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Benjamin Lanier 

          Abt. 1711

Benjamin moved to Brunswick County, Virginia, soon after his marriage to Elizabeth and bought
many acres of land, which later became Lunenburg Co.  in 1764, this county  became the new
county of Mecklenburg.  During the Revolution, Benjamin Lanier and his son Robert were among 
the many who signed the Oath of Allegiance.  Benjamin Lanier gave money and supplies to aid the 
Revolution, and his descendants are eligible for membership in the D.A.R.

His will was dated September 14, 1790, and signed himself Benjamin B. Lanier, no doubt to distinguish
himself from Benjamin, son of Thomas Lanier living is Sussex County and a young Benjamin, son of
Lemuel Lanier living in Henry County. The will was probated in Mecklenburg County December 12, 1796.
Children as named in his will, except Elizabeth, deceased, but did name her children John, Lucy, Lemuel,
Frederick, Benjamin, Jesse, Robert, Sarah, Nicholas, and Allen; Ezekiel, Rebecca, and Jincy Redding.


 Elizabeth, his wife, mother of all his children, died about 1775; Benjamin's second wife, Lucy, was
the widow of Moses Pennington. The marriage contract was dated November 26, 1776, Brunswick
County, Virginia. Lucy died December or January 1781-82.


His third wife was Ann, widow of Martin Wilkinson; they were married on April 28, 1783, Brunswick
County. His will was dated September 14, 1790, and signed Benjamin B. Lanier, no doubt to distinguish
himself from Benjamin, son of Thomas Lanier living in Sussex County; and a young Benjamin, son of
Lemuel Lanier living in Henry County. The will was probated in Mecklenburg County, December 12, 1796.
Children as named in his will, were John, Lucy, Lemuel, Frederick, Benjamin, Jesse, Robert, Sarah, Nicholas,
and Allen. Elizabeth was deceased at the time; Benjamin's will provided for her children.

                                                                                                                       ~Louise Ingersoll


6 Benjamin Lanier         Abt 1711 - ????   [Click on Arrow/Door to return to previous page.]
  +Elizabeth Warren          ????  - Abt 1775     [Mother of all of Benjamin's children.]

 *2nd Wife of Benjamin Lanier:
  +Lucy Pennington

  *3rd Wife of Benjamin Lanier:
  +Martha Wilkinson

      7 John Lanier     1738 - 1816/20
      +Sarah Nance         Abt 1741/42 -


      7  Lucy Lanier    Abt 1740 - 1833
          +Isham Malone
           8  Benjamin Malone     1756 -
           8  Mary Malone           1760 -
           8  Elizabeth Malone  1762 - 1847
           8  Sophy Malone      Abt 1765 -
           8  Lucy Malone       1768 -
           8  Martha Malone     1768 -
           8  Drury Malone      1773 -
           8  Susannah Malone   1775 -
           8  Isham Malone      1777 - 1816
           8  Sarah Malone      1779 -1822
           8  Rebecca Malone    1782 - 1824
           8  John Malone       1784 -
           8  Thomas W.(?) Malone  1786 - 1816
           8  Wynne Lanier      Bef 1770 - 1846
           8  Isaac Malone         ????-????

      7  Lemuel Lanier              Abt 1743 - 1817
          +Lucy Malone
           8  Patricia Lanier       1768 -
              +John S. Fagan        ????-1819
                    9 Robert Lanier Fagan        1787-1863
                      +Martha Gibson
                            10 James Henry Fagan        1829-1892
                               +Nancy Caroline Cox        1832-1882
                            10 Granville M. Fagan        1835-1908
                                +Ann M. Fagan                1839-1913

                    9 Sarah Jones Fagan            1791-????
                    9 Mary Kelly Fagan             1795-????
                    9 John Lanford Fagan           1801-
                    9 Henry Williamson Fagan    1808-
 

           8  Elizabeth Lanier      1770 -
           8  Mary Lanier           1778 - Bef 1817
 

      7  Frederick Lanier       Abt 1745 - Abt 1805
          +Mary Nance (?)

             Frederick Lanier b. circa 1745 Brunswick County, Virginia, d. 1800-1810 in Pendleton
             District, S. C.  His wife's
name is unknown, but it is possible that she was Mary Nance,
             as her sister Sarah married John, brother of Frederick;
also the name Mary occurs frequently
             in the family.  He was hard to follow; he was in Duplin County, N. C. in 1764,
Bertie County (N. C.)
             1777, in Waren County, N. C. in Nov. and Dec. 1787.  He received a Revolutionary
Voucher,  
             No. 1638 from the Halifax District, N. C. for L 14-15, not stated whether for military duty or aid
             to the
War.  He was  living when his father wrote his will Sept. 1790, but did not attend the Estate
             Sale.  In the late 1790's
he bought land in the Pendleton District of S. C., and appeared in the
             1800 census with a wife born
before 1755, living 1810, two sons, three daughters.
                                                                                                    ~Louise Ingersoll

