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Rachel R Lawson

Female Abt 1927 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Rachel R Lawson was born about 1927 in North Carolina (daughter of James Calvin Lawson and Amanda "Mandy" Brown).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Calvin LawsonJames Calvin Lawson was born on 7 Mar 1857 in Stokes County, North Carolina (son of Terry Lawson and Lodocia A. "Docia" Lawson); died on 19 Feb 1944 in Peters Creek, Stokes, North Carolina, United States.

    James married Amanda "Mandy" Brown on 04 May 1921 in Stokes County, North Carolina. Amanda was born about 1894 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Amanda "Mandy" BrownAmanda "Mandy" Brown was born about 1894 in North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 1. Rachel R Lawson was born about 1927 in North Carolina.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Terry Lawson was born in in Stokes County, North Carolina.

    Terry married Lodocia A. "Docia" Lawson. Lodocia (daughter of Tucker Lawson Sr. and Elizabeth "Betty" Lankford) was born in 1835 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died after 1880 in Stokes County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lodocia A. "Docia" Lawson was born in 1835 in Stokes County, North Carolina (daughter of Tucker Lawson Sr. and Elizabeth "Betty" Lankford); died after 1880 in Stokes County, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 2. James Calvin Lawson was born on 7 Mar 1857 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 19 Feb 1944 in Peters Creek, Stokes, North Carolina, United States.
    2. William P. "Billy" Lawson was born on 22 Aug 1864 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 22 Aug 1938 in Stokes County, North Carolina.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Tucker Lawson Sr. was born in 1803 in Stokes County, North Carolina (son of Thomas Lawson and Celia Hall); died in Mar 1866 in Stokes County, North Carolina.

    Other Events:

    • Voters List: 2 Mar 1833, Stokes County, North Carolina; Tucker and his brother Preston were on the voters list for Stokes County.
    • Deed: 11 Sep 1833, Stokes County, North Carolina; Chr McAnnaly & Elisha Bonner of Stokes to Tucker Lawson & West Lankford for $1.00, a tract of land on waters of Buck Island Creek
    • Deed: 7 Jun 1842, Stokes County, North Carolina; Thomas Lawson's Land was divided by the county into equal shares for his heirs, lying on Barnes Branch, each heir getting 11 or 12 acres and having to pay monies to the other heirs to make the divisions equal.
    • Land Sale: 1 Dec 1847, Buck Island, Stokes County, NC; The Weekly Standard paper from Raleigh NC listed lands that were being sold for back taxes for the years 1844, 45 & 46 Listed was Tucker Lawson: On Bucks Island 100a Value $100, tax owed $1.30
    • Probate: 1866, Stokes County, North Carolina
    • Deed: 1 Feb 1872, Stokes county, North Carolina; Division of Land Among Tucker's Children

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Children named in the 1841 estate records of Thomas Lawson and Celia Hall are Tucker, Flynt, Preston, Kinah, Patsey, Polly, Hugh, Sally, Frances, Thompson, Nancy, and Catharine.

    Deed:
    John Fagg and wife Frances 11 acres...east corner of the Widow Celey Lawsons

    Catherine Lawson 13 acres
    Sally Lilly 11 acres
    James Sands in right of Tucker Lawson 12 acres
    James Sands in right of Kinah Lawson 12 acres
    James Sands in right of Charles and Patsy Brown 12 acres
    James Sands in right of Preston Lawson 12 acres
    Nancy Lawson
    Polly Lawson
    Thompson Lawson
    James Sands in right of Flynt Lawson...

    Tucker married Elizabeth "Betty" Lankford in 1825 in Stokes County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Wesley "West" Lankford and Docia) was born in 1810 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 04 Jun 1862 in Stokes County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Elizabeth "Betty" Lankford was born in 1810 in Stokes County, North Carolina (daughter of Wesley "West" Lankford and Docia); died on 04 Jun 1862 in Stokes County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Died:
    What is the source for death date? She is not named in the 1872 deed for the division of land of Tucker Sr dec'd among his children, so indicates she died before that time, but don't have a source for the 1862 date.

    Children:
    1. Larkin Jenkins Lawson was born in 1829 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died in 1859 in Stokes County, North Carolina.
    2. Lydia "Liddy" Lawson was born in 1830 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died after 1872 in North Carolina.
    3. Sarah "Sally" Lawson was born in 1832 in Patrick, Virginia, USA.
    4. Eliza Jane Lawson was born in 1834 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died in 1861-70 in Stokes County, North Carolina.
    5. 5. Lodocia A. "Docia" Lawson was born in 1835 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died after 1880 in Stokes County, North Carolina.
    6. John Lawson was born in 1838 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died after 1872.
    7. Braxton Rarlson "Doc" Lawson was born on 14 Mar 1841 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 12 Jan 1927 in Danbury, Stokes, North Carolina, USA; was buried on 13 Jan 1927 in Danbury, Stokes, North Carolina, USA.
    8. James Lawson was born in 1842 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 1 July 1863 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA.
    9. Tucker K. Lawson Jr. was born on 1 Sep 1846 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 5 Sep 1928 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried on 7 Sep 1924 in Smith Cemetery, Red Root Ridge, Tazewell County, Virginia.
    10. Julius M. Lawson was born in Mar 1850 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died in 1921-29 in Stokes County, North Carolina.



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