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Lea, Matilda

Female 1792 - 1883  (91 years)


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  • Name Lea, Matilda  [1, 2
    Birth 1792  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 3817 
    Death 1883 
    Person ID I3772  Caswell County
    Last Modified 16 May 2024 

    Father Lea, James (Shoo-Boot),   b. Abt 1765, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1835 (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rucker, Frances,   b. Abt 1768, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1847, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1786  Amherst County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reference Number 28829 
    Notes 
    • Source: Heritage of Caswell County at 353 (Article No. 439)

      Virginia Select Marriages
      Name: Frankey or Franka Rucker
      Gender: Female
      Marriage Date: 25 Jan 1786
      Marriage Place: Amherst County, Virginia
      Father: Ambrose Rucker
      Spouse: James Lee
      FHL Film Number: 30273
      Reference ID: P 28
    Family ID F1998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Oliver, Durett,   b. Abt 1775   d. Bef 14 Jan 1857 (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Marriage 2 Nov 1811  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Reference Number 28904 
    Notes 
    • Marriage Bond Record
      Groom: Durett Oliver
      Bride: Matilda Lea
      Bond Date: 2 November 1811
      Bondsman/Witness: James Lea
      Location: Caswell County, North Carolina
      Source: Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981) at 77.

      See also: Heritage of Caswell County at 353 (Article No. 439)
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    +7. Oliver, Lindsay,   b. Abt 1817, Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1865, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. Oliver, Frances Parkman,   b. Abt 1817, Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. Oliver, Matilda Lea,   b. 7 Apr 1823, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1890, Tate County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2024 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • See: Heritage of Caswell County at 353 (Article No. 439).

      She apparently outlived her husband, who is referred to as "late of the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina and now deceased" in a deed dated 14 January 1857 whereby the heirs of Durett/Durette Oliver transferred certain Caswell County property to Zachariah Page.

      1850 United States Federal Census (Caswell County, North Carolina)
      Lindsey Oliver 34? M Farmer 1300 Person Co., NC
      Martha A. 26 F Caswell Co, NC
      James J 7 M Caswell Co, NC
      Durret Oliver 75 M Farmer 1848 VA
      Matilda 58 F Caswell Co, NC
      John Oliver 18 M Student Caswell Co, NC
      Caroline Oliver 17 F Caswell Co, NC
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      Caswell County, North Carolina
      Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
      April Court 1839
      Will Book N, Page 344

      Will of Rucker T. Lea, written 11 June 1838. All estate to brother John Lea who is supposed to be living in Tennessee. Executor: brother Ashley G. Lea. Witnesses: Eleanor Swann, William Long.

      Will was contested and opposed by Durrett Oliver and wife and others. Court decreed it was the last will and ordered it recorded. The executor by his attorney John Kerr, Jr, renounced his right to execute. Paul A. Haralson named administrator de bonis non (with the will attached). He was bonded by John C. Totten and Abisha Slade.

      Source: Kendall, Katharine Kerr. Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1814-1843. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997 (Originally Published 1983).

  • Sources 
    1. Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 416 (Article #537, "Reuben Oliver and Family" by Katharine Kerr Kendall).

    2. Details: Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981) at 77.

    3. Details: 1850 US Federal Census (Caswell County, North Carolina).