General Notes

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"20th February 1792. George Lea of Washington Co. to Asa Atkins of Wilkes Co.. George Lea and Lucy Lea, his wife, for the sum of one hundred and twenty five pounds, sterling for a tract of land on Buck Creek containing five hundred and fifty acres, being originally granted to Sanders Walker the 3rd March 1785. Wit: Joel M. Clinton, John Miles and William C. Williams."
Source - "Land Deed Genealogy of Hancock Co., Georgia" Published in 1997 by Southern Historical Press, Inc. Greenville, South Carolina - pg 10

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1770 - Orange Co., NC -served as executor of will of of James Talbert
1781- Caswell Co., NC -served as executor of will of Thomas McNeill
Abt.1784 - Moved to Wilkes Co., GA
1785 - Land Grant in Wilkes Co., GA for 200 acres
1785 - Wilkes Co., GA Tax List
1785 - Rev. Silas Merder organized the Philips Mill Baptist Church, at their home.
May 1785 - Charter member of Philips Mill Baptist Church in Wilkes Co., GA when it was organized
Dec 9, 1786 - Daughters Rhoda and 'Unice' joined the Philips Mill Church in Wilkes Co., GA
1787 - Ordained a deacon in the Philips Mill Baptist Church and also served as trustee
1787 - Land Grant in Wilkes Co., GA for 180 acres
Sept.,1791- Church records of Philips Mill Baptist Church show that George, Lucy, and Rhoda were dismissed in order to join 'The Combined Society'
1805 - Registers for Georgia Land Lottery and gives county of residence as Hancock
1788 - Land Grant in Wilkes Co., GA for 379 acres
1788 - Served on Grand Jury in Wilkes Co., GA
1792 - Sold 150 acres on Buck Creek, Washington Co., GA to son, Ransom.
1795 - Taxpayers List for Hancock Co., GA

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Orange Co., NC Will Book A, p. 112 (microfilm in NC Archives C.073.80001)
Earl Records of Georga, Vol 2, Wilkes Co, p. 25
Records of Philips Mill Baptist Church, Wilkes Co., GA 1785-1909 -in GA Bapstist Historical Society Depository, Mercer Universicty at Macon, GA
Index to Headrights & Bounty Grants of Georgia, 1756-1909, pp 378, 380
1805 George Land Lottery by Robert D. Davis, p. 186, 186

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"Records of Washington Co., GA" section called: Militia Muster Rolls - 1793; Muster Roll, 2nd Company 1st Batt. 2nd Reg.:
McKenzie, John Capt.
Miles, Jeremiah, Ens.
McKenzie, Randall, Sgt.
Lee, Temple, Sgt.
Miles, John
Lee, Ransom
Miles, William
Lee, George

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Book Titled:  "The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume I: 1839-1845"
Edited By:    Madge Thornall Roberts
Publisher:    University of North Texas Press, Denton Texas

Pg. 374 - Appendix B:  LEA GENEALOGY

George Lea m. Lucy Talbert
    i.  Frankey Lea m. Asa Atkins
    II. Sallie Lea m. Mr. Black
    III. Rhoda Lea m. William Miles
    IV. RANSOM LEA m. MRS. McKINZIE
    V.  Eunice Lea m. Mr. Deane
    VI. Temple m. Nancy Moffett
    VII. Judy (died young)
    VIII. Letty Lea m. M. I. Bittings
    IX.  Green Lea m. Margaret Moffett"

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"Report of Research on THE LEA FAMILY In Virginia & North Carolina Before 1800", by Ben L. Rose

Pg. 139  SCRUGGS GENEALOGY by Ethel Hastings Scruggs-Dunklin.
"Lea Family" - From LEA Bible, bought Jan 29, 1790.

George Lea, b. Jan 16, 1739, d. Jan 15, 1825 aged 86 years.
Lucy Tolbert, his wife, b. Jul 26, 1739, d. Sep 20, 1813.

Children                    Born                    Married
Frank (a dau.)      Dec. 2, 1761           - -
Sarah Lea            Apr 10, 1764          Black
Rhoda Lea           May 22, 1766         Wm. Miles
Ransom Lea        Mar 10, 1768          Cathey - -
Eunicy Lea           Feb 9, 1771            Nath'l Deane
Temple Lea          Nov 9, 1773            Nancy Moffitt
Judy Lea               Mar 21, 1775          - -
Letty Lea               Oct 3, 1778             - -
Green Lea            Apr 16, 1781           Peggy - -

Rhoda Lea, m. William Miles who died in Lowndes Co AL July 27, 1836, aged 72.
Children                Born                        Married
Nancy Miles          Oct 12, 1790         Wm. Hearne in Jasper Co., GA

