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Wiley J. Cohron

• Father: John Cohron b. c 1789, d. a 1 Jun 1840
• Mother: Sarah Gross b. s 1794, d. b 1 Jun 1850

• Charts: Cohron Descendants

• Last Edited: 17 Oct 2020

• Birth*: circa 1820; Jasper Co., Georgia
• Marriage: 24 June 1841; Monroe Co., Alabama; Principal=Martha Catherine Riley
• Marriage*: 1 July 1841; from Bible record; Principal=Martha Catherine Riley¹
• Death*: say 1848; Monroe Co., Alabama

Martha Catherine Riley

• Father: Wellman Mercer Riley² b. 24 Aug 1802, d. 22 Oct 1836
• Mother: Susan Andress¹ b. 1804, d. 1899

• Charts: Cohron Descendants

• Last Edited: 17 Oct 2020

• Birth*: 27 October 1825; Clarke Co., Alabama³
• Married Name: 24 June 1841; Cohron
• Marriage: 24 June 1841; Monroe Co., Alabama; Principal=Wiley J. Cohron
• Marriage*: 1 July 1841; from Bible record; Principal=Wiley J. Cohron⁴
• Death*: 29 December 1920; Jefferson Co., Alabama³

Sarah C. Cohron

• Father: Wiley J. Cohron b. c 1820, d. s 1848
• Mother: Martha Catherine Riley b. 27 Oct 1825, d. 29 Dec 1920

• Charts: Cohron Descendants

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2018

• Birth*: circa 1842; Monroe Co., Alabama

Wiley W. Cohron

• Father: Wiley J. Cohron b. c 1820, d. s 1848
• Mother: Martha Catherine Riley b. 27 Oct 1825, d. 29 Dec 1920

• Charts: Cohron Descendants

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2018

• Birth*: circa 1846; Monroe Co., Alabama

Susan Andress¹

• Last Edited: 17 Oct 2020

• Birth*: 1804; South Carolina¹
• Married Name: 5 December 1822; Riley
• Marriage*: 5 December 1822; Principal=Wellman Mercer Riley
• Death*: 1899; Monroeville, Monroe Co., Alabama¹

Mary E. Amerson¹

• Charts: Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2018

• Birth*: 9 March 1845; Fayette Co., Alabama; daughter of Young Riley Amerson & Jennie Catherine Allen¹
• Married Name: 14 March 1871; Strickland¹
• Marriage*: 14 March 1871; Fayette, Fayette Co., Alabama; Principal=Julius Calvin Strickland¹
• Death*: 17 March 1922; Berry, Fayette Co., Alabama¹

Ann Strickland

• Father: Julius Calvin Strickland b. 16 Feb 1848, d. 25 May 1878
• Mother: Mary E. Amerson b. 9 Mar 1845, d. 17 Mar 1922

• Charts: Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2018

• Birth*: circa 1874; Fayette Co., Alabama

Lucy Strickland

• Father: Julius Calvin Strickland b. 16 Feb 1848, d. 25 May 1878
• Mother: Mary E. Amerson b. 9 Mar 1845, d. 17 Mar 1922

• Charts: Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2018

• Birth*: December 1875; Fayette Co., Alabama
• Married Name: 31 March 1897; Nelson¹
• Marriage*: 31 March 1897; Fayette Co., Alabama; Principal=Luther Oscar Nelson¹
• Death*: 5 October 1950; Walker Co., Alabama¹

Luther Oscar Nelson¹

• Charts: Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2018

• Birth*: 14 September 1876; Alabama¹
• Marriage*: 31 March 1897; Fayette Co., Alabama; Principal=Lucy Strickland¹
• Death*: 25 December 1945; Patton, Walker Co., Alabama¹

M. V. Campbell

• Father: Charles J. C. Campbell b. c 1821
• Mother: Nancy Strickland b. 23 Aug 1831

• Charts: Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2018

• Birth*: circa 1851; Randolph Co., Alabama

M. E. B. Campbell

• Father: Charles J. C. Campbell b. c 1821
• Mother: Nancy Strickland b. 23 Aug 1831

• Charts: Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2018

• Birth*: circa 1853; Randolph Co., Alabama

S. A. Campbell

• Father: Charles J. C. Campbell b. c 1821
• Mother: Nancy Strickland b. 23 Aug 1831

• Charts: Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2018

• Birth*: circa 1855; Randolph Co., Alabama

L. J. Campbell

• Father: Charles J. C. Campbell b. c 1821
• Mother: Nancy Strickland b. 23 Aug 1831

• Charts: Stewart Descendants, Strickland Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2018

• Birth*: circa 1859; Pike Co., Arkansas

Sampson Lanier Jr.

