Good Afternoon, I found out something interesting about Isam LANE (ABT 1730-1801) of Greene County, NC, whose name is often spelled, as "Isham" but it was probably Isam because Isam LANE is so identified in 1758 deeds of Johnston County, NC. Isam was also a big name in the GILLIAM family of Surry County, VA and in the William ANDREWS family of Halifaz County, NC in the 1730 time frame. William ANDREWS (1691-1761) was married to a Catherine HILL and they had a son, Isam ANDREWS born ABT 1722. They also had a daughter, Jean ANDREWS, who married William BRYANT (BRYAN) who was born 1712 in Orange County, VA and died in 1762 in Halifax County, NC. He was the son of Edward BRYAN I and Christina COUNCILL. This is the same BRYAN line that Penelope BRYAN who married Levin LANE comes from. This seems to confirm that Isam was probably a brother of Levin, a possibility I have always considered. As we also know, the HILL family was closely collateral with this BRYAN/BRYANT family. Jean's brother, Jesse ANDREWS (ABT 1728-15 NOV 1771) of Edgecombe County, NC married Milicent Milleson Amelia 'Jane' WARREN, d/o Robert WARREN and Rebecca RANDOLPH. They had children named, Allen, Cullen, Elizabeth and Jane. The Bryant and Cullen given names are found in the family of Isam LANE of Greene County, NC and the Amelia, Allen and Elizabeth names are all in my DANIEL family of Burke County, GA, whose mother was Penelope LANE (1773-1846), a d/o Isam. The BLOUNT family of Johnston County, NC may well be a part of this overall bunch because a Benjamin BLOUNT deeded land to Isam LANE in 1758 in what was then Johnston County, NC, later Greene County, NC. I also think both the FORTS and PIPKINS are probably part of this overall bunch, especially the family of Arthur FORT of Surry County, VA. There are lots of others, specifically including a Micagah PARKER. Micagah, the given name, whether it is in the WILLAMSON, PAULK or PARKER families tell me this name probably evolved from the earlier Micagah PERRY of James City, VA, who, according to what I have read, was in business with a Thomas LANE in James City County, VA -- they were early London merchants. This merchant class fits well into my bunch because most of them were merchants in later years. The Edward HARRIS (1633-1734) family of James City, later Isle of Wight County, VA, may also play into this, too, since their son Weston HARRIS named one of his sons, Isham HARRIS, and Weston's brother, Capt Nathan HARRIS married Catherine WALTON, d/o George WALTON and Elizabeth ROWE of Brunswick County, VA and this bunch feeds right into my family in Morgan County, GA. I have also felt the Thomas LANE who is found with Isam in lots of these Johnston County, NC deeds, involving many of the same folks, was his father but I now think this may be incorrect. I now think that Thomas LANE of Johnston County, NC was possibly his brother, although he could still be his father. Anyway, he was family of some variety. Most, if not all of the folks I see in Burke County, NC in a later time frame are sitting in deeds involving all of these folks in Johnston County, NC in the past 1750 time frame, including the ERWINS, WISE and TARVERS. There were DANIELS in these same Johnston County, NC deeds but they have no common links to any of the other families tied to the LANES, which tells me my DANIEL bunch either came from another area in NC/ VA or they came to Greene County, NC, later. Regardless, they were there by 1790. John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA

Hello John, It is interesting that you found Isam LANE in Greene County, NC. My great-grandfather, William Strader Beagles married a Sarah LANE in Greene County, Tennessee. Sarah's family of LANE were there and she was born there. William Beagles was born in Jessamine Co. KY and I don't know why he was in Tennessee. Best wishes, Evelyn Hansson