John J. Lanning, born in 1814 married Annie Finney. Their children were: John Enos, Joshua Thomas, Susannah Miranda, Francis Marion, and Margaret Adeline.
Son-John Enos LANNING b: 1842, Buncome County NC, c:
Baptist, d: 1864, Battle Of The Wilderness In
Virginia, burial: Unknown Battlefield Area?
Son-Joshua Thomas LANNING b: 25 Jul 1847, Turniptown,
Georgia, d: 28 Oct 1890, buried: Lanning Cemetery At
Turniptown
Daughter-Susannah Miranda LANNING b: Feb 1850, Georgia, d: 31st Dec 1929, Gilmer County, Georgia, bur: Lanning
Cemetary At Turniptown
Son-Francis Marion LANNING b: 8 Sep 1851, Turniptown,
Gilmer County Georgia, d: 2 Mar 1929, Acworth,
Georgia, buried: Turniptown Baptist Church Cemetery
Daughter-Margaret Adeline LANNING b: 3 Sep 1865, d: 26 May
1946, buried: Turniptown Baptist Church Cemetery
John J. Lanning was born Feb. 5, 1814 in Buncombe County, N.C. He was the son of Enos and Margaret Barnhill Lanning, and the grandson of Patriot John Lanning born 1757 in Bordentown, N.J.
John's name first appears in the 1840 census records in Henderson County, N.C. He was 26 years old and living with his wife, Annie Finney Lanning, age 15. Apparently the couple was newly-wed since there were no children in the household.
Sometime between the years 1840 and 1843, John J. and Annie moved from Henderson County into Buncombe County. It was here in 1843 their first child, John Enos, was born.
Annie's relatives, Ann and John Finney may have moved into Buncombe about the same time for in the 1850 census records we find these two living in this area.
John J. supported his family as a laborer at a grist mill. There were three mills in the area owned and operated by Lannings. No doubt, John J. was employed at one of these mills. His father, Enos Lanning, supposedly ran two of these mills; One, "on one side of the mountain" and one, on the other side. The other grist mill was owned by his grandfather, Pioneer John. This mill was located on Lanning Mill Road in the Clear Creek District, Henderson County. It employed several workers, including family owned slaves, and was kept in operation by the widow, Sarah, and daughters Elizabeth and Rachel, long after Pioneer John Lanning's death.
Former slaves remained loyal to the family after the Civil War. They were employed at the mill, on the farm and as servants to the household. Early census records list several of these families with the surname Lanning.
Sometime in early 1847, John J. got into trouble of some kind one day while working at the mill. The story handed down in the family is: In a dispute with another worker, John J. hit the man over the head with a shovel. Thinking he had mortally wounded him, John J. quickly loaded his family and fled the state, coming to Gilmer County. According to this story, the man John J. struck did not die and John J. was cleared of any charges brought about by the incident.
When John J., Annie, and John Enos arrived on Turniptown, they found the road sprinkled with deserted Indian cabins. Remnants of once cultivated corn and bean patches were still visible along the creek. Formerly the road was an Indian trail that connected Turniptown Village with the Indian Villages of White Path and Ellijoi (Ellijay). Prior to removal of the Indians in 1838, Turniptown was the home of Chief Little Turkey, a lessor chief, and the Indian families of Sakena, Hemp, Judah, and Sam Hatchett, among other families.
The name Turniptown is the white man's corruption of the Indian word, UNLUYI, meaning "Tuber Place". Chief White Path, a great orator, and the spokesman for the North Georgia Indians in their fight to remain on their homeland, ruled over a large area, among which was Turniptown Village. White Path did not live on the road. He lived across the mountain in the area still known as White Path today. His house was standing a few years ago.
Earlier white settlers were already living on Turniptown Road when John J. arrived. Several of these families had also come down from North Carolina. It is almost certain John J. knew one or more of these families before he came to Gilmer. Turniptown Road snakes its way up a narrow valley. It follows a bold stream, Big Turniptown Creek, for about seven miles to near the junction of Stover Branch and Turniptown Creek. Rimmed on either side by dense mountains it is highly unlikely that John J. "just found" this remote area.
