Lurannah Teague
b. 2 July 1802, d. 9 October 1859
- Father: Elijah Teague b. 2 September 1767, d. 11 February 1843
- Mother: Sarah Morgan b. 18 December 1768, d. 2 March 1850
- Lurannah Teague was born on 2 July 1802.
- Elijah Teague and Sarah Morgan appeared in the US federal census of 6 August 1810 in Abbeville, South Carolina. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Lurannah Teague, Nancy Teague, Elizabeth Teague, Sarah Caldwell Teague, Lydia Teague and Mary Teague.
- She married Nathaniel Cobb on 25 December 1820.
- Benton (later Calhoun) County, Alabama, 30 July 1850: Examined and ordered to be filed and recorded, Petition of Joshua Teague for Letters of Administration on the estate of Elijah Teague. Elijah Teague died intestate in 1843, then a citizen of Benton County, Alabama, leaving a widow, Sarah Teague, and eleven children, to wit: 1. Samuel Teague, 2. Elias Teague, 3. Joshua Teague, 4. Nancy Norred, widow of Preston Norred, 5. Elizabeth Davis, wife of Thomas Davis, 6. Benjamin Teague, 7. Sarah Smith, wife of John Smith, 8. Elijah Teague, 9. Lurenna Cobb, wife of Nathaniel Cobb, 10. Lydia Thompson, wife of Robert Thompson, 11. Mary Black, wife of James R. Black, All of lawful age at the time of the death of Elijah Teague, And, by agreement and consent of said children and heirs all the personal property and effects of said deceased Elijah Teague was advertised and sold at public outcry (except such part as was by the consent of all persons interested alloted to the said Sarah Teague, the widow of said deceased) and proceeds equally divided among said children. Sometime in the year 1848 and since said division Sarah Smith, wife of John Smith, died. Sarah Teague, widow of Elijah Teague, died in March of 1850. Elijah left some 620 acres and buildings. Division can only be made lawfully by the appointment of a legal Administrator. Joshua Teague is the oldest of the heirs except two: Samuel and Elias. Joshua Teague is the Administrator of Elijah Teague, even though that it states that Samuel and Elias are older. Each child received $371.47.
- Lurannah Teague died on 9 October 1859 at age 57.
- She was interred at Davistown Cemetery, Old Davisville, Calhoun County, Alabama, near Anniston.
- She officially witnessed the death of Orestus Alvin Jones on 27 May 1974 at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 27 Feb 2012