Lemuel is mentioned continuously in Byrd's Secret Diary from 1739 to 1741.

In 1750 Lemuel joined his brother, Bird Thomas Lanier in Duplin County, NC. After arriving in Duplin, he received several grants, and bought many large tracts of land; in 1756, he sold all but one, and in October he deeded this to his son, Thomas, the land, the house with all the furnishings, the outbuildings, slaves, and Indian corn, " as I am about to remove out of the aforesaid Province of North Carolina".

He moved to Georgia, which is shown in the Colonial Records, naming him as a headright in 1756. Near Rockyford, Screven County, is an historical marker which lists him, with others, as being one of the earliest settlers.

SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES:
Lemuel, the second son of John and Elizabeth, was born about 1708 in Surry County and lived there until he moved to Duplin County, N.C. in about 1748. He married in 1732, Hannah, the daughter of THOMAS PETERS (Surry Deed Book 1734, P. 504). Their children are in the Albermarle Parish Reigister.

1. Thomas, born July 6, 1733. Surry Deed April, 14, 1755.
2. Elizabeth, born January 10, 1735.
3. John, born October 28, 1738, to Georgia
4. Lemuel, born April 12, 1741, to Georgia, Revolutionary Soldier
5. Benjamin, born May 31, 1744, to Georgia. Revolutionary Soldier to Mississippi at Pascagoula, abt 1787, children to Louisianna.

LEMUEL LANIER:
1756 Occupation: William Byrd's Plantation, Duplin County, North Carolina; Occupation: Overseer

Compiled by Wayne D. Lanier

Lemuel Lanier was the Overseer of William Byrd’s Plantation, and was mentioned continuously in Byrd’s Secret Diary from 1739 to 1741. After arriving in Duplin, he received several grants, and bought many large tracts of land; in 1756 he sold all but one, and in October he deeded this to his son Thomas, the land, the house with all the furnishings, the outbuildings, slaves, and Indian corn, “as I am about to remove out of the aforesaid Province of North Carolina”. He moved to Georgia which is shown by the Colonial Records naming him as a headright in 1756. Near Rockyford, Screven County, is an Historical Marker which lists him with others as being one of the earliest settlers. With the records of Burke County lost, nothing further is known of Lemuel Lanier, Sr.
~Louise Ingersoll

6 Lemuel Lanier Abt 1707 -
+Hannah Peters
-- 7 Thomas Lanier 1733 - 1787
+ unknown Herring?
----- 8 James Lanier 1756 - Bef 1815
----- 8 Jessie Lanier 1757 - Bef 1802
+Sarah Whaley
-------- 9 Thomas Lanier 1780 - Aft 1850
+Theana Herring 1794 -
------------ 10 Rebecca Lanier

*2nd Wife of Thomas Lanier:
+Unknown - Abt 1810
------------ 10 Unknown 1 Bef 1810 -
------------ 10 Unknown 2 Bef 1810 -
------------ 10 Unknown 3 Bef 1810 -
--------- 9 John Lanier 1782 - 1820
+Esther ?? 1785 -

John's will says, "your four children", in referring to his and Esther's children; he later refers to "my two daughters". This may indicate that the two older children are from Esther's first marriage. For purposes of this report, all children will be listed.

------------ 10 Kilby Murphy Abt. 1811-????
------------ 10 Hillery Murphy 1813-????

In a letter from Katherine Lanier Ricker the following is reported:
"Kilby and Hillery Murphy. Both were boys. Ingersoll somehow got the names a bit confused and some people continue to try and say that Hillery's first name was 'Jane' and, of course, that he was a she. Not so."