• Father: Sampson Lanier b. 1682, d. 7 May 1743
• Mother: Elizabeth Washington b. 1684, d. 1773

• Charts: Davis Ancestry

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Biography*: Sampson Lanier Jr. was the son of Sampson Lanier Sr. and Elizabeth Washington. He was the grandson of John Lanier, and Richard Washington & Elizabeth Jordan. He married Elizabeth Chamberlin in Virginia.
  
  He was a Vestryman of the Parish Saint Andrew, Gentleman Justice of the Co. Court. High Sheriff of Brunswick Co., Va. No will, his estate was settled by the court Sept. 5, 1759.
  
  * * * *¹
• Birth*: 1712; Surry Co., Virginia
• Marriage*: circa 1739; Virginia; Principal=Elizabeth Chamberlain
• Death*: 1759; Brunswick Co., Virginia
• Note*: 12 November 2018; from Tyler's Quarterly:
  Sampson Lanier, son of Sampson Lanier, and Elizabeth Washington, was born about 1712. His first land warrant was dated 17 March, 1736, at which time he was doubtless over 21. He appears quite frequently in the records of Brunswick County, as Vestryman of St. Andrews Parish, Justice of the County and Sheriff. He married Elizabeth Chamberlin, daughter of Samuel Chamberlin, as is shown by a bond of Sampson Lanier to Mary Swanson dated Oct. 8, 1752, and recorded, and by the will of Samuel Chamberlin datd Sept. 14, 1752, and recorded. Sampson Lanier left no will and so his widow, Ellizabeth, on Sept. 2, 1757 gave bond to the Court of Brunswick Co. to administer on his estate, with Richard Burch and Lemuel Lanier, as two of her securities.
  On November 23, 1757, Edward Goodrich, Isaac Rowe Walton and John Maclin, gentlemen, laid off and assigned to Elizabeth Lanier, widow of Sampson Lanier, deceased, her dower of said Sampson's estate.
  A marriage bond, dated 23, July, 1758, on file in Brunswick County, Va., shows that the widow, Elizabeth Lanier, married secondly Cuthbert Smith, and an order of Feb 27, 1759, appointed Cuthbert Smith guardian of Rebecca Lanier, orphan of Sampson Lanier, and one of Sept. 5, 1759 appointed their Uncle Lemuel as guardian of Burwell Lanier, Buckner Lanier, Winifred Lanier, Martha Lanier and Anne Lanier.
  No mention is made in these records of a son name Lewis Lanier, who it is claimed was also a son of this couple, but there is a marriage bond in Sussex County, dated Sept. 21, 1778, between "Lewis Lanier, son of Sampson Lanier and Anne Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler." In Clarke's north Carolina State Records, Burwell and Lewis Lanier appear in Anson County, North Carolina, the first as a witness in 1776 against James Perry, a New Light Baptist, and the second (Lewis) as a member of the House of Commons in 1787 and 1788. [see the Note on Agnes Lanier Davis, also a daughter of Sampson Lanier.]
  Of thse children, Rebecca Lanier, married Walton Harris of Brunswick County (Sketch of J. F. D. Lanier); Buckner, married Rebecca Williamson, widow, in 1783 (marriage bond in Sussex). Buckner's will dated May 18, 1811, was proved in Sussex County, Va., Dec. 5,1811, and names children, Frederick, Polly and John (under age) to who he gives the plantation whereon he lives. Winifred Lanier married Col. Drury Ledbetter of Brunswick County, son of Henry Ledbetter, and was ancestor of Mr. Atwood Violet of New York. (See article in New York Genealogical and Biographical Magazine, January number, 1916.) Anne or Nancy is said to have married Major Vaughan, of Roanoke.²
• Note: 12 November 2018; from Lanier Historian Carol Middleton:
  Sampson Lanier, born 1712 Surry Co, VA, received in his father's will a slave Mingo.
  
