James Theron Wells: Nicholas Lanier served his country as a sergeant in the War of 1812 with Major Perkins' command, Virginia Militia.
U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
Name: Nicholas Lanier
Company: MAJOR PERKINS' COMMAND, VIRGINIA MIL.
Rank - Induction: SERGEANT
Rank - Discharge: SERGEANT
Roll Box 121
Microfilm Publication M602
Nicholas was married three or four times. He lived in Virginia, then moved to Williamson County, Tennessee. His parents were Benjamin B. Lanier (1711-1796) and Elizabeth Warren (1715-1775). Nicholas was married to Martha 'Patsie' Malone in 1787. They had three children, George, Sallie, and Elizabeth. Then he married Sarah Bugg. She was born in 1763 and died in 1853. They were married in 1796. They had four children: Benjamin, Lucy, Nancy, and William.
Nicholas Lanier's son-n-law Jones Andrews' relative John Andrews married Rebecca Malone, a relative of Nicholas Lanier's wife Martha Malone.
SPOUSE:
Martha "Patsy" Malone (1771–1795)
THEIR CHILDREN:
1. George Malone Lanier (2/9/1789 VA–7/22/1854 Clarke County, Georgia-buried Watkinsville, Oconee County, GA); married Mary Polly Langford (1800-1881) on February 1, 1816 in Clarke County, GA and they had the following children: James M Lanier (1817–1862- died in the Battle of the Wilderness during the Civil War); Rev Walter B. Lanier (4/9/1819 Clarke County, GA–11/18/1912 Birmingham, AL); Capt. William Brinton Lanier (4/9/1819 Clarke County, GA–12/5/1863 Atlanta, GA- buried Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta); Caroline Lanier (1821–1827); Katheline Lanier (1823–1852); Angeline Lanier (1825–1896); Bazleel Langford Lanier (1827–1902); Martha Warren Lanier (1829–1902); John Harris Lanier (1836–____); Caroline I Lanier (1841–1842) and three more sons.
2. Sallie Bass Lanier (1791–1844)
3. Elizabeth Warren "Patsy" Lanier (1793–1860)
SPOUSE:
Sarah Bugg (1763–1853)
THEIR CHIDREN:
1. Benjamin Bugg Lanier (1797–____)
2. Lucy Lanier (1799–1860)
3. Nancy Lanier (1801–____)
4. William Lanier (1803–1873)
Nicholas Lanier 1839 Last Will and Testament
In the name of God Amen
I Nicholas Lanier of the County of Williamson and State of Tennessee of sound mind do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form as follows
(to wit)
1st Item
I lend to my beloved wife Sarah Lanier during her natural life or widowhood one negro man named Abram, one negro woman named Armica, one negro woman named Phoeby and her children, one negro woman named Peggy and her children, all my household and kitchen furniture and all my stock horses, cattle, sheep and hogs and farming atenhials, also all the land I own and possess.
2nd Item
I give unto my son George M. Lanier five dollars.
3rd Item
I give unto my daughter Sarah B. Floyd five dollars.
4th Item
I give unto my daughter Patsy Bugg five dollars.
5th Item
I give unto my two sons Benjamin B. Lanier and William Lanier a parcel of land containing one hundred and thirty one acres and a half, which is all the land I now own to be divided as they themselves may think proper equally between the two of them, the above described land and premises when my wife Sarah Lanier departs this life or intermarries until such time Sarah Lanier my wife is to have free possession of the above described land.
6th Item
I give to my son Benjamin B. Lanier one negro boy named Sam, one negro girl named Nancy Short, one bed and furniture, one cow and calf.
7th item
I give unto my son William Lanier one negro boy named George - one negro girl named Patsy Julin, one bed and furniture and one cow and calf.
8th Item
I give unto my daughter Lucy Andrews one negro girl named Martha and one negro boy named Ned Donnato.
9th Item
I give unto my daughter Nancy Auslin one negro girl named Rhody, one negro boy named Arthur Henderson, one cow and calf.
10th Item
At the death or intermarriage of my wife Sarah Lanier all the property that I named in my first Item and their increase except that part which is afterwards bequeathed is to be equally divided among all my children.
I also leave that portion of the property (that is a child's part) agreeable to the 10th Item to Patsy Buggs' children.
I do hereby revoke and disavow all other wills and testaments that is or has been heretofore made by me and this I do ordain my last will and testament. I also do appoint my true friends Jones Andrews, Benjamin B. Lanier and William Lanier my Executors to this my last will and testament.
I have executed and signed this the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand and Eight hundred and thirty nine.
Witness whereof I have here with my hand and affixed my seal in presence of
Wm Allison
Thomas F. Perkins
________ unand
Nicholas Lanier {seal}
April 23rd 1839
A true Inventory of the property of Nicholas Lanier Deceased -
One note of hand on Thomas J. Hill and John D. Lillard for Forty Dollars due 11th day of March 1837
Also one note of hand on John D. Lillard for Forty Six Dollars 75/100 cts due July the 6th 1838
One do on Baker & Jorden for fifty five Dollars due 25th December 1836; one do on Peter Owen for Eighty four Dollars and 75/100 cts due 26th February 1839; one do on Theiohilus L. Gentry for One hundred Dollars due 27th of February 1839; one due on Jessee Bugg for Seventy seven Dollars & 40/100 cts; due 6th of February 1839 - one do on Benjamin B. Lanier for Thirty Dollars due 28th December 1835 -
Cash on Hand Sixteen Dollars & 75/100 cts.
