1910 Federal Census, Rockwall County, Texas, 29 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 180, page 8B, Hse/Fam #158 Lane, Columbus L Head M W 51 Married 7 yrs TX NC TX Farmer Rents Lane, Molly Wife F W 40 Married 7 yrs 9 children/5 living AL AL AL Lane, Jesse Son M W 3 Single TX TX AL 1920 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma, [no date], Starr Township, District 189, page 3B, Hse/Fam #46 Chenault, Wm Head Owns M W 67 TN MS TN Farmer Chenault, Mollie [Wife, No relation stated] F W 67 AL AL AL Chenault, Jesse Grandson M W 11 Single TX TX AL Farm Laborer 1940 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 15 April, Long Beach, District 59-19, page 68A, 154 Loreta Walk, Hse #500 Rents $25 Lane, Jesse A Head M W 32 Grade 8 b Texas same place in 1935 Dry Cleaning Co Truck Driver Lane, Frances Wife F W 31 Grade H4 b Missouri Ft Worth, Tarrant TX in 1935 California, Death Index, 1940-1997 Jesse A Lane Birth Date 5 Apr 1908 Death 10 May 1961 Orange County Mother's Maiden Name: Stroud Social Security #564106603 U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Jesse August Lane Birth Date 5 Apr 1906 Enlistment Date 28 September 1942, Discharge 30 August 1945 Coxswain, USNR Death Date 10 May 1961 Cemetery Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, California Applicant Frances Lane, Wife, 9922 E 13th, Rte 3, Santa Ana, Calif
1910 Federal Census, Rockwall County, Texas, 29 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 180, page 8B, Hse/Fam #158 Lane, Columbus L Head M W 51 Married 7 yrs TX NC TX Farmer Rents Lane, Molly Wife F W 40 Married 7 yrs 9 children/5 living AL AL AL Lane, Lillie Dau F W 4 Single TX TX AL Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 Certificate #24499 Lilly Rogers [Lilly Lane] Birth 3 Apr 1901 Texas Residence 2801 Elinor, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas Father Fate Lane Mother Mollie Chenault [should be Stroud, her mother married a Chenault] Age at Death 57, Death 10 Apr 1958 Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas DOA St Joseph's Hospital, Fort Worth Cause of death: Head Injury, Being hit by a car while walking across the street Burial 14 April 1958 Mt Olivet Cemetery, by Lucas Funeral Home Registered 17 April 1958 Note that in the 1910 census, Lilly is reported as 4 years old, and yet her birth certificate reports her birth date as 3 April 1901, which would mean she should have been 9 years old in 1910. It would be hard to mistake a 4 year old for a 9 year old. I wonder if an error in her birth date was made at some point in family or public records and that led the 1901 date.
Margaret Susannah Lane Horton Birth Mar. 15, 1836 Death Mar. 28, 1904 D/O JOHN & NANCY (BRADSHAW) LANE. W/O DAVID LENOX HORTON 24 DEC 1857 IN ST. FRANCOIS CO, MO. (DAVID IS BURIED IN DOE RUN CEM, ST. FRANCOIS CO., MO.) Burial Horton Cemetery, Belgrade, Washington County, Missouri Created by Larry G. Flesher Mar 12, 2001 -- Find A Grave Memorial #5270557, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=29409&GRid=5270557&
Jefferson County, Tennessee, censuses of 1830 and 1840 do not give names of any but the head of household for James Strange. In 1850, we find the wife of James Strange, age 63, is Sarah Strange, age 60. A Sarah Alen, age 28, who appears to be their daughter, is in the same house with five children, and is enumerated as a second family in the same household. Three of the children have Allen as a surname, so it appears these are her children. Two of the children have the surname of Mills, so it is not clear how they are related. The two Mills boys are listed after the three Allen children, even though one is older. This census did not report the relationship of other members of the household to the head of the household. One of the Mills boys, Joseph, is reported as the same age as age 4, the same age as Sarah's son James. James Mills is 12, but the oldest Allen child is Sarah, age 8, who would have been born when mother Sarah was 20 years old.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Tidence Lane Gender Male Birth Year 1763, PlaceUnknown Spouse Name Mary Cude Spouse Birth Year 1766 Marriage State NC [no date given] In 1840, a census entry for Tide Lane appears to record this Tidence Lane, aged 70-80, matchign the known birth date of Tidence in 1763. He is next door to a younger Isaac Lane, age 50-60. This matches Tidence's son Isaac, born in 1788. Howver, Tidence is living alone in this hosuhold, so where was his wife Mary? Her known death date was 14 November 1851. 1840 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, Northern Division, Date Not Known, Page 328 (scan number) Tide Lane head of household Males 1 x 70-80 1840 United States Federal Census, Veterans Schedule Tide Lane Age 78, Birth Year abt 1762 Residence Jefferson County, Tennessee His son Isaac and family are enumerated next door. 1840 Federal Census, Phillips County, Arkansas, Mooney Township, page 83 Isaac Lane head of household Males 1 Under age 5; 1 x 5-10; 1 x 10-15; 1 x 20-30; 1 x 50-60 Females 1 x 5-10; 2 x 10-15; 1 x 20-30; 1 x 30-40; 1 x 50-60 ------------------------------------------------------- Revolutionary War Tidence Lane and Sons of Early Tennessee Compiled by C. Hammett, 2001 for TNGenWeb (TNGenNet) and the Combs &c. Research Group Captain Tidence LANE and his sons, Isaac and Tidence, Jr., were all