The Lott Family of Mississippi

Version: 27 Jul 2018

The Lott Family of Marion County, Mississippi

Richard L. Tolman, Ph. D.

The Lotts were among the first settlers¹ of Marion County, Mississippi about 1806; they came from Tattnall County, Georgia. They came to Georgia from Edgecombe County, North Carolina in the early 1760’s. Everyone pretty much agrees that the Lotts came from Virginia to North Carolina, but that is where the agreement ends.

Considering all sources, genealogists and naïve family tree builders are pretty much divided about whether the Mississippi Lotts came to Virginia from the Netherlands or Southern England.² There is an unsubstantiated report,³ widely cited, that three Lott brothers (Emsley, Jesse, and John) came from Holland ‘in 1770’ {sic, should be 1670?} to settle on Long Island, New York. They were driven out by the British when they moved in on New Amsterdam (New York City) in the late 17th century. The record⁴ shows that a Pieter Lott immigrated in 1652 and settled in Flatbush, Kings, New York; he had children Engelbert (b. abt 1650), Hendrick (b. 10 May 1654), Pieter (b. 1656), Catrina, Johannes (John), and Abraham (b. 1670). The immigrant Pieter Lott was born⁵ 1626 at Reynerwout in Drenten (Drenthe), Netherlands the son of Engelbret and Sarah (Jennings) Lott; Sarah was English, born Hingham, Norfolk, England. The family is reported to be of French Huguenot origin.⁶ Engelbret was the son of Pieter (b. 1572) and Susanna (Reast) Lott of Drenthe; Engelbret was born 1600 in Drenthe and died 1631 in Walden, Essex, England. The Dutch family Lott of Flatbush, Kings, Long Island is documented in detail in A. V. Phillips The Lott Family in America⁷ and although there is ample opportunity for a link to the North Carolina Lotts, none is proven or suggested.

Alternatively, the Lotts might have originated in Nonington Parish, Kent, England. The immigrant William Lott and his wife Agnes Kingston arrived at Isle of Wight County, Virginia before 1662.⁸ It is not straightforward to connect these Lotts to the first Lott of this descendency, John Lott I, as the records are not there.

Of course, this author chose to believe the Dutch ancestry because it is so much better documented. But, facts are facts and one is not really free to choose among alternatives. Just on an off-chance, the author checked FamilyTreeDNA to see if any data were available on Lotts. Eureka—wonderful Y-DNA data⁹ that answers critical questions!

FYI, Y-DNA is the piece of chromosome 3 which specifies all the male hormone receptors and messenger proteins that are necessary to become a biological male (59 million base-pairs). The importance of this is that females do not possess these genes; and hence all males must inherit this piece of DNA unaltered from their fathers. The base-pair sequence of Y-DNA can be traced back for thousands of years. Roughly 2 mutations occur each generation and occasionally one of these mutations occurs in one of the key monitoring loci (when you have your Y-DNA sequenced they sequence the whole thing, but monitor specific highly-variable loci—typically 37 sites for the cheapest test—it can be expanded to 67 sites for more money). Based on the mutations that have occurred at each of these loci, your Y-DNA is placed in a ‘Haplogroup’ (=category) by those determining the base sequence.

The FamilyTreeDNA table on the Lott/Lett family displays Y-DNA datasets from 11 Lotts who descended from Mississippi Lott ancestors—they are all Haplogroup I-M223. There is one Y-DNA dataset from an individual who descends from Abraham G. Lott (1777-1866). Abraham is a grandson of Pieter Lott who immigrated to New Amsterdam from the Netherlands in the 17th century.¹⁰ He is Haplogroup J-M172—which unequivocally proves that the Mississippi Lotts do not come from the Netherlands! An English origin of the Virginia Lotts makes a lot of sense, as many of the early 18th century Lotts were Tories and their loyalty to the crown is easier to understand if you realize they have English origins.

From Virginia the Lotts went south settling in North Carolina (Edgecombe County), where the first generation of our sourced Lott genealogy begins with the first of three John Lotts (the first b. abt 1695). John Lott I, was born in Virginia, but went to Georgia and ended his days as an immigrant to British West Florida¹¹ (created in 1763 and available for colonization after 1772). There is little doubt that John I was a Tory¹² considering the timing and location of the initial land grant (200 acres in 1775) and the fact that most of his sons fought and died for the Royalist cause. John’s widow was successful in obtaining a land patent in 1778 for 78 acres on the Tombigbee River, granted to her dau (today in Alabama, north of Mobile).¹³,¹⁴

Meanwhile his son John Lott II (born 1715/1720) spent most of his life in North Carolina. The genealogists interested in the Lott family are not at all agreed about where this John Lott of Edgecombe County North Carolina is buried…all the bold claims,¹⁵ however, are without a body, a marker or a death record. A big source of the confusion is that there are actually TWO adult John Lotts in Edgecombe County in 1750 (probably father and son), this proven by the Edgecombe, North Carolina Deed Book 1, p. 13.¹⁶,¹⁷ There are also two sons named John Lott born in the early 1740’s to further complicate the picture.

One of these young John Lotts (b. 1745), probably a son of one of John Lott II’s brothers (George), went to Fairfield County, South Carolina about 1770 with other Lotts. Some say¹⁸ John went to South Carolina because Georgia ‘was full of Tories’ (perhaps a reflection of attitudes toward their cousins). In the 1790 U. S. census there are six Lott families in Fairfield County, South Carolina or closeby: George, Sarah, Mark, Joshua, William, and John (b. 1745, md. Elizabeth). In the 1790 census there are no Lotts in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The Jesse Lott which is the main subject of the Reeves descendency¹⁹ is a son of George Lott of Fairfield.

More to our interest, the other young John Lott, John Lott III (b. 1740, md Sallie Lightfoot), went to Georgia (lots of evidence—mostly land records, not all recounted here), but didn’t die there as many contend, but moved on to be an early settler of Marion County, Mississippi dying there abt 1808 at Washington County, Mississippi.²⁰

Clearly Generation One of our Lott family were flaming Tories. There are no records of any of the first generation having fought on the American side in the Revolutionary War. Most of Generation Two of the Lotts were already in Mississippi, but some were in Georgia which as already mentioned was a ‘Tory’ state. Georgia sent no representatives to the first Continental Congress in 1774 (they sent one delegate, Lyman Hall, to the second Continental Congress). The Georgians had prospered under Royalist rule and felt they needed the protection of British troops from Indian attack especially the Creeks and Cherokees.²¹ It is a fact that the Native Americans were pretty much under control after 1760 in all the colonies except Georgia. As the war progressed, the British strategy was to take advantage of strong Royalist support in Georgia (which existed virtually nowhere else except Long Island, New York) and therefore Georgia became a battleground in the years 1778-1780. By 1782, the British were in retreat and the patriots had the upper hand.²² By Generation Three the Lotts had changed sides; John Lott III was a patriot fighting for South Carolina and Georgia militia. Some suggest that it was his son Jesse Lott (23) who proposed the name of Marion County, Mississippi, named for Francis Marion ‘the Swamp Fox’, the most famous southern patriot of the Revolution.

It was necessary to develop an unusual number of collateral lines to assure the proper identity of all the Jesse’s. Jesse was a very popular name among the Lotts and there are often 3 or 4 Jesse Lott’s simultaneously generating records in one locality. As is always the case, many were misplaced in family trees, misspelled, coupled to the wrong woman, or sharing some other Jesse’s children.

A key reference for identifying and tying together the later generations of Lotts are the 1910 and 1920 censuses of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi.²³ Here in 1910 Jesse and Emilie Lott are living with their son Wilman Lott (often misread as William Lott) and his wife Elizabeth and their four year old son J(ames) Leston Lott. Many others have placed this four year old incorrectly with other parents and grandparents.

Figure 1. Cities and Towns of Marion County, Mississippi

(Columbia is very close to the center; the Lotts moved out to ‘Map Group 10’ before 1900)

Figure 2. Above are two overlays of Map Group 10 (Township 4-N, 17-W)

On the left are homesteads w/owners (most of the Lotts are in Section 25); on the right side is the highway overlay (two Jesse Lott’s {49 and 56} are neighbors in the 1910 census-probably on the two properties on the right margin of section 25).²⁴

The descendency from John b. 1695 to James Leston Lott proceeds as follows: John I (1, b. 1695), John II (2, b. 1722), John III (8, b. 1740), Luke (21, b. 1770), Joshua Samuel (29, 1802), Jesse Elisha (49, b. 1844), Wilman (59, 1879), and James Leston (76, b. 1905).

GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY

Generation 1

1. John Lott I was born abt 1695 at Virginia and died before 22 Jan 1778 at British West Florida (on the ‘Tombecky’ {Tombigbee} River 110 miles north of Mobile, Alabama).²⁵ He married (1) abt 1719 Elizabeth Joyner dau of John and Elizabeth (Brown) Joyner.²⁶ He married (2) before 1775 Emile ____. He filed on various lands in Edgecombe County, later in Duplin County, North Carolina and then in 1775 immigrated to British West Florida (he was a Tory as were many of his sons).²⁷

John and Elizabeth (Joyner) Lott had six children.

+ 2. i. JOHN LOTT II was born abt 1722 probably at Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He married (2) Bethany ____.

3. ii. DANIEL LOTT was born abt 1730. In 1764 he was filing on land in St. George’s Parish, Burke, Georgia.²⁸

4. iii. MARK LOTT was born abt 1733; wife unknown. He settled in Bladen County, North Carolina and then moved in 1770’s to Colleton County, South Carolina and finally to a plantation on the Edisto River in Edgefield County, South Carolina.²⁹ (at least 2 girls).

5. iv. JAMES LOTT was born abt 1735; he was a casualty in the Revolutionary War (Tory), died abt 1780 at South Carolina.³⁰ He enlisted in 1779 at Savannah, GA in Capt. John Murphy’s SC Royalists. He married Hannah ____.

