The town of Lanier (named for Clement A. Lanier and serving as the county seat for Macon County) is one of the older towns no longer in existence. When Macon County was created in Dec 17, 1837, on the river called Thronateeska by the Indians, Lanier was a thriving town. The county seat was eventually moved to Oglethorpe. Lanier was hit by a smallpox epidemic and several of its homes were moved to Butler at the time. "The old Bateman House" was moved to the west side of the Courthouse from Lanier. Another old home from the lost town of Lanier was the Poole Home. Does anyone know anything more about Lanier or this smallpox epidemic? It seemed curious to me that they would actually move the houses. You'd think they would have been contaminated themselves. Virginia Crilley 4500 Kenny Lane Waco TX 76710 (254)772-5390 Subscribe to RUFFIN mailing list: Ruffin-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Subscribe to CRILLEY mailing list: Crilley-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Homepages: http://www.eramp.net/~crilley Ruffin homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6276 Taylor Co USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/gataylor.htm