Hi Carolyn Thank you. Yes I have and am checking all similar lines which include Lantern/Lantron/Lanton and Landrum and have yet to see it spelled the way my grgr grandaddy said it was spelled in his pension files, Lantrum. Ha! Go figure. I guess one hears what he hears. :-) I do know of the landrum line in that area and did find Henry's though turned up not to be mine. I appreciate your input. As of date, I have found no Henry that matches in any Landrum line but am still keeping that option open as well as any others. There was a Lantern line from NC that was found in rutherford co tn also. also the FEW lantrum's I do find online, have actually turned out to be Landrum. Except one that I am looking into now and it seems to be Lanton. My Henry's son Joseph was seen as LANTRON on the 1870. So I lean towards Lanton/Lantron/Lantern and who knows before 1815 what it'll be! ha. Thanks much kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Carolyngenealogy@aol.com> To: <kls@hom.net> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [TNRUTHER] Fellowship Community - Rutherford County > I haven't seen you mention Landrum, so I have to ask if you have considered > that. There was definitely a Landrum family in this area, Primitive Baptists > from South Carolina. > > Carolyn > > In a message dated 7/5/01 6:42:24 PM, kls@hom.net writes: > > << LOL. After tracking this name for 3 years now, I don't doubt anything! ha. > > I'm not giving up, just being open minded. Lannom was too similar to dismiss > > and since they were in Rutherford where my line is from, I had to ask. Our > > surname has gone from Lantrum to Lantron to Lanthrum so far and not sure > > what it was in between or before the first --the name of which I have YET to > > find on ANY document or census other than pension app of his son . One > > never knows what has happend in the past. I've even seen Lantern vary as > > Lantron. Just not sure what it will be from one census to the next. So far > > only found 3 Lantrum's on the whole world wide web. That seems strange to > > me. Surely the whole lot didn't just go extinct. I figure the name had to > > change somehow, for whatever reason, census takers fault or a purpose name > > change or alteration, unknown to me as of yet. > > > Thanks for checking your data though I really appreciate it. > > > While I'm posting this, Has anyone out there seen anything on a Mary DeVault > > or Henry Lantrum? Lantron? Lantern? Lanthrum? Lan--anything???? > > they would be born ca 1810 i suppose. Thanks for any leads. This line from > > rutherford tn, according to henry's son joseph's obituary, but son was found > > in williamson co, so focusing on rutherford county right next to williamson > > county. > > > Lantern and Lantron are pretty rare too, this Lantrum surname may > > interchange with these or similar other names. ANY LEADS no matter how > > minute you may think, may be the lead I need. Thanks for anything. > > > Good luck to all. > > Kathy > >