three both Revolutionary Soldiers and Revolutionary Reverends, among the earliest Baptists in East Tennessee: TIDENCE LANE, Sr., born near Baltimore, Maryland on 31 Aug 1724 (christened Tidings at St. Paul's parish in that city), was the son of Richard and Sarah LANE, grandson of Dutton and Pretitia TIDING Lane, and great-grandson of Major Samuel LANE, an officer in the King's service in the Province of Maryland in 1680. The family moved to Lunenburg County, Virginia (where a Tidance LANE is found on the 1748 list of tithables returned by William Caldwell), but according to Burnett, Tidence was already in Randolph County, North Carolina when he married Esther BIBBIN or BIBBER on 9 May 1743. A Tidance LANE is on the 1779 tax list of Randolph County, North Carolina, where Tidence had earlier been converted to the Baptist religion by Shubael STERNS of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Circuit in North Carolina. He came to Tennessee in the 1770s as part of a group of Baptists from Sandy Creek who settled on Boone's Creek in Washington County, and in 1779, it was under the leadership of Tidence LANE that the Buffalo Ridge Church was built in that county, the oldest church in the state of Tennessee. Ramsey concurs with this date, stating that in 1779, "Tidence Lane, a Baptist preacher, organized a congregation this year [1779]. A house of worship was erected on Buffalo Ridge." (Tidence was also the first moderator of the Holston Association of Baptist Churches at "Cherokee meeting-house" in Washington County, on the "Saturday before the fourth Sunday in October, 1786"). TIDENCE LANE, JR. was born 12 May 1763 in Randolph County, North Carolina, and lived in Washington County, North Carolina, when he first enlisted in the service of the Revolutionary War. He applied for his pension on 3 Sep 1833 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, declaring that he had married Mary (surname not stated) on 23 Oct 1783. He died 25 Jan 1841 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and his widow applied on 20 Jan 1844 in Jefferson, aged 77. Their children were: Lydia, born 6 Jan 1786, Isaac, born 8 Aug 1788, Nancy, born 4 or 24 Jul 1791, Esther, born 6 Nov 1793, John, born 4 Jun 1796, Noah, born 18 Oct 1798, Mary, born 20 Nov 1800, Right, born 7 Jun 1803 and James Madison LANE, born 3 Nov 1805 (Rev War Pension File No. W3777). In 1800, Tidence Lane, Sr. with 350 acres, 1 black poll and no white polls, is the tax list of a Capt. Lane (Tidence himself?) in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Also on this list are Richard Lane with 1 white poll, Tidence Lane, Jr. with 200 acres and 1 white poll, and Aquila Lane with 321 acres, 1 white poll and 1 black poll. In 1812, a Tidens Lane is on the Warren County, Tennessee Tax List of Benjamin Lockhart. Isaac LANE, son of Tidence and Esther BIBBIN or BIBBER Lane, (according to his Revolutionary War pension file), was born on 14 Feb 1760, and lived in Pittsylvania County, Virginia when he first enlisted in the service of the Revolution, later removing to Watauga County, North Carolina [sic, but Washington County, North Carolina, parent county of Tennessee, and earlier known as Watauga]. According to Ramsey, Isaac and Aquila Lane (his brother) were members of a Washington County militia company "of whigs" that included Captain William Bean, James Robertson and John Sevier when, in 1778, they drove Isam Yearley, a loyalist on Nollichucky, out of the country, and afterward pursued a party of Tories who "under the lead of Mr. Grimes, on Watauga, had killed Millican, a Whig, and attempted to kill Mr. Roddy and Mr. Grubbs. The latter they had taken to a high pinnacle on the edge of the river, and threatened to throw him off. He was respited under a promise that they should have all his property. These tories were concealed high up Watauga in the mountain, but Captain Bean and his whig comrades ferreted them out, fired upon and wounded their leader, and forced them to escape across the mountain. Capt. Grimes was hung after King's Mountain battle, in which he was taken prisoner."* * Ramsey adds that other members of Bean's company were Joseph Duncan, John Condley, Thomas Hardiman, William Stone, Michael Massingale, John and George Bean, Edmond Bean, James Roddy, and Samuel and Robert Tate. He does not give his source. Isaac served as a Lieutenant under Col. John Sevier at the battle of King's Mountain on 7 Oct 1780. (Burnett and Ramsey. Alderman's Overmountain Men places both Isaac and Tidence at King's Mountain, with Tidence as a Captain). In 1783, Isaac is on the Greene County Tax List, and in 1797, both an Isaac and a Tidence Lane are on a 1797 Grainger County, Tennessee Intruder List. In 1799, Isaac Lane is on the Grainger County Tax List of Capt. Lane (believed to have been Isaac himself), his land in that part of Grainger County that became Claiborne County in 1801. In 1802, Isaac gave the land on which was built the meeting house of the first Baptist church organized in Claiborne County, at Big Springs, now Springdale. Isaac applied for his Revolutionary War pension in 1832, by then a resident of McMinn County, declaring that he then to Grainger County, Tennessee, then to Claiborn County, Tennessee, then finally to McMinn. He had married May 1782 to Sarah RUSSELL in Washington County, North Carolina, and had served under a Captain George