James Henry Lanier

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James Henry Lanier

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brunswick County, Virginia
Death: December 24, 1786 (62)
Pitt County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Sampson Lanier and Elizabeth Lanier
Husband of Mary Lanier
Father of Buckner Lanier; Henry Lanier, Sr.; Nathaniel Lanier; James Lanier; Lydia Lanier and 6 others
Brother of Thomas Henry Lanier, Sr.; Arthur Lanier; Sampson Lanier, Jr.; Richard Lanier, Sr.; Elizabeth "Eliza" Washington Burch / Smith / Croft and 2 others
Half brother of Ann Christmas

Managed by: William Chandler Lanier, Jr.
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About James Henry Lanier

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor # A069084

He was the first of his family to leave Virginia (in 1761) for North Carolina, where he acquired a great deal of land and became a highly respected Justice and active political leader. He was a member of the Committee of Safely, sitting at Martinsborough, Pitt County, NC, and Chairman of the Provincial Congress of 1775. An engraving of an oil portrait of James Lanier by Gilbert Stuart was given to F. Lanier Graham by his Aunt Mary Munds. Wayne D. Lanier

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James Henry Lanier's Timeline

1724
November 11, 1724
Brunswick County, Virginia
1742
1742
Brunswick, VA, United States
1747
1747
1749
1749
1750
February 2, 1750
Southampton, VA, United States
1753
1753
1754
1754
1756
October 22, 1756
Brunswick County, Virginia, United States
1761
October 18, 1761
Brunswick County, Virginia
1764
June 23, 1764
Rockingham, Pitt County, North Carolina, United States