One horse, nine head of cattle, Twenty five head of sheep, Twenty five geese, Five Beds and Furniture and three steds, one Cupboard and furniture, one Bureau, one Chest, Two tables, one Clock, Seven Chairs, three spinning Wheels & one Flar wheel, one looking glass, two short guns, one pair of Steelyards, one hane, some books, one reel, one hand saw, one candle stick, two smoothing irons, one loom, three slays, two pairs of harnesses, one ox cart, one grindstone, eight plows, four pair of plow gears, one large kettle, one pot, one oven, two skillets, one shovel, one pair of pot hooks, one pair of five Irons, three axes, five hoes, two iron wedges, two hammers, one whip saw, one fro, some barrels, three bee stands, one honey stand, one washing tub, three waste vessels, two sythe blades, one pair of sheep shears, two lanterns, one negro man Abram, one negro woman named Anaia, one negro woman named Shelia,, one do named Peggy, boy named Hed Donnel, one do named Arthur Henderson, one do named Sam King, one negro man named Varn, one woman named Nancy Short, one girl named Adaline, one boy named Tom, one child named Phebe, one do Elijah and one named Rutha, one do named Martha, all Chess openly given to Sarah Lanier for life, 18 horses _______________________
William Lanier - Ex
B.B. Lanier, Ex
Recorded Oct. 26, 1824
The State of Tennessee, No 120
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Know ye, that for and in consideration of the sum of twelve and one half cents, per acre, paid into the office of the Entry taker or Williamson county, and entered on the 29th day of May 1824, pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of said State, passed on the 23rd day of November 1823, by No. 40. There is granted by the said State of Tennessee, unto Nicholas Lanier
A certain tract or parcel of land, containing Eighteen and one half acres by survey bearing date the 16th day of June 1824, lying in said county.
On the head waters of Overall Creek, the waters of Reg Wan petty and bounded as follows to wit. Beginning at two dogwoods and a white oak. Nelsons and Lanier's Corners running thence north One hundred and twenty four poles to a white oak in said Lanier's line thence West with said line five poles to a stake said Lanier's corner. Thence North with said line Six poles to an oak Pricis Corner, thence West with said line eighteen and one half poles to a hickory Jones Andrews Corner, thence South with said Andrews line one hundred and thirty poles to a Sugar tree in Nelsons line, thence East twenty three and one half poles to the beginning.
With the hereditaments and appurtenances. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Nicholas Lanier and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, William Carroll
Governor of the State of Tennessee, hath hereunto set his hand, and caused the great seal of the state to be affixed, at Murfreesborough, on the 19th day of October in the year of our Lord, on thousand eight hundred and twenty four and of the Independence of the United States, the 49th---.
BY THE GOVERNOR,
Daniel Graham, Wm Carroll
Secretary
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES:
Nicholas Lanier, born January 5, 1760, died March 8, 1839 in Williamson County, Tennessee. Married Patsy Malone and had seven children. Allen and Warren names continue to run through many generations.
Source: 1810 Brunswick Census, St. Andrews Parish
1810 Brunswick Co., St. Andrews Parish Census
The 1810 Brunswick County, Virginia census was transcribed from National Archives Microfilm Publication M252, roll 66. The enumerations are separated into two parishes, St. Andrews Parish, pages 702 to 740 and Meherrin Parish, pages 741 to 770 .
316 66 - 16 NICHOLAS LANIER 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1 male 16-26
6 slaves
Source: Brunswick Co., Virginia.
This Indenture made this thirty first Day of October 1787 BETWEEN Fredrick Lucas of the County of Brunswick of the one part and Sterling Edmunds of the same County of the other part for and in consideration of the sum of nineteen pounds ten shillings doth bargain and sell alien release and confirm unto the said Sterling Edmunds a certain tract or parcel of Land lying and being in the County aforesaid containing by Estimation thirty nine acres bounded as follows (to wit) BEGINNING near William Johnson's plantation at his and Edmund Harrison's corner red oak, thence N eighty nine degrees W one hundred and ninety eight poles to a corner possimmon in the dividing line between the said Fredrick Lucas and Sterling Edmunds, thence along the line N seventy four E one hundred and nine poles to a white oak corner, thence N sixty E eighty four poles to a corner shrub oak where the said Lucas's Edmunds's and Harrison's line meet, thence along Harrison's line S fifteen E seventy seven poles to the BEGINNING.
Signed by Fredrick Lucas and witnessed by John Flood Edmunds, Nicholas Lanier (his mark), John Lanier and Randol Hagood.
Brunswick County Court April 28th 1788. This Indenture was proved by the oaths of John Flood Edmunds, John Lanier and Randol Hagood witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded. Deed Book 14, page 349.
Notes for Nicholas' mother, Elizabeth Warren:
Many Surry County records are missing; none have been found which would prove the parentage of Benjamin Lanier's wife Elizabeth, but circumstantial evidence is strong that she was a Warren. From the Bible of her son Nicholas Lanier comes the most convincing evidence. Nicholas names his first child for his wife's father, George Malone Lanier. His second child for his wife's mother, Sallie Bass Lanier (first wife of George Malone); his third child Elizabeth Warren, undoubtedly for his mother who was Elizabeth and his fourth child was Benjamin for his father.
Nicholas LANIER and his wives Martha "Patsy" MALONE and Sarah BUGG
Lived in Brunswick and Mecklenburg Cos., VA until 1811 when he moved his family to Williamson Co, TN.
Born: 1/5/1760 in Brunswick Co, VA
1st-Married: 12 Dec 1787 in Brunswick Co, VA, license dated 12 Dec 1787. Miles Malone, Patsey's brother was surety.
2nd-Married: 4/18/1796 in Mecklenburg Co, VA
Died: 3/8/1839 in Williamson Co, TN
Parents: Benjamin Lanier and Elizabeth (Warren??).
