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Parish, Ga. He stated that “he was in Georgia for 2 years and had moved from North Carolina” (Warren and Jones, p. 92). Thus, our Solomon Lott arrived in Georgia in 1762. Please note that when Solomon made his application for land on September 3, 1764, his land was located on Buckhead Creek very near his father and brother. Solomon Lott applies for another 100 acres on Dec. 2,1766 and was awarded this grant on March 3, 1767 (Warren and Jones, p. 156 & 167). Mary B. Warren and Jack M. Jones explains in their research, that to apply for land grants one “must have been at least age 21 and the head of a household.” The applicant could get 100 acres for himself/herself and 50 acres for each dependent in the household. The above tells us that our Solomon Lott was at least age 21 in 1764 which would make him bom in or before 1743.
It should be noted that St. George Parish became Burke Co., GA in 1777 and also became parts of Screven and Effingham Counties later. Buckhead is an old community in what is now Burke County, GA. It is off U.S. 25 about 12 miles south of Waynesboro and about 3.5 miles west of Perkins, GA near Mercer University.
Around the time his father, John Lott c.1720, was moving from Duplin Co., NC in 1758, Solomon Lott apparently gave the military life a try. He appears on a muster roll in 1759 of Captain Alex Shaw’s Company of the South Carolina Militia during the “Cherokee Expedition” (Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, p. 913). This was also known as the “French and Indian War” or “Seven Years War” which was in reality a war over Colonial Territory between the English and French. Keep in mind that before applying for his land grant in GA in 1764, he stated he arrived there in 1762.
If Solomon Lott was age 21 when he joined Captain Shaw’s Company in 1759, he would have been bom in or around 1738. He was not married at that time, was of legal age, no land grants to maintain, and as many young men his age, was looking for a little action!
On August 28, 1771 Solomon Lott, sold his 100 acre land grant in St. George Parish, GA to Matthew Bass (Lott Family Newsletter 14, p. 133) and migrated back into North Carolina, in the area of Nash County and later into the area of Wilmington, New Hanover Co., around 1780. We can verify that at least one of his children, Elisha Lott, states that he was bom there on April 23, 1784. Researching Solomon Lott’s other children through the 1850, etc. census', several state they were also bom in “North Carolina” with the oldest bom around 1780 also in North Carolina, we assume Solomon met his wife, Ann (maiden name unknown) somewhere in North Carolina, possibly in or near Wilmington around 1778.
We have already mentioned one of Solomon Lott’s siblings - John Lott, bom around 1740. Other generally accepted siblings are:
Arthur Lott - bom c. 1750 in North Carolina
William Lott - bom c. 1755 in North Carolina
Absalom Lott - bom c. 1758 in North Carolina
Nathan Lott - bom c. 1760 in North Carolina
Joshua Lott - bom c. 1760 in North Carolina
Mary “Pollie” Lott-bom around 1775 (different mother)
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