IN a small, old-fashioned house among the red hills of Charlotte there came into existence in March, 1794, an infant son to a worthy and honored couple - their first boy. The life of this child was to its parents, as is that of all first-born sons, the pride of a father's and the delight of a mother's heart; so many fond hopes cen tered in the object of their mutual love; high and noble aspirations for its future; that in him the talent and genius of the family might shine out, for in the past the name had been noted for its chivalry and noble bear ing. They had landed at an early day at Jamestown, and after remaining in that portion of the State a short time had ventured further into the then unbroken forests, where the Indian was at home on his native soil. Wil liam Lee was of splendid build, strong, athletic, quick, and so the stories of his hair-breadth escapes from dan ger were often the admiration of his comrades; they looked up to him as a leader through the land of diffi culty. No obstacle seemed to be such that he would shrink from an undertaking in which they desired the knowledge of the country. He was undaunted, and when he found what he considered a desirable situation, was joined by others in clearing and opening up enough land to build their rough cabins and cultivate small farms, and thus it happened that the subject of this chapter was.

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