6. v. JESSE LOTT was born abt 1733 and died 1782 at South Carolina as a loyalist (Tory)³¹ in the Revolutionary War. He married abt 1770 Sarah Frederick. (5 children). They lived in Edgefield County, South Carolina; he received a land grant in Colleton Co., Georgia in 1771. His estate was probated in Abbeville County, South Carolina, wife Sarah was administratrix. (5 children).

7. vi. ANN LOTT was born abt 1735.³²

Generation 2

2. John Lott II (John¹) was born abt 1722 probably at Isle of Wight County, Virginia (of Edgecombe County,³³ North Carolina, later Duplin County, North Carolina and finally Georgia abt 1761) and died after 1795³⁴ at Montgomery, Tattnall, Georgia.³⁵,³⁶ He married abt 1739 at North Carolina (1)³⁷,³⁸ unknown, died before 1764 and (2) Bethany ____. She was born 1724 and died 1795 at Georgia. There are various land records (patents, 1730-1750’s) in Edgecombe County and Duplin County for John and Elizabeth Lott.³⁹ They made the move to St. George’s Parish, Georgia in the 1760’s.

John and the unknown Mrs. Lott had eight children.⁴⁰,⁴¹

+ 8. i. JOHN A. LOTT III was born abt 1740 at Edgecombe County, North Carolina and died Jul 1808 at Washington County, Mississippi Territory. He was a tax collector and fought in the Revolutionary War. He married Sarah (Sally) Savin Lightfoot dau of John Lightfoot. She was born 1750.⁴²

9. ii. SOLOMON LOTT was born abt 1740 at Edgecombe County, North Carolina and died 1822 at Mississippi. He married Nancy Smith.⁴³ (9 children).

+ 10. iii. ARTHUR LOTT was born 1750/1 at Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He settled at Marion County, Mississippi abt 1806. His murder on 23 May 1812 at Washington, Mississippi began the Creek War (or Red Stick War) of 1813-1814. He married 1785 at Tattnall County, Georgia Sarah Ann (Watkins) Clapp.

11. iv. WILLIAM LOTT was born abt 1755 at Edgecombe County, North Carolina and died before 11 Apr 1822 at Marion County, Mississippi.⁴⁴ He married⁴⁵ (1) a Cherokee Indian⁴⁶ and (2) 22 Mar 1819⁴⁷ at Marion County, Mississippi Rebecca Harris. He was a Revolutionary War soldier in South Carolina and served under General Sumter in the South Carolina militia. In 1790 he was in Orangeburg District (south part, became Barnwell County, SC) with a wife and four daughters. He also moved to Mississippi with his brothers.⁴⁸ It was this Lott who donated the property on Lott’s Bluff to the town; the property was in the current downtown of Columbia, Marion County. As near as the author has been able to discern, Lott’s Bluff is southwest of the center of town toward the (Pearl) River. William moved back to Telfair County, Georgia and was a representative to the Georgia legislature in 1808-9. He had had one son, William b. 1820.

12. v. DANIEL LOTT was born 1744 at Edgecombe County, North Carolina and died 1 Feb 1782 at St. George’s Parish, Burke, Georgia. He married abt 1764 Mildred Wells.⁴⁹

13. vii. NATHAN GASH LOTT was born 1745. Wife unknown. He was an early settler in Effingham and Bullock Counties of Georgia; he was granted a patent for 100 acres in Effingham County 6 Dec 1790 that became a part of Bullock County. In 1802 he bought 300 acres of land in Montgomery County from his brother Absalom. It is thought that he went abt 1812 to Mississippi with his brothers.⁵⁰ (3 children: Nathan Jr., b. 1780, md Dicey Watts; Luke, b. abt 1782; and Sarah, b. abt 1792, md John L. Waterhouse).⁵¹

14. vii. ABSALOM LOTT was born 1746 at Duplin County, North Carolina and died 1825 at Mississippi. He also was an early settler of Montgomery County, Georgia and moved to Mississippi with his brother Arthur. He married abt 1781 at Duplin County, North Carolina Martha Jane (Patsy) Dorsey Lightfoot dau of Phillips Lightfoot IV and Susannah Dorsey.⁵² She was born 1763 at Antigua, West Indies and died 1862 at Mississippi . (5 children; a dau Elizabeth married Thomas Watts).⁵³

15. viii. MARK LOTT Sr. was born 1748. He married 28 Aug 1769 at Rowan County, North Carolina Mary Ledford.⁵⁴ He settled early in St. George’s Parish, Georgia (later Burk and Effingham Counties) and was granted a patent for 100 acres there in 1766. He is found in the 1790 census in Edgefield County, South Carolina with seven children.

16. ix. JOSHUA LOTT⁵⁵ was born abt 1760 at Duplin County, North Carolina.

John and Bethany Lott had a daughter.

17. i. MARY ANNA (POLLIE) LOTT was born abt 1775 of Tattnall County, Georgia. She married 1798 at Montgomery County, Georgia William Hatten.⁵⁶,⁵⁷ , They were very early settlers of Telfair County, Georgia (founded 1801). (6 children).

Generation 3

8. John Aaron⁵⁸ Lott III (John² John¹) was born abt 1740⁵⁹ at Edgecomb County, North Carolina (later Duplin County, North Carolina) and died Jul 1808 (age 68) at Washington County, Mississippi.⁶⁰,⁶¹ He married⁶² 1760 Sarah (Sally) Savin Lightfoot dau of John Lightfoot. Lott family tradition says she was full-blooded Cherokee,⁶³ but this remains unproven. Autosomal DNA analysis should answer the question definitely; Indian heritage is a popular myth among Americans, but is seldom born out. She was born abt 1748 at New Hanover County (which became Duplin County), North Carolina and died 1 Aug 1818 (age 70) at Tattnall County, Georgia.⁶⁴ John fought in the Revolution in a South Carolina Regiment.⁶⁵ Apparently, when British troops invaded Burke County, Georgia, John and his family fled to South Carolina where they assisted with supplies and provided military service to the militia.⁶⁶ His son, John Lott IV, was the first known settler of Marion County, Mississippi in the Creek Indian Nation; his passport, signed by the Governor of Georgia, is dated 6 Dec 1805.⁶⁷ The Lotts settled at what became known as ‘Lott’s Bluff’, later Columbia, Marion, Mississippi.⁶⁸ He and his brother William (11) donated⁶⁹ the land for the beginnings of the town of Columbia, county-seat of Marion County (Marion was one of the original counties at the time of Mississippi statehood in 1817).

John and Sallie (Lightfoot) Lott had six children.

18. i. JOHN LOTT IV was born 1762 in North Carolina and died before 1830 in Florida. He married Sarah Ann Jones.⁷⁰ He was the first settler of what became Marion County, Mississippi. In 1810 he lived in Wayne County, Mississippi. Seven children.⁷¹

19. ii. ELIZABETH LOTT was born abt 1764; she was single in 1808 and living with her brother Luke.⁷²

20. iii. MARK LOTT⁷³ was born 22 Jan 1769 at St. George Parish, Georgia (wasn’t Burke County until 1777) and died 1 Nov 1813 at Telfair County, Georgia; buried at Lone Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, at Telfair (now Coffee) County, Georgia. He married 14 Feb 1790 Delilah Jones.⁷⁴ She was born May 1771 at Orangeburg District, South Carolina and died 1848 at Telfair County, Georgia. Mark and his family were the only ones who stayed behind in Georgia and didn’t move with the rest to Mississippi. Nine children.⁷⁵

+ 21. iv. LUKE B. LOTT was born 1770 of Tattnall County, Georgia. He married abt 1801 Cynthia Herrin; she was born 1790. Eleven children, all but the first born in Marion County, MS.

22. v. ROBERT ALEXANDER LOTT was born abt 1775 at Georgia and died 14 Oct 1843 at Marion County, Mississippi. He married Sarah Tyner.⁷⁶

23. vi. JESSE LOTT born 1 Feb 1781 and died 14 Oct 1843 at Mobile, Mobile, Alabama. He married (1) Isabella Denmark and (2) Levicia Williams.⁷⁷

10. Arthur K. Lott (John² John¹) was born 1750 at Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He became a prominent citizen of Montgomery County, Georgia serving as tax collector and then representative from Montgomery County to the Georgia General Assembly.⁷⁸ He settled at Marion County, Mississippi abt 1806. He was murdered 23 May 1812 at Warriors Stand, Washington, Mississippi by the Chetocchefaula Indians, a branch of the Tallesee’s; this began the Creek War (or Red Stick War) of 1813-1814.⁷⁹ He married 1785 at Tattnall County, Georgia Sarah Ann (Watkins) Clapp. She was born 1768 and died 1830.

Arthur and Sarah Ann (Clapp) Lott had six children.

24. i. J. JOHN LOTT was born 1786 at North Carolina and died before 1820 at Mississippi. He married Ann Everett. She was born 1804. Eight children.⁸⁰

25. ii. ARTHUR LOTT Jr. was born 1788 at Screven, Georgia and died 22 Jan 1854 at Smith County, Texas. He married⁸¹ (1) 3 Apr 1812 at Jefferson County, Georgia Mary Triplett dau of William Triplett. He married (2) 1822 at Mississippi Elizabeth Watts, dau Thomas A. and Elizabeth (Lott) Watts.⁸² Two children with Mary and six with Elizabeth.

26. iii. SOLOMON LOTT was born 1790 and died 15 Sep 1848 at Marion County, Mississippi. He married⁸³ 6 Jan 1823 at Marion County, Mississippi Martha (Patsy) Warren.

27. iv. NATHAN LOTT was born 1794 at Georgia and died 1850 at Mississippi. He married 1817 at Mississippi Martha Fulgham. He was a veteran of the War of 1812.⁸⁴

28. v. WILLIAM LOTT was born 1795. He married⁸⁵ 9 Oct 1816 at Marion County, Mississippi Kilvenia/Killennie Jenkins.

