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Parents are disputed. Could be either John Prince and Elizabeth Freeman, or John Prince and Lucy?, a full-blood Cherokee.
see http://rebelcherokee.labdiva.com/prince.html
Sources:
Title: "Prince is the Name"
Author: Prince
Repository:
Name: Family History Library
Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
==> numerous DNA matches between descendants of the children of John Prince and Elizabeth Freeman, and associations in Jackson Co, AL show this is far more likely.

Title: LDS: Ancestral File (R)
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
Note: 1820 NC Fed Census, Buncombe Co, p 82.
1830 TN Fed Census, Anderson Co, Clinton Twp, p 172A. [Listed as Numon]
1840 AL Fed Census , Jackson Co, Northern District, p 51A.
1850 AL Fed Census, Jackson Co, District 20, fam 722, p 101A.
1860 GA Fed Census, Fannin Co.

Jesse's middle name may be Numon or Newman per Ron Prince. He is "Numon Prince" in 1830 Anderson Co, TN census.

Curious marriage of "Jesse T Prince" and "Saray Gray" 30 Sep 1854 Jackson Co, AL has led some to assume this with "Jesse Tansy Prince". Original image appears to "Jesse T Price" but is more likely Jesse T Trice, whose will mentions wife Sally. Jesse T Trice b.1828 to Jesse James Trice and Lydia Ann Arnett. Jesse d.1866 and Sally Ann Trice married Eldridge Sisk in 1866.

Story from Ethel Taylor:
"The first notation of Jesse is found in the 1820 census, Ashville, Buncombe Co. NC. his son Jonathan Jones was about 2 years old. The family lived in Buncombe Co. until about 1825. During that time, they added 2 more children, William H. and Elizabeth. It is assumed their parents were in the same area. Sometime about 1825, Jesse and Dellilah moved the family to Anderson Co. TN.
It is not known why they moved, perhaps part of the family had moved there. To get to Anderson County, the family rafted down the French Broad River to Knoxville TN on the Tennessee, then northwest into Anderson Co. The land deed for Jesse shows his land adjoined that of an Elizabeth Prince, perhaps his mother? There were a number of Princes in the area. Records show Jesse in the county for the next years and the family is on the Anderson Co. Census for 1830. During this time, Preshia, (my gggrandmother), Henry and Louvina were born.
By 1831, records show they had moved to Indiana briefly, where Zachariah and daughter Martha Ann were born. It is unknown where in Indiana they went, so this trip was probably overland through KY.
By 1834, the family, along with brother Zachariah and family had moved back south to Jackson Co. AL. Jesse obtained land near Estill Fork, and the family is shown there from 1840-1860 in the census. The family grew with the addition of Nathan, Sarah, George and Jesse Donald. There are some records in the old book from the Estill Fork Store showing the family doing business there during this time. The land that Jesse owned is still in the family, owned by some gg grandsons. For many years the store at Estill Fork was owned by a ggrandson, Pete Prince, who was also the postmaster. The land has grown to several thousand acres and is a hunting/fishing/campground lodge now."