I think there is a good possibility you might find your Jesse Lee associated with the following group from the 1851 Drennen Roll: Tahlequah 311: Samuel Lea, Na Kee Lea, Rising Fawn Lea, Alsey Lea, Adam Lea I have no way of telling from this list what the relationships are, but the name Rising Fawn sure caught my eye. It might not mean anything at all, too, but from Jim Hicks' site Thomas Lee had a daughter Nakie that married Thompson Sanders. Their daughter Mary Jane married Jack Lock Langley and their daughter Lucinda Langley Johnson is on the Miller Roll application 11781, roll number 15485. Perhaps her application will go back far enough. Some of them have much more information than was strictly required, some have less. Does anyone have Sandi Garrett's "Only the Names Remain" for Tahlequah district? If so, would you please see if there are any Miller cross references for this group? That might be a big help! Blessings! Susan

James Armstrong Lea c. 1817-1848 is connected to the Nancy Ward line and a Nakie Lee c. 1813-1870 appears to be connected to the Sanders line. In the Ross-McDonald-Shorey line I also found an Esther Lee, daughter of Ned Lee and Ta-ka-taw-nee (a full-blood Cherokee) circa 1848, married to Riley Keys per Eastern Cherokee Application #5195. He died on 5 June 1884 probably at Tahlequah District, Indian Territory and is buried in Ross Cemetary, Park Hill. (I have a photo of his tombstone). In the same line a Margaret Lee, daughter of Thomas Lee and Mary Holmes, c. 1872 married John Edward Gunter who also married Mary Lee, daughter of Walter Lee and Lucinda Brewer, c. 1874. Gunter is buried at Pack-Faulkner Cemetary in Muldrow, OK. There are more Lea's and Lee's but we need to know if any of these are your line first. ~Jerri A Ross-Mulkey-Hembree descendent~ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.