  He married ca 1739-40 Elizabeth Chamberlain, daughter of Samuel Chamberlain.
  
  Their children:
  
  1. Martha Lanier (b. by 1740)
  2. Burwell Lanier, born 8/1741 Brunswick Co. Married-1st Elizabeth
  Hill 10/1761. Married-2nd: Mary Kirby-Colson. Was a Revolutionary
  Patriot. Their children: Isaac Lanier (b. 1767 Carteret Co, NC; m-1st:
  on 5/6/1790 Arabella Clinton, daughter of Richard Clinton; m-2nd:
  about 1796 to Mary Dickson, daughter of William Dickson; d.
  12/15/1827), Elizabeth Lanier (b. 1769 m. in 1785 Anson Co, NC to Maj. John Jennings, son of John Jennings and Lydia Batts, Thomas Lanier (b. 1770 Duplin Co, NC m-1st: in Anson Co, NC to Mary Colson?; moved to Stewart Co, TN in 1809 when he inherited land from his bro. Clement; moved to AL 1820; m-2nd: Emaranda White, widow, on 1/14/1847, Lauderdale Co, AL; d. bet. 6/1853 and 9/1855), Martha Lanier (b. ca 1772, Duplin Co, NC; m. William R. Bell; lived in Stewart Co, TN on a land legacy from her brother Clement), Sarah Lanier (b. 11/18/1774 Duplin Co, NC; m. William Marshall on 11/18/1794; d. 5/1/1811), Clement Lanier (b. 1776 NC; served in the House of Commons in Anson Co, TN; m. Sarah Blewett, daughter of Thomas Blewett; d. before 4/22/1809, will proved 7/1809, naming all his siblings plus a nephew and nieces; he left 3840 acres of land in Stewart Co, TN), Nancy Lanier (b. ca 1776; m. 4/1797 John McClelland who on 4/4/1797 made a deed gift to Nancy of 185 acres plus 2 slaves), Frances Lanier (b. ca 1782 Anson Co, NC m. William Carr; d. 10/1823 Anson Co, NC). Died 1812?, Anson, NC.
  
  3. Buckner Lanier, born 1742 Brunswick Co, VA. Died 11/1811 Sussex Co, VA.
  
  4. Rebecca Lanier, born 12/16/1744 Brunswick Co, VA; m. Walton Harris 1760; d. 7/4/1818 Greene Co, GA.
  
  5. Winifred Lanier (born 1747 Brunswick Co, VA; m-1st: Drury Ledbetter about 3/20/1762; settled in Anson Co, NC; m-2nd: James McClesky in GA, died about 1845)
  
  6. Ann Lanier (born 1760? Brunswick Co, VA; married 1st: William Moore; married 2nd: Maj. Thomas Vaughn; d. 2/8/1833 Williamsboro, Granville Co, NC)
  
  7. Agnes Lanier (born about 1750, Brunswick Co, VA; married William Davis, Revolutionary soldier; died 2/21/1813 Wilkes Co, GA-- their daughter was Caroline Amelia Davis who married Saunders Walker Faver)
  
  8. Lewis Lanier (born about 1753-6, Brunswick Co, VA; Patriot--reportedly crossed the Delaware River with George Washington; married Ann Butler 9/21/1778; died 2/12/1839).
  
  Sampson Lanier died 9/1757.
  
  *** Many thanks to Sue Loretta Sullivan /John Early Andrews #47525492 for father link and above bio¹

Elizabeth Chamberlain

• Father: Samuel Chamberlain b. s 1685, d. a 14 Sep 1752

• Charts: Davis Ancestry

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: say 1714
• Married Name: circa 1739; Lanier
• Marriage*: circa 1739; Virginia; Principal=Sampson Lanier Jr.

