2. Peter1 Lantor, born 25 January 1699/1700, was baptized February 1699/1700 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County [NSCDA, Parish Register of Christ Church, 52]. He was required to post bond for his good behavior in King George County court on 4 February 1725/6 for abetting Richard Haines to assault Thomas Farmer [Orders 1725-8, 298]. He was special bail for Thomas Lantor in a Caroline County court suit on 11 May 1732. He sued Thomas in court about a year later on 8 March 1732/3, but the case was dismissed. He owned land in Caroline County before 8 August 1734 when the court ordered that a road be cleared from Caroline courthouse to his property. And on 12 September 1734 he was one of the freeholders ordered to clear a road from Bee Tree to the Spotsylvania County line. He purchased land from John Thomas by deed proved in Caroline County on 14 September 1739 [Orders 1732-40, 9, 54, 152, 157, 558]. On 20 April 1742 he and Thomas Powell entered a claim in Spotsylvania County court for taking up a runaway servant named Vincent Mills who belonged to William Covington of Essex County [Orders 1740-2, 165]. And on 24 August 1744 he made a claim in Caroline County court for taking up a runaway Negro slave named Jeffery who belonged to Captain James Garnett of Essex County. On 8 November 1745 the Caroline County court allocated 2,400 pounds of tobacco for his building Ginings Bridge [Orders 1740-6, 312, 540]. He was a witness for John Morgan in his suit against William Sisson in Orange County, Virginia court in May 1753, and on 28 September 1753 he sued Jeremiah Morton for a "Dary" he had built for Morton. He and William Sisson were sued for debt by Charles and Peter Copland on 25 July 1755 [Orders 1747-54, 447, 469, 501; 1754-63, 152, 169]. On 11 October 1755 he and (his son?) Reubin Lantor, "Mulattos of St. Thomas's Parish...Planters," were charged in Orange County court with assaulting and beating John Lynch who they mistook for a runaway servant. On 24 March 1757 he sued Andrew Mannen for trespass, assault and battery, and on 27 April 1758 Andrew Bourn, administrator of the estate of Robert Bourn, brought suit against him. In May 1757 he sued Henry Bourn for payment for work he had done in building an addition to Bourn's house and an outside chimney in 1755 [Judgments, August 1758-June 1759, Court Papers August 1758, frames not numbered, about frame 58-68, LVA microfilm reel no. 116]. On 24 November 1757 he and Sarah Bourn were indicted by the grand jury for fornication on the information of Andrew Bourn and Andrew Mannen. This indictment was titled "Peter Lantor and his wife" when it was dismissed on 23 June 1758. He recorded his livestock mark on 28 February 1760 [Orders 1754-63, 178-9, 357, 368, 388, 392, 411, 443, 511]. In September 1762 he sued Colonel William Talliaferro for 115 pounds currency for work he had done for Talliaferro between 1759 and 1763 as well as wheat and corn he had delivered. The work included: a 24 x 26 foot barn, a 6 x 8 foot house, a 20 x 40 foot tobacco house, a 60 x 20 foot tobacco house, twelve dressers for the dairy, a 12 x 12 foot house with an outside chimney for the overseer, a 8 x 8 x 30 foot high pigeon house, a turkey house and three hen coops, a coffin for a child, legs for a table, mending a wagon, and a garden gate. Colonel Talliaferro countersued and gave his accounts of debts Peter had accumulated with him from 1750 to 1760 which included: 4 shillings cash in 1750, rum and brandy, cash paid to "yr Brother Tom" in 1752, "yrs & Toms Levys" and "Spotswood's rent" in 1754. The court appointed a jury which viewed and valued the work and services to determine a fair payment [Judgments, May-August 1764, Court Papers, May 1764, LVA microfilm reel 123]. On 2 November 1765 the court ordered that he be paid for building the bridge over the Mountain Run. On 24 November 1768 the grand jury presented Peter for concealing his tithable-wife Sarah Lantor