1st-Wife: Martha "Patsy" Malone
Born: 27 Apr 1771 in Brunswick Co, VA
Married: 12/12/1787 in Brunswick Co, VA, license dated 12/12/1787, her brother Miles Malone was the surety
Died: 1795
Parents: George Booth Malone and Sarah Bass.
Their children were:
* George Malone Lanier, born 9 Feb 1789 in Brunswick Co, VA. He was
named for his maternal grandfather. In 1816, married Mary "Polly"
Langford in Clarke Co, GA. George Malone Lanier served in the War of
1812 and the Creek Indian War of 1813-14. He died 22 Jul 1854 in
Clarke Co, GA.
* Sallie Bass Lanier, born 3/4/1791 in Mecklenburg Co, VA, named for
her maternal grandmother. In 1811, married Drury Josiah Floyd (b.
4/29/1789-d. 10/3/1868). Their children: Martha Floyd (b. ca 1812 in
TN; m. to Hugh Gault 10/21/1829; d. about 1900, Washington Co, AR),
Elizabeth Floyd (b. 1814 in TN; m. to Renwick A. Gault in Williamson
Co, TN; lived in Franklin, TN), Rebecca Floyd (b. 1816 TN; unmarried;
d. after 1850, before her father died, buried Windrows Cemetery,
Williamson Co, TN) William Floyd (b.1818-d.before 1830), a daughter
(unnamed, b.1820- d.before 1850), James Floyd (b.9/6/1821; m. to
Catherine K. Webb 12/13/1843 ; died in service in the Civil War),
Benjamin William Floyd ( b. 12/16/1826; m-1st: to Mary Charlotte Dyer
11/8/1847; m-2nd: Sarah Jane Dyer 1/6/1858; d.4/17/1868), John Henry
Floyd (b.1828; m. to Anna Manire 8/12/1846; lived in Bedford Co, TN),
Daughter (unnamed, b. 1825-30-d.before 1840), Mary Jane Floyd (b.1832;
m. to Edmond Webb 10/25/1848; lived in Bedford Co, TN). Sallie died
4/22/1844 in Williamson Co, TN, buried in Windrow Cemetery Williamson
Co, TN.
* Elizabeth Warren Lanier, born 26 Sep 1793, called "Patsy", and
possibly named for her paternal grandmother (?). Married-1st: Ephraim
Bugg (b.4/19/1791- d.1/18/1833) in Williamson Co, TN. Their children:
Ephraim Bugg were: Benjamin Nicholas Bugg (b.4/29/1815; m. to Annis
Tucker 3/9/1835), Sophronia Bugg (b. 11/7/1817; died young), Elizabeth
Jane Bugg (b. 11/19/1819; m. Allen C. Tucker on 4/18/1838; d. 1856),
William Lanier Bugg (b.4/9/1822), Ephraim M. W. Bugg (b.
12/10/1824-d.about 1845). On 11/12/1833, married-2nd: William Tucker
(b.1789-d.1861). Their children: Ferdinand Blackburn Tucker (b.
10/7/1834; m. to Rebecca Low on 2/12/1878; d. 9/1/1907), John Hardiman
Tucker (b. 1837; killed in Battle of Murfreesboro, TN, Civil War).
Elizabeth died after 1860.
2nd-Wife: Sarah Bugg
Born: 10/24/1763
Married: 4/18/1796 in Mecklenburg Co, VA
Died: 7/3/1853 in Williamson Co, TN
Their children were:
* Benjamin Bugg Lanier, born 3/23/1797. Married Mary Donelson,
daughter of Robert and Margaret Farris Donelson, on 5/30/1838, Their
children: Robert Nicholas Lanier (b.4/29/1839; m. to Nancy Josephine
McCrory in 18869; d. 6/29/1909), William C. Lanier (b.
11/23/1840-d.9/15/1853), Benjamin Jones Lanier ( b.12/30/1842 m. to
Almanza K. Wallace on 2/10/1869; d. 9/6/1916), James Bugg Lanier
(b.7/15/1844-d.10/12/1852), Sarah Ann Lanier (b.
12/30/1847-d.6/11/1849). Benjamin Bugg Lanier died 9/14/1849 in
Marshall Co, TN.
* Lucy Lanier, born 2/10/1799. Married Jones Andrews (b.1791 served
in War of 1812; died 12/1843) on 9/26/1816 in Williamson Co, TN. Their
children: William V. Andrews (b.11/1/1824; m. to Tennessee Tucker on
11/25/1849), Horace Andrews (b. 1835), Lucy Andrews (b. 1838; m. to
Drury Floyd), Robert Andrews (b. 1841 unmarried), Mary Andrews (b.
1844; m. to Adam White), 6 more Andrews children of which there is no
record.
* Nancy Lanier, born 4/9/1801. Married-1st: William S. Oslin on 3/
27/1823 in Williamson Co, TN. They had one son, Nicholas Oslin (b.
9/6/1824 in Caney Springs, TN; was a doctor; m. Margaret McLean; had 6
daughters; died ca 1880, Caney Springs). Nancy Lanier married-2nd:
James Calhoun; they moved to Kentucky where Nancy died 11/18/1873.
* William Lanier, born 7/29/1803 in Brunswick Co, VA. Married Martha
Carolina Tanner, daughter of Richard and Nancy Tanner on 12/16/1830 in
Williamson Co, TN. Their children: Benjamin Allen Lanier (b.
9/25/1831; m. Jamima Lavinia Corlette in 12/1869; d. 2/22/1905), Mary
Elizabeth Lanier (b. 4/20/1833; m. Samuel Boone Wilson on 12/6/1854;
d. 8/1/1921), Nancy Sarah Lanier (b. 10/7/1835; twin to Richard; m.
