Display Patriot - P-233168

Lewis LANIER

SAR Patriot #: P-233168

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A069095

Birth: abt 1756 / Brunswick / VA
Death: 12 Feb 1839 / Screven / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

Served in Essex Co, VA militia and NC militia between 1778 and 1783
RECEIVED LAND GRANT 1832 LOTTERY
Served in GA state legislature

Additional References:

Pension Number R6153V
SMITH, 1832 CHEROKEE LAND LOTTERY, pg 38

Spouse: (1) Ann Eliza Butler; (2) Esther Butts Thorn
Children: Mary; Amy; Isaac; Noel; Clarissa; Thomas; Elizabeth; James; Sarah;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1964-04-24	GA	Unassigned	William Folks Varn (90817)	Elizabeth
1991-07-15	FL	215358	Earl Reid McLaughlin (137272)	Mary
1995-11-17	FL	206884	Jack Owen Cutchens (144126)	Mary
1996-03-22	FL	204237	James Trezvance McLaughlin (146172)	Mary
1996-03-22	FL	204238	Walter Lynn McLaughlin (146173)	Mary
1996-03-22	FL	204239	Thomas Reid McLaughlin (146174)	Mary
2005-03-03	GA	21874	Christopher Daniel Stokes (164131)	Amy
2015-02-26	GA	62227	John Thomas Trussell (191169)	Betsy
2017-12-31	GA	77375	Emory Lee Smith (196944)	Isaac
2020-06-05	AL	92043	James Benjamin Flemming Jr. (215520)	Mary/Polly

Burial:

Little Ogeechee Baptist Church Cemetery_(C-0099373)

Location:

Oliver / Screven / GA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2238363

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

32.519568 / -81.532489

Find A Grave Memorial #:

24970033

Marker Type:

SAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

10 Nov 2018

Comments:

Photo contributed by William Tankersley

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The church and cemetery are located at Oliver, Georgia, which lies at the intersection of Georgia Highways 17 and 24 in rural Screven County.
From the city of Sylvania, take Georgia Highway 21 South to the city of Newington, then turn right onto Georgia Highway 24 to the intersection with Georgia Highway 17
The church and cemetery are on the left side of the road just past the intersection of Highway 17 and 24, and is located at 225 Old Louisville Rd, Oliver, GA 30449

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Captain Lewis Lanier b. 1756 d. 2/12/1839 SCREVEN COUNTY, GEORGIA

He enlisted as a soldier in Essex County, Virginia and was taken prisoner and held for nine months on a British vessel. In 1790, he moved to Georgia and lived at Greene, St. Mary's, Jefferson, Bulloch, and Screven Counties, Georgia. He served as a member of the North Carolina and Georgia Legislatures and drew land in the 1832 Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery as a Revolutionary War Soldier and resident of Screven County.

Buried: Little Ogeechee Baptist Church Cemetery, Oliver, Georgia.

See: (1) Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, June/July 1975, p. 608.

(2) Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, v. 2, p. 2012.

(3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 340.

(4) Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, v. 3.

(5) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p.108.

Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.

A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.

Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA 30605-3408

Author: DeCody Brad Marble

Lewis Lanier born 1756 in Sussex County, Virginia and died 12 Feb 1839 in Screven County, Georgia.

On 21 Sep 1778, in Sussex County, Virginia, Lewis Lanier married Ann Butler born 20 Apr 1750 and died abt 1802.

Lewis Lanier served the State of Virginia and North Carolina as a Private during the Revolutionary War. Pension R.6153.

A volunteer, Lewis Lanier served under General Thomas Butler, his future Father-in-Law from marriage to daughter, Nancy Butler.

Fold3.com US Revolutionary War, Militia Military Memorial:

https://www.fold3.com/page/653597597-lewis-lanier

Gallery: Pension R.6153 has 93 pages (image documents)

Stories: (transcript of pension)

(1) Pension application of Lewis Lanier R6153 fn93 NC/VA Transcribed by Will Graves 4/3/10

Other References to Ancestor’s Revolutionary War services:

(1) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol III p 140.

(2) Genelaogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol: F-M p 2012.

(3) Smith, 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery, Page 381

Author: William Joseph Tankersley

Patriot Lanier served during the Revolutionary War as a soldier in Virginia and received a land grant for his service in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery. He is listed in the Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot Database under Ancestor A069095 and the Sons of the American Revolution Patriot Research System under Patriot #P-233168. More service related information can be found by clicking on the link to the pension application statement made by Thomas Lanier, son of Patriot Lewis Lanier, at http://revwarapps.org/r6153.pdf.

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