LEA LINKS to CASWELL CO., NC

Researching James Lea of Caswell County, NC 1746-1816

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Confusion reigns over three men named James Lea who lived 1746-1816 in the area of Edgecombe County, NC that became Granville County, NC, later Orange County, then Caswell County and finally, Person County, NC

Timelines of those men named James Lea have been posted on this blog using only documented data with sources cited. The purpose is to learn the identity of the James Lee/Lea who married Lawrence Bankston's daughter about 1753-54. This particular man named James Lea was deposed in 1793 and 1794, in the home of Gabriel Lea of Caswell County, because he was "too old and infirm to travel." In this deposition he said, "I married Lawrence Bankston's daughter (forty years earlier). This James Lea is the main subject of our study.

We welcome your citations and documentation. Please post them as comments. Speculation abounds - and the related history books are full of errors... including Ben Rose's work. We seek documentation from original sources such as family Bible records and copies of original signatures.

To view footnotes, scroll down to the end of each timeline rather than clicking on the footnote number in the text.

July 2010... after four years of examining these records, using the expertise of Raquel Lindaas and the team at Heritage Consulting, Inc., discussion with historians in Caswell County, I am positing the conclusion that the only James Lea that fits is James Lea of Cobb's Creek, thereby eliminating the fourth mysterious James Lea by combining his timeline into that of James Lea of Cobb's Creek. In addition, I am heartened by the response of Betty Fitzgerald - the most valued historian of Caswell County, NC who wrote, "This James Lea can only be James Lea of Cobb's Creek."

James Lea of Kilgore's Branch seemed at fist a likely candidate for no one could give definitive proof that he died in 1788. The documentation for that death (intestate) comes from a secondary source who wrote well after the fact that James Lea of Kilgore's Branch died in 1788. The second reason for eliminating this James Lea is that his marriage to Ann (surname Tolbert discounted because there is no source for that surname) was documented in Virginia well before his move to North Carolina in 1755. It is highly probable that James Lea of Kilgore's Branch was indeed deceased by 1788 (Source: Betty Fitzgerald, Caswell County Historian).

James Lea of Country Line Creek (my direct ancestor) died in 1792. The death is conclusive and documented in probate records. See the timeline for James Lea of Country Line Creek.

James Lee/Lea m. Lawrence Bankston's Daughter

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James Lee/Lea – Lawrence Bankston
Timeline

The timeline will study Lawrence Bankston’s places of residence in North Carolina. Of particular interest is where he lived in the 1740’s, when James Lea, who gave the depositions in 1793, 1794 and 1797, said he married Lawrence’s daughter. This James Lee/Lea is the object of our research. He was in Edgecombe County, NC as early as 1747, married Lawrence’s daughter ca. 1754, "I married Lawrence Bankston's daughter forty years ago." He was a resident of Caswell County, NC in 1794 when he was deposed in the home of Gabriel Lea “because he was too old and infirm to travel.”

There were only three men named James Lea living in Caswell County in 1790 old enough to have been this James Lea. Two were dead by the summer of 1792 leaving one James Lea alive and living in the right area – St. Lawrence District – the area that became Persons County today. But questions remain because James Lea of Cobb’s Creek did not die for at least another decade. What are we missing?

1741: A Joshua Lee paid taxes in Edgecombe County, NC. Henry Lee or Lea is
not Listed (Heritage Consulting Research Report, March 2006).

A Joshua Lee is located on:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jocliett&id=I1208

1742: A John Lea paid taxes in Edgecombe County, NC. Henry Lee or Lea is not Listed (Heritage Consulting). Joshua Lee (above) had a brother, John, supposedly in the same area. See above link.

1744: Lawrence Bankston received a headright grant of fifty acres in Edgecombe County, near Marlow’s Creek:
(http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pNbKnKmj8jWI8yTUtpkTAQgGranville County was created in 1746, from Edgecombe County, and Orange County came out of part of Granville County in 1752. Caswell and Person Counties were later formed from Orange County. A gazetteer shows a Marlowe Creek in north central Person County, as a tributary of Story’s Creek, which flows into Hico River:
(http://picasaweb.google.com/spiritsouth/ ) It appears that Lawrence’s first home in North Carolina was right there in the future Person County area, as early as 1744.

The Colonial Records of North Carolina contains the court appearance of Lawrence Bankston on November 24, 1744, when he attempted to prove his right to one hundred acres of land for bringing two persons into the colony.[1] This appears to be the earliest mention of Lawrence in North Carolina. No Leas or Lees were found in this same record.

Granville County covered a large area of north central North Carolina. Since Granville was formed out of Edgecombe County in 1746, records of that county were also searched for Leas and Lawrence Bankston. Edgecombe formed from Bertie County in 1741. Records of that county before 1741 do not show the Bankston name. A James Lee died in 1731, leaving a will. He gave property to his three sons, James, William and Robert. But because Bertie County covered a vast geographical area at that time, it cannot be assumed that this represented the ancestral Lea family. Land records of Edgecombe County show that Robert and James Lee lived on the Moratock River, and were still in Edgecombe County after the formation of Granville County. They do not appear to be related.

1744: Laurance Bankson paid taxes in Edgecombe County, NC (same as
present Person County, NC today). Henry Lee or Lea is not listed.

1747: James Lee appointed constable “from the head of Tarr River to the
County line Creek.” (Early Granville County Records).

1747-1752: Lawrence Bankston served as a justice of the county court.[2] Henry Lea, or any other Leas, could not be connected to James then.

Ca. 1753 James Lee/Lea married Lawrence Bankston’s daughter –
probably in Orange County, North Carolina (Deposition of James Lee/Lea 1793, 1794, 1797http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df4zs446_3f6kdgq).

1750: Henry “Lee” was in another taxing district which included the Dan River
area from Country Line Creek (one of James Lea of Country Line Creek’s witnesses to his will in 1771 was a Henry Lea. James Lea of CL Creek had not yet appeared in the area. This Henry shown on the 1750 tax list had two male tithables. It is possible that James was the other one.

1750-1751: Printed tax lists of Granville County show Lawrence ‘Banckson’ and
James ‘Lee’ in the same taxing district in 1750 and 1751.