Ransom Lea, m. Cathey - -
Harriett                  Dec 11, 1792
Lewis                    Oct 24, 1794
Hiram                    Oct  6, 1796

Eunicy Lea m. Nathaniel Deane
Thomas Deane    Sep 16, 1790
Burkit Deane        Feb 5, 1794
George Deane    Jane 15, 1797
Polly Deane         Feb 22, 1800        John Miles
Betsy Deane       Oct 12, 1804
Bob Deane          July 11 or 10

Temple Lea m. Nancy Moffitt
Nettie                     Tom Powers
Verilla Lea             Mart Royston
Maggie Lea           Sam Houston (Gov. of Texas)

Polly Deane m. John Miles, bro. of Wm. Miles
John Miles
Quilla Miles
Polly Miles             Timothy Rogers

(Notes by BLR:  1.  These records from a Lea Bible are in SCRUGGS GENEALOGY by Ethel Hastings Scruggs-Dunklin, p. 208-9, a copy of which is in the Virginia State Library, Richmond VA.  The material appears in SCRUGGS GENEALOGY because the first wife of William Alanson Dunklin (1810-1888) was
Mary Eliza Rogers, daughter of Polly Miles by her husband, Timothy Rogers. 2.  We note that this Lea Bible record shows George Lea to be the grandfather of Margaret (Lea) Houston, wife of Gen. Sam Houston, governor of Texas.  This is in accord with a tradition held by the descendants of James Madison Long of Texas.  James Madison Long, grandson of Eunice Lea (sister of George Lea), moved to Texas around 1840 and there became a judge and one time mayor of Austin.  There is a tradition in the Long family that they were kin to Margaret Lea who married Gen. Sam Houston. In fact, James M. Long was a second cousin of Margaret (Lea) Houston.

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Typewritten Manuscript titled:  "THE LEA FAMILY TREE"  No further Information as to sources, author, etc...

George Lea         b. Jan. 16, 1739          d. Jan 15, 1825
Lucy Talbert         b. Jul. 26, 1739            d. Dec. 20, 1813

1. Frankey Lea    b. Dec. 2, 1762            Mrs. Asa Atkins
2. Sallie                b. Apr. 10, 1764           Mrs. Black
3. Rhoda              b. May 22, 1766           Mrs. Wm. Miles
4. Ransom           b. March 10, 1768        Mrs. McKinzie or Cathey
5. Eunice             b. Feb. 9, 1771             Mrs. Deane
6. Temple            b. Nov. 9, 1773             Died Jan. 28, 1834
     (our ancestor)
7.  Judy                b. March 21, 1775        Died in childhood
8.  Letty                b. Oct. 3, 1778              Mrs. M. I. Bittings
9.  Green             b. April 16, 1781           m. Margaret Moffett sister
of Nancy Moffett

Source - Patty Smoot (psmoot@@lcc.net)

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Georgia Journal, a newspaper published in Baldwin Co., GA (Milledgeville)- has in 1812 a list of persons whose tax was delinquent in 1812 in Hancock Co., GA, First Collection district, Third Division included George Lea (source page 181- of source below, and cited in an Issue of Dec. 2, 1812)

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This George Lea is often confused with other George Leas in Caswell Co. This George Lea moved with his parents to NC around 1753 and lived for a time in Orange Co., NC, where George served in 1770 as an executor of the will of James Talbert and in 1781 as an executor of the will of Thomas McNeill. Thomas McNelill's son, John, married Georges's sister, Anness, and James Talbert was probably the brother of George's wife, Lucy.

Source: Abstract of Will of Thomas McNeil of Caswell Co., NC April 20, 1781, cited in Lee Co., VA Heritage, pg. 332. "My son-in-law Wilson Vermillion (husband of Nancy McNeil) and George Lea, son of William Lea, Executors." Witnessed by George Lea and Lucy Lea.

After the Revolution when cheap land became available in Georgia, George Lea joined what was almost a stampede from the Corolinas into Georgia, and settled with his family in Wilkes Co. around 1784. He received several grants of land in Wilkes Co.

Source: "Report of Research on The Lea Family" by Ben Rose.

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Source:
PHILLIPS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH
WILKES COUNTY GEORGIA
1785-1822.
Microfilm Pub. No.1111
Historical Commission
Southern Baptist Convention,
Nashville, TN.