------------ 10 Nancy Lanier 1815 -
+Daniel Sloan
------------ 10 Betsy Lanier 1817 -
--------- 9 (Son) Lanier 1785 -
_____ 9 (Daughter) Lanier 1787 -
_____ 9 Sarah Lanier 1790 -
___ 8 John Lanier 1760 -
___ 8 Stephen Lanier 1760 - Bef 1840
+Unknown
___ 8 Ann Lanier Unknown -
___ 8 Fanny Lanier Unknown -
___ 8 Elizabeth Lanier Unknown -
--- 7 Elizabeth Lanier 1734/35 -
+? Mills
--- 7 John Lanier Bef 1738 - Abt 1809
+Sarah Mills - 1803-

John Lanier was baptized on October 28, 1738 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. He died in Bulloch County, Georgia. Sarah Mills was his wife. John lived first in Burke County, then Bryan County and finally Bulloch County, without ever moving. When Bulloch County was formed in February of 1796, the boundary lines read: - "to begin at John Laniers, including the same on the Ogeechee River, and thence a direct line to be drawn to where Lotts Creek emties (sic) into the Canouchee River, then up the Canouchee River, to the Montgomery line, thence along the said line to the Ogeechee River, and down the said River to the beginning, which county will be called Bulloch." John Lanier operated a ferry across the Ogeechee River at this point, where the dividing line between Bryan and Bulloch ran into the river.
~Louise Ingersoll

----- 8 Sabra Lanier 1774 - 1846
+David Williams 1776 - 1862
------- 9 Abigail R. Williams
------- 9 Edmund Williams
------- 9 Edward Williams
------- 9 William Larkin Williams 1807 - 1900
+Fannie Bellah
*2nd Wife of William Larkin Williams:
+Margaret McMillan 1802 - 1836
--------- 10 Wiley James Williams
--------- 10 David Williams
--------- 10 [Infant son] Williams
--------- 10 Sabra Williams
--------- 10 David Duncan Williams
*3rd Wife of William Larkin Williams:
+Mary McMillan 1815 - 1877
--------- 10 Margaret Williams
--------- 10 William Larkin Williams, Jr
--------- 10 Jackson Williams
--------- 10 Mary E. Williams
--------- 10 Zachary Taylor Williams 1847 - 1929
+Mattie Nicholson 1842 - 1903
------------ 11 William Williams
------------ 11 Wiley Neal Williams
------------ 11 Margaret Mary Williams 1877 - 1950
+Bernie Daniel Hoffman 1868 - 1934
---------------- 12 Bernie Daniel Hoffman, Jr.
---------------- 12 Margaret Williams Hoffman
---------------- 12 Egbert Cotherl Hoffman
---------------- 12 Rosemary Hoffman
------------ 11 Lena Williams
------------ 11 Asthmas Williams
------------ 11 Fillmore Williams
*2nd Wife of Zachary Taylor Williams:
+Dora Lathrum 1859 - 1942
--------- 10 Frances C. Williams
--------- 10 Christian Abbis Williams
--------- 10 Owen Fillmore Williams
------- 9 John Williams
------- 9 A. T. Williams
------- 9 S. A. R. Williams
------- 9 B. D. Williams

[Many thanks to Margaret L. Moses for the information about the children of David Williams & Sabra Lanier.]

---- 8 John Lanier 1778 - 1844
+Lucy Townley 1804 -

(Name of John's wife supplied courtesy of Beverly Allen.)
In 1813 John was in Twiggs County, Georgia, having followed his sister Sabra, and David Williams. Later they were joined by his sister Sarah who had married Shadrach Mills. Before 1820 they had left for homes further west; David Williams and John Lanier settled in Pensacola, Florida. Before 1840, John Lanier moved to Sumter County, Alabama, where he was a Justice of the Peace until his death in 1844.