How he came, or for what reason he came, we are not certain. However, we are inclined to think the story of his exodus from North Carolina handed down generation after generation by family members is true for the following simple reason: Annie left behind, in North Carolina, the only relatives she is known to have at the time; an aged grandmother, Ann, and a young brother, John. Something drastic must have happened to cause her to do this. Did she leave in such haste she didn't tell them if, and where (if she herself knew) she was going? And, we wonder why these two never came to Turniptown to be near Annie. Did they ever know where Annie went or what happened to her? Or, did they know and keep the whereabouts secret out of fear for John J.'s safety? In 1850, four years after John J. and Annie left North Carolina, Ann Finney, 73 years old at the time, and John Finney age 23, were living together in Buncombe County. There is no known trace of either of them after this year. The aged, Ann, probably died in Buncombe and is buried in a small cemetery there (in an unmarked grave?), and John may have left the state, his whereabouts unknown.
There is another story handed down in the family that is somewhat vague yet research has given a certain amount of credence to it. It seems John J. had a brother who came to Turniptown with his family at the time he and Annie did. It was said this brother didn't like the area and moved his family west. Records show John J.'s brother, Joseph, did leave North Carolina about the same time he did. Joseph went first to Missouri, then on to settle in Arkansas. To further substantiate this story is this: the only known physical description we have of John J. is that he was "sickly", and at one time went to Hot Springs, Arkansas to bathe in the medicinal springs for health purposes. No doubt he combined his trip with a visit to the home of his brother. NOTE! This story may be confused in that it was a brother who came to Turniptown. Instead it may have been Francis A. who we know came to Gilmer.
John J. Lanning died of dropsy at the age of 65
Handed down in the family is the following story of how John J. selected his burial place. One morning he left the house and went up on the mountain that rose near the back of his home place. There are two reasons given for his going that morning. One - that he often went up on this mountain to pray. The other reason, he had gone squirrel hunting. For whichever reason, we can be assured he did go. Later, when he returned home, he told Annie he had carved his name, or initials, on a rock, or tree on the mountain top, and that he wanted to be buried there, where "the deer can run over my grave". His request was granted, and thus began the family cemetery that is located on an isolated mountaintop off Turniptown Road.
Son-John Enos LANNING b: 1842, Buncome County NC, c:
Baptist, d: 1864, Battle Of The Wilderness In
Virginia, burial: Unknown Battlefield Area?
Son-Joshua Thomas LANNING b: 25 Jul 1847, Turniptown,
Georgia, d: 28 Oct 1890, buried: Lanning Cemetery At
Turniptown
Daughter-Susannah Miranda LANNING b: Feb 1850, Georgia, d: 31st Dec 1929, Gilmer County, Georgia, bur: Lanning
Cemetary At Turniptown
Son-Francis Marion LANNING b: 8 Sep 1851, Turniptown,
Gilmer County Georgia, d: 2 Mar 1929, Acworth,
Georgia, buried: Turniptown Baptist Church Cemetery
Daughter-Margaret Adeline LANNING b: 3 Sep 1865, d: 26 May
1946, buried: Turniptown Baptist Church Cemetery
John J. Lanning was born Feb. 5, 1814 in Buncombe County, N.C. He was the son of Enos and Margaret Barnhill Lanning, and the grandson of Patriot John Lanning born 1757 in Bordentown, N.J.
John's name first appears in the 1840 census records in Henderson County, N.C. He was 26 years old and living with his wife, Annie Finney Lanning, age 15. Apparently the couple was newly-wed since there were no children in the household.
Sometime between the years 1840 and 1843, John J. and Annie moved from Henderson County into Buncombe County. It was here in 1843 their first child, John Enos, was born.
Annie's relatives, Ann and John Finney may have moved into Buncombe about the same time for in the 1850 census records we find these two living in this area.
John J. supported his family as a laborer at a grist mill. There were three mills in the area owned and operated by Lannings. No doubt, John J. was employed at one of these mills. His father, Enos Lanning, supposedly ran two of these mills; One, "on one side of the mountain" and one, on the other side. The other grist mill was owned by his grandfather, Pioneer John. This mill was located on Lanning Mill Road in the Clear Creek District, Henderson County. It employed several workers, including family owned slaves, and was kept in operation by the widow, Sarah, and daughters Elizabeth and Rachel, long after Pioneer John Lanning's death.
