It appears from the below that William Lanier's farm was contiguous and to the East of his brother-in-law Jones Andrews's 400+ acre farm. Jones married William Lanier's sister Lucy.
From Jones Andrews' probate records:
The testator died testate and possessed of a certain tract or parcel of land situated being and lying in the County of Williamson, in the State of Tennessee containing four hundred acres more or less and in the 2nd Civil District of said county, bounded on the north by the lands of William Burris; On the west by the lands of William Rucker; On the South by the lands of Adam White; South and East by the lands of Meathias Wilson; and East by the lands of William Lanier and William dlemise__.
In Williamson County, Tennessee on December 16, 1830, William Lanier married Martha Carolina Tanner (8/13/1809 VA–7/3/1876), daughter of Richard and Nancy Tanner, and they had the following children:
1. Benjamin Allen Lanier (9/25/1831–2/22/1905), in December, 1869 he married Jamima Lavinia Corlette (1839–1891) and they had the following children: William Corlette Lanier (1870–____); Benjamin Bugg Lanier (1873–1877); George A. Lanier (1876–____) married Lizzie Ezell September 19, 1905 in Bedford County, TN; and Mary Caroline Lanier (1884–1972).
2. Mary Elizabeth Lanier (4/20/1833–8/1 1921), married Samuel Boone Wilson (1833–1864) and they had the following children: Alice Ida Wilson (1855–1928); Laura Ann Wilson (1857–1950); Samuel Boone Wilson (1862–1920); and Eunice Wilson.
3. Nancy Sarah Lanier (10/7/1835–____), married Curtis Bizzle.
4. Richard Nicholas Lanier (10/7/1835–9/2/1836)
5. Martha Emaline Lanier (Nov. 11, 1837 - Mar. 16, 1885), married George Robert Tucker (2/4/1830–8/1895).
6. William Osborn Lanier (8/25/1840–6/21/1907 Wilson CO., TN), married on January 16, 1868 in Williamson County, TN Lavonia J. Wilson (7/17/1844–1/29/1933 Henderson, Rusk Co., TX) and they had the following children: Charles A. Lanier (1869–____); Beulah A. Lanier (1872–___); and William "Ham" Lanier (1875–1890)
7. Lucy Ann Lanier (2/11/1842–bef 8/1931), married Thomas Jefferson Wilson (___–1937) and they had the following children: Flossie Emma Wilson (1900–1942); Walter B. Wilson; Cora Wilson and Oliver C. Wilson.
8. Thomas Bugg Lanier (9/1/1846–1/16/1901)
William Lanier
in the U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
[Most likely this is our William Lanier since Owen Hill Road is in College Grove, TN, close to where William Lanier and his bother-in-law Jones Andrews had their farms]
Name: William Lanier
Post Office Location: Owen Hill, Williamson, Tennessee
Appointment Date: 25 Sep 1847
Volume #: 14
Volume Year Range: 1842-1858
WILL OF WILLIAM LANIER:
William Lanier deceased Will August Term 1878
I, William Lanier of Williamson County and State of Tennessee do make this as my Last Will and Testament in the form that follows:
FIRST. I give to my wife Martha C. Lanier my tract of land on which I now live during her life. I also give her choice of Five horses or mules or a portion of each so as to make the number five. I further give her choice of two cows and calves, twelve sheep, and all the hogs. I also give her all my household and kitchen furniture all of my farming implements, wagon, buggy, as well as everything belonging to my farm for her use and support. The horses, cows and sheep that I may leave, except those above given my wife, I want sold by my Executors hereafter named and appointed by me on a credit of twelve months and the money equally divided between all of my children. At the death of my wife it is my will that all of the personal property she may leave be sold to the highest bidder on a credit of twelve months and the money derived from such sale be divided equally between all of my children.
SECOND. It is my will that at the death of my wife all such things that she may leave as beds, bedcloths, table cloths, hand towels /c; - be divided equally among my children. They may agree and divide them themselves or get some disinterested parties to do the same for them, so that each one may get about an equal portion.