Generation 4

21. Luke B. Lott (John³ John² John¹) was born 1770⁸⁶ at St. George Parish, (now Burke County), Georgia and died 1858 at Marion County, Mississippi. He married 15 Feb 1824 Cynthia Lee Herrin; she was born 1790 and died abt 1851. He served in the War of 1812, 13th Regiment, Nixon’s Command, Mississippi Militia.⁸⁷ Eleven children, all but the first born in Marion County, MS.

Luke and Cynthia (Herrin) Lott had eleven children.⁸⁸,⁸⁹,⁹⁰,⁹¹

+ 29. i. JOSHUA SAMUEL LOTT was born 3 Jul 1802 at Montgomery County, Georgia and died 1875 at Cheraw, Marion, Mississippi.

30. ii. JESSE (BULLY) LOTT was born 13 Jul 1805 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 1870. He married⁹² 22 Nov 1830 at St. Tammany, Louisiana Ellen E. Holden. She was born 1811 and died 1880.

31. iii. MARY POLLY LOTT was born 11 Jul 1808 at Marion County, Mississippi and died before 1850. She married⁹³ 13 Feb 1830 at Marion County, Mississippi John Whiddon. Four children.

32. iv. DARLING LOTT was born 1809 at Marion County, Mississippi. He married abt 1832 Lucinda ____.⁹⁴ Six children.

33. v. ABSALOM LOTT was born 3 Oct 1810 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 1885 at Texas. He married Canzada Burt.⁹⁵

34. vi. SYNTHIA LOTT was born 11 Mar 1812 at Marion County, Mississippi. She married Green Herring.

35. vii. SUSANNAH LOTT was born 16 Jul 1813 at Marion County, Mississippi and is probably buried⁹⁶ after 1860⁹⁷ at Grantham Cemetery, Lamar County, Mississippi. She married⁹⁸ 27 Jun 1832 at Marion County, Mississippi Henry Slade. He was born 1810 and died 1862. Thirteen children.

36. viii. JACKSON LOTT was born 25 Dec 1815 at Marion County, Mississippi. He married⁹⁹ 11 Dec 1837 at Carroll County, Mississippi Louisa Telford.

37. ix. JOHN LOTT was born 1821 at Marion County, Mississippi.

38. x. ELIJAH LOTT was born 1823 and died 1828 at Marion County, Mississippi.

39. xi. SAMUEL L. LOTT was born 1 Apr 1829 at Marion County, Mississippi. He died at Guadalupe County, Texas and had a will probated there 30 Jun 1851.¹⁰⁰

Generation 5

29. Joshua Samuel Lott (Luke⁴ John³ John² John¹) was born 3 Jul 1802 at Montgomery County, Georgia and died 1875 at Marion County, Mississippi; buried¹⁰¹ at Lott Memorial Cemetery. He had three children with his father’s first cousin¹⁰² Catherine (Kathie) Lott¹⁰³ a dau of Nathan (Nathan³ John II²) and Dicey (Watts) Lott. Joshua had children by her in the mid-1820’s (no marriage record has been discovered). She was born 1804 in Telfair County, Georgia and died 12 Sep 1884 at Marion County, Mississippi. She subsequently married (2) James Smith and (3) Madrid Miller.

Joshua married¹⁰⁴ 5 Feb 1824 Georgia Roseann Barnes. She was born 1809 at North Carolina and died 1909; they were raising a family together in 1850.¹⁰⁵ In the 1830 census¹⁰⁶ Joshua had a household of four white persons: two 20-49 yrs. and two less than 5 yrs. (both female); this has to be Joshua and Roseann with two daus, Julie Ann and Elizabeth Ann. He was a slaveholder; three slaves in 1866.¹⁰⁷

Figure 3. Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, about 1875.

Joshua and Kathie Lott had three children.

40. i. NATHAN LOTT was born 26 Nov 1825 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 18 Jun 1898 at Marion County, Mississippi.¹⁰⁸ He married (1) Eliza Powell. Five children, oldest was Katharine Ann.¹⁰⁹ He married (2) 22 Sep 1894 at Marion County, Mississippi Sarah Jane Burt.¹¹⁰

41. ii. GEORGE WASHINGTON LOTT was born 22 Sep 1826 and died 24 Nov 1896; buried¹¹¹ at Terry Cemetery, Hinds, Mississippi.¹¹² He married Ella T. Bracey.¹¹³,¹¹⁴

42. iii. RHODA LOTT was born 3 Oct 1828 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 17 Oct 1870 at Wiggins, Stone, Mississippi.¹¹⁵ She married abt 1848 at Covington County, Mississippi Thomas Rayburn.¹¹⁶

Joshua and Roseann (Barnes) Lott had eleven children.¹¹⁷,¹¹⁸

43. i. JULIA ANN LOTT was born 1827 at Mississippi and died 1921 at Mississippi; buried¹¹⁹ at Lott Memorial Cemetery, Marion County, Mississippi. She married abt 1848 Noah William Pittman, son of John B. and Susannah (Ward) Pittman. Seven children.

44. ii. ELIZABETH ANN LOTT was born 1829¹²⁰ at Marion County, Mississippi and died in the 1860’s; buried¹²¹ Lott Memorial Cemetery, Marion, Mississippi. She married 23 Dec 1844 Henry H. Johnson son of James Absalom and Lucinda (Brinkley) Johnson; 6 children. He was born 18 Oct 1822 and died 15 Feb 1910; buried¹²² Lott Memorial Cemetery; he married (2) late 1860’s Martha Ann Turnage.¹²³

45. iii. JOHN LUKE LOTT was born 23 Oct 1831 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 16 Nov 1917 at Pearl River County, Mississippi; buried¹²⁴ at Oak Hill Cemetery, Pearl River County, Mississippi. He served in the CSA, Company A, 9th Louisiana Battalion under Capt. J. J. Slocum, CSA.¹²⁵ He married¹²⁶ 1852 Margaret C. Pounds. She was born 1838 and died 1921. He was a carpenter. Eight children.

46. iv. WILLIAM LOTT was born 1832 at Mississippi and died¹²⁷ 10 Apr 1862 at Franklin County, Tennessee probably from wounds incurred at the Battle of Shiloh.

47. v. SEMON/SIMON LOTT was born 1838 at Mississippi and died 3 Oct 1862 at Corinth, Adams, Mississippi. He filed¹²⁸ on land in Augusta (Paulding), Mississippi 2 Jul 1860.

48. vi. Pvt. JAMES LOTT was born 1842 at Marion County, Mississippi. He died 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh Battlefield, Hardin, Tennessee; buried in Shiloh Mass Confederate Trench on the battlefield.

+ 49. vii. JESSE ELISHA LOTT was born 7 Oct 1844 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 12 Aug 1922.

Figure 4. Rosann Lott Rowley¹²⁹

50. viii. ROSANN LOTT was born 7 Jan 1846 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 10 Feb 1928; buried¹³⁰ at China Grove Cemetery, Tylertown, Walthall, Mississippi. She married abt 1864 Hansford Fleet Rowley son of William and Wealthy (Parrott) Rowley. Six children.

51. ix. SARAH ANN LOTT was born 20 Jun 1848 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 9 Oct 1896 at Columbia, Marion, Mississippi. She married abt 1868 at Marion County, Mississippi James S. Riley.¹³¹

Figure 5. Caroline Paulina Lott McKenzie¹³²

52. x. CAROLINE PAULINA (Lina) LOTT was born 23 Sep 1850/4¹³³ at Marion County, Mississippi and died 24 Jan 1926 at New Hope, Marion, Mississippi; buried¹³⁴ at Hurricane Creek Cemetery, Marion County. She married 30 Oct 1868 Elbert Jefferson McKenzie.¹³⁵,¹³⁶

53. xi. JOSHUA LUTHER (Buddy) LOTT was born¹³⁷ Jul 1854 at Marion County, Mississippi and died¹³⁸ 14 Feb 1936 at Marion County, Mississippi. He married¹³⁹ 30 Oct 1873 at Marion County, Mississippi (1) Sarah Ann Rowley and (2) 27 Jan 1888 at Marion County, Mississippi Alice L. Johnston.

Generation 6

49. Jesse Elisha Lott (Joshua⁵ Luke⁴ John³ John² John¹) was born 7 Oct 1844 of Mississippi and died 12 Aug 1922; buried¹⁴⁰ at Oloh Cemetery, Lamar County, Mississippi. He was in the Louisiana Cavalry (Pvt. Co A3).¹⁴¹ He married¹⁴² 9 Jan 1866 at Marion County, Mississippi Emily Cook dau of Benjamin and Amy/Anna Cook.¹⁴³ She was born 15 May 1842 at Mississippi and died 31 Dec 1916 at Lamar County, Mississippi; buried¹⁴⁴ at Oloh Cemetery, Lamar County, Mississippi.

Jesse and Emily had children.¹⁴⁵,¹⁴⁶,¹⁴⁷

+ 54. i. JOHN IRA LOTT was born Oct 1866 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 14 Jan 1934 at Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana. He married¹⁴⁸ Synthia Clementine Ginn. She was born Aug 1874. Eight children.

Figure 6. Martin L. and Nancy Lott abt 1900.

55. ii. MARTIN LUTHER LOTT was born 18 Nov 1868 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 26 Feb 1936 at Lamar County, Mississippi. He married¹⁴⁹ Nancy Luana Slade. She was born Aug 1874. Six children.

+ 56. iii. ‘JESSIE’ ROBERT LOTT was born 7 Mar 1871 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 21 Apr 1947. He married Emma S. Davis. She was born Aug 1874. Six children.

57. iv. MARY FRANCES LOTT was born 1875 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 1 Jan 1955.¹⁵⁰

58. v. ROSA LOTT was born 1877 at Mississippi.

+ 59. vi. WILBORN¹⁵¹/WILMAN LOTT was born Oct 1879 in Mississippi.