Curtis Bizzle; 6 children), Richard Nicholas Lanier (b. 10/7/1835;
twin to Nancy Sarah; d. 9/2/1836), Martha Emaline Lanier (b.
11/11/1837; m. to George Robert Tucker), William Osbern Lanier (b.
8/25/1840; was a doctor; m. Lavinia Wilson), Lucy Ann Lanier (b.
2/11/1842; m. Thomas Jefferson Wilson; moved to Arkansas), Thomas Bugg
Lanier (b.9/1/1846; unmarried; d. 1/16/1901). William died 6/14/1873.
Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008
Name: Nicholas Lanier
Probate Place: Williamson, Tennessee, USA
Inferred Death Place: Tennessee, USA
Item Description: Will Books, Vol 6-7, 1835-1842
THOMAS HENRY MALONE is a descendant of Nicholas Lanier's wife, Patsey Malone's great grandpatents Nathaniel Burwell Malone and Mary Wynn Malone through their son Nathaniel MaloneJr. (1712-1758) and their grandson John ((1730-1801):
VANDERBILT
UNIVERSITY OUARTERLY
A Record of University Life and Work
Vol. VII APRIL 1907 No. 3
THOMAS H. MALONE, M.A.
As one who has long dwelt upon the margin of a noble river, finding himself at length in the leisure of after years among its sources, traces with eager interest here the sparkling rivulet, there the quiet brook, and here again the bold mountain stream that constitute its beginnings; so one who has longwatched the flowing of a noble life, enlarging with the years, enriching the times that border it - when at last that life has flowed into the great silent sea-turns with tender eye to trace· its far-away beginnings and its course.
Thomas Henry Malone, scholar, jurist, gentleman, the father and founder, under its Board of Trustees, of the School of Law of Vanderbilt University, and its Dean for a period of nearly thirty years, extending from its organization in 1875 to the date of his resignation in June, 1904, little more than two years before his death, was born on June 3, 1834, near the town of Athens, in the county of Limestone, Alabama.
The Tennessee, turning for a time from the bosom of its mother State and winding like a horn of plenty through the upper parts of Alabama, renders famous the valley to which it gives its name and its fertility. This rich valley early attracted the eye of well-to-do Virginians, and early in the last century they began to make settlements there, and the end of the first half of the century found the valley of the Tennessee from Florence to Huntsville famed for the high breeding, wealth, and culture of its ruling population.
Thomas Chappell Malone, the grandfather of Thomas H. Malone, in the year 1818, being then resident in the county of Sussex in Virginia, removed to the valley of the Tennessee, settling at first in Madison County, and subsequently in Limestone· County, Ala., where he remained until his death, many of his kindred of the name accompanying him; so that when the late Rev. Doctor McFerrin, of blessed memory, came long afterwards to write of this region he said, having regard to the quality, as well as the number of those of that time, "this country was blessed with a whole legion of Malones."
A graphic and spirited picture of the Malones as they were in Virginia comes to us in a pleasant way from the late Senator John T. Mason, of Virginia. It was on this wise:
Thomas H. Malone, while a student at the University of Virginia in the fifties, was invited to ·meet some distinguished guests at the home of his own and his father's friend, Professor John B. Minor, among them being Senator Mason. The Senator being struck by the name of the young student, and having by inquiries put to him brought out the fact that the young man was the grandson of Thomas Chappell Malone, said: "Now, Mr. Malone, I know very much more of your family than you possibly can know. Shall I give you in two words the character of your people?" And then, the young student having signified that he would be glad to hear him, he continued : "Well, then, I and my fathers have known them for generations. I never knew one who was rich; I never knew one that was poor; I never knew one that was a genius; I never knew one that was a fool; I never knew one that would tell a lie or that would steal or that was afraid of the devil if he came with his horns on." A brave, strong, sturdy, high-minded stock, evidently.
Thomas Chappell Malone married his first cousin, Mary Chappell, who was of Huguenot extraction; and his son, James Chappell Malone, the father of the subject of these memoirs, thus received a double infusion of that blood which for centuries has demonstrated its wonderful prepotency in that intenseness which with marked uniformity characterizes its inheritors wherever it has flowed.
Following the paternal line one step farther back, we find that the great-grandmother of Thomas H. Malone was Elizabeth Tucker, a niece of the distinguished philanthropist, Mr. Wood Tucker, of Sussex County, Va., and a member of the great Tucker family of Virginia, a name that even down to our own times reflects honor upon a State that it is an honor to have been born in.
Turning now to the maternal ancestry of Thomas H. Malone, we find that his mother, Eliza Frances Hardiman Binford, was the daughter of John Mosby Binford, of Northampton County, N.C., a man long prominent in public life in that State, and Frances Littleberry Hardiman.
The ·original Binfords were Quakers, people of great wealth and culture, who settled in the counties of Charles City and New Kent, Va., whence the ancestors of John M. Binford subsequently removed to North Carolina.
Frances Littleberry Hardiman, the grandmother of Thomas H. Malone, and in whose veins flowed the blood of some of the highest of the Virginia aristocracy, was a daughter of Littleberry Hardiman, of Westover Parish, Charles City, Va., and Susana Lightfoot, whose father was a grandson of that Colonel Lightfoot who was a member of the King's Council, and one of the wealthiest men in Virginia of his day. Littleberry Hardiman was one of the justices of Charles City County in 1753, and a noted breeder and importer of thoroughbred horses. The winning of the Williamsburgh stake by his great horse, Mark Antony, in 1769 lingered in tradition among the old family slaves to a time within the memory of the subject of these memoirs himself. Col. John Hardiman, the grandfather of Littleberry, and the first of the name in Virginia.