THIRD. At the death of my wife I give to my son Thomas B. Lanier the Tract of Land that I bought of W.V. Andrews, one hundred and three acres more or less. [IT IS BELIEVED THAT, OF THE 400 + ACRE FARM OF JONES ANDREWS, THIS IS THE LOT WILLIAN VARNEY ANDREWS BOUGHT FROM THE ESTATE OF HIS FATHER, JONES ANDREWS, THAT CONTAINED THE HOME IN WHICH JONES AND LUCY ANDREWS RAISED THEIR CHILDREN. JONES IS WILLIAM LANIER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, JONES HAVING MARRIED WILLIAM LANIER'S SISTER LUCY LANIER.]
FOURTH. I give to my son, William O. Lanier, Eight Hundred dollars in money, and twenty acres of land, it being on my south boundary line, it being a part of the tract of land I bought of Johnson Jordan, and originally belonging to the tract that my son, W. O. Lanier now owns and lives upon.
FIFTH. I give to my son Benjamin A. Lanier the balance of my home tract containing two hundred and eight acres, more or less, and he is to pay each one of my four daughters the sum of twelve hundred dollars their portion of my land estate.
SIXTH - I appoint my sons Benjamin A and William O. Lanier my trustees in trust for my daughters Mary E. Wilson, Nancy S. Bizzell, and Lucy A. Wilson, to hold their shares above willed and pay the same to them as they may severelly stand in need. Their land money will be due them one year after the death of my wife. If it be their wish, my trustees may buy them a home with their money so as to secure the right to them and their children for their use and benefit. I hold a claim against Nancy S. Bizzell for money paid out for her, amounting to seventy seven dollars, that may be deducted from her share. I also hold a claim against Thomas J. Wilson for forty seven dollars and seventy two cents which may be taken from Lucy A. Wilson's share neither of them to be charged interest on the above claims.
SEVENTH - Martha E. Tucker may have her share of money as soon as it is due which will be one year after the death of my wife. Martha has no children and should she die leaving none, it is my will that at her death or that of her husband Geo. R. Tucker, should he survive her, that all moneys they may receive from my estate be paid back to my Executors and the same be equally divided between my other children.
EIGHT. It is my will that my trustees above named act as trustees in trust for my son Thomas B. Lanier and see that he is not wronged out of what I give him, he is not competent to buy or sell without the consent of my trustees, and at his death what I give him must be equally divided between my other children provided he leaves no lawful heir or heirs. Benjamin A. Lanier is now living on the land which I have willed to my son Thomas B. Lanier at the death of his mother. I want Benjamin to stay where he is now living as long as my wife lives if he can, for he and Thomas to work all the lands or rent it, so that they make ample support for my wife and two widowed daughters Mary E. Wilson and Nancy S. Bizzell and their children. All they make more than a support as above named they can divide between themselves as may be right and they be not chargeable for any rent.
NINTH. Any money I may have on hand or due me, I want my Executors to collect and loan it in safe hands so as to pay our funeral expenses, and divide the balance if any equally among all the children.
TENTH. I own a small tract of cedar land containing nine acres and some poles in Rutherford County Tennessee, District No. 12, which if I do not dispose of myself, I want my executors to sell and make an equal division of the money between all of my children. Lastly, I appoint my sons Benjamin A. and William O. Lanier, my Executors to execute this my Last Will and Testament.
Lastly, I appoint my sons Benjamin A. and William O. Lanier my executors to execute this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in seal this the eighth day of February 1873.
William Lanier {Seal}
Attest J. S. Ogilvie
W. R. Hazlewood.
Wm Lanier
in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Lanier
Age: 55
Birth Year: abt 1805
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Eastern Subdivision, Williamson, Tennessee
Post Office: College Grove
Family Number: 781
Value of Real Estate: $9,200
Value of Personal Property: $7,910
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm Lanier 55
M C Lanier 50
B A Lanier 30
W O Lanier 19
L A Lanier 18
Thos B Lanier 13
1860 Family Number: 779
Lucy Andrews 61 Real Estate $12,000 PP: 17,375
Lucy Andrews 22
Robert Andrews 19
1860 Family No. 780
Horace Andrews 25 Personal property $2,260
Mary Andrews 14
T B Lanier
in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: T B Lanier
Age in 1870: 23
Birth Year: abt 1847
Home in 1870: District 21, Williamson, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Jordans Store
Value of real estate: $6,000
Value of Personal property: $3,748
Household Members:
Name Age
W A Lanier 66
M C Lanier 60
T B Lanier 23
From Jones Andrews' probate records:
The testator died testate and possessed of a certain tract or parcel of land situated being and lying in the County of Williamson, in the State of Tennessee containing four hundred acres more or less and in the 2nd Civil District of said county, bounded on the north by the lands of William Burris; On the west by the lands of William Rucker; On the South by the lands of Adam White; South and East by the lands of Meathias Wilson; and East by the lands of William Lanier and William dlemise__.
