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property in Edgecombe County as evidenced by a deed recorded there on May 1, 1754 and “John Lott, Jr.” was again the witness.
To complicate things a bit, we find two deeds in the Screven Co., GA Courthouse of interest. The first is dated January 13, 1795 where John Lott c. 1740, joined by his wife Sallie, transfers “to my Father John Lott, Sr.” c. 1720, both of Screven Co., conveying all lands we now possess, embracing 950 acres and 150 head of cattle, one mare, and all household goods (Deed Book A, p.22-23). Then on October 11, 1795, the now elder John Lott c.1720 “joined by his wife Bethany,” conveyed back to the younger John Lott c. 1740 the 150 head of cattle (Deed Book A, p.39-40).
This “Bethany” would be too young to be the wife of John Lott c. 1700. She is apparently not the first wife of John Lott c. 1720, Elizabeth Joyner, because when our John Lott c.1720 applied for a land grant in 1764 at Buckhead Creek, St. George Parish, GA next to his son, John Lott c.1740 and he, John Lott c.1720, has “7 children” — no mention of a wife. When petitioning for land, one would always list all “dependents” for this would determine the amount of land a person could receive. With this, we can assume his wife “Elizabeth Joyner” had died by 1764 probably in Duplin Co., NC. This is probably why the births of the “proven children” of John Lott c. 1720 stop around 1760 in North Carolina.
We know that the John Lott c. 1740 was married to Sallie (maiden name unknown). With this, one can only guess who this “Bethany Lott” was? She is apparently a second wife of John Lott c. 1720 that John Barron lists in his research as having a child called “Mary Lott” bom around 1775 and married William Hattten (RS) 1798 in Montgomery Co., GA. They had 6 children: Pollie -1798, Peter -1799, Catherine -1800, Bathsheba -1807, Patsy- 1809, and Abb L. Hatten -1810. His source said Mary Lott also went by the name of “Polly” (Folks Huxford “Pioneers of Wiregrass Co.”, Vol. 2, p. 140).
Moving forward, we now have our Lott families moving south from Edgecombe Co., NC to Duplin Co., NC around the year 1749. This is based on several deeds previously cited. They stayed in that area several years based on various land transactions found in Duplin Co., NC. Examples being on August 11, 1760 “John Lott, Sr. gentleman, of Duplin County,” deeded 100 acres of land to “John Lott, Jr.”, “beginning at John Lott, Sr. comer tree upon Coheary at the mouth of Wheat’s Beaverdam” (Deed Book 3, p. 71). Other deeds in 1754 show they lived in Duplin Co. north of Cohara Swamp and on the lower side of “Wheat’s Beaverdam.” This was two separate patented transactions of 200 acres each (probably Sr. and Jr. although the record does not distinguish).
Around 1758 the families at various times began moving further south into St. George Parish, GA (now Burke Co.) as evidenced by the land patent of April 3, 1764 to John Lott, Sr. for 150 acres on “Buckhead Creek” where he said he “had been in the province 6 years (1758) and had a son.” This is in all probability John Lott c.1700 who moved ahead of his family to scout for new land in Georgia. Note that this patent in April 1764 lists no wife and only one son - probably one of his unmarried sons at that time still living with him. Later, it should be noted that John Lott c. 1700 moves to British West Florida as evidenced by his land grant application dated December 10, 1776 where he claims he “came from Georgia on October 10, 1775”. He was asking “for 250 acres on
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