Family Tracks and Tales

Every family has stories. Some are true.


Sources

Where possible, standard vital records (birth, marriage, death) and other government record sets (census, probate, etc.) have been used.

Other works consulted include:

LANIER & SALLEE FAMILIES:

Bailey, Jack Dalton. The History of the French Huguenot Abraham Sallé and his Descendants. Harrodsburg, Kentucky: 1993.

Ingersoll, Louise. Lanier, a Genealogy of the Family who came to Virginia and their Franch Ancestors in London. Washington DC: Goetz Printing Company, 1965.Second printing, 1979.

Johnson, Augusta Phillips. A Century of Wayne County Kentucky, 1800-1900.Louisville, Standard Printing Company, 1939.

Storms, C. Gilbert. Reconnaissance in Sonora: Charles D. Poston’s 1854 Exploration of Mexico and the Gadsden Purchase. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2015.

Wisner, Marie. Lanier. Typescript compiled by Marie Wisner, Knoxville: 1954.

About this site

Every family has stories. Some are true. This blog recounts some of the stories in my family and others I’ve researched, and my efforts to determine what really happened. Along the way I’ll also respond to a few of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks themes.

SOURCES

Newsletter