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Rev. LANIER Edmund, Sr

Male 1767 - 1840  (73 years)


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  • Name LANIER Edmund 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 1767  Brunswick, Prince George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1840  Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name:      Edmund Lanier
      Home in 1840 (City, County, State):      Davidson, Tennessee
      Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79:      1
      Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:      1
      Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79:      1
      Slaves - Males - Under 10:      2
      Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:      1
      Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:      1
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:      1
      Total Free White Persons:      3
      Total Slaves:      4
      Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:      7
    Residence 1840  Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 5 Nov 1840  Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Birth:      1767
      Brunswick County
      Virginia, USA
      Death:      Nov. 5, 1840
      Nashville
      Davidson County
      Tennessee, USA

      Rev. E. Lanier
      1767 - 1840


      Edmund Lanier was born 1767 in Brunswick Co., VA and died Nov. 5, 1840 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN.

      Edmund Lanier, son of Thomas and Mary (Collins) Lanier, and grandson of Robert and Priscilla (Washington) Lanier.

      Edmund Lanier, married 1st Patsy Walton, daughter of George and Angelina (?) Walton, Aug. 29, 1793 in Brunswick Co., VA.

      Children:
      Elizabeth E. (Lanier) Smith b: 1795 in VA. m: Charles Allison Smith.
      Angelina Lanier b: 1796 in VA.
      George Walton Lanier b: 1798 in VA.

      Edmund Lanier, married 2nd Amy Washington Goodrich, daughter of Benjamin and Lucy (Butler) Goodrich, on Oct. 27, 1800 in Greensville Co., VA. Benjamin Goodrich consents. John Goodrich, Sec.

      Children:
      (?) Lanier b: 1801 in VA.
      Lucy B. Lanier b: 1806 in Amherst Co., VA.
      Ann W. Lanier b: 1809 in Amherst Co., VA.
      Edmund Lanier Jr. b: Aug. 19, 1814 in Amherst Co., VA.

      Rev. Edmund Lanier and family relocated to Nashville Davidson Co., TN in 1819.




      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Amy Washington Goodrich Lanier (1770 - 1854)

      Children:
      Lucy B. Lanier (1806 - 1862)*
      Frances G Lanier (1809 - 1828)*
      Ann W. Lanier (1809 - 1873)*

      Edmund Lanier b. 1767 Brunnwick Co VA. d.NOV 15, 1840 in Nashville Tenn, Buried in City Cemetery. He was raised Quaker, but in Nov 1798 in Brunswick Co he was took the Oath of Fidelity; in May 1805 in Greensville Co. he was granted a license as a Methodist preacher to perform the rites of Matrimony. He was living in Amherst Co.VA, IN 1807, where he was one of many signers to a petition asking that a new county be formed, as Amherst was too large to conveniently travel to the court house. In 1810 he was living in the newly formed county Nelson. Between 1815 1nd 1820, he had attended the Southern andWestern Theological Seminary in Maryville, Tenn and by 1820 he had settled in Nashville, Tenn., where he lived until his death. He travelled extensively through the south preaching; in the early1823 he spent 2 months in La. and Miss. traveling more than 300 miles by land and 300 miles by water, and preached 31 sermons. In 1830. he was a visiting preacher in Talbot Co, Ga. He married first in Brunswick, Co. Va. August 29, 1793 Patsy Walton, daughter of George and Angelina Walton; he married second in Greenville Co, Oct 30 1800 to Amy Washington Goodrich, daughter of Benjamin Goodrich
    Person ID I4441  Booth Family
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2015 

    Father LANIER Thomas   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother COLLINS Mary   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 WALTON Patsy   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 29 Aug 1793  Brunswick County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. LANIER Elizabeth E.,   b. 1795, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. LANIER Angelina,   b. 1796, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. LANIER George Walton,   b. 1798, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F4165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2015 

    Family 2 GOODRICH Amy Washington,   b. 1770, Greensville County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1854, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1800  Greensville County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. LANIER Bech   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. LANIER Lucy B.,   b. 1806, Amherst County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. LANIER Ann W.,   b. 1809, Amherst County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul. 5, 1873, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     4. LANIER Edmund, Jr.,   b. 19 Aug 1814, Amherst County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Aug 1793 - Brunswick County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Oct 1800 - Greensville County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1840 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Nov 1840 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
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