1751: James Lee paid taxes on someone with the surname Howell and
Lawrence paid taxes on his sons, Andrew and Peter. William and Robert Kilgore were listed in the same taxing district, suggesting that these persons lived in the Kilgore’s Branch area. Another taxing district which included the Dan River area from Country Line Creek and upwards shows a Henry ‘Lee’ in 1750.[3]

11 Nov 1756: James Talbert received a warrant for six hundred and forty acres
in Orange County adjacent ‘Capt. Bankson’.[4]

17 March 1794: Deposition

State of North Carolina
Caswell County

From the Honorable Superior Court of Hillsborough found in October 1793 directed to take the deposition of James Lea. We have accordingly caused the said James Lea to come before us in (?) form (?) the being of Lawfully sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God. Deposeth and saith,

That about forty years ago he married in the family of Laurence Bankston Sen. And that he was as well acquainted with the proceedings of the family as one might be in that case.

27 September 1794:
Deposition of James Lea
State of North Carolina, Caswell County.
Directed from the Honourable Superiour Court for the District of Hillsborough, we Gabriel Lea and William Risney justice for said county have caused James Lea Sr. to appear before us at the dwelling house of said Gabriel Lea and him the said James Lea being first sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and sayeth as follows:

Question 6th: Was you not very well acquainted with the said family of Bankstons?
Answer: I was, I married Said Laurence Bankston’s daughter.

21 January 1797
State of North Carolina
Caswell County – In obedience to a writ to us directed from the Honorable the Superiour Court of Hillsborough we have caused James Lea to come before us in the House of Nickolas Dilone at Caswell Old Courthouse; on the 21st Day of January 1797 and he being first sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God Deposeth and Sayeth –
Question 1st: Was you ever acquainted with the family of Lawrance Bankson?
Answer: Yes, for I married a wife out of the family of said Bankson my (Bossom?) friend

(Deposition Source:
NC State Archives
State Records A
Bankson, Laurance. Orange County
Group: Secretary of "State , Office of Granville Proprietary Land Office
Secretary, Office of the
Call No. S.108.270--S.108.283
Location MFR
Mars Id: 12.12.69.5 (folder)
Credit: Bess Antes and Grace Turner - Date: 6 Mar 2005 2:40 PM GMT

Timeline Sources:
Ron S. Beatty: Bankston Timeline URL:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pNbKnKmj8jWI8yTUtpkTAQg (Original signatures and Citations have URL links in the timeline)

Research Reports for the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Forde by Raquel Lindaas, AG
March and April - 2006.

[1] Document 23: William L. Saunders, The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volume IV: 1734-1752 (Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1993).
[2] Document 22: Thomas McAdory Owen, History and Genealogies of Old Granville County, North Carolina, 1746-1800 (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1993).
[3] Document 19: Timothy W. Rackley, Granville County, North Carolina Tax List, 1755 (privately published, no date).
[4] Document 21: Margaret M. Hofmann, The Granville District of North Carolina, 1748-1763: Abstracts of Miscellaneous Land Office Papers, Volume Five (Weldon, NC: p. p., 1995).

James Lea of Cobb's Creek

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James Lea of Cobbs Creek, North Carolina
St. Lawrence District
(Most of this area ended up in eastern Person County in 1791)

The subject of this time line has been assigned birth dates from 1737 to 1753 by various researchers; none of which are documented. It is clear from various supporting documents that he was the son of William Lea, the probable brother of James Lea of Kilgore's Branch, and the oldest or first Lea to migrate from Virginia. Every attempt to establish a specific birth date without documentation becomes problematic for historians.

Ca. 1753 James Lee/Lea married Lawrence Bankston’s daughter –
probably in Orange County, North Carolina (Deposition of James Lee/Lea 1793, 1794, 1797http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df4zs446_3f6kdgq).

16 Apr 1770: Abstracts of Orange County deeds show that on April 16, 1770, James Lea sold to Francis Carney one hundred acres on both sides of Cobbs Creek, part of a larger tract that his father, William Lea, purchased from Davis Collins in 1755. John Lea witnessed this deed.

18 Oct 1771: James sold to Thomas Donilson one hundred acres on both sides of
Richland Creek of South Hico, adjacent L. Van Hook with John Lea as witness. Richland Creek is in present-day Person County, and would be part of St. Lawrence District, according to the maps.[1]

1777: James Lea paid taxes in St. Lawrence District in 1777 and 1780, along with William, Sr., Zachariah, three Johns, Richard, Barnett, Ambrose, and so forth. The Caswell County tax lists show that Andrew ‘Bankson’ paid taxes in St. Lawrence District in 1777.[2]

1779: The abstracts of Caswell County deeds show that Peter Bankston purchased one hundred and fifty acres from his father, Lawrence Bankston, on the north side of North Hico Creek in 1779. Other deeds involving Jacob Bankston and James Bankston put Lawrence’s land on Panther Creek, near Henry Fuller. Henry also gave a deposition about the Bankstons.

13 Oct 1783: James Lea mentioned as neighbor in state land grant to Richard Escridge on Cobb Creek; also John McFarland, Thomas Wilson, and Widow Lea.

10 Nov 1784: James Lea mentioned as a neighbor in a state land grant to Richard Lea for 125 acres on Cobbs Creek

16 Jul 1785: James Lea, son of William Lea, deceased, sold to Barnett Lea 112 acres on east side of Cobb’s Creek. James Lea witnessed. (Two James Leas)

16 Jul 1785: James Lea purchased from George Lea 268 acres on both sides of Cobbs Creek, adjacent Stafford. James Lea witnessed (two men named James Lea).

1785: St. Lawrence District, James Lea, son of William Lea, deceased, sold one
hundred and twelve acres to Barnett Lea on the east side of Cobb’s Creek. Another man named James Lea witnessed this deed. On that same day, a James Lea purchased land on Cobb’s Creek from George Lea, with the other James Lea witnessing (two men named James Lea)

1790 U.S. Federal Census St. Lawrence District, Caswell County, NC
St. Lawrence District shows James, Zachariah, two Williams, Barnett, George, Richard, Abner and Carter Lea. Some of these same names appear in the Cobbs Creek area in the land records.

1793: James Lea of Cobb’s Creek appeared in printed, abstracted deeds of Person County

1794: James Lea, Sr. paid taxes in St. Lawrence District of Person County, along with
Richard, Abner, Benn., Barnett, William, Ambrose, William, Jr., Carter, John, George, William, Sr., and Nancy Lea.

