Raynors HCA 2016-06
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LEE, Henry (1756-1818) also known as Light-Horse Harry Lee, was an early American Patriot who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. During the American Revolution, Lee served as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army and earned the nickname "Light-Horse Harry". Document Signed “Henry Lee” as Virginia Governor, 12-1/2” x 15,” partially printed, April 24, 1792, VG. The land grant document issued for “2066 acres lyning and being in the District set apart for the officers and soldiers of the Virginia State Line on Russels Creek ..” to William Croghan. At the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775, 23 year old Croghan sold his British commission to join the American Revolution as a captain in the 8th Virgina Regiment, he crossed the icy Delaware River under the command of General George Washington, and was commissioned Major at the conclusion of the grim Valley Forge winter. He served with Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, and James Monroe at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown. Shortly after his parole as a prisoner of war in 1781, along with Lt. Col. Jonathan Clark and Lt. Edmund Clark, he witnessed Cornwallis’ surrender. Croghan travelled with the two Clark brothers to their family’s home in Virginia.
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