Marriage records in Wilkinson County, GA show the following:
JESSE LESLIE TO SEALY COOK DEC. 7, 1820
Jesse was listed in the 1820 Wilkinson County, Ga.
census as having 4 children born between 1810 and
1820. His wife was listed as being born between
1774 and 1794. This would apparently mean that Jesse
was married prior to the marriage to Celia who would
have been about 14 years of age when they married in
1820. It is not known what happened to this first wife
or any of the children as when he arrived in Muscogee
County, Ga. he had only the children that were born
after 1820.
1830 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Muscogee > Columbus
MalesFemales
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Jesse Lisle 2 1 1 2 1 1 1
1840 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Muscogee > District 787