This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jlakin46 Surnames: Lawson Crowe Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/6860.1.1.1.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Celeste, It would appear that our bunch might have been ones that were 'pushed in NC', then maybe to TN. One of the sons gave Hawkins Co TN as a birthplace, though boundaries between counties and states were more fluid then! And then there's the state of Franklin! We havan't any 1800/1820 census records available (lost) to help us find David's father. All we know is that David was b in the part of NC that later became TN. His mother's first name was Elizabeth, but no info on a maiden name. We know he was in Scott Co VA 1830 by census and marriage records of 2 sons. The family left before the round up began an in 1835 and show up on personal property records in the mountians of Logan Co VA. This was to evade the "Trail of Tears" according to oral tradition. we have had several candidates for our Lawson lines over the years, most have been ruled out by DNA testing. There are more lines though that we've never made contact with anyone doing research. The first is the Dan River Lawsons, the second are the Lawsons in Christian Co KY (near the Crowe line. Another is the David Lawson who applied for a Rev War pension in TN. DNA has been a great tool to help us eliminate lines, but I guess we will have to wait for someone else to join in the search who has more info than we do in order to find David's family. It will be interesting to see what kind of info comes out when there is a DNA database for N/A. Janet Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.