Pat, Sorry I can't answer your question concerning the MACON connection.....but this part of your Laughter line is mine.... Annie Hunt Lampkin m. 3 DEC 1882 (at Warrenton) Leonidas Melanchthon Harris (note the spelling...it's Melanchthon, which is a good historic Methodist name <g>). Leonidas (who was known by all as "Lonnie") was the oldest child and only son of Snethen Philip Johnson "Nick" Harris and Hixie Basket. SPJ "Nick" was a land surveyor and Methodist preacher. He was the first surveyor for Vance County, and was the one who surveyed the lines for formation of the new county of Vance. Lonnie was a farmer. He and Annie lived in what's known as the Spring Valley area of what's now Vance County...very close to where the Granville/Warren line once was...but I am pretty sure it was actually in Granville before Vance was formed. Both are buried, along with Annie's brother, Frank M. Lampkin (B 17 Oct 1857, D 20 April 1916) in what's known as the "Wiggins-Basket" cemetery, across the road from Spring Valley Methodist Church, which Lonnie helped to form. (SPJ and Hixie Basket are buried here too, as are Hixie Basket's parents, Joseph and Mary.) Inscription on Annie's stone reads "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." Inscription on Lonnie's stone reads "Thy Trials endest Thy rest is won." Frank's stone is a "Woodmen of the World" monument. I'm not sure that Caroline is buried here...I don't recall seeing her grave, but perhaps I just missed it. I don't really know anything about her. After Lonnie Harris died in 1918, Annie Hunt (nee Lampkin) Harris went to live with her daughter, Mary Louise (nee Harris) HOYLE, and son-in-law, David Lee Hoyle, in the Careys Chapel area of Sandy Creek District, Vance (formerly Warren) County. Annie died 10 May 1937. I have their obits, as well as Lonnie's will. --Sandy [email protected] ================= nelson wrote: > 12. MARIA LOUISE5 LAUGHTER (JOHN LANGFORD4, JOHN3, HENRY2, JOHN1) was born 18 October 1833 in Warren Co., NC, and died 23 May 1889 in Warren Co., NC. She married JAMES E. LAMPKIN 03 December 1856 in Warren Co., NC. He was born 15 May 1831 in Warren Co., NC, and died 1861 in Battle of Petersburg, VA. Notes for MARIA LOUISE LAUGHTER: Maria Louise Laughter Lampkin was postmistress at Warren Plains, NC. Aug 31, 1865 to Jan 4, 1866 and Jan 22, 1872 to Aug 1, 1872 Notes for JAMES E. LAMPKIN: Served in Civil War. killed at battle of Petersburg, VA. Crater at Petersburg during Civil War. Has a tombstone at Rose Cemetery, Norlina, NC, Warren Co. More About JAMES LAMPKIN and MARIA LAUGHTER: Marriage: 03 December 1856, Warren Co., NC Marriage Fact: 17 November 1856, set bond Children of MARIA LAUGHTER and JAMES LAMPKIN are: i. FRANCIS MARION6 LAMPKIN, b. 17 October 1857, Warren Co., NC; d. 20 April 1915, Warren Co., NC; m. CAROLINE WILLIS, November 1882. Notes for CAROLINE WILLIS: she was from New Bern, NC More About FRANCIS LAMPKIN and CAROLINE WILLIS: Marriage: November 1882 ii. ANNIE HUNT LAMPKIN, b. 03 December 1859, Warren Co., NC; d. 10 May 1937; m. LEONIDAS MELANCHTON HARRIS, December 1882; b. 30 June 1859; d. 12 June 1918, Vance Co., NC. More About LEONIDAS HARRIS and ANNIE LAMPKIN: Marriage: December 1882