W Sent from Blackberry. WFL ----- Original Message ----- From: lawson-bounces@rootsweb.com <lawson-bounces@rootsweb.com> To: lawson@rootsweb.com <lawson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon Mar 01 20:15:39 2010 Subject: Re: [LAWSON] Lawson, Harrison TN Cindy, I found a Harrison Lawson, born June 1887, and brother Isaac Lawson, born September 1888, in the 1900 Claiborne County, Tennessee, census. The father is Clint Lawson and the mother is Tish Lawson. However, she is a second wife since she says she was married 10 years with five children, three living. There are three children younger than 10 listed in the family. However, Harrison, Isaac, and a sister Mallie are older than 10. Therefore they are from a previous wife. I found a Sherman Lawson, born June 1883, listed with a Riley family in Girdler, Knox County, Kentucky. This looks like your Sherman and his birthplace is given as Tennessee. Let me know if you want the images and I will send. If you have any male Lawson relatives, one of them one be a good candidate to do the DNA test (67 markers at Family Tree DNA) in either the Lawson DNA Project or the MacLaren DNA Project (Lawson is a Clan MacLaren surname). Best would be to join one and then join the other when the results come in. The DNA test will tell you what Lawsons who have already tested are related and thereby help pin down your Lawson genealogy. Yours aye, Bob McLaren Genealogist, Clan MacLaren Society (based in Scotland) Chairman, Genealogy Committee, Clan MacLaren Society of North America Administrator, Clan MacLaren Surname DNA Project (Worldwide) Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Member, Genealogical Speakers Guild > [Original Message] > From: CINDY CRAWFORD <clcrawford@prodigy.net> > To: Mailing Lawson <LAWSON@rootsweb.com> > Date: 3/1/2010 6:47:45 PM > Subject: [LAWSON] Lawson, Harrison TN > > I am trying to find information on a Harrison LAWSON from Claiborne County, TN.  This Harrison would be a brother to my Sherman LAWSON who was born in Claiborne County in 1883 or 1884.  Sherman left and went to Kentucky as a young teen.  He died there in 1949. >   > Story goes that Harrison went from Tennessee to look for Sherman but returned home to TN.  I don't know if he found him or not.  There is also suppose to be half brother named Marion, and a "Ike" LAWSON...I assume Ike is Isaac LAWSON.  >   > I would very much like to know the parents of these men. Some family members have Sherman's parents as Clint LAWSON and Elizabeth.  Sherman's death certificate states his father was Dave LAWSON.  One of Sherman's sons told it that his name was indeed Clint and that he had met his grandmother Elizabeth "Lizzie" once in TN.  There is also suppose to be a female sibling to Sherman named Retha "Rethie" LAWSON.  From family members she would have been full sibling. >   > If you recognize any of this I sure could use the help.  I understand it is very hard to get a death record from TN and I have found a name of Harrison LAWSON b. in Claiborne County, TN  12 May 1888 and died 13 Mar 1968.  There is also a Isaac "Ike" LAWSON b. 9 Sep 1888 and died 7 Apr 1977 in Claiborne, TN however I have no idea if these men are the siblings as I have no further info on them.  The year of birth is close to my Sherman though so it is possible. >   > Thanks in advance > Cindy  > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAWSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message