Individual Details

Application of Major Lea, son of James Lea, Revolutionary War Pension.
"Major Lea's Declaration for Revolutionary War Pension
File No. S1549.
Major Lea, Lt N.C. Line, Act: June 7, 1832, Index: Vol. A, Page 219.
This applicant states that he was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in the year 1742." etc. Application was made in Claiborne Co TN on 20 Sep 1833 - he had moved to Tennessee following the War. Major served from Caswell Co NC.


Major Lea was designated to receive the home plantation after the death of his mother - this is often the heritage of the youngest son.

There is a marriage bond for Major Lea to Salley Farley, 29 Aug 1790, in Caswell Co NC. This may not have been a first marriage. Other sources state that Major Lee married his cousin Elizabeth Herndon, daughter of Richard Herndon.

Major is said to have named his eldest son, Herndon Lea. There is a bond:
Herndon Lea to Fanny Hightower, 22 Jun 1791, Caswell Co. Bondsman was Epaphroditus Hightower.

This deed from Caswell Co reveals some family connections:
p.318 DB Q, p.412 14 Feb 1812 Epaphroditus Hightower to James Lea for $2362.50; 630 acres S side Country Line Cr adj Smith, H. Farley, Jesse Carter, Raney, at Swann's Br, James Lea, Nathaniel Comer, Samuel Smith. Wit: Tho. Jeffreys, Philip J. Echols.

Birth

1742

Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Father	James Lea (Country Line) ( - 1792)
Mother	Anne Herndon (1707 - 1777)
Sibling	William Lea ( - )
Sibling	Nancy Lea ( - )
Sibling	Isabell Lea ( - 1796)
Sibling	Delphia Lea ( - )
Sibling	Luke Lea (1734 - )
Sibling	John Lea ( - 1803)
Sibling	Living