1795: The same names appear paying taxes in St. Lawrence District of Person County.

1796: James Lea of Cobb’s Creek appeared in printed, abstracted deeds of Person County

1797: James Lea of Cobb’s Creek appeared in printed, abstracted deeds of Person County

1800 U.S. Federal Census - James Lea of Person County, which appears to have taken in
Gloucester District, was over forty-five years of age. Near him were Richard Lea, Benjamin Lea, Abner Lea, ‘Ambous’ Lea, John Lea and George Lea.[3] This would have been the James of Kilgore’s Branch. The deeds show two James Leas in this area, with James, Sr. designated as the father of Gabriel. James, Jr. first appeared with that designation in 1784. Herndon Harralson lived in Gloucester District as well. They may have lived very near the county line, as Gabriel appeared with Caswell County’s borders in 1800. This James of the 1800 census in Person County may well be the same who gave the 1797 deposition

1802: ‘H. Haralson’ witnessed one of James’ purchases. Henry Williamson and Pulliam
Williamson, who gave depositions concerning the Bankstons, lived on Story’s Creek in 1802, which is located in the north-central part of present-day Person County.[4]

30 Oct. 1802: William Lea, Sr. of South Hico wrote a will, in which he named son,
George, and grandson, Benjamin Lea. William bequeathed something to the daughter of grandson, Benjamin Lea, suggesting that William had reached quite an advanced age to have a grown great-granddaughter. (Court and Probate Records).

Mr. Rose offers clarification on the two Benjamin Leas found in the area. In the previous research report, it was erroneously reported that only one Benjamin appeared in the records of the area. While only one appeared in the 1800 census of Person County, another man by that name lived in Caswell County then. The Benjamin of Caswell County is believed to be the son of John Lea and his wife, Winneyferd, as mentioned in the will of his father. The other Benjamin, a resident of Person County, was the son of James Lea of Cobb’s Creek, as demonstrated by his will written in 1803. Which Benjamin was intended in the will of Capt. William Lea, named as his grandson, is unclear at this point

7 Sept 1803: James Lea, Sr. wrote a will in which he named sons Richard, Abner, and
Benjamin, as well as several daughters.

1805: Tax List shows James Lea, Sr. in Capt. Sargent’s Company, with some of the same
names shown in the 1794 and 1795 lists. These included George, Richard, Ben, William, Barnett, Carter, and Abner. He is likely the same man who wrote his will on September 7, 1803, in which he named sons Richard, Abner, and Benjamin, as well as several daughters.[5]

1807: Printed, abstracted deeds of Person County show that James Lea of Cobb’s Creek
in Capt. Sargent’s Company, with some of the same names shown in the 1794 and 1795 lists. These included George, Richard, Ben, William, Barnett, Carter, and Abner. He is likely the same man who wrote his will on September 7, 1803, in which he named sons Richard, Abner, and Benjamin, as well as several daughters.[6] The 1800 census of Person County shows a James Lea, over forty-five, near Richard, Benjamin, and Abner. It appears that James, Sr. was the son of William, Sr., since James named a son, Benjamin, in his will, and William named a grandson, Benjamin in his will. If this James were the same who married a Bankston girl around 1750, as indicated in the deposition, then William would have been about one hundred years old at he time of his death. Although William’s will does not mention James as one of his sons, George Lea served as executor of James’ estate, and George was the son of William. It appears that James chose his brother to serve as executor, a logical choice.

Bef. 1816: Death of James Lea of Cobb’s Creek; he named his wife, Elizabeth, in his
will. Ben Rose “guessed” that her father was Capt. William Lea.

A county history of Caswell County does not offer much about the Lea family. But a vague description of the taxing and militia districts is given, with the eastern part of the county containing St. Lawrence District, and the western part to include Richmond and Gloucester Districts.[7] The eastern half of the county would become Person County in 1791.

Another Person County source, pertaining to land and tax records, shows a map of the various militia and taxing districts of Orange County, as it existed in 1774. Caswell consisted of St. Martin’s, St. David’s, Richmond and Glouster (Gloucester) Districts, while Person took in St. Lawrence, Dunsmore (Nash), St. Luke’s and St. James Districts.

The Bankston family lived in the area of Panther Creek and Lynch’s Creek, found in the southeast part of Caswell County, as tributaries of North Hico Creek. The Caswell County tax lists show that Andrew ‘Bankson’ paid taxes in St. Lawrence District in 1777.[8] The abstracts of Caswell County deeds show that Peter Bankston purchased one hundred and fifty acres from his father, Lawrence Bankston, on the north side of North Hico Creek in 1779. Other deeds involving Jacob Bankston and James Bankston put Lawrence’s land on Panther Creek, near Henry Fuller. Henry also gave a deposition about the Bankstons

(Sources: Raquel Lindaas, AG, Heritage Consulting, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 2005
Research report for and by Rev. Cynthia Forde)

Miscellaneous:

The following information re: James Lea of Cobb’s Creek comes from Jim Jessee’s website 26 October 2007 –

Will and Name Source: The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Fordemailto:spiritsouth@gmail.com Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:46 PMSubject: February Court 181679 James Lea - Will - dated 7 Sept 1803. Sons Abner, Richard, and Benjamin; daughters: Naomah Setterfield, Frankey Lea, Nicey Chandler, and Annis Lea.Exec. George Lea, John McFarland. wit. John McFarland, Geor. Lea, Richard Eskeridge.New E-Mail Address:spiritsouth@gmail.com

Jim Jessee – Jessee Genealogy Service: jim@jessee.org
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jimjessee&id=I5259

