Current Projects: My Brick Walls

1.    "Finding Walden"

According to family history, Walden Lewis and his brother Taverner are the sons of John Lewis of Spotsylvania Co VA. There is yDNA evidence which links Walden to brother Taverner and other Lewis families who lived in Caroline and Louisa counties in Virginia in the 1750s.

Walden and Taverner are first found together at Ft. Southwest Point TN on 7/5/1802 where they each obtained a passport through the Cherokee Nation to Georgia. Walden and Taverner are next found side-by-side in the 1809 Morgan Co GA Tax List.

Walden migrated to Greene Co MS by 1816, and later moved to Wayne Co MS. Walden is last cited in the 1840 Jasper Co MS Census at the family home. Walden died c. 1843 at Hickory Grove, Jasper Co MS.  In his will, probated 1/17/1855, Walden named his wife and children.

Taverner migrated before 1818 to Pike Co MS and is found in the 1820 Pike Co MS Census. Taverner is not found again; as the 1830 Pike Co MS census is missing. Taverner is believed to have died in 1837 at the home of one of his sons in Copiah Co MS.

2.    "The Mississippi Conundrum"

Old Sam Lee of Wayne Co MS, descendant of the Lees of Robeson Co NC, is found in Mississippi by 1813 where his children were born. And in the many subsequent censuses, tens of Lee men are found having migrated to southern Mississippi. yDNA proves most of these Lee men are descendants of John Lee of Nansemond [JLN].

The task is to unravel the records for the many Lees, working upwards to connect to the many branches of the Lee family.
Note: To date, I have only been able to unravel the descendants of brothers Zachariah and Jesse Lee of Robeson Co NC:

Zachariah Lee Born c. 1745 Edgecombe Co NC Married Lucy Farmer Migrated by 1779 to Bladen Co NC Died after 11/1784 Bladen Co NC
Jesse Lee s/o Zachariah Lee Born 1767 Edgecombe Co NC Married Nancy Lewis Migrated by 9/1818 to Wayne Co MS Migrated before 1820 to Marion Co MS Died 9/6/1859 Marion Co MS	Everett Lee s/o Zachariah Lee Born c. 1770 Edgecombe Co NC Married Charlotte Madison Migrated by 1808 to Claiborne Co MS 1816 Marion Co MS Census: Averit Lea Died c. 1829 Marion Co MS	Samuel Lee, Sr. s/o Zachariah Lee Born c. 1772 Edgecombe Co NC Married Sarah Slay Migrated before 1813 to Wayne Co MS Migrated by 1840 to Catahoula Par LA Died after 2/1845 Catahoula (now Winn) Parish LA	William Lee s/o Zachariah Lee Born c. 1775 Edgecombe Co NC Married Susannah LNU Migrated before 1830 to Marion Co MS Died after 1830 Marion Co MS
Jesse Lee, Sr. Born 1735 Bertie Co NC Married Elizabeth LNU Migrated by 2/1778 to Bladen Co NC Died after 5/1806 Robeson Co NC
General Benjamin Lee Born 1774 Bladen Co NC Married Charity Pope Migrated before 9/1818 to Marion Co MS Died 12/27/1828 Marion Co MS	Stephen Lee s/o Jesse Lee Born 1769 Bladen Co NC Married Sarah Phillips Migrated 1808 to Marion Co MS Migrated c. 1831 to Hinds Co MS Died 10/1834 Hinds Co MS	Jesse Lee, Jr. s/o Jesse Lee Born c. 1768 Bladen Co NC Married Traecy Hester Died after 6/1815 Roberson Co NC	Sisters: Sarah Lee m. Jacob Pope -Migrated to Marion Co MS Mary Keziah Lee m. Willis Everett Loe -Migrated to Marion Co MS
		Benjamin Lee g/s of Jesse Lee Born 1800 Robeson Co NC Married Susan Blount Migrated c. 1836 to Choctaw Co MS Migrated c. 1852 to Wood Co TX Died 11/29/1856 Wood Co TX