Lazarus Webb Jr. (1774 - 1832)

Born 13 Jan 1774 in St Stephen's Parish, Northumberland, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Creek) Webb — married 4 Jul 1797 in Warren County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 1832 at about age 57 in Webbs Prairie, Franklin, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Lazarus Webb, Jr. was born 13 Jan 1774 and passed away in 1832. He was born in Virginia.^[1]Lazarus Webb, and his brother EIi Webb, moved to Illinois in 1812 and settled in Saline County. Shortly after they moved to the North Edge of Webb's Prairie, Franklin County, which was named after them, and the area was full of wildlife and Native American Indians.

Eli settled on the south side of the prairie and bought land where Webb's Hill is now located for probably a few cents per acre, the deed was from the U.S. government on made on sheepskin. The sheepskin deed was destroyed when the store was burned. There was a dense forest on one side and 8 to 10 feet high prairie grass on the other. It is recorded that Lazarus built the first house on the prairie and gave the prairie it's name. Lazarus never seen fit to change the location of his home and remained on the prairie...and lived there till he died in 1832. He was a Farmer, Surveyor, and a Justice of the Peace.

Lazarus and Eli, with their wives helped found and support the First Primitive Baptist Church. Two of Eli's sons were preachers and preached at this church. Both being ardent and devout Christians, and would go as far as 12 miles east of their home...to attend Ten Mile Church. Both walk and carry a child, going one day and returning the next. There were times they both would ride the same horse with a child in their laps.

The store was burned 23 Dec 1925. It was broken into and the safe blown open. Then the store was set on fire by thieves. ^[1]

They had few necessities of life and no convences of modern day life. They led a very simple life, and their wants were comparatively limited but their hospitality was unbounded. Their morals were strong and characters above reproach. Both were physically strong for Lazarus lived over 56 yrs. and every year was full of hardships. Nancy, the mother of 16 children and left a widow..when but half of them were grown and yet with all the widow's hardships she faced, she lived to see her baby at the age of 42 years old. She later died at the home of her son, Milton, abt 1868. Out of their 16 children, one died in infancy and one son, John (a preacher), passed at the age of 22 years. The 14 remaining children lived to old age and raised families. Their names are Charles, Sally, Rebecca, Anna, Peggy, Cynthia, Dicey (Dicia Della), Edward, Nancy, Solomon, Franklin, Russell, Milton and Julia. These 14 became worthy and well respected citizens. They grew up and started their lives with the most trying of circumstances. In their own way, one could say they were fairly successful and established homes that are Landmarks of modern day. As well as their lives and ethics are used as role models for their descendants and acquaintances today. Lazarus and Nancy's morality, hospitality, hardiness, and productiveness were so strongly stamped upon their posterity that they seem to have been handed down in retrospect or genes to the many generations, even to the present day descendants. ^[1] Kelly L Squire-Walker - is a descendant.

Siblings

1. Eli
2. Charles
3. Nancy
4. Elizabeth
5. William

Birth

Jan. 13, 1774

Northumberland County, VA^[2][3]

Children

1. Unknown named child who died in infancy. ^[4]
2. John Webb - a preacher died at age of 22 years. ^[4]
3. Charles Webb
4. Sally Webb
5. Rebecca Webb
6. Mary Anna (Webb) Hill
7. Peggy Ann (Webb )Taylor
8. Dicy Webb
9. Cynthia M. (Webb) Taylor
10. Edward Webb
11. Solomon Munson Webb
12. Nancy Pecornia (Webb) Page
13. Franklin W. Webb
14. Russel Green Webb
15. Milton Carpenter Webb
16. Juliann Webb Clark - married Issac Clark. Children Nancy (Clark) Phillips & Wm. T. Clark.^[1]

TImeline

• Nancy Creek (Lazarus's wife) was born 15 Apr 1780 in Warren County, Kentucky, USA. ^{[citation needed]}
• Jan. 13, 1774 - Born in Northumberland County, Virginia.^[2][3]
• 4 Jul 1799 - Married Nancy Creek ^[5](they met in Kentucky, she was a maid at the time) in Warren, Kentucky. ^{[citation needed]}
• 10 Jul 1800 - Warren County, Kentucky^[6]

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• 1812 - Saline County and then Franklin County, Illinois in 1812. His youngest brother, Eli Webb, and his family joined Lazarus in 1812. Moving all together at the same time.
• 28 Dec 1816 - (Land Record)Illinois^[9]
• Died between 1832 - 1833. Lazarus & Nancy are buried in Middle Fork Cemetery., Northern Township, Franklin County, Illinois.^[2]
• Nancy Webb died 1868, Ewing, Franklin, Illinois, USA.

Note

Webb Biography Includes announcement of time and place of third annual reunion in 1894, as well as future reunion plans. Includes index. Includes Allen, Hill, Neal, Page, Roberson, Taylor and related families.^[1]

Aged 58-59 Middle Fork Cemetery, Ewing, Franklin County, Illinois, USA

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} » Biography of Lazarus Webb and his wife Nancy Creek, Eli Webb and his wife Margaret Sandusky and their descendants. By M. N. and Daniel R. Webb (1894) Link to biography.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Webb Family curator's database
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/21:28015?tid=54831650&pid=13948303883&hid=1003985331095&_phsrc=Pdr5619&_phstart=default Observations on the history of the Hill Family, pg. 21.
5. ↑ Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850
6. ↑ Grantee:Lazarus Webb Number of Acres:200, Survey Date:10 Jul 1800, County:Warren, Watercourse:None, Book Number:21. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925.
7. ↑ Name:Lazarus Webb, State:KY, County:Warren County, Township:No Township Listed, Year:1800, Record Type:Tax list, Database KY Early Census Index, Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890
8. ↑ Name:Lazarus Webb, Residence County:Warren, Residence Year:1800, Kentucky Tax Lists, 1799-1801
9. ↑ Name:Lazarus Webb Section: SE, Price per Acre:2.00, Total Price:320.00,Date:28 Dec 1816, Volume:086, Page:178, Type:FD, Sect:18, Township:05S, Range:04E, Meridian:3, Acres:160.00, Corr-Tag:0,ID:159061, Reside:097, State of Illinois. Illinois, Public Land Purchase Records, 1813-1909

• Find a Grave
• History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin, and Williamson Counties, Illinois : from the earliest time to the present.
• pg 352
• pg. 342
• Family history Library microfilm:1307504 Item 10 (Contains birth date error) Film Notes (This family history center has 1 of 1 films/fiche.)Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981. Family History Library United States & Canada Film Call Number- 929.273 W382wm
• connectedbloodlines.com Website content created and maintained by Gerald R. Lowell 2008-2017].
• There are more references of genealogy work online at the internet archive also at genealogy.com site. (no links were listed)
• Listed on source page as well -Biography of Lazarus Webb and his wife, Nancy Creek, and Eli Webb and his wife, Margaret Sandusky, with a list of their generations, Statement of Responsibility:by M. N. and Daniel R. Webb, Authors:Webb, M. N. (Moses N.) (Main Author),Webb, Daniel R., b. 1839 (Added Author), Format:Books/Monographs/Book with Film, Publication:Redwood City, California : Jean Slater Schoen, 1981, Physical:49 leaves, Subject Class:929.273 W382
• Cemetery Information