Looking for info on JESSE LEE- son of LONG DAVID LEE and his brothers (listed below); and trying to determine where one of our Cherokee Heritages started in this line... Also any info on 2cd wife SUSANNAH LANGSTON, who was my 4th great grandmother. I have included notes sent from other researchers with some interesting details. JESSE LEE Birth: 16 Mar 1767, Johnston County, North Carolina Death: 6 Nov 1831, Johnston County, North Carolina 1st wife: Elizabeth BLACKMAN 2cd wife: Susannah LANGSTON - (My line); Also seeking his brothers JOEL & AARON LEE, who moved to ALA; Joel settled in BURNT CORN, ALA. JOEL LEE- Brother of JESSE LEE & AARON LEE NC>AL Birth: 4 Jan 1773, Smithfield, Johnston County, N. Car. Death: 21 Oct 1817, Burnt Corn, Conecuh County, Al. Buried on LOWERY TRUST property. Joel went to Alabama in 1817. Joel Lee came to Burnt Corn Alabama from Smithfield N C. His brother Aaron Lee was with him and shows on 1820 Conecuh Census. He was a Baptist and a Democrat and was the first Justice of the Peace in Conecuh County, having been appointed by Gov. William Bibb. He was a pioneer settler and planter and his homestead was about one and a half miles southeasterly from the Burnt Corn-Belleville Road. Joel Lee and Media Lassiter had 10 children. he was from Smithfield, N. Carolina. They are both buried in the Joel Lee Family Cemetery, located about 4 miles east of Burnt Corn on private timber lands. According to Charles Lee, who visited the cemetery in July 1999, it is located behind locked timber gates on private land. Charles indicated that the cemetery is badly overgrown with brush and briars. The Joel Lee cemetery is not easily accessible; it is within the property of the LOWREY TRUST. Joel Lee was one of the first settlers in Conecuh County, Alabama Born near Smithfield, North Carolina Jan 4, 1773, Died here Oct 21, 1862 ~~~ Aaron, Jesse and Joel were all on the tax rolls of N. C. in 1817. By 1818 Aaron and Joel were on the Conecuh County, Alabama rolls. In Alabama 1820, the following were in that state: Aaron, Joel, William in Conecuh and in Wilcox County, Samuel Lee. ~~~ From: LEE FAMILY WEBSITE ON FTM (Sent to me 6-2005-NJC) They crossed the Indian Nation and Burnt Corn was the first place they could stop. (in 1817). The Farmersville, Furman area is some of the best Farm land in Alabama. By 1819 that was opened up and they show in 1830 census. The Choctaw indians were our allies against the Creeks and retained there land a long time. I don't remember the dates, but soon the Choctaw land was "opened up". Perhaps this is the reason for the late 1840s move to Ms. They were doing well in Lowndes/Wilcox, listed as "Planters". Two of Joel Lee b January 04, 1773 sons, also moved to Lowndes Co. Martin Lee b November 07, 1800 lived right amoung his uncle & cousins there at the convergence of Wilcox, Lowneds & Dallas counties Al. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.1.1.2.2 LONG DAVID LEE Sr. _______________________________________________ Birth: 17 January 1745/46, Sampson County, N. Car. Death: 27 Aug 1812, Johnston County, North Carolina David Lee's will, Johnston County, N. Car., names all of his children and his wife. He was a veteran of the Rev. War.Source: Al Noblin provided info, 5/2000. "Long" David Lee was also called "Tall" David. "Long David" had a second cousin, or first cousin once removed, that was named David and was called "Short David" Lee. "Short" David was the son of Peter Lee, Jr., whose father, Peter Lee, Sr., was the brother to William Lee, Jr., who was the father of "Long" David. "Long" David was tall and "Short" David was short in stature. The two David Lees lived in the same area and so to delineate between the two, they were called "Long" or "Tall David" and "Short David." Mack Lee (_mackl@flash.net_ (mailto:mackl@flash.net) ) Will of David Lee; Younger, Sampson Co.; wr. 24 Nov. 1793; pr. Dec.1793; Extr: JESSE LEE, Joel Lee; Wit: Joab Blackman, William Fellow Brothers: Jesse, Joel, Aaron Lee (Aaron was given 200 a. of land.) Sisters: Nancy and Phereby Lee Division of Estate of David Lee, 1813-14 (Johnston Co. Superior Court, Land Book 1, page 199) JESSE LEE - - 700 a. in Johnston and Sampson Cos. by his father. It was valued at $1000. Jesse was to be paid $80 by his brother Aaron. Joel had been given 427 a. of land, and was allotted another 19 1/2 a. to being his total share to $1080. Aaron had been given 200 a. of land by his father, and was allotted another 267 a. to bring his total share to $1080. The children of Nancy Sasser, namely, Josiah, David, and William, were allotted 567 a. of land to make their share of the estate equal to $1080. Will of Martha Lee, Johnston Co.; wr. 22 July 1813; pr. May 1816 Extr: Aaron Lee Wit: James Lee, Jr., David George Sons: Aron, JESSE, Joel Granch: David, Josiah, and William Sasser" 1.1.1.2.2.2a JESSE LEE* _______________________________________________ Birth: 16 Mar 1767, Johnston County, North Carolina Death: 6 Nov 1831, Johnston County, North Carolina Jesse Lee moved to Cross Creek, now Fayetteville, N. C., after his marriage. He and his wife's father acquired and operated a stage coach company to Tarborough, N.C., a distance of 125 miles. It took 60 horses to make the round trip. Lee and Blackman also sailed merchant ships to and from the West Indies. (So did THOMAS TART- whom the LEE family intermarried with several gens in NC -NJC) In 1801, a N.C. Senate bill was passed to keep Jesse Lee from taking into his possession any property Elizabeth had or might acquire. He had left her about that time and taken up with another woman. Elizabeth died in 1811. Jesse then married Susannah Langston (NOTE: My Line- NJC). Jesse's will went to probate court, Sampson County, in November term, 1831. He had died 6 Nov. 1831. 1.1.1.2.2.2b JESSE LEE* (See above) _______________________________________________ Spouse: Susannah LANGSTON Children: JAMES W. (1814-1878) Nancy Jonathan Pherabe (1792-) Susanna Other spouses: Elizabeth Blackman 1.1.1.2.2.2b.1 JAMES W. LEE _______________________________________________ Birth: 1814 Death: Sep 1878 Spouse: ISABELLA TART Birth: 1814 Death: aft 1880 1.1.1.2.2.2b.2 Nancy Lee _______________________________________________ Spouse: Willie Johnson 1.1.1.2.2.2b.3 Jonathan Lee _______________________________________________ 1.1.1.2.2.2b.4 Pherabe Lee _______________________________________________ Birth: 1792 Spouse: William N. Rose Marr: 1847 1.1.1.2.2.2b.5 Susanna Lee _______________________________________________ Spouse: Samuel Smith Dr. 1.1.1.2.2.3 Joel Lee Birth: 4 Jan 1773, Smithfield, Johnston County, N. Car. Death: 21 Oct 1817, Burnt Corn, Conecuh County, Al. Joel went to Alabama in 1817. Joel Lee came to Burnt Corn Alabama from Smithfield N C. His brother Aaron Lee was with him and shows on 1820 Conecuh census. He was a Baptist and a Democrat and was the first Justice of the Peace in Conecuh County, having been appointed by Gov. William Bibb. He was a pioneer settler and planter and his homestead was about one and a half miles southeasterly from the Burnt Corn-Belleville Road. Joel Lee and Media Lassiter had 10 children. he was from Smithfield, N. Carolina. They are both buried in the Joel Lee Family Cemetery, located about 4 miles east of Burnt Corn on private timber lands. According to Charles Lee, who visited the cemetery in July 1999, it is located behind locked timber gates on private land. Charles indicated that the cemetery is badly overgrown with brush and briars. The Joel Lee cemetery is not easily accessible; it is within the property of the LOWREY TRUST. Joel Lee was one of the first settlers in Conecuh County, Alabama Born near Smithfield, North Carolina Jan 4, 1773, Died here Oct 21, 1862 1.1.1.2.2.4 Steven Lee _______________________________________________ Birth: 1775, Meadow Towhnship, North Carolina 1.1.1.2.2.5 Aaron Lee Sr. _______________________________________________ Birth: 1781, Johnston County, North Carolina Death: ca 1857, Neshoba County, Mississippi Aaron Lee moved 1833 to Lowndes county, western part, Farmersville near Wilcox county. Aaron had a son named Joel Lee. They moved from Lowndes county Alabama about 1856-8 to Neshoba, MS. ------------------------------------------- [EXCERPTS] From: _Dover2@aol.com_ (mailto:Dover2@aol.com) Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 23:13:34 EDT Subject: REMARKS on AARON SUGGS LEE (JR) To: _tnoble@mcn.org_ (mailto:tnoble@mcn.org) In 1810 Census of Johnston County, N. C. the AARON LEE residence showed the following: Two males 10 and less Alsay H. Lee, 1801 and Jesse Lee, 1803 One male 26-45 Aaron Lee born 1781 Two females 10 and less Martha E. or A., 1801 and Mary Edna Lee, 1806 One female 10-16 ?; One female 16-26 Mary Suggs (?) Lee, 1783 Aaron, Jesse and Joel were all on the tax rolls of N. C. in 1817. By 1818 Aaron and Joel were on the Conecuh County, Alabama rolls. In Alabama 1820, the following were in that state: Aaron, Joel, William in Conecuh and in Wilcox County, Samuel Lee.