In Williamson County, Tennessee on December 16, 1830, William Lanier married Martha Carolina Tanner (8/13/1809 VA–7/3/1876), daughter of Richard and Nancy Tanner, and they had the following children:
1. Benjamin Allen Lanier (9/25/1831–2/22/1905), in December, 1869 he married Jamima Lavinia Corlette (1839–1891) and they had the following children: William Corlette Lanier (1870–____); Benjamin Bugg Lanier (1873–1877); George A. Lanier (1876–____) married Lizzie Ezell September 19, 1905 in Bedford County, TN; and Mary Caroline Lanier (1884–1972).
2. Mary Elizabeth Lanier (4/20/1833–8/1 1921), married Samuel Boone Wilson (1833–1864) and they had the following children: Alice Ida Wilson (1855–1928); Laura Ann Wilson (1857–1950); Samuel Boone Wilson (1862–1920); and Eunice Wilson.
3. Nancy Sarah Lanier (10/7/1835–____), married Curtis Bizzle.
4. Richard Nicholas Lanier (10/7/1835–9/2/1836)
5. Martha Emaline Lanier (Nov. 11, 1837 - Mar. 16, 1885), married George Robert Tucker (2/4/1830–8/1895).
6. William Osborn Lanier (8/25/1840–6/21/1907 Wilson CO., TN), married on January 16, 1868 in Williamson County, TN Lavonia J. Wilson (7/17/1844–1/29/1933 Henderson, Rusk Co., TX) and they had the following children: Charles A. Lanier (1869–____); Beulah A. Lanier (1872–___); and William "Ham" Lanier (1875–1890)
7. Lucy Ann Lanier (2/11/1842–bef 8/1931), married Thomas Jefferson Wilson (___–1937) and they had the following children: Flossie Emma Wilson (1900–1942); Walter B. Wilson; Cora Wilson and Oliver C. Wilson.
8. Thomas Bugg Lanier (9/1/1846–1/16/1901)
William Lanier
in the U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
[Most likely this is our William Lanier since Owen Hill Road is in College Grove, TN, close to where William Lanier and his bother-in-law Jones Andrews had their farms]
Name: William Lanier
Post Office Location: Owen Hill, Williamson, Tennessee
Appointment Date: 25 Sep 1847
Volume #: 14
Volume Year Range: 1842-1858
WILL OF WILLIAM LANIER:
William Lanier deceased Will August Term 1878
I, William Lanier of Williamson County and State of Tennessee do make this as my Last Will and Testament in the form that follows:
FIRST. I give to my wife Martha C. Lanier my tract of land on which I now live during her life. I also give her choice of Five horses or mules or a portion of each so as to make the number five. I further give her choice of two cows and calves, twelve sheep, and all the hogs. I also give her all my household and kitchen furniture all of my farming implements, wagon, buggy, as well as everything belonging to my farm for her use and support. The horses, cows and sheep that I may leave, except those above given my wife, I want sold by my Executors hereafter named and appointed by me on a credit of twelve months and the money equally divided between all of my children. At the death of my wife it is my will that all of the personal property she may leave be sold to the highest bidder on a credit of twelve months and the money derived from such sale be divided equally between all of my children.
SECOND. It is my will that at the death of my wife all such things that she may leave as beds, bedcloths, table cloths, hand towels /c; - be divided equally among my children. They may agree and divide them themselves or get some disinterested parties to do the same for them, so that each one may get about an equal portion.
