Captain William Lester

• Born December 24, 1790, Burke County, Georgia
• Died May 18, 1872, Thomas County, Georgia
• Buried in Lester Family Cemetery, Leon County, Florida

The Regulators are formed:

After the murder of a Mr. Roundtree near the Georgia line in 1834, a group of citizens formed a vigilante committee called "The Regulators." The group was organized at the gravesite of Mr. Roundtree and William Lester was elected as the leader.

I don't know if he was still a member in 1846 but the following was extracted from The History of Thomas County, Georgia by W. Irwin MacIntyre.

At the May 1846 term of the Superior Court the grand jury investigated the recent death of two Thomas County citizens at the hands of the Regulators. Judge Scarborough instructed the grand jury not to indict the guilty parties for murder, but to issue a warning that they would be indicted the next time. The grand jury called on the officers of the Regulators to dismiss the body which was no longer needed for the purpose it was organized.