           8  Robert Lanier         1776-Abt 1839
              +Susannah ?-?-?       1780-
                9 Bird Lanier       1797-Bef. 1850
                9 James Lanier      1799-
                9 Daughter Lanier   (married or disappeared after 1830)
                9 Daughter Lanier   (married or disappeared after 1830)
                9 Daughter Lanier   (married or disappeared after 1830)
                9 Frederick Lanier    1820-
                9 Robert Lanier       1822-
                9 Elizabeth Lanier    1824-
                9 Tillman Lanier      1825- 
                   +Catherine Eliza Hayes
                        10 James B. Lanier
                        10 Edd Lanier
                        10 Earn Lanier
                        10 Robert (Bob) Lanier
                        10 Mariah Lanier
                            +John Adams
                        10 Mary Catherine Lanier
                            +[?] Royston
                        10 Alice A. Lanier
                            +[?] Cobb
                        10 [Daughter] Lanier
                        10 Thomas Earl Lanier        1854 - 1933
                             +Sue Thomas                    1856 - 1895
                                    11 Samuel Tillman Lanier           1880 - 1946
                                         +Blanche Eades

                        Second Wife of Samuel Tillman Lanier:
                                         +Lenora "Nora"  Kirkus           1885 -  1959 

                                    11 Martha Mattie Lanier        1882 - 1916 
                                         +Benjamin Franklin Willis
                                            12 Salina Mary Willis            1900 - ????
                                            12 Susie Ollie Willis                1903 - ????
                                                 +Garnett Lee
                                                    13 Etrulia Lee        Private
                                                        +Dan B. Crawford

                                        Second husband of Etrulia Lee:
                                                        +Jack Colvard

                                        Third husband of Etrulia Lee:
                                                        +[Unknown?]

                                                    13 Clyde Thurmond Lee        Private
                                                        +Carol Collins

                                        Second wife of Clyde Thurmond Lee:
                                                        +[Unknown]
                                                    13 James Laylon Lee         Private
                                                        +Eva Lou Mashburn        Private
                                                    13 Eunice Geniva Lee        ???? - 1979
                                                        +Claude Ellard, Jr.        Private
                                                            14 Margaret Anne Ellard        Private
                                                            14 Claudine Ellard         Private
                                                                +Albert Ray McCallister
                                                                    15 Sterling Ray McCallister        Private
                                                                        +Amy Denise Anderson        Private
                                                                    15 Michael Lee McCallister        Private
                                                                        +Brandi Dodd          Private

                                                            14 David Norman Ellard        1952 - 1952

                                        Second husband of Eunice Genive Lee:
                                                        +Harvey Henry Posey
                                                            14 Richard Henry Posey
                                                            14 Alan Lee Posey

                                                    13 Rudolph Lee
                                                        +Marrion Lindsey

                                        Second wife of Rudolph Lee:
                                                        +Ginny [Unknown]
                                                    13 Mattie Jane Patricia Lee        Private
                                                        +Ralph Douglas Alexander

                                            12 William Jones Willis        Private
                                                 +Alice Carrie Nell Leopard
                                            12 Dollie Beatrice Willis    Private
                                                +Jefferson Fermon Simpson
                                            12 James Tillman Willis        Private
                                                +Ruby Head
                                    11 Jeff Edmond Lanier            1883 - 1963 
                                         +Minnie Mae Meredith
                                            12 John W. Lanier        Private

                                    11 Sylvester (Vester) Lanier        1885 - 1971
                                         +Minnie Presly
                                            12 Noah Lee Thomas Lanier        Private
                                                 +Doris Morgan
                                            12 Robert Butler Lanier        Private
                                                 +Nancy Turpin
                                            12 Myrtle Louise Lanier              1826 - 1946
                                                 +R. Z. Shedd
                                            12 Annie Mary Lanier        Private
                                               +John W. Massey
                                            12 Wade Jefferson Lanier        Private
                                                +Linda Loudermilk
                                            12 Max Franklin Lanier        Private
                                                +Wadale Kimsy
                                            12 Fleming Lanier         Private
                                                +Franis Norton
                                            12 Carolyn Betty Lanier        Private
                                                +Dean Dooley

                                    11 Lucy Sara Louise Lanier        1888 - 1962
                                    11 Carrie Isabel Lanier                1890 - 1946
                                         +Harrison West
 

           Second wife of Thomas Earl Lanier:
                             + Elizabeth Clark
                                    11 Mae Bell Lanier        1898 - ????
                                         +Lee Johnson
                                    11 William Thomas Lanier    1900 - ????
                                         +Myrtie Cheek
                                    11 James Lanier            1903 - ????
                                    11 Alma Lanier            1905 - ????
                                         +Paul Davis

           [Data regarding Tillman Lanier has been provided courtesy of
              Claudine McCallister.]

