Richland is a historic farmhouse in

Blaine, Tennessee Blaine, formerly known as Blaine's Crossroads, is a city in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States, and a suburb of neighboring Knoxville. It is part of both the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Morristown Metropolitan Statis ...

. It was built by slaves circa 1796 for Major Lea and his wife, Lavinia Jarnagin. Includes 73 photos from 2014. They had 11 children, including

Pryor Lea Pryor Lea (August 31, 1794 – September 14, 1879) was an American politician and railroad entrepreneur who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831. He moved to Goliad, Texas, in th ...

, who grew up on the farm and later lived at

Lea Springs Lea Springs was a historic mansion in Lea Springs, Tennessee near the city of Blaine, Tennessee. It was built by slaves in 1819 for Pryor Lea, who grew up at Richland. With Lea became a politician in Tennessee and Texas, and he was a founding ...

; he became a legislator in Tennessee and Texas. With Another son, Albert Miller Lea, served as a major in the

Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the Military forces of the Confederate States, military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) duri ...

during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

of 1861-1865 and later lived in

Corsicana, Texas Corsicana is a city in and the county seat of Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45, 50 miles southeast of Dallas, Texas, Dallas. Its population was 25,109 at the 2020 census. Corsicana is considered an important ...

. The house was designed in the Federal architectural style, with a

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porch, completed in the 1930s. The concrete floor was added in the 1990s. The property has been listed on the

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since November 19, 2014.

References

Houses completed in 1796 National Register of Historic Places in Grainger County, Tennessee Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Colonial Revival architecture in Tennessee Federal architecture in Tennessee {{GraingerCountyTN-NRHP-stub