The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-07-18
Gen. Lane.
The following notice of Gen. Lane is
from the pen Of the President Of the Uni.
versity Of North Carolina:

Inc i"liowlng notlce OF zen. Lane 10
from the pen Of the President Of the Uni.
versity of North Carolina:
CHAPEL Hill, October 23, 1859.
DEAR SIR 4: Your letter Of the l4,h,
owing TO my absence IN the discharge of
official duties, did uot reach a,e until =
day or two since, aud avail myself of
the earliest practical opportunity to reply.
There is probably no family whose au.
then,c history eau be more closely traced
through every period Of the annals of
NORTH Carolina than that OF Gen. Lanes.
In proportion to numuers, comparatively
lew ot lis membsrs have aspired 10 or
uG;HineI po!';;ca! '!!s.inc.i"n, Or LOCAL dis.
Iiaclion OF ANY kind. On the other hand.
there are probably few that have enjoyed
greater average respectability.
Gen. Lanes great grandfather. Joseph
(wh" s'gued his name Joseph Lane. jr.,
III lT2Tl. died y, has residence near Hal
flax, Oh The kuauoke, III l776. HIS three
sous, Joel, losrl.i', aud Jesse, ~ere piuu.
eer settlers N the nrishburh"Od Of Raj
ech, in l74l. Oh ,hese, Col. Joel WAS
the wcaIlLirst and most conspicu"us.-
He conveyed to The State the 64O acres
Of land. The size OF the present ci,y,of Ral'
e'Gh. Iii, dAeliinp house, at tie period
ui It's erection the best wi.hn huGdred
r,IrIe>, il the present resdenoe "f Andrew
B.yi|r, E.l and they were Wings du'
ring the lie, ,o!u,rou, anA Col. joel ami
Jesse did sci, ICE IN the army, the latter
"s "A private.
jesse was the grandfather "f Gen Jo'
seph Line aud Of myseh. Tie MAS born
III Halifax. July 4. l7.2. and married
WuIlred A~ek They had sxleen chhl'
dren. eight sous and erght Daughters, a'l
OF whom lived Ia bear families. la i1I0
my grandfather em,gra;ed to Wilkes
near OsI-Ihurre Couu,y, Ga, wnere'he
resided un,Il 1900, when lac removed TO
-. LOUIS. where ne died in 1904. III the
SD year OF his age. iien. Lane ia the
son ui john Ltu", the eighth chrld and
:urrth s"u ui our gAndtall-r jesse Al
tle time uf the removal OF the family tu
Georgia N779), Wilkes WAS frontier
county, aud, durug series OF years sub
lrct Ia frequent lnvasions from ia" Creeks
and Cherok"e-. lhr,e we're no uieinh.rs
%! the fanny nLle ln hear arms, whose
services we've not put into r-quisItlon. nnd
no one, mai. OF i.iuale, who was not fa.
m'I!ar with the horrors uf savage warfare.
My mother h-puiIeL many nn huur dur
nag my infancy, IN the recital Of hair
breadth.escap.s, which, deiicatr woman
AS she WAS, rendered her personal history
one ct re:unrkaL,c suffering AN! adveu.
turc.
have no recollection OF my grandfa.
ther or uuc q John. The fnmer visited
my lathe, on lis way 10 Missouri. aud
the latter wa, AN iuInnte OF nv family
nr some time previous TO aud subse quent
TO my birth. | heard much OF lam ~
my b"yhood, aud suppose Ihnl III all rel
Sp'cts the sou Is counterpart oi the la
lh~r. brave, cnterpiSlng, aud generous
lie MAS a universal i.V"rllr ~ Ihe midst
OF the men who fought NJ the Cowprns
and kug's Mountain, and VINO consder,
ed forsy among the Indians a little
less than paslime.
Gen. Lanes mother was betsoy,
daughter Of James Street. the first Sh-r
III Of my native County (Buncomr). The
descendants Of the sixteen children II
Jesse are dispersed through all OF the
Western and Southern States. Judge
G.. w. LaEe of Huntsville, Itichnrd A.
L'ne Of Georgia. are cousins to Gen.
Lane /; Judge CoIqui,t, Senator from
Georgia in lS47, George. the former
Mayor ot Atlanta, GA. and DIR Jones.
recently Of the House Of Representatives.
married his cousins.
! enter into ILese particulars simply 10
satisfy you that while the family Of Gen,
Lane have no nst pretentious to the
praise Of heraldry. there is no cause, OH
the other hand, why th.y should blush
for his ancestry or his connections.
] wrIe in considerable haste, but vii.
be ready at any time TO communicate
more special information lit should be
called tor.
Yours, very respectfully.