Robert E. Lee and his slave children-My 3rd great grandfather is Mack Lee born in Texas

JAMES HARPE April 5, 2012

My family history to General Lee go’s like this-James Harpe my mother Mary (Richard) Shaw, Her mother Teresa (Richard) Shaw, Her mother Minnie (Lee) Richard and her father Mack Lee born in Texas. His father General Robert E. Lee and a light skin slave woman named Nancy Ruufin…..Person slave of Rbert E. Lee. This woman had at least three children one of which was Mack Lee….General Lee was in Texas at that time. There are family reunions yearly of the Black chuildren of Robert E. Lee.

James Harpe

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