Major Lea
1775 - 1817 (41 years)
Generation: 1
1. Major Lea was born on 26 Feb 1775 in Caswell Co, NC (son of Major Lea and Elizabeth Herndon); died in 1817. Major married Rhoda Jarnagin on 05 Nov 1801 in Jefferson Co, TN. Rhoda (daughter of Thomas Jarnagin and Mary Witt) was born on 26 Jan 1778 in VA; died on 21 Sep 1851 in Jefferson Co, TN; was buried in Tjrngn Fm Cem, Jefferson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Caswell Lea was born on 25 Aug 1802.
- Alfred Lea was born on 15 Feb 1804; died on 26 Jun 1883.
- Herndon Houston Lea was born on 25 Nov 1805; died on 03 Oct 1853 in AL.
- Pleasant Graves Lea was born on 06 Nov 1807; died on 12 Sep 1862.
- Anna Joanna Lea was born on 22 Dec 1809.
- William Pinckney Lea was born on 17 Mar 1812.
- Preston Jarnagin Lea was born on 20 Nov 1814.
- Eliza Adaline Lea was born on 12 Oct 1817.
- Pryor Newton Lea was born about Mar 1819.
2. Major Lea Major married Elizabeth Herndon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Herndon Children:
- 1. Major Lea was born on 26 Feb 1775 in Caswell Co, NC; died in 1817.
- Susannah Lea was born in 1788 in Caswell Co, NC; died on 23 May 1850 in Long Creek, Jefferson Co, TN.