Phillips Mill Baptist Church, Wilkes Co., GA was organized on June 10, 1785 at George Lea's home. The early church members present were:

GEORGE LEA, Silas Mercer, William Paraker, Owen Fluker, JESSE TOLBERT, Dorcas Mercer, Rebekah Turner, Elizabeth Parker, LUCY LEA, Elizabeth Moncreaf, Sarah Flucker, Florannah Winkfield, Anna Winkfield, Nancy Glass, Mary Leverette


Within the early church minutes, a list of members ca 1785 is given as follows:

Dorcus Mercer, Rebekah Turner, LUCY LEA, Elizabeth Moncrief, Floranna Wingfield, Anna Wingfield, Sarah Fluker, Nancy Glass, Mary Leverette, Marcy Moncrief, Boling Williams, Robert Day, Jacob Mercer, Hart Champion, Joseph Moran, Robert Harris, William Osburn, John Mulkey, Samuel Whiting, Samuel Whatley, Thomas Mercer, James Hammitt, James Moris, William Evans, Walton Harris, Jonathan Ragan, ? Deans Junr?, Zacharah Glass, Snr., John Roberson, Zacharah Glass, Rachel Shipley, Nancy Ragans, Rebekah Craft, Mary Fluker, L--- Hammitt, Francis Atchinson, SUSANNA TALBERT, Franky Day, Elizabeth Crafford, Sarah Pope, Lucy Champion, Phiby Foster, --nnis Mercer, Lydda Crabb, Anne Stone, Timprinse Mercer, Nancy Osburn, Sail? Mercer*, Elizabeth Moncrief Junr, Tabitha Evans, Grants' Adams, Grants' Ami, Gafford Winny ?, Crafford Anny, D. O. Milly, Deans' Monday, Grants' Philip, Zachariah Glass, Pinkston Lean, Cooks' Stephen, Pinkston's Jack, Dean's Mary, Dermott's Lidda, Cooks' June, Ragin's Bob & Betty, Sextons' Tony, Turner's Jamy ?, Wingfields' Silky, Stephen Gafford, Josiah Moncrief, ASA ATKINS, Robirt McGinty, Charles Dean Senr, Nehimiah Edge, Thomas Robertson, William Foster, James Turner, John Lawson, Nathaniel Dean, John Ewards, Binjamin Thompson, Francis Dean, Anna Hendricks, Elizabeth Wilson, Mary Pinkston, Sary Mercer, Elizabeth Dean, --- Lea Nora Jean, Stacy Robertson, Rhoda Mercer, Peggy Rice, Mary Bullock, Deborah McGinty, John ?West?, Jesse Mercer, Wm Watkins, Wm Blanks, John Dean, Samuel Pope, ?-ehalah Moran, Moriah Blanks, Bridget ?Justins?, Rebekah - arra, Bridget Mulky, Hannah ?Bassas?, RHODA LEA, Isbel Davis, Francis Gafford, Anne Gillman, Mary Bays, Hannah Digby, John Leverett Dead, Wm Digby, Thomas Chivers, Wm Fletcher ?Fluker?, Charles Mattox, ?Athnial? Weaver, Simon Burney, Samuel Davis, Adam Tarrance, Robert Rowid?, David Allin, Susannah Robertson, Jane Robertson, Delpha Robertson, Martha Harkins, Anne Ragans, Anna Golson, Mary Philips, A_____Pollard Dead, Francis Robertson, Rachel Mattox, Sarah Glass, Jane Chivers, Sarah Weavers, Mary Smith, Elizabeth Mulky, Jimmah Chivers, Sabary Chivers, Dean's Winny, Turner's Sam, Chivers', Bunney's Benjamin, Mishack Turner's negro woman, Grant's Jack, Binney's Ephraim, Terrel's Grace, Terrels Mat, Hannah Cohran, Mary Ewand, Silah Terrell, David Welborn, Thos Wingfield Dead, Joseph Bay's, Charles Webb, Jacob Autry, Moses Robertson, Jesse Crenshaw,  John Middow, John Bankston, John Perry, Wm Robertson,  Edward Butler, Joseph Ketchin, Binjamin Ozburn, Jacob Shorter, John Graham, Jacob Car--, Absalom Ramy, Jane Burmels?, Francis Jordan, Elizabeth Autry?, Elizabeth Mattox, Phebe Hubbart, Jane McGinty, Martha Kitchen, Susannah Anderson, Presus Crinshaw, Jane Vandamare?, Eliabeth R---, Anna Robertson, Elizabeth Butler, Elizabeth Gethright, Rebekah McGinley, Terrell's Patrick, Grants' Charles, Terrell's Fortune, Terrell's Aby, Wm Terrell's boy, Finley's Jude, Grant's Jude, Thompson's Jane, Heard's Aggy, Finley's George, Nelson's Sal, Dermotts' Matt, Cook's John, Philip's Sam, Terrell's Patty, Pinkston's Rachel, Stokes' Aggy, Terrell's Lucy, Crutchfield's James, Terrell's Cuffy, Golson's Sam, Terrell's Sarah,  Dermott's Betty

The names listed as "Cooks' June, Ragin's Bob & Betty, ect., appear to be slaves who were members of the church.