Life History

Notes

• We get Mary's name from the will of her husband Tidence's father's will, where he names here.
  
  "Item I give and bequeath to my son Tidence's wife Mary (Cude), one feather bed, and two sheets."
  --  Will of Tidence Lane b 1724
  
  U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  Tidence Lane
  Gender: Male
  Birth 1763 [no location stated]
  Spouse Name: Mary Cude
  Spouse 1766 NC
  
  A seemingly reliable family genealogy gives us details on Mary's marriage and her children.
  
  Mary Cude
  Birth 24 Apr 1766 in Randolph, North Carolina
  Death 14 Nov 1851 in Jefferson, Tennessee
  Spouse Tidence Jr Lane 1763 - 1841
  Children:
  Lydia Cude LANE 1786 - 1793
  Isaac Lane 1788 - 1866
  Nancy Lane 1791 - 1863
  Esther LANE b 1793
  John Lane 1796 - 1860
  Noah Lane 1798 - 1860
  Mary Cude LANE 1800 - 1882
  Right Cude LANE b 1803
  James Madison LANE 1805 - 1883
  --  Gilson, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/504446/person/1318884058?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  Revolutionary War Pension Records
  Mary Lane
  Husband Tidence
  Pension Office Knoxville, Tennessee
  Pension $10 half yearly
  Begin 4th March 1836 (year pensions began)
  [Note, Tidence did not die until 1841]
  (All payments on this page began 1836, except for two veterans, which began in 1839)
  Payment records show payment until 1849
  
  Another record chart clarifies that the pensions were begun as payments to the veterans, then continued to their widows.  This record card reports Tidence's date of death.  Information on several other Lane men is included on the same page.
  
  Tidence Lane, Private
  $10 monthly allowance
  Twice-yearly payment records until September 1840.
  Died 25 Janry 1841 Paid out 1938
  
  Note that this initial record reports the Tidence received $10 a month, while the record of Mary's widow pension reports payments from March 1836 (while Tidence was living) at the rate of $10 half yearly.  Additionally, note that the record for Tidence reports after his death "Pd out 6 Apl 1838."  It is not clear what this means, since Mary's record reports her payments continued until 1849.  Perhaps there was a one-time death payment the amount of which is not recorded here.
  
  Tidence's payment record reports payments on twice-yearly basis, but the record is unclear.  THe number entered each March and September for Tidence and most others is 4.  Does this means 4 monthly payments of $10?  What about the other 4 months of the year?  Other veterans' record show 1,2 or 3 in each March or September report.  From 1834, Tidence's March or September entries vary between 4, 3, 2 and 1.
  
  In 1850, the Widow Mary Lane is living in the home of her son Isaac, age 63.  ELiza Lain here is repsorted by genealogies as the third wife of Isaac, Eliza Robinson, whose first child here was Mahala. Some of the chidlren named Lain here appear to match children in the 18609 census whose last name is Robinson.  These were likely Eliza's children form hrr first marriage whose surnames were incorrectly recorded in 1850.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 17 December, District 13, p 931 (scan 466), Hse #1954, Fam #2020
  Isaac Lain 63 M Farmer $1200 Real Estate b Tenn [born abt 1787]
  Eliza Lain 38 F Tenn [born abt 1812]
  Abira Lain 39 F Tenn [born abt 1811]
  Emiline Lain 33 F Tenn [born abt 1817]
  Edney [Edna?] Lain 19 F Tenn [born abt 1831]
  ELizabeth Lain 16 F Tenn Attended School this year [born abt 1834]
  Richard Lain 13 M Tenn Attended School this year [born abt 1837]
  Isaac Lain 11 M Tenn Attended School this year [born abt 1825]
  Orphy [Orpha?] Lain 9 F Tenn Attended School this year [born abt 1841]
  Mary Ann Lain 6 F Tenn [born abt 1844]
  Theodore Lain 2 M Tenn [born abt 1848]
  Mahala E Lain 11 months F Tenn [born abt 1844]
  Mary Lain 85 F North Carolina Cannot read or write [born abt 1765]

Sources

• 1. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • Gilson, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/504446/person/1318884058?ssrc=&ftm=1
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 17 December, District 13, p 931 (scan 466), Hse #1954, Fam #2020
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • July 23, District 3, PO Trion, p 7, Hse/Fam #44
• 5. 1860 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 8 June, PO Not Stated, page 337 (scan 497), Hse #2386, Fam #2430
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 17 June, Civil District 5, Enumeration District 179, page 39 (scan 516C), Hse #286, Fam #290
• 7. 1840 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • Northern Division, Date Not Known, Page 328 (scan number)
• 8. Family Data Collection - Births
• 9. C Hammett, "Revolutionary War" Compilation on Lane family, 2001
• 10. Revolutionary War Pension Records