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Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Lee County, Virginia. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.

This is a continuation of our original, and highly successful, Genealogy Trails Illinois History and Genealogy Project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions. If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website, please contact me.

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You are welcome to browse the information on these pages and at the many links provided to garner the data needed to continue your research into your family history. However, Please remember that this information, in many cases, represents years of painstaking research on the part of myself, or the many generous volunteers who have donated their information to this site. You can show your respect for these efforts by not taking things to use on other websites and/or to claim as your own. I thank you in advance for your consideration.

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A LITTLE HISTORY ON LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA
The County was formed out of Russell County in 1793.  It was named for a Governor of Virginia, Light Horse Harry Lee,
the father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.  Parts of Lee County, Russell County and Washington County, were combined in 1814 to form Scott County.  Parts of Lee County, Russell County and Scott County were combined in 1856, to form Wise County.
Lee County shares Cumberland Gap National Historic Park with Kentucky and Tennessee.
Lee County is dependent largely on growing tobacco and mining coal and considered one of the poorest counties in VA.
Population in 2000 was 23,589.  The county seat is Jonesville.



SURROUNDING COUNTIES
Bell Co KY - Claiborne Co TN - Hancock Co TN - Harlan Co KY - Scott Co VA - Wise Co VA
NATIONAL PROTECTED AREAS
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park & Jefferson National Forest
CITIES
Ben Hur - Blackwater - Dryden - Ewing - Jonesville - Keokee - Pennington Gap - Rose Hill - St Charles


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