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Jordan - Lanier Cemetery, 51-1 Summary Report, page 9

The sixth daughter (Matilda) of Rev. William and Nancy Ann Dickson Lanier married James W. Allen {“Allin” on tombstone of child}, a Methodist minister, and lived in Athens, Alabama, by the time of the 1850 census. [The above names for the 6 daughters of William & Nancy Ann Lanier were derived from the family data and from a deed recorded in January of 1812 in Madison County, wherein William gave a gift of a female slave to each of his 6 daughters.] Jordan - Lanier Cemetery, Redstone Arsenal, Madison Co., AL, June, 2002. William Lanier was reported to have been a Baptist minister in North Carolina, per data found in the Lanier folder of the Family Files of the Heritage Room at the Huntsville - Madison County Public Library. 9 - (2028)