THIRD. At the death of my wife I give to my son Thomas B. Lanier the Tract of Land that I bought of W.V. Andrews, one hundred and three acres more or less. [IT IS BELIEVED THAT, OF THE 400 + ACRE FARM OF JONES ANDREWS, THIS IS THE LOT WILLIAN VARNEY ANDREWS BOUGHT FROM THE ESTATE OF HIS FATHER, JONES ANDREWS, THAT CONTAINED THE HOME IN WHICH JONES AND LUCY ANDREWS RAISED THEIR CHILDREN. JONES IS WILLIAM LANIER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, JONES HAVING MARRIED WILLIAM LANIER'S SISTER LUCY LANIER.]
FOURTH. I give to my son, William O. Lanier, Eight Hundred dollars in money, and twenty acres of land, it being on my south boundary line, it being a part of the tract of land I bought of Johnson Jordan, and originally belonging to the tract that my son, W. O. Lanier now owns and lives upon.
FIFTH. I give to my son Benjamin A. Lanier the balance of my home tract containing two hundred and eight acres, more or less, and he is to pay each one of my four daughters the sum of twelve hundred dollars their portion of my land estate.
SIXTH - I appoint my sons Benjamin A and William O. Lanier my trustees in trust for my daughters Mary E. Wilson, Nancy S. Bizzell, and Lucy A. Wilson, to hold their shares above willed and pay the same to them as they may severelly stand in need. Their land money will be due them one year after the death of my wife. If it be their wish, my trustees may buy them a home with their money so as to secure the right to them and their children for their use and benefit. I hold a claim against Nancy S. Bizzell for money paid out for her, amounting to seventy seven dollars, that may be deducted from her share. I also hold a claim against Thomas J. Wilson for forty seven dollars and seventy two cents which may be taken from Lucy A. Wilson's share neither of them to be charged interest on the above claims.
SEVENTH - Martha E. Tucker may have her share of money as soon as it is due which will be one year after the death of my wife. Martha has no children and should she die leaving none, it is my will that at her death or that of her husband Geo. R. Tucker, should he survive her, that all moneys they may receive from my estate be paid back to my Executors and the same be equally divided between my other children.
EIGHT. It is my will that my trustees above named act as trustees in trust for my son Thomas B. Lanier and see that he is not wronged out of what I give him, he is not competent to buy or sell without the consent of my trustees, and at his death what I give him must be equally divided between my other children provided he leaves no lawful heir or heirs. Benjamin A. Lanier is now living on the land which I have willed to my son Thomas B. Lanier at the death of his mother. I want Benjamin to stay where he is now living as long as my wife lives if he can, for he and Thomas to work all the lands or rent it, so that they make ample support for my wife and two widowed daughters Mary E. Wilson and Nancy S. Bizzell and their children. All they make more than a support as above named they can divide between themselves as may be right and they be not chargeable for any rent.
NINTH. Any money I may have on hand or due me, I want my Executors to collect and loan it in safe hands so as to pay our funeral expenses, and divide the balance if any equally among all the children.
TENTH. I own a small tract of cedar land containing nine acres and some poles in Rutherford County Tennessee, District No. 12, which if I do not dispose of myself, I want my executors to sell and make an equal division of the money between all of my children. Lastly, I appoint my sons Benjamin A. and William O. Lanier, my Executors to execute this my Last Will and Testament.
Lastly, I appoint my sons Benjamin A. and William O. Lanier my executors to execute this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in seal this the eighth day of February 1873.
William Lanier {Seal}
Attest J. S. Ogilvie
W. R. Hazlewood.
Wm Lanier
in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Lanier
Age: 55
Birth Year: abt 1805
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Eastern Subdivision, Williamson, Tennessee
Post Office: College Grove
Family Number: 781
Value of Real Estate: $9,200
Value of Personal Property: $7,910
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm Lanier 55
M C Lanier 50
B A Lanier 30
W O Lanier 19
L A Lanier 18
Thos B Lanier 13
1860 Family Number: 779
Lucy Andrews 61 Real Estate $12,000 PP: 17,375
Lucy Andrews 22
Robert Andrews 19
1860 Family No. 780
Horace Andrews 25 Personal property $2,260
Mary Andrews 14
T B Lanier
in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: T B Lanier
Age in 1870: 23
Birth Year: abt 1847
Home in 1870: District 21, Williamson, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Jordans Store
Value of real estate: $6,000
Value of Personal property: $3,748
Household Members:
Name Age
W A Lanier 66
M C Lanier 60
T B Lanier 23
It appears from the below that William Lanier's farm was contiguous and to the East of his brother-in-law Jones Andrews's 400+ acre farm. Jones married William Lanier's sister Lucy.
