- 1788 -
In this year they baptized their children in a Catholic Church in Mobile by Father Michael Lamport.
"On the seventh day of November in the year 1788, I the pastor of the Parish of Mobile (solumnly baptized) in the house of John Stilly Lee Paul Reuben, born the ( ) day of may and Maria Sally, born the same day in the 1784 . " [photocopy in Spanish, p 112, Catholic Church Archives, Mobile., AL, 1788]
" (The same day) solemn baptism of Miguel Washington, born the 3rd of September 1786 " ]
" All are legitimate children of John Stilly Lee and Elizabeth (Isabel) White protestants, natives of America and inhabitants of the Tombigbee River in this district. Witnessed by Canano Cantananes, Secristan. Sr. Miguel Lamport" [photocopy in Spanish, p 113, Catholic Church Archives, Mobile., AL, 1788]
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