RUSSELL (relationship to Sarah, if any, not stated). He died on 9 Nov 1851 in McMinn, and his widow applied there on 18 Aug 1852, aged 92. She also applied there for BLW on 14 Apr 1855, their children mentioned, but only son Tidance C. Lane, of McMinn County in 1844, was named in the claim. A Russell Lane was also mentioned, but no relationship was stated. A Mary JARNAGIN, widow of Noah JARNAGIN, was aged about 88 when she made an affidavit on 6 Oct 1853 in Grainger County, Tennessee, about the wedding of Isaac and Sarah. (Rev War Pension File No. R6137, BLW File #1243-300-14) AQUILLA LANE, born 18 May 1753, resided in Orange County, North Carolina when he first enlisted in the service of the Revolution, but by 01 Feb 1780, when he married Agnes FITZGERALD, was in Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee). Agnes was born 18 Jun 1763, and their children were: Esther, born 7 Nov 1780, Garret, born 18 Jun 1782, Ransom, born 17 Oct 1784, Jane, born 6 Mar 1787, Tidence, born 18 Apr 1789, Theney, born 29 Sep 1791, John King Lane, born 7 Jan 1794, Clear, born 4 Apr 7196, Anna, born 4 Apr 1798, Pleasant, born 20 Apr 1800, Adelina, born 17 Sep 1802, and Thomas Jefferson Lane, born 9 Oct 1804 (Also shown in these records were Thomas J. Lane who married Vaney Pangle, 25 Jul 1822, Pleasant W. Lane, who married Mary H. Coltharp, 21 Aug 1832, and she was born 6 Aug 1805, Mary Katherine, daughter of P.W. and Mary H. Lane, was born 25 Dec 1823). In Jan 1852, Thomas J. Lane stated his mother Agnes Lane had died "some four years earlier." (Rev. War Pension File No. R6116) Bibliography: Burnett, J.J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers, first series, Vol. I, Nashville: Marshall and Bruce, 1919. Toomey, Glenn A. Bi-Centennial Holston: Tennessee's First Baptist Association and Its Affiliated Churches, 1786-1985. Johnson City, Tennessee: (privately published), 1985. White, Virgil. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Abstract Files. Waynesboro: National Historical Publishing Company, 1990. Ramsey, J.G.M. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century. Charleston, SC: Walker and Jones, 1853, reprinted by the East Tennessee Historical Society, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1967. ------------------------------------------------------- I notice that among the children of Tidence and Mary Cude Lane listed in the Civil War pension information, no child named Sarah is listed. The first sources I found on this lineage indicated that Sarah's parents wire Tidence and his wife (whose name was not known at the time and in that source). Sarah's birth date was about 1780, however, while the records here indicate that Tidence and Mary married in 1783. But there could be an error in her estimated birth year. Revolutionary War Pension Records East Tennessee Tidence Lane, Private $10 monthly allowance Twice-yearly payment records until September 1840. Died 25 Janry 1841 Paid out 1938
There are variances between difference sources reporting the marriage of Tidence Lane and Esther Bibbins. The following reports they were married in Virginia, while one or more publications reporting on Tidence says they were married in North Carolina, where Esther was born and Tidence's family had moved from Virginia. Others report they were married in Frederick, Maryland, which is north west of Baltimore, Maryland. In the following collection of marriage records, Esther's name is spelled oddly and the birth year for Esther is different here, reporting 1727, while the published source below reports 1724. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Tidence Lane Gender: Male Birth 1724 Baltimore Spouse Name: Esther Bibbles Spouse Birth Year: 1727 Marriage 1743 Virginia Most sources, including public records reports they were married in Esther's home town of Frederick, Maryland, about 90 miles west of Baltimore. Notre that one record reports Esther's name as Hester Bibber. Other variations of her name are VanBibber and Bibben. The last name appears in about 6 or more variations. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Tidence Lane Parents: Richard Lane, Sarah Fuller Birth 31 Aug 1724 Baltimore, MD Spouse: Hester Bibber Marriage 9 May 1743 Frederick, MD Death 30 Jan 1806 Jefferson, TN This collection reports his place of death as Jefferson County, Tennessee. One source discussing his grave monument also gives the location as Jefferson County, Tennessee. But other sources report with his memorial on Find a Grave reports that he died and is buried near what became the current Whitesburg, in Hamblen County, Tennessee. Those sources that report the town in Jefferson County have it was Whitesboro. This may be due to a confusion of the name Whitesboro with Whitesburg (which means the same thing) in Hamblen County. Tidings/Tidence's grave displays a monument erected to him in 1946 by the Baptists of Tennessee, honoring him with establishing the first church of any kind in what became the state of Tennessee. The monument does not have the place of birth or death, but does have the full date of both. Some sources even report this monument and the Tidence Lane Cemetery as located in Jefferson County, but it seems it is in Hamblen County, Tennessee, near Whitesburg. Some sources even report this monument and the Tidence Lane Cemetery as located in Jefferson County, but it seems it