Robert Salee James, per my database, was born 07 Jul 1818 in Logan County, Kentucky, He died 18 Aug 1850 at the gold fields near Placerville, El Dorado County, California. Where the Salee middle name came from, I have no idea!
William Sallee's father, John [of 1756] Sallee, had a sister Jinny Sallee b: ABT 1790 in Green Co KY. Jinny married Will P. Jackson on 9 NOV 1810 in Green Co KY. No children are named in the Sallee file:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jeansalle_i&id=I3466
~Don