From Jones Andrews' probate records:
The testator died testate and possessed of a certain tract or parcel of land situated being and lying in the County of Williamson, in the State of Tennessee containing four hundred acres more or less and in the 2nd Civil District of said county, bounded on the north by the lands of William Burris; On the west by the lands of William Rucker; On the South by the lands of Adam White; South and East by the lands of Meathias Wilson; and East by the lands of William Lanier and William dlemise__.
In Williamson County, Tennessee on December 16, 1830, William Lanier married Martha Carolina Tanner (8/13/1809 VA–7/3/1876), daughter of Richard and Nancy Tanner, and they had the following children:
1. Benjamin Allen Lanier (9/25/1831–2/22/1905), in December, 1869 he married Jamima Lavinia Corlette (1839–1891) and they had the following children: William Corlette Lanier (1870–____); Benjamin Bugg Lanier (1873–1877); George A. Lanier (1876–____) married Lizzie Ezell September 19, 1905 in Bedford County, TN; and Mary Caroline Lanier (1884–1972).
2. Mary Elizabeth Lanier (4/20/1833–8/1 1921), married Samuel Boone Wilson (1833–1864) and they had the following children: Alice Ida Wilson (1855–1928); Laura Ann Wilson (1857–1950); Samuel Boone Wilson (1862–1920); and Eunice Wilson.
3. Nancy Sarah Lanier (10/7/1835–____), married Curtis Bizzle.
4. Richard Nicholas Lanier (10/7/1835–9/2/1836)
5. Martha Emaline Lanier (Nov. 11, 1837 - Mar. 16, 1885), married George Robert Tucker (2/4/1830–8/1895).
6. William Osborn Lanier (8/25/1840–6/21/1907 Wilson CO., TN), married on January 16, 1868 in Williamson County, TN Lavonia J. Wilson (7/17/1844–1/29/1933 Henderson, Rusk Co., TX) and they had the following children: Charles A. Lanier (1869–____); Beulah A. Lanier (1872–___); and William "Ham" Lanier (1875–1890)
7. Lucy Ann Lanier (2/11/1842–bef 8/1931), married Thomas Jefferson Wilson (___–1937) and they had the following children: Flossie Emma Wilson (1900–1942); Walter B. Wilson; Cora Wilson and Oliver C. Wilson.
8. Thomas Bugg Lanier (9/1/1846–1/16/1901)
William Lanier
in the U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
[Most likely this is our William Lanier since Owen Hill Road is in College Grove, TN, close to where William Lanier and his bother-in-law Jones Andrews had their farms]
Name: William Lanier
Post Office Location: Owen Hill, Williamson, Tennessee
Appointment Date: 25 Sep 1847
Volume #: 14
Volume Year Range: 1842-1858
WILL OF WILLIAM LANIER:
William Lanier deceased Will August Term 1878
I, William Lanier of Williamson County and State of Tennessee do make this as my Last Will and Testament in the form that follows:
FIRST. I give to my wife Martha C. Lanier my tract of land on which I now live during her life. I also give her choice of Five horses or mules or a portion of each so as to make the number five. I further give her choice of two cows and calves, twelve sheep, and all the hogs. I also give her all my household and kitchen furniture all of my farming implements, wagon, buggy, as well as everything belonging to my farm for her use and support. The horses, cows and sheep that I may leave, except those above given my wife, I want sold by my Executors hereafter named and appointed by me on a credit of twelve months and the money equally divided between all of my children. At the death of my wife it is my will that all of the personal property she may leave be sold to the highest bidder on a credit of twelve months and the money derived from such sale be divided equally between all of my children.
SECOND. It is my will that at the death of my wife all such things that she may leave as beds, bedcloths, table cloths, hand towels /c; - be divided equally among my children. They may agree and divide them themselves or get some disinterested parties to do the same for them, so that each one may get about an equal portion.
