John Lamar III (abt. 1769 - 1833)

Born about 1769 in Warren, Georgia

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Lamar — married about 1795 in Warren, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1833 at about age 64 in Putnam, Georgia, United States

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Biography

John Lamar III was a Georgia colonist.

John was the son of John LAMAR II (ca1740 - >1798) and Mary Elizabeth BUGG (ca1750 - >1769). He married his first cousin Rebecca Lamar about 1795 in Georgia and they had nine children:

1. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus, b. 15 Jul. 1797

2. Mirabeau Buonaparte

3. Jefferson Jackson

4. Thomas Randalph

5. Louisa Elizabeth

6. Amelia

7. Mary Ann

8. Evaline/Evalina

9. Loretto Rebecca

Research Notes

1805 Tax list - John Lamar, Warren County, GA, page 199 ^[1]

Family moved to Putnam County, GA about 1810.

1820 Census - John Lamar, Putnam County, GA resident^[2]

1830 Census - John Lamar, Putnam County, GA resident; male 60-70, 1 fem 50-60, 2 fem 20-30, 1 fem 15-20, 1 fem 10-15, 1 fem < 5, 52 slaves ^[3]

Putnam Court of Ordinary:^[4] 4 March 1835. Administrators of John LAMAR, dcd, have leave to sell all the real estate of the said dcd for the purpose of making a distribution among the heirs of said deceased.

One source reports that this John Lamar (aka "Jackie" aka "Little River John") was the son of John Lamar--Captain of Georgia Militia, 3rd Regiment, during the Revolution--and Lucy Appling who died between 1811-1822.^[5]

His memorial at his grave on the old homestead says: ^[6] "In memory of John LAMAR, who died August 3, 1833, aged sixty-four years. He was a man of unblemished honor, of pure and exalted benevolence, whose conduct through life was regulated by the strictest principles of probity, truth and justice; thus leaving behind him, as the best legacy to his children, a noble example of consistent virtue. In his domestic relations he was greatly blessed, receiving from every member of a large family unremitting demonstrations of respect, love and obedience."

John Lamar lived in Putnam County, Georgia where he established what was to become known as the "old Lamar homestead." With him lived a bachelor brother, Lt. Col. Zachariah Lamar, a self-taught man who, like many of the men of old plantation times, devoted himself entirely to the world of literature and history. So when sons were born to the head of the house this bookish enthusiast claimed the privilege of naming his infant nephews after his favorite character of the moment and the parents evidently consented. So we have Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus, Thomas Randolph, Mirabeau Buonaparte, Jefferson Jackson, and a grandson Lavoisier Legrand. Zachariah later married, and his daughter, Mary Ann married Howell Cobb.

The Lamar's 1,000 acre plantation near Milledgeville, Georgia was known as Fairfield.

Progenitors of the LAMAR family in Milledgeville were the brothers John and Zachariah, who moved from Warren County in 1810 and settled on the Putnam side of Little River, ten miles north of Milledgeville.

Sources

1. ↑ 1805 Georgia Tax list
2. ↑ 1820 Federal Census, Putnam County, Georgia, page 109
3. ↑ 1830 Federal Census, Putnam County, Georgia, page 1741
4. ↑ Putnam County, Georgia Court of Ordinary
5. ↑ The Georgians: Genealogies of Pioneer Settlers, by Jeannette Holland Austin, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1984, p. 210.
6. ↑ Memorial stone on the old homestead

See also:

• Lamar family researcher Camp Gilliam
• John Lamar III & Rebecca Lamar, by David L. Moody
• Descendants of Thomas, John, and Peter Lamar/Lamore by Eleanor Col Website no longer active Holmes-16158 18:35, 2 December 2022 (UTC)