James Theron Wells: Nicholas Lanier served his country as a sergeant in the War of 1812 with Major Perkins' command, Virginia Militia.
U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
Name: Nicholas Lanier
Company: MAJOR PERKINS' COMMAND, VIRGINIA MIL.
Rank - Induction: SERGEANT
Rank - Discharge: SERGEANT
Roll Box 121
Microfilm Publication M602
Nicholas was married three or four times. He lived in Virginia, then moved to Williamson County, Tennessee. His parents were Benjamin B. Lanier (1711-1796) and Elizabeth Warren (1715-1775). Nicholas was married to Martha 'Patsie' Malone in 1787. They had three children, George, Sallie, and Elizabeth. Then he married Sarah Bugg. She was born in 1763 and died in 1853. They were married in 1796. They had four children: Benjamin, Lucy, Nancy, and William.
Nicholas Lanier's son-n-law Jones Andrews' relative John Andrews married Rebecca Malone, a relative of Nicholas Lanier's wife Martha Malone.
SPOUSE:
Martha "Patsy" Malone (1771–1795)
THEIR CHILDREN:
1. George Malone Lanier (2/9/1789 VA–7/22/1854 Clarke County, Georgia-buried Watkinsville, Oconee County, GA); married Mary Polly Langford (1800-1881) on February 1, 1816 in Clarke County, GA and they had the following children: James M Lanier (1817–1862- died in the Battle of the Wilderness during the Civil War); Rev Walter B. Lanier (4/9/1819 Clarke County, GA–11/18/1912 Birmingham, AL); Capt. William Brinton Lanier (4/9/1819 Clarke County, GA–12/5/1863 Atlanta, GA- buried Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta); Caroline Lanier (1821–1827); Katheline Lanier (1823–1852); Angeline Lanier (1825–1896); Bazleel Langford Lanier (1827–1902); Martha Warren Lanier (1829–1902); John Harris Lanier (1836–____); Caroline I Lanier (1841–1842) and three more sons.
2. Sallie Bass Lanier (1791–1844)
3. Elizabeth Warren "Patsy" Lanier (1793–1860)
SPOUSE:
Sarah Bugg (1763–1853)
THEIR CHIDREN:
1. Benjamin Bugg Lanier (1797–____)
2. Lucy Lanier (1799–1860)
3. Nancy Lanier (1801–____)
4. William Lanier (1803–1873)
Nicholas Lanier 1839 Last Will and Testament
In the name of God Amen
I Nicholas Lanier of the County of Williamson and State of Tennessee of sound mind do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form as follows
(to wit)
1st Item
I lend to my beloved wife Sarah Lanier during her natural life or widowhood one negro man named Abram, one negro woman named Armica, one negro woman named Phoeby and her children, one negro woman named Peggy and her children, all my household and kitchen furniture and all my stock horses, cattle, sheep and hogs and farming atenhials, also all the land I own and possess.
2nd Item
I give unto my son George M. Lanier five dollars.
3rd Item
I give unto my daughter Sarah B. Floyd five dollars.
4th Item
I give unto my daughter Patsy Bugg five dollars.
5th Item
I give unto my two sons Benjamin B. Lanier and William Lanier a parcel of land containing one hundred and thirty one acres and a half, which is all the land I now own to be divided as they themselves may think proper equally between the two of them, the above described land and premises when my wife Sarah Lanier departs this life or intermarries until such time Sarah Lanier my wife is to have free possession of the above described land.
6th Item
I give to my son Benjamin B. Lanier one negro boy named Sam, one negro girl named Nancy Short, one bed and furniture, one cow and calf.
7th item
I give unto my son William Lanier one negro boy named George - one negro girl named Patsy Julin, one bed and furniture and one cow and calf.
8th Item
I give unto my daughter Lucy Andrews one negro girl named Martha and one negro boy named Ned Donnato.
9th Item
I give unto my daughter Nancy Auslin one negro girl named Rhody, one negro boy named Arthur Henderson, one cow and calf.
10th Item
At the death or intermarriage of my wife Sarah Lanier all the property that I named in my first Item and their increase except that part which is afterwards bequeathed is to be equally divided among all my children.
I also leave that portion of the property (that is a child's part) agreeable to the 10th Item to Patsy Buggs' children.
I do hereby revoke and disavow all other wills and testaments that is or has been heretofore made by me and this I do ordain my last will and testament. I also do appoint my true friends Jones Andrews, Benjamin B. Lanier and William Lanier my Executors to this my last will and testament.
I have executed and signed this the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand and Eight hundred and thirty nine.
Witness whereof I have here with my hand and affixed my seal in presence of
Wm Allison
Thomas F. Perkins
________ unand
Nicholas Lanier {seal}
April 23rd 1839
A true Inventory of the property of Nicholas Lanier Deceased -
One note of hand on Thomas J. Hill and John D. Lillard for Forty Dollars due 11th day of March 1837
Also one note of hand on John D. Lillard for Forty Six Dollars 75/100 cts due July the 6th 1838
One do on Baker & Jorden for fifty five Dollars due 25th December 1836; one do on Peter Owen for Eighty four Dollars and 75/100 cts due 26th February 1839; one do on Theiohilus L. Gentry for One hundred Dollars due 27th of February 1839; one due on Jessee Bugg for Seventy seven Dollars & 40/100 cts; due 6th of February 1839 - one do on Benjamin B. Lanier for Thirty Dollars due 28th December 1835 -
Cash on Hand Sixteen Dollars & 75/100 cts.
