Caswell Lea (1802-1874)
Timeline
(Son of Major Lea and Rhoda
Jarnagin)
Prepared by Barb White
7-18-2018
1802
Birth1
1830
Census: Jefferson County TN2
2 Males 20-29
Sept 5, 1839
Marriage: Miss Elizabeth Johnson
Salem, Virginia3
Sept 23, 1839 Marriage: Elizabeth B Johnston Salem, Virginia4
1840
Census: Jefferson County, TN5
1 male 30-39, 1 female under 5, 1 female
20-29
1850
Census: Polk County, TN6
Caswell Lea 48 Tennessee
Elizabeth B Lea 37
Virginia
Jane A J Lea 13 Tennessee
Martha E Lea 12 Tennessee
John H Lea 9 Tennessee
Joseph W Lea 6 Tennessee
James P Lea 4 Tennessee
George P Lea 1
Tennessee
Eliza A D Lea 25 Tennessee {sister}
Feb 25,1857 Bradley County TN Chancery Court Case7
Caswell Lea
Appointed Guardian to Eliza Adelia Lea,
She is declared of unsound mind.
Caswell appointed trustee for his
Children's
interest in sale of property by his wife as she only has a
life interest in
this land. Children named are John H Lea, Joseph W Lea,
James P Lea, Elizabeth B J Lea and
George P Lea. Negroes of Eliza Adelia
Lea sold to Charity Lea,
wife of Houston H
Lea, decd., With John Allison as security
{children named
must be only those living at home yet}
1857 Tennessee Supreme Court Case8
Character of
Caswell Lea questioned in case of Eliza B Lea vs John G Carter
regarding sale of
town lots to Elizabeth Johnston, her mother. Elizabeth B Lea
and Caswell Lea's children
mentioned are :John H, Joseph W, James P, George P,
and Elizabeth. {children named must be those living at
home yet}
1860 Census: District 6, Bradley County,
Tennessee9
Caswell
Lea 58
Elizabeth
B Lea 47
Martha
E Lea 22
John
H Lea 20
Joseph
W Lea 16
James
P Lea 14
George
W Lea 11
Elizabeth
J Lea 6
1870 Census: District 7, Bradley County,
Tennessee10
Caswell Lea 68
Elizabeth
B Lea 56
Joseph
W Lea 24
George
Lea 22
Elizabeth
Lea 16
Rachel
Lea 16 {identified
as Mulatto/Domestic Servant}
Henry
Lea 13 {identified as Mulatto/Farmhand}
Edward
Lea 9 {identified as Mulatto}
August 10, 1874
Death of Caswell Lea11
July 17,
1876 Death of Elizabeth B Lea,
relict of Caswell Lea12
SOURCES
11850,
1860, 1870 Census
21830
Census : Jefferson County, Tennessee, pg. 83/134 Ancestry viewer, pg 319 in
Census Record
31839
Marriage: Sept 5, 1839 date/location found in Tennessee Newspapers, Extracts and Abstracts,
Marriage, Death & Others: Items of Genealogical Historical Interest Compiled by Polly Ann Creekmore, Knoxville Press
1830-1839
“ PG
200
#34, 13 Sept. MARRIAGES
On Thursday, 5th Sept. , Caswell
Lea, Esq. of Dandridge, Tennessee to Miss Elizabeth, daughter
of Dr. John Johnson, of Salem, Va.“
41839 Marriage: Sept 23, 1839 date/location found at
googlenewspapers.com, Cleveland Banner (Bradley County, TN) issue dated
8/25/1876 pg 3
“Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth B Lea
Departed this life in Cleveland, Tennessee July 17th,1876, Mrs. Elizabeth B Lea, relict of Caswell Lea. She was born in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Vg on the 18th of April 1813. She was married at the residence of her father Dr. John Johnston, Salem Vg the 23rd of September 1839. At the time of her death she was aged 63 years, 3 months and 4 days. She is the last of a family of 5 sons and 3 daughters. She jointed the Presbyterian Church at Salem early in life, her parents having moved there when she was quite young.
