Leonard Baggett: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Leonard Baggett was born on 10 Mar 1923 (son of Mordecai Baggett and Mary Elizabeth Lanier); died on 11 Mar 1984 in Lillington, Harnett Co., North Carolina.

Notes:

[Social Security Death Index]

Individual: Baggett, Leonard
Social Security #: 230-18-1949
Issued in: Virginia
Birth date: Mar 10, 1923
Death date: Mar 1984
ZIP Code of address where death benefit payment was sent: 27546
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Lillington, North Carolina

Generation: 2

Mordecai Baggett was born on 15 Apr 1889; died on 27 Feb 1964.

Notes:

[Social Security Death Index]

Individual: Baggett, Mordecai
Social Security #: 223-05-2403
Issued in: Virginia
Birth date: Apr 15, 1889
Death date: Feb 1964
Residence code: North Carolina

Mordecai married Mary Elizabeth Lanier on 19 Jan 1921 in Harnett Co., North Carolina. Mary (daughter of James Benjamin Lanier and Sarah Abernathy) was born on 31 May 1901; died on 29 Jan 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Elizabeth Lanier was born on 31 May 1901 (daughter of James Benjamin Lanier and Sarah Abernathy); died on 29 Jan 1971.

Children:

1. Leonard Baggett was born on 10 Mar 1923; died on 11 Mar 1984 in Lillington, Harnett Co., North Carolina.

Generation: 3

James Benjamin Lanier was born on 23 Sep 1861 in Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina (son of Harbard J. Lanier and Mary J. Arnold); died on 16 Mar 1926 in Harnett Co., North Carolina.

James married Sarah Abernathy on 22 Mar 1892 in Harnett Co., North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Davis Abernathy and Mary Unknown) was born on 7 Apr 1871 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 16 Dec 1944 in Harnett Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Abernathy was born on 7 Apr 1871 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina (daughter of Davis Abernathy and Mary Unknown); died on 16 Dec 1944 in Harnett Co., North Carolina.

Children:

3. Mary Elizabeth Lanier was born on 31 May 1901; died on 29 Jan 1971.
Robert Lee Lanier was born on 17 Aug 1903 in Hector's Creek, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 29 Jan 1984 in Fuquay Varina, Wake Co., North Carolina.
Sarah Kathleen Lanier was born on 14 Apr 1906 in Harnett Co., North Carolina.
Joseph William Lanier was born on 13 Dec 1910; died on 25 Oct 1995 in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Mabel Claire Lanier was born on 27 Nov 1918 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 14 Feb 1987.
Homer Jackson Lanier was born on 5 Apr 1893 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 9 Mar 1954.
Merriman Davis Lanier was born on 9 May 1896 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 13 Dec 1965 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Westview Memorial Gardens, Lillington, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
James Jefferson Lanier was born on 17 Jan 1898 in Harnett Co. North Carolina; died on 30 Aug 1956 in Harnett Co., North Carolina.

Generation: 4

12.

Harbard J. Lanier was born in 1819 in Cumberland Co., North Carolina (son of Buckner Lanier and Esther Booker); died between 1870 and 1880 in Harnett Co. North Carolina.

Harbard married Mary J. Arnold on 9 May 1842 in Cumberland Co., North Carolina. Mary (daughter of William Sebraim Arnold and Elizabeth Douglas) was born in 1826 in Cumberland Co., North Carolina; died after 1880 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Mary J. Arnold was born in 1826 in Cumberland Co., North Carolina (daughter of William Sebraim Arnold and Elizabeth Douglas); died after 1880 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina.

Notes:

[1880 Census]

Census Place: Buckhorn, Harnett, North Carolina
Source: FHL Film 1254967 National Archives Film T9-0967 Page 83D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Mary J. LANIER Self F W W 55 TN
Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: VA
James B. LANIER Son M S W 18 NC
Occ: Work On Farm Fa: NC Mo: TN
Margaret A. LANIER Dau F S W 13 NC
Occ: Work In House Fa: NC Mo: TN
Rufus LETT Other M S B 18 NC
Occ: Laborer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Mary AKINS Other F S B 22 NC
Occ: Laborer Fa: NC Mo: NC

Children:

Margaret Ann Lanier was born on 18 Feb 1867 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
Harbard Harrison Lanier was born on 20 Oct 1848 in Cumberland Co., North Carolina; died on 14 Jun 1921 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett, Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cumberland Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
6. James Benjamin Lanier was born on 23 Sep 1861 in Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 16 Mar 1926 in Harnett Co., North Carolina.
William Buckner Lanier was born on 31 Dec 1846 in Cumberland Co., North Carolina; died on 8 Oct 1918 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
W. David Lanier was born on 18 Feb 1867 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; died before 1880.

14.

Davis Abernathy was born on 1 Aug 1820 in Wake Co., North Carolina (son of Herbert Abernathy and Polly Davis); died on 5 Mar 1886 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried on 8 Mar 1886 in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.

Notes:

[1880 Census]

Census Place: Buckhorn, Harnett, North Carolina
Source: FHL Film 1254967 National Archives Film T9-0967 Page 79D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Davis ABERNATHY Self M M W 64 NC
Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: NC
Mary ABERNATHY Wife F M W 39 NC
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: NC
Nora ABERNATHY Dau F W 19 NC
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: NC
George ABERNATHY Son M W 16 NC
Occ: Works On Farm Fa: NC Mo: NC
Robert ABERNATHY Son M S W 13 NC
Occ: Works On Farm Fa: NC Mo: NC
Rose ABERNATHY Dau F S W 11 NC
Fa: NC Mo: NC
Sarah ABERNATHY Dau F S W 8 NC
Fa: NC Mo: NC
Mary ABERNATHY Dau F S W 5 NC
Fa: NC Mo: NC
Mary E. HARMON SisterL F W W 64 NC
Occ: Stays With Family Fa: NC Mo: NC

Davis married Mary Unknown about 1860. Mary was born on 3 Aug 1840 in Wake Co., North Carolina; died on 8 Sep 1929 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Mary Unknown was born on 3 Aug 1840 in Wake Co., North Carolina; died on 8 Sep 1929 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.

Children:

7. Sarah Abernathy was born on 7 Apr 1871 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 16 Dec 1944 in Harnett Co., North Carolina.
George D. Abernathy was born on 2 Mar 1864 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 6 Jun 1938 in Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
Nora Abernathy was born in 1861 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
Robert Smith Abernathy was born on 19 Feb 1867 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 3 May 1930 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
Rosalyn Lee Abernathy was born on 19 Apr 1869 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 14 Apr 1948 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
Mary Abernathy was born in 1875 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina.