Melba Lee Murray

Robert Lee of Tennessee: Loyal Union Farmer Melba Lee Murray

Robert Lee was born in Halifax, Virginia in 1798, seven years before Robert E. Lee was born. Some people claim they were cousins, but no documentation was found. He moved to Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee as a teenager and on to Bradley County. He was opposed to secession and was a strong Union man when the Civil War broke out. Once of his sons joined the Union Army. The third so was a very religious man who refused to fight and hid out in the White Oak Mountains.

The Indian discovery on the Lee farm added a prehistoric view to the historic facts of the Civil War. The archeological report of Indian activity, back to before the time of Christ gives a good picture of things that happened on the Lee farm.