Samuel Chamberlain

• Charts: Davis Ancestry

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: say 1685
• Will*: 14 September 1752; Brunswick Co., Virginia
• Death*: after 14 September 1752; Brunswick Co., Virginia
• Research Note*: 12 November 2018; from James Palmer, 19 Jul 2008:
  As a Chamberlain genealogist, I don't know much about the Lanier family.... Sampson Lanier, Jr., b. c1712, Brunswick or Surry Co., VA, d. Sept 1757, married Elizabeth Chamberlain in Brunswick Co., VA in 1737....
  Regarding Elizabeth Chamberlain, she is fairly well known from her mention in her father's will and from her marriage to Sampson Lanier.
  
  She was given 149 acres in her father's will.My research notes state, quoting the Chamberlain genealgist, Philip J. Chamberlain's records: "The birth date of 1710 is a rough estimate [other persons estimate it at 1715]; her death date comes from two different Genserve files, submitted by Chris K. Perry of Dickinson, TX, and Louise Miller of Malakoff, TX. Both these persons give lengthy pedigrees of the Lanier descendants."My own research notes list several queries posted in the Chamberlain Chain and elsewhere since 1986 regarding Elizabeth Chamberlain and her father. Her father, Samuel Chamberlain, was born about 1685 (place not stated), and died, 14 Sep 1752, Brunswick Co., VA. His eldest son William was mentioned in the will, proved 24 Oct 1752, St. Andrew Parish, Brunswick Co., VA (Will Bk III, p. 84) at which time a probate court ordered that "William Chamberlain eldest son and heir at Law of the Testator should be summoned to appear at the next court to be held for the said court and contest the validity thereof if he should think fit."
  
  One presumes from the wording that there were younger sons in this family, but their names are unknown.Several possibilities for Samuel's parents have been put forward by different Chamberlain researchers through the years, some of them discounted for various reasons (see Philip J. Chamberlain's 3 Feb 2003 Ancestry.com Chamberlain posting] - thus Samuel's parents and origins remain unknown.
  
  Ref. Chamberlain Chain, Vol. 15, p. 19, query by Sarah Browder, citing 1729 & 1731 land records for a Samuel Chamberlain of Hanover and Surry counties, Virginia - probably the Samuel of Brunswick Co. listed here.Here is what she said: "The Surry Co., VA D & W 1730-38 p. 502 mentions Thomas Chamberlayne of Briston (I took to mean ENG.).The D & W 1715-30 p. 983 an indenture 10/10/1729; Richard Ledbetter of Brunswick Co., VA to Samuel Chamberlain of Hanover Co., VA, gent. for Lb. 20 sterling, a tract of land on N. side of Meherrin River in Co. of Surry, 220 acres of land recorded 10/15/1729.I feel sure he is the same due to the location.In Cavaliers and Pioneers, p. 408, a Samuel is listed in Surry rec. 400 acres Prince George Co., VA on both side of Arthur's SW; 17 Sep 1731.I feel this is poss. the father of Elizabeth, but not sure need help!!"¹

Sampson Lanier

• Father: John Lanier b. 1655, d. 1719

• Charts: Davis Ancestry

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: 1682; Charles City Co., Virginia
• Marriage*: say 1704; Virginia; Principal=Elizabeth Washington¹
• Death*: 7 May 1743; Brunswick Co., Virginia
• Biography*: 12 November 2018; SAMPSON LANIER, son of John Lanier, Jr., was born in Charles City County, Virginia about 1682 (by deposition made in Surry County, Virginia, March 21, 1738). He first appears in contemporary records as a "Tithable" in the upper end of Surry County above Stony Run in 1701. He was married some time around 1706 in Surry County to Elizabeth Washington, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Jordan) Washington. She was born about 1683 in Surry County, Virginia.
  Richard Washington's will, dated November 9, 1724, leaves 200 acres of land to his daughter Elizabeth Lanier, "land where she now lives"; he leaves to his son-in-law, Sampson Lanier, 200 acres lying in the Isle of Wight.
  
  Richard mentions his daugher Elizabeth Lanier, and son-in-law Sampson Lanier and his five Lanier grandchildren: Arthur, Thomas, Lemuel, Sampson, and Richard. Sampson later had two other children, Elizabeth, who married George Burch, and James Lanier.
  