James (Cobbs Creek) Lea While I am in disagreement with Ben Rose about the identity of the James Lea who was the brother of William Lea... his material is being quoted, "The following is from Report of Research on the Lea Family in Virginia & North Carolina Before 1800, Ben L. Rose (1984) at 123-124:
James Lea of Cobbs Creek & South Hico. We can identify this James Lea when, on Apr 16, 1770, he signed a deed to Francis Carney for 100 acres "on both sides of Cobbs Creek, being part of a larger tract that the said James Lea's father, named William Lea, purchased of Denis Collins by a deed bearing date June 7, 1775". This James Lea, as we see by this deed, was the son of William Lea who was quite probably "William Lea of Cobbs Creek" and who was dead in 1762. In a deed dated Jul 16, 1785, by which he sold 268 acres "on both sides of Cobb Creek" to George Lea, he identified himself as "James Lea, son of William Lea dec'd". On the same date in another deed, by which he sold 112 acres "on the east side of Cobb Creek" to Barnett Lea, he described himself in the same manner (as "son of William Lea dec'd"). Because of this self-identification, I believe that this is the James Lea who, in 1784, entered into the records of Caswell Co a Letter of Attorney in which he also described himself as "James Lea, son & heir of William Lea, dec'd, of Caswell Co" and in which letter he empowered Thomas Phelps of Caswell Co to sue for title to "a certain tract of land lying in King & Queen Co Va, containing 25 acres on the waters of Mattapone River, lying near Maddison Mill . . . which land fell to me by the line of heirship." After selling his land on Cobbs Creek, this James Lea apparently moved to South Hico where he purchased land in Aug 1789 and where he lived until his death. His will, written in Sep 1803 and proved in Feb 1816 in Person Co, names his seven children: Abner, Richard, Benjamim, Naamah, Frankey, Nicey and Anness, but does not mention his wife. It is my guess that this James Lea married Elizabeth Lea, daughter of Capt. William Lea, and that she died between Oct 1802, when Capt Lea wrote his will, and Sep 1803, when James Lea wrote his will. This James Lea does not appear in Virginia records, either because he was born after his father moved to North Carolina or because, when he lived in Virginia, he was quite young."
Father: William "of Cobbs Creek" LEA b: ABT 1714 Mother: Mary "Polly" BARNETT b: AFT 1712 in , , VAMarriage 1 Elizabeth birth and marriage date undocumented
Children
Abner LEA b: AFT 1750 in Orange Co, later, Person Co., NC
Richard LEA b: AFT 1750 in Orange Co, later, Person Co., NC
Benjamin LEA b: AFT 1750 in Orange Co, later, Person Co., NC
Frances "Frankey" LEA b: AFT 1750 in Orange Co, later, Person Co., NC
Naomah (Naamah NAOMI) Lea b: AFT 1750
Eunice "Nicey" LEA b: AFT 1750 in Orange Co, later, Person Co., NC
Anness (Annis) LEA b: AFT 1750 in Orange Co, later, Person Co., NC

William Lea of Cobb’s Creek, d. bef. 1762, was the father of James Lea of Cobb’s Creek
William Lea of Cobb’s Creek replaced Lawrence Bankston as commissioner of Roads (Early Granville County Records).

*The exact number and names of all of William Lea’s children is not known.

* He was the father of Zachariah Lea (who had a daughter Mary Bangston – named in Zachariah’s will).

* There is a possibility that he was the father of the early Henry Lea/Lee found in the early records of Edgecombe County, NC who may have been the same who witnessed James Lea of Country Line Creek’s will – and in his own will named “James Lea, my brother-in-law (Source: Wills in Caswell County. (Copy of Will) 1774, LEA, HENRY, Elizabeth, Francis).

Source: "The Heritage of Caswell County North Carolina 1985", Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor, published by the Caswell County Historical Association [PO Box 278, Yanceyville, NC 27379] in cooperation with the Hunter Publishing Co., 1985, Winston-Salem, NC; page 355, Article #444 on William Lea Family by Katherine Kerr Kendall.This article provided or verified some of the descendants information recorded here, and the following quotation."One of the first Leas in the Orange-Caswell area was William Lea of Cobb's Creek. He had purchased tracts of land on Cobb's Creek both sides from Dennis Collins on June 7, 1755. In 1771 from Orange Co. deeds James Lea, his son, sold 100 acres to Francis Carney and described it as being part of the land bought by his father William Lea. Cobbs Creek is near Leasburg. In 1757 William Lea was a Justice of the Peace in Orange Co., served on the orphan's court in 1758, commissioner of a road in 1758, replacing Lawrence Bankston and later William Armstrong. William Lea died 1762 intestate. A book of administrations of Orange Co. shows Mary and John Lea were co-administrators of his estate. At the estate sale Mary Lea purchased most of the personal effects.""The widow, Mary Lea, survived her husband over 20 years. She may have been his second wife. Dr. A. E. Casey projects her maiden name was Barnett. Mary Lea died testate before April 1785 naming in her will daughter Sarah Runnels (Reynolds), son George Lea and "all her children". Executors were James Lea and son George Lea. Her son George qualified. Mary Lea appears on the 1777 tax list of Caswell Co., and valued her assets at over 900 pounds. On 1780-82 tax lists they are together, George and Mary Lea listing 268 acres of Cobb's Creek. By 1784 with her demise George Lea lists the 268 acres and 4 black polls. George Lea remains on the tax lists on Cobb's Creek with the same acreage. On Feb. 24, 1785 he married Jane Douglas, saw service in the Revolutionary War, was first a Captain and later Colonel in the NC Militia. Although he lived most of his life in Person Co. and served in the NC General Assembly from Person Co., his will was probated in Caswell Co. at April Court, 1830. He probably owned land in both counties. His deceased daughter Mary Logan Lea had married John Johnston on January 8, 1806, having children Jennett Logan and Sally Stanfield. George Lea's son William Archer married Susan Cochran."
[1] Document 16: William D. Bennett, Orange County Records, Vol. III, Deed Book 3 Abstracts (Raleigh: p. p., 1990).
[2] Document 17: Caswell County, North Carolina Tax Lists, 1777, 1780, & 1784 (Miami Beach, FL: TLC Genealogy, 1990).
[3] Document 7: Heritagequestonline.com, U. S. Federal Census 1800, Person NC, p. 310.
[4] Document 12: Katharine Kerr Kendall, Person County, North Carolina Deed Books 1792-1825 (Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1993).
[5] Document 13: Katharine Kerr Kendall, Person County, North Carolina Compilations: Land Grants, 1794, 1805, 1823 Tax Lists, Record Books Abstracts, 1792-1820, Letters of Attorney (Raleigh: p. p., 1982).
[6] Document 13: Katharine Kerr Kendall, Person County, North Carolina Compilations: Land Grants, 1794, 1805, 1823 Tax Lists, Record Books Abstracts, 1792-1820, Letters of Attorney (Raleigh: p. p., 1982).
[7] Document 11: William S. Powell, When the Past Refused to Die: A History of Caswell County, North Carolina, 1777-1977 (Durham, NC: Moore Publishing Co., 1977).
[8] Document 17: Caswell County, North Carolina Tax Lists, 1777, 1780, & 1784 (Miami Beach, FL: TLC Genealogy, 1990).

