Anne Hill <I>Carter</I> Lee

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Anne Hill Carter Lee

Birth
Charles City County, Virginia, USA
Death
26 Jun 1829 (aged 56)
Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Ann Carter Lee is buried near her son, Robert E. Lee at the Lee Chapel in Lexington, VA. A myth of the Lee family is that Ann was wrongly pronounced dead in the fall of 1805. She was placed in a coffin a funeral was held and her remains placed in the family vault. A week later the sexton entered the Lee vault to put fresh flowers on the casket, he heard her cry for help. She soon revivied and regained her health. 15 months later on January 19,1807 she gave birth to boy who was named Robert E. Lee.

Wife of
General Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee

Mother of
Algernon Sydney Lee
Charles Carter Lee
Annie Kinloch Lee Marshall
Sidney Smith Lee
Gen. Robert Edward Lee
Catherine Mildred Lee Childe


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Thank you to Mark Jenkins,
FindaGrave member, who
created this memorial
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Ann Carter Lee is buried near her son, Robert E. Lee at the Lee Chapel in Lexington, VA. A myth of the Lee family is that Ann was wrongly pronounced dead in the fall of 1805. She was placed in a coffin a funeral was held and her remains placed in the family vault. A week later the sexton entered the Lee vault to put fresh flowers on the casket, he heard her cry for help. She soon revivied and regained her health. 15 months later on January 19,1807 she gave birth to boy who was named Robert E. Lee.

Wife of
General Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee

Mother of
Algernon Sydney Lee
Charles Carter Lee
Annie Kinloch Lee Marshall
Sidney Smith Lee
Gen. Robert Edward Lee
Catherine Mildred Lee Childe


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Thank you to Mark Jenkins,
FindaGrave member, who
created this memorial
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