One horse, nine head of cattle, Twenty five head of sheep, Twenty five geese, Five Beds and Furniture and three steds, one Cupboard and furniture, one Bureau, one Chest, Two tables, one Clock, Seven Chairs, three spinning Wheels & one Flar wheel, one looking glass, two short guns, one pair of Steelyards, one hane, some books, one reel, one hand saw, one candle stick, two smoothing irons, one loom, three slays, two pairs of harnesses, one ox cart, one grindstone, eight plows, four pair of plow gears, one large kettle, one pot, one oven, two skillets, one shovel, one pair of pot hooks, one pair of five Irons, three axes, five hoes, two iron wedges, two hammers, one whip saw, one fro, some barrels, three bee stands, one honey stand, one washing tub, three waste vessels, two sythe blades, one pair of sheep shears, two lanterns, one negro man Abram, one negro woman named Anaia, one negro woman named Shelia,, one do named Peggy, boy named Hed Donnel, one do named Arthur Henderson, one do named Sam King, one negro man named Varn, one woman named Nancy Short, one girl named Adaline, one boy named Tom, one child named Phebe, one do Elijah and one named Rutha, one do named Martha, all Chess openly given to Sarah Lanier for life, 18 horses _______________________
William Lanier - Ex
B.B. Lanier, Ex
Recorded Oct. 26, 1824
The State of Tennessee, No 120
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Know ye, that for and in consideration of the sum of twelve and one half cents, per acre, paid into the office of the Entry taker or Williamson county, and entered on the 29th day of May 1824, pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of said State, passed on the 23rd day of November 1823, by No. 40. There is granted by the said State of Tennessee, unto Nicholas Lanier
A certain tract or parcel of land, containing Eighteen and one half acres by survey bearing date the 16th day of June 1824, lying in said county.
On the head waters of Overall Creek, the waters of Reg Wan petty and bounded as follows to wit. Beginning at two dogwoods and a white oak. Nelsons and Lanier's Corners running thence north One hundred and twenty four poles to a white oak in said Lanier's line thence West with said line five poles to a stake said Lanier's corner. Thence North with said line Six poles to an oak Pricis Corner, thence West with said line eighteen and one half poles to a hickory Jones Andrews Corner, thence South with said Andrews line one hundred and thirty poles to a Sugar tree in Nelsons line, thence East twenty three and one half poles to the beginning.
With the hereditaments and appurtenances. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Nicholas Lanier and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, William Carroll
Governor of the State of Tennessee, hath hereunto set his hand, and caused the great seal of the state to be affixed, at Murfreesborough, on the 19th day of October in the year of our Lord, on thousand eight hundred and twenty four and of the Independence of the United States, the 49th---.
BY THE GOVERNOR,
Daniel Graham, Wm Carroll
Secretary
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES:
Nicholas Lanier, born January 5, 1760, died March 8, 1839 in Williamson County, Tennessee. Married Patsy Malone and had seven children. Allen and Warren names continue to run through many generations.
Source: 1810 Brunswick Census, St. Andrews Parish
1810 Brunswick Co., St. Andrews Parish Census
The 1810 Brunswick County, Virginia census was transcribed from National Archives Microfilm Publication M252, roll 66. The enumerations are separated into two parishes, St. Andrews Parish, pages 702 to 740 and Meherrin Parish, pages 741 to 770 .
316 66 - 16 NICHOLAS LANIER 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1 male 16-26
6 slaves
Source: Brunswick Co., Virginia.
This Indenture made this thirty first Day of October 1787 BETWEEN Fredrick Lucas of the County of Brunswick of the one part and Sterling Edmunds of the same County of the other part for and in consideration of the sum of nineteen pounds ten shillings doth bargain and sell alien release and confirm unto the said Sterling Edmunds a certain tract or parcel of Land lying and being in the County aforesaid containing by Estimation thirty nine acres bounded as follows (to wit) BEGINNING near William Johnson's plantation at his and Edmund Harrison's corner red oak, thence N eighty nine degrees W one hundred and ninety eight poles to a corner possimmon in the dividing line between the said Fredrick Lucas and Sterling Edmunds, thence along the line N seventy four E one hundred and nine poles to a white oak corner, thence N sixty E eighty four poles to a corner shrub oak where the said Lucas's Edmunds's and Harrison's line meet, thence along Harrison's line S fifteen E seventy seven poles to the BEGINNING.
Signed by Fredrick Lucas and witnessed by John Flood Edmunds, Nicholas Lanier (his mark), John Lanier and Randol Hagood.
Brunswick County Court April 28th 1788. This Indenture was proved by the oaths of John Flood Edmunds, John Lanier and Randol Hagood witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded. Deed Book 14, page 349.
Notes for Nicholas' mother, Elizabeth Warren:
Many Surry County records are missing; none have been found which would prove the parentage of Benjamin Lanier's wife Elizabeth, but circumstantial evidence is strong that she was a Warren. From the Bible of her son Nicholas Lanier comes the most convincing evidence. Nicholas names his first child for his wife's father, George Malone Lanier. His second child for his wife's mother, Sallie Bass Lanier (first wife of George Malone); his third child Elizabeth Warren, undoubtedly for his mother who was Elizabeth and his fourth child was Benjamin for his father.
Nicholas LANIER and his wives Martha "Patsy" MALONE and Sarah BUGG
Lived in Brunswick and Mecklenburg Cos., VA until 1811 when he moved his family to Williamson Co, TN.
Born: 1/5/1760 in Brunswick Co, VA
1st-Married: 12 Dec 1787 in Brunswick Co, VA, license dated 12 Dec 1787. Miles Malone, Patsey's brother was surety.
2nd-Married: 4/18/1796 in Mecklenburg Co, VA
Died: 3/8/1839 in Williamson Co, TN
Parents: Benjamin Lanier and Elizabeth (Warren??).
