Lauchlin was born in 1847. He is the son of John Monroe and Mary Deaton.
John and Mary Deaton Monroe Family Bible 1802-1903. State Library of North Carolina. Digital Collections. http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15012coll1/id/40708/rec/1
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BD-X8R : 12 April 2016), Lauchlin Munroe in household of John Munroe, Moore county, Moore, North Carolina, United States; citing family 1021, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDT-LW2 : 12 December 2017), Lauchlin Munroe in entry for John Murrow, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW81-74P : 12 April 2016), Lauchlin Monroe in household of Thomas T Covington, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 29, family 177, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,655.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXK-683 : 19 August 2017), L A Munroe, Laurinburg, Richmond, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 173, sheet 377D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0979; FHL microfilm 1,254,979.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8Z5-3RQ : 22 December 2016), L.A. Monroe and Mollie Williams, 27 Oct 1880; citing Laurel HillTownship, Richmond, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 471,457.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F38Y-7ZG : 17 July 2017), Lance Bethune Monroe, 05 Jul 1924; citing Laurinburg, Scotland, North Carolina, reference fn 882 cn 292, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,893,452.
There are questions regarding Lauchlin's middle name... A. or Bethune? He used A. more often. The Monroe Family Bible records A. as does his Findagrave record. His death record lists both A and Bethune.
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