Notes for Joshua Lazenby




			The Ancestors of D O N N A J O Y J O H N S O N of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Notes for Joshua Lazenby

"Six months after his father's death, [Joshua Lazenby] was in Rowan
County, NC, as is proved by a cancelled note, dated December 1785, for 85
pounds, made by him to Thomas Bell and David Beall. David Beall had
married Rachel Odell, the daughter of Joshua's step-mother." [Mary
Elinor Lazenby, "Lazenby - Notes on the American Families," 1929, 22.]

Joshua Lazenby settled on 200 acres of land on White Oak Branch, near the
farms of his brothers Thomas and Henry and sister Elizabeth on Fifth
Creek in Iredell Co., NC.

The last will and Testament of Joshua Lazenby names sons Rezin, Henry,
James and Robert. It also mentions "children of my two sons Robert and
James."

The pension application for Joshua Lazenby was never filed. Descendant
Mary Elinor Lazenby forwarded his application to the pension bureau on 15
Dec 1927. The application was written on 22 Aug 1832, and mentioned
brothers Alexander, Henry & Elias Lazenby. He stated that he left
Maryland between 1785 and 1790, and settled near Statesville, Iredell
Co., North Carolina.

Joshua and Keziah Lazenby and four of their sons were buried in the Lewis
family burying ground, located on the farm of Daniel Lewis - who was a
friend and neighbor to Joshua in Maryland and in North Carolina.

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