------- 9 John Lanier Abt 1821 -
------- 9 Augustus Lanier Abt 1823 -
------- 9 Joseph White Lanier 1825 -
+Sarah Elizabeth Allen 1832 -
------- 9 Ann Saleta Lanier 1829 -
------- 9 Thaddeus Lanier 1831 -
------- 9 Wealthy Lanier 1833 -
------- 9 William Henry Lanier 1835 - 1897
+Martha Ann Bryan 1841 - 1896
--------- 10 Mary Ann Lanier 1861 -
--------- 10 Fannie Evans Lanier 1866 - 1935
+William Henry Stuart 1866 - 1909
------------ 11 Hassye Eugenia Stuart 1885 - 1936
. +A.H. Watt 1881 - 1943
------------ 11 Clem Hamilton Stuart 1887 - 1938
+Annie Morrison 1894 - 1968
------------ 11 Ruby Clifton Stuart 1889 - 1942
+G.J. Byrd 1886 - 1930
------------ 11 Onnie Mae Stuart 1891 -
+W.T. Walton
------------ 11 Annie Jewel Stuart 1895 - 1920
+W.D. Long
------------ 11 Lyda Vernon Stuart 1897 - 1937
+Robert Dameron McRaven 1894 - 1947
--------------- 12 Robert Dameron McRaven 1922 - 1976
+Ruby Evelyn Bryan Private
------------------ 13 Bryan Dameron McRaven Private
------------ 11 Lacy Cornelia Stuart 1907 - 1995
+Albert Sidney Johnson ???? - 1989
--------- 10 Katie Jane Lanier 1868 - 1919
+William Parish
*2nd Husband of Katie Jane Lanier:
+Charles Locke
---------- 10 William Henry Lanier 1870 - 1897
+Nettie Aust
---------- 10 John Thomas Lanier 1873 - 1933
+Anna Moore - Private
---------- 10 Robert Lee Lanier 1876 - 1900
---------- 10 Isaac Houston Lanier 1878 - 1973
+Bertie Watts
(Descendants of William Henry Lanier courtesy of Bryan Dameron McRaven.)

-------- 9 Sarah Lanier 1839 -
-------- 9 Sabra Lanier 1841 -
------8 Elizabeth Lanier Abt 1783 -
----- 8 Sarah Lanier Abt 1785 -
+Shadrach Mills 1780 - Bef 1850
-------- 9 Melissa D. Mills 1808 - Bef 1850
+Josiah Hutchison 1804 -
---------- 10 Narcissus Hutchison 1835 -
---------- 10 Melissa Hutchison 1836 -
---------- 10 Augustus Hutchison 1837 -
-------- 9 Hester Lanier Mills 1810 - 1894
+William Hutchison - 1884
---------- 10 Mahala Hutchison 1829 - 1892
+Andrew Simmons Unknown - Unknown
---------- 10 Martha Hutchison 1830 -
---------- 10 Rebecca Leonora Hutchison 1832 - 1906
+Josiah Snider 1823 - 1909
----- 8 Lemuel Lanier Abt 1799 -
--- 7 Lemuel Lanier 1741 -
+Nancy ??

In June 1771, Lemuel petitioned for 200 acres of land in St. George Parish, saying that "he had long been a resident of Georgia, had a wife and one child". This petition was granted in August by the Governor. Lemuel Lanier was most active during the Revolution, as shown in the Revolutionary Records of Georgia. In 1778 he was appointed Sheriff for the County of Burke; in May of that year he was paid L 156 (pounds) by the State for services in the Revolution; the same year he was made Captain of those guarding the jail, and was allowed L 100 over and above his pay for services done the State: and up to 1781 was appointed for many other duties. He was a Refugee Soldier, and received Certificate #154 for 250 acres of Bounty land. In May 1782 he was chosen a member of the Executive Council. In the list of Georgia Troops he is listed as a Captain. In May 1784 he was elected Justice of the Peace for Burke County; and when Screven County was formed from Burke in 1793, Lemuel Lanier was then living in the new county where he became the first Register of Probate.

------ 8 Elizabeth Lanier 1770 - 1809
+Joseph Tanner 1765 -
---------- 9 Lemuel Tanner 1786 - Bef 1850
+Celeste Boulanger

Lemuel Tanner was born in Screven County, Georgia and died in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He was a First Lieutenant in the War of 1812, serving in the Seventh Regiment of the Louisiana Militia.