THIRD. At the death of my wife I give to my son Thomas B. Lanier the Tract of Land that I bought of W.V. Andrews, one hundred and three acres more or less. [IT IS BELIEVED THAT, OF THE 400 + ACRE FARM OF JONES ANDREWS, THIS IS THE LOT WILLIAN VARNEY ANDREWS BOUGHT FROM THE ESTATE OF HIS FATHER, JONES ANDREWS, THAT CONTAINED THE HOME IN WHICH JONES AND LUCY ANDREWS RAISED THEIR CHILDREN. JONES IS WILLIAM LANIER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, JONES HAVING MARRIED WILLIAM LANIER'S SISTER LUCY LANIER.]
FOURTH. I give to my son, William O. Lanier, Eight Hundred dollars in money, and twenty acres of land, it being on my south boundary line, it being a part of the tract of land I bought of Johnson Jordan, and originally belonging to the tract that my son, W. O. Lanier now owns and lives upon.
FIFTH. I give to my son Benjamin A. Lanier the balance of my home tract containing two hundred and eight acres, more or less, and he is to pay each one of my four daughters the sum of twelve hundred dollars their portion of my land estate.
SIXTH - I appoint my sons Benjamin A and William O. Lanier my trustees in trust for my daughters Mary E. Wilson, Nancy S. Bizzell, and Lucy A. Wilson, to hold their shares above willed and pay the same to them as they may severelly stand in need. Their land money will be due them one year after the death of my wife. If it be their wish, my trustees may buy them a home with their money so as to secure the right to them and their children for their use and benefit. I hold a claim against Nancy S. Bizzell for money paid out for her, amounting to seventy seven dollars, that may be deducted from her share. I also hold a claim against Thomas J. Wilson for forty seven dollars and seventy two cents which may be taken from Lucy A. Wilson's share neither of them to be charged interest on the above claims.
SEVENTH - Martha E. Tucker may have her share of money as soon as it is due which will be one year after the death of my wife. Martha has no children and should she die leaving none, it is my will that at her death or that of her husband Geo. R. Tucker, should he survive her, that all moneys they may receive from my estate be paid back to my Executors and the same be equally divided between my other children.
EIGHT. It is my will that my trustees above named act as trustees in trust for my son Thomas B. Lanier and see that he is not wronged out of what I give him, he is not competent to buy or sell without the consent of my trustees, and at his death what I give him must be equally divided between my other children provided he leaves no lawful heir or heirs. Benjamin A. Lanier is now living on the land which I have willed to my son Thomas B. Lanier at the death of his mother. I want Benjamin to stay where he is now living as long as my wife lives if he can, for he and Thomas to work all the lands or rent it, so that they make ample support for my wife and two widowed daughters Mary E. Wilson and Nancy S. Bizzell and their children. All they make more than a support as above named they can divide between themselves as may be right and they be not chargeable for any rent.
NINTH. Any money I may have on hand or due me, I want my Executors to collect and loan it in safe hands so as to pay our funeral expenses, and divide the balance if any equally among all the children.
TENTH. I own a small tract of cedar land containing nine acres and some poles in Rutherford County Tennessee, District No. 12, which if I do not dispose of myself, I want my executors to sell and make an equal division of the money between all of my children. Lastly, I appoint my sons Benjamin A. and William O. Lanier, my Executors to execute this my Last Will and Testament.
Lastly, I appoint my sons Benjamin A. and William O. Lanier my executors to execute this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in seal this the eighth day of February 1873.
William Lanier {Seal}
Attest J. S. Ogilvie
W. R. Hazlewood.
Wm Lanier
in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Lanier
Age: 55
Birth Year: abt 1805
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Eastern Subdivision, Williamson, Tennessee
Post Office: College Grove
Family Number: 781
Value of Real Estate: $9,200
Value of Personal Property: $7,910
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm Lanier 55
M C Lanier 50
B A Lanier 30
W O Lanier 19
L A Lanier 18
Thos B Lanier 13
1860 Family Number: 779
Lucy Andrews 61 Real Estate $12,000 PP: 17,375
Lucy Andrews 22
Robert Andrews 19
1860 Family No. 780
Horace Andrews 25 Personal property $2,260
Mary Andrews 14
T B Lanier
in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: T B Lanier
Age in 1870: 23
Birth Year: abt 1847
Home in 1870: District 21, Williamson, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Jordans Store
Value of real estate: $6,000
Value of Personal property: $3,748
Household Members:
Name Age
W A Lanier 66
M C Lanier 60
T B Lanier 23
From Jones Andrews' probate records:
The testator died testate and possessed of a certain tract or parcel of land situated being and lying in the County of Williamson, in the State of Tennessee containing four hundred acres more or less and in the 2nd Civil District of said county, bounded on the north by the lands of William Burris; On the west by the lands of William Rucker; On the South by the lands of Adam White; South and East by the lands of Meathias Wilson; and East by the lands of William Lanier and William dlemise__.
