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From: WILMA PADGETT <>
Subject: Re: Land Grants/Putum Co. MO
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 12:09:39 -0800


Melissa, I am interested in James William Lawson. Hiram, James and
James, Jr., as well as the Burnetts were in Patrick County, Va. at the
same time as my William Madison Lawson. Can you tell me more about
James William Lawson. Thanks.

Wilma Lawson Padgett




Melissa Lawson wrote:
>
> Sandra,
> I believe that Mose and Andy Lawson, sons of Burk Lawson, are half brothers
> to my husband's grandfather, James William Lawson. I do not have any
> official documentation of this yet, although I have sent for a copy of
> Moses's birth certificate (b. 16 May 1894 - d. Nov. 1967). What I do have
> is a letter from Mose to James, a picture labeled Andy Lawson on the back
> that my husband's aunt says was her uncle, and a picture that says "Orma
> Burk Lawson, son of Mr. Mose A. Lawson" on the back. I realize that this
> isn't "proof", but I do believe that the Mose and Andy Lawson that you have
> listed as sons of Burk Lawson are also sons of Rose Puckett. Let me know if
> you disagree with this theory.
>
> Melissa
>
> From: Sandra Lawson <>
> Reply-To:
> To:
> Subject: Re: Land Grants/Putum Co. MO
> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 21:43:01 -0800
>
> Hi,
>
> Burk Lawson's birth date was May 18, 1867 and death date May 28, 1951. His
> second wife was Mazzie Lucreasy Mabe and they had 14 children. One of
> Burk's daughters is still alive and she said he had 2 children by a
> previous marriage. She did not know the name of the previous wife but said
> the two children were Andy and Mose. One of the children was Burk's natural
> child and one was not. Not sure which. She did not know the date her
> parents were married. Burk was my husband's great uncle (brother to James J
> Lawson & son of Hiram Lawson).
> At 07:38 AM 12/6/99 CST, you wrote:
> >Gerald,
> >Thank you for your note. I have the same information regarding the
> marriage
> >date for Burk Lawson and Rosa Belle Puckett. Based on the census records,
> I
> >believe 18 May 1867 was actually Burk's birth date, and not their marriage
> >date. This would make more sense with the ages of their children. Right
> >now I do not know of a connection between Rose's first and second
> husbands,
> >although it seems like too much of a coincidence for there not to be some
> >connection.
> >
> >Thanks for your info. I definitely appreciate all the help I can get!
> >Melissa Lawson
> >
> >
> >
> >From: "Gerald D. Lawson" <>
> >Reply-To:
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: Land Grants/Putum Co. MO
> >Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 10:35:40 -0000
> >
> >Melissa
> >
> >I was sorting through your messages and started to check to see if I had
> any
> >of your names in my databases. I have a marriage (taken from the 1998
> IGI)
> >Burk Lawson to Rosa Belle Puckett 18 May 1867 at Tazewell VA.
> >
> >The same name appears on the same date but as a birth, Burk Birt Lawson 18
> >May 1867 at Maiden Springs, Tazewell VA son of Hiram Lawson and Ann Eliza
> >Burnett.
> >
> >I thought it was odd that there could be a marriage and birth on the same
> >date but one has to remember possible errors in the IGI.
> >
> >Do you know if there was a relationship between Burk Lawson and Thomas
> >Jefferson Lawson since the latter married the formers wife? There are
> >several children recorded for Hiram and Ann and these are ancestors of
> >Sandra Lawson who subscribes to this List.
> >
> >Any comments please, do you think there is a connection?
> >
> >Gerald D. Lawson
> >
> >http://www.yorksgen.org.uk
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Melissa Lawson <>
> >To: <>
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 7:13 PM
> >Subject: Re: Land Grants/Putum Co. MO
> >
> >
> > > Connie,
> > > I don't know where my brain was when I sent the last message. Let me
> try
> > > again. My husband's grandfather was James W. Lawson, born 10 Sept.
> 1906
> >in
> > > Tazewell Co., VA. His parents were Thomas Jefferson Lawson and Rose B.
> > > Puckett. I know that they were married sometime after 16 May 1894,
> >because
> > > Rose had a son, Moses Lawson, born then from her first marriage to Burk
> > > Lawson. Do you have any information about your Thomas Jefferson Lawson
> >to
> > > indicate that he might be the same as *my* Thomas Jefferson Lawson??
> Any
> > > help you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Melissa Lawson
> > >
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