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and White House Plantations. His will appointed Gen. Lee as executor, and directed him to
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approximately 200 slaves within five years of his death (which happened in 1857). The
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intervened, but Gen. Lee fulfilled the clause by December, 1862. Lee's second son,
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Romancoke, Virginia
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Unincorporated communities in King William County, Virginia
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in the 17th century, and inherited by his burgess sons
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Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
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Unincorporated community
Romancoke is located in Virginia
Romancoke is located in the United States
37°34′25″N 76°51′02″W / 37.57361°N 76.85056°W / 37.57361; -76.85056
State
Virginia
County
King William
Time zone
UTC−5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC−4
unincorporated community
King William County
Virginia
William Claiborne
William Claiborne Jr.
Thomas Claiborne
George Washington Parke Custis
Robert E. Lee
Arlington
manumit
American Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
Rooney Lee
Robert E. Lee, Jr.
West Point
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Romancoke, Virginia
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/spotsylvania/wills/c2320001.txt

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