Former slaves remained loyal to the family after the Civil War. They were employed at the mill, on the farm and as servants to the household. Early census records list several of these families with the surname Lanning.
Sometime in early 1847, John J. got into trouble of some kind one day while working at the mill. The story handed down in the family is: In a dispute with another worker, John J. hit the man over the head with a shovel. Thinking he had mortally wounded him, John J. quickly loaded his family and fled the state, coming to Gilmer County. According to this story, the man John J. struck did not die and John J. was cleared of any charges brought about by the incident.
When John J., Annie, and John Enos arrived on Turniptown, they found the road sprinkled with deserted Indian cabins. Remnants of once cultivated corn and bean patches were still visible along the creek. Formerly the road was an Indian trail that connected Turniptown Village with the Indian Villages of White Path and Ellijoi (Ellijay). Prior to removal of the Indians in 1838, Turniptown was the home of Chief Little Turkey, a lessor chief, and the Indian families of Sakena, Hemp, Judah, and Sam Hatchett, among other families.
The name Turniptown is the white man's corruption of the Indian word, UNLUYI, meaning "Tuber Place". Chief White Path, a great orator, and the spokesman for the North Georgia Indians in their fight to remain on their homeland, ruled over a large area, among which was Turniptown Village. White Path did not live on the road. He lived across the mountain in the area still known as White Path today. His house was standing a few years ago.
Earlier white settlers were already living on Turniptown Road when John J. arrived. Several of these families had also come down from North Carolina. It is almost certain John J. knew one or more of these families before he came to Gilmer. Turniptown Road snakes its way up a narrow valley. It follows a bold stream, Big Turniptown Creek, for about seven miles to near the junction of Stover Branch and Turniptown Creek. Rimmed on either side by dense mountains it is highly unlikely that John J. "just found" this remote area.
How he came, or for what reason he came, we are not certain. However, we are inclined to think the story of his exodus from North Carolina handed down generation after generation by family members is true for the following simple reason: Annie left behind, in North Carolina, the only relatives she is known to have at the time; an aged grandmother, Ann, and a young brother, John. Something drastic must have happened to cause her to do this. Did she leave in such haste she didn't tell them if, and where (if she herself knew) she was going? And, we wonder why these two never came to Turniptown to be near Annie. Did they ever know where Annie went or what happened to her? Or, did they know and keep the whereabouts secret out of fear for John J.'s safety? In 1850, four years after John J. and Annie left North Carolina, Ann Finney, 73 years old at the time, and John Finney age 23, were living together in Buncombe County. There is no known trace of either of them after this year. The aged, Ann, probably died in Buncombe and is buried in a small cemetery there (in an unmarked grave?), and John may have left the state, his whereabouts unknown.
There is another story handed down in the family that is somewhat vague yet research has given a certain amount of credence to it. It seems John J. had a brother who came to Turniptown with his family at the time he and Annie did. It was said this brother didn't like the area and moved his family west. Records show John J.'s brother, Joseph, did leave North Carolina about the same time he did. Joseph went first to Missouri, then on to settle in Arkansas. To further substantiate this story is this: the only known physical description we have of John J. is that he was "sickly", and at one time went to Hot Springs, Arkansas to bathe in the medicinal springs for health purposes. No doubt he combined his trip with a visit to the home of his brother. NOTE! This story may be confused in that it was a brother who came to Turniptown. Instead it may have been Francis A. who we know came to Gilmer.
John J. Lanning died of dropsy at the age of 65
Handed down in the family is the following story of how John J. selected his burial place. One morning he left the house and went up on the mountain that rose near the back of his home place. There are two reasons given for his going that morning. One - that he often went up on this mountain to pray. The other reason, he had gone squirrel hunting. For whichever reason, we can be assured he did go. Later, when he returned home, he told Annie he had carved his name, or initials, on a rock, or tree on the mountain top, and that he wanted to be buried there, where "the deer can run over my grave". His request was granted, and thus began the family cemetery that is located on an isolated mountaintop off Turniptown Road.
