Mr. Lewis Le Conte, of Liberty County, Ga., was found dead near his plantation under circumstances which induce the belief that he was killed by the accidential discharge of his own gun. He was returning from Walthourville in his buggy in which he carried his fowling piece, and had reached the avenue of his plantation, where he was found dead, his horse having ran to the gate of his mansion.

Source:
The New York Daily Times, October 28,1851, Page 1

1850 Liberty County US Federal Census
Page 324B, Walthourville, 15th District
245-247
Lewis LeConte: 29, Planter, $5,500, GA
Harriett LeConte: 26, GA
Harriett E. LeConte: 6, GA
William LeConte: 4, GA
John H. LeConte: 2, GA
Lewis E. LeConte: 7/12, GA
Mrs. Jane Harden: 36, $700, GA
Matilda S. Harden: 13, GA
John T. Harden: 11, GA
Ann Harden: 8, GA

Submitted by Bob Franks