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/2369.1.4 Message Board Post: Barbara: I descend from the Lawrence family on my maternal side, but we are brick-walled at Civil War vet greatgrandfather James Patterson Lawrence 1839 GA or AL-1923 VA. He would never speak of his parents or his origin. The female names Harriet and Betty are repeated in our family. Would you share your Lawrence lineage with me (herasnick@comcast.net)? Thanks!