  On March 23, 1732, Sampson Lanier sold the above 200 acres to the Vestry of Nottingham Parish, now Southampton County. On February 19, 1734, Sampson and Elizabeth Lanier sold the 200 acres of land given her by her father,. Sampson Lanier later sold that land to the Vestry of Nottoway Parish, now Southampton County.
  “From The DeedPool;
  Division 1, the Glebe Land of Nottoway Parish - Isle of Wight County Deed Book 4 PCs 414-415 date 23-24 March 1734/35. Sampson Lenear (Lanier) of Surry County to the vestry of Nottoway Parish of Isle of Wright County con 5 Schilling (Lease) & 30 (Release) re 200a of Land lying and being in the county of Isle of Wright afsd on the West side of the Trout Branch which Sr Land is part of a Patent granted to Richard Washington for 1240a bearing date 16 December 1714 pt A) on the W side of the Trout Branch where the Patent line crosses the Sr Branch thence along the Patent line ln pt B) white oak then In N8W; 126P; pt C) black oak Saplin then InN42W; 84P; pt D) white oak then In N26W; 37P; pt E) pine then N10E; 37P; pt F ) black oak then In N14W 98P; pt G pine then In S69W; 71P; pt H) saplings pine by the edge of a Meadow then In S5E; 203P; pt 1) gum then In S24E; 85P; pt J) white oak then In S58W; 89P; pt pt K) ash by the flag Swamp side then down the Run of sad Swamp In pt L) the Mouth of Trout Branch then up the run of sad Branch then up the run of sd Branch to the first Station” provided by Carol Middleton
  
  Before 1740 they had moved to Brunswick County, Virginia. Sampson was a Justice, a Vestryman of St. Andrews, and at one time he was on the school board.
  Sampson Lanier died about May 15, 1743 in Brunswick County, Virginia.
  
  Sampson’s wife Elizabeth’s grandfather was John Washington of Surry County Virginia.
  Elizabeth went into North Carolina to live with her son James. Elizabeth died about 1773 in Pitt County, North Carolina.
  
  Research - only proof of two children
  James Henry Lanier (1724 - 1786)*
  Elizabeth Lanier Burch (1724 - 1795)*^2,3

Elizabeth Washington¹

• Father: Richard Washington b. 5 Sep 1660, d. 9 Nov 1725
• Mother: Elizabeth Jordan² b. 1660, d. 21 May 1735

• Charts: Davis Ancestry

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: 1684; Prince George Co., Virginia¹
• Married Name: say 1704; Lanier¹
• Marriage*: say 1704; Virginia; Principal=Sampson Lanier¹
• Death*: 1773; Pitt Co., North Carolina¹
• Biography*: 12 November 2018; Elizabeth WASHINGTON B: 1683/1684
  Surry, Prince George, Virgina
  D: 1773
  , Pitt Co., N.c.
  
  Married
  
  Thomas LANIER B: 1682/1688
  , Charles City Co., Va.
  D: 1743
  , Brunswick Co., Va.
  M: 1705/1706
  , Surry, Va
  
  From Carol Middleton:
  Elizabeth's grandfather was John Washington of Surry Co, VA. She inherited 200 acres of Surry Co. land from her father. That land was sold 2/19/1734. After Sampson died, she went into NC to live with her son James.
  
  On 22 Nov 1757 Edward Goodrich, Isaac Rowe Walton and John Maclin, gentlemen, laid off and assigned to Elizabeth Lanier, widow of Sampson Lanier, deceased her dower of said Sampson's estate.
  
  Marriage bond, dated 23 July 1758 on file Brunswick Co, VA, shows
  Elizabeth Lanier, widow, marrying Cuthbert Smith, and an order dated 27 Feb 1759 appointed Cuthbert Smith guardian of Rebecca Lanier, orphan of Sampson Lanier, and an order dated 5 Sept 1759 appointing Lemuel Lanier as guardian for Burwell Lanier, Buckner Lanier, Winifred Lanier, Martha Lanier and Anne Lanier.
  
