Lewis Lanier 1753-1792

Lewis Lanier (son of Lemuel & Sara)was born 1753 in NC and died in Screven Co, Ga. 1792
He married Margaret ?

Children

#1 John Lanier 1778-1855
married Nancy Fitzpatrick 1795-unknown

#2 Frederick Lanier 1780-1845
He married in 1805 Elizabeth Studstill 1786- abt 1835

#3 Margaret Lanier 1782-1830
Married: Sherrod McCall 1765-

#4 Elizabeth Lanier 1784-?
Married Joseph Fletcher 1762-1848

#5 Benjamin Lanier 1786-1854
Married: Sara Pridgen

#6 Lewis Lanier 1789-1869
Married in 1811 to Celeste Pridgen (sister of Sara married to bro Ben)

#7 Allen Lanier 1791-1853
Married 1st Martha Hendrix in 1814
Married 2nd Lavina Gay

Lewis was a cornet in the Revolution. He married Margaret in Duplin GA. and settled in 1788 at Lotts Creek (near Aarons & Portal, Ga. in Effingham Co. Ga) In 1792, he drowned in a flash flood in the Ogeeche River, returning home from his brothers.

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