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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lee is a county in Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,910. The county seat is Tupelo. Lee County is included in the Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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Lee County was established on October 26, 1866, and named for General Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. It was carved from Itawamba and Pontotoc; therefore, the record and list of pioneers mentioned in those counties embrace a great number who were residents of what is now Lee. In 1925 L. Q. Ivy, an African-American, was accused of raping the daughter of a farmer in the Etah (Etta) Community in Union County, Mississippi. The Union County Sheriff along with the Lee County Sheriff were stopped in Union County, Mississippi by a mob of farmers from the Lee County, Mississippi area. The Lee County Sheriff escorted Ivy to Aberdeen, Mississippi in Monroe County. Later, when Ivy was brought back into New Albany, the mob seized him and took him back to the Etah (Etta) Community in Union County, Mississippi (located 18 miles outside of New Albany, Mississippi in the northwest corner of Union County, Mississippi), where he was seized by a mob who then burned him to death.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1866 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1870 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1870 | 15,955
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| 1880 | 20,470
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| 1890 | 20,040
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| 1900 | 21,956
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| 1910 | 28,894
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| 1920 | 29,618
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| 1930 | 35,313
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| 1940 | 38,838
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| 1950 | 38,237
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| 1960 | 40,589
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| 1970 | 46,148
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| 1980 | 57,061
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| 1990 | 65,581
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mslee/
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