"After the death of William Robert Lesley (Robert Lesley's father) in 1802, the family of Robert and Elizabeth Compton Lesley increased to 15 children. The first log cabin was replaced by a larger one across the fields where there was more level space. More land was cleared and planted in a variety of grain and other foodstuffs for both human and animal consumption. Cotton and flax were grown and made into wearing apparel and household items; sheep were sheared and the wood carded, spun, and woven into garments; the hides of sheep, cattle, and other animals were made into shoes and other leather items needed for farm and household use. Robert Lesley lived for 20 years after coming to Kentucky to reside, and during that time acquired much more land. At one time it is said that he owned all the land from on John's Creek (to) the Mount of Sycamore to the mouth of Brushy. Although the Lesleys were the first family to settle in this part of the John's Creek area it was not long before other settlers came with their families. Community life with its comradely gatherings for husking bees, house and barn raisings, quilting and weaving parties, and other such neighborly get-to-gethers made life very enjoyable despite the many hardships to be endured in a new country. Robert Lesley lived to see the formation in 1821 of the new county of Pike to include the John's Creek area where he had settled. The Lesley household was and remained for long afterwards a center for religious and educational thought and endeavor. The sons and daughters of Robert Lesley and Elizabeth (Compton) Lesley became the leaders in these fields wherever they resided. Robert died in 1822 and Elizabeth 15 years later (in 1837). Both are buried in the garden back of their home; their graves are marked by simple stones, inscribed with only their initials and the dates of their deaths; some of their sons and daughters also lie there." (Lesley-Leslie history by Ruth Cleveland Leslie pub. 1956)