Lorenzo Dow Minter

Abt 1814 - 1866  (~ 52 years)

• Name	Lorenzo Dow Minter
  Birth	Abt 1814	Chatham County, North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	11539
  _UID	BD0EEBB411154E5D8F0102D20D098B5D9D0B
  Death	16 Aug 1866	Cataula, Harris County, Georgia, USA
  Notes	Lorenzo Dow Minter, son of Richard and Nancy Ragland Minter, was probably born in Chatham County N.C.; the date is not known but it was certainly before 1818, and most likely was between 1812 and 1814. There is tradition with his descendants that he died in 1866, (there is no written record of this date either), and that he was 56 years old at the times of his death. This would make 1810 his birth year but it can hardly be right for we have positive knowledge that his parents were not married until January 1811, and we are quite sure that Lorenzo was not the oldest child; evidence is strong that William occupied that place. We are quite sure that Lorenzo Dow and Anthony were 2nd and 3rd but since we have no accurate knowledge of their birth dates, have never been able to decide which might be the older. Likely it was Lorenzo. Not too much is known of him; he probably was living in Jasper County Ga. at the time of his father"s death in 1837 for he was made guardian of his infant brother Richard Henry, and continued to act in that capacity until 1841. On Jan 26, 1841 he married Amanda Day of Milledgeville and he possibly lived in Milledgeville for the next twenty years or so. We were told, many years ago, by Mr. J. A. Minter of Tyler Ala that Lorenzo edited a newspaper in Milledgeville during the War, (Mr. Minter did not supply us with the source of his information), and there is evidence that he was connected with other newspapers, (see obituary notice on a following page). A tradition with his descendants is that he at one time had a business in Rome Ga. and that a brother ran a newspapers in Columbus but that tradition likely was confused the brother Anthony with Lorenzo - more probably Lorenzo ran the newspaper in Columbus for we know that Anthony had a mercantile business in Rome - indeed the obituary strongly suggests that he had been connected with a newspaper there. The obituary also tells that he, (Lorenzo), was living in Harris County Ga. at the time of his death; we had the information from Miss Odom many years ago that Lorenzo was living in Chipley at the time, in a house on ground now occupied by the railroad station. As mentioned above the traditional date of his death is 1866 but we do not know where he is buried. After his death, the widow, Amanda, moved with her smaller children to Waverly, Ala to be near the daughter Carrie who had married and settled there. Date of Amanda's death is not known but she is buried in Waverly on the same lot as her daughter. A picture of Lorenzo is still in the possession of Alabama descendants. It is evidently as enlargement of the type common many years ago, done, from small pictures, by itinerant artists for framing. It shows head and shoulders only, of a youngish man , thin faced, with a lot of hair worn rather long, mustache, and short chin whiskers. * Material on Lorenzo Dow Minter was gathered in part by Kathryn Minter Hearn, Camp Hill Ala and completed by Mrs. Clifton F. Minter of Waverly Ala. ************************************* The following is copied from a clipping pasted inside the cover of an old book owned by descendants of Lorenzo Dow Minter. Death of L. D. Minter - We were pained to learn yesterday that Mr. L. D. Minter of Harris County was lying at the point of death and would not probably live an hour. His disease, we suppose, was congestive chill. Mr. Minter was formerly the foreman of this office and was well known to most of our citizens. He was a man of sterling uprightness and integrity and was a useful member of the community in which he lived. Without ostentation, he was a man of much intelligence and good judgement, a valuable and esteemed citizen, and exemplary in all his private relations. He leaves a widow and several children to mourn their great loss. Pasted just below the above clipping is another, a long mournful poem of the type usually accompanying death notices in the older days. It is separate from the obituary notice and is in a smaller type. It carries date line - Columbus GA, Sept. 9, 1866. It is assumed the poem is meant to be a part of the death notice and if so establishes the date of Lorenzo Dow Minter's death. August 8th, 1960 Dear Mrs Minter, Found this in old record book. Hope it will be some help. Sincerely, Mrs Otis E. White * I believe this to be correct. I have hand written family record stating L. D. Minter died August 16, 1866 at 2:00 o'clock. However, it goes on to state that he was buried at Clowers Chapel a mile east of town. The poem just below the death notice was dated Sept. 9, 1866. This date is less than a month after the hand written family record. The date 1865 would be more than one year earlier and is likely incorrect. Clifton Minter Jr. made a search, June 26, 1995, in the Harris Co. Court House, Hamilton, Ga. and did locate several documents relating to Lorenzo Dow and Amanda G. Minter. I am certain of the following Lorenzo Dow Minter (L.D.) died intestate. Amanda G. Minter filed an appraisment of the goods and chattels of L. D. Minter and later sold some of these