Randolph Lane
Generation No. 1
RANDOLPH LANE was born April 09, 1803 in say Amherst Co., VA, and died July 25, 1879 in Randolph Co., AR. He married BIDDY LEWIS 1825 in Tennessee. She was born July 09, 1803 in SC, and died March 24, 1879 in Randolph Co., AR.
Notes for RANDOLPH LANE:
LDS Library: Micofilm US/CAN 927-273 L24WI; Film # 31697576, Item 16 (1697576 - item 16). Taken from page 66.
Randolph Lane was born in 1768, the son of Thomas and Mary Lane. He married 18 Sept 1789 in Amherst Co., VA to Mary Robertson. Mary was born in 1772, reportedly the daughter of Arthur Robertson who consented to the marriage and was a neighbor of Thomas Lane. Randolph was listed on the tax lists in Amherst County with his father in 1789 and 1788 and separately, as head of household after his marriage, in 1791, 1792, 1794 and 1795. He is not found on the tax lists after that date. One Randolph Lane aged 20 to 30 was enumerated in the 1830 census of Cocke Co., TN.
[My remarks: I believe the last line of the above paragraph is referring to our Randolph). Cocke Co., TN borders the eastern edge of Tennessee and North Carolina.]
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According to census records, RANDOLPH LANE was born in Viriginia. His birth and death date are inscribed on his tombstone monument in the Reynolds Cemetery which is located on Hwy 93 between the old communities of Elm Store & Dalton in Randolph Co., AR. The first document that we believe we find our RANDOLPH is in Cocke County, Tennessee (situated in the eastern corner of the state whose southern boundary borders North Carolina). Fellow researcher, Gary D. Lane who now lives in Tennessee, has worked extensively with the 1830 Cocke Co., TN census records and has gleaned this information: Almost all of the Cocke County Court records were lost when the Court House burned December 30th 1876, as has been the fate of many counties over the years. We have nothing to confirm when and where RANDOLPH married BIDDY, we can only deduce it was between 1820 and 1825. In the 1830 Cocke County, TN census records there were five other LAIN/LANE families listed. Gary also writes: at present, it is my best guess that RANDOLPH'S father was named either JOHN or AZARIAH, and that he had brothers named JOHN (WILLIAM in this census) and MOSES (slighly older thatn RANDOLPH). The name name 'AZARIAH' is never found in RANDOLPH'S or JOHN'S families in later years. However, the names 'MOSES' and 'JOHN' appear frequently. Gary has successfully tied a William Lane (John) to Randolph along with some of the neighbors that went south and later to Missouri. Of the fiver other LAIN/LANE families listed in this census, all but Randolph and William (John) are again listed in the 1840 census.
1830 Cocke Co., TN - page 264
LAIN, Randolph living in the household males = 1-1-0-0-1 females = 2-0-0-0-1
males 0-5 yr = 1 (best guess is this is John b 1826)
males 5-10 = 1
males 10-15 = 0
males 15-20 = 0
males 20-30 = 1 (believe this is Randolph, he would be about 27 y/o at the time of this census)
females 0-5 = 2
females 5-10 = 0
females 10-15 = 0
females 15-20 = 0
females 20-30 = 1 (believe this is his wife, name possibly Biddy)
(Note: at the time of this census it appears that Randolph has fathered 4 children, 3 under the age of 5. It's these 4 children that I have not been able to identify.)
The following Land documents was obtained by Gary Dean Lane:
MARION COUNTY TENNESSEE REGISTERS OFFICE
LAND ENTRY TAKERS BOOKS, VOLUME 1, PAGE 119
AUGUST 18, 1831 No. 962
RANDOLPH LANE enters two hundred acres of land situated in Marion County on Cumberland Mountain on the dry fork of Coop Creek beginning on a stake thence North and West for Compliment, August 18, 1831
R. LANE, Locator
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