           8  Bird Lanier           1780-1856
              +[Unknown]

          Bird Lanier b. 1780, Virginia, d. July, 1856, Oconee
          County, S. C. m. 1st, name unknown; m. 2nd Mary -?-
          b. 1796, d. March 10, 1878 Pickens County, S. C.

                9  Talitha Lanier       1808 -
                9  Nancy Lanier         1811 -
                9  Allen Lanier         1814 -
                9  Malinda Lanier       1817 -
                    +James Russell        ????-1844
                        10 Mary E. Russell        1843-
                            +John Hunnicutt         ????
                                11 Dora Hunnicutt        ????

                                       (Data regarding Dora Hunnicutt courtesy of
                                                                                        Sheila Phillips.)

                        10 James B. Russell       1845-

                9  William Lanier       1820 -
                9  Bartlett Lanier      1823 - 1863
                    +Delphia Caroline [Unknown]   1827 -
                         10  John Martin Lanier         1845 -
                               +Martha [Unknown]        1861 -
                                     11  James Lanier           1878 -

                         10  Sarah Lanier                  1847 - Bef 1870
                         10  Mary F. Lanier               1849 - ????
                               +Alfred H. Holsomback         1852 - 1892
                                     11  Roxie A. Holsomback         1871 - ????
                                           +Rubin J. Fossett                  1855 - ????
                                     11  General Lee Holsomback             1873 - ????
                                     11  William "Willie" H. Holsomback         1878 - ????
                                     11  Allie Washington Holsomback            1880 - 1960
                                           +Josie Carrenthe Buchanan                  1888 - 1982
                                     11  Lillie Holsomback                                 1884 - 1901
                                           +Pink Tate                                          ???? - ????
                                     11  John Holsomback                        1886 - ????
                                     11  Ernest Early Holsomback              1890 - ????
                                           +Louvennie House                        ???? - ????

                         10  James Arthur Lanier      1854 - 1891
                              +Margaret Cornelia Tucker      1861 - 1957
                                     11  James Arthur Lanier               1883 - 1969
                                           +Mattie E. Green                    1886 - 1965
                                                 12  Fred B. Lanier               1909 - 1997
                                                 12  D. F. Lanier                  Private
                                                       +Fleddie Riddle            Private
                                                 12  Margie Lanier                Private
                                                 12  Grace Lanier                 Private
                                                 12  Wilfred Lanier              Private
                                                 12  Ida Lanier                    Private
                                                 12  Floy B. Lanier              Private
                                                 12  J. L. Lanier                   Private 
                                                 12  Dallas Lanier               Private 
                                                 12  Edward Lanier            Private  


                                     11  Walter Lanier                         1896 - ????
                                           +Alice Green                          ???? - ????                  
                                     11  Charles Matthew Lanier         1887 -1966
                                           +Elizabeth "Lizzie" E. Mitchell      1889 - 1963
                                                 12  Wallace Lanier                     Private
                                                       +Martha J. Kellet                 Private
                                                                13  Michael Lanier

                                                 12  Georgia Lanier                      Private
                                                 12  Charles Leroy Lanier             Private
                                                 12  Ruby Lanier                           Private
                                                 12  James Carlton Lanier            1924 - 2003
                                                       +Eula Mildren Little              Private
                                                                13  Donald Lee Lanier
                                                                13  Mary Elizabeth Lanier
                                                                13  Carlton Wayne Lanier

                                                 12  Louise Lanier                       Private
   
                                             12  Imogene Lanier                   Private 
                                                 12  Edna Lanier                        Private   
                                               

                                     11  Viola Lanier                           1890 - 1973
                                           +Robert A Currie                  1893 - 1970
                                                 12  Marvin A. Currie              
                                                 12  J. Clifford Currie               
 

                         10  Susan E. Lanier               1857 - Bef 1870
                         10  Richard L. Lanier            1859 - ????
                         10  Bartlett Lanier                  1861 - ????

