White Flight from the Carolinas

After the Revolutionary War, a large percentage of settlers along the frontier migrated to newly opened western lands. Similar to the "Gone to Georgia" migration pattern, large portions of frontier populations seized the opportunity for inexpensive lands, migrating from the Carolinas and Virginia to what would become Alabama and Mississippi.

1. Jesse Lee Family Research

A significant number of Jesse Lee's children migrated south and west out of North Carolina. Why?

1790 CENSUS OF 

ROBESON
 
COUNTY
Lee, John sr....................................1-0-3-0-0
p. 48
Lee, John jr....................................1-0-3-0-0
p. 49b
Lee, Stephen....................................1-0-1-0-0
p. 49c
Lee, Jesse jr...................................1-2-4-0-2
Lee, Joseph.....................................1-0-4-0-0
Lee, Jesse sr...................................1-1-4-0-2
Drinkwater, Daniel..............................1-2-2-0-0
p. 50a
Starling, William...............................1-0-1-0-0
Lee, Everat.....................................1-0-2-0-0
Lee, Lucy.......................................2-1-2-0-0

Known facts about the Jesse Lee, Sr. Family

  Jesse Lee, Sr.
Fact 1 The Jesse Lee, Sr. household is listed in the 1790 Robeson Co NC with 1 M +18, 1 M -18, 4 F

Reasoning

 There is one son not enumerated by name in the census. Who?
   
Fact 2 The Stephen Lee household is listed in the 1790 Robeson Co NC with 1 M +18, 0 M -18, 1 F
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Children of Jesse Lee b. 1735 NC
 #  Child 1790 Spouse Immigrated Died
1 Obedience Robeson CO NC:
William Starling		 William Starling   Tattnal Co GA
2 Joseph Robeson CO NC:
Joseph Lee		 Anne Pittman No Bladen Co NC
3 Penelope Robeson CO NC:
Daniel Drinkwater		 Daniel Drinkwater No Robeson Co NC
4 Jesse Robeson CO NC:
Jesse Lee, Jr.		 Nancy Lewis   Marion Co MS
5 Stephen Robeson CO NC:
Stephen Lee		 Sarah Creel Marion Co MS Jackson Co MS
6 Everett Robeson CO NC:
Everett		 Charlotte Madison Claiborne/Warren Co MS Marion Co MS
7 Samuel Georgetown Dist. SC Lucy Ann Bunn Georgetown Dist. SC Wayne Co MS
8 Gen. Benjamin   Charity Pope   Marion Co MS
9 Sarah   Jacob Pope   Marion Co MS
10 Hester   Jordon Phillips No Robeson Co NC
11 William   Susannah   Marion Co MS
12 Mary Keziah   Willis Everett Loe   Marion Co MS
13 Benjamin Prior to DOB Susan Blount Choctaw Co MS Wood Co TX
14 Rosanna Prior to DOB Hennant Faulk No Robeson Co NC

Jesse Lee of Robeson Co NC

2. The McPhearson Family of South Carolina

The McPhearson Family of South Carolina migrated south to Alabama and then west to Mississippi. Why?

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