1st-Wife: Martha "Patsy" Malone
Born: 27 Apr 1771 in Brunswick Co, VA
Married: 12/12/1787 in Brunswick Co, VA, license dated 12/12/1787, her brother Miles Malone was the surety
Died: 1795
Parents: George Booth Malone and Sarah Bass.
Their children were:
* George Malone Lanier, born 9 Feb 1789 in Brunswick Co, VA. He was
named for his maternal grandfather. In 1816, married Mary "Polly"
Langford in Clarke Co, GA. George Malone Lanier served in the War of
1812 and the Creek Indian War of 1813-14. He died 22 Jul 1854 in
Clarke Co, GA.
* Sallie Bass Lanier, born 3/4/1791 in Mecklenburg Co, VA, named for
her maternal grandmother. In 1811, married Drury Josiah Floyd (b.
4/29/1789-d. 10/3/1868). Their children: Martha Floyd (b. ca 1812 in
TN; m. to Hugh Gault 10/21/1829; d. about 1900, Washington Co, AR),
Elizabeth Floyd (b. 1814 in TN; m. to Renwick A. Gault in Williamson
Co, TN; lived in Franklin, TN), Rebecca Floyd (b. 1816 TN; unmarried;
d. after 1850, before her father died, buried Windrows Cemetery,
Williamson Co, TN) William Floyd (b.1818-d.before 1830), a daughter
(unnamed, b.1820- d.before 1850), James Floyd (b.9/6/1821; m. to
Catherine K. Webb 12/13/1843 ; died in service in the Civil War),
Benjamin William Floyd ( b. 12/16/1826; m-1st: to Mary Charlotte Dyer
11/8/1847; m-2nd: Sarah Jane Dyer 1/6/1858; d.4/17/1868), John Henry
Floyd (b.1828; m. to Anna Manire 8/12/1846; lived in Bedford Co, TN),
Daughter (unnamed, b. 1825-30-d.before 1840), Mary Jane Floyd (b.1832;
m. to Edmond Webb 10/25/1848; lived in Bedford Co, TN). Sallie died
4/22/1844 in Williamson Co, TN, buried in Windrow Cemetery Williamson
Co, TN.
* Elizabeth Warren Lanier, born 26 Sep 1793, called "Patsy", and
possibly named for her paternal grandmother (?). Married-1st: Ephraim
Bugg (b.4/19/1791- d.1/18/1833) in Williamson Co, TN. Their children:
Ephraim Bugg were: Benjamin Nicholas Bugg (b.4/29/1815; m. to Annis
Tucker 3/9/1835), Sophronia Bugg (b. 11/7/1817; died young), Elizabeth
Jane Bugg (b. 11/19/1819; m. Allen C. Tucker on 4/18/1838; d. 1856),
William Lanier Bugg (b.4/9/1822), Ephraim M. W. Bugg (b.
12/10/1824-d.about 1845). On 11/12/1833, married-2nd: William Tucker
(b.1789-d.1861). Their children: Ferdinand Blackburn Tucker (b.
10/7/1834; m. to Rebecca Low on 2/12/1878; d. 9/1/1907), John Hardiman
Tucker (b. 1837; killed in Battle of Murfreesboro, TN, Civil War).
Elizabeth died after 1860.
2nd-Wife: Sarah Bugg
Born: 10/24/1763
Married: 4/18/1796 in Mecklenburg Co, VA
Died: 7/3/1853 in Williamson Co, TN
Their children were:
* Benjamin Bugg Lanier, born 3/23/1797. Married Mary Donelson,
daughter of Robert and Margaret Farris Donelson, on 5/30/1838, Their
children: Robert Nicholas Lanier (b.4/29/1839; m. to Nancy Josephine
McCrory in 18869; d. 6/29/1909), William C. Lanier (b.
11/23/1840-d.9/15/1853), Benjamin Jones Lanier ( b.12/30/1842 m. to
Almanza K. Wallace on 2/10/1869; d. 9/6/1916), James Bugg Lanier
(b.7/15/1844-d.10/12/1852), Sarah Ann Lanier (b.
12/30/1847-d.6/11/1849). Benjamin Bugg Lanier died 9/14/1849 in
Marshall Co, TN.
* Lucy Lanier, born 2/10/1799. Married Jones Andrews (b.1791 served
in War of 1812; died 12/1843) on 9/26/1816 in Williamson Co, TN. Their
children: William V. Andrews (b.11/1/1824; m. to Tennessee Tucker on
11/25/1849), Horace Andrews (b. 1835), Lucy Andrews (b. 1838; m. to
Drury Floyd), Robert Andrews (b. 1841 unmarried), Mary Andrews (b.
1844; m. to Adam White), 6 more Andrews children of which there is no
record.
* Nancy Lanier, born 4/9/1801. Married-1st: William S. Oslin on 3/
27/1823 in Williamson Co, TN. They had one son, Nicholas Oslin (b.
9/6/1824 in Caney Springs, TN; was a doctor; m. Margaret McLean; had 6
daughters; died ca 1880, Caney Springs). Nancy Lanier married-2nd:
James Calhoun; they moved to Kentucky where Nancy died 11/18/1873.
* William Lanier, born 7/29/1803 in Brunswick Co, VA. Married Martha
Carolina Tanner, daughter of Richard and Nancy Tanner on 12/16/1830 in
Williamson Co, TN. Their children: Benjamin Allen Lanier (b.
9/25/1831; m. Jamima Lavinia Corlette in 12/1869; d. 2/22/1905), Mary
Elizabeth Lanier (b. 4/20/1833; m. Samuel Boone Wilson on 12/6/1854;
d. 8/1/1921), Nancy Sarah Lanier (b. 10/7/1835; twin to Richard; m.
