FIRST GENERATION

FIRST GENERATION


1. Lazarus ATKINSON was born in 1791 in Greene Co., Georgia. He died on 6 Nov 1839 in Chambers Co., Alabama. Died after falling off a wagon. Ray Rowland gives Lazarus's full name as Josiah Lazarus Atkinson. All of the children are listed in various probate records for Lazarus's estate and in a family Bible. The photocopies I have of the Bible are very hard to read.

He was married to Mary Ellen LANE (daughter of William D. LANE) on 13 Jul 1813 in Georgia. Mary Ellen LANE was born on 3 Feb 1795 in Putnam Co., Georgia. She died on 13 Nov 1860 in Clark Co., Arkansas. Lazarus ATKINSON and Mary Ellen LANE had the following children:

child+2 i. Nathan Lane ATKINSON.
child+3 ii. Serena ATKINSON.
child+4 iii. William Dawkins ATKINSON.
child+5 iv. Martha A. ATKINSON.
child+6 v. Benjamin Franklin ATKINSON.
child+7 vi. Mary Ann ATKINSON.
child+8 vii. John Carroll ATKINSON.
child9 viii. Thomas J. ATKINSON was born on 25 Jun 1834. He died on 7 Apr 1863 in Camp Guinnies, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Served in the C.S.A. He was buried after 7 Apr 1863 in Atkinson/Hames place, north of West Point, Troup, Georgia.
child+10 ix. Elizabeth ATKINSON.

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