Cullen moved to Jackson, Madison Co. TN. This may help to explain why you do not see a lot on Cullen LANE. He was the black sheep of the family. This happened to my wife's family but their only mistake was - one of her ancestors married a Mormon. <<< Isaac Lane, a prominent bishop in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and founder of Lane College, was born a slave in Jackson, Tennessee on March 3, 1834. His mother, Rachel, was a slave on the plantation belonging to his white father, Cullen Lane. Isaac enjoyed certain privileges as the master's illegitimate son and was able to attend religious services held by white Methodists. However, he never received a formal education, and he learned to read and write on his own. In 1853 Isaac married Frances Anne Boyce, a slave on a nearby plantation, and brought her to live with him on Cullen Lane's property. Isaac Lane, a prominent bishop in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and founder of Lane College, was born a slave in Jackson, Tennessee on March 3, 1834. His mother, Rachel, was a slave on the plantation belonging to his white father, Cullen Lane. Isaac enjoyed certain privileges as the master's illegitimate son and was able to attend religious services held by white Methodists. However, he never received a formal education, and he learned to read and write on his own. In 1853 Isaac married Frances Anne Boyce, a slave on a nearby plantation, and brought her to live with him on Cullen Lane's property. Shortly thereafter he experienced a religious conversion and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, South on September 11, 1854. Although white Methodist officials denied Lane's petition to preach because of his race, he was granted an exhorter's license in 1856. A decade later he was ordained a deacon and an elder at a regional conference where African American members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South gathered to debate a formal break from the white congregation. A special session of the newly formed Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in 1873 elected Lane bishop. In this new role, Lane formed conferences and built churches throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, while focusing on the higher education of both clergy and lay people. To further his cause Lane purchased four acres of land in Jackson, Tennessee in 1882 for the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church High School, which was later renamed Lane College. Lane retired from the bishopric in 1914, but continued to organize churches throughout the Midwest. He died in Jackson, Tennessee on December 5, 1937 at the age of 103. In the Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D.: with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism (1916) Lane discusses the important events in his life while educating his readers on the C.M.E. Church's significance in Methodist history. Lane fervently defends church segregation in the postwar South, arguing that the break between African Americans and whites in social, civic, and religious life would some day lead to greater harmony. After confirming the need for African Americans to separate from the white Methodist Episcopal Church, South and create their own religious community, Lane details the formation of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church and acknowledges the many individuals who were instrumental during its fledgling years. He then offers a chronology of his own life, describing his difficult years in slavery, his subsequent religious conversion, and his Methodist affiliation. As Lane discusses his increasing involvement in the ministry, he provides a thorough account of the Church's expansion as well as the founding of Lane College. The narrative closes with several extracts from his sermons. Works Consulted: Griffin, Paul R., Black Theology as the Foundation of Three Methodist Colleges: The Educational Views and Labors of Daniel Payne, Joseph Price, Isaac Lane, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1984: 7-9; Melton, Gordon J., ed., Isaac Lane, Religious Leaders of America, Detroit: Gale Research, 1991. John R. Clarke 229-228-1961 2417 N. Patterson St:Thomasville, GA 31792 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rae Jean" <raejean1@earthlink.net> To: <NCWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [NCWAYNE] Lane records -- Tax, Voter, Census > Sorry Rose, I do not have that information. All I know about Cullen was > posted below. This is a new line of research for me. > Rae Jean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rose Parks" <RParks102@msn.com> > To: <NCWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:37 PM > Subject: Re: [NCWAYNE] Lane records -- Tax, Voter, Census > > > Is the Cullen Lane below the one who married Zilpha Hooker born about > 1773? > I am working on the Hooker family but have no other information on Cullen > than this. > Rose Parks > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rae Jean" <raejean1@earthlink.net> > To: <NCWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 12:37 PM > Subject: Re: [NCWAYNE] Lane records -- Tax, Voter, Census > > >> Have been working on possible dates (using census) for the children of >> Isham >> Lane Sr (son of Thomas Lane). >> __________ >> Isham Lane Jr born est 1756 Johnston County (mother unknown) >> ***Isham Lane Sr marr Luce Dawson >> Mathew Lane born est 1758-1770 Johnston/Dobbs >> Bethaney Lane born est 1758-1770 Johnston/Dobbs >> Sally Lane born est 1758-1770 Johnston/Dobbs >> Bryan Lane born est 1766-1770 Dobbs County >> John Lane born est 1766-1770 Dobbs County >> Cullen Lane born est 1766-1770 Dobbs County >> Penelope Lane born est 1773 Dobbs County >> Elizabeth Lane born est 1778 Dobbs County >> Mildred "Milley" Lane born est aft 1780 >> Howey Lane born est aft 1780 >> __________ >> Sally Lane marr Robert Williams >> Bethaney Lane marr Isaac Parker >> John Lane marr Edith (--?--) possibly Harris >> Bryan Lane marr Penelope Harris >> Penelope Lane marr Robert Daniel >> Mildred Lane marr Jesse Ginn >> __________ >> Deed dated 15 Jan 1805 Wayne County: >> Lucey Lane to Zadock Thompson 120 acres "being dowrey fell to me by >> decease >> of husband Isham Lain" >> __________ >> Deed dated 15 Jan 1805 Wayne County: >> John Lane, Matthew Lane, Isaac Parker, Sally Williams, Robert Daniel and >> Penny his wife, Elizabeth Lane, heirs of Isham Lane dec'd of Greene & >> Wayne >> Co to Zadock Thompson 432 acres (part of Isham's 1767 Dobbs County grant >> for >> 500 acres) >> >> [RJNOTE: Wonder if Bethaney (Lane) Parker was dead by date of this >> deed -- >> she was not mentioned and would have been if living. Also wonder why >> Robert >> Williams not mentioned as spouse of Sally (Lane) Williams -- if alive he >> would have been named.] >> __________ >> Deed dated 2 Feb 1807 Wayne County: >> Cullen Lane of Greene Co to Zadock Thompson 72 acres (part of old patent >> of >> Isham Lane dec'd) >> >> [RJNOTE: Cullen Lane on 1810 and 1820 Wayne County census so he was not >> in >> Greene County very long.] >> __________ >> Deed dated 18 Feb 1832 Wayne County: >> Bryan & Penelope Lane, Daniel & Elizabeth Underhill, Thomas & Mary Reaves >> to >> John Harris (part of survey granted to Samuel Herring for 400 acres; sold >> to >> Brazil Kornegay by Sheriff of Duplin County 10 Dec 1807; sold by said >> Kornegay to John Harris deed 10 Oct 1819; devised by will of John Harris >> Sr >> to seven daughters Penelope, Elizabeth, Nancy, Rachel, Sally, Susan, >> Edith) >> >> [RJ NOTE: This deed makes me wonder if John Lane marr Edith HARRIS since >> brother Bryan Lane marr Penelope HARRIS. John Lane on 1810 Wayne census >> but >> died between 1811 and 1819 since Edith Lane appears on 1820 Wayne census >> with Head of Household entry 020201-10201.] >> __________ >> >> Rae Jean ... in Tennessee > > > ==== NCWAYNE Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >