THIRD GENERATION

Daniel Lott (1791-1872) and Lucinda "Lucy" Peterson (1798-1848)

Daniel Lott was born on July 25, 1791 in Effingham County, Georgia, the son of Mark Lott and Delilah Jones. Daniel grew up in the portion of Effingham that became Bulloch County after 1802, subsequently moving to Montgomery and later Telfair Counties. There on August 26, 1814 he married Lucinda "Lucy" Peterson (1798-March 17, 1848), daughter of John Peterson, Sr. and Elizabeth Alford. Daniel and Lucy Peterson had a total of eleven children in the portion of Telfair County that became Coffee County in 1854. During this time Daniel served in Captain N.J. Holton's Company of militia from Appling County during the Indian Wars of 1838.

After the death of his first wife Lucy, Daniel remarried Francis "Fanny" Gaskins on October 26, 1848, with whom he had another four children. Daniel is also attributed with five illegitimate children by Catherine "Caty" Carver between 1840 and 1848, making a grand total of 20 children by three mothers between 1815 and 1857. Daniel Lott became a prominent public figure and wealthy landowner, and his house served as the first Coffee County courthouse in 1854 until the courthouse building was constructed in Douglas, Georgia. He also served as the Ordinary for the county between 1864 and 1870. Daniel died on June 19, 1872, and both he and his two wives are buried in the Douglas City Cemetery.

Children of Daniel Lott and Lucy Peterson

1. Mark Lott, born July 29, 1815; married 1st Charlotte "Hollan" Gaskin c1840 in Telfair Co., 2nd Rhoda Davis c1854 in Coffee Co.; died 1863 in Coffee Co.
2. Elizabeth Lott, born December 22, 1817; married John Paulk c1830 in Irwin Co., Ga.; died September 11, 1885 in Coffee Co.
3. Mary Ann Lott, born January 1, 1820; married Benjamin Pearson
4. Elisha Lott, born May 17, 1822; married Mary "Polly" Moore c1842 in Telfair Co.; died October 28, 1866 in Coffee Co.
5. Hester Ann Lott, born April 17, 1824; married Elias Moore c1841; died December 25, 1892 in Atkinson Co.
6. Joel Lott, born February 26, 1826; married Obedience "Beady" Vickers on December 2, 1847 in Irwin Co.; died January 7, 1895 in Atkinson Co.
7. Daniel Lott, Jr., born December 1, 1827; married Nancy Wilcox on April 3, 1853 in Appling Co.; died October 19, 1913 in Coffee Co.
8. John Madison Lott, born April 20, 1831; married Mary Jane Wilcox on December 27, 1849 in Telfair Co.; died October 6, 1907 in Coffee Co.
9. Narcissus Lott, born March 1, 1833; married William Francis Meeks on March 20, 1851 in Telfair Co.; died April 29, 1897 in Coffee Co.
10. Martha Jane Lott, born June 29, 1835; married John "Jack" Vickers on March 1, 1855 in Coffee Co.; died June 3, 1879 in Coffee Co.
11. Arthur Lott, born January 12, 1838; married Eliza Carver in February 1859 in Coffee Co.; died October 9, 1903 in Coffee Co.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: As is the case with the vast majority of the family bio pages on this site, some of the information and details regarding this family are derived from the voluminous research of my uncle Daniel Worth, now available online at my father Gene Worth's web site Worth and Solomon Genealogy. My aunt Iva Yeager also shared her own related research with me more than two decades ago, which first sparked my interest in genealogy. In addition, the broad genealogical outlines of many of these families were presented years ago by Huxford in his multi-volume set "The Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia," and I have also benefitted from the extensive research of John Griffin, who sent me a copy of his data in 1996.

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