This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: banshee10704 Surnames: Lawson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/6860.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a great (great) Grandmother in my tree, sometimes Sarah E. Lawson and sometimes Sarah W. Lawson, who was also said to be Cherokee. I have no doubt about the validity of this because of my Grandma's appearance and her practices with herbs. My grandmothers mother, Sarah, was born in KY or TN. She also had a sister who settled in Cherokee, NC. I don't know if she was on the Rolls, i would say probably not. Her children settled in West Virginia. This information, and a couple small stories, were passed to me directly from my Grandmother. I have no further knowledge of that line, and it seems to be very hard to trace...they were extremely poor. I took her back into the hills once so she could look and it was very hard to find, although we did find a corner from the cabin foundation. No one else in my family ever showed interest and in fact, I would say even my Grandmother kept information about being Cherokee private, only whispering about things to me when my parents were! n't around. It hurts me that I don't know more and I was too young to do a good job of writing things down. 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.