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/DAw.2ACIB/247.350.351.354 Message Board Post: I am a descendant of this Thomas Lawrence though I haven't traced the family back conclusively past Margaret. Lot's of conficting stories but it is true she arrived as an indentured servant. All of James children and his widow settled in Cherokee County Alabama and were the premier family in the county. I descend from James daughter Sarah, who married James Bishop. There daughter Jane married Joseph Reed, my ancestors. G.W. was George Washington Lawrence a physcian who first bought his land from the Cherokee and then had to repurchase it from the government. I have read that they descend from Sir Richard Lawrence who raised the Crusaders Banner over Jerusalem. Lawrence Family Motto-In Cruce Salus In The Cross there is safety