James H. Lawson

James H. Lawson

• Gender: Male
• Birth: 1821 - McMinn County, Tennessee, United States
• Husband of Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Glass

Children:

1. Partela Lawson
2. Daniel Lawson
3. Oletta Lawson
4. Ellen Lawson
5. John Lawson
6. Peter Lawson

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glass-3337

The tradition is that Tag Glass fathered James S. Glass with Sallie Swofford, out of wedlock, and took the child from the mother to Arkansas to be raised among the Cherokees there. When James approached adulthood, he returned to East Tennessee and sometimes acted as a Cherokee interpreter with government officials.

There is a long tradition of Native descent among my father’s ancestors. including applications to the Dawes Roll of descendants of James S. Glass. James’ grand-daughter, Julia Ann Glass, applied in 1896, was admitted, but her application was later overturned, A Lawson, another grandchild of James applied after 1900 and the commissioner stated on the application that he believed Lawson had proved his Native descent but he was inexplicably not admitted to the Roll.

3850. Here is an explanation of reasons used to overturn prior admission or reject upon application.

http://www.powwows.com/final-roll-of-the-cherokee-nation-and-freedman/ It appears that since Thomas Glass had a Cherokee wife when he had a son with Sallie Swofford, this may have led to overturning the enrollment of Julia Glass, the granddaughter of James Swofford Glass, the illegitimate son of married Thomas Glass. It may also explain the inexplicable Lawson rejection.

Source: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-YQ9Z-J?cc=1619127&wc=Q... : 22 December 2016), McMinn > Marriage licenses, 1838-1877 > image 480 of 1255; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.

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Source: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-Y3S4-SX?cc=1619127&wc=... : 22 December 2016), McMinn > Marriage bonds, licenses index, 1838-1934 > image 11 of 134; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties

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References

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5HF-LQY : 10 March 2021), James H Lawson and Elizabeth Glass, 01 Jan 1857; citing McMinn, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,218,467.
• McMinn County, Tennessee, marriage records Item 1 Marriage licenses and bonds 1838-1934
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TJ-3TF : 30 December 2015), Julia Glass in entry for James Glass, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZY-JP9 : Thu Sep 14 20:49:29 UTC 2023), Entry for James H Lawson and Elizabeth Lawson, 1870.
• Glass in Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965 < AncestrySharing >
• Swofford, Raymond Calvin, Author Swaffords of Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee (1990) page 453 https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/365458?availability=Fam....
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Swafford-531
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glass-3154
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9WLK-5YV