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Camden County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Camden County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards WoodbineFloyd Family Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Camden County, Henry Lee (1756-1818) — also known as"Light Horse Harry" — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,January29, 1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromWestmoreland County, 1788;Governor ofVirginia, 1791-94;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.EulogizedGeorgeWashington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in thehearts of his countrymen.".Slaveowner. Died in Cumberland Island,CamdenCounty, Ga.,March25, 1818 (age62 years, 55days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentin 1913 atUniversityChapel, Lexington, Va. Politicians formerlyburied here:     Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother ofCharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; married1782 toMatilda Ludwell Lee; married,June 18,1793, to Ann Hill Carter; father of Robert E. Lee; grandfather ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; grandnephew ofRichardBland; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes.   Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).   Lee County,Va. is named for him.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle

John Floyd (1769-1839) — of Jefferson,JacksonCounty, Ga.Born in Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.,October3, 1769.Planter;shipbuilder;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1820-27;U.S.Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1827-29.Slaveowner. Died near Jefferson,JacksonCounty, Ga.,June 24,1839 (age69 years, 264days).Interment at Floyd Family Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Charles Floyd and Mary (Fendin) Floyd; married,December12, 1793, to Isabella Maria Hazzard; great-grandfather ofWilliamGibbs McAdoo.
		Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
		Floyd County,Ga. is named for him.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

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