The Stacker Lee was named after Capt. Jim Lee’s son Samuel Stacker Lee. Stacker Lee served as captain on several Lee boats. The Stacker Lee was called Stack-o-Dollars by her crew because she was a very profitable boat for the Lee Line. Son Stacker at 16 road with Nathan Bedford Forrest during the war of northern agression or Civil War depending on your point of view. Stacker was known to live large, pursue women and drink. Later in life he settled down, married and had a son Samuel Stacker Lee Jr. The sword pictured belongs to my cousin Marcus Lee.
Stacker Lee confederate sword
Glad I found this information about the Str. Stacker Lee. I found a photo of it that was taken by my grandfather in October 1916 when she had run aground north of Memphis. I believe he was about two weeks shy of his 15th birthday at the time and was working cutting timber for Mengel Brothers Company near in Henderson Swamp in western Tennessee at the time.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/HzhKNSt.jpeg[/img]
If the photo doesn’t appear here, cut and paste the following to find it where I saved it on imgur.
https://i.imgur.com/HzhKNSt.jpeg
Thanks for having this record available!