This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jlakin46 Surnames: Lawson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/6860.1.1.1.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Carl, I agree with everything you said....However in the case of our David Lawson, we have tracked enough of his descendants who have their own oral traditions regarding N/A ancestry. My own grandfather contributed to these. He claimed to be 1/4. Another cousin, whose ancestor was a different wife of David's, said his grandmother claimed to be 1/8. Several others have tossed their percentages into the ring as well. From this info, either David was full blood and his wife was white....or David was 1/2 and his wife was 1/2 There is still the possibility too, after all the others mentioned concerning his parentage, that his mother Elizabeth unknown was one of the mLawsons connected to the William Lawson "The Scottish Rebel" and that she gave her son her last name. This seems to be d distinct possibility as our David was living in the middle of that clan in 1830 Scott Co VA. 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.