Generation 7

54. John Ira Lott (Jesse⁶ Joshua⁵ Luke⁴ John³ John² John¹) was born Oct 1866 at Columbia, Marion, Mississippi and died 14 Jan 1934 at Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana; buried¹⁵² Silver Cross Cemetery, Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana. He married 1890 Synthia Clementine (Tine) Ginn dau of Seymour and Julia (Magee) Ginn.¹⁵³ She was born Aug 1874 at Mississippi and died 14 Jun 1931; buried¹⁵⁴ at Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Marion County, Mississippi.

John and Synthia had ten children.¹⁵⁵

60. i. ETTA O. LOTT was born Sep 1891 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 9 May 1981; buried¹⁵⁶ at at Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Marion County, Mississippi. She married Seaman Madison Bullock.

61. ii. JESSE ELISHA LOTT was born Nov 1893 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 1968; buried¹⁵⁷ at at Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Marion County, Mississippi. He married Virgie Irene Baughman.¹⁵⁸ Six children.

62. iii. OTHO LOTT was born 4 Feb 1896 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 15 Mar 1971 at Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana; buried¹⁵⁹ Silver Cross Cemetery, Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana. He married abt 1916 Lona Brekeen Johnson.

63. iv. CARSIE SEYMOUR LOTT was born 22 Feb 1899 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 19 Mar 1988 at Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana; buried¹⁶⁰ Silver Cross Cemetery, Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana. He married abt 1924 Hester McNease.

64. v. EDGIE MAY LOTT (twin, girl) was born 14 Jun 1902 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 2 Jun 1986 at Rapides Parish, Louisiana; buried¹⁶¹ at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. She married 1921 Willie A. Clark.

65. vi. SEDGIE F. LOTT (twin, boy) was born 14 Jun 1902 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 7 Jun 1903 at 11 months; buried¹⁶² at at Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Marion County, Mississippi.

66. vii. JULIA LOTT was born 22 Jan 1905 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 3 Sep 2003 at Delhi, Richland Parish, Louisiana.¹⁶³ She married T. E. King.

67. viii. OLLIE L. LOTT was born 2 Sep 1907 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 8 Jan 1980 at Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana; buried¹⁶⁴ Silver Cross Cemetery, Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana.

68. ix. ALBERT FELTON LOTT was born 22 Dec 1909 at Marion County, Mississippi and died Jun 1982 at Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.¹⁶⁵

69. x. REESE A. LOTT was born 22 May 1912 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 20 Feb 1985 at Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; buried¹⁶⁶ at Roselawn Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. He married Helen Holmes Brown.

56. Jessie Robert Lott (Jesse⁶ Joshua⁵ Luke⁴ John³ John² John¹) was born 7 Mar 1831 at Mississippi and died 21 Apr 1947 at Marion County, Mississippi; buried¹⁶⁷ at Lott Memorial Cemetery, Marion, Mississippi. He married¹⁶⁸ Emma (Emmie) S. Davis. She was born 16 Jan 1877 at Walthall County, Mississippi and died 14 Feb 1962; buried¹⁶⁹ at Lott Memorial Cemetery, Marion, Mississippi. Six children.

Jessie and Emmie had six children.¹⁷⁰

70. i. EULA LOTT was born 2 Dec 1898 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 17 Jun 1900 at age 1; buried¹⁷¹ at Lott Memorial Cemetery, Marion, Mississippi.

71. ii. SEDGIE LOTT was born 21 Apr 1901 at Marion County, Mississippi and died Jan 1973 at San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.

72. iii. OTERA (Tera) LOTT was born 24 Feb 1903 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 2 May 1966; buried¹⁷² at Lott Memorial Cemetery, Marion, Mississippi. She married Ellis Boyles; he was born 1897 and died 1968 and is also buried¹⁷³ at Lott Memorial Cemetery, Marion, Mississippi.

73. iv. MYRTIS LOTT was born 16 Aug 1906 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 10 Apr 2004. She married Isaac Newton Williams; he was born 1899 and died 1993; husband and wife are buried¹⁷⁴ at Ogden Cemetery, Liddieville, Franklin Parish, Louisiana. One child.

74. v. LOUIS LOTT was born 5 Aug 1909 at Marion County, Mississippi and died Dec 1971; buried¹⁷⁵ at Lott Memorial Cemetery, Marion, Mississippi.

75. vi. SHEARLY/SHIRLEY (Jack) LOTT was born 1912 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 29 Aug 2005; buried¹⁷⁶ at Lott Memorial Cemetery, Marion, Mississippi.¹⁷⁷

56. Wilman Lott (Jesse⁶ Joshua⁵ Luke⁴ John³ John² John¹) was born Aug 1882 and died 1920 (age 38); buried¹⁷⁸ in the Oloh Cemetery, Lamar, Mississippi. He registered for the draft in WWI (1917-1918) and listed his home as Concordia Parish, Louisiana.¹⁷⁹ He married 1904 Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Brown¹⁸⁰ dau of R. A. and Margaret (Maggie) Brown, a mulatto.¹⁸¹ She was born 1887 at Argyle, Walton, Florida and died 1953; buried¹⁸² at Woodlawn Cemetery, Columbia, Marion, Mississippi. Two children. She married (2) John Abisha Cook;¹⁸³ he was born 26 Nov 1876 and died 19 Feb 1950. He married 1902 (1) Mary Mollie Thornhill dau of Joseph and Amanda (Carlisle) Thornhill; Mollie was born 17 Sep 1880 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 18 Sep 1921 at Marion County, Mississippi; buried¹⁸⁴ at Joe Thornhill Cemetery, Marion County. John had four children by Mollie.¹⁸⁵

Wilman and Elizabeth (Brown) Lott had two children.

+ 76. i. JAMES LESTON LOTT was born 2 Aug 1905 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 22 Mar 1965 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

77. ii. HAZEL LOTT was born 13 Nov 1910 at Marion County, Mississippi and died¹⁸⁶ Apr 1980 at Pass Christian, Harrison, Mississippi; she was single in 1930, living with the John Cook family vide supra. She married abt 1933 Arthur Broom.¹⁸⁷,¹⁸⁸ Three children in 1940.

Generation 8

76. James Leston Lott (Wilman⁷ Jesse⁶ Joshua⁵ Luke⁴ John³ John² John¹) was born 2 Aug 1905 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 22 Mar 1965 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. He was a truck driver (hauling stumps for making turpentine) in the 1940 census. He married 17 Mar 1928 at Foxworth, Marion, Mississippi Myrtis Jewel Purvis dau of Plummer F. Purvis and Mary Daniel.¹⁸⁹ She was born 18 Aug 1907 at Mississippi and died 8 Jun 1993 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; husband and wife are buried¹⁹⁰ under a single stone at Pacific Crest Cemetery, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California.

Leston and Myrtis (Purvis) Lott had six children.¹⁹¹

78. i. BILLIE JEAN LOTT was born 28 Jan 1930 at Washington Parish, Louisiana and died¹⁹² 11 May 2009 at Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana. She married (1) abt 1948 (div Aug 1948 in Mississippi) Alton B. Beard son of Earnest and Sarah (Martin) Beard. He was born 31 Dec 1918 and died 11 Oct 1994; buried¹⁹³ at Kokomo United Methodist Church, Marion, Mississippi. He married (2) Annie Mae (Lauder Kirkpatrick) Johnson.

Billie Jean married¹⁹⁴ 26 Oct 1963 at Maricopa County, Arizona (2) Julius Harold Gordon. She lived until 1993 in Torrance, Lomita, and Elsinore, California¹⁹⁵ and at the time of her 2nd marriage in Gardena, Los Angeles, California. Julius was born 21 Oct 1925 at Georgia and died 8 Oct 1988 at Lake Elsinore, Riverside, California.¹⁹⁶

79. ii. JAMES LESTON LOTT, Jr. was born 20 Aug 1931 at Mississippi and died 25 Aug 2008 at Ulysses, Grant, Kansas; buried¹⁹⁷ at Fairview Cemetery, Memphis, Hall, Texas. He fought in the Korean War; he was a Sergeant in the Air Force. He married 17 Jan 1953 at Memphis, Hall, Texas Eudine ‘Tootsie’ Gable dau of Julius Edward and Gladys Lucille (Painter) Gable. She was born¹⁹⁸ 5 May 1934 at Hall County, Texas and died 1 Feb 2012 at Ulysses, Grant, Kansas; also buried ¹⁹⁹,²⁰⁰ at Fairview Cemetery, Memphis, Hall, Texas. Four children.

80. iii. BURTON YULAN/YULYN LOTT(aka Lynn B. Lott) was born 18 Feb 1933 at Washington Parish, Louisiana.²⁰¹ He married²⁰² (1) 13 May 1955 (div 1977) at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Sheila Harriet Kalinsky dau of Irving and Rose (Newdell) Kalinsky. She was born 1936. He married after 1977 (2) Florance ‘Flo’ Mamie Johansen of Temecula, Riverside, California.²⁰³

81. iv. WILMAN SEQUOIA LOTT was born²⁰⁴ 4 Sep 1935 at Columbia, Marion, Mississippi and died²⁰⁵ 9 Jul 2006 at Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington; buried²⁰⁶ at Ocean View Cemetery, Port Angeles. He married²⁰⁷ 12 Aug 1955 at Culver City, Los Angeles, California Barbara J. Holmes. Four children.

82. v. PATRICIA ANN LOTT was born 13 Jul 1939 at Columbia, Marion, Mississippi and died Jun 1981 at San Bernardino County, California; buried²⁰⁸ at Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verde, Los Angeles, California. She married (div 1978)²⁰⁹ 15 Nov 1958 Wilbur Eugene Kennedy son of Clyde W. and Dolly Maude (Galloway) Kennedy. Three children.

83. vi. BRENDA ELAINE LOTT was born 6 Oct 1943 at Marion County, Mississippi and died 5 Aug 2000 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; buried²¹⁰ at Pacific Crest Cemetery, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California.

PURVIS Genealogy

Myrtis Jewel Purvis’ father²¹¹ was Plummer²¹² Frank Purvis, b. 6 Mar 1888 and d. 25 Oct 1912 at age 24; buried²¹³ at Rock Bluff Cemetery at Daniel, Smith, Mississippi. Plummer had a dau out-of-wedlock (Myrtis) by Mary B. Daniel in 1907.²¹⁴ In the 1910 U. S. Census of Rankin County, Mississippi, Plummer is listed alone as a guard at the ‘state farm’²¹⁵ (there is currently a correctional facility at Brandon, Rankin, MS). Plummer married²¹⁶ 26 Mar 1912 at Smith County, Mississippi (6 mos. before his death) Jessie Robinson²¹⁷,²¹⁸ dau of John Leroy and Octavia (Swanson) Robinson of Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi. They had a dau Frances L. Purvis, born 16 Mar 1913 at Mississippi.²¹⁹ Frances (aka Mary F.)²²⁰ married abt 1933 ____ Power (div before 1940, no issue) and died 22 Mar 1964 at Maryland; buried²²¹ at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland.

Figure 7. Frances Purvis (aka Mary) abt 1933.²²²

Plummer’s parents were Sam ‘Huston’and Sarah (Spradley) Purvis (Sam b. Jan 1851 at Mississippi and d. 18 Dec 1927 at Daniel, Smith, Mississippi; Sarah b. Mar 1851 and d. 3 Jan 1906) both are buried²²³ in Rock Bluff Cemetery, at Daniel, Smith, Mississippi. Plummer was the seventh of their eight children.²²⁴,²²⁵ Sarah died in 1906 and Sam married 1907 (2) Catherine ‘Kate’ ____ (b. 18 Feb 1849 and d. 13 Feb 1918, also buried²²⁶,²²⁷ at Rock Bluff Cemetery at Daniel, Smith, Mississippi).²²⁸

Sam Purvis’ parents were Thomas Jefferson and Emily (Winstead) Purvis²²⁹ (Thomas b. 1 Apr 1826 at Mississippi, d. 22 Jun 1863 (at Battle of Vicksburg) Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi and Emily b. 1829 North Carolina and d. 1870 at Smith County, Mississippi).²³⁰,²³¹ Sarah Spradley’s parents were Patrick Henry and Dicey Josephine (Williamson) Spradley²³² (Patrick b. 29 Oct 1817 at Simpson County, Mississippi and d. 21 Mar 1892 at Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas; Dicey b. 1825 at Simpson County, Mississippi and d. 25 Sep 1916 at Nacogdoches County, Texas, both buried²³³ at Old Union Cemetery, Nacogdoches).²³⁴

Figure 8. Louvenia Wallace Daniel abt 1910.²³⁵

Myrtis Jewel Purvis’ mother was Mary B. Daniel²³⁶ born 29 Apr 1891 at Beat 4, Smith, Mississippi; other than her presence in the Daniel household in the 1900 and 1910 censuses (notes 214 and 236) no further record of her can be discovered—neither she nor Myrtis could be located in the 1920 U. S. Census (Myrtis was married in 1928). There is an Ancestry tree²³⁷ that identifies her as ‘Mary Belle Boykin’ without source;²³⁸ Mary Belle Boykin was born 21 Apr 1891 and Mary B. Daniel was b. Apr 1891 (1900 census) so that fits, but a marriage record to a ____ Boykin cannot be discovered. Mary Belle (Daniel) Boykin died 20 Feb 1919 (age 27) and is buried²³⁹ in the New Prospect Cemetery, Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi (she must have had a tragic life).

Mary was the dau of James Asa Daniel and Armadella Louvenia (Wallace) Daniel²⁴⁰,²⁴¹ (James b. 2 Jul 1859 at Alabama and d. 14 Dec 1904 at Smith County, Mississippi; Louvenia b. 20 Sep 1865 and d. 21 Dec 1956 at Houston, Harris, Texas²⁴²) both are buried²⁴³ at Puckett Cemetery, Rankin, Mississippi.

James Asa Daniel’s parents were Jesse and Elvira (Jordan) Daniel²⁴⁴,²⁴⁵ (Jesse b. 3 Jul 1792 at Gadsden County, Florida and d. after 1860 at Taylor County, Georgia; Elvira b. Georgia). Louvenia Wallace’s parents were Wesley Asberry and Mary Enda (Burnham) Wallace (‘Welsley’ b. 1840 at Alabama and d. 19 Apr 1890 Pucket County, Mississippi; Mary Enda b. Warren County, Alabama and d. 12 Feb 1906 Rankin County, Mississippi).

NOTES

1. Marion County Historical Society History of Marion County, Mississippi (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth,Publishing Company, 1976) p. 6; hereafter Marion County History.

2. A report on www.geni.com (without sources) states that William Lott was an immigrant from southern England around 1650. This author can find nothing that substantiates this.

3. A note (15 Jun 1970) from Stanton Lott of Johnston, South Carolina (recorded by W. N. Lott) states that three Lott brothers Emsley, Jesse and John came from Holland and settled on Long Island, New York abt 1770, p. 206 in Lott, Dewel Coleman and Lott, Delores A Lott of Cousins (Hartsell, Alabama: Lott, 1975), the focus of this book is the Fairfield County, South Carolina branch of the Lott family; online at FamilySearch; hereafter A Lott of Cousins.

4. ‘17th Century Immigrants to New Netherland & New York’, online at www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/17th/dny_15.shtml; contributor Sandi Burns, t1960@gte.net (accessed 20 Feb 2018).

5. ‘The Updike-Wiebe Genealogy’ at https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgibin/igm/cyi?op=GET&db=updike&id=173722 (accessed 20 Feb 2018).

6. ‘Friends of the Lott House’ online at www.lotthouse.org/history/the -lott-family/; nice, readable biography of the Dutch family in New York (accessed 20 Feb 2018).

7. Phillips, Alexander Van Cleve The Lott Family in America (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Bros., 1942).

8. Hudson, Pamela D. ‘My Lott Family Genealogy of Wiregrass Georgia’ online at www.redbirdacres.net/lott. html; the ‘Lott Time Line’ by John Barron is cited (he did the research), but this is no longer available (accessed 7 Jul 2018) hereafter Hudson.

9. ‘Lott and Lett DNA Project—Y-DNA Colorized Chart’ online at https://familytreedna.com/public/lettlott?iframe=colorized ; the chart is no longer public and is available only to those who have uploaded data and can sign in to the site or this author can print you a copy (accessed 7 Jul 2018).

10. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Lott Family Tree’, tree 14312583—search Member Directory for owner cklott143 (accessed 7 Jul 2018).

11. Manna, Gloria J ‘Descendants of John Lott, Sr., Generation 2’, online at www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/a/n/Gloria-J-Manna/GENE12-0002.html (accessed 5 Jul 2018).

12. Barron, John C. ‘Early Immigration of the Lott Family to Mississippi’, online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jcbarron/lott/LottlmmMS.htm and references cited therein; hereafter Barron.

Note: the link above does not work as ancestry has not yet totally restored rootsweb; to read this go to www.Geni.com/people and find John Lott 1, look under sources and find the link to Barron (the only source).

13. Peterson, Mary A. ‘British West Florida Abstracts of Land Petitions’ Louisiana Genealogical Register 31 #2, p. 145; cited in Manna.

14. Barron and sources cited therein.

15. Lott, W. N. ‘The Lotts Before the Revolution’ (1974), an essay distributed to attendees of the annual Lott Reunion at Macedonia Church, Hall County, Georgia. The essay traces (without references) the Lotts from John Lott, Sr. in Edgecombe County, North Carolina to two of his sons John Jr. (who went to Georgia) and Jesse (who went to Fairfield District, South Carolina). He also talks about the gradual drift of the family from the Carolinas to Georgia and later to Alabama and Mississippi. The author is a descendant of Jesse and states that the link to John Lott, Sr. remains unproven as of that date (1974). He also stated that John Lott, Sr. moved to Fairfield District (County), South Carolina (this is incorrect). This essay was forwarded to Trent Lott, representative of the 5th District of Mississippi in the House of Representatives, whose comment was ‘this jibes with what my grandfather told me.’ He claims without reference that the Lotts came from New York City and were driven out by the British, essay reproduced in A Lott of Cousins, pp. 204-5. Unfortunately, although there is hardly one sentence free from error in the whole talk, the essay is widely cited and believed because it is in print.

16. Watson, Joseph W. Abstracts of early deeds of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1759-1788, 2 Vols (New Bern, North Carolina: Owen G. Dunn Co., 1966), Book 1, p. 13.

17. John Lott b. 1745 (burial place unknown): Findagrave #95707850 (John Lott d. 8 Feb 1808, South Carolina); interesting comments attached including transcription of certain Edgecombe County wills.

18. Blitch, Frances Smith ‘The Lott Family of Coffee County, Georgia’ an essay in Lott of Cousins, pp. 209-214, good references—the focus of the essay is John III (md. Sally) and his son Mark (md. Delilah); hereafter Blitch history.

Note: Coffee County was formed in 1854 from part of Telfair County.

19. Reeves, Hilda Lott Lott Family Genealogy: as descended from Jesse Lott of Edgefield, South Carolina (Salt Lake City, UT: privately published, 2009), online at FamilySearch; hereafter Reeves.

20. Lowrie, Walter Early settlers of Mississippi as taken from land claims in the Mississippi Territory (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1986).

21. Online at Wikipedia.org , search: ‘Georgia in the Revolution’.

22. Ibid.

23. Jesse ‘Latt’ family: 1910 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Roll T624_751, Page 9A, E. D. 101, Dwelling 146, FHL Film 1374764, Emily: 6 of 8 children alive in 1910, Jesse (age 66) and Emilie (age 64) with their son Wilman (age 28) and his wife Elizabeth and son J(ames) Leston Lott and 1920 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Roll T625_886, Page 11A, E. D. 113, Jessie (age 78) is living with Wilman and Lizzie with their two children; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Dec 2017); hereafter Lotts in 1910/1920 census.