John J. Lanning, born in 1814 married Annie Finney. Their children were: John Enos, Joshua Thomas, Susannah Miranda, Francis Marion, and Margaret Adeline.
Son-John Enos LANNING b: 1842, Buncome County NC, c:
Baptist, d: 1864, Battle Of The Wilderness In
Virginia, burial: Unknown Battlefield Area?
Son-Joshua Thomas LANNING b: 25 Jul 1847, Turniptown,
Georgia, d: 28 Oct 1890, buried: Lanning Cemetery At
Turniptown
Daughter-Susannah Miranda LANNING b: Feb 1850, Georgia, d: 31st Dec 1929, Gilmer County, Georgia, bur: Lanning
Cemetary At Turniptown
Son-Francis Marion LANNING b: 8 Sep 1851, Turniptown,
Gilmer County Georgia, d: 2 Mar 1929, Acworth,
Georgia, buried: Turniptown Baptist Church Cemetery
Daughter-Margaret Adeline LANNING b: 3 Sep 1865, d: 26 May
1946, buried: Turniptown Baptist Church Cemetery
John J. Lanning was born Feb. 5, 1814 in Buncombe County, N.C. He was the son of Enos and Margaret Barnhill Lanning, and the grandson of Patriot John Lanning born 1757 in Bordentown, N.J.
John's name first appears in the 1840 census records in Henderson County, N.C. He was 26 years old and living with his wife, Annie Finney Lanning, age 15. Apparently the couple was newly-wed since there were no children in the household.
Sometime between the years 1840 and 1843, John J. and Annie moved from Henderson County into Buncombe County. It was here in 1843 their first child, John Enos, was born.
Annie's relatives, Ann and John Finney may have moved into Buncombe about the same time for in the 1850 census records we find these two living in this area.
John J. supported his family as a laborer at a grist mill. There were three mills in the area owned and operated by Lannings. No doubt, John J. was employed at one of these mills. His father, Enos Lanning, supposedly ran two of these mills; One, "on one side of the mountain" and one, on the other side. The other grist mill was owned by his grandfather, Pioneer John. This mill was located on Lanning Mill Road in the Clear Creek District, Henderson County. It employed several workers, including family owned slaves, and was kept in operation by the widow, Sarah, and daughters Elizabeth and Rachel, long after Pioneer John Lanning's death.
Former slaves remained loyal to the family after the Civil War. They were employed at the mill, on the farm and as servants to the household. Early census records list several of these families with the surname Lanning.
Sometime in early 1847, John J. got into trouble of some kind one day while working at the mill. The story handed down in the family is: In a dispute with another worker, John J. hit the man over the head with a shovel. Thinking he had mortally wounded him, John J. quickly loaded his family and fled the state, coming to Gilmer County. According to this story, the man John J. struck did not die and John J. was cleared of any charges brought about by the incident.
When John J., Annie, and John Enos arrived on Turniptown, they found the road sprinkled with deserted Indian cabins. Remnants of once cultivated corn and bean patches were still visible along the creek. Formerly the road was an Indian trail that connected Turniptown Village with the Indian Villages of White Path and Ellijoi (Ellijay). Prior to removal of the Indians in 1838, Turniptown was the home of Chief Little Turkey, a lessor chief, and the Indian families of Sakena, Hemp, Judah, and Sam Hatchett, among other families.
The name Turniptown is the white man's corruption of the Indian word, UNLUYI, meaning "Tuber Place". Chief White Path, a great orator, and the spokesman for the North Georgia Indians in their fight to remain on their homeland, ruled over a large area, among which was Turniptown Village. White Path did not live on the road. He lived across the mountain in the area still known as White Path today. His house was standing a few years ago.
Earlier white settlers were already living on Turniptown Road when John J. arrived. Several of these families had also come down from North Carolina. It is almost certain John J. knew one or more of these families before he came to Gilmer. Turniptown Road snakes its way up a narrow valley. It follows a bold stream, Big Turniptown Creek, for about seven miles to near the junction of Stover Branch and Turniptown Creek. Rimmed on either side by dense mountains it is highly unlikely that John J. "just found" this remote area.
