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Descendants of James Lane

Generation No. 2

2. Elizabeth³ Lane (James², Unknown¹) was born Abt. 1754. She married Robert Faircloth, son of Benjamin Fareclough and Letitia Garner. He was born Abt. 1753.

Notes for Elizabeth Lane:
Her husband's given name from WFT Vol. 28 #666. Her line is not covered but his family is followed for several generations.

Notes for Robert Faircloth:
1784 Sampson Co., NC census index (on-line FTM):
Exum, Elijah
Faircloth, Benjamin
Faircloth, Hardy
Faircloth, John
Faircloth, Robert
Faircloth, Samuel
Faircloth, William
1790 Cumberland Co., NC census: Faircloth, Robert - 1 white male 16 & up, 2 white male under 16, 5 females all ages, no slaves.
1830 Laurens Co., GA census index, page 19 (FTM's on-line genealogy library).
Laurens Co., GA marriages:
FAIRCLOTH, Benjamin marr. YOUNG, Susan 01/04/1826
FAIRCLOTH, Ethelred marr. HOLTON, Nancy 10/04/1820
FAIRCLOTH, Frederic marr. HALL, Nancy 11/30/1823
FAIRCLOTH, Joshua marr. FAIRCLOTH, Elizabeth 10/18/1820
FAIRCLOTH, Peter marr. FAIRCLOTH, Jinny 01/29/1818
FAIRCLOTH, Robert marr. GRADY, Evalina 11/24/1836
FAIRCLOTH, Robert S. marr. ALLIGOOD, Matilda 03/09/1825
FAIRCLOTH, Thomas marr. HOBBS, Mary F. 02/15/1849
FAIRCLOTH, William T. marr. STRIPLIN, Synthia E. 09/05/1850

Child of Elizabeth Lane and Robert Faircloth is:

ALLEN⁴ FAIRCLOTH, b. Abt. 1770; m. MARIA.

Notes for ALLEN FAIRCLOTH:
From a GenForum post by Andrew Dennis Faircloth, E-mail <kd4tdn@bellsouth.net>:
"Allen and Maria were the first Faircloths to move to Florida. Allen was born ca 1770 in Edgecombe Co.,NC He and his father Robert were living on the South Black River when Allen left NC and moved to Ga. about 1802-03. Allen settled in Montgomery Co. Fla. in the 1820's. Allen and Maria witnessed a deed on Feb 28, 1823 in Laurens Co. when their son Robert Samuel bought a slave.Allen died in Leon Co. in the 1850's and Maria died there in the 1830's."

3. Sarah³ Lane (James², Unknown¹) was born Abt. 1755 in Edgecombe Co., NC. She married William Brake, son of Jacob Brake. He was born Abt. 1755 in Edgecombe Co., NC (Source: "Brake, a Family, a Tradition, a Contribution and Legacy" by David D. Edwards, publ. by Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD 1990. ), and died Abt. 1820 in Hancock Co., GA.

Notes for Sarah Lane:
One Sarah LANE head of the household 1790 Edgecombe Co., NC: 1-0-3-0-4, page 54C near Jacob Brake, Jr.
From: Abstracts of The Wills of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1733-1856, by Ruth Smith Williams and Margarette Glenn Griffin, Rocky Mount, NC: Dixie Letter Service, 1956.
pp. 198-99
LANE, JAMES
No date. Aug. Ct., 1789. Bk. 3, p 103. Wife: SARAH, currency to purchase 1 negro boy; plantation during widowhood or life with reversion to son & exr: JAMES, he also to have cattle. Son: ETHELRED, 1 negro woman. Daus: ELIZABETH FAIRCLOTH, Ł (pd.) 1 currency; ANN HALL, Ł (pd.) 10 currency; MIRIAM and ZILPAH, bed and furniture each. Remainder divided between my 5 youngest chil: JAMES LAND (sic), MARY BELCHER, SARAH BRAKE, MIRIAM LANE, ZILPAH LANE. Wit: EDWARD ARNOLD, ELISABETH ARNOLD.

Notes for William Brake:
Brake, Benjamin NC EDGECOMBE CO. p.54 1791 02-02-04-00-00
Brake, Jacob NC EDGECOMBE CO. p.54 1791 02-01-04-00-00
Brake, Jacob, Sr. NC EDGECOMBE CO. p.54 1791 03-01-04-00-00
Brake, Nathan NC EDGECOMBE CO. p.54 1791 01-01-01-00-00
Brake, William NC EDGECOMBE CO. p.56 1790 01-02-03-00-00
There are still BRAKE families in Edgecombe Co., NC on the 1840 census index.

Index to the 1820-1870 Federal Census for GA: Surname Brake

1820 Georgia Census
BRAKES
Mathew HANC 088
BRAK
Christopher JACK 299

1830 Georgia Census
BRAKE
Elizabeth HANC

1840 Georgia Census
BRAKE
Exham HANC
Mathew TALI 259

1850 Georgia Census
BRAKE Benjamin F BALD 117
Exham HANC 041
Frederick A RICH 465
Hezikiah RAND 351
John HANC 016 - lives with THOMPSON ladies.
Matthew HANC 015
William HANC 015

1860 Georgia Census - Brake
BRAKE
A HANC 235
Benjamin F BALD 220
Exham COBB 262
H RAND 583
Henry HABE 919
James M COBB 311
John HANC 291
Lucinda A BALD 222
William HANC 258

1870 Georgia Census - Brake
BRAKE
Augustus BIBB
Benjamin BALD
Bradford SUMTER
Catherine JACKSON
D.C. HANC
John H. SUMTER
Martha GREEN
William WARREN

Children of Sarah Lane and William Brake are:

4.	i.		MATTHEW CHARLES⁴ BRAKE, b. Abt. 1780, NC; d. 1825, Hancock Co., GA.
	ii.		EXUM BRAKE, b. Abt. 1785, NC.

Notes for EXUM BRAKE:
It is likely that Exum Brake was named for some of the EXUM lines in Edgecombe Co., NC, as witnessed by the following extract from Court Minutes: APRIL, 1764 - LWT of James STALLIONS proved by subscribing witness Etheldred EXUM, Elisha STALLINGS & John STALLINGS.

5.	iii.		JOSHUA BRAKE, b. Abt. 1790; d. Abt. 1840.
	iv.		WILLIAM BRAKE, b. 1794.

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