24. Boyd, Gregory A., J. D. Family Maps of Marion County, Mississippi (Norman, Oklahoma: Arphax Publishing Co., 2007) pp. 15, 123,125.

25. Manna, Gloria J. ‘Descendants of John Lott, Sr., Generations 1-4’, online at www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/a/n/Gloria-J-Manna/GENE12-0001.html; these research notes have proven to be the most reliable of all researchers surveyed (accessed 5 Jul 2018) hereafter Manna.

26. Arguments presented effectively in Manna, ignored in Hudson, Barron. John I provided a jurant (testimony) as to the identity of James Joyner 13 Feb 1733 at Bertie County, North Carolina—probably indicates he was a relative (in law).

27. Manna; several sources are cited that are unavailable to the author.

28. Manna and references therein; consistently cites Barron’s ‘A Review of the Southern Colonial Lott family’ 1998, no longer available online or anywhere else that the author can find.

29. Ibid.; cites extensive land records and an Edgefield County will.

30. Clark, Murtie June Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981) Vol. 3, p. 415 and Vol. 1, p. 11; cited in Manna.

31. Clark, Murtie June Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981) Vol. 3, p. 415; cited in Manna.

32. Manna.

33. NC Early Census Index of Edgecombe County 1742, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Feb 2018).

34. Georgia Land Records, 30 Jan 1795: John Lott and Sally his wife give to ‘his father John Lott’ 950 acres with various livestock in Screven County, Georgia, pp. 193-194. Later that year (11 Oct 1795) there is another transfer of livestock, this time from John Lott Sr. to his ‘dutiful and loving son John Lott’, p. 194.

35. Reeves.

36. A Lott of Cousins, only one child, John Jr. is listed here, p. 134.

37. Manna; it is argued that there must have been a first wife as when property was filed on in St. George’s Parish, Burke, Georgia in 1764, it was John II’s name alone on the documents; this means he was single. No household member would have been omitted in these declarations as the size of the grant was dependent on how many were filing.

38. ‘John Lott II (1720-after 1795)’, online at www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lott-49 ; wikitree can be a useful summary especially since each page has a manager and posted data are a consensus of contributing family members (accessed 7 Jul 2018) hereafter Wikitree.

39. Lott of Cousins, p. 192.

40. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Beard, Harold, & Daisy (extended)’, tree 33179284—search Member Directory for owner Christopher Beard, no sources cited (accessed 10 Feb 2018).

41. Paulk, Jessie and Delma Wilson Lott Families of Wiregrass, Georgia: ancestors and descendants of Mark & Delilah (Jones) Paulk (Thomasville, Georgia: Craigmales Historical Publications, 1991); FHL 929.273 L916.

42. ABGI, Vol. 104, p. 106.

43. Wikitree, Hannah, and Barron. Several others disagree (Hudson), believe he married Ann Joyner (no sources).

44. 1820 Mississippi State and Territorial Census of Marion County, Roll v229_2, line 27, William Lott, Sr.; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Jul 2018).

45. Lott (Wm, Sr.)/Harris marriage: Upton, Mrs. Robert Chester ‘Marriage Records: Marion County, Mississippi, 1812-1860’ manuscript (1958), FHL (976.262 V25u; online at FamilySearch, p. 9; hereafter Upton ms.

46. Reeves,FGS 1.

47. Manna; cites Marriage Records, CD 5 ‘Marriage Records Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas’ Automated Archives, Inc. 1994.

48. Manna.

49. Online at www.geni.com/people/Daniel-Lott (accessed 20 Feb 2018) and Hudson.

50. Blitch history, p. 211 and references cited therein.

51. Reeves, FGS 11.

52. Hudson.

53. Blitch history, p. 211 and Manna.

54. Hudson.

55. Blitch history has a son Jesse instead of Joshua, but there is no support for this in the record, p. 210.

56. Huxford, Folks Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia,7 Vols (Valdosta, Georgia: Estate of Folks Huxford, 1983), Vol. 2, p. 140; cited in Manna.

57. Blitch history, p. 210 and Hudson (5/12); Polly was included in a list of minor children in 1764, but no source is cited. A birth year of 1754 was probably made because husband Wm Hatten served in the Revolutionary War in 1777, but the record says he was from Virginia making this assignment much less credible.

58. ‘Aaron’ from www.geni.com/people/John-Lott (accessed 20 Feb 2018).

59. Calc’d from death date.

60. Jlcarothers, ‘Notes on John and Sallie’ and Bea Wiggin ‘John Lott III’; online in ‘Private member stories’ at Ancestry.com (accessed 20 Feb 2018); hereafter John Lott notes.

61. Manna research and sources therein.

62. Lott/Lightfoot marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, record has birth years; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Feb 2018).

63. Wiggin, Bea ‘John Lott III’; online at https://ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/16642621 (tree has been removed as of 9 Jul 2018).

64. A Lott of Cousins, p. 134; Mark is the only child listed.

65. Clark, Murtie June Colonial Soldiers of the South (Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999)p. 957; commissioned 2nd lieutenant in Captain James Pugh’s Buckhead Company, 2nd Regiment, Augusta Division, first enlisted 1767 and served again later in 1787 as Captain of the Effingham County (GA) militia.

66. ‘John Lott, Sr. (RS), c 1740-1808, NC>GA>MS’; The Family Snoop, cites only Barron; online at https://thefamilysnoop.blogspot.com/2011/12/john-lott-iii.html (accessed 9 Jul 2018).

67. Marion County History, pp. 6-25.

68. Ibid., pp. 7-8.

69. Marion County History, p. 17 (they say ‘donated’, others contend ‘sold’).

70. ‘John Lott, Sr. (RS), c 1740-1808, NC>GA>MS’; The Family Snoop, cites only Barron; online at https://thefamilysnoop.blogspot.com/2011/12/john-lott-iii.html (accessed 9 Jul 2018).

71. Manna; contains a transcription of his will which names all children, executors were his brothers Robert and Luke.

72. John Lott notes; from John Lott will probated 8 Oct 1808, Washington County, Mississippi.

73. Blitch history,p. 211 and references cited therein.

74. A Lott of Cousins, p. 134 and Blitch history, p. 211.

75. Ibid.

76. ‘John Lott, Sr. (RS), c 1740-1808, NC>GA>MS’; The Family Snoop, cites only Barron; online at https://thefamilysnoop.blogspot.com/2011/12/john-lott-iii.html (accessed 9 Jul 2018).

77. ‘John Lott, Sr. (RS), c 1740-1808, NC>GA>MS’; The Family Snoop, cites only Barron; online at https://thefamilysnoop.blogspot.com/2011/12/john-lott-iii.html (accessed 9 Jul 2018).

78. Blitch history, p. 211, children are not named excepting Arthur Jr.

79. Ball, Timothy Horton and Henry Sale Halbert The Creek War of 1813 and 1814 (Chicago, IL: Donohue and Henneberry, 1895), pp. 86-90; Arthur (often erroneously called William) Lott was murdered without provocation by four Indians about 8 miles from his home.

80. Reeves, p. 22.

81. Lott/Triplet marriage: Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967; database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWDX-XYG:).

82. Reeves, p. 24.

83. Lott/Warren marriage: Upton ms, p. 13.

84. U. S. War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-XKTP:).

85. Lott/Jenkins marriage: Upton ms, p. 7.

86. 1850 U. S. Census of Marion County, Mississippi, Roll M432_376, Page 194B, Image 391, Family 186, Luke age 80, C(ynthia) age 60, both born Georgia, next door to their son Joshua and his family; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Feb 2018).

87. Wikitree.

88. Manna and Reeves, p. 29.

89. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Ivy Isaac Sanderson Family’, tree 6382802—search Member Directory for owner judiegay53; (accessed 9 Feb 2018); hereafter Sanderson Family Tree.

90. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Bourgoyne-Stogner and Allied Families’, tree 31443065—search Member Directory for owner sbourgoyne59; (accessed 13 Feb 2018); hereafter Bourgoyne-Stogner Tree.

91. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Lyndalehmannfrench dna tree’, tree 77317275—search Member Directory for owner LyndaLehmann; (accessed 13 Feb 2018).

92. Lott/Holden marriage: Louisiana Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 19 Feb 2018).

93. Whiddon/Lott marriage: Mississippi Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 19 Feb 2018).

94. 1840 U. S. Census of Perry County, Mississippi, FamilySearch: 4 sons and a dau (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1?XHRL-VGH:) and 1850 U. S. Census of Perry County, Mississippi, Roll M432_379, Page 371B, Image 363, Family 24, parents with six children; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 19 Feb 2018).

95. Wikitree.

96. Findagrave #90417093; no marker, but her husband and several children are buried there with markers.

97. 1860 U. S. Census of Marion County, Mississippi, Roll M653_586, Page 960, Family 283, FHL Film 803586, parents with ten children; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 19 Feb 2018).

98. Slade/Lott marriage: Mississippi Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 19 Feb 2018).

99. Lott/Telford marriage: Mississippi Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 19 Feb 2018).

100. Cited in Manna; offers some proof of him as a child of Luke, but it is unintelligible.

101. Findagrave #30078833; Joshua was the first person buried in the ‘Lott Memorial Cemetery’.

102. See Wikitree and Ancestry Family Trees: ‘March 2017 Hamilton Hill and others’, tree 109790728—search Member Directory for owner maryellenjohnson61 (accessed 14 Feb 2018).

There are no supporting sources for a first marriage. Since we have an 1824 marriage date to Roseann, we have to consider the children by Catherine to be illegitimate (the children were apparently not raised in Joshua’s household). Most published trees acknowledge that the children probably came from two different mothers (otherwise, why were there only two children in Joshua’s 1830 census household?).