In Williamson County, Tennessee on December 16, 1830, William Lanier married Martha Carolina Tanner (8/13/1809 VA–7/3/1876), daughter of Richard and Nancy Tanner, and they had the following children:
1. Benjamin Allen Lanier (9/25/1831–2/22/1905), in December, 1869 he married Jamima Lavinia Corlette (1839–1891) and they had the following children: William Corlette Lanier (1870–____); Benjamin Bugg Lanier (1873–1877); George A. Lanier (1876–____) married Lizzie Ezell September 19, 1905 in Bedford County, TN; and Mary Caroline Lanier (1884–1972).
2. Mary Elizabeth Lanier (4/20/1833–8/1 1921), married Samuel Boone Wilson (1833–1864) and they had the following children: Alice Ida Wilson (1855–1928); Laura Ann Wilson (1857–1950); Samuel Boone Wilson (1862–1920); and Eunice Wilson.
3. Nancy Sarah Lanier (10/7/1835–____), married Curtis Bizzle.
4. Richard Nicholas Lanier (10/7/1835–9/2/1836)
5. Martha Emaline Lanier (Nov. 11, 1837 - Mar. 16, 1885), married George Robert Tucker (2/4/1830–8/1895).
6. William Osborn Lanier (8/25/1840–6/21/1907 Wilson CO., TN), married on January 16, 1868 in Williamson County, TN Lavonia J. Wilson (7/17/1844–1/29/1933 Henderson, Rusk Co., TX) and they had the following children: Charles A. Lanier (1869–____); Beulah A. Lanier (1872–___); and William "Ham" Lanier (1875–1890)
7. Lucy Ann Lanier (2/11/1842–bef 8/1931), married Thomas Jefferson Wilson (___–1937) and they had the following children: Flossie Emma Wilson (1900–1942); Walter B. Wilson; Cora Wilson and Oliver C. Wilson.
8. Thomas Bugg Lanier (9/1/1846–1/16/1901)
William Lanier
in the U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
[Most likely this is our William Lanier since Owen Hill Road is in College Grove, TN, close to where William Lanier and his bother-in-law Jones Andrews had their farms]
Name: William Lanier
Post Office Location: Owen Hill, Williamson, Tennessee
Appointment Date: 25 Sep 1847
Volume #: 14
Volume Year Range: 1842-1858
WILL OF WILLIAM LANIER:
William Lanier deceased Will August Term 1878
I, William Lanier of Williamson County and State of Tennessee do make this as my Last Will and Testament in the form that follows:
FIRST. I give to my wife Martha C. Lanier my tract of land on which I now live during her life. I also give her choice of Five horses or mules or a portion of each so as to make the number five. I further give her choice of two cows and calves, twelve sheep, and all the hogs. I also give her all my household and kitchen furniture all of my farming implements, wagon, buggy, as well as everything belonging to my farm for her use and support. The horses, cows and sheep that I may leave, except those above given my wife, I want sold by my Executors hereafter named and appointed by me on a credit of twelve months and the money equally divided between all of my children. At the death of my wife it is my will that all of the personal property she may leave be sold to the highest bidder on a credit of twelve months and the money derived from such sale be divided equally between all of my children.
SECOND. It is my will that at the death of my wife all such things that she may leave as beds, bedcloths, table cloths, hand towels /c; - be divided equally among my children. They may agree and divide them themselves or get some disinterested parties to do the same for them, so that each one may get about an equal portion.
THIRD. At the death of my wife I give to my son Thomas B. Lanier the Tract of Land that I bought of W.V. Andrews, one hundred and three acres more or less. [IT IS BELIEVED THAT, OF THE 400 + ACRE FARM OF JONES ANDREWS, THIS IS THE LOT WILLIAN VARNEY ANDREWS BOUGHT FROM THE ESTATE OF HIS FATHER, JONES ANDREWS, THAT CONTAINED THE HOME IN WHICH JONES AND LUCY ANDREWS RAISED THEIR CHILDREN. JONES IS WILLIAM LANIER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, JONES HAVING MARRIED WILLIAM LANIER'S SISTER LUCY LANIER.]
