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Allen Lanier Sr (abt. 1791 - abt. 1853)

Allen Lanier Sr
Born about in Lotts Creek, Bulloch, Georgia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
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Husband of — married 21 Nov 1815 in Bulluch County, Georgia, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died about at about age 62 in Emanuel, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Allen Lanier, Sr. was born in 1701. He was the son of Lewis and Margaret (Waters) Lanier. His grandparents were Lemuel and Sarah (Hardy) Lanier and John W. and Anna Catherine (Moreman) Waters.

  1. Allen Lanier, Sr. (1701 - 1853)
  2. Lewis Lanier (1787 - 1870)

Allen first married Martha Hendrix on 14 May 1814 in Bulloch County, Georgia. They had one child:

  1. Lenora Lanier

Note reads that he "lived on the old someplace near Aaron with his mother Margaret who was living in 1830; 1st wife Mary Hendrix 5/14/1814 in Bullock County.

He married second Lavinia "Vinia" Gay on 21 Nov 1815. These are their children:

  1. John M. Lanier (15 Nov 1815 - ?)
  2. Marian Lanier (25 Sep 1818 - 26 Jul 1894)* married Thomas Jones (1810 - 9 May 1877)
  3. Margaret Lanier (11 Dec 1820 - ?) married David Bell (1801 - ?) married Patrick Walsh
  4. Allen Lanier, Jr. (15 Mar 1823 - 18 May 1897 or 30 Sep 1901)* married Mariah Jones (1821 - 1870+) married Roxie Proctor (31 Mar 1837 - 15 Jul 1914)
  5. William Lanier (6 Sep 1825 - 24 Jun 1910)* married Sarah "Sallie" Clifton (23 Nov 1822 - 9 Aug 1885) married Jane Scarboro(ugh) (6 May 1842 - 2 Feb 1922)
  6. Elizabeth Lanier (11 Jun 1828 - ?) married James Scarboro (1815 - ?)
  7. Richard Lanier (20 Jun 1830 - 18 Sep 1907)* married Mary "Polly" Martin (7 Nov 1832 - 2 July 1917)
  8. Rebecca Lanier 18 Apr 1832 - 24 Dec 1909)* married Joseph Olliff (1826 - ?) who served in the CSA.
  9. Lavinia Lanier (13 Dec 1834 - 20 May 1894)* married James "Jim Paddy" (McCann) Williams (? - 22 Mar 1897)
  10. Lewis Lanier (14 Jun 1837 - 11 Aug 1862, Richmond, VA) Private, Company H, 48th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Army of Northern Virginia, CSA. Member of McLeod's Volunteers from Emanuel County, Georgia.
  11. Anna Lanier (26 May 1836 or 27 May 1840 - 20 May 1919)* married Lewis Byrd (29 May 1833 - 21 May 1902)
  12. Sarah Lanier (4 Apr 1844 - ?) married Henry Walsh

Allen passed away in 1853 and is buried at the Rosemary Church Cemetery in Metter, GA [1]

Sources

  1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 89520230

http://person.ancestry.com/tree/24055338/person/27575533213/facts (Vest Family Tree)

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYG-QDH : accessed 18 March 2016), Allen Lanier, Emanuel county, Emanuel, Georgia, United States; citing family 413, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

LANIER by Louise Ingersoll, page 74, available online at https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE993789&from=fhd





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