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brother) bom c. 1750 in North Carolina and murdered by Indians on May 23, 1812. Two articles published in the newspaper, “Georgia Journal” on June 3, 1812 and July 1, 1812 give details of his death. Additional details were found in a publication, “The History of Marion Co. Ms”, Gulfport, MS, Library, p. 7,8,17, and 23. To summarize:
1)	He was an honest “old” man (age c.62 in 1812).
2)	Ambushed by four Creek Indians.
3)	Killed at “Warriors Stand” (now Macon Co., Alabama) “eight miles on this side of Mr. Cornell's on the post road”.
4)	Stated he was a member of the Georgia Legislature in 1809.
5)	That his “brother,” John Lott, settled on land later known as “Lott's Bluff’ on the Pearl River and in 1812, by a Legislative Act, this bluff became Columbia, seat of government for Marion, Co., MS (Error - the John Lott mentioned in the article was not a “brother” of Arthur Lott, but his “nephew” soon to be discussed).
A “passport” through Georgia for this Arthur Lott (Sr.) from his home in Tattnall Co., GA has never been found. Because he was a Captain in the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of the Georgia Militia (enlisted Oct. 21, 1793), he may have felt he did not need an escort. It is apparent that he planned to move south when he began to sell his land in GA. Whether he was traveling with or without his family, when he was killed, is unknown. Where his intended destination was, is also unknown, but his widow, Sarah Ann Lott and his children all ended up in Marion Co., MS near the Pearl River.
Arthur Lott's widow remarried in Marion Co., MS on June 28, 1816 as “Mrs. Sarah Lott” to John Warren, Sr. (MB A, p. 121). In a letter dated Dec. 21, 1902 by W. A. Jones to the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs, a Jan.22, 1901 deposition by J.J. Johnson was included stating that she was “Sarah Ann Clapp” (Joseph and Daniel Lott paper, p. 29). Whether Arthur Lott, Sr. had any of the above in his plan is unknown, but it was a logical choice for his widow to settle in the same area that her husband's brothers were already settled - Solomon Lott and William Lott. Beginning in 1814 we start seeing his children showing up in military, census, land , marriage, etc. records of Marion County. Various researchers and records show these children in Marion Co. for various lengths of time with some moving on to Texas, Alabama, and other counties in Mississippi.
Four of Arthur Lott, Sr.'s children - Simon, Solomon, John, and Arthur Lott, Jr. -had to be mentioned here because some of them carried the same names of my Solomon Lott's children or were very similar and most, if not all, of his children were bom in Georgia, while our Solomon Lott's children were bom in North Carolina. Solomon and Arthur Lott's other brother, John Lott bom c. 1740 had most if not all of his children bom in Georgia. This clue was of tremendous help in identifying Solomon Lott's children from the various other Lotts.
Simon Lott - was the son of Arthur and Sarah Ann Lott and a nephew of our Solomon Lott. He was bom before 1784 (assuming he was age 21 in 1805 when he lost a Land Lottery). He came to Marion Co., MS from Tattnall Co., GA. He served in 1814 in Col. George Nixon's 13 th Regiment of the MS Militia. He lost the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery
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