Margaret Layne^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

1802 - Aft 1880  (> 79 years)

• Name	Margaret Layne
  Nickname	Peggy
  Born	1802	Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1880
  Person ID	I706	Main
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	John Hiram Layne,   b. 1768, Virginia, USA ,   d. Between 1836 and 11 May 1838  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Barbara DeVault,   b. 1770, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Aft 1860  (Age 91 years)
  Married	31 Jul 1789	Washington County, Virginia, USA   [9]
  Notes	Married by Charles Cummings. Information found in Marriage Register 2 page 269 of Washington Co., VA The Layne-Lain-Lane Genealogy book, by Floyd Benjamin Layne, mentions additional children: Lou and Sallie though no evidence apart from this book has been found. Notice also that this book lists Lou and Sally as the last two children of John Jr. and Esther (Kilgore) Layne. There was either some sort of mixup, or these children did not survive to adulthood.
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard Bradford,   b. 1801, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Aft 1862, Tennessee, USA  (Age > 62 years)
  Married	Bef 1830
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2016
  Family ID	F467	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1802 - Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Layne-Lain-Lane genealogy, page 76
  		1830 United States Federal Census, Marion County, Tennessee, Page 55 1830; Census Place: Marion, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 175; Page: 55; Family History Library Film: 0024533
  		1840 United States Federal Census, Coffee County, Tennessee, Page 183 Year: 1840; Census Place: Coffee, Tennessee; Roll: 519; Page: 183; Image: 381; Family History Library Film: 0024543
  		1850 United States Federal Census, District 6, Grundy County, Tennessee, Page 349A Year: 1850; Census Place: District 6, Grundy, Tennessee; Roll: M432_881; Page: 349A; Image: 24
  		1860 United States Federal Census, District 6, Grundy County, Tennessee, Page 439 Year: 1860; Census Place: District 6, Grundy, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1252; Page: 439; Image: 490; Family History Library Film: 805252
  		1870 United States Federal Census, District 9, Grundy County, Tennessee, Page 484B Year: 1870; Census Place: District 9, Grundy, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1532; Page: 484B; Image: 69; Family History Library Film: 553031
  		1880 United States Federal Census, District 9, Grundy County, Tennessee, Page 305A Year: 1880; Census Place: District 9, Grundy, Tennessee; Roll: 1258; Family History Film: 1255258; Page: 305A; Enumeration District: 044
  		Page 383 of Marion County Deed Book D David Lain & others To) Deed 60 acres Isaac Lain This indenture made this 11th day of May one thousand Eight hundred & thirty eight between David Lane, Burley Lane, Abraham Lane, John Lane, William Lane, Polly Killgore, Nancy Killgore, Pegy Bradford all of the County of Marion & State of Tennessee Daniel Lane, of the County of Warren & State aforesaid & Elizabeth Luallen of the County of Jackson & State of Alabama of the one part & Isaac Lane of the County of Marion & State of Tennessee of the other part WITNESSETH: that for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred a fifty dollars to us in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath bargained sold and do by these presents release enfeoff? and convey unto Isaac Lane his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land containing sixty acres more or less ? lying and being in the County of Marion. Beginning at a stake and pointers on Richard Stones line on the east side of Halls Branch running south forty six poles to a corner in said Lanes Field; thence west forty eight poles to a white oak thence south running with the branch fifty poles to a stake, thence east seventy eight poles to a black oak to Stephen Lanes corner; thence east seventy four poles to a stake and pointers thence north sixty four poles to a chestnut thence westwardly running down what is commonly called the Dark Hollow ninety six poles to the beginning with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances hereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining either in law or equity to have and to hold the aforesaid tract of land with its appurtenances to the only use and benefit of him the said Isaac Lane his heirs and assigns forever free and clear of any other lawful title claim or demand of all manner of persons Whatsoever consideration whereof we the said David Lane, Borley Lane, Abraham Lane, John Lane, Wm. Lane, Polly Kilgore, Nancy Kilgore, Pegy Bradford, Daniel Lane, Elizabeth Luallen also binds ourselves, our heirs &C to warrant and defend the right of the same by virtue of these presents in testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and date first above Written signed and acknowledged in presence of. Stephen Killgore Abraham Killgore his Borley X Lane mark (Seal) her Nancy X Kilgore mark (Seal) his Abraham X Lane mark (Seal) his John X Lane Jr mark (Seal) her Polly X Kilgore mark (Seal) his William X Lane mark (Seal) his Daniel X Lane mark (Seal) his Daniel X Luwallen mark (Seal) her Margaret X Bradford mark (Seal)

  
  

• Notes

  There was very little we could learn of Margaret “Peggy” Layne despite her having lived for at least 78 years. We know from the deed signed by her and her siblings in May of 1838 that she had married Richard Bradford and that they were living in Marion County, Tennessee at the time. Richard and his wife are found in the Marion County census records for 1830, but in 1840 he and Margaret appear instead in the Coffee County census. In 1850 Richard and Margaret are found in District 6 of Grundy County. As Grundy was formed from portions of Warren and Coffee counties, I don’t think Richard and Margaret moved to Grundy, but rather Grundy moved to them. There are also two children living with the Bradfords in 1850, but it is uncertain and perhaps unlikely these are Richard and Margaret’s sons. The first, whose name is garbled, is 11 years old but does not appear in the 1840 census. Richard and Margaret appear to have gone childless for as much as 20 years of marriage before this child would have born and Margaret would have been 37. Not out of the realm of possibility, but curious to say the least. Next is Willam, aged 4 in 1850 and born in Kentucky. Rather than assume Richard and Margaret moved to or visited Kentucky in the mid 1840s where she gave birth to a child at the age of 44, a more likely scenario is that this is the child of a relative perhaps. Or it may be that the couple just developed a habit of taking in those in need as evidenced by the 1860 census where we find Mary Fitch, aged 12, and Judith Lowe, aged 40, now living with the couple as well. With regards to Judith Lowe, that could also be a transcription error that should be Judith Lane, but there are no Judith Lanes in the family tree at that time. Further evidence that Richard and Margaret had no children of their own is found in the 1870 census. Richard has seemingly passed away by this time (at a minimum he lived until 1862 as his name is found in the special IRS Tax Assessment list of 1862) and Margaret is living, not with a son or daughter, but with her nephew Abraham K Layne and his wife Elender Tennessee (Kilgore) Layne. The last record we have of Margaret is the 1880 census where she is found still living with Elender, though Abraham has passed away by this time as well.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Layne-Lain-Lane genealogy, Floyd Benjamin Layne, CS7l.L4283 1962., page 76. [S16] 1830 US Census, Tennessee, Marion, (National Archives, Washington, D.C), page 55. [S52] 1840 US Census, Tennessee, Coffee, (National Archives, Washington, D.C), page 183. [S53] 1850 US Census, Tennessee, Grundy, District 6, (National Archives, Washington, D.C), page 349A. [S54] 1860 US Census, Tennessee, Grundy, District 6, (National Archives, Washington, D.C), page 439. [S55] 1870 US Census, Tennessee, Grundy, District 9, (National Archives, Washington, D.C), page 484B. [S56] 1880 US Census, Tennessee, Grundy, District 9, (National Archives, Washington, D.C), page 305A. [S5] Marion County, TN Deed Books D, (Marion County, Tennessee ), page 383. [S30] Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, Database. FamilySearch. http://familysearch.org, (FamilySearch), page 269. Citing Washington, Virginia, reference P. 269; FHL microfilm 34,389