Our Lawson Family Heritage

Dear Family, Additional information regarding Rebecca , the wife of William Lawson (1733–1826)  has been posted at Find A Grave Memorial : BIRTH unknown Virginia, USA DEATH 16 Jan 1827 BURIAL Lawson Confederate Memorial Cemetery Snowflake, Scott County, Virginia, USA MEMORIAL ID 29149094 · View Source #1 you need to know about Rebecca if you think she was your ancestor: She was not named Rebecca Jane Banks and she did not marry William Lawson in Halifax County, Virginia in 1758. Jane Banks was a different woman married to a different William Lawson. #2 thing to know: Researchers of this Lawson ancestor had always assumed that Rebecca was the mother of William Lawson's children. As of January of 2016, a letter was located in a collection belonging to a Wood family researcher of the Virginia-Tennessee area and shared with myself and several others of this Lawson family. The letter was dated July 6, 1831 and written by Jeremiah Lawson of Brown County, Ohio to Travis ...

Dear Lawson Family, It appears there are some questions as to if the William "the rebel" Lawson is our ancestor or if perhaps another William from Scotland is the true patriarch of our family. I found this note at the William Lawson (1731 - 1826) Wiki Tree Page: William “Our Scottish Immigrant” Lawson Birth 26 Jun 1733 Montrose, Angus, Scotland Death 18 Apr 1826 Snowflake, Scott County, Virginia, USA Burial Lawson Confederate Memorial Cemetery Snowflake, Scott County, Virginia, USA Memorial ID 19302244 Please refer to www.lfhp.org for further information on William Lawson. Many people are still actively researching this ancestor and as of 2017 new data has been found. The LFHP website will be updating this information and sharing it with all on their mailing list. Correcting the information on the website is ongoing. Please understand there is no disrespect intended to any others who have devoted years of research to this ancestor. To those who paid ...