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Welcome
To
Lee County
Alabama
Genealogy and
History |
Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
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to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing
genealogical and historical data for the free use of all
researchers.
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Founded December 5,
1866
Formed out of parts of Macon, Tallapoosa, Chambers, and
Russell Counties, it is named in honor of Robert E. Lee, commanding
general of the Confederate Army.
The county seat is Opelika, and
the largest city is Auburn.
The Lee County Courthouse in Opelika was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1973.
Phenix City, located in the
southeastern corner of Lee County, merged with the town of Girard,
located in the northeastern corner of Russell County. To prevent the
new town of Phenix City from straddling the Lee-Russell line, Lee
County ceded to Russell County the 10 square miles in the
southeastern corner surrounding Phenix City in exchange for 20
square miles in the northwest corner of Russell County surrounding
the unincorporated community of Marvyn. This new territory is what
forms the southern "panhandle" of Lee County.
Towns and
Cities:
* Auburn *
Loachapoka * Notasulga (part in Macon County)
* Opelika * Phenix
City (part in Russell County) * Smiths Station
* Waverly (part in
Chambers County) * Beauregard
* Beulah * Gold Hill * Marvyn *
Roxana * Salem
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Website Updates:
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May 2013:
Community news
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April
2013: Community news: Opelika Fire; Lee Cty History - 1888; Schools: Alabama Polytechnic
Institute - 1888; Bios: BROUN, LUPTON, MELL, NEWMAN,
THACH, LANE,
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March
2013: Community news: Distillery burned; Death news: PRINCE
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Feb 2013:
Marriage News: THOMPSON, ELLINGTON, WILLIAMSON, SEAY,
WILSON, BOTAFORD - Transcribed by FOFG mz; Vietnam War Casualties -
Transcribed by May Kay Krogman; Obit: TENAGLIA - Transcribed by Marla
Zwakman; Bio: GREEN
- Transcribed by FOFG mz
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Jan 2013:
Deaths of State Convicts 1910 - 1914 - Transcribed by Dawn
Conway
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Death
news: COWAN, HOLLIFIELD, JOHNSON, MELTON, -
Transcribed by FOFG mz
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Nov 2012:
History of Lee County - 1893
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Oct 2012:
1883 Pensioners; Marriage News: SMITH - FILLPOT
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Sept
2012: Death news: BENNETT, FERGUSON, BARNES, BURNETT, FINCH,
GALLETTE, SHALEY, SMITH, WADDELL, WILLIAMSON; School News;
Community News; Industrial news; Sick List News: HILL,
JOHNSON, PHILLIPS, SMITH
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Aug 2012:
WWI Gold Stars
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July
2012: Listing of Churches, Schools, and Historical Post
Offices
Mar. 2011: Obits: WILLIAMSON;
Sept. 2010:
Cemetery Index;
Sept. 2009: Postcard of Pines Motel of
Opelika, Ala. - MORTIMORE; Bios: CHAMBERS;
Oct.
2008: LAMAR, LLOYD biographies, 1870 COLORED
MARRIAGES |
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