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About John Nathaniel Lancaster
Biography
John Nathaniel Lancaster was born on May 5, 1827, in Bellefonte, Madison County, Alabama, United States. His parents were Josiah Lancaster and Lucy Ann Lancaster (Hudson). When John Nathaniel Lancaster was born his father, Josiah, was 34 and his mother, Lucy, was 23.
John Lancaster was a school teacher and rancher in Bellefonte, AL. They moved to Lockhart, Caldwell County by 1883 and he remained a Texas resident until his death at age 92. His wife Mary Ann Lancaster (Jones) was also born in Bellefonte, AL. During the Civil War, he lived in Alabama, but he signed up and served as a Confederate Soldier in Texas Duff's Brigade, guarding the boarding of Mexico. [3] He was a rancher and farmer in Texas until retirement. He and his wife Mary Ann Lancaster (Jones) were wonderful parents, all of their surviving children received college degrees and many went on to receive graduate, doctorate, and medical degrees, but he filed for Texas Confederate Pension Benefits December 1, 1913, and was approved March 1, 1914, so it must have taken everything they had to educate the children.
John married Mary Ann Lancaster (Jones) on June 21, 1848, in Jackson, Al. Together they had the following children:
- William Horace Lancaster, MD;
- Henry Edgar Lancaster;
- Thompson Moses Lancaster;
- Mason Edward Lancaster;
- Landonia Madeline Heppenstall;
- Lucy Ann Ellison;
- Josiah Lee Lancaster.
He died on March 31, 1919, in Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, United States and was buried after March 31, 1918, in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, United States.
Military'
Texas Confederate- When the war broke out he chose to fight and protect the border of Texas from Mexico.
- Duff's 33rd Calvary
- Enlisted in Capt. Robinson's Company -
- Company C Duff's Regiment
- Served - Company at Captain Duff's Regiment on the Border of the Rio Grande River -
- Discharged in Austin, TX in 1865 after surrender. [https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/thirty-third-texas-cavalry]
THIRTY-THIRD TEXAS CAVALRY.
The origins of the Thirty-third Texas Cavalry began when James Duff organized the Fourteenth Texas Cavalry Battalion. Duff, an immigrant from Scotland, established a merchant business in San Antonio in 1856. In the summer of 1862, the Texas government ordered his Fourteenth Texas Cavalry Battalion to the Hill Country to break up the Union Loyal League, organized by German immigrants, and enforce the oath of allegiance. Fearing punishment, many Germans fled Texas for safety in Mexico and the North. Their flight out of the state led to one of the deadliest events in German Texan history. A number of members of the Union Loyal League, led by Maj. Fritz Tegener, Major Frederick Fritz Tegener were among the many Germans attempting to escape to Mexico. Confederate Texans, led by Duff, received news of their departure and attempted to stop their flight. The Texans intercepted the Germans on the west bank of the Nueces River twenty miles from Fort Clark, on August 10, 1862, at what was to become known as the battle of the Nueces. In the skirmish, the Fourteenth Texas Cavalry Battalion attacked and killed the majority of the fleeing immigrants.
After the battle of the Nueces, the Fourteenth Texas Cavalry Battalion expanded to the Thirty-third Texas Cavalry Regiment with the introduction of several Tejano companies raised by Colonel Santos Benavides, a successful merchant, rancher, and former mayor of Laredo. The newly-organized regiment patrolled the Rio Grande and defended against raiding bandits and Unionists from Mexico. By November 1863 Benevidas received permission to organize a new contingent, Benavides's Regiment, and he was promoted from major to colonel. After the departure of Benavides, the Thirty-third was spread across South and Central Texas with Duff and five companies stationed at Corpus Christi, one company camped at San Antonio, and the balance patrolling the lower Rio Grande. In April 1864 the regiment was removed to Bonham in North Texas because of supply shortages. By summer, the Thirty-third joined Sam Bell Maxey's command. As Gano's Brigade returned to Texas after their raid into the Indian Territory that resulted in the Second Battle of Cabin Creek, General Maxey attached Colonel Duff's Thirty-third Texas Cavalry to the brigade. These men, being fresh and rested, escorted Federal prisoners captured during the raid to Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas. As the war ended, the Thirty-third received a transfer to William P. Hardeman's Brigade and finally disbanded in May 1865. [http://lifeofthecivilwar.blogspot.com/2012/08/union-germans-in-conf...]
Children
Listed is the Lancaster Family Bible.
1. William Horace Lancaster, MD B May 2, 1849, Bellefonte, Jackson County, AL
2. Henry Edgar Lancaster B Oct. 28, 1850, Bellefonte, Jackson County, AL
3. Thompson Moses Lancaster May 23, 1823, died as an infant 1854 Bellefonte, Jackson County, AL
4. Mason Edward Lancaster B Oct 7, 1855, Bellefonte, Jackson County, AL
5. Laconia Madeline Happenstall (Lancaster) B Oct 20, 1858 Manor, Texas
6. Lucy Ann Ellison (Lancaster) B Nov. 8, 1861 Manor, TX
7. Josiah Lee Lancaster Born Jan. 30, 1854 died 26, 1947 San Antonio, TX
References
'References Lancaster From Virginia to Texas, by Mary Nixon Rogers (Stephens) to DAR Patriot Nathaniel Lancaster, I 83286 Creator Rogers, Mary Nixon Language English online Lancaster, from Virginia to Texas
- [http://lifeofthecivilwar.blogspot.com/2012/08/union-germans-in-conf...] Neighbors fighting neighbors
- [https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/thirty-third-texas-cavalry]
- [3] Clarence R. Wharton, Texas Under Many Flags, Vol. 4
- Deed of Gift from his grandfather, Captain John Hudson, dated June 8, 1840, Jackson County, Alabama. Teste Moses Jones, Clerk C.C. son Sr. Copy in Documents, important to trace Slaves and Slavery., with the property.
- Lancaster From Virginia to Texas, by Mary Nixon Rogers (Stephens) to DAR Patriot Nathaniel Lancaster, I
- Lancaster Family Bible
- John Nathaniel Lancaster listed as 2nd child born to John and Drucilla (LeGrand) Lancaster
- John Nathaniel Lancaster signed as Surety of Marriage Bond of his sister Judith Baker (Lancaster) to George W. Gills, July 22, 1814 * Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 7 2018, 17:14:15 UTC
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 23 2018, 23:03:23 UTC
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 7 2018, 17:14:15 UTC
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 7 2018, 17:18:37 UTC
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 23 2018, 23:03:23 UTC
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John Nathaniel Lancaster's Timeline
| 1827 |
May 5, 1827
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Bellefonte, Madison County, Alabama, United States
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| 1849 |
May 2, 1849
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Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama, Jackson County, Alabama, United States
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| 1850 |
October 28, 1850
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Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama, USA
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| 1853 |
May 23, 1853
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Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama, USA, Jackson County, AL, United States
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| 1855 |
December 7, 1855
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Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama
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| 1858 |
October 20, 1858
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Manor, Travis, Texas, USA, Manor, Travis County, Texas, United States
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| 1861 |
November 8, 1861
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Manor, Travis, Texas, USA, Travis, Falls County, Texas, United States
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| 1864 |
January 31, 1864
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Manor, Travis County, Texas, United States of America
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| 1918 |
March 31, 1918
Age 90
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Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, USA, Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, United States
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