---------- 10 Louisa Tanner
+Lucius La Mar Holcombe
---------- 10 Esther Tanner 1818 -
---------- 10 Joseph Tanner 1820 -
---------- 10 Elizabeth Tanner 1823 -
+Richard Jordan 1825 -
---------- 10 Lemuel Tanner 1827 -
---------- 10 Rozilla Tanner 1830 -
---------- 10 Robert Tanner 1830 -
---------- 10 Wayne Tanner 1831 -
+Julia Burnham
---------- 10 Mary Tanner 1834 -
---------- 10 Brigite Tanner 1836 - 1868
+Henry B. Holcombe, Jr.
-------- 9 Nancy Tanner 1790 -
+Stephen Jackson
----- 8 Lemuel Lanier 1775 - Bef 1830
+Mary ???
-------- 9 Eliza Lanier 1797 -
+Jesse Floyd 1797 -
-------- 9 R. N. V. Lanier 1799 -
-------- 9 Thomas Lanier 1801 - 1881
+Mary Peacock 1805 - 1890
---------- 10 Mary Elizabeth Lanier 1828 - 1908
+Henry McGillis 1825 - 1891
---------- 10 James Lemuel Lanier 1830 - Bef 1891
+Charlotte Elarbee 1833 -
---------- 10 John Gordon Lanier 1832 - Bef 1887
+Clementine Elarbee 1838 -
---------- 10 Martha Isobel Lanier 1835 -
+John Jackson Morgan 1834 - Bef 1870
---------- 10 Lewis Samuel Lanier 1837 -
---------- 10 Elvira Providence Lanier 1840 -
+Isham Elarbee 1838 - 1862
-------- 9 Louis Lanier 1805 -
+Providence Louisa Shuman 1804 - Bef 1870
---------- 10 (Daughter) Lanier 1835 - Bef 1850
---------- 10 Georgia Lanier 1837 -
+James H. Futch, Jr. 1828-1867
------------ 11 Louis Ferdinand Futch 1858-1904
+Charlotte A. Shuman 1868-1951
-------------- 12 James Futch
-------------- 12 Joseph Futch
--------**** 12 Appie Francis Futch 1897-1981
**** +Buelah S. Denmark ?? -1956
(**** Marriage appears later in this listing;
the children of the union are listed there.
------------- 12 (Son) Futch
------------- 12 Vida Futch
------------- 12 Dolly Elsie Futch
+James Samuel Barber
---------------- 13 Carolyn Barber
+Carl Jarrard
--------- 10 Providence Lanier 1839 -
--------- 10 Thomas Ferdinand Lanier 1841 -
+Mary F. Floyd
------------ 11 Willie Annette Lanier
+William Samuel Denmark
----------**** 12 Buelah S. Denmark ?? -1956
**** +Appie Francis Futch 1897-1981
------------------ 13 Frances Futch
------------------ 13 Elna Futch
------------------ 13 Harris Futch
------------------ 13 Mary Valentine Futch
+Ralph L. Strickland, Sr.
------------------ 13 Gladys Futch
------------------ 13 Lucy Futch

(Information concerning Louis Lanier and his descendants provided courtesy of Pam Strickland.)
*2nd Wife of Lemuel Lanier:
+Mary (?) Stewart
----- 8 Hester Lanier Abt 1782 -
+Asa Looper 1780 - 1828
--------- 9 Ara B. Looper 1803 -
--------- 9 (Daughter) Looper Aft 1803 -
----- 8 Ida Lanier 1785 -
+Edmund Hester 1782 -
---7 Benjamin Lanier Bef 1744 -
+Ealiff ???
----- 8 John Lanier 1772-1840
+Penelope Jones 1770-Bef. 1850
----- 8 Nancy Lanier 1773-
+John Setoon -Bef.1806
*2nd husband of Nancy Lanier
+?? Day Bef. 1832
----- 8 William Lanier 1775-
----- 8 Samuel Lanier 1777 -
+Ruth Wells
--------- 9 Guion Henry Lanier 1819 -
+Sarah Ann Howeth
----------- 10 Thomas Lanier 1851 -
+Martha Hittson
---- 8 James Lanier 1779-
---- 8 Hillery Lanier 1780-Aft. 1870
+Elizabeth Bankston 1784-1874 7 Mary Lanier 1750 -

Kathleen Plake: There has not been any proof of Hillery Lanier born 1780 marrying Elizabeth Bankston.