is in Hamblen County, Tennessee, near Whitesburg. Whitesburg, in Hamblen County, is just a few miles down the road from Jefferson City, in Jefferson County, which probably accounts finally for the reference to Jefferson City as the place of death, and by some the place of burial. I have found nothing definitive, however, to determine the place of death. He likely died at home. The cemetery is rural, but close to Whitesburg. The address of the Lane Cemetery is Whitesburg. Gravestone of Tidence Lane, Tidence Lane Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee August 31, 1724 -- January 30, 1806 "A pioneer Baptist preacher Tidence Lane organized and became the first pastor of the Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church in 1779. This church is in Washington County and is recognized as the first church of any denomination established in what is now the state of Tennessee. He served faithfully many other Baptist Churches in East Tennessee. This monument erected by Tennessee Baptist in 1946" The following short description of the Lane Cemetery reports Tidence and Esther married in Randolph County, North Carolina. "Only two to four graves in the cemetery surrounded by an iron fence and located in a pasture off Whitesburg Pike road (TN113). Nearby parking is limited as the road does not have a shoulder. Tidence Lane, Sr. was born near Baltimore, MD on August 31st, 1724. He married Esther in May 1743 in Randolph County, NC, where had also been converted to the Baptist religion with the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Circuit. In 1779, Tidence founded Buffalo Ridge Church in Boone's Creek area of Washington County, TN, which is the oldest church in the state of Tennessee. Aquilla Lane was a private in Colonel Israel Shelby's regiment and part of the Overmountain men who accompanied Col. John Sevier to the Battle of King's Mountain during the Revolutionary War." -- "Lane Cemetery - Whitesburg, TN," Worldwide Cemeteries, http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7QTD_Lane_Cemetery_Whitesburg_TN J J Burnett's history prides a long summary of Rev Tidence Lane's life and work. ------------------------ TIDENCE LANE "FIRST MINISTER TO PREACH REGULARLY TO A TENNESSEE CONGREGATION" From Burnett, J .J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers. Nashville, Tenn.: Press of Marshall & Bruce Company, 1919. (pages 318 - 322) Tidence Lane, son of Richard and Sarah Lane, was born in Maryland, near Baltimore, August 31, 1724. He was a grandson of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tidings, and a great-grandson of Major Samuel Lane, an officer in the King's service in the Province of Maryland, in 1680. He was an older brother of Dutton Lane, a "pioneer" preacher in Virginia, whom both Semple and Taylor mention in their respective histories of Virginia Baptists and Baptist ministers as a minister of "prominence" and "influence." He was the honored father of Lieut. Isaac Lane, who, under Colonel Sevier, performed patriotic service at the battle of King's Mountain, October 7, 1780; who also, in 1802, "gave the land on which was built the meetinghouse of the first Baptist church organized," it is claimed, "in Claiborne County," Tenn., the church at Big Spring (now Springdale). The register of St. Paul's Parish shows that Tidence Lane was christened "Tidings," from which it would seem that it was his father's intention that his son should be the namesake of his paternal grandmother, whose maiden name was Pretitia Tidings. But later generations of the Lanes have thought Tidence the preferable name, and have adhered to this spelling and pronunciation. In early colonial times the parents of Tidence Lane moved from their native state of Maryland to Virginia and thence to North Carolina, where young Lane grew to manhood, and where he married Esther Bibbin (or Bibber), May 9, 1743. To this union were born nine children, seven sons and two daughters. About this time, perhaps a little earlier, young Lane was convicted and converted in a most remarkable way, under the ministry of Shubael Stearns, who had been "itinerating" extensively in Virginia and North Carolina, and preaching with wonderful success. Morgan Edwards describes him as a "marvelous preacher for moving the emotions and melting his audience to tears. Most exciting stories were told about the piercing glance of his eye and the melting tones of his voice, while his appearance was that of a patriarch." Young Lane had the most "hateful feelings toward the Baptists," as he confessed, but "curiosity" led him to make a horseback trip of some forty miles to see and hear the famous preacher, with the following result, in Elder Lane's own words, "When the fame of Mr. Stearns' preaching reached the Yadkin, where I lived, I felt a curiosity to go and hear him. Upon my arrival I saw a venerable old man sitting under a peach tree with a book in his hand and the people gathering about him. "He fixed his eyes upon me immediately, which made me feel in such a manner as I had never felt before. I turned to quit the place, but could not proceed far. I walked about, Sometimes catching his eyes as I walked. My uneasiness increased and became intolerable. I went up to him, thinking that a salutation and shaking of hands would relieve me, but it happened otherwise. "I began to think he had an evil eye and ought to be