James Lea of Kilgore's Branch

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CHAPTER THREE
James Lea of Kilgore's Branch
Gloucestor District of North Hico

Timeline

ca. 1715-1718: Birth, by estimation, of James Lea, to William Lea of Mattaponi and his wife Frances:

6 Aug 1745: there were recorded two deeds of interest to this study. James Lea, John Graves and Joseph Brock were witnesses to the first of these. It was for John Pain and Frances, his wife, to John Talburt for 100 acres. The other was of adjacent property transferred by John Talburt and Margaret his wife to Jeremiah Stevens, 36 acres on Cattail swamp on the Mattaponi River, joining the lands of Joseph Brock and near the Samms plantation.

1750: Five years later James Lea was a witness to the deed of sale of most of this land to James Samms by James Stevens and his wife Alice. The other witness was James Chapman (John G. Herndon source).

1 Sept 1752: James Lea and William Lea (wife Frances) in Spotsylvania County, Virginia., are: "William Lea of Spotsylvania County, and Frances, his wife, to Thomas White of the same County, [pounds sterling sign] 55 currency. 100 a. whereon said. Lea lives and part of a pat. belonging to said. Thomas White in Spotsylvania County, " [Deed Book E, 1751-1761, September. 1, 1752] [Crozier's Spotsylvania County, Records, p. 19

"The division of the 100 acres in Virginia on the Mattaponi, near Madison's Mill in King & Queen Co., left by William LEA to his four children helps to define the linkage of this line of LEAS. James "Kilgore" LEA was probably the last surviving heir of this legacy following the sudden death in 1762 of William "Cobbs Creek" Lea".

[See 16 March 1784 for the final disposition of this property]: Historian Betty Fitzgerald discovered the court records selling the 25 acres inherited by James Lea Kilgore’s Branch son, James Lea, Jr. of early Eastern Tennessee by his widow in 1830 proving the link from William of Mattaponi to James Lea of Kilgore’s Branch, brother of William of “Cobbs Creek” Lea.

[cf: Appendix I: The Descendants of James Lea, Kilgore’s Branch Research Reports by Betty Fitzgerald]

5 March 1753: James Lea and Annie, his wife, sold 200 acres in Spotsylvania to James Chapman

[cf: Chapter Seven: Lea Family Research for Dr. Cynthia Forde, Raquel Lindaas, Heritage Consulting, Inc. 2006] proving that this James Lea was not James Lea of Country Line Creek in Orange County, NC by March of 1752.

1768: Sheriff of Orange County, North Carolina. [cf: Appendix I:The Descendants of James Lea, Kilgore’s Branch Research Report by Betty Fitzgerald]

1776: Methodist Circuit Rider Josiah Asbury, stays in his home, on his circuit travels. [cf: Appendix I: The Descendants of James Lea, Kilgore’s Branch Research Reports by Betty Fitzgerald]

1776: Revolutionary War Service: N.S.D.A.R. will no longer accept applicants on a military service for James Lea of Kilgore’s Branch. The DAR is confused. The military service all belongs to his son, James Lea, Jr. of North Carolina and of Tennessee who used both Sr and Jr.

Bef. 1777: Tax List Appearance as James Lea of Kilgore's Branch:

[The following is from The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor [1985] at 351 [Article #437, "James Lea" by Katharine Kerr Kendall]:

"It was disappointing to read years of the Caswell County Court minutes, to have published 2 volumes of wills and probates of Caswell, and to have examined every estate file on the Lea family at the NC State Archives and to have found no probates for James Lea of Kilgore's Branch. The progenitor of the Lea family of Leasburg was in the area before 1777 as he appears on the tax list as James Lea [Kilgore's Branch]. In 1778 he entered 600 acres land on both sides of East Fork of Kilgore's Branch of North Hyco Creek. Kilgore Branch may have been the dividing line of Richmond and Gloucester Districts for on the 1784 tax list he was in Gloucester District owning 470 acres. In 1783 he had deeded land to his son Gabriel and in same year sold land to Thomas Evans. He lived just south of present Leasburg."]

The following is from Report of Research on the Lea Family in Virginia & North Carolina Before 1800, Ben L. Rose [1984] at 124-125:

James Lea of Kilgores Branch, by Ben L. Rose

“We can identify this James Lea in 1777 when he appears on a Caswell Co tax list as "James Lea [Kilgore Bra.]" and on Aug 21, 1778 when a survey was ordered for him for 587 acres in Caswell Co "on both sides of the east fork of Kilgore’s Branch joining the line of William Moore and Thomas Kilgore". On the same date [Aug 21, 1778] he entered a claim for 600 acres "on both sides of Kilgores's Branch". The record mentions "improvements" which James had made on the land, so he had apparently occupied the land for some time before this date.

As indicated earlier in this Item, many persons settled on land in the Granville District before 1763 when the Land Offices were closed following the death of Lord Granville, but they did not receive a grant for their land until the offices opened again in 1778. James Lea was apparently one of these. Also, many of the records of early Orange Co NC are missing, having been damaged when they were buried to hide them from General Cornwallis, who for a time made his headquarters in Hillsboro, the county seat. As a result, we cannot be sure when this James Lea first settled in Orange Co NC on Kilgore’s Branch. On Jun 17, 1783 James Lea sold 276 acres "on both sides of Kilgores Branch of North Hico" to [and this is the way the deed reads:] "Gabriel [his son"]. So we know that this James Lea had a son named Gabriel. On the same date he also sold 327 acres "on both sides of Kilgore’s Branch" to Thomas Evans.”

