with inscriptions put there by Federal soldiers in August 1863.” The cavalrymen’s father, “… Hancock Lee [IV] (1794–1842), became interested about 1828 in the development of Fauquier’s White Sulphur Springs as a summer resort and watering place. He raised the capital and built a hotel.… The place became fashionable, and the state legislature is known to have assembled there.” [2387] [pp 355, 356, 357, 359] [NOTE:why did I duplicate following?] “Hancock Lee’s [III] home in Fauquier was the old Greenview plantation….” The Lee estate, “Greenview,” faced the Rappahannock River; “it was situated four miles below Fauquier Sulphur Springs” and upstream from Remington, near Opal. “The… house stands on high ground a little more than a mile back from the river.” This plantation was the site of Lee’s Mill. “The old stone mill stands beside the river, its walls still true…” two centuries after it was built. “The wall on the side [of the mill] away from the river is covered with inscriptions put there by Federal soldiers in August, 1863.” This estate was used by “members of the Lee family for a century and a half, perhaps longer,” at least until the early 1900s, even though several decendants disposed of portions of the land. The father of the two Fant cavalrymen, apparently active in real estate, gained some of the property before the war. “… [I]n 1856 Fanny Lee sold sixty-three acres, including the mill, to John M. Fant, who had acquired the Jennings estate in 1846.” That 222-acre tract had previously also been part of “Greenview.”

Stories, Letters & Biographies: “The Black Horse was a militia unit before the war. It was made up of all wealthy lawyers. The rumor was that you had to have a full-blooded black horse to join. All these lawyers could afford full-blooded horses. When the war began, the unit became part of the army, and they had to let anyone in; Henry Hancock Lee was a farmer.”[2388] “You won’t find his uniform now. His greatcoat was cut down for clothes for the children. A lot of them [the soldiers] had a lot of children and did that [cut down their uniforms].” “[My husband] Ripley’s mother [Anne Lee Blackwell] wouldn’t speak of the war. She said, ‘It should be forgotten.’ But his father [George Henry Robinson] and grandfather spoke of it.” Anne and George were the cavalryman’s granddaughter and her husband, whose father served the Confederacy.[2389] “On the 18th of May, 1861,”… “soldiers in the Spartan sense”… “observed a Masonic sign”… “always counted on the Black Horse in emergencies”… “a gem of eloquence”… “an old Black Horseman… said the other day”….[2390] See Stories Chapter under The Black Horse Troop. CSR: Enlisted 15 March 1862; captured 10 February 1863 Bealeton; Old Capitol Prison Washington D. C. 13 February 1863; exchanged 29 March 1863 City Point; paroled 7 May 1865 Fairfax Courthouse. Additional Information: Possibly a Mason.[2391] Private.[2392] Miller, Bealeton.[2393] “After the war he had a flour mill, a general store and a post office at Lees Mill and also ran a large farm.”[2394] “He lived in Greenwich.”[2395] Origin of Camp Lee Farm. Henry Hancock Lee V bought a 100-acre section of land, located on what had been Germantown, at auction on the Courthouse steps. The previous owner “liked to gamble more than he liked to pay taxes”; this is why the land was being auctioned. This previous owner had begun the house as a retreat for people from the cities of northern Virginia, intending to rent the rooms. Each large room had its own fireplace, so that visitors could cook in their rooms or eat downstairs with the family. The house was not finished by him, however, because he lost the property. It was “under roof”, but it was not finished inside. When H. H. Lee V acquired the land, he offered it to each of his children. All of them turned it down. His daughter Olivia and her husband were the only ones who would accept the gift and move to Midland. The property was then named Camp Henry Hancock Lee V, or Camp Lee Farm. This farm is still intact and owned by Henry’s great-great- granddaughter.[2396]