103. The ‘first wife’ was described in many trees as Catherine (Kathie) Lott (no sources), a cousin; she is also suggested to be a Catherine Wiggins, dau of William Jesse and Barbara (Watts) Wiggins, also born in Georgia. Joshua and Catherine’s son George appears in the 1880 census vide infra—it states there that George’s parents were both born in Georgia. The author has queried the authors of relevant Ancestry trees, but has not had any responses. There is nothing useful to the problem in the 1820 or 1830 U. S. census.

104. Lott/Barnes marriage: Upton ms, p. 14.

105. 1850 U. S. Census of Marion County, Mississippi, Roll M432_376, Page 195A, Image 392, Family 187, parents with seven children and an N. Lott (male; Nathan—the illegitimate son of Joshua and Catherine?) was living with them; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

106. 1830 Census of Marion, Mississippi, Roll 71, Page 112, FHL Film 0014839, total 4 white persons; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Feb 2018).

107. Mississippi State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866, Roll v229_2, Line 21; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Feb 2018).

108. Ibid. and Sanderson Family Tree.

109. 1880 U. S. Census of Columbia, Marion, Mississippi, Roll 656, Page 285A, E. D. 131; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Feb 2018).

110. Online at www.geni.com/people/Joshua-Samuel-Lott-of-Cheraw-MS (accessed 10 Jul 2018).

111. Findagrave #75388282.

112. Sanderson Family Tree.

113. 1880 U. S. Census of Byram and Terry, Hinds, Mississippi, Roll 649, Page 424C, E. D. 14, George’s parents both born Georgia (supports Kathie Lott as mother); online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Feb 2018).

114. Findagrave #75387770; buried next to her husband.

115. Sanderson Family Tree.

116. MyHeritage Family Trees: BASS/DAY/HAWLEY/HAYES Web Site, managed by HERBIE BASS; https://www.myheritage.com/site-154832102/bassdayhawleyhayes.

117. 1850 U. S. Census of Marion County, Mississippi, Roll M432_376, Page 195A, Image 392, Family 187, parents with seven children and an N. Lott (male) was living with them and 1860 U. S. Census of Marion County, Mississippi, Roll M653_586, Page 928, parents with six children—William, John, and Semon are gone, and a new little girl Paulina has joined them, FHL Film 803586; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

118. Bourgoyne-Stogner Tree and Sanderson Family Tree.

119. Findagrave #30085293.

120. 1850 U. S. Census of Marion County, Mississippi, Roll M432_376, Page 182B, Image 367, Family 10, Eliza and Henry have three children consistent with Lott Memorial Cemetery burials; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Feb 2018).

121. Findagrave #93214022; there are no dates on the marker—an interesting biography is provided at the site.

122. Findagrave #67779542.

123. Findagrave #93214022; Elizabeth’s bio

124. Findagrave #65572134.

125. John L. Lott, Mississippi, Confederate Veterans and widows Pension Applications, No. 4044 (image 128/441); online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Feb 2018).

126. 1900 U. S. Census of Police Jury Ward 4, Washington, Louisiana, Page 6, E. D. 99, Dwelling 98, , md 50 yrs., Margaret C. Lott: age 63, b. 1837, 6 of 8 children alive and 1910 U. S. Census of Police Jury Ward 4, Roll T624_534, Page 6A, E. D. 130, FHL Film 1374547, John b. 1832, Margaret b. 1839, married 58 yrs.; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Feb 2018).

127. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘March 2017 Hamilton-Hill and others’, tree 109790728—search Member Directory for owner maryellenjohnson61 (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

128. U. S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, Accession no. MS0890_.083; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

129. Contributed by Kathleen Thayer to Findagrave, cf. ‘Rosann Lott Rowley’.

130. Findagrave #21187323.

131. Online at www.geni.com/people/Joshua-Samuel-Lott-of-Cheraw-MS (accessed 10 Jul 2018).

132. Bourgoyne-Stogner Tree.

133. 1870 U. S. Census of Marion County, Mississippi, Roll M593_739, Page 309A, Dwelling 488, Caroline age 18 (b. 1852), FHL Film 552238 also 1880 U. S. Census of Water Holes, Marion, Mississippi, Roll 656, Page 317A, E. D. 132, Perlina age 27 (b. 1853); online at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Feb 2018).

134. Findagrave #80293935.

135. 1900 U. S. Census of Ball, Marion, Mississippi, Roll 819, Page 6B, E. D. 80, Dwelling 320, FHL Film 1240819, md 32 yrs., Palino: age 49, b. 1850, 9 of 12 children alive, son Jesse, dau Rosa; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Feb 2018).

136. Bourgoyne-Stogner Tree and references therein.

137. 1870 U. S. Census of Marion County, Mississippi, Roll M593_739, Page 270A, Dwelling 22, Rose Ann alone with a purported son Joshua L. (she would have been 58 yrs.), FHL Film 552238 also 1900 U. S. Census of Beat 3, Marion, Mississippi, Roll 819, Page 18, E. D. 78, FHL Film 1240819; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

138. Sanderson Family Tree.

139. Lott/Rowley marriage: Mississippi Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

140. Findagrave #34807079; his birthyear is stated here to be 1841, but this is likely wrong as it is consistently 1844 in the census and other records, which were recorded when he was alive. See 1900 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Page 21, E. D. 74, Family 319, Jesse and Emily, both b. 1844, Oct and Dec respectively with children Rosa and Wilman, Jesse’s father b. Georgia, mother b. Mississippi, both of Emily’s parents b. Georgia; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Feb 2018). Also in the 1880 census (note 145) Jesse was born 1843 and Emily 1847.

141. Ibid.

142. J. W. Lott/Cook marriage: Mississippi Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935, FHL Film 879989; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

143. 1850 U. S. Census of Marion County, Mississippi, Roll M432_376, Page 198A, Family 235; Emily is 7, parents Ben J. and Amy Cook both 38 yrs. and born Georgia; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Jul 2018).

144. Findagrave #34806621; her parents are also listed on the site.

145. 1880 U. S. Census of Water Holes, Marion, Mississippi, Roll 656, Page 318D, E. D. 132, Dwelling 216; and 1870 U. S. Census of (Columbia Post Office), Marion, Mississippi, Roll M593_739, Page 270B, Dwelling 25, Jesse (age 37) and ‘Emely’ (age 33) with 2 sons John Ira and Martin L., ‘Emely’ could not write; FHL Film 552238, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

146. 1900 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Roll 819, Page 21A, E. D. 74, Dwelling 319, FHL Film 1374764; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Dec 2017).

147. 1910 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Roll T624_751, Page 9A, E. D. 101, Dwelling 146, FHL Film 1374764, Emily: 6 of 8 children alive in 1910, Jesse and Emily with their son Wilman and his wife and son James Leston Lott; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Dec 2017).

148. Online at www.geni.com/people/John-Ira-Lott-of-Cheraw-MS (accessed 10 Jul 2018).

149. Online at www.geni.com/people/ Jesse-Elisha -Lott-of-Cheraw-MS (accessed 10 Jul 2018).

150. Online at www.geni.com/people/ Jesse-Elisha-Lott-of-Cheraw-MS (accessed 10 Jul 2018).

151. 1880 U. S. Census of Water Holes, Marion, Mississippi, Roll 656, Page 318D, E. D. 132, Dwelling 216; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

152. Findagrave #111969606.

153. Ira Lott, Millenium File, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Jul 2018).

154. Findagrave #39813475.

155. J Ira Lott family: 1900 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Roll 819, Page 21A, E. D. 74, Dwelling 320, FHL Film 1374764, Sciatha: 4 of 4 children alive, living next door to mom and dad (Jesse E. and Emily and their two youngest, Rosa and Wilman); online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Dec 2017) and online at www.geni.com/people/John-Ira-Lott (accessed 10 Jul 2018).

156. Findagrave #39765378.

157. Findagrave #39813475.

158. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Anderson,Martin/Crain,Robbins/Breland’, tree 25197568—search Member Directory for owner ScottMartin1116; (accessed 11 Jul 2018).

159. Findagrave #111970368.

160. Findagrave #99543752.

161. Findagrave #95790957; she is listed as a ‘half sister’ which raises the possibility that the twins might have been adopted.

162. Findagrave #39813411.

163. Online at www.geni.com/people/Julia-Lott (accessed 10 Jul 2018).

164. Findagrave #111970490.

165. Online at www.geni.com/people/Albert-Lott (accessed 10 Jul 2018).

166. Findagrave #845799303.

167. Findagrave #94309080.

168. Online at www.geni.com/people/Jesse-R-Lott (accessed 10 Jul 2018).

169. Findagrave #94265039.

170. Lotts in 1910/1920 census and 1900 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Roll 819, Page 21A, E. D. 74, Dwelling 320, FHL Film 1374764, Emilie: 4 of 5 children alive, living next door to mom and dad; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Dec 2017).

171. Findagrave #94264826.

172. Findagrave #91960223.

173. Findagrave #91960154.

174. Findagrave #13117739 (Myrtis) and 13117913 (Isaac).

175. Findagrave #94263142.

176. Findagrave #94263160.

177. Jesse ‘Latt’ family: 1930 U. S. Census of Police Jury Ward 8, Franklin, Louisiana, Page 8B, E. D. 20, Dwelling 160,Family 162, FHL Film 2340528, Jesse and Emma with 2 sons: Louis and Shurley; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Jul 2018).

178. Findagrave #34807555.

179. World War Selective Service Draft Registration, NARA Roll LA13 (M1509); Concordia Parish, LA; online at MyHeritage (accessed 11 Jul 2018).

180. Jesse ‘Latt’ family: 1910 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Roll T624_751, Page 9A, E. D. 101, FHL Film 1374764; Jesse and Emily with son Wilman, wife Elizabeth (NOTE: she is born in FL, father is born NC, and mother born SC) and gson J. Leston.

Next door (Dwelling 147) is another son Jesse R., wife ‘Emilia’(should be Emmie) and their four children; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Dec 2017).