9 March 1778: James Lea owned land on Kilgore’s Branch, bordering Thomas Kilgore’s Land.

18 May 1778: James Lea, Sr. entered deeds near William Moore and Thomas Kilgore.[rsb James Lea, Sr .is in deed record]

18 Mar. 1779: William Lea, son of James Lea, Sr., entered three hundred and fifty acres near Thomas Kilgore, which would be in the area of Kilgore’s branch.[1]

29 Oct 1782: James Lea, Sr. received state land grant for 600 acres on both sides of east fork of Kilgore’s Branch, adjacent William Lea, Thomas Kilgore, William McDaniel, William Moore & Thomas Langley.

17 Jun 1783: James Lea sold to Thomas Evans 327 acres on both sides of Kilgore’s Branch of North Hyco, adjacent William Moore, John Johnston, James Sargent, Abraham Fulkerson.

17 Jun 1783: James Lea, Sr. to his son, Gabriel Lea, 260 acres on both sides of Kilgore’s Branch of North Hico, adjacent William McDaniel, Widow Gibson, Abraham Fulkerson, Thomas Evans, William Moore.

13 Oct 1783: William Lea received a state land grant on South Hico Creek adjacent Thomas Langley, James Johnston, John Cooper, George Huston, Timothy Burgess, Thomas Kilgore.

13 Oct 1783: Hearndon Harralson received a state land grant on Fishing Branch of Adams Creek, adjacent Robert Huston, Henry Horley, Elkanah Harralson, John Barnett, Thomas Aspin.[This helps to locate the property of James Lea, Sr. since Harralson and Barnett were neighbors.]

24 Nov 1783: William Lea sold to Anderson Ashburn 292 acres on South Hyco adjacent Thomas Langley, James Johnston, Cooper, George Huston, Timothy Burgess, Thomas Kilgore.

5 Jan 1784: James Lea, Jr. purchased from John Cooper, Sr. 345 acres on South Hico adjacent his old corner, William Glen, crossing Cooper’s Branch.

16 March 1784 - The power of attorney was drawn by James Lea of Kilgore's Branch to obtain 25 acres of property left to him by his father, William Lea. [cf: Appendix I: The Descendants of James Lea, Kilgore’s Branch Research Report by Betty Fitzgerald]

Thanks to Betty Fitzgerald who proved the linkage to his father William Lea of the Mattaponi when James Lea, Jr's widow, Elizabeth, sold those 25 acres.

"Book B, Page 36, Caswell County Records. State of North Carolina --
"Know all men by these presents that I James Lea [the son and heir of William Lea, decd] of the County of Caswell, have constituted, made and appointed my true and trusty friend Thomas Phelps of the County and State aforesaid, my true and lawful attorney for me, my name and stead, to ask, demand, sue for in law, so as to obtain and good, lawful, right and title to a certain tract of parcel of land lying in King and Queen County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, containing 25 acres on the waters of Matiponi River, lying near Madison's Mill, which said land fall to me by the line of heirship, and upon receipt of recovery of such land as aforesaid, I do hereby impower him to contract, make sale and dispose of said land, and sign, seal and execute lawfully to any person whatsoever a good and authentic deed of conveyance in fee simple and also all and everything needful and necessary whatever to be done touching the above premises, I do include and perform as fully largely and amply to all intents and purposes as myself might or could do if I was personally present. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this the 16th day of March Anno Dom. 1784. In the year of American Independence.”
"Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of: H. Haralson, Jurate, William Lea, James Lea. The above letter of attorney was duly proved in open court by oath of Herndon Haralson, one of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. A. C. Murphy, C. C."
An abstract of this power of attorney refers to 35 acres:
Caswell County, North Carolina
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
March Court 1784
Will Book B, Page 36

“Letter of Attorney: James Lea [the son and heir of William Lea, decd.] of Caswell County to Thomas Phelps of same county to "ask, demand, sue for as to obtain lawful title to tract of land in King and Queen County, Va., 35 acres on waters of Matiponi River near Maddison's Mill, said land falls to me by Heirship." 16 Mar 1784. Wit: H. Haralson, William Lea.”

[Source: Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1777-1814, 1784 Tax List and Guardians' Accounts 1794-1819, Katharine Kerr Kendall [1979] at 14.]
Historian Betty Fitzgerald in E-Communication to Rick Frederick regarding the 25 acres willed to James Lea, son of William Lea of Mattaponi: [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-in/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I3858.]
[“It was a couple of years later that I had the proof of "James Lea, soldier, son of "Kilgore" Lea, dying in Tennessee, and his widow, filing for selling the 25 acres [1/4 share of 100 acres from the William of the Mattiponi left to his four heirs] her husband, probably as the oldest son, inherited from his father, James "Kilgore", who was son of William of the Mattiponi. It was James "Kilgore" Leas business partner Phelps, who left us clear written records as to the acres and shares.”]
16 Jul 1784: James Lea sold to Henry Cooper 340 acres on South Hico adjacent Cooper, James McCarver, James Johnson.

1786: Herndon Haralson sold to James Currier 78 acres on north side of South Hico, adjacent George Huston, Currier’s line, Timothy Burgess.

Oct 1786: William Lea purchased from Joshua Carney 88 acres on Kilgore’s Branch, which property he bought from Abram Fulkerson, Thomas Evans, James Lea.

11 Oct 1786: Gabriel Lea purchased from John Asborn 50 acres on North Hico, adjacent Thomas Kilgore; James Lea and H. Haralson witnessed.

16 Jun 1787: William Lea purchased from Abram Fulkerson 100 acres on both sides of Kilgore’s Branch, adjacent Fulkerson.

1788: James Lea of Kilgore's Branch may have died intestate in 1788. He was not the James Lea, whose will was written in 1771 and proven in March 1792, who is known as known as James Lea of Country Line Creek. Lorenzo Lea has been cited as the author of the death date [2 June 1788] and his great grandfather’s age of 73. In tracking down the source of the death date, comes the following:

