Julie From a quick look around online I believe your Francis Marion Lance was born in White County Tennessee and was the son of Anthony Lance. If this is true you will want to take a look at county court minutes which a team of us have been putting online at http://www.tngenweb.org/white/ The work is not complete and if you insert the word Lance in the search box you may find some pages which will not come up. Be patient. We have worked for over a year already on these court books to bring them to all the descendants of White County folks. Marcia Hart Wilson desc. of William Columbus Hart and Martha Francis Johnson of Eastland County TX