Remembering Suwannee: Wiley Lee, Part 2

Eric Musgrove Contributor   Last week, we began a discussion of one of my relatively obscure ancestors, Wiley Lee. Today, we'll finish this look into some of my own family's past. Despite his willingness to help neighbors in need, existing records and family stories tell that Lee had a temper, especially when it came to fighting for something that he believed in. This created at least one court record in the Suwannee County Courthouse. In helping my cousin with the research of our common ancestor, I quickly found an old court case. Knowing of the family stories that Lee had a fiery temper, we were both very curious when the court case turned out to be a charge of murder in the