1. Lorenzo Lea’s notes published in 1985 in the appendix of Ben Rose’s book do not contain a death date. Great grandson Reverend Lorenzo Lea writes, “James Lea was a very small man of temperate habits and lived to be very old. His home was known in the family as The Old Place".
2. Lorenzo Lea’s notes published in the book, Lea Family, a collection of genealogies, articles, and correspondence compiled by Francis Powell Otken, including Albert E. Casey’s book oft cited, does not include a death date. Otken has included a genealogy from Whilhelmina Lea, written Oct 22 1908 in Leasburg North Carolina in a letter form with Lorenzo's notes, stating, "This genealogical record was compiled by Rev Lorenzo Lea and is not complete, or free from errors. He gave no dates except on the first page, hence the difficulty in getting things straight. I am adding dates from an old family Bible of my grandfather William Lea." Whilelmina Lea offers no death dates; nor does another contributor, Edwin Holmes Lea.
3. A death date of 2 June 1788 is in a newspaper article published in the book, Lea Family by Otken. The Chattanooga Times has an article from the magazine section dated Dec 15.1935. "Leaves from the Family Tree by Penelope Johnson Allen, State Chairman of Genealogical Records, Tennessee Society S.A.R. In the first paragraph she writes, "James Lea died 2 June 1788." Mrs. Allen continued the same lineage mix-up of the children of James Lea of Kilgore’s Branch and James Lea of Country Line Creek.
4. [CVF: Historian Betty Fitzgerald cites 2 June 1788 per Lorenzo Lea; Katherine Kerr Kendall cites death age of 73 years old using Lorenzo Lea from Albert E. Casey. The death date may well be accurate; but, I want to read Lorenzo’s notes to be certain. Lorenzo Lea also erroneously stated James Lea Kilgore’s Branch married twice: the first marriage produced Major and Luke Lea who moved to TN.Instead, Major and Luke Lea were sons of James Lea of Country Line Creek.]
Warning: The following may not apply to James Lea of Kilgore's Branch, but the records may indicate he was still living post 1788]:

Date [James Lea, Jr. was known to be living in Tennessee due to records: (documents).

25 Jun 1792: James Lea sold to Samuel Nealey 200 acres on South Hico adjacent Samuel Johnston and James Johnston, Cooper, Huston. [James Lea, Jr. was living in Tennessee.]

1 Feb 1793: James Lea sold to Richard Hamblet 148 acres on Kilgore’s Branch of North Hico, adjacent Kilgore. Gabriel Lea witnessed.

24 Nov 1795: Gloucester County Records: James Lea, a neighbor to Baylor Bird, who sold land to James Sargent, Sr. Other neighbors were William Stewart, Joseph Neeley, John Wisdom, Henry Fuller, Jr., Thomas Phelps. [Last mention of James Lea in Gloucester County area; Gabriel, William, and Lawrence Lea continued to appear in land records there.]

In Gloucester District, there were two James Leas mentioned in the deeds in 1782, 1783 and 1784, designated Jr. and Sr., which does not necessarily mean they were father and son. These may have been the same two James Leas mentioned in St. Lawrence District, as these areas were very close. Cobb’s Creek of St. Lawrence District appears from the map to have been just a ‘stone’s throw’ from the Kilgore Creek area of Gloucester District.

1790 U.S. Federal Census, Gloucester District, Caswell County, NC
Appearing on this list: James Lea, Gabriel Lea, Thomas Kilgore [The James Lea who lived near Gabriel Lee in 1800 was also between twenty-six and forty-five, too young to be the same who gave the deposition; James Lea, son of “Kilgore” was living in Tennessee]
.Sources:

[1] Documents: Betty Fitzgerald, The Descendants of James Lea of Kilgore's Branch, Research Report.

[2] Katherine Kerr Kendall, "Caswell County "Heritage", by K. K. Kendall, #437 & #437A

[3] Document 3: Raquel Lindaas, Lea Family Research, 2005, 2006, The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Vold Forde

[4] Caswell County Historical Society Website, E-mail communication with Rick Fredrick. [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I01641]

[5] Ben L. Rose, Report of Research on the Lea Family in Virginia & North Carolina Before 1800, [1984] at 124-125.

[6] Document 14: Dr. A. B. Pruitt, Abstracts of Land Entries: Caswell Co., NC, 1778-1795, 1841-1863, and Person Co., NC, 1792-1795 [Raleigh: p. p., 1990].

[7] Document 8: Ben Lacy Rose, Alexander Rose of Person County, North Carolina and His Descendants [Richmond: Carter Composition, 1979].

James Lea of Country Line Creek

2007-10-28T16:25:00.008-05:00

James Lea of Country Line Creek

Research by Spiritsouth and Raquel Lindaas, Heritage Communications
Salt Lake City, UT
26 October 2007

RWS James Lea of Country Line Creek and his wife Anne (Herndon? source: N.S.D.A.R.) were my sixth great grandparents through their daughter Adelphia Lea Henderson (RWS Joseph Henderson). Documentation from the N.S.D.A.R. is posted at the end of this page.

James Lea of Country Line Creek
Richmond District
Timeline

Birth: Bef. 1718, St. Stephen's Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia (N.S.D.A.R)

Nov. 1741: Grand Jury: Edward HERNDON was foreman of the November 1741 Grand Jury, one of whose members was a James Lea (Source: Dr. John Herndon, Herndon Family History, privately published 1947).

1742: Spotsylvania County, VA – From Ben Rose’s book, P. 125, Mr. Rose notes: "I conclude that James Lea of Country Line Creek was the same person as James Lea, planter, of King & Queen Co and Spotsylvania Co Virginia. The Revolutionary War pension claim of Major Lea, son of James Lea of Country Line Creek (in which Major Lea declared that he was born in Spotsylvania Co Virginia in 1742), places James Lea of Country Line Creek in Spotsylvania Co Virginia in 1742. He was the first James Lea to leave Spotsylvania Co and the first to settle in Orange Co North Carolina. There was another James Lea in Spotsylvania Co Virginia when James Lea of Country Line Creek left there around 1751 or 1752.

3 March 1752: James Lea of Country Line Creek entered a claim for six hundred acres of land in that area on March 3, 1752. This does not prove that he resided there, as it was possible for land entries to be obtained by persons living in another state.

Sept 1752: Court records of Orange County, North Carolina show that in September, 1752, Edward Ball, a sixteen year-old orphan, was bound to James Lea. This action would require James’ physical presence, and demonstrates beyond a doubt that he had moved to the area by 1752. The significance of this is that another James Lea still appeared in the records of Spotsylvania County after that date. This area became the Richmond District of Caswell County, NC

19 Feb. 1754: Lea, James No. 01263
Orange County 640 acres
On both sides of Country Line Creek
Lord Granville Grant to Richard Harper Issued 3 November 1753
Transfer of Land Warrant by Robert Harper to James Lea by Deed Feb 19, 1754

1755: James Lea is the only James Lea to appear on the Tax List of Orange County, When John Graves was granted 396 acres in 1762, the tract he received was described as "on Country Line Creek adjacent to the lines of James Lea and Dobbins".

