I'm looking for something that recognizes the younger William H. Lanier as
the son of the elder William H. Lanier--a will or estate settlement or deed,
something of the sort.
Thank you for your reply,
Bettie Davis
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Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Virginia search
> What exactly are you looking for?
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> Did you look at the land tax and personal property tax records.
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> --- On Thu, 7/2/09, bbdavis7311 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: bbdavis7311 <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Virginia search
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> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 5:25 PM
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> I am an experienced researcher in Tennessee, but not as familiar with the
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> places to look to solve a problem I have worked on with one of my Virginia
> families.
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> I spent two days last month in the North Carolina State Library & Archives
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> two days in the Library of Virginia trying to discover proof that William
> Hicks
> Lanier, b. 25 Aug 1770 in Granville Co., NC, was the father of William
> Hicks
> Lanier, b. 4 July 1805 in NC. I had no success and fear now that I
> overlooked
> the best sources to search.
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> The younger one married Judith Cabaniss in Halifax Co., VA on 29 Sept 1826
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> moved from there to Dyer Co., TN after 1845. He named his first son John
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> name of his possible maternal grandfather, John Ballard) and his second
> son
> Thomas (name of his possible paternal grandfather, Thomas Lanier). Though
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> names Elizabeth and Mary were common, among his numerous children were
> names of
> his possible paternal grandmother, Elizabeth (Hicks) Lanier, and his
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> mother and maternal grandmother, Mary Garland Ballard.
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> I searched Halifax Co., VA deeds where I found one with William H. Lanier
> the
> trustee in 1823. As the younger William H. would have been under age (18),
> I'm
> assuming the elder William had moved to Halifax Co., VA. I searched Court
> Orders
> of Halifax Co., VA and found in 1823 one William H. Lanier qualified as
> deputy
> sheriff. Would a minor be selected deputy sheriff?
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> The younger William made a trust deed in 1842 in which part of the
> collateral
> was "all his interest in his father's estate." This could have been near
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> death date of his father, or it could have meant that his father's wife
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> still living. I have not found an estate settlement for a Lanier who could
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> the younger William H.'s father in either Halifax Co. VA or Granville Co.,
> NC
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> What have I overlooked?
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> Thank you,
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> Bettie Davis
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