This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oAB.2ACE/2241.1 Message Board Post: According to info I have received, Lawson Bottom was named after Francis Lawson, who had obtained a land grant. This was found in the book, History of Cumberland Co. by Joseph Wells