  Died: 1773, Pitt Co, NC
  
  Parents: Richard Washington and Elizabeth Jordan
  
  Elizabeth and Sampon's children were:
  1. Thomas Lanier, born ca 1707 Surry Co, VA. Ca 1728. He received 150 acres of Brunswick Co. land plus 5 in his father's will; he also
  received his father's coopers' tools. Married Anne Maclin, daughter of William Maclin. Their children: Jacob Lanier (b. 1729 Surry Co, VA;
  unmarried; d.1788 Greensville Co, Va), William Lanier (b. ca 1731
  Surry Co, VA; m. Elizabeth Burch 1755; granddaughter Patsy married
  Ephraim Bass, Sr.), Drury Lanier, Benjamin Lanier, Thomas Lanier, Jr. (b. ca 1745).
  
  2. Arthur Lanier, born ca 1709; died between 1725-26.
  
  3. Sampson Lanier, born 1712 Surry Co, VA. See his page. Received in his father's will a slave Mingo. Married ca 1739-40 Elizabeth
  Chamberlain, daughter of Samuel Chamberlain. Their children: Martha Lanier (b. by 1740), Burwell Lanier (b. 8/1741 Brunswick Co.; m-1st: Elizabeth Hill 10/1761; m-2nd: Mary Kirby-Colson; was a Revolutionary Patriot; d. 1812?, Anson, NC), Buckner Lanier (b. 1742 Brunswick Co, VA; d. 11/1811 Sussex Co, VA), Rebecca Lanier (b. 12/16/1744 Brunswick Co, VA m. Walton Harris 1760; d. 7/4/1818 Greene Co, GA), Winifred Lanier (b. 1747 Brunswick Co, VA; m-1st: Drury Ledbetter about 3/20/1762; settled in Anson Co, NC; m-2nd: James McClesky in GA d. about 1845), Ann Lanier (b. 1760? Brunswick Co, VA; m-1st: William Moore; m-2nd: Maj. Thomas Vaughn; d. 2/8/1833 Williamsboro, Granville Co, NC), Agnes Lanier (b. about 1750, Brunswick Co, VA; m. William Davis, Revolutionary soldier; d. 2/21/1813 Wilkes Co, GA-- their daughter was Caroline Amelia Davis who married Saunders Walker Faver), Lewis Lanier (b. about 1753-6, Brunswick Co, VA; Patriot--reportedly crossed the Delaware River with George Washington; m. Ann Butler 9/21/1778; d. 2/12/1839). Sampson Lanier died 9/1757.
  
  4. Richard Lanier, born 1715 in Brunswick Co, VA. Received in his
  father's will a slave woman Juda plus " two cows and calves two cows and pigs one feather bed bolster a blankett and rugg and a pair of sheets two pueter dishes three peuter plates one good chest one iron pott". Married-1st: Lucy Briggs, daughter of Samuel Briggs and Mary Bailey; married-2nd: Ann Petway Mason, daughter of Robert Petway, widow of Isaac Mason; Richard Lanier died 1780-81, Sussex Co, VA.
  
  5. Elizabeth "Eliza" Lanier, born ca 1719. Received in her father's
  will a slave woman Mou and her increase. Married ca 1740 John Burch, son of Richard Burch and Jane ?. Their children were: Samuel Burch (b. 1741; m. Elizabeth Holt 5/1/1764; killed in Mississippi Territory 1779), William Burch (b. 1765), Paulina Burch (b. 7/25/1768; m-1st: William Ferguson; m-2nd: 7/31/1806 James Chamberlain; d. 1/19/1849 Jefferson Co, MS), John Burch (b. ca 1770; m. Louisiana Thomas; d. 9/5/1834, Jefferson Co, MS), Washington Burch (b. 1774 in Allegheny Mountains while the family was moving to Mississippi; m. Nancy Stowers; d. 10/4/1839), Samuel Burch (b. ca 1776). Elizabeth Lanier died in 1795 in Brunswick Co, VA.
  
