Jacob Lawson

Jacob Lawson, DAR Ancestor # A131700,  was born 1761 Bedford, Virginia and died September 5,1833 Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee. He married Mary "Polly" possibly Dobson (some have her  name as Dolly Clue; some as Mary "Polly" Reynolds) on August 1784 Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee. She was born 1765 Hawkins County, Tennessee and died July 10, 1844.

Notes

• On 25 November, 1833 Petition of Reynolds Lawson and William Miller,Administrators of Jacob Lawson, deceased, to sell negroes. Jacob Lawson had 10 distributes.
• When Jacob and Moreman Lawson came into Hawkins County, Tennessee they settled along the Holston River on the banks of Dodson Creek.
• DNA: Haplogroup/Heritage: HVR1=German, France, Ireland, 2006,. (mtDNA: http://www.cattley-sanders.com/lawsonnotsoindianline.htm)

Children 

1. Elizabeth ( b: AUG 1785; d aft 1838).  Married William Finnel or FINNEY b: ABT 1775
2. Anna  b: abt 1788.  Married Thomas HAYNES b: ABT 1787
3. Bartholomew b: abt 1790.
4. Lewis Kendrick ( b: 1792-d: aft 1890).  Married Mary BOWEN b: 1792
5. Lazarus (1794-1863).  Died in Franklin County, Tennessee.  Married Helen Marie Rodgers b: 8 FEB 1809
6. Russell Harrell  b: 1798.  Married Malvina Lawson, daughter of Peter Lawson b: 1760 & Winnie Davis
7. Reynolds (Runnolds) b: 1802.  Married Jane.
8. Nancy, born about 1801-10. She married William Miller of Roane County, Tennessee.
9. Tennessee b: abt 1802.
10. Matilda  (b: abt 1811-d 1847) Married Anderson CAMPBELL b: ABT 1805.

Sources

• 1. Virgil White's Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files.  Living in Henry Co.,Virginia when enlisted applied for pension 1832 Hawkins, TN.
• HAWKINS COUNTY, TN - MILITARY - Jacob & Polly Lawson, Revolutionary War Pension Application

Links

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