Lee County Courthouse Entrance

LEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Lee County was created from portions of Russel, Macon, Chambers and Tallapoosa by act of the Alabama Legislature, approved Dec. 5, 1866. The county's first election was held January 21, 1867.

An early courthouse stood across the street from the present structure. IN 1896, when W.C. Robinson was Probate Judge, erection of today's courthouse got underway: low bid, $23,00; architect's fee, $1000; total bond issue, including jail, $35,000. Last bonds paid off in late 1930's. Placed on the National Register of HIstoric Places July 23, 1973.

LEE COUNTY PORBATE JUDGES:

David Read, January 21, 1867 - August 10, 1872

Wilson Williams, August 1872 - 1880

James K. Edwards, 1881 - Oct. 20, 1883

Thomas L. Frazer, Nov. 2, 1883 - 1886

William Carlisle Robinson, 1887-1898

Frank Monroe Renfro, 1899-1904

John B. Lyons, late 1904 - May 24, 1915

Griffin P. Butler, June 1, 1915 - Nov. 28, 1932

Lum Duke, late 1932 - Jan. 1935

John T. Frazer, Jan. 15, 1935 - Jan. 25, 1949

James Lewis Killian, 1949 - 1950

Ira H. Weissinger, Sr., Nov. 11, 1950 - Jan. 17.

I. H. (Hal) Smith, Hanuary 18, 1977

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