How he came, or for what reason he came, we are not certain. However, we are inclined to think the story of his exodus from North Carolina handed down generation after generation by family members is true for the following simple reason: Annie left behind, in North Carolina, the only relatives she is known to have at the time; an aged grandmother, Ann, and a young brother, John. Something drastic must have happened to cause her to do this. Did she leave in such haste she didn't tell them if, and where (if she herself knew) she was going? And, we wonder why these two never came to Turniptown to be near Annie. Did they ever know where Annie went or what happened to her? Or, did they know and keep the whereabouts secret out of fear for John J.'s safety? In 1850, four years after John J. and Annie left North Carolina, Ann Finney, 73 years old at the time, and John Finney age 23, were living together in Buncombe County. There is no known trace of either of them after this year. The aged, Ann, probably died in Buncombe and is buried in a small cemetery there (in an unmarked grave?), and John may have left the state, his whereabouts unknown.
There is another story handed down in the family that is somewhat vague yet research has given a certain amount of credence to it. It seems John J. had a brother who came to Turniptown with his family at the time he and Annie did. It was said this brother didn't like the area and moved his family west. Records show John J.'s brother, Joseph, did leave North Carolina about the same time he did. Joseph went first to Missouri, then on to settle in Arkansas. To further substantiate this story is this: the only known physical description we have of John J. is that he was "sickly", and at one time went to Hot Springs, Arkansas to bathe in the medicinal springs for health purposes. No doubt he combined his trip with a visit to the home of his brother. NOTE! This story may be confused in that it was a brother who came to Turniptown. Instead it may have been Francis A. who we know came to Gilmer.
John J. Lanning died of dropsy at the age of 65
Handed down in the family is the following story of how John J. selected his burial place. One morning he left the house and went up on the mountain that rose near the back of his home place. There are two reasons given for his going that morning. One - that he often went up on this mountain to pray. The other reason, he had gone squirrel hunting. For whichever reason, we can be assured he did go. Later, when he returned home, he told Annie he had carved his name, or initials, on a rock, or tree on the mountain top, and that he wanted to be buried there, where "the deer can run over my grave". His request was granted, and thus began the family cemetery that is located on an isolated mountaintop off Turniptown Road.
Son-John Enos LANNING b: 1842, Buncome County NC, c:
Baptist, d: 1864, Battle Of The Wilderness In
Virginia, burial: Unknown Battlefield Area?
Son-Joshua Thomas LANNING b: 25 Jul 1847, Turniptown,
Georgia, d: 28 Oct 1890, buried: Lanning Cemetery At
Turniptown
Daughter-Susannah Miranda LANNING b: Feb 1850, Georgia, d: 31st Dec 1929, Gilmer County, Georgia, bur: Lanning
Cemetary At Turniptown
Son-Francis Marion LANNING b: 8 Sep 1851, Turniptown,
Gilmer County Georgia, d: 2 Mar 1929, Acworth,
Georgia, buried: Turniptown Baptist Church Cemetery
Daughter-Margaret Adeline LANNING b: 3 Sep 1865, d: 26 May
1946, buried: Turniptown Baptist Church Cemetery
John J. Lanning was born Feb. 5, 1814 in Buncombe County, N.C. He was the son of Enos and Margaret Barnhill Lanning, and the grandson of Patriot John Lanning born 1757 in Bordentown, N.J.
John's name first appears in the 1840 census records in Henderson County, N.C. He was 26 years old and living with his wife, Annie Finney Lanning, age 15. Apparently the couple was newly-wed since there were no children in the household.
Sometime between the years 1840 and 1843, John J. and Annie moved from Henderson County into Buncombe County. It was here in 1843 their first child, John Enos, was born.
Annie's relatives, Ann and John Finney may have moved into Buncombe about the same time for in the 1850 census records we find these two living in this area.
John J. supported his family as a laborer at a grist mill. There were three mills in the area owned and operated by Lannings. No doubt, John J. was employed at one of these mills. His father, Enos Lanning, supposedly ran two of these mills; One, "on one side of the mountain" and one, on the other side. The other grist mill was owned by his grandfather, Pioneer John. This mill was located on Lanning Mill Road in the Clear Creek District, Henderson County. It employed several workers, including family owned slaves, and was kept in operation by the widow, Sarah, and daughters Elizabeth and Rachel, long after Pioneer John Lanning's death.
