Joseph Reece Lawson (1846

Joseph Reece Lawson (1846 - 1909)

Joseph Reece Lawson

Co. I 1st KY Cavalry - Civil War - Veteran

The First Kentucky Cavalry, commonly known as “Wolford’s Cavalry, was organized at Camp Dick Robinson, under Colonel Frank Wolford, and mustered into the United States service on the 28th day of October, 1861, The regiment was placed upon active duty and participated in many skirmishes and all the early battles in Kentucky. Acquiring great efficiency as scouts, they were constantly kept at the front.[1]

The 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Liberty, Burkeville and Monticello, Kentucky, October, 1861, and mustered in October 28, 1861. Veterans and recruits consolidated to a Battalion of 3 Companies and on duty at various points in Kentucky, operating against guerrillas and quieting country, until September, 1865. The regiment mustered out September 20, 1865.[2]
(Source: Family Search)

The information below is from Find A Grave:

BIRTH Jan 1846
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

DEATH 1909 (aged 52–53)
Pilot Grove, Cooper County, Missouri, USA

BURIAL
Millers Chapel Cemetery
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map

MEMORIAL ID 6983586 · View Source

HUSBAND OF MARGRETTE ELIZABETH COMBS

MARRIED MAY 28 1882 FRANKLIN, ST. CLAIRE COUNTY, MO

Children:

Rose Ann Lawson Curry
1883–1949

Mary Alice Lawson Thurman
1888–1934

William Samuel Lawson
1892–1964

Ace Levi Lawson
1894–1972

Queen Victoria Lawson Pettis
1897–1968

George Lester Lawson
1898–1945

Thomas Lawson
1898–1969

Martha Mae Lawson Lovett
1902–1961

Source: Find A Grave

Joseph Reece Lawson is my Great Grandfather and while I never met him, I love him and hope to meet him in eternity.

May the good Lord bless his and Margrette's memory and may He bring many of their descendants into the Kingdom, In Lord Jesus Name, I pray, amen.

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MacLaren / Lawson Scottish Tartan

Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland . Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns. Tartan is often called plaid in North America, but in Scotland, a plaid is a tartan cloth slung over the shoulder as a kilt accessory, or a plain ordinary blanket such as one would have on a bed. Tartan is made with alternating bands of coloured (pre-dyed) threads woven as both warp and weft at right angles to each other. The weft is woven in a simple twill , two over—two under the warp, advancing one thread at each pass. This forms visible diagonal lines where different colours cross, which give the appearance of new colours blended from the original ones. The resulting blocks of colour repeat vertically and horizontally in a distinctive pattern of squares and lines known as a sett. (Wikipedia) ...

William Lawson: Finding Our True William

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 ...

William “the Rebel” Lawson and the Battle of Culloden

The Battle of Culloden (Wikipedia) Excerpt from Lawson, William - A Scottish Rebel by Bill Porter and posted online at Electric Scotland : William Lawson was born 26 June 1731 at Montrose, Scotland. He was the only son of a widow lady (1). No information is available on his father. Some believe his name was Robert and may have been killed during the Scottish uprising which culminated in the fatal route and dispersion of the followers of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, "the Pretender" to the throne of Great Britain at the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746. At this battle the British army, under the command of the Duke of Cumberland, killed 1000 of the 5000 Scottish troops in less than an hour and pursued the fleeing rebels, persecuting and prosecuting them and members of their families (2). William Lawson was one of many young Scotsmen arrested and placed in prisons in northern England. Confined at Chester and Carlisle, the Scottish rebels became a threat to...

Where our Lawson family line began:

View of Montrose, Scotland by Alan Morrison (Wikipedia) When I first began researching our branch of the Lawson family, I came across the story of "William the Rebel" Lawson and discovered that we are his descendants. One of the stories I want to share is written by Bill Porter and posted online at Electric Scotland : Battle of Culloden - Wikipedia Lawson, William - A Scottish Rebel William Lawson was born 26 June 1731 at Montrose, Scotland. He was the only son of a widow lady (1). No information is available on his father. Some believe his name was Robert and may have been killed during the Scottish uprising which culminated in the fatal route and dispersion of the followers of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, "the Pretender" to the throne of Great Britain at the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746. At this battle the British army, under the command of the Duke of Cumberland, killed 1000 of the 5000 Scottish troops in less than an hour and pursue...

'The Dialect of The Appalachian People'

The Monongahela National Forest; photo taken from slopes of Back Allegheny Mountain looking east ( Valerius Tygart - Appalachian Mountains / Wikipedia ) As our patriarch William (the rebel) Lawson was originally from Scotland, banished to America and then eventually settled in Snowflake, Virginia, I thought this article on The Dialect of The Appalachian People by Wylene P. Dial posted at West Virginia Archives and History would be appropriate to feature here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The dialect spoken by Appalachian people has been given a variety of names, the majority of them somewhat less than complimentary. Educated people who look with disfavor on this particular form of speech are perfectly honest in their belief that something called The English Language, which they conceive of as a completed work - unchanging and fixed for all time - has been taken and, through ignorance, shamefully distorted by the mountain folk. The f...

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