General Notes

Henry Lee was born on his family's estate in Prince William County, Virginia
on 29 Jan 1756. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton
University) in 1773 and intended to make a career at law. This course was
interrupted by the outbreak of the Revolution in 1775. He became a captain
in the cavalry, later rising to the rank of major and then lieutenant
colonel. His troops fought in both the Northern and Southern theatres of the
war and took part in the final victory at Yorktown, Virginia.

After the war, Lee served in the Virginia legislature and the Continental
Congress and was Governor of his state from 1792 to 1795. In 1794 he
commanded the troops that put down the "Whiskey Rebellion" in western
Pennsylvania. He retired from politics after one term in the United States
House of Representatives. In the next several years he was ruined
financially by bad investments and was put into debtors' prison for a few
years. After 1812 his health deteriorated. He spent a few years in the
West Indies, hoping to recover, but died at Cumberland Island, Georgia on
25 Mar 1818, while on his way home.
{Chamber's Biographical Dictionary}