but excused him the following day [Orders 1763-9, 366, 535, 538]. Peter signed all the accounts and promissory notes in the relevant court cases [Judgments, March 1754-August 1764, LVA microfilm reels 108, 111, 113, 114, 116, 123]. He was a tithable head of household in Orange County from 1755 to 1769 - called Lanthorn, Lanter, Lantor, Lanton: taxable on his own tithe in 1755, 2 tithes in 1757, 4 tithes in 1759, 3 in 1761 and 1762, listed near Thomas Balkham and Christopher Underwood [Little, Orange County Tithables, 42, 46, 58, 59, 65, 82, 97, 101, 109; Judgments, LVA microfilm reels 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 122, 132]. On 29 September 1769 Alexander Waugh won two suits of ejectment against him, one for 156 acres and the other for 100 acres. On 2 October 1769 John Booth was charged with feloniously shooting and killing him. The court ordered Booth sent to the General Court for trial. (Booth had been a co-defendant with Peter in a suit for debt on 24 August 1764) [Orders 1769-77, 35, 90; 1763-9, 190]. Sarah received 4 pounds annually for five years by the 21 June 1771 Orange County will of Caleb Sesson, proved 22 August 1771 [WB 2:436-7]. Her plantation was located near a new road which was ordered to be opened on 23 June 1774 from Chestnut Mountain over the Mountain Run [Orders 1769-77, 319, 340]. Peter may have been the father of
i. Reuben, born say 1734, charged in Orange County court along with (his father?) Peter Lantor, "Mulattos of St. Thomas's Parish...Planters," on 11 October 1755 for assaulting and beating John Lynch who they mistook for a runaway servant. He sued Henry Bourn on 26 May 1757 and was awarded 1 pound 8 shillings. In October 1757 the court ordered the sheriff to sell a horse of his for a debt he owed Hugh Jones [Orders 1754-63, 178-9, 331, 355, 379, 413]. On 22 June 1758 the Orange County court ordered that Thomas Baulkham, a "Mulattoe," be paid as a witness in William Minor's suit against him [Orders 1754-63, 404]. The Goochland County court granted Thomas Pleasants an attachment on his estate for 7 pounds 17 shillings in August 1760. The garnishee, Richard Curd, testified that he owed Reuben money for building a house, but "he thinks the same not to be worth any thing being badly done." The court appointed a commission to view the house and decided it was worth 4 pounds 11 shillings [Orders 1757-61, 347-8, 374-5]. He was sued for a debt of 18 pounds in Amherst County on 7 July 1767 [Orders 1766-9, 172, 210].
ii. Mordecai, sued William Talliaferro in Orange County court in June 1764 for 16 pounds current money for building a shed, the floor for the barn and sawing 586 feet of plank [Judgments, May-August 1764, June Court Papers, LVA microfilm reel 124].
iii. Jacob, born say 1740, sued for debt in King George County court on 3 June 1762 [Orders 1751-65, pt.4, 1013, 1015, 1071]. He married Polly Webb, 20 December 1787 Orange County, Virginia bond, Henry Clayton surety.
iv. Peter3, born about 1763, on the pay roll of Captain Spencer's Company of the 7th Virginia Regiment on 13 February 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 105, frame 213 of 806; ancestry.com]. He was drafted from Orange County for another 18 months service on 29 March 1781: age 18, 5 feet 9 inches high, dark hair, gray eyes, dark Complection, a planter, born Orange County, former service 7th V.R. [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (pp.19-20)]. He married Hannah Webb, 31 May 1787 Orange County, Virginia bond, and was head of a Lancaster, Gerard County, Kentucky household of 8 whites in 1810. He died in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on 14 August 1811. His widow Hannah Lantern applied for a widow's pension in Fayette County, Kentucky, on 3 March 1843 at the age of 70. Her witness testified that she was the daughter of John Webb [NARA, W.9114, M804, roll 1524, frame 437 of 1027].
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