                      [Information concerning the descendants of Bartlett "Bartley" Lanier
                       provided by Sara Suzanne Lamb.]

                9  Pressley Lanier      1825 -
                9  Esther Lanier        1828 -
                9  Martin Lanier        1831 -
                9  Sarah A. Lanier      1834 -
                   +Rueben Simmons
                     10  Nancy Simmons       1859 -

               *2nd Husband of Sarah A. Lanier:
                   +-?- Hutchins

        *2nd Wife of Bird Lanier:
            +Mary --?-- 1796 - 1878
          8  Daughter Lanier
          8  Daughter Lanier
          8  Mary Lanier           Abt 1788 -
             +John Parks Bacon

     7  Benjamin Lanier, Jr.    1747 - Abt 1818
         +Elizabeth Parker
 

           8  Jacob Lanier       1772 - 1846
             +Charlotte Evans   1774 - Bef 1860
                9  Zebulin Lanier       1791 -
                9  Spious Lanier        1794 - 1829
                   +Catherine -???-           1803 -
                9  Daughter Lanier      1796 -
                9  Rachel Lanier        1798 -
                9  Noah Lanier  1799-1800 - 1858
                   +Penny Casteen       1803 -
                      10  Jacob Lanier  1827 - Abt. 1865
                           +Anna Hines        1828 - ????
                                11 Bethena Lanier        1848 - ????
                                     +Ceborn Casteen    1839 - ????
                                11 Lewis Lanier            1851 - ????
                                11 John Lanier              1853 - ????
                                11 James N. Lanier       1855 -????
                                11 Margaret Lanier        1856 - ????
                                11 Council Wright Lanier    1858 - 1932
                                     +Anne G. Arthur            1858 - 1885
              .                   12 William Edward Lanier    1881 - 1944
                                               +Lucille Riter                                                     .
               .                  12 Katheryn Ann Lanier      1882 - 1953
                                          12 Blanch B. Lanier              1884 - 1887

            (Pictures and data regarding Council Wright Lanier
                              have been supplied courtesy of Barbara Pridgen.)

                             *Second wife of Council Wright Lanier
                                     +Margie A. Smith          1868 - 1935
                                            12 Hardy Lanier                    1886 - 1943
                                            12 Ida Lanier                        1889 - 1920
                                            12 Thomas Lanier                 1891 - 1893
                                            12 Lillian Elizabeth Lanier      1895 - 1912
                                            12 John Lanier                      1897 - ????
                                            12 Louise Lanier                    1900 - 1915
                                            12 Minnie Vera Lanier            1902 - ????
                                            12 Drury Columbus Lanier      1904 - ????
 

                      10  Daughter Lanier       1825-1830 -
                      10  Drucilla Lanier                 1825 -
                      10  William E. Lanier     1839 -
                      10  John Lanier                1845 -

               9  Benjamin Lanier       1801 -
               9  Daughter Lanier       1800-1810 -
               9  Willis Lanier 1803 -
               9  Daughter Lanier       1801-1810 -
               9  James Lanier  1808 -
               9  Hosea Goodman Lanier  1815 -

           8  Owen Lanier                Bef 1775 -
           8  Benjamin Lanier III      Bef 1775 -
           8  Byrd Lanier                        1777 -
           8  Isham Lanier                       1780 -

    *2nd Wife of Benjamin Lanier, Jr.:
         +--??-- Kenan

       7 Jesse Lanier                 Abt 1749 -
       7 Elizabeth Lanier       Abt 1751 - 1776
         +Matthew Redding       - Bef 1783
8 Ezekial Redding      1771 - 1838
             +Rebecca Mason       1772 - 1838

        As a child, Ezekiel lived with his
        grandfather, Benjamin Lanier; his uncle, Robert Lanier,
        was his Bondsman in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  In 1810
        Ezekiel Redding and many others migrated from Virginia to
        Preble County, Ohio.  He settled in what later became Lanier
        Township in honor of Alexander Chalmers Lanier who had settled
        in Eaton, the county seat, a few years prior to the Reddings.
        In 1850 Ezekiel Redding and family moved into northwestern
        Indiana on the Michigan border.

        Both he and his wife are buried in Dayton, Michigan.
                                                                        ~Louise Ingersoll

      7 Robert Lanier 1754 -bef 1835
        + Elizabeth Malone 1757-
            8 Benjamin Allen Lanier 1778-1820
               + Dolly Nance 1779-
                    9 Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Lanier 1805-
                      +Robert Nance Allen 1792-
                    9 Robert Malone Lanier 1806-1886
                    9 John M. Lanier 1808-
                       +Roseanna A. Troy   Abt. 1828-????   Ansonville, Anson Co., North Carolina
                            10 Robert Lanier 1829

                *2nd wife of John M. Lanier
                      + Lucy W. Yarborough     1810-1879    North Carolina

                             Married in Eufaula, Alabama after 1829.Moved to Alabama.
                             She also raised her orphaned grandson, William W. Lanier b.ca 1857 Ala.