  6. Lemuel Lanier, born about 1722 in Surry Co, VA. Moved with his parents into Brunswick Co, VA. Received in his father's will a slave Agge plus "one feather bed and bolster a pair of sheets a rug and a blankett two pueter dishes and three pueter plates two cows and
  calves one heifer one young mare bridle and saddle and all the hogs that is called his and a gang of hoggs that yoused with the same one iron pot and frying pann"; he also received the labor of the slave Randol until his brother James came of age. Married-1st there Molly Peebles, daughter of Jehu and Mary Peebles. Their children: Molly Lanier, Sallie Lanier, David Lanier (see his page; became a Captain in the VA Militia during the Revolution; m. Mary Hicks; they lived in Nelson Co, VA; bought property from Patrick Henry). Married-2nd Elizabeth (M?) in 1761. Their children: Nancy Lanier, Benjamin Lanier, Washington Lanier. In 4./1772, Lemuel bought land in the new county Pittsylvania which became Henry Co, in 1777. Lemuel died 1786, Henry Co, VA.
  
  7. James Lanier, born after 11/11/1724 (the date of his grandfather's will). Received in his father's will a slave Randol plus " two cows and calves two sows and piggs two pueter dishes two pueter plates one iron pott or kettle one young mare one small saddle and bridle one feather bed bolster a pair of sheets a rugg and a blankett". Married 1746 Mary Cooke, daughter of Henry Cooke, in Brunswick Co, VA. Their children: Henry Lanier (b. 10/3/1747; d. young), Nathaniel Lanier (b. 11/15/1749; m. Mary ?; was a Patroler during the Revolution), Lydia Lanier, Abbie Lanier (b. 3/29/1754), Isom or Isham (b. 10/22/1756; m. Catherine Underwood; d. 1823), James Lanier (b.2/2/1759 Brunswick Co,
  GA; m. Sarah Chalmers; served in Revolutionary War; went to KY), Mary Lanier, Henry Lanier (b. 1765; m. Lucy Massey, daughter of Thomas Massey, Revolutionary War soldier, and Mary Peebles; moved to Greene Co, GA; d. 1821), Lucretia Lanier (b. 8/28/1769), Sampson Lanier (b. 11/3/1770 in Pitt Co, NC; m. Elizabeth Massey, Lucy's sister; d. 1/31/1823, Rockingham Co, NC). In 4/1760 James Lanier sold his Brunswick Co, VA property where he and Mary were living. In 1761, he began to acquire many grants of land in Pitt Co, NC. In 1778, he acquired a tract of land on Troublesome Creek in Guilford Co, NC. he was a Justice member of the Committee of Safety 1775, member, deputy and later chairman of the Provincial Congress. His will was probated in Pitt Co, NC in 1786; his wife Mary, son Nathaniel, with David Peebles, were executors.. Through their son Sampson, James and Mary Cooke Lanier's great-grandson was the poet Sidney Lanier

Richard Washington

• Charts: Davis Ancestry

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: 5 September 1660; Prince George Co., Virginia¹
• Marriage*: say 1682; Principal=Elizabeth Jordan²
• Death*: 9 November 1725; Surry Co., Virginia¹

Elizabeth Jordan¹

• Charts: Davis Ancestry

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: 1660; Prince George Co., Virginia¹
• Marriage*: say 1682; Principal=Richard Washington¹
• Married Name: say 1682; Washington¹
• Death*: 21 May 1735; Prince George Co., Virginia¹

John Lanier

• Charts: Davis Ancestry

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: 1655; England
• Death*: 1719; Charles City Co., Virginia
• Biography*: 12 November 2018; From Tyler's Quarterly:
  "....John Lanier Was lilving in that part of Charles City County, afterwards known as Prince George, as early as 1676. In 1683 a land warrant was issued to him and Peter Wycke for 482 acres, located in the Parish of Westover, on the south side of James River. Most of the records of Prince George were lost during the Civil War, but fortunately the volume containing his will has been preserved. He was born about 1655 and died between Jan. 5, 1717-18, when his will was dated, and April 14, 1719 when a little more than a year later his will was probated.
  His children as named in his will, were (1) Robert, to whom he gave one shilling; (2) John to whom he gave one shilling; (3) Sampson, to whom he gave twelve shillings; (4) Sarah Brewer, to whom he gave a cow or heiffer of 3 years old; (5) Nicholas, to whom he gave all the land he now lives upon and all his lands on the otterdams, and all his movable and unmovable property. He made his son Nicholas executor, and gave to his grandson John Lanier, "the son of Nicholas, my son," a feather bed and bolster, and blankets, and rug, all lnew and good and a small gunn well fixed, two pewter dipers and basin, one chest with lock and key and six spoons, one iron pott and pott-hooks, and frying pann and a small pair of Stillyars, two combs, a young horse of three years old and three sheep."¹

Nathaniel Lanier

• Father: James Lanier b. a 1724
• Mother: Mary Cooke b. a 1724

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: 1749; North Carolina
• Marriage*: say 1772; Principal=Mary (?)
• Death*: 1814; Wilkes Co., Georgia

Mary (?)

