(Bird Thomas Lanier's  Lewis(Georgia))

2 .John Lanier m. Elizabeth Bird.

21 . Bird Thomas Lanier b. abt 1703 d. between 1850 and 1860
m. Mary (Madison?)  It is believed that Bird Thomas went to Georgia
with his brother Lemuel as White's history mentioned a Bird Lanier as
being among the 18 Original Settlers of Georgia.

212.  Lemuel,  b. abt. 1729 Brunswick Co., Va. d. abt. 1770 Duplin Co.NC
          m. Sarah Hardy

2121  Lewis Lanier. b. 1753, A Corenet in the Revolution.b. N.C.
moved to Ga. (Bulloch Co) m. Margaret ? b. Bulloch County 1760.
Living 1830 Bulloch Co., Ga.  where they settled in 1788 on Lotts Creek.
Children:
1. John b. 1778 d. between 1850 and 1860 Bulloch Co., Ga. m. Nancy
FitzPatrick...2nd Lucy Brown
2. Fredrick , b. 1780 NC d, Sept. 13, 1845Bulloch Co., Ga.
3. Margaret 1782 m. Sherrod McCall
4. Elizabeth 1784 m. Joseph Fletcher
5. Benjamin, 1876 m. Sarah Pridgen
6. Lewis

21216   LEWIS
b. 1789, Lotts Creek, Bulloch Co. Ga. m. Celete Pridgen
Both were buried on their  old Homestead on  Old Savannah Rd.
West side of the Ogeechee River. (From a. Mortality Records)
Children :
1. Mitchell Lanier b. Bulloch Co. Ga 1812 d. before 1880
  m. Lavinia Lee b. 1812, Ga.
2. Thomas Carlton Lanier b. July 4, 1814 d. Mar. 28, 1900
    m. Frances Ann Newton g. granddaughter of Benjamin Lanier.
3. Hardy Lanier b. June 16, 1817  m. Mary Ann Gay b. May 2, `1834
    He  was a Justice in Bulloch County for many years
 4. Celete Ann Lanier, b. 1819
5. Susan Lanier b. 1821 m. Robert Gay
6. Caroline Lanier b. 1824 m. 1848 Dr. Eward W. Lane
     They lived Emanuel County., Ga.
7.Benjamin F. Lanier b. Sept. 6, 1826 (School  Census)
   m. Ann Elizabeth ? b. Ga.
8. Matthew Lanier  b. July 4, 1829 (School census) d. 1857 buried
on his father's Old Homestead with parents -East of Portal ,Ga.
9. Christopher Lanier b. Aug. 6, 1834 (Ga School Census) d. 1859
bu. on his father's land, also.
10. Saphronia Lanier b. Mar. 16, 1836(School Census) m.
      Henry Beecham.  Saphronia and Henry lived on a cared for the
      place and lived and died on the old Lanier Homestead  , later called
      "the Old Beecham Place."  Her mother and father and two brothers
      grave were cared for as long as she lived.
I have not found children for Saphronia and Henry.