Arthur Ferney “Ferney” LEE, Sr.

1719 -

• Name	Arthur Ferney “Ferney” LEE  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	4 Jun 1719  [3]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	he settled on the Lynches River and built what was known as Lee’s Mill he migrated from Virginia, to Charleston, South Carolina, being influenced by editorials in the “Gazette,” the first magazine or newspaper edited in the state of South Carolina. Ferney Lee came from Virginia and settled in Georgetown District, South Carolina, about 1740 He lived in Charleston, South Carolina, for a short while. There he met, wooed and wed Miss Elizabeth Hayne. He then obtained a grant of land from the King of England and the young couple sailed up the Pee Dee River, then up Lynches River to a bluff where he established his home and built Lee’s Mill on the north side of the Lynches RIver near the present town of Effingham, South Carolina.  [2, 3, 4]
  MILI	fought with General (Francis) Marion’s men, Revolutionary War.  [4]
  _UID	9921B81780F54D31AA4D7968C79AB2FE6591
  Person ID	I66093	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Arthur LEE,   b. 1693   d. 1756 (Age 63 years)
  Mother	/SHERARD SHERRAD
  _UID	4C843858FF3C46ABAB7D36622A152B651BDE
  _UID	4C843858FF3C46ABAB7D36622A152B651BDE
  Family ID	F78084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HAYNE
  _UID	91715E6BB6914A88BDAE94EB58182682E6E0
  _UID	91715E6BB6914A88BDAE94EB58182682E6E0
  Children	1. Arthur Ferney LEE, Jr.   2. William LEE   3. Timothy LEE   4. Sherard/Sherwood LEE, Jr.   5. Needham LEE   6. John LEE   7. David LEE, Sr.,   b. 12 Oct 1753   d. 1821 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F46388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S875] . [S668] Lyndon Lee Cannon (Mrs. R. B. Cannon), (The State Company Columbia, South Carolina 1943), page 10. [S668] Lyndon Lee Cannon (Mrs. R. B. Cannon), (The State Company Columbia, South Carolina 1943), page 15. [S668] Lyndon Lee Cannon (Mrs. R. B. Cannon), (The State Company Columbia, South Carolina 1943), page 16.