Mrs. Lea was one of the old citizens of Cleveland and the honor paid to her at her funeral testified to the respect in which she was held. She and her honored husband who departed this life about 2 years before, were an ornament to any community. The memory of Caswell Lea will be fragrant in the esteem of all who knew him so long as virtue is prized and moral worth is appreciated. Mrs. Lee was a companion worthy so amiable and excellent a man. She was herself a true and noble woman. She was the very embodiment of all those qualities that constitute excellence in human character. She was a woman of remarkable gentleness and amiability. She was a true wife, making home always pleasant and delightful place to her husband. As a mother her children will rise up and call her blessed. As a Christian she did not follow the Saviour afar off but was a warm, earnest and devoted follower of the Master.
We will miss her. Her children will miss her. The Church will miss her. In her last illness she spoke several times of Heaven and seemed to be breathing after that land of the blest. Thither she has gone. As she followed Christ, may we follow her footsteps.
A FRIEND “
Departed this life in Cleveland, Tennessee July 17th,1876, Mrs. Elizabeth B Lea, relict of Caswell Lea. She was born in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Vg on the 18th of April 1813. She was married at the residence of her father Dr. John Johnston, Salem Vg the 23rd of September 1839. At the time of her death she was aged 63 years, 3 months and 4 days. She is the last of a family of 5 sons and 3 daughters. She jointed the Presbyterian Church at Salem early in life, her parents having moved there when she was quite young.
Mrs. Lea was one of the old citizens of Cleveland and the honor paid to her at her funeral testified to the respect in which she was held. She and her honored husband who departed this life about 2 years before, were an ornament to any community. The memory of Caswell Lea will be fragrant in the esteem of all who knew him so long as virtue is prized and moral worth is appreciated. Mrs. Lee was a companion worthy so amiable and excellent a man. She was herself a true and noble woman. She was the very embodiment of all those qualities that constitute excellence in human character. She was a woman of remarkable gentleness and amiability. She was a true wife, making home always pleasant and delightful place to her husband. As a mother her children will rise up and call her blessed. As a Christian she did not follow the Saviour afar off but was a warm, earnest and devoted follower of the Master.
We will miss her. Her children will miss her. The Church will miss her. In her last illness she spoke several times of Heaven and seemed to be breathing after that land of the blest. Thither she has gone. As she followed Christ, may we follow her footsteps.
A FRIEND “
51840
Census : Dandridge, Jefferson County Tennessee, pg 128/145 Ancestry viewer, pg
345 in Census Record
61850
Census: District 1, Polk County Tennessee, pg 8/10 Ancestry Viewer, pg 202 in
Census Record
71857
Book found in Gainesboro,Jackson County, Tennessee Library, Tennessee
Tidbits, 1778-1914 Vol III by Marjorie hood Fischer and Ruth Blake Burns 1989.
{specifically} Bradley TN, Chancery Court Min 2/489,501,511,535,539,573. Date
given in this record of 25, February 1857
81857 Tennessee Supreme Court Case, Bradley County,
TN
“1857Elizabeth B.Lea, et al., by trustee v. John G.
CarterBradleyLand, Sale of Partial,case regarding William Grant's sale of
Cleveland town lots and farmland to Elizabeth Johnston, mother of
ElizabethLea.Lea was the wife of CaswellLea, whose character is questioned.
John G. Brown, Henry B. Davis, J. P. R. Edwards, and R. H. McCroskey testified
to advising the Leas to sell portions of their land in order to invest in their
children's education, improve other lands, and to purchase negroes. Lea
children: John H., Joseph W., James P., George P., and Elizabeth. Pages
missing. EastRange: 9
Section: E
Shelf: 1
Box Number: 115641
Section: E
Shelf: 1
Box Number: 115641
91860 Census: District 6, Bradley
County, Tennessee pg 12/14 in Ancestry Viewer, pg 32 in Census
Record
101870 Census: District 7, Bradley
County, Tennessee pg 6/20 of Ancestry
Viewer, pg 6 in Census Record
111874 Death of Caswell Lea, date
found at googlenewspapers.com, Cleveland Banner, issue Aug 14, 1974, pg 3,
bottom left
“"DIED
In this place, on Monday morning
last, after an indisposition of many months, Mr. Caswell Lea, aged about 70
years. The deceased was an old and highly esteemed citizen, and his death is
lamented by all."\\
12
1876 Death of Elizabeth B Lea- see
source #4 above, Obit of Eliza B Lea.
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