Lemuel L. Lanier, Jr.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for GEORGIA with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor # A203551

In June 1771, Lemuel petitioned for 200 acres of land in St.

   George Parish, saying that "he had long been a resident 

of Georgia, had a wife and one child". This petition was
granted in August by the Governor. Lemuel Lanier was most
active during the Revolution, as shown in the Revolutionary
Records of Georgia. In 1778 he was appointed Sheriff for the
County of Burke; in May of that year he was paid L 156
(pounds) by the State for services in the Revolution; the
same year he was made Captain of those guarding the jail,
and was allowed L 100 over and above his pay for services
done the State: and up to 1781 was appointed for many other
duties. He was a Refugee Soldier, and received Certificate
#154 for 250 acres of Bounty land. In May 1782 he was chosen
a member of the Executive Council. In the list of Georgia
Troops he is listed as a Captain. In May 1784 he was
elected Justice of the Peace for Burke County; and when
Screven County was formed from Burke in 1793, Lemuel Lanier
was then living in the new county where he became the
first Register of Probate.

Taken from a conflattion:

Lemuel Lanier Jr [sic; this cannon be reconciled to the previous source, which has Lemuel as Sampson's son, THIS Lemuel, as the remainder of the source indicates is the son of John and Elizabeth and was born 1708 ] married Molly Pebbles 1746 who died 1754, then he married Ann Mary Unknown. Ann's Will clearly states that Elizabeth Lanier was her only heir and that her daughter's husband George Washington Davis is deeded a significant land grant in Ann's estate, which thus became Bryan Co. GA. Hence Ann Mary Unknown's maiden name is probably Bryan, which was a very prominent name in early American history.

Ref: Ref: https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/a/n/Wayne-D-Lanier/GENE1-0011.html Ref : https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84647654/lemuel-lanier

Lemuel was christened 14 June 1741, Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, United States. He died Mar 1786 Ref: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-VXFK : 28 September 2018), Lemuel Lanier, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 84647654, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

The URL below contains a volume of history for Lemuel Lanier, wife Hannah, and his family from which an excerpt is included below that lists his family and their birth dates including Lemuel JR: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191942790/lemuel-lanier

"SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES:

Lemuel, the second son of John and Elizabeth, was born about 1708 in Surry County and lived there until he moved to Duplin County, N.C. in about 1748. He married in 1732, Hannah, the daughter of THOMAS PETERS (Surry Deed Book 1734, P. 504). Their children are in the Albermarle Parish Register.

1. Thomas, born July 6, 1733. Surry Deed April, 14, 1755. 2. Elizabeth, born January 10, 1735. 3. John, born October 28, 1738, to Georgia 4. Lemuel, born April 12, 1741, to Georgia, Revolutionary Soldier 5. Benjamin, born May 31, 1744, to Georgia, Revolutionary Soldier to Mississippi at Pascagoula abt 1787, children to Louisiana".