181. R. A. Brown family: 1885 Florida State Census of Argyle, Walton, Florida, FHL Film 888974, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJD-YP8, R. A. Brown is 25 yrs (b. 1860 at North Carolina), black and Margaret Brown is 18 yrs. (b. 1867 at South Carolina), mulatto; they are living with her family, the Hiltons, black and mulatto, house number 32 (accessed 13 Jul 2018).

182. Findagrave #14300185; John is buried here also #14300183.

183. John A. Cook family: 1930 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Page 13A, E. D. 2, FHL Film 2340890, John, Lizzie, 3 Cook children and Hazel Lott, age 19 (single); online at Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Jul 2018).

184. Findagrave #96100251.

185. John A. Cook family: 1910 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, T624_751, Page 10A, E. D. 101, FHL Film 1374764; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Jul 2018).

186. Hazel Broom death: Social Security Death Index, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Jul 2018).

187. Name of husband provided by personal communication with MicHartley74 on Ancestry (no source).

188. Arthur Broom family: 1940 U. S. Census of Rural, Marion, Mississippi, Roll m_t627-02048, Page 16A, E. D. 46-6; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Jul 2018).

189. Leston Lott family: 1930 U. S. Census of Police Jury Ward 7, Washington, Louisiana, Page 3B, E. D. 20, Dwelling 52,Family 53, FHL Film 2340560, Leston and Myrtis with newborn Billie J.; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

190. Findagrave #51577693 and #51577726, respectively.

191. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Kennedy Family Tree’, tree 83526792—search Member Directory for owner laura_a_cogan; (accessed 9 Feb 2018); hereafter Kennedy Tree.

192. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 12 Jul 2018).

193. Findagrave #113727652.

194. Gordon/Beard marriage: Maricopa County, Arizona Marriage Records 1865-1972;online at Ancestry.com (accessed 12 Jul 2018).

195. Billie J. Gordon, b. 28 Jan 1930: U. S. Public Records Index,1950-1993, Vol .1; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

196. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 12 Jul 2018).

197. Findagrave #100744470.

198. Eudine Gable birth: Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

199. Findagrave #100744429.

200. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Ranelle’s Family Tree’, tree 22433115—search Member Directory for owner Ranelle69 (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

201. ‘Latt’ Family: 1940 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Marion, Mississippi, Roll m-t0627-02048, Page 1A, E. D. 46-10; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 Feb 2018).

202. Lott/Kalinsky marriage: California County Marriages 1850-1952, online at FamilySearch.com (accessed 10 Feb 2018).

203. Wilman Sequoia “Bill” Lott of Sequim obit: Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles, WA), July 12, 2006; online at familysearch (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

204. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, lists birth and death and parents names; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 8 Feb 2018).

205. Wilman Lott death: Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, database at Ancestry.com (accessed 8 Feb 2018).

206. Findagrave #14904673.

207. Lott/Holmes marriage: California Marriage Index 1949-1959, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Feb 2018).

208. Findagrave #60953406.

209. Kennedy/Lott marriage: California Marriage Index 1949-1959, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Feb 2018).

210. Findagrave #51577681.

211. Myrtis Jewel Lott: U. S. Social Security Application and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Myrtis identifies her parents as ‘Plumer’ Purvis and Mary Daniel; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

212. ‘Plummer’ is an unusual name and there are a wide variety of spellings, but most of them come from secondary or even tertiary sources. The closest to a primary source the author could find is the spelling on his tombstone which was undoubtedly orchestrated by his parents, hence ‘Plummer’.

213. Findagrave #49563391.

214. Louvenia A. Daniel family: 1910 U. S. Census of Beat 4, Smith, Mississippi, Roll T624_759, Page 9A, E. D. 114, FHL Film 1374772; Louvenia Daniel (a widow; husband James d. 1904) with five of her seven living children (10 children all together), Mary Daniel, age 19, has a 2 yr old dau ‘Mirtis’ Daniel, apparently illegitimate; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

215. P. F. ‘Purves’: 1910 U. S. Census of Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, Roll T624_758, Page 11B, E. D. 106, FHL Film 1374771; P. F. Purves, single, age 22, guard at state farm; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

216. Purvis/Robinson marriage: Mississippi Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935, Smith County; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

217. Jessie Purvis death: Social Security Death Index; born 29 Dec 1886 and died Mar 1985 at Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

218. Kennedy Tree; no source cited for a Purvis/Robinson marriage and no details are provided about Plummer’s 1912 death. There is a Jessie R. Purvis (a widow) in the 1935 Washington, D. C. city directory, her spouse was Frank P. Purvis.

219. Octavia Robinson family: 1920 U. S. Census of Washington, District of Columbia, Roll T625_210, Page 4B, E. D. 168; Octavia (a widow) with 3 grown sons and 2 grown daus (both widows); this included her dau Jessie J. Purvis, age 34 and gdau Frances L. Purvis, age 6; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

220. 1940 U. S. Census of Tract 9, Police Precinct 7, Washington, District of Columbia, Roll T627, image 6/39, Page 3B, Family 54; Jessie R. Pervis, age 57; sister Clyda Robinson; and dau Mary F. Power (div), age 27, all born MS (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-G6YD) online at FamilySearch.

221. Findagrave #142773472; the name on the stone is ‘Marye F. Power’.

222. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘AANOV.10.2015’, tree 86353729—search Member Directory for owner KelsonLaura (accessed 17 Jul 2018).

223. Findagrave #49563503 (Sam) and #49563537 (Sarah).

224. Sam Purvis household: 1880 U. S. Census of Smith County, Mississippi, Roll 664, Page 339A, E. D. 106, Dwelling 43, FHL Film 1240828, Sam and Sarah and four children: F. C. (Frances C.), age 8; M. U., age 5; W. T.(Wm Thomas), age 2; S. V.,age 5/12; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

225. Sam Purvis household: 1900 U. S. Census of Beat 4, Trenton Precinct, Smith, Mississippi, Page 3, E. D. 106, Dwelling 43, FHL Film 1240828, Sam and Sarah (md 1872) and four children: Janis (Mary Jane), age 17; Ganes (Gaines), age 15’; Plumer, age 12; Mat, age 5; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

226. Findagrave #49563286.

227. G. P. Purvis household: 1920 U. S. Census of Trenton, Smith, Mississippi, Roll T625_894, Page 1A, E. D. 125, Dwelling 5, Sam is widowed again, living with his son Gaines Patrick Purvis; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 15 Jul 2018).

228. Sam Purvis household: 1910 U. S. Census of Beat 4, Smith County, Mississippi, Roll T624_759, Page 24B, E. D. 115, Dwelling 213, Sam and Catherine (md 3 yrs) and Sam and Sarah’s youngest Mat R.; Sam and Sarah son Thomas and his family live next door, dwelling 214; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 15 Jul 2018).

229. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Purvis-Traxler DNA Family Tree’ and ‘Carson-Purvis Family Tree’, trees 5237767 and 112216618—search Member Directory for owner bettyeppes_1, she has another generation for Purvis/Winsteads (accessed 17 Jul 2018).

230. T. J. Purvis household: 1860 U. S. Census of Smith County, Mississippi, Roll M653_591, Page 317, Dwelling 536, FHL Film 803591, T. J . and Emily and six children: Dorson, age 11; Samuel, age 9; Newton, age 6; Virdue, age 4; Virginia, age 2; infant, age 3/12; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 15 Jul 2018).

231. Kennedy Tree inexplicably has another spouse for Samuel, a Sarah Malinda Terry, but she was really married to James Buchanan Purvis, not Samuel. Also, one must be aware that there is another Sam (J.) Purvis about the same age closeby in Tippah County, Mississippi, b. 1852 son of G. H. and Elizabeth Purvis.

232. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘My Tree’, tree 67402805—search Member Directory for owner Scarlette Grimes, nice refs—she has a couple more generations of Spradleys/Williamsons, they came from South Carolina (accessed 17 Jul 2018).

233. Findagrave #61749548 and #61749503 (Dicey), interesting bio.

234. ‘Paterick’ Spradley household: 1860 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Simpson County, Mississippi, Roll M653_591, Page 210, Dwelling 484, FHL Film 803591, Paterick and Dicy and six children: Mary, age 13; Chrischane (Ann Catherine), age 11; Sarah, age 9; John, age 8; William, age 6; Madison, age 1/12; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 15 Jul 2018).

235. Ancestry Family Trees: ‘Stephens_2013-09-17’, tree 78302593—search Member Directory for owner hendona_1, good refs (accessed 17 Jul 2018) hereafter Hendona Tree.

236. James H. Daniel family: 1900 U. S. Census of Beat 4, Smith, Mississippi, Roll T624_759, Page 8, E. D. 105, FHL Film 1240828; James and ‘Armar’ with 8 children: Wm S., age 19; Jesse A., age 17; John W., age 11; Mary B., age 9; Ira H., age 6; Duskie, age 4; Lilie, age 2; and James R.; age 8/12; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Jul 2018).

237. Hendona Tree; the author corresponded with ‘hendona_1, who indicated the information about the Mary Belle (Daniel) Boykin death/burial came from a family member…no documented source.

238. Additional confirmation of the identity of Mary B. Daniel as Mary Belle (Daniel) Boykin has been obtained by the author from a private family source (RBL).

239. Findagrave #127196653.

240. J. A. Daniel household: 1880 U. S. Census of Smith County, Mississippi, Roll 664, Page 339B, Dwelling 5, J. A. age 20 and ‘Lourenia’ age 16; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 15 Jul 2018).

241. Homer I. Daniel family: 1920 U. S. Census of Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi, Roll T625_893, Page 3A, E. D. 117, FHL Film 1240828; Louvenia (age 63) is living with her son Ira Homer, his wife Mabel and 2 children; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 17 Jul 2018).

242. Louvenia Daniel death: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 15 Jul 2018).

243. Findagrave #130603904 and #130603958 (Louvenia).

244. Kennedy Tree.

245. Hendona Tree.