12 Nov 1756: p. 4 - Lea, James File No. 800
Orange County 520 acres
Both sides of Country Line Creek
Grant No. 195 Issued 12 November 1756

13 Aug 1761: Major Lea surveyed 135 acres for Gideon Hogg on Greens Creek of Dan River.

??? 1773: The difficulty of identification of what this James Lea did is borne in upon us when we consider that in 1773 when the petition for the creation of Caswell County (or more literally for the division of Orange County) was circulated the Lea signers included Edmund, Elliot, Garnett, Henry, four named James, Major, Thomas, William and William, Jr. and Zachariah Lea. One of these was, it is reasonable to assume, the James Lea of this sketch.

9 March 1778: Capt. William Lea entered six hundred and thirty acres on County Line Creek, Richmond District, bordering James Lea, Sr., and two men named Sanders and Norton.

17 Dec 1779: James Lea is mentioned as a neighbor in a state land grant to William Lea for 630 acres on both sides of Country Line Creek; also Will Sanders, Prowell, William Holderness and Joseph Peterson.

20 Dec 1779: Widow Lea mentioned as a neighbor in state land grant to Thomas Wilson on North Hico, also Robert McFarland, Samuel Johnston.

29 Oct 1782: James Lea & William Lea mentioned as neighbors in state land grant to John Peterson; also Holderness, Joseph Peterson, William Moore.

13 Aug 1789: James Lea mentioned as neighbor in John Lea’s sale of 158 acres to Charnel Hightower on Country Line Creek; also Thomas Lea, Harralson. Major Lea witnessed.

1790 U.S. Federal Census Richmond District, Caswell County, NC
James, Major, three Johns, and William Lea, indicating that this district included the Country Line Creek area. (In 1800, a younger James ‘Lee’, between twenty-six and forty-five years of age, lived near John and Capt. John Lea in Caswell County, in the area of Richmond District.[1] Since James’ 1771 will did not name a son named James, the identity of this man is not clear.)

23 March 1792: James (Country Line) Lea's will was proved in Caswell Co court in Mar 1792. In his will, which was written in 1771, he left to his son, Major, "the land and plantation whereon I now live". In it, he names his 'well loved sons William Lea & John Lea & Major Lea, my executors'; ..."Item, I give & bequeath to my true & well loved Wife Ann Lea all my whole estate during her life or widowhood & after her death I give and bequeath to my son Major Lea the land and Plantation where on I now Live & two Cows and one yearling & one gilding and one Mare and his Choice of all the Negroes that is or may be at his mother's death & one feather bed & furniture and further more the said Major Lea is to have his eqile [equal] part with the rest of my Children exclusive of what is above mentioned & the whole of the remaining part of my Estate to be equilly divided among all my Children. [Signed] James Lea. Wit: Thos Campbell and Henry Lea.'

There is an accounting filed for settlement of the estate. The accounting was filed in April Court. term, 1796 and lists the following as recipients of the estate: Luke Lea, Joseph Henderson, Will Lea, Joseph Peterson, Isabella Graves, Paul Haralson, John Lea, and Major Lea.

The will was proved in court on a deposition by Capt. William Lea in which he declared that he saw the testator sign the will and that the will had been in his possession since then. In April 1796 the court admitted to record an accounting of James Lea's estate, in which his heirs are shown as: Luke Lea, Joseph Henderson, Will Lea, Joseph Paterson, Isabella Graves, John Lea, Major Lea and Paul Haralson. We Learn from other sources that Joseph Henderson had married James Lea's daughter Delphia, that Joseph Paterson or Peterson had married daughter Lucinda, that Isabella Graves was his daughter who married John Graves, and Paul Haralson had married his daughter Nancy. (Reference: Graves, Twelve Generations, by Louise Graves, Addendum No. 1, p. 6).

The original will of James Lea, dated March 18, 1771, is in the Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina, filed "Caswell County Estate Papers, 1776-1864, Vol 1, p. 59, Folio 1. James Lea." In this will he names his wife Anne Lea. Sons William Lea, John Lea and Major Lea are appointed executors. A photocopy was made by Cynthia Forde-Beatty Nov 2011; it will be posted in Picasa.

The execution of will of James Lea proved by testimony of William Lea:
Testimony of Wm. Lea, March 23, 1792, is that he wrote the will of James Lea, that he witnessed the signatures of Thomas Camp and Henry Lea; and that he had kept the aforesaid will or testament in his possession until the death of the testator and that no alterations had been made.
[Original in same file as mentioned above: "Caswell County Estate Papers, 1776-1864, Vol. I, p. 59, Folio 1, James Lea".

N.S.D.A.R. Patriot Index for James Lea, Sr (aka James "Country Line" Lea:

LEA, JAMES SR

Ancestor #: A067574

Service:

NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Birth:

(ANTE) 1718 VIRGINIA

Death:

(ANTE) 3-23-1792 CASWELL CO NORTH CAROLINA

Service Source:

KENDALL, CASWELL CO 1777-1877, HIST ABSTS OF MINS OF CASWELL CO, NC, P 2; NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, ROLL #S.115.106

Service Description:

1) OVERSEER OF ROADS; GRAND JUROR; FURNISHED SUPPLIES

Comments (Overview )

1) HEIRS IN WILL & ESTATE DIST: 4 NAMED SONS;

2) 1 NAMED MARRIED DAU; 3 NAMED SONS-IN-LAW (WIVES' NAMES NOT GIVEN)

3) WIFE'S MAIDEN NAME IS NOT TALBERT (OR VARIATIONS)

4) MOST PREVIOUS APPS BASED ON FAULTY FAMILY GENEALOGIES

5) SEE DATACF - LEA, JAMES (A 1718) T 2/8/2006

Other sources: Research of Cynthia Forde and Research Report for her from Raquel Lindaas, AG, Heritage Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT

[1] Document 5: Heritagequestonline.com, U. S. Federal Census 1800, Caswell NC, p. 109.