Jesse Jefferson Lea (1777 - 1830)

Born 10 Nov 1777 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Farley) Lea — married 21 Apr 1798 in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1830 at age 53 in Amite, Mississippi, USA

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Birth: 30 NOV 1777 in Wilkes County, North Carolina 2 Death: 25 DEC 1830 in Amite County, Mississippi Note: Jesse Lea (1777-1830)

Name also seen as Jesse Jefferson Lea.

Jesse (Jefferson) Lea, son of Rev Luke Lea and Elizabeth Wilson born Wilkes County, North Carolina November 30, 1777, died Amite County, Mississippi December 25, 1830, married Jefferson County, Tennessee, September 21, 1798, Elizabeth Farley daughter of Nathaniel Farley and Sarah Farley (3rd cousins), Jesse Lea first came to Amite County and St. Helena Parish in 1797 in Spanish times, but after the removal of Spanish troops and after the Indian uprisings returned to Tennessee.

He and his brother William Lea and their families came down the Mississippi River in flat boats (via Tennessee and Ohio Rivers) where Indians shot at them several times. In the fall of 1802 (son Caswell Lea was born in Tennessee 1801 and daughter Matilda Lea was born by 1803 in Amite County). Someone in their party killed an Indian soon after reaching the Amite River where Jesse Lea settled on Beaver Creek, Amite County (then Wilkinson county). The Indians became convinced Jesse Lea did the shooting and burned his barn once on account of it. There were only 20-25 families in the entire Amite County area at this time. Elizabeth Farley died in Darling's Creek, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana 1824. Jesse Lea had moved to St. Helena Parish, Louisiana from Amite County, Mississipi. Jesse Lea married his second wife in Amite County, 16 August 1825, Elizabeth Taylor Lea (50 yrs 1 w f-5 Jesse Lea-60 yrs). Jesse Lea separated from his wife after 1830 and moved back to Amite County, Mississippi, where he died in 1833. Jesse Lea and Elizabeth Farley had issue:

1. (Jesse) Jefferson Lea, Jr. (1799-1863)
2. Caswell Lea (born 1801)
3. Matilda Lea (1803-c.1835)
4. Mahulda Lea ( born 1806)
5. Shepherd Lea (born 1808)
6. Mariah Lea (born 1810)
7. Tennessee Lea (born 1815)
8. Lattimore Lea (born 1817)
9. Roane Lea (born 1819)
10. Lavinia Lea (born 1822)

Jesse Lea in the 1830 census had eleven slaves. He was a founding member (1826) of the Selected Friends, U. D. Masonic Lodge of Clinton, Louisiana, chartered as #14 by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi (Reference Grand Lodge of Mississippi AF&AM 1818-1852). He was executor of the estate of his brother James Lea of Amite County, Mississippi, 28 April 1823. On May 19, 1800, James Lea of Jefferson County, Tennessee, sold Jesse Lea of Knox County, Tennessee, 250 acres in Knox County near Wallings Bridge. Luke Lea, Jr, witness (Anderson County Tennessee, Warranty Deeds A, Volume 1, Page 7, recorded 28 May 1802. Jesse Lea, Anderson County, Tennessee, on September 13, 1802, sold Stephen McCammas 100 acres in Anderson County, Tennessee, witness William Lea, recorded 9 December 1802 (Anderson County Deeds A, Volume 1, Page 37. On 8 October 1802, Jesse Lea sold Robert Sinclair 187 acres in Anderson County, Tennessee, Deed Book A, Volume 1, Page 86, witnesses Zachariah Lea and George Steel (recorded 8 December 1802). Jesse Lea patented 1896 acres in St. Helena Parish (TIS, R4E, Wash Mer Sects. 21, 24, and 25; B577, #614 and B 112) and in the census of 1830 had eleven slaves. _______________

Jesse Lea, born 30 November 1777 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, died 25 December 1830 in Amite County, Mississippi, married 21 September 1798 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Elizabeth Farley, daughter of Nathaniel Farley and Sarah Farley (third cousins).

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Name

Name: Jesse Jefferson /Lea/^[2]

Name: Jefferson Jesse /Lea/^[3]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Jesse Jefferson /Lea/.

Death

Death:

Date: 25 DEC 1830

Place: Amite, Mississippi, USA

Death:

Date: 25 DEC 1830

Place: Amite, Mississippi, United States

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 25 DEC 1830Array

Sources

1. ↑ Ffrom Casey, Albert Eugene. Amite County, Mississippi 1699-1890 (Volume #3): The Environs. Greenville (South Carolina): Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2001 [Reprint Edition. Originally published Birmingham, Alabama, 1957]. Print, page 568-569 (some editorial changes made to facilitate understanding):
2. ↑ Source: #S69 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
3. ↑ Source: #S69 Page: Ancestry Family Trees

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPF-HV1 : 12 August 2017), Jefferson Lea, St Helena, Louisiana, United States; citing 44, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 9,686.
• Source: S45 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Repository: #R1
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• Casey, Albert Eugene. Amite County, Mississippi 1699-1890 (Volume #3): The Environs. Birmingham (Alabama): Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1957, p.565. Print.