items. W. J. Saxon (son-in-law) Caroline,s husband purchased some of these items from Amanda. One of the listed items was a "Lot of Books" which some remain in the posession of his direct descendants consisting of the cover of the Bible which contained his death notice and at least two volumes of same Bible. This Bible had several volumes. Apparently these were part of the "Lot of Books". Lorenzo Dow owned land in several Counties in Georgia. He had land in Paulding, Floyd, Sumter and Appling Counties. It was interesting that Floyd Co. is the county containing Rome, Ga. This was mentioned in earlier accounts from various relatives that Lorenzo Dow ran a newspaper in Rome and brother Anthony did likewise in Columbus. However, my research leads me to believe quite the opposite. The details will follow. Clifton Jr. also visited the Cemetery, at the site of Clowers Chirch (no longer in existance), and did not locate his grave. I believe that he was most likely buried in the North East portion since it appeared to be the oldest section. There were two great Oak trees in this area one standing and the other broken and burned to a ten to twelve foot stump. I will try to locate the plat of the cemetary. Apparenty there is one in existance since a sign with the name Clowers Cemitary, for burial reqest contact Cataula Methodist Church. Clifton Jr. went to the Columbus, Ga. Libray and retrieved microfilm of the Daily Columbus Enquirer. It indicated on the box that contained the film that there were missing issues form August 21, 1866 to August 30, 1866. My hopes were somewhat deminished at this observation since Lorenzo's death was most likely August 16, 1866. I searched the obituaries from August 16th to the 21st and found nothing. However did notice that a particular scroll pattern that seperated the news items under LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. This particular scroll pattern was at the top of the newspaper clipping that was pasted to the inside cover of the Bible. I went back to the August 16th issue and worked forward checking the LOCAL NEWS ITEMS column. On the August 17th issue about the fourth item down the column there it was the same article that was in the Bible. This confirms that Lorenzo in fact had work at the DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, "formerly of this office". It also confirms the date of his death as August 16, 1866, not 1865 as some accounts had indicated. Lorenzo Dow died at Cataula (Harris County Ga.) Aug 16th at two o'clock 1866. He was buried at Clowers Chapel, a mile east of town. 1850 United States Federal Census: in Division 59, Meriwether, Georgia (all MINTER), Lorenzo D (35, merchant, born North Carolina), Amanda S(?) (30, born Virginia), Caroline (9, born Georgia), Eler V (2, born Georgia)) and Thomas C (19, clerk, born Georgia). Thomas C was Lorenzo's brother. 1860 United States Federal Census: in Militia District 696, Harris, Georgia (all MINTER), L D (44, merchant, born North Carolina), A G (43, born Virginia), C L (18, born Georgia), Henry D (9, born Georgia), Mantia (7, born Georgia), Emma (4, born Georgia) and Anna (2, born Georgia). Lorenzo died in 1866: his widow appears to have moved to Alabama: 1870 United States Federal Census: in Rome, Tallapoosa, Alabama (all MINTER), Amanda (53, keeping house, born Virginia), Henry (19, born Georgia), Mattie (16, born Georgia), Emma (14, born Georgia) and Annie (11, born Georgia).
  Person ID	I3249	America
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Richard Minter,   b. Abt 1785, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA d. 29 Jun 1837, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia, USA (Age ~ 52 years)
  Mother	Nancy RAGLAND,   b. 1795, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA d. 1865, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1811	USA   [1]
  Family ID	F1392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda Grantland DAY,   b. Abt 1817, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	26 Jan 1841	Baldwin County, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Caroline Laura Minter,   b. 26 Nov 1841, Upson County, Georgia, USA d. 1926, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA (Age 84 years)   2. Unnamed Minter,   b. 17 Oct 1843, Upson County, Georgia, USA d. 17 Oct 1843, Upson County, Georgia, USA (Age 0 years)   3. Anna L. Minter,   b. 6 Sep 1845, Upson County, Georgia, USA d. 27 Jul 1846, Columbus, Georgia, USA (Age 0 years)   4. Unnamed Minter,   b. 9 Sep 1847, Mauls Springs, Georgia, USA d. 10 Sep 1847, USA (Age 0 years)   5. Ella Virginia Minter,   b. Abt 1848, Greenville, Georgia, USA d. 24 Jan 1851, USA (Age ~ 3 years)   6. Henry Day Minter,   b. 13 Jan 1852, Georgia, USA d. 7 Mar 1893, Waverly, Lee County, Alabama, USA (Age 41 years)   7. Mattie S Minter,   b. 21 Dec 1852, Georgia, USA d. 1923, Texas, USA (Age 70 years)   8. Emma Agnes Minter,   b. Sep 1854, Harris County, Georgia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   9. Annie Ragland Minter,   b. 27 Jun 1858, Cataula, Harris County, Georgia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2015

  
  

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• Sources

  [S25] Clifton Minter's tree, March 2012. [S124] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 at Ancestry.com, February 2015.