Former slaves remained loyal to the family after the Civil War. They were employed at the mill, on the farm and as servants to the household. Early census records list several of these families with the surname Lanning.
Sometime in early 1847, John J. got into trouble of some kind one day while working at the mill. The story handed down in the family is: In a dispute with another worker, John J. hit the man over the head with a shovel. Thinking he had mortally wounded him, John J. quickly loaded his family and fled the state, coming to Gilmer County. According to this story, the man John J. struck did not die and John J. was cleared of any charges brought about by the incident.
When John J., Annie, and John Enos arrived on Turniptown, they found the road sprinkled with deserted Indian cabins. Remnants of once cultivated corn and bean patches were still visible along the creek. Formerly the road was an Indian trail that connected Turniptown Village with the Indian Villages of White Path and Ellijoi (Ellijay). Prior to removal of the Indians in 1838, Turniptown was the home of Chief Little Turkey, a lessor chief, and the Indian families of Sakena, Hemp, Judah, and Sam Hatchett, among other families.
The name Turniptown is the white man's corruption of the Indian word, UNLUYI, meaning "Tuber Place". Chief White Path, a great orator, and the spokesman for the North Georgia Indians in their fight to remain on their homeland, ruled over a large area, among which was Turniptown Village. White Path did not live on the road. He lived across the mountain in the area still known as White Path today. His house was standing a few years ago.
Earlier white settlers were already living on Turniptown Road when John J. arrived. Several of these families had also come down from North Carolina. It is almost certain John J. knew one or more of these families before he came to Gilmer. Turniptown Road snakes its way up a narrow valley. It follows a bold stream, Big Turniptown Creek, for about seven miles to near the junction of Stover Branch and Turniptown Creek. Rimmed on either side by dense mountains it is highly unlikely that John J. "just found" this remote area.
How he came, or for what reason he came, we are not certain. However, we are inclined to think the story of his exodus from North Carolina handed down generation after generation by family members is true for the following simple reason: Annie left behind, in North Carolina, the only relatives she is known to have at the time; an aged grandmother, Ann, and a young brother, John. Something drastic must have happened to cause her to do this. Did she leave in such haste she didn't tell them if, and where (if she herself knew) she was going? And, we wonder why these two never came to Turniptown to be near Annie. Did they ever know where Annie went or what happened to her? Or, did they know and keep the whereabouts secret out of fear for John J.'s safety? In 1850, four years after John J. and Annie left North Carolina, Ann Finney, 73 years old at the time, and John Finney age 23, were living together in Buncombe County. There is no known trace of either of them after this year. The aged, Ann, probably died in Buncombe and is buried in a small cemetery there (in an unmarked grave?), and John may have left the state, his whereabouts unknown.
There is another story handed down in the family that is somewhat vague yet research has given a certain amount of credence to it. It seems John J. had a brother who came to Turniptown with his family at the time he and Annie did. It was said this brother didn't like the area and moved his family west. Records show John J.'s brother, Joseph, did leave North Carolina about the same time he did. Joseph went first to Missouri, then on to settle in Arkansas. To further substantiate this story is this: the only known physical description we have of John J. is that he was "sickly", and at one time went to Hot Springs, Arkansas to bathe in the medicinal springs for health purposes. No doubt he combined his trip with a visit to the home of his brother. NOTE! This story may be confused in that it was a brother who came to Turniptown. Instead it may have been Francis A. who we know came to Gilmer.
John J. Lanning died of dropsy at the age of 65
Handed down in the family is the following story of how John J. selected his burial place. One morning he left the house and went up on the mountain that rose near the back of his home place. There are two reasons given for his going that morning. One - that he often went up on this mountain to pray. The other reason, he had gone squirrel hunting. For whichever reason, we can be assured he did go. Later, when he returned home, he told Annie he had carved his name, or initials, on a rock, or tree on the mountain top, and that he wanted to be buried there, where "the deer can run over my grave". His request was granted, and thus began the family cemetery that is located on an isolated mountaintop off Turniptown Road.
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