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: say 1750
• Marriage*: say 1772; Principal=Nathaniel Lanier
• Married Name: say 1772; Lanier

James Lanier

• Father: Sampson Lanier b. 1682, d. 7 May 1743
• Mother: Elizabeth Washington b. 1684, d. 1773

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: after 1724
• Marriage*: say 1748; Principal=Mary Cooke

Mary Cooke

• Father: Henry Cooke b. s 1700, d. a 30 Nov 1772

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: after 1724
• Marriage*: say 1748; Principal=James Lanier
• Married Name: say 1748; Lanier

Henry Cooke

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2018

• Birth*: say 1700
• Death*: after 30 November 1772

Winnefred Thornton

• Last Edited: 13 Nov 2018

• Birth*: say 1775
• Married Name: 1792; Trapp
• Marriage*: 2 February 1792; Wilkes Co., Georgia; Consent for Joseph Trapp to marry "my daughter-in-law" Winney Thornton. (signed) Cornelius Cohron.; Principal=Joseph Trapp, Witness=Cornelius Cohron III
• (Deed Witness) Deed*: 12 January 1793; Wilkes Co., Georgia; Deed Book II, Page 531 -- Ann Willis to Joseph Pullin, both of Wilkes Co., for £ 50, 200 acres on Pistol Creek, adj. at time of survey, N. w. by Robert McGarry & Pistol Creek, E. by Benjamin Hubert, other sides vacant, granted 12 Jul 1787. (signed) Ann (x) Willis. Wit.:Winifred (x) Trapp, John Neill. Proved by Trapp and Neill, 12 Jan 1793, Holeman Freeman, J. P. Regd. 2 Mar 1793

Joseph Trapp

• Last Edited: 13 Nov 2018

• Birth*: say 1770
• Marriage*: 2 February 1792; Wilkes Co., Georgia; Consent for Joseph Trapp to marry "my daughter-in-law" Winney Thornton. (signed) Cornelius Cohron.; Principal=Winnefred Thornton, Witness=Cornelius Cohron III

Thomas Brannan

• Last Edited: 14 Nov 2018

• Name Variation: Thomas Branam
• Name Variation: Thomas Branham
• Name Variation: Thomas Branan
• Birth*: say 1760
• Marriage*: say 1787; Principal=Susannah (?)
• Deed*: 24 February 1792; Wilkes Co., Georgia; Deed Book L.L., Page 115 -- Thomas Branan to John Seybold, both of Wilkes Co., for £60, Hearts Creek, 280 acres, granted to said Branan, 12 Apr 1791, adj. N. E,. by Christmas, N. W. by Perkins, other sides by surveyed land. (signed Thos. Branan, Susannah (x) Brannan. Test: Silas Gregg, Jacob Gregg. Proved by Silas Gregg, 8 Feb. 1794, R. Christmas, J. P. Regd. 26 Mar 1794; Principal=Susannah (?)

(?) Tebbs

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 16 Nov 2018

John Wendell Stewart

• Father: Samuel Wendell Belcher Stewart b. 13 Jan 1910, d. 17 May 1999
• Mother: Elsie Jane McKim b. 24 Jan 1916, d. 15 Nov 2009

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 17 Nov 2018

• Residence*: November 2009; Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., Texas¹

Earl Ray Mahaney¹

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 16 Nov 2018

• Birth*: 2 June 1918; Alvarado, Johnson Co., Texas¹
• Marriage*: April 1939; Principal=Madge Stewart¹
• Death*: 10 August 2000; Tarrant Co., Texas¹