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Lott that married W. D. Harris, on January 13, 1848 in Hinds Co. Ann Lott is listed in the 1850 census of Hinds Co., MS, at age 17 (1833) bom in MS, married to William D. Harris, M.D., who was bom in SC, age 59 (1791). Children listed were William H., age one and Caroline Harris, age six months. Caroline Lott remarried after Ezekiel's death to
H.	W. Stackhouse and they are listed in the 1850 and 1860 census of Hinds Co. and in the 1880 census of Copiah Co., MS. In the 1850 census, Caroline is listed as age 39 (1811) and bom in SC. Her oldest child listed was Samuel H. Stackhouse, age 11 (1839) and bom in MS. This would be correct if Ezekiel died in 1836. In Ezekiel's estate settlement (Hinds Co. Probate Court) we find his brother, Amos Lott buying a shotgun from Caroline for $4.25. He also bought the property he was living on from the estate.
Ezekiel was probably one of the unnamed five children traveling with his parents on r the Georgia “passport” dated February 19, 1810. When he tried to establish a homestead in Hancock Co. in 1811, he would have had to be at least age 21 or bom before 1790. When listed in the Hinds Co. census of 1830, he is shown to be between the age of 20 and 40, or bom between 1790 and 1810. With the above one can conclude, he was bom c. 1790. Several web sites list his date of death as 1822 but offer no source. This could hardly be accurate since we find him in several records well past 1822.
IX.	Jacob Lott - bom before 1791 as will be discussed shortly. The first record we have on Jacob Lott is found in the American State Papers (Vol. 3, p. 36) as having “settled” land on Reedy Creek (creek runs into the nearby Pearl River) in Hancock Co., MS in July 1812. The Hancock Co. Sectional Map of 1822 shows this parcel with 636 acres and located near his father, Solomon Lott, as well as siblings, Amos, Stephen, John and brother-in-law, James McArthur. It is described as Section 31, Township 5, Range 18 West. On a report dated September 25, 1834, Jacob Lott is listed on his claim #13, next to the claims of his family. The survey shows his land was “not compactly surveyed” (Land Office Records, Augusta, MS p. 12, filed November 30, 1836). This tract of land was not patented until 1909 in Pearl River Co. (Deed Book 17, p. 23). Based on the above, Jacob would have been at least age 21 when he first claimed his land in July 1812. Thus, he had to be bom prior to 1791. We also suspect that he was one of the unnamed children traveling south with his parents on a Passport through GA on February
19,	1810.
We next find Jacob paying taxes in 1824 in Hancock Co. He apparently moved to Copiah Co., MS to join his brothers as we find him paying taxes there from 1825 through 1833. For whatever reason, Jacob lost his 640 acre property in Hancock Co. for delinquent taxes. It was bought at a tax sale for $19 by William Seal (his brother-in-law) on August 21, 1846 (Deed Book B, p. 350, Hancock Co. Courthouse). Then on May 23, 1859 Jacob Lott files a lawsuit in Hancock Co. Chancery Court (Case #199, Book 2) against Amos and Solomon Seal (his nephews) for failing to pay him rent of $150 per year on 637 acres that he stated was his. This appears to be a different piece of property because it was in Sections 25 and 36, Township 6, Range 18 West, Hancock Co., MS.
The outcome of the complaint was that it was “dismissed”. This outcome could have been because the two parties settled their dispute “out of court” as so often happens.
This suite makes no mention of Jacob living in Copiah Co. as was usually done when either party is living somewhere other than the county where the suite was filled. We can
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