shunned, but shunning him I could no more effect than a bird can shun the rattlesnake when it fixes its eyes upon it. When he began to preach my perturbations increased, so that nature could no longer support them, and I sank to the ground." (Morgan Edwards' unpublished manuscript.) In regard to his call and ordination to the ministry I have no definite information. We find him, however, "among the first Baptists" to set foot on Tennessee soil. He has the distinction of being "the first pastor of the first permanent church organization" of any denomination in the state of Tennessee, Buffalo Ridge, in Washington County, constituted in 1779. Under this date Ramsay says.: "Tidence Lane, a Baptist preacher, organized a congregation this year. A house for public worship was erected on Buffalo Ridge." (Annals of Tennessee, p. 180.) The Nashville American (Sunday issue, May 16, 1897), among the one hundred "prize questions" submitted to its readers, had this: "Who was the first minister who preached regularly to a Tennessee congregation?" And the prize-taking answer was: "Tidence Lane, pastor Buffalo Ridge, 1779." The Presbyterians generously and frankly concede to the Baptists this priority of date in church building, claiming 1782 as the date of their first church organization, viz., that of New Bethel Church in the forks of the Holston and Watauga rivers. (Pioneer Presbyterianism in Tennessee.) Benedict (General History: Baptists) places the date of Baptist beginnings in the state "about the year 1780." Ramsay's date is 1779. While Benedict was a painstaking and thoroughly reliable historian in matters of vital importance and while he visited in person (in 1810) the historic grounds of our Baptist people throughout the country, and had, therefore, opportunity to investigate their claims and traditions, nevertheless, Ramsay, in my opinion, would likely be more accurate in a matter of date, being in easy reach of all the sources of information, having access to all the records in the state, public and private, and having, as he did, a smaller field for study, less subject matter to investigate, more written documents to refer to, and a later date, with its better opportunities for historical research, than his predecessor had or could have at his early day. Under date as above (1780) Benedict mentions by came eight Baptist ministers, who moved thus early into "the Holston country," all of them Virginians, "except Mr. Lane, who was from North Carolina. They were accompanied by a considerable number of their brethren from the churches which they left. Among the other emigrants there was a small body, which went out in something like a church capacity. They removed from an old church at Sandy Creek in North Carolina, which was platted by Shubael Stearns, and as a branch of the mother church they emigrated to the wilderness and settled on Boone's Creek (then in North Carolina, now in Tennessee). The church is now called Buffalo Ridge." Tidence Lane, as above stated,was its first pastor. With respect to our tradition that Buffalo Ridge came out from Sandy Creek Church (North Carolina) in an organized capacity and established itself in its new home as an "arm" of the mother church, with Tidence Lane as pastor, it may be said that Benedict in 1810 visited both these churches, mother and daughter, and made the record above given. Whether the record was made on the evidence of written documents or of verbal tradition, it is impossible at this distance to say; if the latter, the age of the record and the matter-of-fact way in which it is made, stamps, it seems to me, the tradition as history. Tidence Lane has also the distinction of being "the first Moderator" of the first association of any denomination in the state, the old Holston, organized at "Cherokee meeting-house," in Washington County, on Saturday before the fourth Sunday in October, 1786, ten years before Tennessee was admitted into the Union. After a sojourn in 'the "Holston country" for some four or five years Elder Lane pushed on toward the west into what is now Hamblen County, making a location on Bent Creek, near the present town of Whitesburg. Here he and Elder William Murphy constituted the Bent Creek (now the Whitesburg) Church, "June, the second Sunday, 1785," Elder Lane becoming pastor of the church and continuing pastor as long as he lived, some twenty-one years. At the organization of the Holston Association (1786) Bent Creek Church was represented by Tidence Lane, Isaac Barton and Francis Hamilton. Tidence Lane was chosen Moderator, and was elected to the same position in May and October of the following year. Tidence Lane was active in the ministry, had good organizing and good preaching ability. To use Benedict's language, he was a preacher "of reputation and success." He was much sought in counsel by the churches. He was not so hard in doctrine as some of his brethren, his doctrinal belief being a modified Calvanism. The writer has been searching for Tidence Lane's Bible, which he willed to his son Isaac, but it seems to have been lost or destroyed; its successor, however, to which has been transferred some of the entries, doubtless, of the old Bible, has been in the Lane family for more than. a hundred years. It gives the dates of the birth, marriage and death, of Tidence Lane, Sr., the subject of our sketch. The book is now in possession of Mrs. Crocket