[2] After commanding a regiment under General Andrew Jackson in the Seminole and Creek War of 1818, Lee then moved to Campbells Station, Knox County, Tennessee.
[4][5] On September 9, 1850, Lea was appointed Indian agent by President Millard Fillmore for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and served in that capacity some sources say until his death the following year.
[4] Other sources show he continued to live in the District of Columbia and later returned to Mississippi and died in Vicksburg in 1898.
[6][7] Thrown from his horse on his way back to his residence near Fort Leavenworth, Lea died on June 17, 1851, at age 68.
[9] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress