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William Laws, II

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: circa January 07, 1780 (53-69)
Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William James Laws, I and Elizabeth Laws
Husband of Mary Amelia Laws
Father of Mary Laws; Amy Abby Dyer; Mary Ann Lovelace; Patsy Laws; William Welcome Laws and 2 others
Brother of Joseph Law; John Burwell Laws, I; Elizabeth D Law; James S Law; Mary D Law and 1 other

Managed by: Caroline Lucretia Buchanan
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About William Laws, II

GEDCOM Note

Biography

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Birth

: Birth: :: Date: 20 FEB 1718:: Place: Bristol Parish, Henrico, Virginia, USA<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Abigail Laws</ref><ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record forWilliam Laws</ref><ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data:Text: Record for William Law</ref><ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref> : Birth: :: Date: 20 FEB 1718:: Place: Bristol Parish,Henrico,Virginia,USA<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref> : Birth: :: Date: 20 FEB 1718:: Place: Bristol Parish, Henrico, Virginia, United States<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref> : Birth: :: Date: 20 FEB 1718:: Place: Bristol Parish, Henrico, Virginia, United States<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref> Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 20 FEB 1718

Death

: Death: :: Date: 07 JAN 1780:: Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Abigail Laws</ref><ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Law</ref><ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref> : Death: :: Date: 1780:: Place: Wilkes,,North Carolina,USA<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref> : Death: :: Date: 1780:: Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref> : Death: :: Date: 07 JAN 1780:: Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref> : Death: :: Date: 1780:: Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref> Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 07 JAN 1780Array

Will

Will of WILLIAM LAWS
March Term 1781

Wilkes County, North Carolina Will Book 1, Page 38

In the name of God Amen I WILLIAM LAWS of the County being sick and very low but in my perfect sense and memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same first I commit my body to the ground from whence it came and my soul to God whom gave it to me and as for my worldly goods I dispose of as follows with Item I give unto my son in Law PETER BOWMAN or his Heirs Nine pounds cash I give unto my daughter AMEY DYES and her Heirs for ever twenty poundscash I give unto my daughter MARY CROSS and her heirs for ever Twenty poundsI give unto my daughter ANN LOVELACE and her Heirs for ever Twenty pounds cashI give unto my daughter PATTY ADAMS and her Heirs for ever twenty pounds cash I give unto my daughter ABBY HAMPTON and her heirs for ever Twenty pounds cashI give unto my son WELCOM WILLIAM LAWS my Plantation where I now live on one hundred acres more or less with all the rest of my Estate to him and his heirs for everI appoint WELCOM WILLIAM LAWS and JOHN LAWS Sen'r my Ex'rs this my Last will and Testament revoking all other wills and testaments this Seventh day of January in the year of our Lord God One Thousand and Seven hundred and Eighty WILLIAM LAWS ("X" his mark)

JOHN LAWS SEN'R JACOB HAMTON DARKEY HARFORD [Source: Early Wilkes County Wills (contributed by Deloris Williams) on the Wilkes County NC GenWeb Page.] [http://www.ncgenweb.us/wilkes/wills/wills_1.htm]

Residence

: Residence: :: Date: BET 1663 AND 1800:: Place: North Carolina, USA<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Law</ref>

Marriage

: Husband: William Laws
: Wife: Mary Glass : Child: Welcome William Laws :: Relationship to Father: Natural :: Relationship to Mother: Natural : Marriage: :: Date: 1748:: Place: , , Virginia, USA<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Laws</ref>

: Husband: @I11455@ : Wife: @I4218@ : Child: William Laws :: Relationship to Father: Natural :: Relationship to Mother: Natural : Marriage: :: Date: 1715:: Place: Bristol Parish, Henrico, Virginia, United States<ref>Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for ElizabethLittleberry</ref>

Sources

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  • Source: S2 Author: Ancestry.com Title: PublicMember Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1 * Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address:E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Sources page on Family Search for William Laws contains 7 sources. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LVD4-VKT
  • Ancestry Family Trees
  • North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
  • North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
  • North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
  • U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
  • Wm Laws, "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917"
  • William Laws in entry for Elizabeth Laws, "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997"

The Laws family originally came from Scotland.

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Birth: Feb 20 1718 - Bristol Parish, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America

Death: Jan 7 1780 - Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Parents: William James Law I, Elishaba Law (born Littleberry)

Children: Pattey Laws, Abigail Hampton (born Laws), Mary Cross (born Laws), William Welcome Laws

Sister: Elizabeth D Grinstead (born Law)

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William Laws, II's Timeline

1718
February 20, 1718
Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
1744
1744
United States
1748
1748
Caroline, Virginia, United States
1748
Bristol, Henrico, Virginia, Colonial America
1750
1750
Bristol, Henrico, Virginia, United States
1756
1756
Kentucky, USA
1756
Henrico, Virginia, United States
1756
Halifax County, Virginia, Colonial America
1780
January 7, 1780
Age 61
Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States