FOURTH. I give to my son, William O. Lanier, Eight Hundred dollars in money, and twenty acres of land, it being on my south boundary line, it being a part of the tract of land I bought of Johnson Jordan, and originally belonging to the tract that my son, W. O. Lanier now owns and lives upon.
FIFTH. I give to my son Benjamin A. Lanier the balance of my home tract containing two hundred and eight acres, more or less, and he is to pay each one of my four daughters the sum of twelve hundred dollars their portion of my land estate.
SIXTH - I appoint my sons Benjamin A and William O. Lanier my trustees in trust for my daughters Mary E. Wilson, Nancy S. Bizzell, and Lucy A. Wilson, to hold their shares above willed and pay the same to them as they may severelly stand in need. Their land money will be due them one year after the death of my wife. If it be their wish, my trustees may buy them a home with their money so as to secure the right to them and their children for their use and benefit. I hold a claim against Nancy S. Bizzell for money paid out for her, amounting to seventy seven dollars, that may be deducted from her share. I also hold a claim against Thomas J. Wilson for forty seven dollars and seventy two cents which may be taken from Lucy A. Wilson's share neither of them to be charged interest on the above claims.
SEVENTH - Martha E. Tucker may have her share of money as soon as it is due which will be one year after the death of my wife. Martha has no children and should she die leaving none, it is my will that at her death or that of her husband Geo. R. Tucker, should he survive her, that all moneys they may receive from my estate be paid back to my Executors and the same be equally divided between my other children.
EIGHT. It is my will that my trustees above named act as trustees in trust for my son Thomas B. Lanier and see that he is not wronged out of what I give him, he is not competent to buy or sell without the consent of my trustees, and at his death what I give him must be equally divided between my other children provided he leaves no lawful heir or heirs. Benjamin A. Lanier is now living on the land which I have willed to my son Thomas B. Lanier at the death of his mother. I want Benjamin to stay where he is now living as long as my wife lives if he can, for he and Thomas to work all the lands or rent it, so that they make ample support for my wife and two widowed daughters Mary E. Wilson and Nancy S. Bizzell and their children. All they make more than a support as above named they can divide between themselves as may be right and they be not chargeable for any rent.
NINTH. Any money I may have on hand or due me, I want my Executors to collect and loan it in safe hands so as to pay our funeral expenses, and divide the balance if any equally among all the children.
TENTH. I own a small tract of cedar land containing nine acres and some poles in Rutherford County Tennessee, District No. 12, which if I do not dispose of myself, I want my executors to sell and make an equal division of the money between all of my children. Lastly, I appoint my sons Benjamin A. and William O. Lanier, my Executors to execute this my Last Will and Testament.
Lastly, I appoint my sons Benjamin A. and William O. Lanier my executors to execute this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in seal this the eighth day of February 1873.
William Lanier {Seal}
Attest J. S. Ogilvie
W. R. Hazlewood.
Wm Lanier
in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Lanier
Age: 55
Birth Year: abt 1805
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Eastern Subdivision, Williamson, Tennessee
Post Office: College Grove
Family Number: 781
Value of Real Estate: $9,200
Value of Personal Property: $7,910
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm Lanier 55
M C Lanier 50
B A Lanier 30
W O Lanier 19
L A Lanier 18
Thos B Lanier 13
1860 Family Number: 779
Lucy Andrews 61 Real Estate $12,000 PP: 17,375
Lucy Andrews 22
Robert Andrews 19
1860 Family No. 780
Horace Andrews 25 Personal property $2,260
Mary Andrews 14
T B Lanier
in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: T B Lanier
Age in 1870: 23
Birth Year: abt 1847
Home in 1870: District 21, Williamson, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Jordans Store
Value of real estate: $6,000
Value of Personal property: $3,748
Household Members:
Name Age
W A Lanier 66
M C Lanier 60
T B Lanier 23
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Thought buried here at family cemetery on or near his farm.
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