                           10 James A. Lanier 1833
                           10 Eliza A. Lanier 1833
                           10 Amon Franklin Lanier 1835-1906
                               + Emma E. Crump      1838 - between 1880 &1888 

                            Amon's first three children were born in Texas, and the last three children were born in Louisiana.  He
                            returned to Texas about 1900, where he is found in the census of Coryell Co. Tx.. He was applying for
                            his pension records about that time and he died in 1906 in Gustine, Comanche Co., Texas.  It
                            is believed that he joined the the Army of the Confederacy in Eufaula, Barbour Co., Alabama.  He
                            served the C. S.A. for  3 years, 7 months,and was injured while in Atlanta, Georgia on Sept 1864. Reuben
                             F. Kolb's Co. of Artillery, William's Battalion.Fought and was injured in Atlanta, Georgia in Sept.
                            1864.  William T. Sherman attacked Atlanta 1st of Sept. 1864.   Amon had the toes of one foot
                            shot off by enemy fire and his hearing was severely damaged by bursting bombs.

                            It is said that at one time he had a small Rice Plantation in Louisiana. It was sold and he returned to Kileen,
                            Texas.  He and his wife died in Comanche, Texas.

                2nd wife of Amon Franklin Lanier

                              + Matilda E.(?Elizabeth Jane) Simpson 1855-1909
                                            (Buried ?Union Cemetery with Amon Lanier)
                                   11  John R. Lanier 1884 - 1910
                                         +Lula Briscoe.

                                                Both died the night they returned from their honeymoon. They drowned
                                                in severe flood of the South Leon River in Gustine, Comanche County,
                                                Texas. A headrise (wall of water)
from rain upriver hit their home.
                                                No children from this union.

                                    11   Minnie Mae Lanier     1886-1972    (Texas)
                                               (buried in Plainview, Texas.  Had two sons by Noah.)
                                           +Noah Richardson     Abt. 1903-????
                                    11 Frank Lanier b. 1888
                                                Died abt 3-5 years old.
                                    11 Flarra Jane Lanier     1891-1979
                                              Buried Andrews, Texas.
                                         +Harmon Abner Merrick
                                    11  Benny Lanier     Aft 1891-Died at birth
                                    11  Robert E. Lanier     1895-1912
                                          Died of Typhoid Infection in brain. Never married.

                        10  Mary Helen. Lanier         Abt. 1837-Abt.1901 Ala.
                                   (Mentally handicapped.)
                        10 Louisiana M. Lanier b.1839-aft.1900.
                               +Thomas B. Claiborne

                2nd husband of Louisiana M. Lanier
                               +Lucius Rousseau

                        10 Benjamin Thomas Lanier b.1849-1910
                             +Sarah A.E. Brantley     1843-Aft 1880.

        (Information concerning the second wife of Amon Franklin Lanier and children
          courtesy of Loretta Kelm.)

                    10 Mary H. Lanier         1837 -
                    10 Louisiana Lanier       1839 -
                    10 Benjamin Thomas Lanier 1848 - 1910

          8 Sarah Lanier              1780 -
            +John Giles               1777 -
          8 Elizabeth Lanier          1785 -
            +John Landis              1785 -
          8 Lucy Lanier               1787 - Bef 1833
            +William Cash             1785 -
                9 Jennette Cash
                9 Barsheba (Barbara?) Cash
                  +Richard Coley
                9 Dennis Cash
                9 William Lemuel Cash
                9 Isham Cash
                9 Moses Cash

     (Information regarding the children of Lucy Lanier/William Cash
        provided coutesy of Dr. William R. Hare,
                            Department of Math and Science,
                            Clemson University.)
 

          8 Polly Lanier              1790 -
          8 Nancy Lanier              1792 -
            +Zachariah Lyon
          8  Wilmouth Lanier          1800 -
            +Isaac Adams            1802 -
    *2nd Wife of Robert Lanier:
          +Elizabeth Phillips   - Bef 1860

       7  Sarah Lanier        1756 - 1839
          +Drury Jones      1751 - 1817
       7  Nicholas Lanier       1760 - 1839
       7  Allen Lanier        Abt 1763 -????

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