L Surnames

The following data is extracted from Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama.

LACKEY, WILLIAM, aged 80, and a resident of Lawrence County; private Virginia Militia; enrolled on April 23, 0 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $79.78; sums received to date of publication of list, $239.34.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Lawrence County, June 1, 1840, aged 87.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

LAFOY, JAMES, a resident of Washington County; private in infantry and cavalry, particular service not shown; en-rolled on September 9, 1836, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $25.-Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LANDERS, JOHN, aged 82, resided in Benton County, June, 1840.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

LANGLEY, JAMES, aged 80, resided in Chambers County, June 1, 1840.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LANSDALE, ISAAC, a resident of Montgomery County; private Delaware Line; enrolled on September 9, 1828, under act of Congress of May 15, 1828, payment to date from March 3, 1826; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list, $720.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Fayette County, June 1, 1840, aged 80.--Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

LATTY, JOHN. "On the 30th ult., JAMES LAITY, an old citizen of this county in the 102nd year of his age. He was a native of North Carolina, but had lived on the headwaters of Brierfork for two generations. He volunteered in the revolutionary war; but his father, being in a helpless condition, furnished means for a substitute for his son."-The Southern Advocate, Huntsville, April 11, 1860.

LAVENDER, HUGH, aged 79, and a resident of Greene County; dragoon S. C. Militia; enrolled on February 10, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $66.21.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

LENTZ, HENRY, aged 81, and a resident of Limestone County; private and sergeant N. C. Militia; enrolled on June 14, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $59.33; sums received to date of publication of list, $148.32.-R evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

LEWIS, AARON, aged 75, and a resident of Clarke County; private S. C. Continental Line; enrolled on April 20, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $53.33; sums received to date of publication of list, $160.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Pike County, June 1, 1840, aged 80.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LEWIS, AXIOM, aged 75, resided in Clarke County, June 1, 1840, with William R. Hamilton.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LINDSAY, DAVID. A revolutionary soldier of this name is buried at Elliottsville, Shelby County, but no facts as to his age or service have been ascertained.

LINDSAY, JAMES, a resident of Marion County; private, particular service not shown; enrolled on August 22, 1835, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20.-Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LINTON, JOHN, aged 76 years, and a resident of Butler County; private N. C. Militia and State Troops; enrolled on Oct. 19, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $76.66.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Part 3, Vol. xiii, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Butler County, June 1, 1840, with Hugh Linton, aged 82.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LITTLETON, CHARLES, aged 74, and a resident of Lauderdale County; private Georgia Militia; enrolled on October 29, 1833, under act of Congress of Juan 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Lauderdale County, June 1, 1840, aged 79.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

Of him Mrs. P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, p. 554, says:

"This soldier was from Maryland or Virginia. He rests in a little country graveyard, fifteen miles from Florence, in Lauderdale County, Alabama. This graveyard is nearly a mile from Bethel Grove Methodist Church; the church being on Middle Cypress creek. He drew a pension and his grave is marked by a stone which bears this inscription :

CHARLES LITTLETON.
Revolutionary Soldier.
Died March 29th, 1848, at 3 o'clock P. M.
Aged about 103 or 105 years.

"A descendant gives information that Charles Littleton was the son of Solomon Littleton, an Englishman, who owned land at or near Washington City, and is said to have built the first house on the site of Washington. He joined the rebellious colonists and, in revenge, the English captured him and placed him in a smallpox hospital at Ninety-Six, South Carolina, and thus took his life."

LIVING, STEPHEN, sen., aged 80, resided in Pike County, June 1, 1840.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LIVINGSTON, SAMUEL, aged 76, and a resident of Morgan County; private N. C. Militia; enrolled on July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $21.67; sums received to date of publication of list, $61.01.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess" 1833-34.

LOFTON, THOMAS, aged 73, and a resident of Pickens County; private, captain and sergeant S. C. Militia; enrolled on February 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $340; sums received to date of publication of list, $1,020.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong.,. 1st sess., 1833-34.

He came from Pendleton district, South Carolina, to Alabama. The young people of his neighborhood knew him as "Grandsire Lofton" and loved him for his kind and genial disposition; some are still living who remember his interesting stories of the Revolution. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is buried at Bethesda Church near Benevola; no stone marks his last resting place.-Mrs. P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, p. 554.

LONG, DANIEL, aged 80, and a resident of Madison County; dragoon Virginia Continental Line; enrolled on November 22, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $100; sums received to date of publication of list, $300.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

LOOKINGBILL, DANIEL, age not given, a resident of Dallas County; private 14th U. S. Regular; enrolled on July 30, 1831, payment to date from July 25, 1831; annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $250.89; Acts Military establishment.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. Resided also in Marion, Fayette and Tuscaloosa counties.-Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LUCAS, JAMES. Mary, wife of James Lucas, a resident of Montgomery County; enrolled on January 12, 1838, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $600. Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile. She resided in Montgomery County, June 1, 1840, with Jane W. Freeney, aged 80.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LUCAS, JOHN, private, particular service not shown; en-rolled on January 10, 1837, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; annual allowance, $20; no record of any payment being made. Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LUCAS, RANDOLPH, private, particular service not shown; enrolled on January 10, 1837, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; annual allowance, $20; no record of any payment having been made. Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LYLE, JOHN, aged 84, resided in Covington County, June 1, 1840, with John B. Dixon.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LYNN, JAMES, aged 70, and a resident of Morgan County; private N. C. Continental Line; enrolled on September 24, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $74.33; sums received to date of publication of list, $222.99.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Morgan County, June 1, 1840, aged 76.-Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

Source: Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama

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