Williams, of Morristown, a descendant of Tidence Lane, Sr., about five generations removed, and has been handed down to the youngest child of each succeeding generation since 1812. According to this record Tidence Lane and Esther Bibbin (or Bibber, possibly a contraction of Van Gibber) were married May 9, 1743. To this union were born nine children, seven sons and two daughters. Elder T.J. Lane, for fifty-four years a member of the Bent Creek (Whitesburg) Church and forty years a Baptist minister, was a grandson of Elder Tidence Lane. Mrs. S. B. Allen, of Williamsburg, Va.; Mr. R. A. Atkinson, of Baltimore, Md., and Mr. H. E. Lane, of Whitesburg, Tenn., all of whom have been interested in furnishing materials for this sketch, are direct descendants of Tidence Lane, of the fifth and sixth generations. Beside these are many others of his kith and kin scattered throughout Tennessee and elsewhere, who are justly "proud of their ancestor." Having set his house in order and made his will, "the second day of July, 1805," Tidence Lane passed to his reward January 30, 1806. NOTE. Some years ago, on the farm of Brother George Smith, on Bent Creek, one mile from Whitesburg, the writer was shown a large elm tree, one hundred feet tall, perhaps, and with branches reaching full fifty feet in all directions, under whose shade, more than a century and a quarter ago, tradition says, "Tidence Lane and Isaac Barton preached to the people." ------------------------ ------------------------ Will of Tidence Lane, b. 1724 WAS CHRISTENED AS "TIDINGS†PARISH BOOK, St. Paul's Parish, Vol 59 Pg 39 ESTABLISHED FIRST PERMANENT BAPTIST CH IN TENN AT BUFFALO RIDGE WASHINGTON CO IN 1779 [Rev. Tidence LANE b 31 AUG 1724 in Baltimore, Maryland Wife: Esther BIBBIN b 1727 Died in Whitesboro, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA 01-30-1806] CONGRESS # 68-24685CO TENN CHILDREN--John, Sarah, Acquilla, Richard, Senea, Tidence, Dutton, Samuel, (As per will) [?] body, but sound in mind, thanks be to God: Calling to mind the uncertain state of this transitory life and that flesh must yield to death when it shall please God to call, do make, constitute, ordain and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, revoking and disannulling by these presents all wills heretofore by me made and declared either by word or writing and this is to be taken only for my last will and testament and none other. And first, being sorry for my sins past, do most humbly desire forgiveness for the same. I give and commit my soul unto God my Saviour and Redeemer, in whom and by the merits of Christ Jesus I trust and hope to be saved and to have full remission of all my sins and that my soul with my body at a general day of the resurrection shall rise again with Joy and through the merits of Christ's death and passion, possess and inherit the kingdom of heaven prepared for his elect and chosen: and my body to be laid in such a place where it shall please my Executor hereafter name to appoint. And now for the settling of my temporal estate and such goods, chartels and debts as it hath pleased God far above my deserts to bestow on me. I do order, give and dispose the same in manner and form following, viz., First I will that all my debts and dues I owe in right or conscience to any person whatever shall well and truly be paid, or ordered within convenient time after my decease by my Executor hereafter named. Item I give and bequeath to my son John one Book entitled Boston's Fourfold State. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah [Tidence Jr‘s twin, married Thomas Horner], one calico habit, a petticoat, apron, handkerchief and cap. Item I give and bequeath to my son Acquilla one cow, two sheep, two Books, one entitled, "every man his own lawyer" the other "the Baptist confession of faith." Item I give and bequest to my son Richard one cow, and calf, two sheep, my big plough and one hoe. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Senea one striped habit, a skirt, apron, handkerchief, cap, necklace and hurssa. Item I give and bequeath to my son Tidence one spotted cow and one steer, two sheep, my old Bible and testament. Item I give and bequeath to my son Tidence's wife Mary (Cude), one feather bed, and two sheets. Item I give and bequeath to my son Dutton one black three-year-old steer and a Book, Willson on the Sacraments. Item I give and bequeath to my son Samuel all my land where on I now live and also my Negro Man Jack and my two horses and two featherbeds and furniture and my hogs, together with all the rest of my household furniture and utensils and all my iron tools of every kind not heretofore mentioned. See this my last will and testament executed. