Captain Tidence Lane and his sons, Isaac and Tidence, Jr., were all three both Revolutionary Soldiers and
Revolutionary Reverends, among the earliest Baptists in East Tennessee:

AQILLA LANE, born 18 May 1753, resided in Orange County, North Carolina when he first enlisted
in the service of the Revolution, but by 01 Feb 1780, when he married Agnes FITZGERALD, was in
Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee). Agnes was born 18 Jun 1763, and their children
were: Esther, born 7 Nov 1780, Garret, born 18 Jun 1782, Ransom, born 17 Oct 1784, Jane, born
6 Mar 1787, Tidence, born 18 Apr 1789, Theney, born 29 Sep 1791, John King Lane, born 7 Jan 1794,
Clear, born 4 Apr 7196, Anna, born 4 Apr 1798, Pleasant, born 20 Apr 1800, Adelina, born 17 Sep 1802,
and Thomas Jefferson Lane, born 9 Oct 1804 (Also shown in these records were Thomas J. Lane who
married Vaney Pangle, 25 Jul 1822, Pleasant W. Lane, who married Mary H. Coltharp, 21 Aug 1832,
and she was born 6 Aug 1805, Mary Katherine, daughter of P.W. and Mary H. Lane, was born 25 Dec 1823).
In Jan 1852, Thomas J. Lane stated his mother Agnes Lane had died "some four years earlier."
Rev. War Pension File No. R6116) .