Curtis Bizzle; 6 children), Richard Nicholas Lanier (b. 10/7/1835;
twin to Nancy Sarah; d. 9/2/1836), Martha Emaline Lanier (b.
11/11/1837; m. to George Robert Tucker), William Osbern Lanier (b.
8/25/1840; was a doctor; m. Lavinia Wilson), Lucy Ann Lanier (b.
2/11/1842; m. Thomas Jefferson Wilson; moved to Arkansas), Thomas Bugg
Lanier (b.9/1/1846; unmarried; d. 1/16/1901). William died 6/14/1873.
Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008
Name: Nicholas Lanier
Probate Place: Williamson, Tennessee, USA
Inferred Death Place: Tennessee, USA
Item Description: Will Books, Vol 6-7, 1835-1842
THOMAS HENRY MALONE is a descendant of Nicholas Lanier's wife, Patsey Malone's great grandpatents Nathaniel Burwell Malone and Mary Wynn Malone through their son Nathaniel MaloneJr. (1712-1758) and their grandson John ((1730-1801):
VANDERBILT
UNIVERSITY OUARTERLY
A Record of University Life and Work
Vol. VII APRIL 1907 No. 3
THOMAS H. MALONE, M.A.
As one who has long dwelt upon the margin of a noble river, finding himself at length in the leisure of after years among its sources, traces with eager interest here the sparkling rivulet, there the quiet brook, and here again the bold mountain stream that constitute its beginnings; so one who has longwatched the flowing of a noble life, enlarging with the years, enriching the times that border it - when at last that life has flowed into the great silent sea-turns with tender eye to trace· its far-away beginnings and its course.
Thomas Henry Malone, scholar, jurist, gentleman, the father and founder, under its Board of Trustees, of the School of Law of Vanderbilt University, and its Dean for a period of nearly thirty years, extending from its organization in 1875 to the date of his resignation in June, 1904, little more than two years before his death, was born on June 3, 1834, near the town of Athens, in the county of Limestone, Alabama.
The Tennessee, turning for a time from the bosom of its mother State and winding like a horn of plenty through the upper parts of Alabama, renders famous the valley to which it gives its name and its fertility. This rich valley early attracted the eye of well-to-do Virginians, and early in the last century they began to make settlements there, and the end of the first half of the century found the valley of the Tennessee from Florence to Huntsville famed for the high breeding, wealth, and culture of its ruling population.
Thomas Chappell Malone, the grandfather of Thomas H. Malone, in the year 1818, being then resident in the county of Sussex in Virginia, removed to the valley of the Tennessee, settling at first in Madison County, and subsequently in Limestone· County, Ala., where he remained until his death, many of his kindred of the name accompanying him; so that when the late Rev. Doctor McFerrin, of blessed memory, came long afterwards to write of this region he said, having regard to the quality, as well as the number of those of that time, "this country was blessed with a whole legion of Malones."
A graphic and spirited picture of the Malones as they were in Virginia comes to us in a pleasant way from the late Senator John T. Mason, of Virginia. It was on this wise:
Thomas H. Malone, while a student at the University of Virginia in the fifties, was invited to ·meet some distinguished guests at the home of his own and his father's friend, Professor John B. Minor, among them being Senator Mason. The Senator being struck by the name of the young student, and having by inquiries put to him brought out the fact that the young man was the grandson of Thomas Chappell Malone, said: "Now, Mr. Malone, I know very much more of your family than you possibly can know. Shall I give you in two words the character of your people?" And then, the young student having signified that he would be glad to hear him, he continued : "Well, then, I and my fathers have known them for generations. I never knew one who was rich; I never knew one that was poor; I never knew one that was a genius; I never knew one that was a fool; I never knew one that would tell a lie or that would steal or that was afraid of the devil if he came with his horns on." A brave, strong, sturdy, high-minded stock, evidently.
Thomas Chappell Malone married his first cousin, Mary Chappell, who was of Huguenot extraction; and his son, James Chappell Malone, the father of the subject of these memoirs, thus received a double infusion of that blood which for centuries has demonstrated its wonderful prepotency in that intenseness which with marked uniformity characterizes its inheritors wherever it has flowed.
Following the paternal line one step farther back, we find that the great-grandmother of Thomas H. Malone was Elizabeth Tucker, a niece of the distinguished philanthropist, Mr. Wood Tucker, of Sussex County, Va., and a member of the great Tucker family of Virginia, a name that even down to our own times reflects honor upon a State that it is an honor to have been born in.
Turning now to the maternal ancestry of Thomas H. Malone, we find that his mother, Eliza Frances Hardiman Binford, was the daughter of John Mosby Binford, of Northampton County, N.C., a man long prominent in public life in that State, and Frances Littleberry Hardiman.
The ·original Binfords were Quakers, people of great wealth and culture, who settled in the counties of Charles City and New Kent, Va., whence the ancestors of John M. Binford subsequently removed to North Carolina.
Frances Littleberry Hardiman, the grandmother of Thomas H. Malone, and in whose veins flowed the blood of some of the highest of the Virginia aristocracy, was a daughter of Littleberry Hardiman, of Westover Parish, Charles City, Va., and Susana Lightfoot, whose father was a grandson of that Colonel Lightfoot who was a member of the King's Council, and one of the wealthiest men in Virginia of his day. Littleberry Hardiman was one of the justices of Charles City County in 1753, and a noted breeder and importer of thoroughbred horses. The winning of the Williamsburgh stake by his great horse, Mark Antony, in 1769 lingered in tradition among the old family slaves to a time within the memory of the subject of these memoirs himself. Col. John Hardiman, the grandfather of Littleberry, and the first of the name in Virginia.
