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From: "llawson" <>
Subject: Re: [Lawson List] Dewey Lawson TN/VA
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:42:51 -0400
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Joy,

I'm not sure if they are the same, but it seems they should be connected. I
was told that one of the brothers did live in North Carolina. Maybe we can
come up with something.

Linda

----- Original Message -----
From: "JOY" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 4:11 PM
Subject: RE: [Lawson List] Dewey Lawson TN/VA


>
>
> Linda, I don't know if I can be of help. Some of my family members are
> mentioned here. If indeed it is the same family members. Nellie Mae (May)
> Lawson is my paternal grandmother. She and grandpa Joe Lawson lived in
> Baker Florida. They were 1st cousins, both of their fathers were
brothers.
> (strange) Grandpa or Grandma had a father by the name of Lonnie Lawson.
> Grandma Nellie and Grandpa Joe had family that came from up in the
> Carolina's I believe. We are also doing a family search. Nellie and Joe
had
> 8 kids:
> James Lawson
> Ray Lawson
> Raymond Joel Lawson
> Earl F. Lawson - my dad born 3/30/30 in Andalusia, AL.
> Margie Lawson
> Betty Jo Lawson
> Jimmy Lawson
> Johnny Lawson
>
> Joy Lawson at Mary Esther, FLorida.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: llawson [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:33 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Lawson List] Dewey Lawson TN/VA
>
>
> I'm new to the list. Looking up my husband's family. From what I've
found
> and what his family has been able to tell me I know that Dewey was born in
> Tennessee. I don't know which county, just that it bordered VA. They
also
> say that Bertha Nichols, his wife, was possibly from Lee Co., VA.
>
> ---Wiltse Perky Lawson married Katie.
> ---Lewis P. Lawson - Found on the 1920 Mecklenburg Co, VA census. I
believe
> he was married 3 times. I believe the first wife would have been Sarah.
I
> don't know the last name. Another wife was Bettie Nichols. He was 52
when
> he married Bettie. They were married Dec.10, 1920 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.

> Bettie was 24. Both were born in Tennessee. He was a resident of
> Baskerville, VA and she was a resident of Scottsburg, VA (which is in
> Halifax Co.) The marriage license list his parents as Wiltse Perky and
> Katie Lawson. Her parents were Newt and Eliza Nichols.
> ---Admiral Dewey Lawson - Born in Tennessee in approx. 1889.
> Married Bertha Nichols (born approx. 1889)
> ---Admiral Huston Lawson - born in Halifax Co. VA
> ---Donald (Mecklenburg Co., VA). (My husband)
>
>
> ***1920 Mecklenburg Co., VA census; South Hill district shows the
following
> 3 families living near each other:
>
> Dewey Lawson (HOH) 21
> Bertha Lawson (wife) 21
> Nellie Mae (daughter) 2
>
> Perk Lawson (HOH) 52 (This should be Lewis P. Lawson who marries Bettie
> Nichols later in December) - (I know that at least part of the following
> children are Dewey's half-brothers or sisters. Some may be whole
siblings.)
> Nannie (daughter) 23
> Herm(ie) (son) 15
> Lewis (son) 13
> Lonnie (son) 11
> George (son) 9
> Kate (daughter) 10
> Mary (daughter) 6
> Bruce (son) 28
> Laura (daughter-on-law) 19
>
> Lewis Gibson (HOH) 58
> Kate (wife) 61 (or 67)
> Maggie Lawson (granddaughter) 25
> Hugh Lawson (grandson) 19
> (Maggie and Hugh are either half or whole siblings of Dewey)
>
> Other Lawson names I came across in the court marriage records that I
> speculate are related are:
>
> Charles W. Lawson married Annie Bell Cornelias on 9/2/1939. He was born
in
> Johnson Co., TN and was the son of George W. and Martha (Fritz) Lawson.
>
> Maggie Lawson married Joseph Baroody on 10/22/1914. She was the daughter
of
> L. P. and Sarah Lawson. Joseph was from Syria. She was born in
Tennessee.
>
> Hopefully someone can help me with these Lawsons.
>
> Linda
>
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