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My 3rd Great Grandparents were Nathaniel FAUVER & Jane LOFTON. They married on 1 Apr 1835 in Franklin Co., MS.
LDS shows this marriage as Nathaniel TARVER and June LOFTON; however, this is a misread of the marriage license, a copy of which I have in my file.
LDS also shows this marriage as Jane FOSTER and Nathaniel FAUVER. This is a result of the JP, Ezeriah PEPPER, who conducted the marriage, writing the following: "... I have this day celebrated the Rites of Matrimony between Nathaniel FAUVER and Jane FOSTER - Given under my hand this 1st day of April AD 1835." The application and the authorization to marry clearly show Nathaniel FAUVER and Jane LOFTON.
THE Death certificate for Jane lists her name as Jane "Giney" LOFTON. His name is listed as Nattie FAUVER; Nathaniel "Nattie" FAUVER.
Nathaniel FAUVER was the s/o Benjamin FAUVER and Permella //. Nathaniel was a pvt. in the 10th and 20th Consolidated Regiment, LA Militia, at battle of New Orleans.
I need assistance in identifying the parents of Jane LOFTON. Information I have received lists her parents as Allen LOFTON and Sarah BONDS; however, I have been unable to confirm this as I can find no Allen LOFTON with a Sarah BONDS.
Jane is listed as 32 years old in the 1850 Franklin Co., MS Census, with place of birth listed as Louisiana. This mean that she was born about 1818.
The only two LOFTON's that I can find that owned land in Franklin Co., MS prior to 1 Apr 1835, marriage date of Nathaniel & Jane, are Thomas and Allen LOFTON. I believe this Allen LOFTON to be the s/o this THOMAS LOFTON & his wife Martha Jane BONDS. Allen LOFTON, s/o Thomas LOFTON, married Frances "Fanny" BUTLER on 9 Feb 1818 in Amite Co., MS.
Thomas LOFTON and Martha Jane BONDS came to Amite Co., MS in 1811 and settled in Franklin Co. around 1820. The first land patent for a Thomas LOFTON was on the W1/2SE1/4 S23 T7 R6 (~80 Acres), dated 27 Apr 1825. Since land patents were typically dated after the fact, he probably purchased the land prior to that date.
Nathaniel FAUVER purchased land near the Thomas LOFTON land in 1833; namely, NE1/4 S28 T7 R6 (~160 Acres) on 16 Mar 1833 and W1/2SW1/4 S22 T7 R6 (~80 Acres) on 25 Mar 1833.
An original land deed was entered in Franklin Co., MS for Allen LOFTON for the E1/2NW1/4 S3 T6 R6 (~80 Acres), dated 18 Jun 1824.
Nathaniel FAUVER and Allen LOFTON purchased land next to each other on 8 Aug 1836.
Allen LOFTON: SW1/4NW1/4 S3 T6 R6 (~40 Acres). This is next to land already owned by Allen LOFTON.
Nathaniel FAUVER: SW1/4 S3 T6 R6 (~160 Acres).
All three, Nathaniel FAUVER, Thomas & Allen LOFTON purchase other land in the general area.
Thomas & Martha Jane LOFTON had a daughter, Jane, who was born about 1818. I do not list a marriage for this Jane; however, she is a good candidate, but not the only, for being the wife of Nathaniel FAUVER.
In the LOFTON book by Mable Lofton STANCIL, she list a June LOFTON, b. bef 1820 in KY marrying a Nathaniel //. This June is the daughter William LOFTON and Mary PAGE, who did move to Franklin Co., MS; however, I do not know when they arrived. The book also shows that William & Mary LOFTON also had a daughter, Jane b. 1812 KY, who married John Wesley OLIVER on 29 Nov 1827.
Any information that would help clear-up the parentage of Jane LOFTON would be appreciated.
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