http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sweetpoe/landers/alrev.html John Landers (b.Aug. 15, 1757 Granville Co. N.C. - D.Oct. 30, 1840 in Benton Co. Alabama) Unknown where buried. Service: PVT. Va. Volunteered at the commencement of the war and served in Capt. Jesse Saunders' Co. of N.C. Militia in an expedition against Scotch Tories. Enlisted in Prince Edward Co. Va. while on visit to his uncle, served in Capt. Allen's Co. in Va. Militia. Served other tours and was discharged September 22, 1781. He was a Minister of the Gospel for 40 yrs. Pension: Cert.No. 23 283 Issued: Dec. 18, 1833 Under Act of June 7, 1832, Ga. Agency. Pension 5 16 444. Last payment paid Aug. 27, 1841 to John Landers Jr. in care of W.H. Eifell, Jacksonville, Al. an attorney for the widow. Residences: reared in Granville Co. N.C. resided there at beginning of war, after the war he moved to Columbia Co. Ga., lived there 9 yrs. then returned to N.C. and resided in Caswell Co. about 29 yrs. Then moved to DeKalb Co. Ga. where he resided in 1833. Family: m1. Lucky JOHNSTON m2. Morning (Mourning) MITCHELL b.Va. Children: John Landers Jr. Ref: Patriot Index, Gandrud Al. Records Vol.152 pg.97 On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Thomas Hamm wrote: > The only Quaker settlements in Tennessee were in East Tennessee--Blount, Greene, Washington, Jefferson, and Knox counties. While some Quakers used "Mourning" as a daughter's name, I have found non-Quakers who also did. > > T. Hamm > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cyndi" <cjhulett@comcast.net> > To: QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:48:11 AM > Subject: [Q-R] Tennessee Quaker's > > Good morning, > > > > Does anyone on this list know where in Tennessee, or what area the Quaker's > resided? I have an ancestor whose first name was Mourning and I was told > that it was a Quaker name. Her last name, married was Mitchel/Mitchell and > they moved to Alabama abt 1830. Any help or ideas would be much appreciated > as this line has been very hard to trace. > > > > > > Thank you > > Cyndi > > _____ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2639/6056 - Release Date: 01/25/13 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message