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Tidence Lane [witnesses] Horner. [William Horner?] BURNETT [Appended by a genealogist who posted the will transcription] Tidence Lane Jr. Marriage Mary CUDE b 24 MAR 1766 in Randolph Co, North Carolina Married 23 OCT 1783 in Randolph Co, North Carolina Death 25 January 1841 Jefferson Co. Tenn ------------------------ ------------------------ Rev Tidence Lane Birth Aug. 31, 1724 Saint Pauls, Baltimore County, Maryland Death Jan. 30, 1806 Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tennessee Rev. Tidence Lane. Son of Richard and Sarah Lane. Born 1724 in Baltimore County Maryland. Died near Bent Creek (now Whitesburg) community in what is now Hamblen County, Tennessee, January 30, 1806. Moved from Maryland, to Virginia, to North Carolina, and then on to the Watauga settlements of Tennessee. Close friend and neighbor of William Bean. Served as the first pastor of the first congregation of any denomination organized in Tennessee (Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church in Washington County). Also Organized and served as first pastor of the Bent Creek (now Whitesburg) Baptist Church in Hamblen County, Tennessee. Served as chaplain for John Sevier's "Over Mountain Boys" and fought at Kings Mountain under Sevier's command, along with several of his sons. Married Hester (or Esther) Bibber/Bibbin (Van Bibber/Van Bibbin) in 1743. Spouse Hester Van Bibber Lane (1727 - 1805) Children: Acquilla Van Bibber Lane (1753 - 1819) Isaac Lane (1760 - 1851) Sarah Lane Horner (1763 - 1817) Burial Tidence Lane Cemetery, Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tennessee Created by Sue and Doug Jan 08, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #32743064, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32743064 ------------------------
1920 Federal Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, 28 January, Shawnee Ward 2, District 274, page 7A, 226 N Market St, Hse #137, Fam #170 Williams, Percy Head Owns M W 39 AR KY AR Machinist, Rock Island Line Williams, Lissia Wife F W 33 Married AR AR AR Williams, Conary Son M W 16 AR AR AR Lanford, Ralph Roomer M W 25 Married TX AL TX Machinist, Rock Island Line Lanford, Earline Roomer F W 21 Married OK OK TX 1930 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 5 April, Lynwood, District 883, page 4B-5a, 3540 Virginia St, Hse #109, Fam # 111 Lanford, Ralph E Head Rents M W 34 First married at age 22 Texas Texas Texas Acetylene Welder, Oil Refinery [b abt 1896] Lanford, Earline Wife F W 31 First married at age 18 Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma [b abt 1899] Lanford, Robert E Son M W 11mos California Texas Oklahoma -- page 5a -- Lanford, Richard E Son M W 4yrs2mos California Texas Oklahoma [b abt Feb 1925] Note that the census reports that at the time of first marriage (which apepars to be this one), Ralph was 22 and Earline was 18. This would place their marriage about 1917-1918. The age of Richard indicates he was born in early 1925. California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ralph E Lanford Sex: Male Birth 25 Dec 1894 Texas Death 14 May 1969 Los Angeles County Mother's Maiden Name: Scott Social Security #550071847 Social Security Death Index Ralph Lanford Born 25 Dec 1894 Died May 1969 Last Residence Long Beach, Los Angeles, California 90807 SSN 550-07-1848 issued California (Before 1951)
California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Robert E Lanford Birth 8 May 1929 Mother's Maiden Name McColgan 1930 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 5 April, Lynwood, District 883, page 4B, 3540 Virginia St, Hse #109, Fam # 111 Lanford, Ralph E Head Rents M W 34 First married at age 22 Texas Texas Texas Acetylene Welder, Oil Refinery Lanford, Earline Wife F W 31 First married at age 18 Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Lanford, Robert E Son M W 11mos California Texas Oklahoma Social Security Death Index Robert E Lanford Born 8 May 1929, Died 19 Apr 2010 Last Residence Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles, California 91745 547-36-9489 SSN issued California (Before 1951) According to the US Public Records Index, Robert E Lanford also lived at: 15850 Del Prado Dr, City of Industry CA 91745-5305 Amethyst Ave S, Ventura CA 93002 1 Ventura Marina, Ventura CA 93001
Viola Mae Lang Birth 23 MAR 1905 in Oklahoma, Love County Death 2 SEP 1988 in Lubbock, TX, Lubbock County ParentsHenry Monroe Lang 1878-1963, Mary Florence Fox 1880-1970 Marriage to Jesse D. Gracy 3 Aug 1922 in Gainesville, Cooke County TX -- Dearman, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/682615/person/-2061215839
A well-documented genealogy that also seems to be representing family sources presents credible information on several generations of Langfords. Samuel Langford BIRTH ABT 1797 South Carolina DEATH Bef 1880 Parents: William Langford 1755-1803 Sarah JORDAN, BIRTH Unknown, DEATH 1820 Newberry County, South Carolina Spouse Sarah (No maiden name) BIRTH 1804 South Carolina USA DEATH MAY 1880 Hale County, Alabama "In the estate papers of Wm. Langford, Wm's widow is listed as Sarah Langford and later as Sarah Weeks." -- Granthan/Scott, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/34464182/person/20433276097/facts 1850 Federal Census, Perry County, Alabama, 23 November, page 323, Hse #64, Fam #65 Samuel Langford 53 M Farmer No Real Estate Value b SC [b abt 1797] Sarah Langford 46 F b SC [b abt 1804] Wm Langford 23 M Laborer b NC [b abt 1827] Jane Langford 19 F b Alabama [b abt 1831] James Langford 16 M b Alabama [b abt 1834] Samuel Langford 12 M NC b Alabama [b abt 1838] Mary Langford 9 M b Alabama [b abt 1841] Martha Langford 4 F b Alabama [b abt 1846] 1866 Perry County, Alabama State Census, Township 22, Range 6E, P 104 Samuel Langford 2 males under 2 yrs 1 male over 20 yrs 1 female over 20 yrs ------------------------ One genealogy reports the father of Sarah Langford by simply the surname Thigpen. No spouse or details on Thigpen are reported. With Sarah's maiden name always reported as Langford, we would think "Thigpen's" surname was Langford. This name is added for search purposes, and has not been verified. Thigpen [only the one name; this is normally a surname] Thigpen was born 1799 in Hale or Pickens Alabama, and died date unknown. [No spouse reported] Children of Thigpen are: Sarah Langford, b July 18, 1825, Hale or Pickens Alabama, d November 01, 1913, Berry Fayette Co Alabama -- Knudsen, Genealogy Archive, http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/n/u/Thorolf-M-Knudsen/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0242.html Another genealogy does report Sarah's father as Thigpen Langford, with birth and death state as North Carolina. No documentation is included in this genealogy, other than other genealogies which likewise reference no family or record sources. Thigpen Langford Birth North Carolina Death North Carolina Spouse Mother Daughter Sarah Langford 1825-1913 -- Cranford Family Tree, Ancestry.com, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/2167784/person/-1856954892/facts?ftm=1 Sources report Sarah was born in Alabama, though some researches are ucnertain and think she could have been born in North Carolina. If she wsa born in Alabama, it is likely that is the state where her father died. He probably did not move back east. Nothing has been found for any individual named Thigpen Langford. On the contrary, a credible and documented genealogy on the Langford reports Sarah Langofrd's parents as Samuel and Sarah Langford of South Carolina. It may be that the Thigpen name was Sarah's mother's maiden name. Thigpen families lived in Bibb County. ------------------------- A descnedant and researcher also came up with similar conclusions and, further, got a DNA match. "I did keep searching for a Thigpen Langford in Perry, Alabama and could never find any connection so I just went for the Langford and found a Samuel. In the 1910 census, he had two young females under the age of 10 and in the 1920, they were gone. So I ASSUMED that might have been the Sarah Langford that married Henry Hallman. I entered him in my tree and added his father Mathew Langford and in a couple of days, I had a DNA match with the Mathew Langford so my ASSUMPTION must have paid off. They started in South Carolina and moved to Perry, Alabama in he early 1900's." -- Chiquita Meier, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 October 2016
In 1960, Sarah and Henry were enumerated with their whole family in the household of a Mary Candlo, who was reported as a Pauper. The relationship has not been determined. 1860 Federal Census, Bibb County, Alabama, 11 June, West Side Cahaba River, PO Centreville, page 12, Hse #73, Fam #67 Mary Candlo 74 F born SC [b abt 1786] Pauper Henry Hallman 46 M Farmer $215 Real Estate value & $220 Personal Wealth Rptd born SC [b abt 1814] Sarah Hallman 30 born AL Cannot read or write [b abt 1830] William A J Hallman 13 M born AL [b abt 1847] Jacob Hallman 11 M born AL [b abt 1849] Martha Hallman 9 F born AL [b abt 1851] Samuel Hallman 7 M born AL [b abt 1853] Jessie M Hallman 5 F born AL [b abt 1855] Marion Hallman 3 M born AL [b abt 1857] Henry L Hallman 1 M born AL [b abt 1859] William Stamps 36 M School Teacher born GA [b abt 1824] There are several Langford households with origins in North carolina in Bibb County for the 1850 and 1860 censuses, but none named Thigpen, as the genealgoies report for Sarah's father's name, have been found. 1900 Federal Census, Fayette County, 15 June, Holly Spring, District 9, page 7B, Hse #121, Fam #119 Hallman, Henry Head W M Jan 1814 86 Married 55 yrs AL SC SC (No Occup) Owns Hallman, Sarah Wife W F July 1828 71 Married 55 yrs AL SC SC Hallman, Mack Son W M Dec 1862 37 Single AL AL AL Farm Laborer Hallman, Julia Dau W F July 1870 29 Single AL AL AL The 1900 report that they have been married 55 years means they married about 1845. Alabama, Death Index, 1908-1959 Sarah J Holman Death 1 Nov 1913 Jefferson County Volume 13, Certificate #351 (no image available) Sarah Langford Hallman Birth Jul 18, 1825 Alabama, USA Death 1913 Spouse Henry Jackson Hallman (1812 - 1902) Children: Jacob Crocket Hallman (1849 - 1905) William Andrew Jackson Hallman (1849 - 1928) Samuel T Hallman (1855 - 1910) Marion Ford Hallman (1858 - 1937) Martha Jane Hallman Papizan (1863 - 1939) Sarah Rebecca Hallman Weaver (1864 - 1901) Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Fayette County, Alabama Created by Anonymous Nov 18, 2013 -- Find A Grave Memorial #120484146, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120484146
William Langford 1755-1803 Spouse Sarah JORDAN, BIRTH Unknown, DEATH 1820 Newberry County, South Carolina Son Samuel Langford BIRTH ABT 1797 South Carolina, DEATH Bef 1880 "In the estate papers of Wm. Langford, Wm's widow is listed as Sarah Langford and later as Sarah Weeks." -- Granthan/Scott, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/34464182/person/20484254990/facts U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current William Langford Birth 1755 Newberry County, South Carolina, USA Death 8 Mar 1803 Newberry County, South Carolina, USA Burial Langford Cemetery, Prosperity, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA Spouse Sarah Langford Father John Langford Mother Winifred Langford Children Infant Langford -- Find a Grave Memorial #155248651 (no longer online)